[ For the four years after Ikki turned ten, they traveled. Kanto, Johto, Hoenn - the reverse order of how they'd started. And then back again, all the way to Kanto. Saffron City is busy and bustling, and for three years Ikki's called it home. She's lived in this world longer than she has anywhere else. While she remembers her world, the world she was born in, it sometimes feels like a dream. It's best remembered when she bends the air - sometimes she'll do little tasks at home with bending, because she can and she likes to remember that - or by the prayer beads on her wrist, although those prayer beads have changed over the years. Some of the beads have been replaced by badges - badges enough for three regions. There are charms, too, that weren't there before - gifts from friends or trinkets she got herself. There's a quiet jingle when Ikki gestures emphatically, but she can mostly move silent despite the charms and badges, because no matter how much she forgets she's never forgotten how to move like a bender.
Today was a Saturday, and Ikki spent it out training. She only took Soren, but he was really all she needed. They did airbending today, moving together like they'd only dreamt of ten years ago. Masaomi always has an open invitation to these sessions, but today Ikki went with Soren only, and she returns the same way, unceremoniously swinging their door wide open and kicking off her shoes. ]
Tadaimaaaaaaaaaaaa! [ That's pretty much shouted into the house as Ikki shuts the door behind her. She uses words and phrases from Masaomi's world sometimes, habits picked up from years and years in his company. Ikki's more prone to banter than she might otherwise be, too, and she actually gets some of his terrible jokes. It only took ten years. A quick glance around shows only one occupant in the front room; Karma the Jolteon was waiting in the entryway, and she nudges Ikki's legs until the girl bends down to pet her partner.
Soren's already inside and off looking for Ema, so Ikki trails further inside, Karma trailing right along after her. ] Masaomi? Where are you?
ten years later.
Today was a Saturday, and Ikki spent it out training. She only took Soren, but he was really all she needed. They did airbending today, moving together like they'd only dreamt of ten years ago. Masaomi always has an open invitation to these sessions, but today Ikki went with Soren only, and she returns the same way, unceremoniously swinging their door wide open and kicking off her shoes. ]
Tadaimaaaaaaaaaaaa! [ That's pretty much shouted into the house as Ikki shuts the door behind her. She uses words and phrases from Masaomi's world sometimes, habits picked up from years and years in his company. Ikki's more prone to banter than she might otherwise be, too, and she actually gets some of his terrible jokes. It only took ten years. A quick glance around shows only one occupant in the front room; Karma the Jolteon was waiting in the entryway, and she nudges Ikki's legs until the girl bends down to pet her partner.
Soren's already inside and off looking for Ema, so Ikki trails further inside, Karma trailing right along after her. ] Masaomi? Where are you?
[ She'll check the kitchen first. ]