Sorry about the late update. I am on vacation and the signal is extremely bad. I was unable to write or update for a while.
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[THIRD POV]
"This is where you can build your shop." The man now identified as Rasa said while showing a large square piece of land.
"As for the necessary payment for the land, I assume that as a traveler you don't have a lot of money. As such you need to help the eartbenders build a total of 30 houses." He continued with a straight face.
Solon agreed by nodding his head.
"Once you settle down, head towards the town hall and show this to the man working in the empty space next to it. He will tell you where you are needed according to your abilities." Rasa said as he passed Solon a new scroll.
Solon nodded while hiding his annoyance due to the large amount of paperwork he has to through to open a tea shop.
Rasa turned around and left Solon alone.
Solon immediately turned towards his new land and started thinking about the image he had about his shop.
After thinking for a while he took a stance and started earthbending.
He raised his hands which led to walls coming out of the ground, creating a large square building which contained a total of 5 rooms.
A large rectangular room which is gated to become the shop itself. A room adjacent to it that's going to house the kitchen. Then there's a door leading from the kitchen to the 3 spaces Solon is going to live.
One bedroom, a library and storage room.
'I think this is enough.' He thought content with the way he built the shop.
After that with another practically useless move, rocks rose from the ground creating large square poles which attached themselves to the walls in order to create a foundation for the roof.
Solon paused his bending and started thinking.
'Should I use wood or stone for the roof? Using stone seems easier but wood is better overall.'
His thinking was interrupted by a butterfly landing on his head.
"Zoi? What are you doing here? Don't you have work to do?"
He asked with surprise in his face.
"I do, but I have the responsibility to inform you that all concept-level spirits will be having a meeting." Zoi said in her cheerful voice.
"A meeting? Why?"
"To decide what we are going to do with the harmonic convergence. We used to have Raava and Vaatu fight each other when we needed their energy to accelerate your birth, but we don't need such an amount of energy now." She said while looking around.
"As such, we need to decide how Raava and Vaatu are going to decide the world's direction." She continued to talk while relaxing on Solon's head.
"I see. When will the meeting take place then?"
"In 9 thousand years, during the time we need to make a decision. Otherwise we will be arguing for years without deciding." She answered the question.
"I see. I will be there."
"…"
"…"
Silence followed as both spirits waited for the other one to say or do something.
"Would you like to come inside and see my tea shop?" Solon asked hesitantly.
"I would love to." Zoi answered calmly.
Solon walked towards the building and entered through the hole that was supposed to be the entrance.
"This is it. My tea shop." Solon said proudly.
"…"
Zoi now speechless looked around the empty room connected to other empty rooms by empty holes.
"Solon, this place is empty, ugly, and unfinished." She said trying to hide her disappointment about her brother's shop.
"I started building it minutes before you came here alright? It is good enough." He said with embarrassment in his voice.
Zoi let out a little laugh due to her brother's way of acting.
"Ok, ok let me help you a bit." She said as her wings started flapping rapidly.
Slowly the stone on the walls started transforming into wood while the the roof had leaves grown out of it.
Solon looked dumbfounded at his shop that had now transformed easily by his sister despite the fact that his own energy was keeping the building in it's previous form.
[Solon POV]
No words could describe the way I felt after seeing Zoi effortlessly turn the walls, I actively kept in shape, into wood.
During that moment I felt so small. As if my existence didn't really belong to me.
I knew that there was no way I could much my siblings in power yet, but this sight was disheartening.
Yet the next moment, Zoi turned to me and talked to me with the same pure tone like every other time.
"What do you think? I believe this is a better environment for drinking tea."
Those words made me despise the fact that I doubted Zoi.
So I suppressed my emotions and answered her with the same tone as before.
"It's perfect. Thank you."
Following that I sat there, drinking tea with Zoi for some hours after which, she left in order to return to the spirit world.
[Third POV]
Solon sat on a bed Zoi made for him out of leaves, thinking about his day.
'Seems like the differences between me and my siblings are more than just age and experience.'
He thought as he remembered the way he has been acting so far.
Suddenly while thinking the image of an owl passed through his mind.
'Wang shi tong is known as the spirit of knowledge in the human world. That is because he owns the largest library known to man. He must have some information about spirits of my level.' He though as he planned to visit his old friend to seek some answers to his newest questions.
After helping build those houses that is.
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