[Action throughout the day and Open!] Playing in the rain.

[notyourutopian]

Of all the things Eleanor had discovered in Luceti that had been impossible in Rapture, the rain was probably her favorite one. It had taken her some time to adjust to the idea of it, to be fair, since in Rapture the sound of falling water generally meant something horrible had happened and a section of the city about to flood, but up here on the surface it was just...normal.

Weather in-and-of-itself was a new concept, honestly. Occasionally the big storms up on the ocean's surface would cause churn in the water around the city, but never anything more than messy water and unhappy whales. She'd loved the snow too, and bright sunny days and brisk, windy days, but rain was her favorite. Maybe it was just how it was a callback to home without being so close as to make her dwell on the negative things.

Which was why she didn't particularly find any reason to try and avoid it the way so many other people seemed to. In fact, she made a point of going out in weather like that, with the large, old-fashioned purple umbrella she'd acquired last summer. It hadn't rained all winter, which she knew was normal but had still been a bit of a frustration, and now that it was doing it again, she'd practically bolted from school at the end of the day to go for a walk.

And that was where she could be found for the rest of the afternoon, wandering about in her long black skirt and simple red jacket, her umbrella resting on her shoulder, a faint smile on her face. She would stop for a while to sit under one of the awnings by the shops and read, listening to the rain, then head back out for another walk. She'd picked up a pair of heavy-duty boots, and someone might happen to catch her hopping into a puddle with them to send up a splash and then laughing softly to herself.

Even during the height of the thunderstorm itself, she was (probably foolishly) walking around with her umbrella.

[ooc: People can run into Eleanor anywhere in the village during the rain, or yell at her to come in out of the lightning if they like. She might even listen!]

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[lordhotman]

... Okay.

[So he takes her hand and just waits to see what she has in mind.]

[notyourutopian]

[She smiles, a bit hesitantly. She's only tried this once before with another person.]

This might feel a little weird.

[She opened her umbrella with one hand and her knee, then held it over both of them...and suddenly, he'd feel himself being enveloped in a purplish energy, and for a second, everything in the universe would seem to explode...]

[And then they were standing on the lawn outside of his house. In the raging thunderstorm. Under an umbrella. Whoops.]

[And Eleanor looked a bit dazed, stumbling back a step and looking like she might fall over.]

Woah, that was farther than I realized...

[lordhotman]

[... Okay that was definitely not what he was expecting. As soon as they arrive he instantly lets go of her hand, his face one of shock. However he quickly snaps out of it when he sees her stumbling and reaches out to catch her.]

What WAS that?

[notyourutopian]

[She is only unstable for a moment, but she offers him a grateful smile at the steadying hand, taking a second to press her own into her head as if she could ward off a headache before she stands up straight.]

Ah. Teleportation? I've only tried it with another person once before, and not...quite that far.

[She looks a bit sheepish.]

1/2

[lordhotman]

[Teleport-what? Zuko has no idea what that is and it about to ask when suddenly the air feels charged and he remembers their in a thunderstorm. Crap. He knows that feeling well. Without having the time to say anything, Zuko instead pushes Eleanor aside. Just before a bolt of lightning, perhaps attracted by the sudden teleportation, streaks from the sky.

His arm outstretched, the lightning strikes and is absorbed at his fingerstips.]

2/2

[lordhotman]

[The electricity courses through his body before it is released from his other hand. The lightning being redirected right back into the sky from where it had come.

And this is why its dangerous to play in thunderstorms.]

[notyourutopian]

[Given the way Eleanor's teleportation ionized the air around them, it was no surprise there was suddenly a lightning strike, though her fear was replaced by shock as she watched him...catch it for lack of a better term. And then hurl it away.]

H-how did you do that?

[lordhotman]

Firebending.

[A simple explanation, but he'd rather talk about this inside and thus directs her towards the house.]

You should stay here until the storm passes.

[Cause yeah, don't want that happening again.]

[notyourutopian]

Mm. [She hesitated before agreeing, looking up at the sky again as she moves to follow him.] I should have realized that might happen, honestly.

I'm lucky you were here.

[lordhotman]

If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have done it in the first place.

[He leads her to the house, allowing her to go in first.]

[notyourutopian]

[She follows him and then shakes her umbrella out before stepping inside, looking around quietly.]

Well. I probably would have done it eventually anyway. That's how I get around most of the time.

[lordhotman]

... Oh.

[Well then. And now there's a moment of awkward silence because... he now realizes he's just brought a girl home that he barely knows. Good thing uncle isn't here. So now what. Um...]

Would you like some tea?

[Yeah there we go.]

[notyourutopian]

[Maybe she suddenly felt self-conscious, or maybe his sudden realization was palpable enough, but she shifted a bit at the offer, looking...nervous?]

T-thank you, but I wouldn't want to impose or anything...

[lordhotman]

You're not imposing.

[With that, Zuko goes over to the kitchen. He's still getting use to this modern appliances but uncle taught him enough to be able to make tea. Thus he starts to heat up the water.]

[notyourutopian]

[Eleanor hesitates before she stands her umbrella up by the door and follows after him.]

I'm guessing other people live here too?

[It seemed far too big for one person.]

[lordhotman]

Yeah, my friends, Aang, Katara, Toph, Ikki, Asami, and my uncle all live here.

[Zuko also pulls out one of uncle's teapots and some cups.]

[notyourutopian]

...Wow. That's a lot of people. [Suddenly the house felt oddly small for all that.]

Can I help? [She indicates the cups.]

[lordhotman]

Uh, sure.

[Though he's not sure how since there's not a lot to making tea. Once the tea is hot enough, made faster by a little fire bending, he pours it in the teapot to let the tea steep.]

[notyourutopian]

[Eleanor mostly just didn't want to feel like she was just standing there dripping on the floor instead of helping. So she at least carries things over to the table.]

Have you been in Luceti long?

[lordhotman]

[He follows not long after, carrying the steaming teapot along with him.]

No, not long. What about you?

[notyourutopian]

[The teen hesitates for a moment and then frowns.]

...Nine months. [A beat.] I...hadn't realized.

[lordhotman]

... That's a long time.

[Not as long as Aang says he's been here, but still.

He then begins pouring the tea into the cups.]

[notyourutopian]

...Yes it is.

[Her voice is quiet as she takes the tea, sitting down on the edge of a half-pulled out chair.]

Thanks.

[lordhotman]

Sure.

[Once he's poured his own tea, Zuko sits down too. Let the awkward silence ensue.]

[notyourutopian]

[Well not that awkward, since Eleanor couldn't go long without being curious...]

So what's your world like? I mean, if there are people that can make lightning, it can't be boring, right?

[A small grin.]