#I’m so tired I want to take a nap

[hunted-moth]

Forest Of Dreams PT6: Dear Diary

Neytiri x reader

Wordcount // 7k

Summary // Lynn documents her progress in video logs as Neytiri updates her mother on the skills she's passing on to Lynn.

Warning // talks about death, language, animal death,

A/N //Ok so this chapter is gonna be a little different just a warning, it's not gonna be drastic just a different I guess idk. So you know that scene where Jake does a video log of what he's learning that's what this is but it also sprinkles in some solely Neytiri scenes with her family

Also I’m so done writing this if it’s bad or really fast paced that’s why

Speaking Na’vi (unless were with just Neytiri)

[Y/n is talking in a video log]

«Neytiri's memory»

‘Thoughts’

*Whispering*

*Mini time skip, like a small location change

You sat down on a table with the camera, adjusting it to make your face more in frame, and flicked it on. You were so tired you half debated on just sleeping in the pod that night

[ alright, so this is… vid log 15, times 1357 hours or just 1:57 now 58,] you slouched your shoulder and dragged your hands across your face [do I have to do this like now, I'm exhausted grace,] You tried to plea with Grace [“nope, do it now when you still remember”] you turned back and continued your log of the day

[alright im in the cabin right now and the days go by in a bink]

*

[the language is a pain in the ass sometimes]

“No no it is Mikyun, MIK-YUN, try again” “Maiky-” she smacked your forehead “MIKYUN” she pointed to her ears while you rubbed your forehead “Mikjan?” she flicked your ears “Mikyuun” “Mikyun” you had finally got the word right, she nodded her head before moving onto eyes “Nari”

[some words I know by heart now, like skxawng, which means moron or idiot, get called that a lot by her]

You are in the river hopping from rock to rock “Hey Neytiri, race ya” You begin to jump from rock to rock before your foot slips on a particularly slippery rock, Neytiri just rolled her eyes while looking down at you “skxawng”

*

[Norm and Jake's attitude towards each other has gotten better though. when Norm helps me with the language, Jake joins sometimes]

You were sitting on the table while Norm was teaching you to pronounce ‘oel ngati kameie’ correctly. you knew how to say it already. It being the first phrase Neytiri drilled into you

“Ok so the hand movement is important, it's like giving a handshake to someone important” you explained to Jake “Yeah it's like I see you but not seeing physically but spiritually like I understand you” Norm elaborated on the social side of the greeting

*

[on typical days we go in the treetops and explore, My feet are getting tougher, my legs are moving faster by the day, and my body is stronger the more im here. Neytiri says ‘I have to trust my body, don't think just do’]

You and Neytiri were running along the canopy going from branch to branch, she was ahead and you had to keep up with her. She grabbed ahold of a branch and swung to another one, you slowed for a moment before leaping towards the branch and running with her again

[but sometimes I think she's trying to kill me]

As you and Neytiri were running you saw her leap off a branch deeper into the canopy of huge leaves. You saw her glide and slide to each leaf effortlessly, and eventually land gracefully. You looked down in awe at her before you realized you'd have to jump down to her as well. You debated in your mind if you really wanted to risk this but Neytiri beckoned you to come with her hand

“fuck it, you only live once” You tilted your head and looped your bow around you, backing up before running off, throwing yourself into the air. you're pretty sure all of Pandora could hear your terrified screams as you descended. You hit every leaf on your way down rather harshly. And unlike Neytiri, you somehow got caught in a few vines

You attempted to grab the leaves to slow the fall but it was useless. Neytiri was just wincing at you as you fell. She jumped back a bit when your bow landed near her before you finally came down. You landed on an oversized mushroom which, thankfully, broke your fall. You rolled off it hitting the ground hard though. You stood up looking up trying to act nonchalantly as possible as you brushed off your collected vines and picked up your bow

*

[she even showed me some na'vi costumes and such]

As you were walking on the forest floor doing some tracking when you came across a fruit. It looked like a banana, though a heavily misshapen banana. You picked it up to examine it. It looked fresh as well

“Hey Neytiri, what's this kind of fruit?” She looked up from the tracks to see you holding a utumauti, she got up and walked over to you “You found a utumauti, a canopy fruit. They are very hard to find fresh and untouched.” she took the fruit from you to expect it “it's considered lucky to find one like this” and handed the fruit back to you

“Eat it you deserve it” You nodded your head and tried to find a way to open it, “you want some Neytiri?” she shook her head “It is considered rude to take” You shrugged your shoulders before taking a bite out of the fruit “I won't find it rude if you take some” you offered a big pice to her. She reached out her hand hesitantly before finally taking it and eating it. Some of the juice squirted out of her mouth, and without thinking you went to whip it away with your thumb

