asobouyo | 41st Teddy Bear [Video/Action]

Stop following me!!

[The audio picks up a huffy Elicia at the school, and she clicks on the video to reveal she's donning a mobster suit of some kind—against her own will, of course. Behind her are four men, all rough looking with their own suits. But they hardly seem a threat to her, and moreso the people walking by. They throw surly glances at them, hollering for them to move along. If you're unfortunate enough, you're one of the people walking by. Observe, a kid standing in the center of a line-up.

'Don't bother our boss—can't y'see she's busy?!'

'Boss, there anything we can get for ya'?'

'Y'got someone you need knocked off, Elicia, ma'am??'

'Knock it off, ya lug, she'll tell you if she needs something. Apologies for my, eeeeh. Associate.'

Elicia furrows her brow at the camera, not paying them a lot of heed at the moment.]

Winryyy, Edddd, they keep calling me boss and they won't stop following me!

['Hey! I think that guy looked at us funny. Don't look at us, just keep walkin' pal.'

'D'you know who we are??']

Things are really weird around here... This suit is itchy...

[Maybe you missed her school day mobster jambooree. No worries—she's back home in an ice age, building herself a snow forte. Or at least trying to. Of course, she looks more like a penguin when she moves thanks to an overabundance of jackets, scarfs, gloves, and beenies. WHAT IF SHE FROZE, OKAY? SAFETY FIRST.

At any rate, this forte sucks. She's really defeated by the way it just... caves in pathetically.

Sheesh. Maybe she should get forte building lessons.

... Also, her four mobsters are sitting at the porch with their arms crossed, looking determined. None of youse better do anyting fishy. Jus' sayin'. Heck, she's kinda' starting to like their company. MAYBE I CAN MAKE THEM BUILD STUFF FOR ME...

Welp, we know who'll be following Elicia for the entirety of the event. (Ed, don't do anything to them, they're my minions now).]

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[... Hard to say, man. They are bugging her, but...]

Sorta... They think I'm their boss.

But I don't think I'd be a good boss...

[Which of course just leads to them circling her before they can tear into Aang with snappy retorts. "Don't be ridiculous! You're a great boss!"

"One uvva kind!"

"You're unmatched in the town!"]

[He looks on carefully, trying to figure out the character of the thugs.]

Well you are great. If these guys are goo to you, I know you can use them well. But if you don't want to play with these guys, I can get them to go, okay?

[She looks at them thoughtfully, and they look back with hope in their weathered features. These thugs may not be real, but to her, they're plenty real enough. And they look like they could use good company instead of bad villain company.]

I guess they're okay... But we gotta teach them how to be heroes instead of gang people.

[He flashes a proud smile to her. Good girl.]

That's very noble of you, Elicia. I'll gladly help you to give these gentlemen hero lessons.

[She smiles proudly back.]

Where should we start??

[Of course, the thugs behind her are making an X with their arms at Aang when she's turned away from them, shaking their heads. noooonononono]

[But Aang, with a sly grin and a tip of his hat, just nods back at them.]

Friendship. We can teach them to be open about their feelings.

Alright! Open about feelings!

[She points to the tall mobster, determined.]

What's your feelings about friendship!!

[—to which the tall mobster stares at her like a deer in the headlights. So the short one hops forward and replies for him, determined. "Friendship is... uh... Listening to your boss no matter what! Even if you gotta chop off your finger when they say!"]

Maybe we should actually start with, "Heroes make sure people have as many fingers as possible..."

Yeah, we should definitely take care of people's fingers! Don't let them fall off or get chopped off!

[They nod, and really, they look like they want a notepad and pen.

"Yes ma'am! Protect people's hands!"]

[Aang beams proudly at them.]

That'll be a great start! And you guys are real polite to Elicia... So maybe next you should try to be that polite to everyone else!

["Polite-schmite! We're natural born criminals! Cops can't even handle us!"

—but of course Elicia cuts the one (with a great set of muttonshops) off in the middle of a ramble, putting her hand up.]

No, Bart! No crime!

[To which he can only make a frowny face, because you cannot deny your boss' rules.]

Being nice is so important, isn't it, Mr. Aang? We have to all be nice. Nice!

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Yeah! Guys, don't you know that being nice is how you get true love?

[And in unison:

"True love???"

because really aang, really]

Yeah! How can you stay with the people you love if you're not nice to them?

[Elicia gets it, bro.]

[He knew she was cool enough to understand.]

That's right, guys, when you act nice and listen to your heart, you can find your way to all kinds of nice things like true love!

[...

"How do you listen to hearts? They're just muscles."

To which the tall one slaps Clinton hard on the back of the head while he calls him an idiot.

To which Elicia waves a finger at him.]

Alonzo! We don't hit friends! Rule 2, no hitting friends!

[Elicia gets a nod of approval.] Very good.

[Then he looks towards Clinton and company.]

That's right! You should hug your friends instead and make sure they know what things you like best about each other. [After a thoughtful pause, he corrects himself.] Although Shikamaru did tell me that guys shouldn't hug each other a lot because of the bro codes... so maybe you should try the fist bumps instead. And that doesn't mean punching!

[And in unison, they say it—"bro codes????"

Actually, Elicia says it in unison with them, because... confusing.]

Like... Like big brothers? Should I do fist bumps for my big brothers, too??

The way he said it, it sounded like he was talking about how guys should act to other guys they were friends with. But I guess it can work for big brothers, too! Wanna try? [He holds out his own fist.]

S-sure!

[... She slowly holds up her fist.

Okay. Like this? She looks up at him, between his face and his own hand, thoughtful.]

Okay! Then we do something else?

We do! Right now we both got our fists out, right? Now we do the "bump" part! We just... bump 'em together. But real light, so there's no hurting! Ready to try?

[He'll nudge his own hand forth for his half of the bumping.]

[AAAND--

Fistbump!

...]

That's all we do?

That's it! Wasn't it great?

... I guess...

Hugs are a lot warmer and happier, though!

What if I do a fistbump and then hug them?

You're right, Elicia. Hugs are a lot better. And you're a girl, so you can do them as much as you want without messing up the bro codes! So you can hug them as much as you want!

Cool! Hugs are always good to do; they make me feel so happy!

[And for emphasis, she leaps forward to give Aang a big hug.]

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