frost_jewel | 18. [voice/action]

[There's a chill in the air and a smile on Mia's face as she gets herself ready for the day. For once, she isn't headed straight to work at the crack of wintry dawn; instead, she bundles up and puts a set of skates into her shoulder bag. Before she ducks out the door, she flips her journal open to leave the world a message.]

As Captain Sparrow has so generously provided a skating area in the village to use, I will be there this afternoon if anyone would like to learn how to skate. The weather is perfect for it today. [There's a break in the clouds - for a while - and a peek at the sun they haven't seen in days.] It's only a little tricky to learn, but I'm sure anyone can get the hang of it with a little practice.

[And off she goes! The morning is for Caius and Seto - one after the other - since she did promise them individually and neither is quite the type to learn while others are watching.]

[[ooc: This is set on the 18th, before the truly heavy snow sets in for the event!]]

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Alright... Here I go!

[He does follows her instruction and pushes himself forward a little, already being impressed.]

[She has to admit, he has smooth balance and isn't even wobbling. That's pretty excellent.]

I'm going to let go, then, but I won't go far. [And she releases his hands, backing away to the side slightly.]

Okay. [With a quick nod, he lets her hands release and does another push. Trying to get a feel for it... luckily balance and grace are fairly natural for him.]

Am I doing it right?

The only wrong way to do it is the one where you're on your face in the middle of the pond.

[He laughs.] Or if I'm on my butt! But I'll be careful!

[With some more confidence, he goes a little faster.]

It's easier to learn as a young child, unfortunately. The taller you are, the more likely it is that you will end up...falling over.

[She smoothed the ice with Psynergy though, so there's no risk of rough patches or too-thin spots.]

Oh, really? I knew I shouldn't've grown older! [He turns over to grin at her; it's weird sometimes to realize that he's taller then people. But this gives him a bit of a wobble that takes him a moment to correct, followed by a meek laugh.]

Nonsense. What would you do if you couldn't grow older?

[She has no idea that is soon to be her fate, when she returns home.]

Actually, there's a place in Weyard where that very thing sort of happens.

Just have fun all the time and worry less? ...Wait, what do you mean?

[And watch your friends and relatives grow up without you and move on?]

Unfortunately, being young does not erase one's place in the world, or her growing awareness of it. [Based on some things Aang has said, he knows this already.] There is an island where the spring water causes everyone to age much more slowly, so that a man of well over a century would still look to be...oh, about seventeen.

That's what I've heard, at least.

[He's just not putting that much thought into it!]

I know. It's just nice to imagine.

Wait, there is? Is that like being stuck in an iceberg?

[What.]

Well, I...I don't know. I think being in an iceberg would kill you. [One would freeze or suffocate.]

It would? [Pause, as he slides himself to a stop to ponder this.] Does that make me lucky?

Are you trying to say that it happened to you?

I am. [A quiet nod as he stands still on the ice.] I accidentally got frozen for a hundred years. It was Katara who got me out. That's how we met.

Frozen? [She doesn't mean to do this repeating thing. It just isn't something she can wrap her head around.] And you weren't- hurt, or anything?

Nope! I overslept a little... but other than that, I was fine right away! [For now.] Maybe it's an Avatar thing.

Maybe. It's certainly nothing I've ever heard about before. I'm glad you were fine.

[He gave her a smile before he tried skating lightly again.]

Me too! Especially because of all the people I got to meet and help after that.

I wouldn't have had the chance to meet you either, and then where would I be? [Still wallowing in the house, possibly.]

Hey, you never know! Luceti coulda brought me here anyways! I'd just be littler. And... being here would make me better, right? But I bet you'd still be doing fine without me.

But then you would return to being inside an iceberg.

Th-that's true. [He frowns.] It wouldn't be good for my world. At all. [The things for him to feel guilty about would just pile up.] I just meant different for being here.

Who would you be, do you think, Aang? [What kind of person?]

I'm not sure. I guess it'd depend on who I met while I was here. If I was from inside the iceberg... a lot of me would still be the same. But I... wouldn't have met Katara and Sokka and everyone yet, so I wouldn't have started to learn about families and how to do my responsibilities. I'd be littler than you and... I was a lot less smart, then. I'd only know to airbend, and I... I guess I'd still be looking for people to accept me without me being t-the Avatar.

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