She stood frozen, her cheeks darkened a little bit, she smacked your hand away and went back to the trails she “skxawng” she muttered under her breath. Only then did you realize your action and apologized

*

[I have come to realize that archery is not my forte, and I believe it's because of my posture. ]

Your archery abilities were far from desired. You had a bad stance, and you couldn't aim for shit. On your first few days, Neytiri would often smack your arms into place and pat your core to get you to strengthen it

“Txur ni’ul, stronger” She gestured to her core and breathed in deep, you readjusted your posture hoping it would be correct this time. But apparently, this was worse cause she just approached you and manually adjusted your posture, and told you to shoot before slapping your elbow back into place again.

You didn't even hit the target…

You heard laughing in the distance to see Salau coming towards you with her bow in hand “Haha Lynn your so bad” she pointed her finger at you, you looked down at her with annoyance on your face “Well if you're so good why don't you give it a try kid” you challenge and she just smirked at you, she got into position and released her arrow

It was a bullseye…damnit

She looked at you with a shit-eating grin while you scowled down at her and stuck your tongue at her. Neytiri eventually sent her away to get back to your lessons

*

[Every day, we watch the trails, look at the tracks near the watering hole, and listen carefully for any noises. Or changes in the smell of the air]

Neytiri said you two would track some nantangs. First, she had you identify what their tracks looked like. You found some trails and followed them for a long distance until you thought you had lost them.

Neytiri stopped at new tracks. She inspected the dirt, her head went in a direction before you both heard something in the distance. She went towards it as you followed her

You two crawled up a small incline to see a family a nantangs, a mother, and some pups. Now you were a little scared because the last time you had a run-in with them they tried to kill you. But the more you looked the more you cooed at the pups, you couldn't help but think of dogs when you saw them

[she talks about the energy of the forest and how it flows in the animal's spirits- “Hope the tree-hugging craps, not your final”] Jake interrupted your log with a laugh [“It isn't all about the eye-hand coronation and studying for some test”] Grace also chimed into your log [“she needs to listen to what Neytiri is teaching her”] jake gave a look and used a hand to mock grace, you just rolled your eyes

[“Try to see the forest through her eyes”] You turned around to them with an annoyed look on your face [“hey im kinda busy doing something, could you two quit it”] Jake put his hands up in mock surrender with a grin, while grace hummed and went back to her work.

*

[I managed to gather some courage to talk to Neytiri's parents. Asked if Grace, Norm, and Jake could visit the village sometime, Eytukan was hesitant, but Mo’at looked excited at the idea]

Norm walked up to Mo’at with his head down in fear and respect, he introduced himself and Jake was right behind him ready to go “I see you tsahik Mo’at, may the great mother smile down on our first meeting” Mo’at leaned over to Grace “he speaks well”

When it was Jake's turn “I See You…Tshakik Mo’At. May Mother Smile…To Us…First Meeting” it was botched, so botched you couldn't hold in your laughter, Mo’at leaned over again “Him not so much” The two older women laughed at this meeting

Sometime later you brought Grace over to the group of children you grew fond of

“Hello, children” Grace walked to a group of children, salau’s popped her head towards to voice and practically ran to Grace with the other excited children behind her. Grace kneeled down to accept them in a hug

“You all grew so big” The children all surrounded her with smiles so big it looked like their faces would split. the girls grabbed at her small braids “You all are so pretty” The girls giggled at the compliment

“You still remember your English lessons” They all nodded their heads, especially Salau. She got to practice by talking to you. She pointed to her ears and all the children said ‘ears’ in English. Then she started to count on her fingers, they all counted up to three on their fingers, but Grace continued up to four on her, she wiggled her pinky and all the kids giggled at it

In the corner of your eyes, you could see Jake looking around the village, many of the warriors eyeing him suspiciously, especially Tsu'tey. You walked towards him and threw your arm around his shoulder “Brother, your Na’vi is terrible” he scoffed and unlatched you from your grasp, but you took his arm o show him some stuff

*

[Neytiri finally takes me to hunt with her, sometimes we find animals and just admire them together]

You and Neytiri were looking at tracks again when you two came across a herd of sturmbeast. You went to draw your bow but Neytiri stopped you. “You are not ready, for now just watch” She went back to observing the animals. She looked calm and collected, she was just admiring the animals, something she always did when you would into the forest.

