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voice + action ✪ in the middle of that riot couldn't get you off my mind

[ routines are slowly righting themselves after the kin'coran-shaped disruption. buffy summers is working extra hard to claw back what passes for peace in these parts: ]

Maybe it took me way too many months but I finally finished this book I was reading. Kinda puts me in a bit of a pickle 'cause now I need something else to distract me during downtime at the bar. [ and distract her from other, less publicity-friendly things. ]

So? Folks? Pitch me your best reading recommendations so I can beat the New Feather rush. My only demand is that there be happy endings a-plenty. Or at least a lot of good vibes. Maybe something chock-full of forgiveness or charity or something else equally virtuous. [ ... ] But entertainingly. Boring books need not apply.

Oh. And while I have your attention...has anyone seen any bridal magazines around town?

[ she'll field suggestions for a while before risking the weather on her way to library. this is a grand sort of affair -- buffy reads only infrequently and so choosing a new book is a little like buying a new car. she has to be certain it'll serve her well in the long-term. as in other corners of her life, she wants a faithful companion; she doesn't want a weekend fling.

otherwise? she'll have a pile of book-finalists with her at good spirits and she'll be leafing through them between filled orders. housemates can catch her at house seven earlier in the day, before she leaves. ]

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[When Buffy's checking out those books, she may spy a familiar monk perusing one of the shelves, himself pretty lost on finding just the right book.]

Edited 2012-09-03 04:43 (UTC)

...Aang?

[ she peeks through from the other side, between two dusty tomes. ]

[Hey... that's no book. That's a Buffy. Aang smiles lightly.]

Hey, Buffy.

[ it's a good thing that they're kinda both on the short side. ]

How's life? [ the question is just a little carefully posed. after all, she remembers what katara told her last time they spoke. ]

[For now- he'll be leaving her behind heightwise sometime over the next few years. But in the present, that's a bit of a loaded question. There's Ikki and Tenzin going home, plus during that event he got bitten and presumably other bad things happened. On this particular day, however, he's feeling okay enough to keep his smile from fading completely.]

It's been a rough few weeks, honestly. Between all the Kin'Corra stuff a-and some of the family going home a few weeks ago. But... I think I've been feeling a little better.

...Losing someone here always takes time to -- well, some disappearances can't ever be gotten over. But I promise it gets better. Or maybe it just hurts a little less sharply.

Hard to say.

[Aang gives a thoughtful nod. He appreciates all the kind words he's heard since they left, and there's still an emptiness there, but he's doing what he can to manage.]

Thanks, Buffy. I've had to deal with a lot of loss in the past. It... it really helps to have good friends around. It doesn't make the pain go away completely, but - more like that thing you said about it becoming less sharp.

...Do you mind if I ask what they were going back to?

A happier time. The new Avatar, Korra, saved the day. And Tenzin's wife just had a baby, their fourth kid. And it sounds like the world's at peace.

That helps. Knowing they're safe. Knowing they're not one of the ones going back to disasters or...worse.

[Aang nods.]

You're right. Thinking about it like that helps me to feel a little better. And... the oldest granddaughter, Jinora is still here. Y'know, she's the one who got me to start readin- [He breaks off suddenly.] Hold on, it's kinda weird to have this conversation through a bookcase.

[Aang steps away from the gap in the bookcase and walks around to Buffy's side.]

[ when he turns up on her side, she twists her body and leans against the shelf. ]

You didn't read before? Huh. I totally would have pegged you for a reader. Boys' own adventure.

I mostly lived adventures and did stories you tell without writing them down. But books have been nice too! It's just been hard to find happy ones.

[ she slaps the back of one hand against the palm of the other. ]

See? That's my problem. I want a happy ending! I want one so bad...

Me too, it's just hard to figure out. The last book I read was called [He squinted and recited as if answering a question in class.] "Myths of Ancient Greece". It had a lot of stories, so I thought there'd be happy ones. But most of them were really sad or weird.

...Like Cassandra. That one always got to me.

[He nods with a frown.]

Yeah, she didn't have a fair life. She knew the future but couldn't do anything to stop all the bad things from happening.

...That's often the catch when it comes to prophecy.

Does it happen in... real life?

Now and then. Sometimes, we can't always properly understand the signs we're given.

Right. Yeah, now that I think about it, there was Aunt Wu. She tried to predict the future for her village, but she was like the opposite of Cassandra because she only gave happy predictions and everyone believed her. But then no one believed us when we tried to warn them about the volcano until we made it look like a prediction, and then we were able to save them.

...I do remember briefly hearing about Aunt Wu. But I can't remember which one told me about her -- Sokka or Katara. Or maybe both. Huh.

I wouldn't be surprised, it was a good day for all of us. ["The man you're going to marry. I can see he's a very powerful bender."] And... we learned a good lesson, too. Because I changed the clouds to warn the people about the volcano, Aunt Wu told me that I also had the power to shape my own destiny.

Call me new-fashioned, but I'd like to think that all of us have that power.

[A nervous chuckle.]

Right! I didn't mean just for me. We all in the end have the power to shape our own destinies and work towards what's best for us. Thinking like that just helps me to feel a lot better about my future, and less like I'll suffer like Cassandra.

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