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[So the clothing shop seems to have acquired a new mannequin -- a girl in her early teens, in a New Feather dress, with her cheerful pink wings neatly arranged as she slumps in an overstuffed, poorly upholstered armchair on a display in the shop. Yep, that sure is Ty Lee, with wings to match her aura!

All of a sudden, she comes awake with a start, giving a small gasp and shaking her head.]

No! I totally wasn't sleeping at my lesson, I swear! I know exactly what the capital of the-

Oh.

[No, that was just a bad dream about the Royal Fire Academy for Girls. She's definitely not there anymore!

But where is she is the question. She peers around with an air of befuddlement, then pushes herself out of the chair and turns to give it a look.]

Eww. What's that doing... here...?

What'm I doing here? Is this some kind of joke?

[Wait for it...]

...

Who took my clothes? This isn't my uniform! This isn't mine! It's like I'm dressed for a funeral...

[Which is kind of scary, actually.]

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[Well, she managed to find some clothes that aren't white, and that fit her -- it's not exactly a Kyoshi warrior uniform, but it's not a white dress or anything like what she wore in the Fire Nation, so good enough for now. And apparently someone's told her about the journals, because she's peering intently at it, the tip of her tongue sticking out as she messes with it.]

Weeeird. This isn't any kind of a normal journal! I thought journals were just for you to put your own stuff in, not... not do whatever this does!

Anyway, hi! Uh, if people actually do look at this thing, I dunno. Talking to a book is really strange. I mean, I know some people say books are their best friends, but this is just silly! (And so are they, if you ask me.) So if anyone's... listening to this book, whatever, nice to meet you!

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Well, she does now, but she doesn't remember giving birth to me or raising me. ...it helped at first that I look a lot like her.

[ WHOA she's not used to being identified by people she...can't identify. ]

[ But that definitely means the new girl is from home...! ]

Yeah! I'm Ikki! It's nice to meet you. Are you from Republic City?

You got me. But everyone here gets a set, including people who already had wings.

There's more, though. [A lot more, and Zatanna starts looking around for the book she knows will be nearby.] The place is called Luceti, by the way. Where you've ended up.

You're seeing a video image of me. It's not the same.

You ever seen grown men run around dressed like princesses and breaking into song? Or how about talking, pink puff balls or rabbits wearing pants? And that's ignoring all the weird experiments, like the one where the moon nearly crushed the whole village!

[She's got two years under her belt, leaving plenty of unsaid weirdness.]

[ Ty Lee...it was probably just a coincidence, right?

Did this place even have coincidences? ]

Uh...this might sound kind of strange, but...you're not from the Fire Nation, are you?

They're from the future, like I said. Our future.

One of them is the Avatar after Aang, which is really weird. You'll have to see for yourself.

Oh-! True Cross Academy's campus town. ...Which's in Japan.

I'm Ty Lee!

Republic City...? I've never even heard of a place like that! Where is it?

Ohhh. Yeah, people have been telling me about that! That's so weird. What's the future like?

[Why would it sound weird? There's only three to pick from, really...]

Well, I was, but that's not gonna be my home anymore! Why?

[She's giggling, right up until the 'nearly crushed the village' part. That's not funny, all of a sudden, that's kinda scary!]

Whaaat? Why would the moon do that?

Hey, who's the expert here, you or me? If I can see your silly face, I can see your aura, even if I can't feel it! And it's looking like it needs a little babying right now.

My aura, if I had one, is fine. And in no need of babying.

Weird things? Okay, I definitely want to hear about this before anything happens!

[She'll find Ty Lee poking her head out of the clothing shop after a little bit, now in green and pink instead of the New Feather dress.]

Suki! There you are! [And of course her first instinct is to run over to give Suki a hug.]

Whatty-what-where? In what?

Oh. That still seems kind of sad, I guess. But at least you look like her! That must've made things easier.

Luceti. Hmph. [She's still scowling at the wings. Man, those are gonna way cramp her style! All her balance is gonna be off!] How can I get out of here? And get rid of these wings?

[Suki happily hugged her friend. It was so good seeing Ty Lee again.]

Ty Lee! [She pulled away to sneeze, turning away, of course.] Sorry. I'm just a bit... sick.

Time is frozen? So you mean everyone is just like, standing still waiting for us all to come back? That's weirder than anything else you've told me!

I'm sorry. It's just the truth. This place is weird in lots of other ways, too. But those are the basics of this place: until we can get home, we're stuck here, and we have to live here. And whenever we go home... as far as I know, it's like we were never gone.

[ Whoa. It really was her. Korra shouldn't be surprised, considering the number of people from their world here. ]

I've just, uh, heard of you before.

'Cause the guys in charge are sick freaks who like messing with our heads. It didn't really crash into us, but it sure looked like it was gonna! Plus, it got this ugly face that just kept staring down at us.

[She shudders.]

It was right around Nightmare Night, so I give 'em props for trying to fit with the holiday spirit, but they kinda went overboard.

The Avatar after Aang? So he's like... getting to meet his own his own reincarnation? That's gotta be super weird for him!

[And now she looks really thoughtful.]

Does anyone else get to meet future versions of themselves, or is the Avatar just special like that?

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