markofthebrave: ([And She Never Forgot Who She Was])
Katara ([personal profile] markofthebrave) wrote2010-12-02 12:35 am

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[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 [livejournal.com profile] notatearbender. If you want to grab her before then, just indicate it in the tagline! XD))

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[identity profile] derek-bliss.livejournal.com 2010-12-06 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, most people do just want to live their lives. Maybe not everyone, but the only way to get there is to fight for it, one way or the other.

...You'll make it.

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[identity profile] notatearbender.livejournal.com 2010-12-07 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't ever end, I think. But at least my son will grow up in a world not at war. I'm really looking forward to that for him.

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[identity profile] derek-bliss.livejournal.com 2010-12-07 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
As long as people live and die, probably not.

But...yeah. What you can carve out for yourself...

[He pauses, looking thoughtful]

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[identity profile] notatearbender.livejournal.com 2010-12-07 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[She's finally found something that looks like it will suit her, but when Derek trails off she turns to look at him questioningly.]

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[identity profile] derek-bliss.livejournal.com 2010-12-07 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Derek catches that look and shakes his head, smiling slightly.]

Nothing. Sidetracked by something else. Find anything?

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[identity profile] notatearbender.livejournal.com 2010-12-07 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[She lets it go.]

I think so. [She shrugs off Derek's jacket and turns to hand it to him.] Thanks again.

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[identity profile] derek-bliss.livejournal.com 2010-12-07 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Derek takes the jacket with a smile and a nod.]

You're welcome. Hungry?

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[identity profile] notatearbender.livejournal.com 2010-12-08 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
No, I'd just... [Made dinner. Sung Tenzin to sleep. Sat down next Aang and...]

I could probably go for something to eat.

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[identity profile] derek-bliss.livejournal.com 2010-12-08 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
You want something from one of the food places, or do you want to risk whatever I have in the fridge at the house?

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[identity profile] notatearbender.livejournal.com 2010-12-09 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Are you offering to keep me company? You've already done so a lot for me.

[That's not a no. It is a 'I am making up my mind.']

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[identity profile] derek-bliss.livejournal.com 2010-12-09 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Certainly wouldn't object. Up to you, of course.

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[identity profile] notatearbender.livejournal.com 2010-12-10 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Well - all right. Just let me get changed first.c

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[identity profile] derek-bliss.livejournal.com 2010-12-11 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
No problem. I'll wait at the door. I think there might be fitting rooms or something in the back.