4th of RD, afternoon.

[assiduous]

[ the orb starts, cupped in its owner's hands as he sits on some random ass boulder or something. he's young, not even twenty it looks, with a lean, handsome face, and gold eyes, honey dark and serious. dark and messy hair, red scarf, charcoal jacket, against a backdrop of late afternoon sky over the city walls in the distance. a girl in blue sits with a polar bear sized... dog some distance away, quietly having A Moment of Feels. ]

I have some questions about... [ a little gesture at the surrounding... everything. he means like. the whole champion thing!!?? and stuff ] this place, the whole set up. People are listening to this, right?

[ LOOK he's just collecting data okay guys, ]

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[shiromadoushi]

Un, people are! Though I don't know how many answers I'd have but I can try!

wups htm derp'd ;-;

[goldeneyeball]

Listening, sure...caring on the other hand...

[Jim, that's mean.]

You look new. Welcome to storybook land where all your dreams go to die.

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Faolan knows lots of things! Can answer questions!

[shorterinperson]

We're listening, so ask.

[assiduous]

[ oh god it's working THIS THING IS SO WEIRD he felt like such an asshole talking to some random glowing snow globe. he can't even pretend it's a radio THERE ARE FACES IN IT oh agni this is super weird ]

Right. How many people did they grab for their Champions?

[ or whatever. LIKE DID YOU REALLY NEED HIM... ]

[shiromadoushi]

Mm.... I think... maybe... 20 people so far? I haven't really been keeping very good track. [[admits sheepishly. That and he kinda expects people to vanish on a moments notice anyway.]]

[assiduous]

[ wow you are super helpful. mako seems pretty unfazed, though, and answers in a near perfect deadpan, though he frowns slightly at jw's description of the kingdom ]

... We got here yesterday. Hence the questions.

[assiduous]

[ ... oh wow a tiny. okay. mako knows how to play a kid. ]

Yeah? Let's start with where you're from, kid.

[assiduous]

From where?

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Faolan is from New York. But this isn't New York. It's Schwanheim! Here, Faolan lives behind smithy, because Hawk is smith.

[shiromadoushi]

[[blink blink]] From all sorts of places.

[assiduous]

Like...? [ ba sing se, pohuai, shu jing, he's expecting names of places he'd recognise ]

[shiromadoushi]

Mm... well I'm from Tokyo.. though I was at the City before this... Thor's from Asgard... as is Sif... I don't think I've asked anyone else, come to think of it...

[assiduous]

My friend [ he means the girl, obviously, though he does not give her name. she can tell people she's the avatar when she wants to; mako is good as the buffer of anonymity. outside the probending crowd, who'd even know him? ] and I were told we had to be... knights.

[ HAHAH UNFAMILIAR WORD sob ]

But she's supposed to be a mage too, or something, so it doesn't sound like that's all they're making people be. Yeah? [ Fill him in, will you ]

[assiduous]

[ wow, chatterbox! ]

... Yeah, I got that part from the old guy. Never heard of New York, though. You know where Republic City is?

[assiduous]

[ oh he has a VERY BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS ]

... Ever heard of Republic City?

[shiromadoushi]

I don't think so.. What country is it in?

[shorterinperson]

[ Alanna doesn't like the way you say 'knight' like it's anything less than Totally Awesome. ]

Everyone brought here has been assigned some role. The only real bearing it has on your future is how the village people choose to gossip about you.

[assiduous]

[ look it's just an unfamiliar word okay, he's a bender tyvm. mako frowns slightly, since what he's managed to get so far has all been on the generosity of the locals. ]

What other roles are there?

[assiduous]

United Republic of Nations—the old colonies from the war.

[ a short sigh, and he brushes his fingers through his hair. the motion comes off as annoyed, but it's more exasperation than anything else. ]

[shiromadoushi]

[[blink blink]] I don't think I've heard of that. On Earth, or another world?

[shorterinperson]

There are princes and princesses, sorcerers with various specific titles... and one ghost.

[assiduous]

... That's kinda what I'm wondering myself.

[assiduous]

[ he nods, rolling with it even though it sounds SUPER WEIRD and then asks the next question's that been hounding him, ]

Any benders?

[shorterinperson]

[ What ]

I'm sure there are people who are especially flexible?