Roaming, restless [After Dungeon Keeper]

[morganknight]

Morgan was restless.

When restless, he tended to roam the ship, checking on things he knew of, or seeking out places he didn't out of curiosity. Today was a little of both. After the pitched battle in Hydroponics, he felt a particular obligation towards one plant in particular: the apple tree he'd helped Applejack grow from a seed. For all that he'd done his best to contain Hydroponic in the fight, he hadn't been able to do anything specific to protect that plant.

Done there, he headed back down in the City, off to one particular place that had caught his interest when he had heard about it: an 'air temple'. Not on the map, not listed in the directory, or he'd have wandered over just to take a look a long time ago. Now that he'd heard about it, well...

Time to investigate.

[OOC: Just say where you find him; it can be pretty much anywhere, since his trip covers a lot of ground across the ship.]

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[kungfu-sexnun.livejournal.com]

"This is the Southern Air Temple, a home for monks of the Air Nomads. My people. I haven't found any of the sister temples yet, so for now, I live here."

The temple has plenty of stairs, but Nima skips them all, landing in a puff of air in front of Morgan. She extends her hands to clasp his in greeting.

"I'd love to show you around! It would be so much better if Aang was here, but I haven't seen him in weeks."

That's bothersome information, but if Nima's bothered by it, she isn't letting it show.

"This is his childhood home. I never even visited until now." She grins mischievously. "Actually, since this is a temple for monks, I'm not even supposed to stay here at all, but I won't tell if you won't."

[morganknight]

"I'm sure no one is going to complain, circumstances being what they are," he said, returning the hand-clasping with a smile. "I grew up in a temple myself, so I'm certainly not gonna complain. I guess these were a lot more common on your world, then?" Judging by the comment of 'sister temples' and the general impression he'd gotten of her world from its inhabitants, martial arts and their practitioners seemed downright ubiquitous.

[kungfu-sexnun.livejournal.com]

"There are four Air Temples. My home temple is the Eastern Air Temple. You can probably guess what the other two are called."

She squeezes his hands affectionately, releasing one as she draws him into the temple. "The other nations had many temples of their own, but these four are the central homes of the Air Nomads. I didn't know you grew up in a temple!"

She pulled him up the steps towards the open patio where a statue of Monk Gyatso sat in eternal meditation.

[morganknight]

"Well, it never came up till now. There's plenty we don't know about each other," he said with a chuckle as he followed behind quite docilely. "One less now, though. I'm guessing these temples relate to what you can do?"