Here Comes Appa

[savedtheworld]

Who: The Avatar family plus Appa
What: Avatar reunion party
When: Tuesday Afternoon
Where: Outside House 56
Summary: Appa comes to Luceti. And the Gaang is complete?!
Rating: PG?

Aang sat on the front lawn outside the Avatar House after school, bison whistle in hand. It had been two days since he had gotten it back. Two days of blowing into the whistle and finding no sign of Appa. He had held off so far for today, not wanting to get his hopes up again, but he decided on one more try for now, and he had suggested that the others stay near the house just in case. His moment of silence finally came to an end. He finally stood up and blew into the whistle.

Several minutes of silence passed. Aang sighed and focused on the ground.

Followed by a familiar roar, one that Aang had been used to hearing every day from his childhood. A large, fuzzy silhouette appeared in the sky and grew closer. Aang found himself shouting out Appa's name, and his face brightened.
 
Appa was clearly excited to be here, so much that he almost trampled over Aang as he came to an abrupt landing on the lawn. Aang fell onto his back and immediately found himself being welcomed by Appa's tongue. Oh, how he missed that slobber. After several minutes of giggling and bursting with joy, Aang leaped into the air and landed on Appa's forehead in the closest thing to a hug he could manage.

Comments

[savedtheworld]

I have fun with it! Especially when it makes good Waterbending practice.

[markofthewise]

And I don't waterbend. At all. [So it's really good practice in getting himself all wet and covered in fur.]

[savedtheworld]

Right. The challenge doesn't make it fun?

[markofthewise]

Nice try, Aang. But you won't appeal to my desire of conquering challenges by implying that washing Appa is one.

[savedtheworld]

Are you sure? Maybe you could make it into a game!

[markofthewise]

Yeah. It'll be the "Aang is responsible for keeping Appa clean" game. [Sorry bro, but you can't even claim world rescuing as keeping you busy!]

[savedtheworld]

[With Appa stable in the air, Aang stretches out in the saddle and breathes in some nice sky air. It's good to be up in the air on Appa again, even if it is in Luceti world. He looks towards Sokka with a grin]

I'll gladly play that game. And you can help with the grocery game.

[markofthewise]

Sure thing, buddy. [Sokka leans over the side and pats Appa along the side.]

Hey big guy. See all those trees? You can eat as much as you want from them!

[savedtheworld]

[Appa growls.]

But you should be careful! There's dangerous things down there sometimes. At least Moro's not likely to bother him. I think she's mostly against humans.

[markofthewise]

I don't think there's anything down there scary enough to give Appa any trouble. The animals here aren't as scary as the ones back home.

[savedtheworld]

You're right. Appa could avoid bears easily, and... vampires only like human blood, right? [Pause] He could still use hay and cabbages and stuff.

[markofthewise]

Well there's no shortage of cabbages.

[savedtheworld]

That's true. It almost feels like they're plucked straight from home sometimes. [Maybe somewhere out there, a cabbage salesman is crying over a suddenly empty cart.] I just want to make sure he gets as much as he could want. He deserves it.

[markofthewise]

He'll get plenty! Even if it means everyone else is deprived of cabbages.

[savedtheworld]

That's the spirit! [He laughs and takes a moment to scratch Appa's fur.] Where should we take Appa first?

[markofthewise]

Somewhere in the mountains. I've been everywhere else.

[savedtheworld]

That sounds fun. [He steps up and grabs Appa's reigns.] C'mon, buddy! It's adventure time! [Appa's redirected towards said mountains.]

[markofthewise]

[Sokka meanwhile relaxes back in the saddle. He misses this.]