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Finished casting nets in my reread and honestly what the fuck was I on. What are these author notes saying next chapter in A COUPLE OF DAYS girl how did you do that who the fuck are you

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Me: I want to reply to comments I'm so thankful for everyone sticking around and sharing their thoughts!!!!

Brain: this is a chore don't want to do it

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Back to my LTF reread... Bun ma my beloved....

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Truly honored and elated how well you remember and understand the LTF characters

Learning to Fly: Ripples Make Waves Chapter One

“Chief, the Dancing Tiger-Seal sent word of a solitary Fire Nation ship sailing nearby. They want to know how to proceed.”  Hakoda turned from the map on his wall, sharing a concerned glance with Bato at his side. After the fleet’s successful attack on a naval squadron, they’d raided the defeated ships’ intelligence before sinking them. The larger fleet the squadron was part of wasn’t scheduled to be in the area for another week. In the meantime, Hakoda and the rest of the Southern Water Tribe fleet were scattered and would soon be reconvening in another sea.  “Send reply to not engage. Try to stay out of sight, but if spotted, retreat. We don’t want to draw attention to our movement before the squadron’s defeat is discovered.”

It's been two years since Zuko was banished and he is unrecognizable from the lonely boy who confidently declared his intent to bring the Avatar home in chains. His new goal of ushering in a new age of airbending should be impossible, but the friendships and connections he has made in his travels very well might make it possible.

The first step in this new leg of his journey? A chance encounter with the Southern Water Tribe. (Take pity on poor Iroh's heart, he might not survive the stress.)

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If you're curious how Zuko's ended up here, start Learning to Fly from the beginning and join Zuko on his journey to Avatar Yangchen fanboyism

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@bookwyrmie are you a mind reader

Learning to Fly: Ripples Make Waves Chapter One

“Chief, the Dancing Tiger-Seal sent word of a solitary Fire Nation ship sailing nearby. They want to know how to proceed.”  Hakoda turned from the map on his wall, sharing a concerned glance with Bato at his side. After the fleet’s successful attack on a naval squadron, they’d raided the defeated ships’ intelligence before sinking them. The larger fleet the squadron was part of wasn’t scheduled to be in the area for another week. In the meantime, Hakoda and the rest of the Southern Water Tribe fleet were scattered and would soon be reconvening in another sea.  “Send reply to not engage. Try to stay out of sight, but if spotted, retreat. We don’t want to draw attention to our movement before the squadron’s defeat is discovered.”

It's been two years since Zuko was banished and he is unrecognizable from the lonely boy who confidently declared his intent to bring the Avatar home in chains. His new goal of ushering in a new age of airbending should be impossible, but the friendships and connections he has made in his travels very well might make it possible.

The first step in this new leg of his journey? A chance encounter with the Southern Water Tribe. (Take pity on poor Iroh's heart, he might not survive the stress.)

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If you're curious how Zuko's ended up here, start Learning to Fly from the beginning and join Zuko on his journey to Avatar Yangchen fanboyism

[fanboyzuko]

hey! you may have mentioned this before but do you have any plans for romantic relationship between non-oc characters? If they’re spoilers you don’t need to tell me but I’m curious o.o

loving the new story btw! really excited to keep reading!!

LTF will be gen through and through. I'll probably touch some on relationships that happen in canon, but none will be establish or play a large part in things. At most romance is crushes that get put to the side bc of larger issues (saving the world)

Thank you!!! Hope you keep enjoying <33

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Here's a sneak peak into next week's chapter to tide you over ;3

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Meng returned with a tea tray and a generous helping of bean curd puffs. As she set it down, the kids cut off their signed argument about the fortune teller’s abilities. 

“So is this Aunt Wu actually as good as we’ve heard?” Zuko demanded. 

Chanda snorted and signed, “Real tactful.”

The abrasive question didn’t faze Meng as she folded her hands in her sleeves, trying her best to be the picture of sophisticated grace. Her wide, energetic smile ruined the attempt. “Aunt Wu is extremely talented! I’ve been her assistant for only a year, but I’ve never seen a fortune go wrong.”

A shadow flickered behind the paper doors beyond the entrance hall. Jae watched it, rather than the young girl speaking.

“Okay but what kinds of fortunes does she tell? How does it work? If it's some vague thing like sages do for yearly luck or whatever, it’s easy to just twist the words to fit your life if you want it to work!”

