Sal

Background
In Sal's past life, the time before this world, he believed he was able to energy bend.

Lore
SaysMason's sky bison Sandrew disappeared after Sal tried to help him, and Mason got very hostile and upset about it. Sal apologized profusely for it and even offered items as well as his assistance to help Mason get another bison, but Mason refused. Later Mason becomes hostile towards the other earth benders alongside Sal. The spirits try to calm things down, and Mason says he wants to take out the Air Nomads. During the interaction shots were fired, but Sal got out without a scratch. RedVacktor, who was on the sidelines, suggested that Mason should assassinate Sal. Sal asked Mason if he wanted to kill him to settle the score, but he refused. Sal gets more information from the Moon Spirit, Slade, about Mason's journey to the Spirit World and Mason's behavior. They discuss Mason’s newly red eyes and the spirit throws out the word corruption.

Slade asks, "Sal, do you desire to be the avatar...?"

Sal answers that, "I just want there to be peace."

Mason and Sal meet again after the former returns from the Spirit World. GreenVacktor explains what happened there: basically, Green, Mason and Lumi were taken to the Valley of Lost Souls and met Sandrew. Mason glowed blue, and said that the bison he saw wasn’t his, and they left. Mason doesn’t remember this. Sal then helps Agwa to adjust to the SMP and takes him to the Water Tribe base.

Mason, Sal, and Nate play around with their bending and find out that Red is spying on them. Sal catches up to Red, who tells Sal why he was near the Earth Kingdom. Nate joins them, and Sal tells Nate he was being used by Red to get info. Red tries to cause trust issues among the Air Nomads and gets the info he wanted. Sal and Nate go to see Slade and Red. They all argue. Mason and Green join and Sal tells them that Red used Nate to spy on them and tried to invade the Earth Kingdom secretly. Mason, Sal and Nate talk. Sal summons Slade, who tells Sal what happened in the Spirit World. A chaos spirit is corrupting the realm... and Mason. Sal tells the spirit he should make Mason remember. They rejoin the group and Slade tells Mason he’s being brainwashed by chaos energy. Mason gets his memories back via spirit, apologizes to Sal and turns against Red. Tensions rise and Sal lets Red get away. Mason and Sal argue. Nate and Sal leave to get Nate's bison back, but they’re interrupted. Red and Slade are together so Nate and Sal pursue them. They find Slade and Red talking, so Sal gives Slade some golden apples to find out what Red was discussing. In the spirit orb Red reveals that he made a promise with an air bender he was friends with before the reset that he wouldn’t attack the Air Nomads. Also, Red has urges that make it hard to control his actions because he’s a fire bender. He’s fighting with himself. Slade accidentally gives Sal a flying bison, which he names Mappa (see: Pets)

At Earthrise, Sal, Mason, Lumi and a bunch of other benders meet up to hang out. Mason informs everyone that the last few days for him have been a bit foggy, and he tells everyone his timeline: Sal killed his bison, Mason had a funeral for him and was very sad. Mason kills Nate by pushing him off a cliff. He met the Moon Spirit for the first time, and he’s been building up the Earth Kingdom since. Sal decides that rather than inform Mason what he did again, because he got mad last time, they’ll ignore it, put it behind them and move on. So Mason doesn’t have to worry. Mason says that he’ll try to remember on his own bit by bit So it’s not a smack in the face. Mason brings up that he was given a book, but he knows none of the context of it.

They both have no clue where it came from or if there are other books. They go to the Air Nomads. Mason goes to talk with Nate and Sal is met by Lumi, Tai, Green and Fizzy. Tai tells Sal all of the nations are connected by a nether highway now. Not everyone likes the idea of all nations being so accessible to each other, but it is what it is. Mason brings up wanting to win The Avatar Games. He says he wants to figure out what’s wrong with him before then so he can be a good avatar, but Nate and Sal mention that it’s possible when he finds out what happened that it will affect him badly, and having an unstable avatar isn't good. Sal and Nate say that whatever happens they will make sure to keep Mason in check.

