Dude, Where's My Airship? [open]

[tidesnpc]

Characters: The crew of the Convoy
Content: ...the Convoy is gone, apparently stolen by Optimus Prime himself!
Setting: Kropmork's docks
Time: Early morning, a few minutes after the smoke bombs fill the ship with noxious fumes
Warnings: What you bring with you

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[chariotkick]

Man, this sucked.

Chie stood off to the side, hopping from foot to foot agitatedly. Strange passengers, Yukiko leaving, bombs, and now the captain had totally ditched them! In Kropmork of all places. She hadn't every actually been here, but she'd heard the rumors.

[dontkillmebro]

A few steps away, Sara stared off into the sky, clutching her doll.

"What in the world..."

[chariotkick]

"You think he got sick or something?" Chie glanced at the blonde girl nearby. "...Can he get sick?"

[dontkillmebro]

"Sick?" She shook her head. "I don't know. None of this makes any sense."

[myfavoritetea]

Noticing the strange way the young girl was hopping, Iroh, feeling his helpful old man powers activating, rose from his comfortable seat on the crates nearby and bowed to the as-yet unknown crewmate. "If your feet are tired, young lady, you may sit upon these crates with me."

[chariotkick]

"Huh?" Chie glanced over at the older man and stopped hopping. She hadn't realized she was doing her warm-ups again. She bowed. "Sorry, was I annoying you?"

[myfavoritetea]

"No," he replied with a small laugh. "I do not believe we have met. I am Iroh, rather recently employed as the Strategist."

Sitting back upon his crate, the old man began pouring himself a new cup of tea. It had been over two minutes since he'd finished the last one. "Would you care for some tea? You seem a bit unnerved."

[chariotkick]

...Well, couldn't hurt.

Chie sat down next to Iroh. "I'm Chie Satonaka, Iroh-san, airman. What kind of tea do you have?" And how, exactly, had it escaped the ship in all that chaos?

[myfavoritetea]

"It is a pleasure to make the aquaintance of such a charming young lady as yourself," he grinned.

As far as the tea went... that was a question easily answered as he reached for his travel bag. Pulling out a leather satchel that took up most of the space of the bag, Iroh opened it to reveal many small compartments of various types of teas, all individually labeled with the ingredients and where they were gathered. "What kind would you like?"

[chariotkick]

Chie didn't know there were that many different types of tea in the world, let alone in one old guy's bag. That was either really impressive, or this guy was a little nuts. "Uh...green?"

[myfavoritetea]

Quite possibly a bit of both. "Very good choice," he smiled gently. It wasn't what he would have selected to calm the nerves, but such things were to be expected when you offered the lady the selection. Still smiling, he reached for his tea pot.

...It was cold. A look of horror slid across his face, and he sighed softly. "This will take just a moment. The water has cooled."

[chariotkick]

"Okay." What was with the weird look?

[myfavoritetea]

Not to worry. Iroh had a most effective way of heating water quickly. Inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly, the old Firebender breathed into his palm, and a small but bright flame appeared in his hand. He held it under the teapot for a few moments, and then added the tea.

[chariotkick]

Chie was leaning towards impressive, herself.

"That was...how did you...is that magic?" she asked, looking at the teapot.

[myfavoritetea]

"Hmm?" Iroh looked down at the flame in his hand. "Oh. Yes and no. It is more to do with understanding the flow of energy in the world. The fire can only be made when you understand how to manipulate the energy around you and give it a shape and form."

He inhaled happily. "Ah, the tea is ready now." Relinquishing the flame, he reached back onto his bag and pulled out two tea cups, and poured his 'guest' one.

[chariotkick]

"That's cool!" It would probably be even cooler if Chie actually understood it. All she got was that it was probably spiritual, and that Souji might be more interested in it.

She bowed slightly when he offered her the cup. "Thank you, Iroh-san."