video;

[bookbending]

[The video reveals an unimpressed girl--far more pleasant than some of the videos going around the network.]

I hate these machines. They only show horrible things or tells me that people left and every time I try to get rid of mine, it comes back.

[She taps the device's screen, just in case anyone had doubts about what she was talking about.]

I threw it in the ocean and then found it on my bed. Then I smashed it and buried the pieces, but it came back again. Is there a way to make them go away? Permanently?

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[bookbending]

I don't know. This is different from the way things are in my world, and some things that I think are normal get called magic here.

[missrosetyler]

Oh? Like what sort of things?

[bookbending]

Like airbending and spirits and the spirit world.

[missrosetyler]

Well that is definitely different. Never heard of those things before.

So you bend...air? How does that work?

[bookbending]

I can manipulate air by directing chi. There are earthbenders, firebenders, and waterbenders, too.

[missrosetyler]

Blimey. That is impressive! What's your name anyway? Don't think I caught it.

[bookbending]

Sorry! I'm Jinora.

[missrosetyler]

It's alright. I'm Rose. Nice to meet you, Jinora.

Have you gotten hit with curses a lot?

[bookbending]

Thank you, and it's nice to meet you too, Rose.

No, not a lot, but I see what they do every time I look at the machine. It's been telling me that my friends left, too.

[missrosetyler]

M'sorry to hear. All my mates are gone as well but you know I hear that people come back all the time. So maybe they will return, yeah?

[bookbending]

I hope so, and I hope your friends come back, too. Do you have anyone in the City right now?

[missrosetyler]

Thank you. No, not really. Sort of a lone wolf at the moment.

What about you?

[bookbending]

There are two people from home here. They're not family, but I'm not alone.

Can I help? Being completely alone would be awful.

[missrosetyler]

That's good. Are they mates of yours?

Sure if you'd like. Always strength in numbers.

[bookbending]

One's almost a sister.

So you wouldn't mind being friends?

[missrosetyler]

That's brilliant.

Nah, not at all.

[bookbending]

What do you like doing?

[missrosetyler]

Well I love to travell although given the present circumstance, suppose I like to just fiddle around with tech and just go exploring.

How about yourself?

[bookbending]

Tech? Like technology? I don't know very much about it, but I like exploring, too.

I read and train, mostly.

[missrosetyler]

Yup that's the one. Have you explored many places here?

Reading's nice. What sort of training do you do?

[bookbending]

Just the beach. No one likes it when I go out alone.

Airbending! It's kind of like martial arts--that's what the library says.

[missrosetyler]

Ah. The beach's...nice. Well it's good to have caring mates in the place like this.

That's different. You've been to the library here?

[bookbending]

It can be, most of the time.

I'm there all the time! The books move around and there are so many of them, but I think it's amazing.

[missrosetyler]

Should probably try and go there more often.

Blimey. That sounds a bit Harry Potterish.

[bookbending]

Who-ish?