After the meteor event, Nate makes a deal with Mason to give him some meteor shards. Sal and other benders discuss how much they should give him because they worry about his mental state. Sal leaves to ask Green about the deal with Mason and Nate. They worry about Mason and his recent behavior, and Sal brings up that a switch could be flipped at any time in Mason. The Earth Kingdom is a little divided because of Mason and Green's rivalry, and some of the water benders and fire benders are after power. Sal says they need to keep things chill for the time being and just be nice to everyone.

Sal leaves to go see what Mason's up to, they talk until Fizzzy walks by and Mason shoots her with a bow. Sal and Tai are confused and upset but Mason just laughs it off, saying he did it for fun. Mason offers to bring Fizzy's stuff back, and Tai asks Sal to come with. Mason then says he was aiming for Tai. They meet Fizzy and Mason apologizes and says he owes her a favor. Sal goes back to air nation and meets Nate, who is very on edge because of everything that’s been happening. Sal tells Nate he’s very trusting and sees the good in other people, but it’s not always a positive trait. Sal says he could be a bit more cautious of everybody else. Nate tells Sal he doesn’t want to feel like he’s abandoning Green, and Sal assured him he can still be friends with him and be cautious around him. They discuss who should be their champion for The Avatar Games, and who their opponents are. Jake, Mason, Green, Kara and Red are all seeking power and may bring chaos to the nations. Sal, Nate and Tai deliver the meteorite to Mason peacefully, but Mappa takes damage and dies.

Sal talks with Pure, and Mappa is resurrected. Sal and Fizzy fly on Mappa to visit the other benders. Fizzy tells Sal she visited Mason and his eyes were red. Mason killed her, but didn't remember it afterwards. At the Earth Kingdom, Mason takes Green to the side to chat. Lumi says Green’s been going more off the rails, getting more power-hungry, and closer with Mason and Jake. Lumi says Green won’t try to be champion for the Avatar Games, but wants to be king of the Earth Kingdom. Lumi decided to step in and become avatar champion, she’s also trying to make sure Green doesn’t become a dictator. Sal goes to eavesdrop on Mason and Green.

Sal walks in on Green, Mason, and Yellow arguing. Mason says Green is becoming power-hungry and Green throws it right back at him. Mason says Green’s hearing voices and talking to himself. He believes Lumi should be the ruler. Mason said he got a big help for fixing himself and he will become the avatar. Sal tells them to focus on themselves, stop dividing each other, and stop arguing. Mason worries that Green being the leader will create trouble among the nations. Fizzy, Lumi, and Nate eavesdropped and heard most of the exchange. Mason says that as long as Green is trying to be the leader, he will try to stop him. Sal says Green is being self-centered and isn’t working for the benefit of the Earth Kingdom. Sal tells Mason to be more content with what he’s working on and what he has. Sal tells Green to live in the now, and right now he’s in the wrong. Green takes his leave. Sal advises Mason to stop confronting Green and focus on himself.

Lumi and Sal break off to talk. She’s worried about Mason and Green. She gives Sal a bunch of air bending scrolls. Sal tells Lumi that she has the potential and she will likely become the champion. Maybe even the leader of the earth nation, but she doesn’t have to do it alone. Nate meets with Sal and he fills him in. Nate said Green opened up to him about himself and said he wanted power for the Earth Kingdom. Green said he doesn’t know why there’s voices in his head and he doesn’t know how to fix it. Nate told him he needs to sort himself out and think about it. Sal says Green shouldn’t be alone with his thoughts because he could get caught up in the crazy. Sal says Nate needs to just be there for him, and Nate agrees. Sal hangs out in the Fire Nation with Red, Kara and Yellow. Sal fills them in on what’s been happening with Mason and Green. Sal goes to the Earth Kingdom and helps Green briefly, also killing his dog. Green gives the firebenders the materials they needed.

Sal, Tai, Lumi, Fizzy, Agwa and Yellow find new tricks they can do with their bending. They all mess around for a while and go to the Water Tribe.

