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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
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[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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[...one she's already regretting mentioning. She only said it at all so that he'd know the level of work that he was seeing.] I thought you'd want to know, since you were curious about what made someone good at it.
[And feeling somehow... smaller for it, she turns back to the knot that she's still concentrating on keeping from touching the tree. It takes effort and precision to do something like that, and a tremendous amount of control, and still she makes it look effortless.]
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[Frowning a little in thought, Katara holds out a hand. While the rest of the ice remains solid, one part becomes water and Katara begins the process of unraveling the knot in order, streaming it into her waterskin.]
But... it's just like I told you. I had a good teacher and I worked really hard. Every second we weren't traveling or cooking or fighting - any time I could spare, I was practicing. Aang had to master waterbending before he could move on to the next element, and after we left the North Pole, I was the only one who could help him. And I had to get good enough to be able to fight, and win. There just wasn't any other choice.
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I know that I'm good. And I'm proud of how far I've come. But I'm still just.. me.
[Although, back home? She'll have absolutely no problem being introduced as Master Katara of the Southern Watertribe. It's hard enough to get them to take a girl seriously, and she's fought hard for her title, fought hard just to be taught, and she's proud of it. It just... doesn't really mean anything in Luceti. And she knows who she is with or without it.]
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Amazing, huh? That's almost as good as 'the mighty Katara.'
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That's fine.
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But you know, a cute girl like you with an amazing talent like that and a lovely personality? Aaaah~ I regret I've already been shot down.
[But this tone is jovial. Not serious. He's apologizing further, in his own way]
I could love you for those.
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I don't understand you at all sometimes, Masaomi. But thanks. I think.
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[Complete with a laugh at the end of it]
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[She is just... not sure what you are up to is LOVE, man.]
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[Cute... head cock to the side]
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So did you have any questions about it before I go back to practicing?
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Eeeh~ No, no. That's enough talking out of me.
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