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[bentflame]

Stop breaking into my house.

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[bittervictor.livejournal.com]

Sorry, your Majesty. Didn't realize.

Uh, take it your world is not as high tech as mine is. Like, iron weapons and sailing ships and such.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

... That's true. How did you guess?

[bittervictor.livejournal.com]

The kind of rank system you use. "Lord" is pretty archaic in my world, and "Fire..." is a bit too poetic. "Grenadier" or "Rifleman" - describing WHAT you do - is more what our 'modern' military... did.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

The title "Fire Lord" is derived from our country name, "Fire Nation"-- which is in turn derived from our elemental abilities.

Does your world have "presidents" rather than lords or kings?

[bittervictor.livejournal.com]

...It did, Before. Uh, before the invasion.

Now we've got my da, who calls himself the Colonel. It fits, I guess. I'm not really any more of a Captian than he's a Colonel.

Elemental abilities? ...you from Katara's world?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

She's a waterbender. An enemy.

[bittervictor.livejournal.com]

...Right.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

... Why aren't you "any more of a captain than he is a colonel"?

[bittervictor.livejournal.com]

It's mostly for morale. I lead another Pilot into combat, above me is the Major (who leads my squad and one of her own), and then the Colonel.

We'd probably be much lower rank in the US Marines, if they were still around.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"US" would refer to "the United States", correct?

[bittervictor.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Marines... guys who fight on and from sea ships, if you didn't know. "Fixing the Army's Messes Since The Revolutionary War."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Interesting. We certainly do have people who fight from ships, but we don't call them "marines".

[bittervictor.livejournal.com]

We got more specialized.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Interesting.