ikki talks like the wind.

[ Welcome to a clearing a little ways away from House 56. This is the Airbending Gates clearing, and they're sort of visible in the background. There's a few trees, too, and the one nearest Ikki has Soren in it. Ikki's sitting crosslegged, a box on the ground in front of her. Her journal's propped up against something - a rock? It's just not clear - to leave her hands free.

After she's sure the thing is on, she grins. ]

Hey! This is Ikki! I'd say you know that already but you might not because I don't know everyone and anyway it's New Feather season so there are probably lots of people I don't know. I guess those people don't have to listen to this because I dunno if they'd care although I'll answer questions if they want? Oh, not that ANYONE has to listen to this but I mean I know I listen to things that look most interesting to me and this might not look like that to some people. [ As always, this is all in one breath. Her mile-a-minute chatter has yet to change. ]

Anyway! Guess what?? Tomorrow? Is the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL ...Not that I mind school, Sifu Raine, Sifu Layton! But that means every day I'll be free! Well except in mornings with grandpa and then sometimes with Rapunzel and Lee and the art club and you know everything else I do but it's still pretty great! I think I'm allowed to be excited about it because that's what you DO when school gets out, right? I mean I never went to a proper one at home because I learned from Daddy at the Island but I talked to some of the kids from the City and I think that's what you do. Oh, and the day after tomorrow is Katara's birthday, which is also pretty exciting! Everyone should say hello to her then, okay?

[ Another pause for breath. Surprisingly, she does actually have to breathe. ...Today is a year since arrival, and apparently that means... ] Today I'm going to share something special with you all. [ That's said as though she's telling a secret, although this isn't at all filtered. ] The secret is inside this box! This box was something Katara and I got, last year. A long time ago! Inside it are very, very special things! Normally I don't show ANYONE it, because that's how you keep secrets, but I'll show you all today. These are my treasures!

...That is, I'll show you if you ask! And then, if you ask, I'll tell you about one of my treasures that you get to see. You have to pick one! And if you pick the RIGHT one, I'll give you a present. [ Because apparently this is a game? Yes, that seems to be the case. ] If you don't get it right, then you don't get a prize!

Oh, and if you're new and listened to all that, you should drop by the school on the fourteenth, 'cause that's the next Art Club meeting and we're always recruiting!

[ Ikki can be contacted about her treasures either in person near the gates or via video. GOOD LUCK, anyone who wants to play guessing games with seven year old children. ]

[Video; this is the day after the tornado!]
[ Early on in the day, Ikki finally gets around to something she’s been putting off: notifying the people who haven’t heard or guessed about Chien going home. She’s more or less been hoping it might not be needed - maybe he’d come back! ...And okay, that didn’t seem likely, but maybe - and otherwise has been kept hopping from one activity to the next with the addition of pokemon training to her already busy social and educational schedule.

But she’s come to terms with the fact that she’s Soren’s trainer now, and maybe that’s something she should commit to on this level, too. She and Soren are hanging out on the front porch of House 56, as Ikki prepares to leave for the first of her daily activities. ]

Hi! This is Ikki - and Soren! He’s a Pokemon - a flying Pokemon! - and also a swellow, which is the sort of Pokemon he is. Um, the thing is - those of you who know Soren, you know he used to be partners with a boy named Chien. [ Here she takes a breath, for once, and Soren sort of chirps encouragingly. ] ...Chien went home a little while ago. I...should have said something sooner, but I’m saying it now! And anyone who is friends with Soren can come and see him at House 56, which is where he lives now! With me and everyone else!

And everyone who was friends with Chien - I’m pretty certain he missed his brothers, so at least we can be happy he gets to see them again, right? [ She. Doesn’t know anything else about his future, so she’ll leave it at that, ending the video note and going on into her daily lessons, one of which includes...]