*

[sometimes she takes me out at night, she says it to bask in the great mother's beauty, but I think she just wants to hang out]

While exploring at night you came across some fan lizards or kenten as they called them. You saw it on a branch, Neytiri shook your shoulder encouraging you to touch it. You reached your hand out to it slowly, when you grazed it its wings shot out in a circle and floated away, you laughed and looked to Neytiri. She laughed and went to some tall grass and scared some more kenten and chased them around trying to catch them.

You looked around to see them all fly away, Neytiri acted kinda…cute in a way, she chased them around while grunting at them, you reached towards one, and another came flying towards you. You leaped for it but it was too high, both you and Neytiri couldn't stop laughing.

One flew past you both, you looked at each other, you grinned, and started to race towards it, she took after you not long after. She was catching up with you, so you ran faster, you hopped over logs and branches trying to catch the kenten.

You hopped onto a branch while Neytiri ran under it. You made your final leap to the kenten but alas it flew too high, you fell to the forest floor and landed with a thud. You open your eyes to see Neytiri looking at you. You stare at each other for a moment before you start to laugh. She was still under when you popped yourself onto your knees, she started to laugh to when she pushed you off her.

You landed in the dirt still laughing when a kenten landed near you. you were quick to grab it. It rested in your hands as you inspected it, Neytiri brushed up against you to get a better look at it, and you moved it closer to her. You two let it walk on your hands before letting it go. You two just sat in silence letting yourselves catch your breaths.

Now you were admiring eyes beauty, everything glowed, as the now familiar greens, blues, and purples glowed like stars. You didn't know it but while you were admiring the forest, someone else was admiring you, like you were stars.

*

[I even get to ride on neytiris ikran seze. That was pretty fun but also terrifying]

You once again made the trek up Home Tree to the canopy. Neytiri was dressed in raiding clothes, as you had come to learn.

“What are we doing today? You already showed me your Ikran” Once you made it to the top she turned towards you giving you a piece of meat “I am showing you how to fly, so you know what to do when you become taronyu” You nodded to show you understood

“But how will I do that” Neytiri smirked and then turned her back to you. She proceeded to make the same calls that she did when she first showed you this place. That's when you connected the dots “Oh no don't tell me-” you were caught off by an ikran flying out from the tree, the same one Neytiri rides “This is Seze, my ikran, She has seen many hunts with me” she beckoned you forward, you kept your head down as to avoid her eyes

Neytiri took your wrist and held it up to Seze's mouth “We will ride her together, but first she must be comfortable with you” You looked up and looked at her mouth and offered the meat to her. She took it happily, and when she finished it she chirped happily.

Neytiri praised the animal before giving her another piece of meat. She made the bond with her and hopped on, she held out her hand to you, and you looked at it for a moment before eventually grabbing her hand. You swung your body over seze and sat behind Neytiri. You were unsure where to put your hands but just decided to put them on her shoulders.

“Are you ready?” you made your sitting more comfortable “Yep” and with the confirmation, she took off fast, out of instinct you wrapped your arms around her waist to get a better grip, scared you'd fall off. You could faintly hear a gasp leave Neytiri's lips, out of the shock neytiri lost focus and seze reacted by declining a bit. But Neytiri quickly focused again and seze flew straight again.

After overcoming your initial panic, you looked around and noticed that you were actually up in the air. You could feel the wind blowing on your face and your hair whipping around in the breeze. You loosened your hold on Neytiri's waist to get a better look over the waterfall you flew over, as Neytiri looked over at you, she couldn't help but notice the look of amazement on your face. She gave you a grin that could’ve made your day if you saw it.

"Hold on tight," she said as she got into position. You both began to ascend at an angle, with Seze flying higher and higher until she suddenly stopped and began to fall backward, causing the three of you to plummet downwards. You let out a scream of terror and once again your hold on her waist tightened, you could hear Neytiri laughing, you wanted to yell at her but you could feel seze turn upwards

Your tight hold on her loosened a bit when she leveled out, at this point, you had an iron grip on her and seze. You heaved heavily, your heart fell to your ass and you felt dizzy “Never- never do that again” You placed a hand over your heart to calm it down. But she just laughed as you both flew.

[Thankfully Neytiri didn't try anything else, or I would’ve died on seze]

*

[well that's all that happened today, now I'm going to take my happy ass to bed, Lynn Sully signing off]

The log turned off and showed your other logs, Jake just stared at himself. He went to download the newest entry you recorded. He felt conflicted, he could see just how happy you were, how much you were learning, so to just take it and hand it over to Quaretch made him feel like he was backstabbing you, well in a way he was.