Meng huffed. “It depends on what the spirits share with her! But Aunt Wu can be very specific. She told me exactly the kind of man I’ll marry one day. There’s no way to twist those words around.”

Amphon leaned forward, nearly sending herself toppling over in her excited haste. “So she does love fortunes? They’re that good? How many matches has she made?”

The purpose of this venture was to find a potential lead on the Avatar or guidance from spirits to bring airbending back. However, when Zuko invited his friends along, Amphon’s elation over getting their fortunes told changed the mood to that of a pleasure trip. There was little room for serious conjectures about the spirits when Zuko and Amphon kept getting into arguments over whether love fortunes were legitimate or not.

As Zuko scowled at Amphon for her line of questioning, Jae smothered a snort with a bean curd puff. Which were shockingly delicious. If this fortune teller turned out to be a hack, at least her snacks were worth some fame. 

“I couldn’t possibly know how many matches she’s made,” Meng said proudly. “So many people come through these doors.”

Chanda grinned and signed, “Which also means she has no idea how many fortunes actually come true.”

Learning to Fly: Ripples Make Waves Chapter One

“Chief, the Dancing Tiger-Seal sent word of a solitary Fire Nation ship sailing nearby. They want to know how to proceed.”  Hakoda turned from the map on his wall, sharing a concerned glance with Bato at his side. After the fleet’s successful attack on a naval squadron, they’d raided the defeated ships’ intelligence before sinking them. The larger fleet the squadron was part of wasn’t scheduled to be in the area for another week. In the meantime, Hakoda and the rest of the Southern Water Tribe fleet were scattered and would soon be reconvening in another sea.  “Send reply to not engage. Try to stay out of sight, but if spotted, retreat. We don’t want to draw attention to our movement before the squadron’s defeat is discovered.”

It's been two years since Zuko was banished and he is unrecognizable from the lonely boy who confidently declared his intent to bring the Avatar home in chains. His new goal of ushering in a new age of airbending should be impossible, but the friendships and connections he has made in his travels very well might make it possible.

The first step in this new leg of his journey? A chance encounter with the Southern Water Tribe. (Take pity on poor Iroh's heart, he might not survive the stress.)

.

If you're curious how Zuko's ended up here, start Learning to Fly from the beginning and join Zuko on his journey to Avatar Yangchen fanboyism

[fanboyzuko]

Amazing! I didn't realize you were part of the discussions!! Thank you <33333

does anyone remember that post someone made tracking the full moons in atla to establish a pretty accurate timeline of events? wanna hook a girl up?

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does anyone remember that post someone made tracking the full moons in atla to establish a pretty accurate timeline of events? wanna hook a girl up?

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Heheh glad to have caught you by surprise 🤭🤭🤭

As for everything else 🤫🤫🤫 we'll seeeee

hehehe a snippet from todays writing

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A knock on a pole of her tent pulled Ty Lee out of her musings. One of her fellow contortionists stuck her head into the tent with a playful smile. “Lucky month for you, Ty Lee! Friends come by, and now there’s finally some sandbenders to do business, like you’ve been waiting for!”

Ty Lee popped up to her feet and shrieked, “Really?!”

Her troupe mate's laughter followed her as she raced out of her tent and to the edge of camp. There were a few boat-like contraptions that had to be sand sailers and a group of people dressed head-to-toe to protect themselves from sandy wind and the harsh sun. 

“Hi!” Ty Lee cheered, interrupting Mr. Shumuzu’s conversation with one of the sandbenders. “Are any of you Sarnai?”

The man with Mr. Shumuzu turned to her with a frown, a question on his lips when a hand shot out from the back of the group. “That’s me!” Someone shouted, but the hand was shoved back down. There was a bit of a tussle, then someone with a vibrant turquoise aura pushed their way out of the people trying to block them and pushed their head wrap back to reveal a wide smile and a head of wild, wind-tousled hair.

“How do you know me?” They asked, kicking back at the older boy trying to drag them away. “Wait- Wait- Let me guess. Look at all that pink. Know me by name? You gotta be one of Hui’s friends from home, right? The one he sent the necklace to?”

“Yes! I take it everywhere with me!” Ty Lee pulled the necklace out from inside her shirt with a proud smile. “I’m so excited to finally meet you. I’m Ty Lee!”