Jake, the Water Tribe general, joins the group and Sal asks him what he’s up to. Jake says he’s going to build a village close to the Ocean Base, in the Water Tribe. So they all go to see where it’ll be made. Jake and Sal have a little tension between them. Jake pushed Yellow and Sal exchanged blows with Jake. Jake appears from under the floor, and Yellow and Agwa die again. Sal and Jake fight underwater and Sal corners him. Jake tries to kill Sal and fails. Sal apologizes to Yellow even though he didn’t kill her. Tension rises between Sal, Jake and Tai. Yellow comes back and is mad at Sal. Things get tense between the water benders and air nomads because everyone is firing at each other. Sal brings up the fact that their powers are amplified because of the spirits and their close relationship to them. They all calm down enough to stop trying to kill each other.

Sal, Ash and Nate decide that they will vote on a champion before the games. Nate shows Sal around the temples and tells him that Green seems to be doing better. Nate asks if he remembers his past life and Sal says no. Sal says the past had too much hate and everyone should move forward rather than wallow in the darker times. Green tells Sal that Slade banned Green from the library because the spirits doesn’t see him as a fit leader for the Earth Kingdom. Sal responds that Green acts like he cares more about himself than his nation as a whole. Sal babysits Green and the Earth Kingdom. Ash tells him that Max and Gizzy from the Water Tribe have gone missing, so Sal asks Jake about the missing benders, and Jake says he’s worried, but he has to focus on his nation's people at the moment. Sal suspects that the ocean spirit had something to do with the benders disappearances and Mason's corruption. Sal babysits Mason and Earth Kingdom. Sal travels and vibes with Kara, Ash, Tai, Agwa. Sal travels with Jake, Mason, Green & Nate at various points. Sal and Nate discover that Ohm dances to music and have him dance. They travel to show Mason and Green this incredibly vital fact. Ohm dances on the Choch's head.

Week 2:
After the first Avatar Games, Sal is very suspicious of Ash. Nate, Sal and Blue talk with Slade and they decide to lay low for a couple days while Slade makes rounds among the other nations to gather information. They are given fireworks they can use to summon him, and they go their separate ways. With Logan being revealed as a fake ocean spirit and descendant of the chaos spirit, also potentially having something to do with the disappearance of two water benders, Gizzy and Max. Slade banishes him somewhere and makes him a human.

Ohm and Mappa are problem children, and Chipcy is now Mohm {see: pets}, apparently mother of a baby sky-bison. Sal, Nate, and Ash fly to visit Lumi and introduce her to learn lemurJAM. Mushi is blown away by one of Sal's air-jumps and everyone panics, thinking he died. Chipcy almost resurrects Mushi, but Lumi thankfully finds him safe and sound.

Sal uses a firework to get Slade to tell him why JP wants to go to the Spirit World. Slade says he will take them both to the Spirit World after 3 days.

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Sal travels to the Earth Kingdom and finds Red being cleansed by Slade and Chipcy. Red and Kara ask for golden apples from Lumi and Sal because they want to exchange them for the spirits to build a bending arena. Lumi tells him that Green elected himself Earth King, and that she made him promise to be peaceful unless absolutely necessary. She adds that Pink doesn’t want a ruler. Sal finds a chest in the Earth Kingdom Library with the message “To the Earth Kingdom. From Sal." He comes to the conclusion that Ash left the earth scrolls there to frame him.

Sal goes to the Fire Nation to ask if they got a similar chest and is in the middle of explaining when he finds one right outside the fire temple. He tells Green that Ash is framing him and why he thinks it’s her, and says it is no longer an Air Nomad only problem. They head back to the Earth Kingdom, where Sal repeatedly uses his bubble to fling Green across the map… until he runs out of food and dies on the impact of his ender pearl. Then he uses the bubble to cheat at tag with Lumi and Yellow, and they sing Your New Boyfriend.