“We're buying time Jake” Trudy came over to him “If we dont give him something they’ll pull the plug on us” Jake took her words into consideration and handed her the port. Just as he did both Grace and Norm came into the cabin, talking about the samples they just took.

“Alright I'm about to head out, Do we need anything” “Yeah could you pick us some cocoa and peanut butter, Jake what does Lynn like” Jake looked up at her “Hmm, oh she likes pudding cups, any flavor…really”

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[LOCATION- CABINS/Hometree]

“Ok so tomorrow HQ is making us do medical checkups, unfortunately, we can't get out of those,” Grace said with a hint of annoyance, it was a rare moment where all five of you sat eating dinner together “They will take all day so that means you will have to take a break from lessons with Neytiri” you paused midbite at that information “but-” “no buts, you have to, you’ll have to tell her”

*

The next morning you got up early and got into the link pod to talk to Neytiri. you woke up to see Neytiri already awake staring at you. Her eyes were wide like she just got caught doing something

“Umm morning” you waved to her while sitting up “Oh yes, good morning” she to started to get up, getting out of her snonivi, she noticed that you didn't make any attempts “Why aren't you getting up?” you scratched your head “umm well I have to go to home base for a medical check-up, it's mandatory so I can't do lessons with you. Sorry” you offered an empathic smile to her

“Oh, ok I understand” For some unknown reason she felt saddened by the thought of not spending time with you “If I have time ill try and come down, but can't make any promises” She shook her head “No, it's fine, you don't need to come”

there was an awkward silence in the air before she turned away, she could hear rustling in the air before she descended the spiral

* (Pass this point all na’vi will be typed normally)

She used to train for her tsahik duties with her mother, but your lessons had interrupted them. She entered the healing tent and sat with her mother “My child, why are you here and not training LynnSuli?” Mo’at was grinding some herbs “She is busy today and can't make it” Neytiri looked away, only looking in her mother's direction when she handed her some paste she had made earlier

Mo’at hummed at the explanation, “Well, how has the dream walker been doing?” neytiri's tail swished to the side a bit “Well, her language has gotten better, she can hold a conversation before reverting to her tongue”

« “Umm…could you please hand me the wrap, please” You Na’vi had improved immensely, you could actually talk to people without pausing every second to remember a word, “you're getting better, you dont sound like a child” You had puffed your chest out at the compliment, “Of course, it has, I have the best teacher” You winked at her before you started to eat your food »

“Hmm, I heard from Tsu'tey that her shooting was that of a child, is that still true” Mo’at had a grin on her face as she elbowed her daughter “No, her shooting has gotten better too, she actually hits the target” she chuckled a bit

« you drew the bow back, your posture almost perfect, key word almost. You had gotten better to the point that Neytiri had stopped smacking you into the correct place. As she adjusted your elbow and forearm you couldn't help but notice how close she had gotten, her face was practically next to yours before she noticed the closeness. She backed away and motioned to shoot. You shook your head with a small smile and released the arrow, this time it was really close to a bullseye. You had a big smile on your face and turned to Neytiri “Hey look, I hit the target, and so close to the center!” you went over to the target to retrieve the arrow while Neytiri shook her head in amusement. »

*

The day had passed by rather slowly for Neytiri, without your usual banter.

Currently, she was eating lunch with her family, along with Tsu'tey. “My daughter, why do you look sad” Neytiris's father, Eytukan, had asked as she didn't really engage in conversation

“Nothing Father” her mother scoffed at that “She misses her Tawtute, she was mopping around all day in the hut” Eytukan seemed interested in this information “Why do you miss this Tawtute my daughter?” she looked embarrassed at the question “I do not miss her, just…umm…board without her, her dumb antics are funny” she straightened her posture to make it look like she knew what she was saying, when in fact she was just bull shitting her response, she really did miss you

“Hmm, well if your so board without her, why dont you entertain us with stories about her little antics” her mother tried to help her daughter, “it's what I do when your father is away from me” but she also wanted to know a little about you, since you tend to avoid her out of fear “she seems to have plenty river stone beads in her hair” Neytiri seemed to think about it

« “Hey Neytiri look at this stone!” you two were by the river, and your eye happened to catch a really pretty teal stone “Yes, it is really pretty, will you do something with it?” you looked up at her with curiosity “what do you mean” she nealed down with you “you can turn these rocks into beads and craft them into something, or you can put them into your hair” she pulled a bundle of her braids “like mine, these were carved from wood”

Where her hair was braided with little beads in them, your hair on the other hand was very basic and plain at the moment, it had a few small braids done by Salau but the rest of it was loses and tied back “yeah sure can you show me how?”

