exploring new opportunities to improve herself ((tag jake))

[slayers_desire]

After allowing herself a couple of days of readjusting to having her voices back, April decided to call Jake Sully. She was interested in meeting some of his people, especially the tsahik that he had spoke about. Maybe it was an opportunity to enhance her pyschic gifts, by meeting a race that had their own connection.

Using her PINpoint phone to dial Jake's number, April nervously twirled her hair while it rang.

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[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

Jake's PINpoint doesn't ring so much as trill, as it's set to a noise that won't sound out of place in the forest, sounding more like an animal call. He hauls his ikran around to perch on the side of a nearby tree, and takes the device out of its pouch. "Hey, April."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Aw you remembered me." April smiled on her end. "I wanted to touch base with you. My psychic abilities are back."

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

"Well, you are the only one who has my number," he admits. But he brightens up at the last part. "Hey, that's great news! How'd that happen?"

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Energy from the same place where I lost them."

"And I was thinking that I would still love the opportunity to meet your tsahik, if the offer is still there."

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's convenient." He's a little puzzled about her desire to meet with Mo'at, now that she doesn't need healing, but she's not the first tawtute who wanted to come just to see the place. "Well, part of the tour would be canceled since you sound fit as a fiddle, but I think I could show you around. Don't, you know, teleport on over or anything just yet, I need to rustle up an exopack for you. Pandora air doesn't play nice with people's lungs."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"I am still curious about how your race interacts through their bond. It would be nice to meet others who can communicate without words."

April is curious about the air quality, but doesn't protest to his offer. She has had Clark worry about her breathing in space too. And while her vampire lungs are different than humans and she can go without breathing, it would put a time limit on her stay.

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

"Give me about... uh, fifteen minutes, and I'll hop on over to suit you up." He's fairly close to Hell's Gate, so it won't take long to find an unused mask. Although he'll have to make sure none of the humans at the base ask questions, since he doesn't really want to explain the whole magic-door-that-leads-to-other-universes thing just now.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Should I be wearing something appropriate to your world?" April is quick to ask. She needs to know if she wants to blend in.

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

"Long pants and long sleeves are highly recommended," he says, even as he mentally orders his ikran to take off and start flying to the base. "Boots you can run in for sure, unless you're used to vaulting through jungles barefoot."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Okay. I will change. And see you soon. Just PINpoint over when you are ready." April replied.

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

"All right then." Jake takes just about the amount of time he said he would, enough time to swing in, pick up an exopack, and ship out. He lands his ikran in a tree not far from Hell's Gate, but outside the perimeter, before PINpointing to April's current location.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

In addition to changing into a long-sleeved blue shirt, and a pair of blue track pants, April had also prepared a backpack. To be prepared for anything, she has placed some first-aid stuff and a drink container with blood inside. The container is one of those that will stay cold.

She is waiting for Jake, and spots him quickly. "Hi!"

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

It's not like he's hard to miss, fortunately. "Going with the color theme, huh?" He's a bit amused that she chose to dress in all blue, probably in imitation of his own coloring. Not a bad choice, but still funny.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"It matches my eye color." April teased. She honestly never thought about it.

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

He hadn't noticed, since it's such a small detail to him. And he's gotten so used to seeing no other eye color but the gold of Na'vi eyes. "Guess it does. you could get away with wearing almost any bright colors on Pandora, really."

He hands over the exopack, a full facemask with a tube connecting it to a compressor/recycler unit. "Here's your finishing touches. Press it against your face, and push the button on the jaw to seal it. The pumps start automatically."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"A good thing. I enjoy wearing bright colors." Even her designed Dark Oak costume is mostly greens.

Taking the exopack, she studies it with interest. "One can still talk with this? Eat? Drink?"

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

"Talk, yeah. Not so much with the eating and drinking."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"There are times when I might require nourishment... from... blood which I have packed. I hope if that occurs, I could take off the ecopack to drink?" It was something she needed to clarify ahead of time.

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

"Only if you hold your breath the whole time," he warns. "If you have to take it off and put it back on, once you activate it, it'll clear out the toxins so you have good air again."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"I can stop breathing. If that works."

"What kind of toxins are there in the air?"

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

He gives a bit of an apologetic shrug. "Hydrogen sulfide and some other stuff. I'm not a scientist, and all I really needed to know was Pandora air equals bad for lungs, so I didn't pay a lot of attention."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

Equiping the ecopack onto herself as instructed, April smiles, "Well better safe than sorry. So I don't mind wearing it."

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's how I look at it. I got exposed to the air once and trust me, it's not fun in the slightest. Ready to go?"

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

Giving herself a moment to adjust to the machine, April nodded. The ecopack was similar to the device she found so she could go to the moon with Clark. And that was worth it. And she hoped this would be too.

"Ready."

[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

"All right, here goes. Just to warn you, we're coming out in a tree."

And they do, but the tree is huge and the branch they're standing on is wide enough that even she won't fall unless she gets too close to the edge. His ikran sqwawks when it sees the extra person, until Jake quickly makes calming gestures at it. "Easy there, Txe'lan. She's a good Sky Person."