Sal meets Garrett and gives him a tour, during which Garrett shows Sal his flying bison, Dinnerbone, that can fly upside-down. They then go to the Water Tribe with Tai, then travelling to the Fire Nation. Finally, they arrive at the Earth Kingdom. Where they find Tai, Lumi, and Pandune. Green tells Sal in passing that he and Lumi aren’t on good terms because she and Pink think he’s being a bad king. Sal tells Green that he will support him unless he deems him a threat to himself or others, and asks if he’s okay mentally. Sal assures Green that they’re friends and asks if he’s sure about wanting to go back into the Spirit World with Nate, which Green mentioned previously. Upon returning to the Air Temples, Sal builds a landing pad for Mappa next to Ohm’s Temple, and then struggles immensely to get the bison onto it. Nate introduces Sal to Grumm and Chillpill. Sal monitors Lumi-Green relationship and sets up a civilized conversation for them, after which Ash confesses to taking the scrolls and apologizes for blaming Sal. He forgives her, but the other Air Benders are still suspicious of Ash. They talk about the Earth Kingdom standing and how Mason doesn’t like the Air Nomads.

Yellow, Tai, Blue, and Garrett show up. Ash explains what was going on with the Water Tribe. Tai tells everyone Agwa was killed by the last water nation general and Green knew. Tai says Green was complacent with Agwa being killed, because all he wanted was power, and interfereing with his position. Sal finds Green, immediately bringing up Agwa. Green tells him he had known about it since it happened, and Sal is fumes because Green never said anything about it. Sal says he could’ve changed things, to which Green responds that the Water Tribe was the only nation that wanted to help him. Green says he does regret keeping Agwa's death secret. Sal tells him he’ll look past it for now. Sal tells him he’s going to bring back Agwa, which he’s done before, in his past life. He tells Green he won’t hesitate to "hardcore vibe-check" him if he starts shady stuff. Sal asks him if he’ll put his nation before his own goals, and Green says yes. He says he feels he’s the only one who can lead his nation into prosperity, and Sal points out that Green was being used by the former general of the Water Tribe and their deal was one-sided. Sal asks if Green would’ve led the earth nation into war like the former general wanted. Green says he would’ve tried staying out of it, but if forced he might’ve. Sal tells Green he needs to fix things in his nation and get earth benders to trust him again. Green says Sal can trust him. Sal bumps into Nate. He wants to talk to Sal with Green, but Sal avoids it. Nate says it’s confidential between him and Green. Sal says he wants to blow off steam so it can wait, and if they need to they can meet him at the bending arena to talk later.

Ash informs Sal that "Mason" killed Nate. She also tells Sal where Mason's base is located, and Sal travels there to destroy the portal. Sal is furious with Mason, and strives to become the avatar to take away his bending. Sal heads to the Earth Kingdom and finds Green; they talk about Mason. Sal mentions wanting to become the avatar to take away Mason's bending. Green makes it clear he wants Mason detained or killed. Sal asks Green to be a good king for the people. Sal then goes on to find Lumi and she tells him what happened. She explained they did what they could, but they couldn’t do much of anything.

Mason seeks out Nate for advice, and gets heated quickly. His eyes turn red, and he kills Nate in one blow, in front of a crowd. Some tried to follow him, but Mason vanished. Lumi mentions that Pink got heated earlier and decided to leave the Earth Kingdom for the time being. Sal meets Tai and he brings up taking away Mason's bending. Sal leaves to find golden apples to summon Slade and Chipcy. The spirits appear, and their faces are messed up from a fight with chaos. Sal brings up the avatar's ability to take away people’s bending, and they say that while possible, it’s incredibly difficult. The spirits talk some more about it, and they promise Sal that if he becomes the avatar they’d teach him some.

Sal walks in on Slade and Chipcy talking to Yellow about energy bending. Slade tries to get away before Sal notices him, first telling Yellow about Sal's plans. Sal then claims he planned on telling her anyway, and states that he’s hell-bent on becoming the avatar. She agrees that taking away Mason's bending is a good option. Yellow tells Sal she’s going to stay away from Green because she didn’t agree with Green's speech against Mason. Sal leaves for the pro bending arena to find Lumi, Tai, and Pink. Pink, like Yellow, also disagrees with Green's speech. Sal tells her he’s not on Green's side, but that he approved Green’s declaration to detain Mason. Pink agrees with taking away Masons' bending. Sal says he doesn’t believe Pink is a bad guy, and that he thinks her, Lumi, and Green should be on speaking terms. Pink doesn’t trust Green because he’s lied to and threatened her. She’s not ready to trust Green yet. Sal and Pink join Tai, Lumi, Slade and Chipcy. Slade lets slip that the spirits were in a fight. Sal asks Chipcy if he made a good decision destroying the portal, but Chipcy doesn’t answer. They all train in the arena.

