http://kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-07-12 10:46 pm

Gathering them in

While her room, the W.I.T.C.H. bus and the Sensoriums were all places that Katara tried out for her new puppy, Zhin still felt more at home in the Hydroponics bay. The flora had agreed with her, and the alien dog missed all of the friends she'd made. Some were still here but most were gone, either a pet of the crew or simply brought to a safer place. Zhin understood this, but likened the start of her new life with her owner as starting the moment she'd been brought to this place. Zhin was wise for one that had lived such a short life so far, but she also made Katara understand that she would not talk about the things she'd been through all at once. Katara respected this, and in turn Zhin accompanied Katara on the tasks she went through without complaint. One of those was meeting the guys right now: Sokka, Zuko, Toph and Mai. She'd asked to meet them in the Hydroponic bay, but if anyone else came, they'd have a sight.

She'd chosen particularly brighter spot in the bay, where the flora seemed to give off a bio luminescence all its own. Katara, for the occasion, was dressed in the glowing club clothing she'd bought on their offshore leave: a little expensive and certainly bright, but enough so that she could be seen, and the plantsuit was still underneath anyway. She had prepared several different foods for the guys too: some meat and fish for Sokka, fairly spicy food for Zuko and Mai, and a dish of vegetables and poultry for Toph. She laid all of this out on a tablecloth on the ground which Zhin helped her set up.

Now she would wait, and play host.

[identity profile] jesushasayak.livejournal.com 2010-07-20 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Everyone here is displaced and afraid. They need a leader they can trust," says Aang, slurping his noodles. "I think it's good they get to choose their leaders, but after they're chosen, as long as they do their jobs, I think changing leadership again would be unwise. Even if they don't trust the Daligig, this crew needs to learn to trust their leaders and each other."

He went on, "One thing I am worried about is what happens when the harder choices have to be made and people disagree. We all know what it's like during wartime--no one can agree with anyone about anything, and people are willing to do drastic things if they think they're right."

It was likely odd to see Aang talk this seriously for this long, but one thing he'd learned with the Nightmare King is that there were times he had to sit down and really think to do his job. If he was going to help maintain balance among the crew.

"I think people need to have a place to talk about things, but with people guiding them towards solutions instead of more fighting. I was thinking of doing something like we did when Cargn and I answered questions--every so often, having mediated talks, where people can work out problems on the ship and figure out ways to fix them."
Edited 2010-07-20 02:43 (UTC)

[identity profile] theregularguy.livejournal.com 2010-07-20 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
"I think that'd be a good idea. In the mean time, I'll...uh..." He frowns and scratches his chin.

"I'll...do something. Maybe I'll try and pick up on how the omnicomms work." He shrugged. He was feeling a little like he had before he had learned from Piandao. So many people here were powerful and smarter and better than him. So he was, well, just the regular guy again.

[identity profile] jesushasayak.livejournal.com 2010-07-20 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
"There might be people that need to learn to swordfight, Sokka," Aang suggested. "Maybe you should take on some students. Maybe there's someone out there who needs to learn from someone like you, just like you needed to learn from someone like Piandao. There are a lot of teachers here, but there's only one that would teach the way you'd teach."