[Joint Action Post with generalflirt from here]
[Masaomi and Ikki are at the Battle Dome today. They were not able to get to training yesterday (tornado and all, even if it wasn’t that serious) but today they’re at it! ...After they found a room. After all there’s only six rooms and lots of people use this place, so before they actually get in a room, you might catch the two people with both of their pokemon sitting on a bench, perhaps with Masaomi getting up to get them things in the vending machine.

Or you might catch them in the room - from the viewing area or you could just walk in if you wanted. In the room, you might encounter such scenes as Ikki being asked to identify mankeys in trees while there’s a jungle full of loud noises around them. Or perhaps Ikki and Soren being asked to pacify or corral a swarm of stampeding heracross into a specific area in an open field. Or, maybe, you’ll encounter the pair in a foggy valley, where there are haunters around, and they need to find three golden eggs as quickly as they can while being harassed by haunters. There’s also, of course, a chance you will see them battling. Likely opponents include lombres, ledybas, mankeys, poochyenas, sandshrews, dugtrios, and zubats. Though others might be there too, simulations or opponents.

Alternatively, you might see Masaomi do some personal training, with Ikki also in the room assigned to watch and see if she can learn anything. There won’t be as much of this, but you can see Linda facing off against gyarados, gengars, murkrows, croconaws, and other species too.

You can also run into them in between simulations! Between the different ones Masaomi will need to step out and reprogram the room to fit new settings, so they’ll be around in that capacity too! Choose your own adventure with the seven year old, the teenager mentor she has, the large fighting bird, and Masaomi’s electric mouse. ]

[OOC Note: Because the thread where Ikki gets Soren was back on the 4th, logistically a lot of people (the Dex Holders, Shikamaru, Ikki’s housemates, etc) would have known about Ikki and Masaomi training before now. If you want to past-date a thread during a day prior to today either with both of them or one-on-one with either of them, just put that in the subject header.

All other action replies are assumed to be joint and dated to today. Video would be just Ikki]

[ Oh hey what's this thing WHAT DO THESE BUTTONS DO to the surprise of no one from Tenzin!family Ikki hits all of them successfully entering voice post mode through 'but what does this button do?' interest. OH HEY IT'S DOING SOMETHING. DEEP BREATH, and then: ]

What's a voice post is this a phone wait where are the phone bits? HEY where's my family they were here five seconds ago DADDY MOMMY JINORA MEELO ROHAN OOGI ARE YOU AROUND wow this thing is so cool looking is it mine to keep forever and ever? Can I name it? Does it do anything fun? This is the coolest book EVER I want to keep it can I? Jinora will be so jealous I have the cool book!

Can I have juice? I want juice. Leechi juice! Oh oh oh is it lunchtime yet?

[ wait, there was something important. What was it? ] OH RIGHT [ SHOUTING, obviously ] THIS IS NOT OOGI'S BACK how did I get here where is here is there food why do I have WINGS I don't need WINGS to fly, I just need a glider - wait where's my glider? [ pause ] Oh there're my clothes that's good IS THIS AN ISLAND? Did we land? Did I sleep through landing? Why didn't someone wake me up?

Hey, how many trees are there here? Can I count them? MOMMY I'M GOING TO COUNT TREES I'LL BE BACK LATER if you're here hey where'd everyone go? Did you guys go on a family trip WITHOUT me? Did everyone go back to Air Temple Island? Is this the Earth Kingdom? I don't get it. Who changed my clothes? Why did my clothes change? Can I keep my new clothes? Why'd I grow wings AM I SUPPOSED TO GO ON A MAGICAL JOURNEY? Oh oh oh can I CAN I that sounds FUN!

OOOH WHAT'S THAT. [ that is a fountain; splashing comes after Ikki's voice trails off. Ikki's just gonna go splash around in that for a bit, the journal thing just got boring unless it does something else. Her attention span is terrific, right? It turns out an airbender kid in a fountain can make super big splashes, sorry if you're around that, whoops. ]