oix. home tree
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"WHAT are you called?" Mo'at spoke in English, circling around Odessa. She had already gathered a name from Jake, and now it was Odessa's turn.

"Odessa Everett." Odessa stood tall and didn't flinch away when the woman poked her with a small tooth like thing she wore around her neck.

"Why did you come to us?" The older woman asks as she moved from foot to foot, eying the one who stood in front of her.

"I, we, came to learn."

"We have tried to teach other sky people." The woman spoke, eyeing Odessa before she switched her gaze over to Jake. "It is hard to fill a cup which is already full."

Jake looked the older woman in her eyes, as if he was trying to show her that he was listening and answering, but not rudely talking back. "We'll, my cup is empty, trust me." Jake made a scoffing kind of noise. "Just ask Doctor. Augustine. I'm no scientist."

"And your cup?" The woman turned to Odessa, waiting for an answer from the woman.

"My cup fell, it's pretty empty." Odessa flashed a pretty smile, one that most definitely caught the attention of Naytiri.

The older woman, Mo'at, tilted her head and took a step back so she could look at them both. "What are you both?"

"Warriors, of our own clans." Odessa spoke on the behalf of both her and Jake.

"A warrior!" Tsu'tey stepped forward as he scoffed, speaking his language as he did so. "I could kill him easily!"

"No! This is the first warrior dream walkers we have seen. We need to learn more about them." The older man, a chief of some sorts, instructed to his people.

"My daughter and niece." The eldest woman stepped forward and approached Odessa and Jake, waving her daughter and her niece forward.
"You will teach them our way ... speak and walk as we do."

"Why me? That's not fair." Naytiri spoke, pointing to herself with an annoyed look plastered across her face, unhappy that she would have to teach someone.

"Enough." Mo'at said calmly as her daughter, Naytiri hissed and kicked her feet into the dirt. All well her niece, Niave smiled and nodded. "It is decided. My daughter will teach you our ways, OdessaEverett. And my niece will teach you, JakeSully. Learn well, OdessaEverett and Jakesully. Then we will see if your insanity can be cured."

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NOW clad in her new clothing, Odessa moved away from the small area she had changed in and looked towards Naytiri who stood there with a bored look on her face.

"Ready." Odessa waved, catching the attention of the bored Na'vi woman. "What's your name?"

"Naytiri." Naytiri said, moving out of the area and gesturing for Odessa to follow her. She would lead her to the higher parts of home tree, where many other Na'vi gathered.

Odessa moved along, taking carful yet quick steps. "That's pretty name." She stumbled and fell into Naytiri who whirled around and glared.

"Don't know how to walk." Naytiri grumbled in her own native language, pulling Odessa up and holding onto her hand as she made her way closer to their destinations

Odessa listened, and she listened, and then she heard what Naytiri had been so interested in. Chanting, singing, drums, music. It sounded wonderful, and Odessa wasn't sure what it was, but it seemed as if she enjoyed what she could hear.

All the Na'vi people stopped singing and playing their music and talking as Odessa approached the outer rim of the circle.   "Hi." She created everyone nervously, the prying eyes making her tingle with nervousness.

Naytiri lead her to where she could sit, and once she was crouched, the music and chanting continued until another person showed up. Jake waved to everyone, eyes landing on his friend.

"G-Good evening." Jake greeted everyone nervously, seeing them all stare and give the same looks that Odessa had received. "Please don't get up." He chuckled and started to walk towards Odessa, choosing not to follow Niave who sighed. "Excuse me. Sorry."

Both Odessa and Jake were handed leaves full of small critters, that were to be eaten. Odessa didn't say anything, onlying guving the person a thankful nod before she slowly ate her meal. Jake on the other hand, chose to make a disgusted face at the food before him, causing many others to glare and frown.

Dinner was done quickly, and Odessa was the last to leave. She had picked up leaves from the ground, and made sure the area was clean. She hated having a big mess, which would explain why she always had a clean room well her sisters side was messy.  

"Naytiri?" Odessa waved her hand slowly in front of Naytiris face. She had been blinking slowly, and sitting criss crossed on the ground. Zoned out, yet her ears twitched every time Odessa made a sound. "Hello?"

"We go to bed." Naytiri stood, walking away and only hoping that Odessa was following. She didn't stop or look over her shoulder, to busy with her thoughts. She climbed down, moving into her own hammock with ease.

Odessa watched and unfortunately didn't get into her hammock as gracefully as Naytiri had. But once she was finally in bed, she closed the hammock like the person beside her had down, and she closed her eyes.

Breaking the connection from the avatar body.

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"ODESSA? Odessa!" Grace's voice is heard, echoing around in her head as she keeps her eyes closed. She can feel herself moving slightly, yet she takes her time in opening up her eyes.

"She's in Alpha." Max stated, looking over the monitors from where he was standing.

"Odessa? Odessa!" Grace repeated as Odessa's eye's opened and took in everyone standing over her. Grace was hovering over her, Norm was, Max was, and Jake was right beside her. "Come on back, kid. Come on. That's it." She tapped her face gently with a sigh of relief, glad that she had found a place where she could sleep and return to them. "There ya go. You're okay."

Jake squeezed Odessa's hand, the action causing her to look down.

"H-hey." Odessa said slowly, her lips going from a straight line into a small smile.

"Thank goodness you woke up," Jake started, slowly moving his hand away that Odessa wouldn't let go of. "Grace said that you had been out for so long, even after we opened up the pod, that she thought something was wrong."

"I was dreaming, right? This was all a dream?" Odessa asked, looking between everyone who stood around.

"Nope, this is all very very real." Jake grinned.