You two would often come to this bed and pick out rocks you'd find cool or pretty “Back on earth we call these rocks Basalt, there are made up of plagioclase and pyroxene minerals” You went to pick up another one “and this one would be granite, its made up of quartz, potassium feldspar, and sodium feldspar” you looked to Neytiri to make sure she understood, she nodded her head so you continued, in truth she didn't understand a word you were saying but you looked happy

“Typically, these rocks have rough edges, but being near a body of water caused them to erode over time due to the constant washing. This process usually takes years, but I believe that the water in Pandora has a higher level of acidity, which accelerates the erosion.” you went on and on about the rocks and Neytiri just sat there and listened and tried to understand what you were saying. You had collected so many stones that they decorated your once bare hair »

“Lynn really likes rocks, we go by to the river and she picks up the stones and admirer them-” a loud laugh cut Neytiri “HAHA, that demon likes rocks, HAHA, of course, she likes rocks she is dumb as one-” Tsu'tey yelped when Neytiri pinched him “she is not dumb! She says back on earth she was the smartest eveng in her school, she went to a school to be knowledgeable in stones to”

she tried to defend you but Tsu'tey still insulted you “If she was so smart then why does she learn rocks” Neytiri and Tsu'tey arguing were starting to grate on Eytukans nerves “ENOUGH! Tsu'tey” Mo’at then stepped in “Lynnsuli is strange but we must value all of Eywas creations, even ones as small as rocks” Tsu’tey huffed at the notion and Neytiri wore a smirk showing she won the augment

The four of them continued their meal before they heard someone come up to them “NEYTIRI!” she looked over her shoulder to see Salau running towards them “Have you seen Lynn? I haven't seen her all day” she huffed like she just ran a lap around hone tree “She had to do Tawtute things so is not here” Salau shoulders slumped a bit “Aww, I was hopping she could play with me” Neytiri patted the ground “Well, why dont you sit with us for a bit” Salau ears perked up before sitting down

The five of them sat and talked and finished eating their lunches. They all left at one point, Salau and Tsu’tey to do lessons, Eytukan was requested, and Mo’at went back to the healing tent. Leaving only Neytiri. When she finished her food she went out to the riverbed. She was just walking when she noticed a nugget of amber, she picked it up and walked back to home tree with it

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[LOCATION- HELLS GATE Hours before]

You were just finishing up your check-up when someone from the bridge came over to you and the doctor “Mr. Selfrige requested Lynn Sully, alone” You looked to Grace, he seemed to tack that alone because of her. She nodded to you “alright I'm almost done just give me a minute

*

You and the guy from earlier walk into the bridge to see Selfridge playing mini golf again, it seems that’s every time you see him he's playing golf, “Mr. Selfridge, Lynn Sully is here” The man presented you to him and walked back to his station. “Ms. Sully, happy to you in the flesh again” he didn't even look up to look at you “Yeah, whatcha need me for sir, if I may ask?”

He finally looked up at you “Yes,” he pointed at you “if you just wait for a minute for my other guest ill explain everything to you” he walked over to his office and you followed, once you got in there another man entered. He just happened to be Colonel Quaritch “You must be the Lynn sully I've heard so much about” he stuck out his hand for you to shake it “Oh um yeah, nice to meet you *I guess*” you shook his hand then retracted it back into your pocket.

Selfridge spoke up catching your attention “Well I'm sure you wonder why I called you in,” he took a swig of his coffee before continuing “The thing is we need you to hurry up your process of moving the natives out, so, for now, I want you to report to Quaritch-” that confused you “why do I need to report to him?” he gave a blank stare

“Before I was interrupted, I was going to say that we plan on actively making them move, by force. And your reports will be nice to have” Quaritch stepped in “Think of it as an extra motivator for you, if you don't get them out peacefully, my team will have to get them out with force”

“And what if I refuse?” you were getting pissed, your fist were balled up in anger, Selfridge answered “We’ll pull you from the program and send you back to earth” Quaritch also added to the pile of bad news “and we’ll go ahead and remove them, it can be done as soon as now” there really was nothing you could do, if you refused they go ahead with it, but if you agreed you could at least get them out naturally.

You hung your head in both shame and anger “Fine, ill do it” Selfridge perked up “Good, you already wasted two months and a half, just speed it up and you'll be fine” he dismissed you both, you looked out the many windows to see it was already nightfall, you plans of spending time with Neytiri were squashed.