They notice a smiley face of fire in the arena, but they know none of them put it there. They suspect it was Mason's doing and Sal goes to check outside the arena. They find another one. Sal checks the nether portals and travels towards Mason's base. Slade follows him and Sal explains he’s going to destroy the portal if it’s been remade. Sal accidentally deflects one of Slade's water snake, surprising him and says humans shouldn’t be able to do that. Slade goes through the portal to destroy it from the inside. Slade said he saw Mason and his hand was bloody. Slade goes to destroy the other portal. Sal follows him and Slade sends him back. Mason messages Sal and Slade comes back to him. Slade tells him they’re being watched by Mason and Sal should go back home. Sal complains, and then finds Lumi at the center of the nether highway, passes on Slade's message, and they both head back.

Sal finds a note in a chest which reads: "Sal it’s time to battle - I’ll kill you where you stand - *coords to nether portal* see you then - you will finally meet chaos face to face." Sal follows the coordinates to the nether portal, goes through, and finds a Wither called Chaotos. When Sal defeats it, Mason messages him: "There’s more where that came from. See you soon." Sal takes a good deal of damage fighting and strives to get stronger. He talks to Lumi about Mason and his “pet.” Sal asks if Lumi had changed her mind about Sal taking away his bending. Lumi said she’s still behind that idea, and that she’s still juggling Green and Pink. Tai and Garrett show up and Sal shows them the book. They chat about The Avatar Games and Chipcy shows up unexpectedly. Sal asks if he knew about Chaos attacking Sal; Chipcy says he didn't. They hang out together for a while, then Chipcy teleports everyone to Yellow's cottage. Sal and Tai have to go on foot to meet yellow. Sal makes yet another tower. Sal shows Yellow the book. Sal meets with Lumi at the pro bending arena to practice with everyone else. Sal battles Lumi and Tai and has a hard time winning against them because his moves are restricted. Sal fights Green and wins, then loses to Tai again.

Ash tells Sal that Pink needs to get everyone together to inform them about Mason's plans. And tell them that spoke to her but she couldn’t see him. Mason said "Her time is coming, but not yet." Ash messages Sal that she heard Mason again. Mason shows up to Sal, but Sal can’t see him. Sal tells him he’s going to defeat him and take away his bending. Mason says he wanted to talk, and taunts about Nate being dead. Mason says he will unleash his ‘pets’ all over and Sal should watch out on Friday. Sal goes back to the Air Nomads and meets everyone and the spirits. Ash says Mason came back and said Ash was next again. Sal asks the spirits about Mason's whereabouts. Garrett says he saw Mason's earth-bending.

Sal pulls Slade aside and questioned why he shouted run when Mason showed up. Slade was concerned for them. Sal leaves to find Green and Lumi. He finds Mason in the Nether and chases after him. Sal gets sand trapped but escapes. He gets frustrated because of Mason being a coward and his inability to kill Mason. He tries to head back and Lumi appears. Lumi said she saw Mason, and that he blew up one of their buildings. Sal goes to find Green and asks him about the meeting. Green said he didn’t know about the meeting and they head to the air nation. Green asks about Sal's scar and he said it was from his recent fight. Green told Sal that Mason threatened to blow up the Earth Kingdom, and it may be lined with TNT. Green takes Sal to a shortcut to the portal. They all meet up with the other benders. Chipcy summons Slade, and they talk about who Mason's targets seem to be, and about their encounters with him. Green mentioned he followed Mason yesterday but the trail went cold. They confirm that Mason is doing something Friday, and they assume it’ll be more of the Withers like the one that scarred Sal. He tells the earth benders to be very wary about Mason, and not to get their hopes up. That Mason will return to normal. Ash mentioned she needs to go to the Spirit World, Sal says he needs to go there too to find Agwa and Nate.