The man with Mr. Shumuzu sighed, but waved them off with a hint of a smile. “Alright, go make your introductions elsewhere while I finish speaking with Mr. Shumuzu. I believe we might be staying longer than initially planned, if that’s alright with you, sir.”

Mr. Shumuzu was the absolutely best and easily agreed, “Of course, Mr. Sha-Mo. Ty Lee has been beside herself with anticipation for the day sandbenders happen to come by. How fortunate the very one she’s been hoping to meet is the first to visit.”

Sarnai’s smile was blinding as they shot their brother a rude gesture, then dragged Ty Lee away from the group, already chattering a mile a minute just like Zuko said they would. 

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oh my GOD with ch9 finished ripples make waves is now sitting at 73k asdkjfkjashdfljkasdfh

2 more chapters planned but i need to outline them now and even with my outline the original ch5&6 turned into ch5-7 and ch 8-9

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hehehe a snippet from todays writing

:3

A knock on a pole of her tent pulled Ty Lee out of her musings. One of her fellow contortionists stuck her head into the tent with a playful smile. “Lucky month for you, Ty Lee! Friends come by, and now there’s finally some sandbenders to do business, like you’ve been waiting for!”

Ty Lee popped up to her feet and shrieked, “Really?!”

Her troupe mate's laughter followed her as she raced out of her tent and to the edge of camp. There were a few boat-like contraptions that had to be sand sailers and a group of people dressed head-to-toe to protect themselves from sandy wind and the harsh sun. 

“Hi!” Ty Lee cheered, interrupting Mr. Shumuzu’s conversation with one of the sandbenders. “Are any of you Sarnai?”

The man with Mr. Shumuzu turned to her with a frown, a question on his lips when a hand shot out from the back of the group. “That’s me!” Someone shouted, but the hand was shoved back down. There was a bit of a tussle, then someone with a vibrant turquoise aura pushed their way out of the people trying to block them and pushed their head wrap back to reveal a wide smile and a head of wild, wind-tousled hair.

“How do you know me?” They asked, kicking back at the older boy trying to drag them away. “Wait- Wait- Let me guess. Look at all that pink. Know me by name? You gotta be one of Hui’s friends from home, right? The one he sent the necklace to?”

“Yes! I take it everywhere with me!” Ty Lee pulled the necklace out from inside her shirt with a proud smile. “I’m so excited to finally meet you. I’m Ty Lee!”

The man with Mr. Shumuzu sighed, but waved them off with a hint of a smile. “Alright, go make your introductions elsewhere while I finish speaking with Mr. Shumuzu. I believe we might be staying longer than initially planned, if that’s alright with you, sir.”

Mr. Shumuzu was the absolutely best and easily agreed, “Of course, Mr. Sha-Mo. Ty Lee has been beside herself with anticipation for the day sandbenders happen to come by. How fortunate the very one she’s been hoping to meet is the first to visit.”

Sarnai’s smile was blinding as they shot their brother a rude gesture, then dragged Ty Lee away from the group, already chattering a mile a minute just like Zuko said they would. 

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hahahaha and then ty lee came in and got another 1k done in an hour THANK YOU MY BELOVEDS im done with this chapter yess!!!!

but also oh no i finally caught up with my outline i kept telling myself to finish and never did haaaaa

Haaaaaaaaa some success i finished the scene i was struggling with! lmao was just about to say, it wasn't even that much left to finish it but psych just looked at the word count and that sure is 1k worth i pushed through why am I LIKE THIS

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ah but then kavi comes in and saves the day sure did bang out 1k in an hour thanks to his pov. thank you kavi my beloved

Haaaaaaaaa some success i finished the scene i was struggling with! lmao was just about to say, it wasn't even that much left to finish it but psych just looked at the word count and that sure is 1k worth i pushed through why am I LIKE THIS

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Haaaaaaaaa some success i finished the scene i was struggling with! lmao was just about to say, it wasn't even that much left to finish it but psych just looked at the word count and that sure is 1k worth i pushed through why am I LIKE THIS

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tryna write and getting hella distracted SIGH i was on a ROLL last weekend. brain please agree with me. work with me i beg of yoouuuuuuuuuuu

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LMAO @ my authors note at the end of skipping stones "was a little worried about breaking from Zuko's POV so early on in the series "

And now here I am

The funniest thing about rereading skipping stones as the author is knowing every single of these ocs were supposed to be outsider povs without much impact on the plot

Joke was on me 😂