*

By the time you all got back to the cabin, you wanted to sleep. But grace all made you eat dinner together again

Your mood had spilled into the room, Jake kept looking back at you and then to Grace “Hey, what's wrong with you?” Jake asked while stuffing his sandwich in his mouth “I was planning to spend time with Neytiri” Norm looked at you sympathetically “Yeah that does suck, I would kill to be learning the Omatikaya ways” Jake looked at Norm with a blank face “I dont think that's what she meant” he looked at you “what does she mean then?” Jake put his hand on your shoulder and then on his heart “She just misses her girlfriend Neytiri”

“Lay off man, I dont like Neytiri like that, besides, she promised to that guy Tsu’tey” Jake didn't buy it “Yeah, and I can breathe the air here” “fuck off jarhead” you bit into your sandwich with some aggression behind it

You got up and went to bed, just wanting this dreadful day to end

You settled into your top bunk, and you looked at the ceiling that was bare, on normal nights you could see the stars before you woke up in the link pod, but tonight you'd have to imagine the stars to go to bed. Sooner than later you felt sleep take you in its arms.

*

You were chasing someone in the beautiful forest of Pandora. You hopped over bioluminescent logs and branches. Ducked under branches. And crossed over a small river before you finally caught the mystery woman. The two of you were laughing before she escaped your grasp and ran away again.

You chased after her with the biggest smile on your face, her laughter could be heard echoing through the forest.

By the time you caught up to her again, you were at a tree, it glowed like the stars in the night. She stopped running by this time, she was standing, just admiring the tree. You came up behind her and grabbed her by her waist. She giggled and writhed and you grasp. You set her down on the ground. She turned around, and when she did you couldn't help but gasp. Cause who was this mystery woman exactly?

Nytiri

You two just stared into each other's eyes. You studied every detail on her face. Her freckles glowed against her skin, and the markings on her face framed it beautifully. Some braids fell in front of her face, you slowly went to brush them behind her ear. You went to lean in closer, her doing the same. Just as your lips were about to meet

*

You gasped awake. Your heart was racing and sweat coated your forehead. You checked the time to see it was 3 in the morning. You laid down again, instead of sleeping again, you were thinking about what your mind just conjured up. Yes, you had dreamed about girls before, but they were just girls you found cute. You never really thought of Neytiri like that, or at least that's what you thought

Yeah, there had been times you thought she was pretty, and times when you thought she was more beautiful than the moons. But you never thought you could think of her in the light.

While staring at your ceiling you fell back asleep again.

*

Hours later you woke up to both your alarm and the strike of thunder. You sighed and got down from your bunk and went to get ready for the day.

You eat breakfast and brush your teeth, by the time you were ready Norm was awake

“Hey Norm, sleep well” you waved to him as you walked over to the pod bay “Yeah it was alright, though you waking up didn't help” you paused “Oh you heard that? My bad didn't know I was that loud” you rudded your neck while looking at him “its fine, but what woke you up?”

‘crap, do I tell him? He's not Jake I'm sure he wouldn't make fun of me, but what if he tells Jake, ill never hear the end of it from him’

“Oh umm, a dream is all” You shuffled off to your link pod before he could ask any more questions

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[LOCATION- HOME TREE]

You descended down the spiral to see Neytiri walking towards you. You waved to her while walking over to her. Your dream from last night flashed in your mind giving you pause. You quickly snapped out of it when she stopped in front of you

“Hey Neytiri, sorry I couldn't come yesterday” Neytiri had a small smile on her face and had her hands behind her back “It is fine, though it was boring without you” You cocked a smile on your face “Really, so what your saying is that you missed me” her cheeks burned at that notion “no, it's just your dumb antics are funny, and without it, it is dull”

You shook your head “Ahh, well glad to know I can be funny to you” Neytiri shifted her weight on her other leg, and you noticed she had her hand behind her back “Whatcha got there Neytiri?” her eyes widen before she hesitantly pulled her hands to her front. In her hands was a necklace

“I made this yesterday, it's made from amber I found near the river, figured you’d like it”. You took the necklace out of her hands and examined it. The necklace had teal thread. And a polished amber rod in the middle, it was beautiful. You looked at her with big eyes, and she looked back at you with expecting eyes “Neytiri-” she cut you off “If you don't like it I can just keep it” She reached for it but you held her back and held it in the air away from her

“WOAH hold your horses! I really like it, do you think you could put it on for me?” you laughed at her reaction, she was clearly nervous about you rejecting her gift. She stopped her attempts. you turned around and moved any hair out of the way. She tied a knot in the necklace and tapped your shoulder

“Too bad I don't have a mirror, But I bet I look good” You smiled down at her, and she gave you a small smile “We should go eat” She took your arm “I'm sure this body is hungry” and as if on cue, your stomach rumbled, you blushed a bit before being taken by her.

