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?"

Comments

[roc_on]

"I might have become a doctor if I were just an airbender - there aren't that many careers besides, say, dancing, where it's a measurable advantage, and it'd be a bit laughable for me to be a dancer when I need to bend just to walk. It gave me some trouble when I was learning to firebend, too - fire is more sensitive to nearby breezes than water or earth are."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Some kind of condition, or...? Sorry, it's none of my business. My father was injured during the thwarting of Shaw, and he couldn't walk until sufficient medical technology had been acquired from Milliways, so it--catches my attention, I suppose."

[roc_on]

"I have a neurological balance problem, and I think it's actually worse because I'm used to bending and haven't practiced walking without it. I didn't take longer to walk than a regular kid, I just fell over a lot - babies can actually use airbending but not purposefully; I didn't figure out how to stay upright until I was about four. And now if I go to the spirit world where there is no actual air I can't even take as many steps as I could when I was three."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Thaaat sounds like it must suck. Can you bring objects into the spirit world, maybe you could have a spirit-world-going-into place with a wheelchair or something."

[roc_on]

"The spirit world is not wheelchair accessible. And the extent to which one can bring objects is - ambiguous. When I go, I perceive myself to be wearing clothes, but I also perceive myself to be breathing the air that there isn't unless I pay close attention. Anything more complicated than a wheelchair has a decent chance of just not functioning in spirit form. So I bring someone along and they help me, but I don't have to go very often."

[iamnotpolaris]

"That works too. Who is it, or is it not usually the same person?"

[roc_on]

"I brought my boyfriend by accident the first time; he was around to watch my body while my spirit went gallivanting off and I mistakenly pulled him in. I went on a sort of educational trip and brought a nun last year. Who I'd bring on a future visit would depend on what I was doing."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Accidentally pulled him in? He turned out alright, I hope."

[roc_on]

"Oh, yes, he was fine, he carried me around and then he realigned with his body and we were out. It was sort of nerve-wracking at the time but turned out all right."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I'm glad."

[roc_on]

"Me too. I'm not sure what would have happened if it had turned out he was stuck there."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Legal awkwardness and a shift in focus of Avatar-related effort to getting him unstuck, would be my best guess."

[roc_on]

"I mean, I guess I would have had to learn to make a portal or something. Those are a thing."

[iamnotpolaris]

shrug. "I wouldn't know." Nom nom last bites of pretzel.

[roc_on]

"What is that thing you've been eating? Is it just weirdly shaped bread?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Weirdly shaped and cooked differently. It's called a pretzel."

[roc_on]

"Huh. Otherworldly food."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Apparently. Why, what kinds of food does your world have?"

[roc_on]

"I mean, we have bread, just not shaped like that. Apples? Sea prunes? Bean curd? Noodles? I'm a vegetarian most of the time, um - chickenlizard?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"We have apples and noodles and chicken. I've never heard of sea prunes, and we usually don't eat lizard at all, let alone in combination with chicken."

[roc_on]

"...What, you only eat the parts with feathers...? You only like possumchicken?..."

[iamnotpolaris]

"...Possumchicken?"

[roc_on]

"Arctic hen? Pig chicken?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"We have chickens and lizards and pigs and possums but I've never heard of them being combined..."

[roc_on]

"...You only have isolate animals?"