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markofthebrave) wrote2010-09-10 12:06 am
markofthebrave) wrote2010-09-10 12:06 am
Entry tags:
- *chouji,
- *diana,
- *kurt,
- *mercury,
- *nephry,
- *san,
- *sapphire birch,
- *zuko,
- au! not fun,
- finding peace where i can,
- homesickness sucks,
- just a girl,
- kya is a hero,
- last waterbender of her tribe,
- let's do this,
- life is so simple here,
- message in a bottle,
- messing with a little girl's dream,
- might need something stronger than soda,
- out and about,
- push and pull,
- skipping stones ftw,
- things can always get worse,
- water adapts
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[So today? Katara cuts short her usual routine with a cheerful wave and ducks out on her housemates. Aang showing up pushed so many things out of her mind, and now they were all crowding back in, along with the strangeness of Zuko's return.
She misses the Straw Hats. Going camping right now sounds wonderful. And she really wants Aang to meet them! She thought about trying to contact them over the journals, but... didn't really want to interrupt. Besides, it was better... to get used to people being gone.
She can handle this by herself. Katara is not given to introspection, but at her favorite spot by the South bridge, Katara has gathered a fair amount of smooth stones, and is alternating between stone-skipping and staring at her conversation with Nephry. She only knows one way to deal with this, and that's facing it straight on and adapting.
Water is the element of change. Water adapts.
And so, to find some way to remind herself of this and gather up the courage and mental clarity to sort things out, Katara will eventually step off the bridge and walk a ways beside the river. Once there, she closes her eyes and very slowly begins to practice basic forms, the water streaming about her in constant change and accompaniment to her thoughts, until she can almost see it in her mind's eye, overwhelming the flames.
Much, much later, she takes a seat, and makes a filter. She only hopes that she truly means what she says.]
Nephry, it's Katara. If you'd like to meet sometime today, or later this week... I'm ready now.
She misses the Straw Hats. Going camping right now sounds wonderful. And she really wants Aang to meet them! She thought about trying to contact them over the journals, but... didn't really want to interrupt. Besides, it was better... to get used to people being gone.
She can handle this by herself. Katara is not given to introspection, but at her favorite spot by the South bridge, Katara has gathered a fair amount of smooth stones, and is alternating between stone-skipping and staring at her conversation with Nephry. She only knows one way to deal with this, and that's facing it straight on and adapting.
Water is the element of change. Water adapts.
And so, to find some way to remind herself of this and gather up the courage and mental clarity to sort things out, Katara will eventually step off the bridge and walk a ways beside the river. Once there, she closes her eyes and very slowly begins to practice basic forms, the water streaming about her in constant change and accompaniment to her thoughts, until she can almost see it in her mind's eye, overwhelming the flames.
Much, much later, she takes a seat, and makes a filter. She only hopes that she truly means what she says.]
Nephry, it's Katara. If you'd like to meet sometime today, or later this week... I'm ready now.
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You're working hard.
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Not really. These forms are pretty basic and... I enjoy it.
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[Truth? Probably not. Maybe with instruction, but her control usually isn't nearly that precise.]
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[...the last time they'd talked about their respective powers, Katara had learned about Mercury's 'dark energy,' and the other girl had asked her to train her in bending. Katara is still not sure that anyone outside of their world could learn such a specialized thing, but she was determined not to teach it to someone who'd use it to hurt others.
...all the same. She shrugs a little.]
You could always try it.
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Really? But, I might not be able to do it.
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[She eyes the other girl curiously, because... do so many small things mean a real change?]
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No. Nothing like that.
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[Pause.] Mercury, my brother and I... we've thought for a while that you weren't... your right self. Did something happen?
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A lot of things happened.
[She doesn't want to lie, after all, but she can't really explain it. Her memories are still very hazy, more like impressions - mostly, stripped of the smugness and power high, fear.]
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What matters, is that I remember here when I go home. So the same things won't keep happening there.
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...She has to know.]
Do you know what I did to them?
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I don't... know, Mercury. I know some people say that they remember things in dreams when they return home. And... it's possible that you will go back to just the way things were. But I also know that sometimes only the very smallest thing, the very smallest hint of a memory can make a difference. It only takes a pebble shifting to start an avalanche.
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