*

You two walked over to where the other people ate, your presence had become so common that the people no longer stared at you with disgust or fear, now they looked at you with indifference or just waved and smiled at you.

The two of you walked over to where you normally sat but Neytiri just kept walking, she looked back and nodded her head for you to follow her.

The more you walked the closer you got to where you'd be sitting, and wouldn't you know it, it was with her parents and Tsu’tey.

She sat down and looked at you, seeing you frozen in place. She rolled her eyes and yanked you down.

“Hello, Lynnsuil, trust that we won't bite '' her mother teased, clearing the tension “I might'' tsu'tey jokes, you giggled a little bit. You opened your wrap, it was just some vegetable that was cooked.

Her father was the next to say something “I see my daughter finally gave you that necklace to you” he eyed your neck well your new necklace to be specific. In the corner of your eye you could see Neytiri freeze, her father continued “She's been working on it for weeks now, yesterday she finished when she found the amber.” “Oh yeah, hehe, it's beautiful” You didn't know what to say really “She gets her craftiness from her mother” he smirked at Mo’at

You all sat in the circle talking and eating. Moat and Eytukan share embarrassing stories about Neytiri and Tsu’tey, both of them objecting whenever a new story was shared

“There was this one time Neytiri was running with her sister in the river, they were jumping from rock to rock, Neytiri challenged her sister to a race, and as soon as it started she slipped into the river” Both Eytukan and Mo’at laughed, Neytiri groaned and hid behind her hair. You laughed though, cause she constantly made fun of you or lecture you when you'd make mistakes.

Though one thing was clawing at the back of your mind, where was her sister? Grace mentioned that she had one but you never saw her. And she came up in storys

“Hey if you dont mind me asking, where is her sister? I haven't seen her since I got here, is she doing something outside of a home tree?” they all went silent, they stared at you, Tsu’tey stood up and stormed off. “She died at the hands of the sky people” was all Eytukan told you before he to stood up and left. Your eyes widened “Oh I'm so sorry, I didn't know” Mo’at put a hand on your shoulder “It is ok child, you didn't know, her death still plagues our hearts” You looked to Neytiri, she looked upset you could tell she was resisting the urge to cry “why dont you two go start your lessons for the day?”

*

The two of you walked. The only words Neytiri had spoken was that you two would hunt.

You want to say something, but comforting wasn't your strong suit, hell the way you and Jake comforted each other after toms funeral was getting drunk.

But you decided you should at least try, she was your friend after all. You put your hand on her shoulder, preventing her from walking. “Do you, uhh, want to talk about it?” her shoulders tensed before she turned her head to you. She had a debate in her head before she quietly nodded her head. The two of you sat on an exposed root,

It was silence before she started to talk “My sister was a kind woman, wise beyond her years” She had a faint smile when remembering her sister “It was her and Tsu’tey who would've led the clan after my parents, but she was taken by the sky people, murdered where she stood in graces school, for trying to fight against the sky people poisoning our waters” you remembered the bullet holes at graces school, your heart dropped for Neytiri. You grabbed her hand and squeezed it

You looked into her eyes, with words she thanked you. You understood her grief. Only three days before you left your brother was ripped out of your life

“You know how I mentioned my brother Jake and the stupid stuff we did? Well I have another older brother, his name was Tom” you started to tell her about tom, before this you spoke of him, it hurt to much

Lhe and Jake were twins but we're nothing alike” you joked “Jake was dumb as a rock but good at anything physical while Tom was the Brains, couldn’t run for the life of him”

You could feel tears sting your eyes but you continued “After our parents died, he took me in while Jake served, when we were accepted into the avatar program we were so happy, we trained together, studied together” Your grip on her hand tightened

“but he was murdered by a thief, all he wanted was his money” by this time tears slipped through your eyes. This was the first time you cried since your brother's death, the first time you cried for him

You felt Neytiri's hand leave you and move to your back “I'm sorry for your loss” you wiped the tears from your eyes, “yeah, I'm sorry for your sister as well, she sounded brave” you looked into her eyes, they were big and looked glossed over. She stood up and grabbed her bow “we must continue our hunt”

When you got up you noticed an imprint on the soil, you crouched down to notice and yerik tracks “hey i found some tracks, they seem fresh” you looked around a bit “they seem to lead this way” you pointed with your bow

*

It was started to rain by now, making reading the trails a bit difficult but you still manage to find a yerik grazing.