Lumi said Chipcy ran away when Mason showed up to her. Chipcy apologizes and gives her a Nemo. Everyone agrees to work together against Mason, at least until Friday. Ash asks to talk to Sal in private. Sal says he'll talk to Green later. Chipcy and Slade take them to a private meeting area, leaving them to talk. Ash asks what Sal feels about what they should do with Mason. Sal explains he is going to do everything he can to become the avatar and take away Mason's bending. Ash said she won’t seek Mason out, and she doesn’t want to be known as power hungry. She says she will do whatever she can to protect everyone, but the Air Nomads specifically. Ash doesn’t want the Air Nomads or Lumi to be in danger. Sal says he will do the same.

Chipcy brings them outside of the private meeting area and sends Ash, Sal and Green to the Earth Kingdom. Where Garrett is waiting. Slade and Chipcy say they can mess with Mason. Sal asks if they can take him with and Chipcy says they need to keep the timeline intact. Slade says they aren’t the only spirits. Sal asks Green to practice bending with him, Slade goes with them and Ash stays behind with Chipcy. Sal asks Slade why he can't take away people's bending even though he said he could teach Sal to do it. Slade tells him it takes a lot of power and two benders. Slade doubts Sal may become the avatar because other people are competing. Slade tells Sal that him and Chipcy can train him to improve/surpass pro bending. Sal meets Green in the arena. Sal beats Green as Slade observes. He beats Green a second time, and they practice more. Tai shows up, so he and Sal face off. But they don’t finish the fight. Sal leaves...

He finds Lumi and Tai sharing how they distrust Green, talking behind Green's back. Sal tries to defend Green. Sal says the Earth Kingdom keeps dividing each other and they need to find common ground. Sal calls out Lumi for not trusting Green, and she says she can’t trust anyone. Lumi said she had to talk Slade out of a deal of giving Mason an elytra for 2 stacks of golden apples. Lumi says that Mason was raiding houses for gold, and she leaves to go think.

Sal and Tai argue, and Tai brings up that Green didn’t tell Lumi about Tai meeting up with Green. Tai says he’s seen so much death and he just wants to prevent bad things, and he doesn’t trust people easily. Sal mentions that Green was being manipulated by the former water tribe general, and accidentally let slip that Green was hearing voices. Tai says that trust takes time, and Sal responds that they need to be open or learn to trust other people. Sal stands by Green and tries to defend his latest actions. Tai argues that Green doesn’t inform his fellow benders about choices he makes, Sal agrees. Tai trusts Sal, and says he’ll try not to get too involved with Earth Kingdom drama.

[04/02/2021] Everyone meets in the Earth Kingdom and finds smiley faces all over. Nate meets Sal and they return to the Earth Kingdom with the other benders. Mason announces that his real plan was to attack the Air Nation, so everyone rushes to the portal. They find Mason and they confront him. Mason says he regretted never killing Sal, but Sal said he never had a chance. Mason falls and everyone gets distracted laughing at him, then Mason strikes and summons his Withers. One of them pursues Garrett (on a sky bison) and kills it. They find Mason in the earth nation with a hostage (Zaduhhh). Lumi lashes out and kills Mason. Max shows up out of nowhere. *after server crash* Max gets annoyed and sends Sal flying. Red and Max interact. Slade tells Sal it’s not just Max. Max tells everyone that he yeeted himself and gained a bunch of power, and decided to have fun and manipulate Mason. Max said Sal has another name, and that the Choch is a traitor. Green asked if he made Mason kill Nate, and Max said he wanted Mason to kill more people. Max said the air nomads are too overpowered and admits to causing all the chaos because it’s funny. Apparently Slade is terrified of Max too. Sal confronts Max and tells everyone to go home. Red, Max and Sal talk, Max says he’s "been inside Mason (platonically)".

