markofthebrave: (Dance | It Takes Practice)
Katara ([personal profile] markofthebrave) wrote2010-09-10 12:06 am

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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.
silversnowfall: (studying box)

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[personal profile] silversnowfall 2010-09-11 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
That's a good question. ...I believe it's that I know who I am now, and...the person I've really been is the one that feels most right.

Sometimes I forget that.
silversnowfall: (is that so)

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[personal profile] silversnowfall 2010-09-11 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
If I may ask, how are you dealing with two sets of memories?
silversnowfall: (thoughtful)

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[personal profile] silversnowfall 2010-09-12 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
It's harder than it sounds, isn't it?
silversnowfall: (thoughtful)

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[personal profile] silversnowfall 2010-09-12 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Are the two experiences very different?

[Since she only knows the one.]
silversnowfall: (is that so)

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[personal profile] silversnowfall 2010-09-15 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Then perhaps the vast differences will make it easier for you to separate them.
silversnowfall: (thoughtful)

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[personal profile] silversnowfall 2010-09-16 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
...I'm sorry if I haven't been much help to you now.