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markofthebrave) wrote2010-11-13 02:07 am
markofthebrave) wrote2010-11-13 02:07 am
Entry tags:
- *diana,
- *ginko,
- *masaomi kida,
- *mercury,
- *michael,
- *nicholas wolfwood,
- *raine,
- *sanji,
- *sapphire birch,
- *shikamaru,
- *shuri oak,
- *sokka,
- *storm,
- bending is therapy,
- don't tell chopper,
- fix what you can,
- i know i shouldn't miss you,
- last waterbender of her tribe,
- messing with a little girl's dream,
- momo mischief
[ Action, Accidental Voice ] .032
[For the past almost two weeks, Katara has been struggling to regain her balance - even struggling to want to regain her balance. Aang's second return home hit her hard, on top of Zuko's mallynapping and Toph's return... Toph who doesn't remember. It's good to see her, but it's terrible as well. Now more of them are trapped in this horrible place. And she still hasn't been able get back to wearing her regular clothes because the 'phasing' keeps happening, as randomly and as annoyingly as ever.
It's been almost two weeks since she's returned and her shoulder hasn't been in any pain in days. The experience of having her bending completely taken away in the Malnosso facility was one that's almost beyond words, and now that she's back where she can feel even just half herself again, the desire, the need to bend has been growing under her skin like an itch.
She can't take it anymore. So Katara goes out just after dinner to one of her favorite practicing spots between her house and the barracks, and begins by doing very simple forms that don't require a lot of movement. She pauses when Momo finds her and sits down to take a break.
It's not long before she begins talking to the lemur about their adventures. It feels good - to talk to someone about home, to talk about all the things that happened, to remember who she really was, despite what this place wanted to make her. She doesn't notice when Momo knocks the journal opened when he moves to chase after what could be a fallen nut.He might not be the best listener ever.]
--Sokka sent Aang in to steal the book. Remember riding on top of Appa's back so Aang and I could shape the clouds? It was too bad that we had to go through all that just to get them to listen to us. So after we made the skull in the sky, we dragged out Aunt Wu to see it - the sign for volcanic doom. Then the villagers listened. All the earthbenders worked to dig trenches and everyone else grabbed shovels to help out as best as we could.
And then when volcano exploded, we got back as far as we could, but it flowed right through--
[There's some excited chatter by the book, and suddenly the picture is filled with this face. It flickers from voice to video and back again.]
Momo, what are you doing? Get away from that!
[The video shows Katara shooing Momo away from her journal and then automatically shutting it. She gets back to her practicing, but will open up the journal later and see that it accidentally recorded. Way to go, Momo.]
It's been almost two weeks since she's returned and her shoulder hasn't been in any pain in days. The experience of having her bending completely taken away in the Malnosso facility was one that's almost beyond words, and now that she's back where she can feel even just half herself again, the desire, the need to bend has been growing under her skin like an itch.
She can't take it anymore. So Katara goes out just after dinner to one of her favorite practicing spots between her house and the barracks, and begins by doing very simple forms that don't require a lot of movement. She pauses when Momo finds her and sits down to take a break.
It's not long before she begins talking to the lemur about their adventures. It feels good - to talk to someone about home, to talk about all the things that happened, to remember who she really was, despite what this place wanted to make her. She doesn't notice when Momo knocks the journal opened when he moves to chase after what could be a fallen nut.
--Sokka sent Aang in to steal the book. Remember riding on top of Appa's back so Aang and I could shape the clouds? It was too bad that we had to go through all that just to get them to listen to us. So after we made the skull in the sky, we dragged out Aunt Wu to see it - the sign for volcanic doom. Then the villagers listened. All the earthbenders worked to dig trenches and everyone else grabbed shovels to help out as best as we could.
And then when volcano exploded, we got back as far as we could, but it flowed right through--
[There's some excited chatter by the book, and suddenly the picture is filled with this face. It flickers from voice to video and back again.]
Momo, what are you doing? Get away from that!
[The video shows Katara shooing Momo away from her journal and then automatically shutting it. She gets back to her practicing, but will open up the journal later and see that it accidentally recorded. Way to go, Momo.]
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How's a week from now sound? [Should be enough time for her to get some heavier practice in and for him to get a feel for the new kunai.]
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[She hasn't really sparred with anyone else besides Zuko in a long time.]
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[It's amazing how a few hours of practicing can lift her spirits.]
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[The lemur obediently drops down from a nearby tree on to Katara's shoulder to hitch a free ride back home.]
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Somewhat distracted though, because he is trying to pay attention to what she's saying, therefore her. Hence he finds it best to keep the subject on the animal.] Who knew you'd keep lemurs at a temple. [He's thinking on the religious value, of course.]
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[Momo, having quite enough of that note of pain in her voice, suddenly spreads his arm and launches off her shoulder, awake from the poking hand, and glides in the air several feet away, landing on the side and temporarily disappearing.]