tea_lover64 | Tea Break 4 (Video)

[Iroh gives a pleasant smile as the video opens up. In front of him there is a pai-sho board. It was time to finally time to formalize a date and setting for something he proposed awhile back]

Hello everyone, as some of you may remember, I had inquired about the interest of learning the wonderful game of pai-sho back a couple of months ago. It seemed there was at least a fair amount of interest in such a thing, so I am proceeding as if there were.

[He takes a sip of tea, placing it down delicately before continuing]

I would like to have the first learning day on the second of March. I haven't seen any holidays then, and it seems a good time for it. It will be held at the Welcome Center, and I hope that we shall have a great turn out. I humbly ask those who already are familiar with the game to come by and assist those who are learning.

[He inclines his head politely for such a request]

If anyone else would like to contribute a bit of time to help with set up, or perhaps some snacks, I would most appreciate it.

[He gives a kindly smile]

I look forward to seeing you all there, please feel free to ask any questions or concerns you may have.

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Ah, yes that would be most helpful Katara, thank you. Have you learned how to play?

I know the basic concepts, but I can't say I'm really any good.

Well, feel free to join in and learn some more. It is a most enjoyable way to spend some time.

Thank you. I think I'll just drop the snacks off and leave, though.

Oh, no interest in developing your game further?

Strategy games were more Sokka's thing.

Pai sho is a game of all cultures and of differing people. There may be a lot of old men who play, but look at myself and Paku or Bumi. We are all different benders, with different styles of teaching and personalities.

[She had the uncomfortable feeling she was being herded. Katara tried to remain polite.]

Then I'm sure you'll enjoy playing it with people from different worlds.

I am certain I will. I hope for it to become a sort of regular occurrence.

[Just making a point that she could play if she wanted to.]

If you change your mind, feel free to join us. You are most welcome.

There are a lot of people here who enjoy that sort of thing. I'm sure that it will work out for you.

I certainly hope so. How has your work at the clinic been going?

Things have been pretty quiet recently. I've been using the time to research and stock up on medicine.

Seems a prudent choice. Have you been working with that fellow... Bones I believe he went by?

No - we're not really on the same shift. I'm mostly in there with Trafalgar and Mia.

I see. Did you learn some of your skills from Trafalgar and Mia?

[Katara settles in for what was likely going to be a longer conversation than she had planned. To her surprise, it was a subject she didn't really mind talking about. Once she'd thought of her healing as something that only meant she'd failed to protect the person she cared about; an ability of last resort. In Luceti, she'd learned how to be proud of her abilities and to expand them. She was happy to be able to call herself a doctor and a healer.]

Trafalgar taught me the most about more modern kinds of medicine. He was the one who instructed me in surgery and gave me my set of operational tools. He and another surgeon, Adele, used to run emergency medical procedure training, and I had a lot of experience there as well. But it was a friend before that, Chopper, who started teaching me about medicines. Around the same time, a good friend, Ginko, was teaching me about the properties of different kinds of plants. [Her voice softens noticeably when she talks about Ginko.] You would have liked him. Ginko, I mean. You probably would have liked Chopper too, once you got over him being a reindeer.

[Iroh listens intently. It was good to learn a bit more about what Katara had been up to while here. He can tell those who left had an impact on her]

I'm sure I would have liked both of them. Being a reindeer does not phase me so much, actually.

[He had been to the spirit world after all]

You certainly seem to have matured a lot while here.

It surprised me. Fortunately, Chopper was a good sport about it. I think it was a little hard for him, sometimes, just being around a bunch of humans.

[She wasn't exactly sure how to take that comment. From her time, it wasn't as if she thought she knew Iroh very well. But Katara was aware that things could have changed in his time. There was, at least, one diplomatic thing she could say.]

I have been here a long time.

Probably, though there are a few beings who are not human.

[He gives her a glance and smiles a little]

So I have gathered.

Tea Break 4 (Video)

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