[Action, Accidental to Purposeful Voice] .033

[markofthebrave]

[Well, Sokka was his Avatar alternate again. That alone is enough to call for some alone time, but with the news he brought... she definitely needed some time to clear her head. Fortunately, there is a public service she can easily perform. If your house is still snowed in? There is a waterbender digging you out. For about half the day, she is her normal self.

...sometime around two, though, she starts feeling lightheaded. Realizing she'd unintentionally skipped lunch, she heads back towards the center of town. As she walks, she starts feeling heavier and heavier. Something's wrong. Katara reaches for her journal to call for help, but it's too little, too late. She falls face first into a snowbank, the journal falling opened beside her.

When she opens her eyes, her hair is blocking her vision. Longer and unbound... her clothes feel almost painfully tight across the chest and she gasps a little.]

What? Where am I? [A deep breath, and slightly louder, as if she's expecting a response:] Aang?

[Sitting up, she shakes her head, one hand going to her waterskin... and that's when she notices the wings. Her eyes go wide.]

Is this... I had dreams like this...

[Standing up, the picture shows her body at an angle. She's certainly grown. After glancing around a bit, she reaches down to pick up the journal.] I remember... this... feels too strange not to be real...

Hello? I'm not sure if I'm doing this right, but... I'm Katara. I think I remember this place... and a girl with reddish hair and... what were they called? Not oranges... something else. And there was someone - a man - with white hair and he went "Oooh?" a lot... and I remember... cigarettes and cooking and... [So many, many more. Fragments of a dream - a man who stretched his face, a skeleton playing music, a reindeer that danced... an ice dragon... green hair and white hair in front of a classroom and... shadows, dreams, fragments of things... flying people and conversations over tea and a wolfgirl and so, so much that only made sense in dreams...] And -- I don't know. Does this make any sense?

[But even as she's talking she's starting to walk. These clothes are too small - it looks like she's on a path. Let's see where it takes her.]


((OOC: Katara is now in her early twenties and from a happy canon projection. Tags post-transformation from notatearbender. If you want to grab her before then, just indicate it in the tagline! XD))

Comments

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[notatearbender.livejournal.com]

...a partner.

[Bits and pieces of her dreams rush back to her.]

...I dreamed of a dragon made of ice. And it was so odd, because dragons are the guardians of fire. Was that you?

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[likeafirework.livejournal.com]

I showed you Hyourinmaru, yes. [He doesn't add: Because you wouldn't stop asking stupid questions. Probably wouldn't go over well.]

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[notatearbender.livejournal.com]

I remembered that. [Her voice is distant, as if pulling on the threads of a dream.] I remembered...

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[likeafirework.livejournal.com]

The dragon would be offended if you didn't. [His voice might be a little dry.]

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[notatearbender.livejournal.com]

I always try not to offend dragons... unless it's strictly necessary. [Her tone carries a certain warm amusement and undercurrent of proven confidence that might sound similar but... more mature than the way she normally speaks.]

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[likeafirework.livejournal.com]

[How familiar. At least there's that, in the midst of all that Luceti's thrown at him lately.]

Good plan.

[Pause. Sigh.] I've been here since April; you came sometime before I did.

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[notatearbender.livejournal.com]

I seem to have come here about a half hour ago... unless you mean... that's how far back my dreams of this place should go. How long ago was April here?

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[likeafirework.livejournal.com]

You've been here. The Malnosso delight in altering memories and forms.

It's been nearly eight months since I arrived.

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[notatearbender.livejournal.com]

This... is a lot to take in.

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[likeafirework.livejournal.com]

Yes. [It's matter-of-fact. A simple truth. Yes, it is a lot to take in. Yes, he understands and he might even be a little sympathetic. No, he won't pity her or give empty reassurance. It's Katara; she'll figure it out.]

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[notatearbender.livejournal.com]

Thank you. For letting me know.