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[ There’s a lot of important posts going up on the network lately. So much so that Naruto has been kind of apprehensive about posting this. He can't really articulate as well as everyone else and while he wishes he could say something useful about everything that's happening, he's kind of overwhelmed by it all and just taking it as it comes. His issue is determinedly unimportant, but desperation has got the better of him. So here he is. Hi, he's new. Be nice. ]

So uh, I was wonderin' if one of you could help me with something…

[ His usually whiskered but now strangely bare cheeks (thanks cloaking device) are slightly pink as he scrunches up his face. He looks… kind of embarrassed to be asking something like this so openly, because it’s like admitting inferiority, but this kind of stuff just isn’t his forte. ]

I dunno what to tell people when they ask what I do, or where I come from, or anythin' like that.

[ Coming up with an entire backstory? All by himself? Surely you jest. The most he’s managed is dressing his clones differently and calling them his brothers, any more creative than that and you’re asking a little too much of him. He’s entirely new to this community and finding a place in it is hard enough without also having to find a place in this random world too. ]

An old lady asked me why I wasn't in school, an' when I told her I stopped goin' to school when I was thirteen she didn't take it well, so I dunno what I'm supposed to say, y'know. In my world I'm a shinobi, is there anythin' like that here?

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[ But wait. ]

All four elements--? So like, that's like... your power, right? Like formin' chakra, where I'm from. [ There's a little confusion but evident wonder in his expression. ] What's bending though? Is it just making it in your hand or usin' it for techniques and stuff?

[ He doesn't understand the intricate ins and outs of chakra use - one time he had to have chakra blending explained to him using an ice cream as a metaphor, so.... - but he knows enough to form a physical ball of his own in his hand. He's never heard of bending, though.. but it sounds amazing and instantly he wants to know more. ]

[Aang has no idea what chakra is but:]

I guess so.

[To the power thing, that is. He's never so much considered it a 'power' as it is part of him, as integral to him as breathing or seeing. But he's seen how others have reacted to it - with fear and wonder and curiosity - and so he supposes that's not a completely wrong way of describing it, even if he's never seen it that way.]

Bending's like being able to use the four elements however you want. I can't really make fire or earth or water, but if I have it next to me then I can use it however I want. Here, I'll show you!

[And show he does, pulling forth a set of marbles in order to show off his favorite trick in the world: a circle of spinning marbles rotating between his two hands.]

See? I'm using the air to move the marbles around!

[ Naruto's eyes widen to a size larger than the marbles in Aang's hand; to the size of dinner plates, maybe. Needless to say he's incredibly impressed, even with something as simple as spinning marbles because he can't begin to fathom how it might be done. ]

Ey, I have wind chakra-- can you teach me how to do that? [ He asks before he's really had time to think about the possibility of the request, and powers on before he can waste any time doing so afterwards. ] I can do stuff like.. make my chakra really sharp and quick like the wind, so I can make a big ball of it in my hand and throw it, but.. I can't do stuff like that. [ He points at Aang's hand, clearly jealous.

Sensei kind of missed the simple things with Naruto, instead choosing to dive straight in for the big guns because.. well. Look at him. Little did he know Naruto would have probably got just as much enjoyment out of learning to make palm-sized baby cyclones as he did learning how to turn his wind chakra into a physical oversized shuriken. ]

[That's a request Aang's never heard before, if only because the lines dividing an airbender between a non-bender have always been so clear-cut where he comes from. He cocks his head, genuinely contemplative as he mulls the question around in his head. Could he teach Naruto how to airbend? Anything's possible, right?]

I guess I could....I've never tried to teach anyone who wasn't an airbender how to airbend before. [He offers up a smile, tentative.] But it can't hurt to try, right?

How about tomorrow? Are you busy tomorrow?

[ The way Naruto sees it, if he can't teach him to airbend or whatever, then at the very least he might be able to see some more cool stuff that Aang is capable of. So either way its a win-win situation.

He nods, then beams. ]

Nah, I'm not busy! Tomorrow sounds great!

Great! I'll see you tomorrow then.

[Aang's sure it'll be a great day, regardless of whether Naruto manages to learn anything or not. What's more fun than spending time with a new friend?]

See ya later!

[ :D!! He shuts off the connection with a little salute off his headband. ]

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