Max said he’s unrestricted and had been with Mason for a while. Max said he did this for the drama. Red asks how they can get rid of him, and Max said they can’t. Max said he just wants to have fun, but there’s one nation that’s above the others (airbenders likely). Max says he’s here to stay and leaves. Red said he was betrayed and Sal said he was betraying the airbenders in the beginning too. Sal tells Red the avatar will be named tomorrow so he shouldn’t do anything rash. Red says he might cut Yellow loose.

The spirits say that Nate is safe. *timeskip to the side* Nate says he was willing to kill Mason. Sal says he’s an airbender and should’ve been better than that. Green says he’s a human and shouldn’t be on a pedestal. Nate asks Max why he (Max) killed him (Nate), and Max said Mason should’ve killed Sal instead and Nate was caught in the crossfire. Max said that when Mason and Green went to the spirit world, Max latched on to Mason and that he knew what he was even as a human, but he layed low.

Max says he has a plan but just wants to watch everyone for now. Sal leaves to try and find Lumi, and asks around to find her. Nate says he should leave her alone for now, and Green says he’s not mad about Mason being killed. Sal lashes out and says that nobody should’ve died, and they had a plan to take away Mason's bending. Green and Nate tell Sal that their nations could’ve been destroyed. Green tells Sal that he’s not above everyone else - he’s human too. Sal walks around, saying that he gives up on worrying about the other nations and he’s going to focus on becoming the avatar. He says now that Max is back, he has to become the avatar at all cost.

Sal goes to the bending arena and messages Lumi that he wants to talk. He asks Lumi why she acted, and she says she saw Zaduhhh and didn’t want someone else to die. Sal asked if she feels remorse, and she says she feels numb and terrible. The spirits are scared of the chaos spirit, but Sal says they have the support of the nations, plus the avatar will help to defeat the evil spirit. In the bending arena, Sal tells Max when he becomes the avatar he’ll “beat Max’s cheeks like a drum”.

Tai joins Sal and Lumi, informing them that Yellow isn’t the champion or a member of the fire nation anymore. Sal says that they should forget it. Slade and Chipcy join them. Lumi and Sal face off more. Max shows up again, and he and Sal argue. Lumi’s a bit on edge bending with Sal.

Red approaches Sal and lets him know Yellow was excommunicated. Red asked what they wanted to do about Ash betraying them, and Sal said he didn’t trust her, but they did forgive her. Sal said they can do whatever they want. Red says he’s a loose cannon and doesn’t exactly trust himself to be the avatar. Also, he tried to reason with Yellow, but she didn’t want to work with him.

Nate asks how Sal’s been feeling. Sal says he’s going to focus on himself and becoming the avatar, and that the other nations don’t want his help. Slade tells Sal and Nate that Max is manipulating everyone. *Timeskip* Nate and Sal talk about Max showing up. Nate said he was never angrier than when he found out Max killed him, but he calmed down. Sal says if his help isn’t wanted he’ll stay out of things. Nate tells Sal he expects things to be a quick fix, but he (Sal) needs patience and could build a refuge for people to calm down and be at peace.

[04/03/2021 - the Avatar Games] All of the benders are teleported, and Slade explains the order of the events. Every champion gets ready to start their event. Pink wins the penguin race, with Nate coming in second and Krista third. The bison race is next, and Red switches to fly the bison instead of Rex. Garrett makes it back first and Sal dashes, making it to the Pro bending arena first and gaining the advantage for the airbenders in the next event. Everyone gets teleported to the bending arena and sits in the bleachers. Chipcy tells everyone that because the airbenders won the race, Sal can pick his teammate in the 2v2 pro-bending matches, and if they win they have to face each other. Sal chooses Tai as his partner, and Tai tells Sal that he honestly doesn’t really want to be the avatar, but he knows Sal wants to be. They come to an agreement that they’ll both try their best. Sal, Tai, Red, and Lumi get ready to battle each other. Red and Tai get knocked out and Lumi and Sal are left. Lumi hits off Sal, winning the first round. The next round starts and Red gets knocked off. There’s a lot of pauses because there are many problems in the system. They decide to take a break after things get really tense. Max tells them off for yelling at Lumi, saying the spirit word is law. They try to work out the problems. Max declares the first round as final, and Lumi decides to face off against Sal.