You crouched low to the ground, and drew you bow. It seemed to noticed you when it hissed at you and flared its frills at you to scare you off. You drew your bow back taking aim, you let your arrow go, it hit it dead center on its torso.

As it feel to the ground you both rushed to its side, you drew your knife and crouched next to the animal howling in pain.

“I See you, Brother, and thank you.” you started the prayer before finally ending its pain “Your spirit goes with Eywa, your body stays behind to become part of the People.” you sheathed your knife and took the arrow “a clean kill” you looked to Neytiri

“you are ready”

Next // PT 7 coming soon

Previous // PT 5 New Friends

Taglist // @msboucles , @kitty-chan33

// Masterlist //

A/N // holy shit this took so long… but hey my summer break just started for me so I have more time to write.

Oh also if you want to be added to a tag list let me know I can totally make that happen :D

[greykolla-art]

Charlie: “I’m so glad my most villain-coded friend is at full power again! 🥰💕”

*throws this to you angst goblins like raw steak* ❤️

(No I will not do a part 2!❤️)

[sunnibits]

hey @ my body lowkey this whole “chronic fatigue” thing is getting really old 🙄🙄 like learn when to end a bit yknow jeez :// it’s kind of cringe

[campbyler]

wish i were him (acswy will, probably sleeping)

[tired-bee]

What is sleep if not Death serenading the body like a lover chained to another?

[writhe]

i want to just like. not feel stretched so thin for MAYBE a couple weeks

[loveforjenae]

i haven’t done any of the work yet either, lmao idk how i’m gonna get through this

[seventh-district]

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[blueish-bird]

my chainsaw man hyperfixation is holding me at saw-point and overloading my brain with dopamine right now can you PLEASE wait until I’m less busy

[fernisfat]

one of my jobs is basically just fielding texts and emails for a tax preparer and my god some of these people are incapable of critical thinking!! no i cannot tell you when you’ll receive your refund, mostly because you have not even sent us your fucking w-2 yet!! 😩

[transmechanicus]

“I’ll be fine i just need to uhhhhhhh idk kill” but like…what if i did haha

[victory-cookies]

The difference between my two jobs today was so jarring. The bookstore was three hours of consistent, fairly easy work, and the print shop was two hours of sitting on my phone and then one hour of the most hectic, insane, intense work. And it’s always like this

[maskyartist]

No one understands the intricacies of Ozpin starting out as headmaster and huntsman and one of Ozma’s younger souls and lives as being extremely skinny and overworked, only to get not only fatter but happier and more relaxed as life goes on because he learns to rely on the people around him and trust in uncertainty and enjoy life’s little things while he still can before he can’t remember them at all like PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE INTRICACIES-

[shatterthefragments]

I made myself eggs :) and a London fog with my apple pie honey as the sweetener :) (still trying to get it right bc I prefer the ones I get at cafes still)

(It’s nice to at least on one of my days off have like. A slow start to my morning, using the good milk frother if I can bc I’ll presumably have time to wash it. And have like a breakfast outside if possible :) which I am just sitting on the steps outside.) (ive simply made my peace. Perhaps im weird. But I am free. And it’s not a crime to eat outside. It’s nice) (like. People in the semi hedged in sometimes gated communities often have table and chair sets to eat on their front porch. If I’m on the steps or a step stool or the stone tiles or the ground it’s still all good) (we do not have space to both have the path to the front door and a table set. Not would we buy one. But I got a free 6’ folding table that I intended to use a lot more but sadly there’s usually a car in the carport where I’d set it up. Outdoor covered spaces my BELOVED!)

Eh. Whatever. I’ll just do what I feel like and what I’m up to. (A bit sad I’m not going on an impulse trip to get another tattoo tomorrow but ah well. I haven’t messaged the artist and I need to pay for school anyway :P) (…unless my friend IS free at a time that works that I could go get the tattoo anyway… 👀 but no. Unless. Anyway)

[parm4carm]

i haven’t had a good night’s sleep in over a month and it’s slowly driving me insane 😀

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

Me, yesterday, 5:30 PM: wow I’m honestly doing so great at my adult tasks; I’ve gotten some homework done, I went grocery shopping, my laundry is almost dry. I spent so many spoons and I barely feel tired! Maybe I’m finally fully recovering from burnout!

Me, yesterday, 6:00 PM: oh.