one airship ripped. [ VOICE ]

[herolady]

[ After waking up in the grass (what), shaking out her hair and trying to gather her bearings, she flips open the journal. The first page of the book isn't an explanation, which is annoying. Nevertheless, she hits a few buttons, just to figure out what the hell they do, including the voice function, all while muttering to herself. ] --useless piece of trash, is what this is, I don't-- [ pause for staring ] What is this thing doing-- [ silence, then quietly: ] Oh, it's--

[ She straightens where she's sitting on the ground and speaks deliberately: ] Whatever joke this is, whatever is going on, whoever is responsible for these-- these shenanigans, I will find you and I will-- [ a pause. I can't earthbend their faces into the ground. ] -- and you will regret it, because I will-- [ pause, fumbling for words ] -- I don't need to bend to make you regret this! I'm the Chief of-- former Chief of Republic City's Metalbending Police Force, and I will find a way to make you regret this.

[ She shuts up, finally realizing the wings on her back. What. ] Why do I have wings? That's just-- never mind, it doesn't matter. [ a pause ] How do you turn this thing off? [ More glaring, more button mashing, finally just hits it against the ground to shut it off. ]

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[herolady]

[ Luceti time. Riiiight. Lin begins to ask how that even made sense, but by then she hears Ikki's voice from a non-book source as the video cuts away. She set the journal aside, standing from where she'd been sitting on the grass, hand on her hip and frowning.

Ikki looks like, well, Ikki. And looked real-- Lin hadn't helped but wonder if she was hallucinating a talking book with the little airbender's voice and moving picture in it. ]

Hello, Ikki. [ When did I become "Aunt Lin"? She looks over the girl automatically, scanning for any signs of hurt-- the last time she'd seen her hadn't exactly been under safe conditions, after all. But had the kid been in this crazy place for three days without her parents? ] You haven't been here for three days on your own, have you?

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[breezing]

[ Ikki threw her arms around Lin without warning, giving her a quick hug before backing off, her hands clasped behind her back as she bounced up and down in place, a little overexcited.

Her grin slipped into a slight frown when Lin spoke. ] No-o. I told you! I'm staying with Grandpa and Katara and Uncle Sokka and Aunt Toph and Uncle Roku and Uncle Zuko!