Sal worries about Lumi starting a war in the Earth Kingdom. Sal accuses Max of scaring the spirits into changing the rules, asking if he was the chaos spirit. He also says Max only gave Lumi the avatar position because she wants a war. Garrett and Blue tell Sal she’s not a fully realized avatar and they could stop her. Sal says nobody wants his help and he gives up. Blue says he shouldn’t give up, and everyone shouldn’t solely rely on the avatar for help always. Garrett says her outlook of war may change because she’s the avatar. Sal says it won’t, and Garrett says they shouldn't put too much pressure on themselves to be the peacekeepers for everyone. Sal thanks them and grabs Mappa, heads to the arena to grab his stuff, then heads towards the Air Temples. Max shows up and asks why Sal is not at the party that the Water Tribe is throwing.

Sal told Max that Lumi wanted war in the earth kingdom, explaining that civil war could break out because Lumi and Pink could turn against Green. Max tells Sal that his outlook on the situation was wrong, and that he (Sal) has good intentions, but is too forceful with peace. Max asks if Sal liked him here, if he liked that Max has lots of power. Sal says that he’s not thrilled that Max is back because he wanted war before. Max says now he just wants to watch stuff unfold because he’s bored, and he’s said nothing but facts since he returned. He also says he’s not the one brewing bad stuff up, but someone who’s alive is lying to people and pulling strings. Max said he protected the people he cared about and took action. He tells Sal that he can take action, or sit back and watch the people he cares about die. Sal still thinks he has no power and can’t help anyone, so he’ll build his temple, but if anyone needs his help, he’ll come.

Chipcy shows up with a message from Ash and Nate, who want to meet with Sal if he chooses. Sal asks why they let Max walk over him. Chipcy explains that what Max said was the plan all along, confirming what Max said prior. Sal says goodbye to Chipcy, who leaves. Sal works on Air Temple island. Max shows up to Sal after stalking him and gives him extra building materials. He also was the one who left the Smiley-Faces of fire (see 03/24/21). Max says that someone wanted to cheat to become the avatar, and wanted Max’s help to become the avatar, but he didn’t help them so they didn’t succeed.

Green showed up and said he found Sal unplanned. Sal asked what Green thought of Lumi becoming an avatar - Green is happy, saying that “today was a much needed day”. He says that in a way, Mason helped to bring the Earth Kingdom together. Green brought up he didn’t go to the party, and Sal said he’s gonna listen to Nate and work on his self. Green says he sees good things in the future and he leaves Sal to build. Max transformed into a lemur, and said Green is sus. Max also says that he doesn’t require trades like the spirits do, and that the other spirits don’t even use the things the benders trade with him. Max helps Sal build his air temple. *timeskip* Max gives Sal an enchanted trophy that he tells him to put it in an area he won’t touch.

Sal visits the Earth Kingdom and finds Lumi and Tai. Lumi asks where he went after the games and he tells her he went to his island and he’s fine; he just wants to make sure she’ll keep the peace. He said it doesn’t matter to him anymore and looks for Green. He turns back and sends them flying, then also asks why the water portal was broken. They fix the portal and meet with Yellow and Logan. Sal runs off and hides his nether portal. Tai shows up and helps him. Sal shows Tai Air Temple Island, and then Tai leaves for the Water Tribe.

[last updated: 04/04/21]

Pets
Ohm (Lemur) - Ohm is Sal's pet lemur. He was given to Sal by Chipcy, the Ocean Spirit, after he retrieved him from the Spirit World - this led Chipcy to be nicknamed "Mohm" (Ohm's Mom) by chat. He currently resides in a small temple near the Air Nomads' Temples after Sal put him in solitary confinement. This is semi-punishment and semi-protection, as it was created after Ohm repeatedly hopped off Sal's shoulder, ran away, and refused to enter the Nether Portal.

Mappa - Sal's Sky Bison. He is stubborn and is currently living on a launchpad next to Ohm's Temple as penance for repeatedly attempting to (*coughs*) create babies with the Sky Bison belonging to several other Air Nomads.