#noka is so underdeveloped

[cotton-candy-haze]

What’s Noka doing while Appa’s missing from the gang?

At this point, Noka has finally (much to her dismay) joined the Gaang and is fulfilling her destiny of helping the Avatar. This is what she was up to after Appa was taken.

Noka stared up at the sky, eyes squinting against the point on the horizon that Aang had disappeared into. She felt bad about him losing his bison, sure, but she had to admit that this felt a bit dramatic. Of course, she didn't know Aang as well as Sokka and Katara did, so maybe this was just how the boy was. Either way, she had to admit it was a little bit inconvenient for him to leave them alone in the middle of the desert. Shrugging, she turned around to face the rest of the group who all looked about annoyed as she felt.

"We'd better start walking. We're the only people who know about the solar eclipse," Katara said once she saw that she had Noka's attention. "We have to get that information to Ba Sing Se."

"Wait, hold on. Noka's all Avatar-y, can't she just airbend us out of here so we don't have to trek through the desert?" Sokka interrupted, eyes darting between Katara and Noka as if waiting for one of the girls to argue with him.

"Chaos Avatar, but I don't have airbending right now." Noka snapped her fingers and lit a small fire on the end of each of her fingertips to emphasize her point. "And even if I did, what do you expect me to do? It's not like any of us have gliders."

"Exactly," Katara replied, rolling her eyes at her brother before she started walking in the direction Aang took off. She didn't wait for the rest to follow, but called over her shoulder, "If you don't want to get left behind in the middle of nowhere, I suggest you all follow me."

Noka extinguished the flames alight in her hand, shrugged noncommittally, and followed after the girl. "We're gonna die out here one way or another. I guess I'd rather die trying to get out of here than die relaxing on a sand dune.”

"That's the opposite of what I want to hear right now, Noka," Sokka grumbled as he joined the group.