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[leadinglady]

[ backdated to before the elves, just when the snow is really heavily piling up! SOMEBODY has just been dumped out beyond the village after her de-hiatus kidnapping, and gave up wading through the packed snow after like five minutes. so she's trying a different tactic.

wherever you are, there's suddenly a girl on an armored penguin calling out for you to WATCH OUT!! as she sleds down the slope, swerving to avoid hitting you....... and then crashing into a tree. awkward. the only way that could be even more awkward is if you'd been unlucky and stepped out from behind a tree, out-of-sight, so that you didn't even get a warning before the girl and her penguin crash straight into you instead. whooops. ]

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[savedtheworld]

I think our smiles look alike! But... Wait. Your birthday passed?!

[acuity]

That might be it. And yes, it did, during the draft...

[ a pretty bad time 8( ]

[savedtheworld]

Oh - that time. I was... [The light leaves his face for a moment. But quickly returns.] I'm gonna have to make it up to you, then!

[acuity]

[ ... hmm. curious, but it's not ladylike to pry. ]

That won't be necessary. It's over with, so let's focus on christmas!

[savedtheworld]

Sure! Maybe I'll just make sure you have an extra special Christmas, then. You're a real good friend, Platina.

[acuity]

... That's nice of you to say. I think the same of you, Aang. So let's make this holiday an enjoyable one!

[savedtheworld]

Thanks. I'm glad you think that way, too! And you're right - all the more reason to make sure this holiday's super special!

[acuity]

Not that we need any more reasons, but I'll certainly look forward to it!

[savedtheworld]

Of course! That's great. I'll think up as many neat surprises as I can. I got a lot of people to be thankful for here, after all.

[acuity]

They have to be surprises, too?

[savedtheworld]

I... think so! You're not supposed to let people know what you're getting them.

[acuity]

I suppose you're right. I'll have to think hard about what I could buy...

[ or make... 8|a ]

[savedtheworld]

It will take a lots of thoughts to make sure everyone's is special. But at least you don't have to worry about needing moneys here! You could even make things, too.

[acuity]

That's true, too. Sometimes I have a hard time remembering that money isn't an issue here.

... Not that it was an issue for me back home, either...

[savedtheworld]

You didn't need money at home either?

[acuity]

I didn't. My family owned almost all of the hotels and stores and businesses, after all.

[savedtheworld]

Wow, really? Are you a princess, Platina?

[acuity]

[ YES... ]

Of course not. I'm a researcher!

[savedtheworld]

Wow, really? I didn't know researchers made lots of money.

[Dude, the only researcher he met willingly let himself be buried alive to be near books. Money didn't seem to be on his mind.]

[acuity]

... Well, not necessarily. But I'm also a Berlitz.

You said that you didn't need money, either, right?

[savedtheworld]

A Berlitz. I wonder if that's like being a Beifong.

Not really. My people aren't really much for material possessions. Just enough to get by when we're traveling through towns! When I traveled with my friends, we did sometimes have trouble managing what little we had. But we always made it work!

[acuity]

It depends on what a Beifong is, I'd imagine.

That's... a little hard to imagine. But it's true that traveling means packing light!

[savedtheworld]

That's my friend Toph's family, and their symbol is a flying boar! They did seem to be really rich - they had a real big house with a giant garden, and she once got us a ferry ticket just by showing proof that she's a Beifong! [And they... hired bounty hunters. Yeahhh...] She doesn't like to talk about them, though.

It does mean packing light cuz then you can go faster! Also, my people taught me that too much money can make corruption.

[acuity]

That does sound similar! Our symbol is an emblem, though, not a boar... whatever that is.

A-and corruption. Is that so!

[savedtheworld]

A boar's a kind of a piggie. Like a... Mankey-face!

Yeah! Don't you know about greed? When you got lots of money, you got power. And some people like having power over others too much, so they use it for bad!