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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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[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!

[acuity]

They're just called mankeys, Aang. Though it's true that they're mostly face...

We're not all like that, I hope! I'm certainly not. I hope.

[savedtheworld]

I know that one! [For once] I just meant that mostly the face of the Mankey, like the snout, is like a piggie!

No, not everyone! Some people are too good that no money can make them different. Like so far? You're super nice and my friend, I'd never accuse you of being like that and I'm sorry if it sounds like it!

[acuity]

Just the snout...?

[ imagining a mankey-nose just walking around. WHAT EVEN... ]

And... I suppose there are people like that, no matter how wealthy or poor they are. So no offense taken.

[savedtheworld]

Yeah, aside from that it looks kinda different! I guess the ears are kind of alike too, but pigs have smaller and curlier tails. I should just show you the Zoobooks sometime! They're better at telling what animals are than me.

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure you know that money's not always good. But I trust it in your hands! [Be so lucky you're not saying this at a casino.]

[acuity]

Right! I've been making my way through the library, too, but it'll take a while to finish everything I want to read. That is, all the books.

And thank you, I appreciate the thought.

[savedtheworld]

All the books?

No problem, Platina.

[acuity]

Absolutely. All of them!

[ aaand here's pokehouse coming up! rapidash and lopunny are already waiting at the entrance, waving a little like OH HEY o/ ]

[savedtheworld]

[Aang points with a warm laugh, touched by the sight.]

Look, Platina! Your buddies are all waiting for you!

[acuity]

[ noticing!! and quickly hurrying over to meet them half-way in a three-way hug. gosh, it would've been a lot more convenient if rapidash was the one to find her out there in the snow, but hey, serendipity! ]

[savedtheworld]

[Oh well. Aang just looks on, continuing to admire this scene. Remembering that time he was reunited with Appa.]

[acuity]

[ finally turning back, still half-hugging rapidash's neck :> ]

Thanks for walking... and sledding me back, Aang.

[savedtheworld]

You're welcome. It's been so long since I penguin sledded, so I'm real thankful to you, too, Platina. That was lots of fun.

[acuity]

It was!... Well, after the initial crash. Do let me know when you'd like to do it again!

[savedtheworld]

I definitely will, and thank you again. I'll see you around, Platina! [He flashes a bright smile before turning to skip off, energized by that wild ride.]

[acuity]

[ cheerfully waving him off before going inside. ADVENTURE SUCCESS \o/]