I'M REALLY SORRY I HAVEN'T BEEN AT ANY PARTIES LATELY, GUYS. STUFF HAS BEEN COMING UP. I'VE BEEN FEELING REALLY HOMESICK FOR BA SING SE AND JUST HAVEN'T FELT LIKE COMING OUT OF MY ROOM. I GOT A LETTER FROM HOME WITH SOME BAD NEWS, WHICH DIDN'T HELP. APPARENTLY MY OLD SCHOOL BURNED DOWN. NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT THEY SUSPECT ARSON.

SINCE IT'S GONE, I'M NOW STUCK AT WANGFIRE, THANKS TO THE EARTH KINGDOM'S EDUCATION SYSTEM. BECAUSE I'M ENROLLED HERE, THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T REASSIGNED ME TO ANOTHER LOWER RING SCHOOL, SO I CAN'T GO BACK. I KNOW, IT'S FUCKED UP, BUT OUR BEREAUCRACY HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SCREWED SINCE THE WAR ENDED. SOMETHING ABOUT THE KING NOT RETURNING AND THE HUGE FIGHT FOR POWER THAT FOLLOWED. I DUNNO, BUT I KIND OF REALLY HATE THE KING RIGHT NOW, WHEREVER HE IS, TRAITOROUS AS THAT MAY SOUND. HOW COULD HE DO THIS TO HIS OWN KINGDOM? OH, WHATEVER.

SO NOW THE EARTH KINGDOM THINKS I'M A CITIZEN OF THE FIRE NATION AND THE FIRE NATION THINKS I'M EARTH KINGDOM. SO I'M BASICALLY INVISIBLE TO BOTH SIDES. AND IT'S KIND OF MESSING ME UP A LITTLE, SINCE THANKS TO THAT I'M NOT SURE IF I'LL BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME...AT LEAST, NOT LEGALLY. PLUS I'M NOT SURE IF MY FAMILY IS ALL THAT UPSET, CONSIDERING THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER BABY ON THE WAY AND I'M ONE LESS MOUTH TO FEED. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS HORRIBLE BUT THAT'S LIFE IN THE LOWER RING. I JUST...I JUST FEEL REALLY ALONE.

GOD, I SOUND SO DEPRESSED. I'M SORRY. I PROMISE I'LL TRY TO COME OUT SOONER OR LATER, WHEN MY HEAD CLEARS A LITTLE. AND PLEASE DON'T THINK I'M UPSET THAT I'M HERE; I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS, REALLY. I JUST MISS MY HOME, THAT'S ALL. :')

/JIN

'SUP GUYS. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW; UNI HAS RESTARTED FOR ME, AND SINCE I'M IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TIME ZONE TO US CITIZENS, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON JIN'S ACTIVENESS. SEE, WHAT'S EVENING/NIGHT FOR YOU GUYS (AKA WHEN MOST, IF NOT ALL THE PARTIES ARE ON) IS THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY FOR ME, AKA RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF UNI. I'LL TRY MY HARDEST TO BE ACTIVE, BUT I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES. IF IT GETS REALLY BAD, I'LL RELINQUISH JIN FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO PLAY.

AND I KNOW THIS SECTION OF THE POST IS MORE OOC-COMM WORTHY MATERIAL BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO SPAM ALL YOUR FLISTS. SEE HOW MUCH ILU GUYS? <3

ALSO I SWEAR THIS POST WAS LESS 'ZOMG DRAMA' WHEN I FIRST STARTING WRITING IT.

THAT WAS SOME PARTY LAST NIGHT (NOT THAT I REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WHATEVER). IF I HAD KNOWN THIS IS HOW THINGS GO DOWN HERE, I WOULD HAVE TRANSFERRED SOONER.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY I'M COVERED IN ICECREAM AND CHOCOLATE SAUCE, BUT I HAD LIKE THREE SHOWERS TO TRY AND GET IT ALL OFF, BUT IT STILL DIDN'T WORK. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO TASTE SMELL LIKE CHOCOLATE ICECREAM FOR DAYS.

NOT THAT THAT'S REALLY SUCH A BAD THING.

IT'S GOOD TO FINALLY BE OUT OF BA SING SE...THOUGH I'M SURE I'M GOING TO MISS IT. I LIKE IT HERE, THOUGH. I CAN'T WAIT TO ATTEND MY FIRST CLASS; I WONDER WHAT THE OTHER STUDENTS WILL BE LIKE, AND IF I'LL SEE LEE AND HIS KNIFE-THROWING FRIEND AGAIN. SHE WAS SO COOL. AND I REALLY WANT LEE TO SEE HOW MUCH I'VE BEEN PRACTICING JUGGLING. PERHAPS HE'LL GIVE ME ANOTHER TEA COUPON.

ALL IN ALL, THIS SHOULD AT LEAST BE AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.