unfringed | File #004 video

[Walter turns on the video for the journal, sets it up and then moves back, sitting down on a chair in front of it. He's wear a lab coat over his usual checkered shirt and sweater cardigan combo and looks quite gleeful, gesturing toward the camera with a welcoming motion.]

Fellow denizens of Luceti! My name is Walter Bishop and I come to you with a unique request.

I would like to take a tissue and wing sample from every person in the compound - a simple test, really, very quick, not at all painful [Says the man who can tolerate electroshock therapy with a smile] - in order to help the scientists of our great community better understand the makeup of this universe.

Should you and several of your companions be from the same world, it would be most helpful if one or all could donate, although one should suffice if anyone is a tad squeamish.

I will be taking the samples this afternoon in the plaza.

Oh! And hot cocoa will be provided for compensation of course. I'm no madman.

This afternoon, starting at 1pm. Any and all volunteers are welcome! Those who don't wish to volunteer, don't worry - I'm sure I can find you somehow, yes?

[Action: Plaza, 1PM]
[As promised, Walter is bundled up in warmer clothes at the plaza with a little table of lab equipment and a rather large cooler that holds several Thermoses of hot cocoa. There are even little marshmallows for people who want them.]

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[ Walter, you just...got it wrong again...

...

Oh well. ]</small. Oh! Well, that should be a lot of people. The Brigade's pretty big, last I checked. I think, anyway. They're the ones who did the Tanabata festival the year I got here.

[What, no he didn't. What are you talking about? Shhhhh.....]

Oh, is it? Wonderful! I do need samples from as many people as I can. It's important to have a variety, even from the same world. Variances in a person's DNA could cause incomplete data.

....

What is Tanabata?

It's a Japanese holiday, I guess. You make wishes by writing them on paper and tying them to a tree! And there are fireworks, too.

[ ...She...she's not really sure about anything about the holiday beyond that, to be honest... ]

Oh, well! That's fascinating. Did you make a wish then? And tie it to the tree?

And fireworks! I've always loved fireworks.

Yep! I wished...um, it was almost two years ago, but..."I want to live happily with everyone in our house as long as I can". And I think I also wished for Chien's practice to go well. He was Soren's trainer before me, back then. He went home a few months after Tanabata.

[ Back then...who had been in the house? It was in July...Aang and Katara and Bolin had all still been there, like they were now. Asami had been there, but she didn't remember that time any longer, since she'd returned home and come back since then. Korra. Toph. Zuko. Roku. All four of them, now gone. Uncle Sokka, gone. Jinora...two years ago, when Tanabata had come around, Jinora had still been there. Her father had appeared a few days after Tanabata, and had been in Luceti for a brief flash, before disappearing again.

Now it was Aang, Katara. Bolin and Asami. Iroh.

The empty rooms in their house that had belonged to other people once upon a time were sad things, sometimes. ]

I like fireworks, too, though! I hope we get to see 'em again sometime.

That's a wonderful wish. [Even if it sounded sad. He would have wished that, too. Walter held out the cannister to refill her cup.] I would have wished the same - maybe I had, a long time ago, just not on a tree.

And perhaps we shall. When is this festival? Maybe they'll do it again for us.

[ Ikki holds out said cup - it is rather cold out, so the hot chocolate is nice against it. Hot down her throat. ]

I think it's around the seventh of July. That's around when it was last time, at least. If we could have it again...I think that'd be good. Doing things like that sometimes can help cheer people up when they get too down.

[He happily refills the cup for her and nods.]

Wishes on trees and fireworks - it shouldn't be too difficult to pull off, hm? Next June, we'll just need to talk to the clubs here and see what they can organize.

Yeah! It's a deal. I mean...I'm definitely gonna ask about it! No one'd complain about that, right?

[ Wishes and fireworks, she means. ]

I don't see why they would - unless they're an enemy of fun and then we'd just have to do it anyway. No one should be allowed to be such a party pooper forever.

Enemies of fun are enemies of the state!! I just decided.

[ SHE KNOWS LINGO. ]

[He laughs heartily and holds out the bag of marshmallows for Ikki.]

Ikki, my dear, I like the way you think.

[ THE ENTIRE BAG...She will take some to put in for sure. ]

Anyway...I hope you get lots and lots of samples for your science, Walter. So you can solve your music thing.

[He'd applaud her for taking the whole bag, actually. Instead, he just smiles as she takes some marshmallows and nods.]

Thank you, Ikki. I hope so as well. That way I can return people to their rightful homes.

[ If only she knew Walter was an adult who would allow that to happen... ]

I should prob'bly get going so more people have a chance to come up and help out, then.

[She will learn someday...]

Oh yes, of course. Here, please take these back to your house.

[He hands her the rest of the bag, pleased with her acquiescence.]

Have a good day, Ikki.

Oh, thanks!!

[ THIS IS THE BEST PRESENT...MARSHMALLOWS! ]

Have a great day, Walter!!

[ And she will skip off, pausing to wave a final time before she's entirely out of sight. ]

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