A Supermagnet, A Doctor, and A Twin Walk Into A Bar

[iamnotpolaris]

Milliways. Oh, bless.
Dr. Xavier could have finished her shift, made it home, and buried her head in a pillow if she had to. But this is much easier.
"Hi, Bar, can I have a stimulant that won't interfere with my judgement or dexterity or anything like that?"

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[alicornucopia]

A little pink pillow of a pill and a glass of water appears, along with a hot pretzel. Eat first.

[iamnotpolaris]

"Yes ma'am, thank you ma'am," she says, and takes a bite of pretzel.

[alicornucopia]

You're welcome, of course.

[roc_on]

The door opens again.

[iamnotpolaris]

Emily is tired enough to eat another bite of pretzel before turning around to see who the newcomer is.

[roc_on]

"...Hi? Where is this? It lacks several signs of me having accidentally wandered into the spirit world but I don't have a better explanation."

[iamnotpolaris]

"This is Milliways. It's a bar that hijacks doors in completely different universes. The bar proper is sentient and female, and the first drink is free. You can ask for whatever you like but I recommend taking Bar's recommendation. She is very, very good at what she does."

[roc_on]

"...So you're from a different universe and that's why you're, uh, odd-looking?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"I am almost certainly from a different universe and I don't know what you find odd-looking about me in particular but I wouldn't be surprised if dimensional shenanigans had something to do with it." Pretzel. Nom.

[roc_on]

"It's mostly your eyes, I can't totally figure it out actually." The air in the room swirls oddly as the newcomer approaches the bar. "So you don't know who I am, either, because you're from a different universe."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Nope. No clue. And I doubt you know who I am, either."

[roc_on]

"Are you also world-famous?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Not me personally, but my father is."

[roc_on]

"That's probably nearly as draining sometimes. Anyway, I'm Beila Guxiao." Bow.

[iamnotpolaris]

"Emily Xavier." She inclines at the waist, but makes no move to get up from her bar stool. "So why are you world-famous, or would you rather interact with someone who doesn't have a clue for once?"

[roc_on]

"I don't really mind being world-famous, the interest of going unrecognized has already worn off. I'm the Avatar. Do you have those where you're from?" She sits at the bar. "I'll take her recommendation to take your recommendation." She gets a slushy apple-rose drink. "Ooh."

[iamnotpolaris]

"No, I don't think so. I haven't heard of any such thing, anyway."

[roc_on]

"It means I can bend all four elements and I have some nifty spirit powers on top of that. I am technically reincarnated, but apart from oddly timed births and deaths not so you'd notice."

[iamnotpolaris]

"All four elements? What, you mean like fire, water, earth and air?"

[roc_on]

"Yeah." She pulls a glob of ice slush out of her drink, makes it orbit her hand with flowing gestures, plops it back into the glass.

[iamnotpolaris]

"Cool. I think those are the Greek Classical Elements in my world. I do metal," she adds, the steel bracelet on one wrist deciding to do a mercury impression and twisting off to make a circuit around her arm.

[roc_on]

"Earthbenders on my world can do that if they specially train for it. A lot of cops are metalbenders, especially in Republic City. I haven't picked it up yet, I'm still in firebending my first go-round and then I can go back and learn metal and sand and lightning. But you just do metal?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Well, I do magnetism, it's not quite the same thing. The earth is a giant magnet, so I can push off its magnetic field to fly, and I can do some stuff with things that are sensitive to electricity."

[roc_on]

"Ooh, metalbenders can't fly, they mostly vault around or zipline. So that's different too."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Ziplining sounds fun, but not as practical as flying."