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[Bolin is finally in Twilight Town and he's holding up a poster. It looks like he might have just torn it off one of the nearby walls.]

I know some of you have been here before, right?

So...what's Struggle? The poster doesn't say much about it but I'm guessing it's a...game?

How do you play? Is it hard? Do you need teams?

[He realizes he might have asked a few too many questions.]

Sorry, I guess I just miss probending a little TOO much.

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[Since he'd gotten there, Roxas hadn't really left Twilight Town. Ghost town though it was, it was familiar to him, and the closest thing he had to home. The Usual Spot was still there, and so he'd sort of made camp. He didn't really want to go see if his room was still there, or if that had just been a part of the digital world.

Bolin appearing on the communicator (which he was still trying to figure out) was a breath of fresh air. This was something he knew about. Struggle was still a thing, and that was a relief in itself.]

Yeah, it's a game. It's not hard, unless you're up against a tough opponent.

[Bolin is so glad someone answered.]

Okay, but how do you play and what are the rules?

[Bolin looks back down at the poster and then holds it up for Roxas, pointing to the picture.]

I'm guessing it involves this...club, right? I mean, that's either a club or a VERY large chicken leg.

[Pause, Bolin goes back to studying the poster. Food Eating contest? You have to "Struggle" against the food? Yeah, he's got nothing.]

It's a bat, a foam bat.

[He sighs. Pence would probably like the game a lot more if that was the case...but maybe not. It's not like he knew the real one.]

You're facing off against one other person, and you're sparring with the bats. The goal is to land hits and make the other person drop orbs, which you have to pick up. Whoever has the most orbs by the end of the time limit wins the match.

Ah.

[Bolin listens intently. In some regards it sounds a little like Probending...but only in the vaguest "you hit people to get points" sense. Still, it didn't sound too complicated.]

Okay, that doesn't sound too hard. I guess now I just need to find someone to practice with.

The poster says games are held in the Sandlot. Do you know where that is?

It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. I used to play it all the time, so I might be able to help.

The Sandlot's just off Tram Common.

Right. [He's...pretty sure he knows where that is.]

Were you very good at it? Could you show me the ropes? Please?

Yeah, yeah I was pretty good at it.

[His voice seems to gain a conviction that wasn't there before. Fake or not he did win that tournament.]

Meet me at the sandlot and I'll show you how to play.

I'm Roxas.

Nice to meet you Roxas! I'll be there as fast as I can!

Oh, and I'm Bolin.

I'll be waiting. You'll probably know it when you see it. There's a lot of sand.

[Those posters look familiar, but Xion can't add anything about Struggle. Bolin did say something that caught her interest.]

Probending?

It's a game where I'm from. Benders play it. Well, Earth, Water, and Fire benders. [He gestures with his hands as he talks and you can tell he's very passionate about this game.] See, you have three benders of each element on teams and they try to knock each other out of a ring using their elements. There's more rules than that, but that's the gist of the game. I was on a team with my brother and Korra, the Fire Ferrets.

[Xion notices that he leaves out an element.]

No Air benders allowed?

So you just knock each other out of the ring? That's it?

[Then again, she's not too strong on the whole "game" concept.]

Oh! No it's not that they aren't allowed it's just...Air Benders are very rare. Avatar Aang and now his son, Councilman Tenzin, have only just started to bring Air bending and their traditions back from near extinction.

[He didn't really want to get into the history of the genocide of the air nomads. But he had to mention a little bit of it.]

So there just aren't enough air benders to play on a team. Who knows, maybe in the future we can incorporate air benders into the game. Though I don't think Tenzin is a big fan of it.

[He frowns.]

Well, that's the jist of it but probending is a lot cooler than you're making it sound, Xion. It takes skill and there are rules to HOW you can knock someone out of the ring.

I see. It'd be nice if they can join some time.

[Even just that hint is enough explanation for the moment.]

Oh? So there's a lot of rules and techniques and things?

[That does make it sound more interesting, if only by providing more of a challenge.]

Yup. It takes a lot of training to actually get any good at the game. You have to learn how to work together and coordinate attacks to be effective.

I see.

[It makes sense, when she thinks of it. Part of the difficulty of partner missions had been coordination, so if she thinks of it in those terms...]

Are people on teams usually friends?

It'd be hard to be on a team and not become friends. I mean...there are people that AREN'T I guess. We had a guy on our team before Korra that Mako didn't get along with. But, it goes to show you that being friends is important since he left the team and we got Korra to play instead.

[That gets a wistful smile.]

Sounds like me and my two best friends. We had to work with others, but it was best when we were working together.

Sometimes a group just clicks, you know? That's what it's been like with us. I'm guessing that's how you and your friends are too?

I guess you could say that.

[They'd just accepted her so readily, it had been hard to not be friends.]

[Like Xion, Chris was a little interested in said sport.]

What is probending?

It's a sport where I'm from played by earth, fire, and water benders.

[]Pause. He knows more people aren't familiar with that term and he raises an eyebrow.]

Although I might need to explain bending first...have you ever heard of it?

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