markofthebrave | [Written/Action] .002

So, we can use these things to contact everyone? That's pretty neat ~~if really really weird.~~ I think I'll start of writing, though, because talking to a book still seems like something Dock would do.

That's got to be annoying, for so many people to look at something if you just want to talk to one or two people. The guide said something about being able to filter these things? But I don't really see how that could work...

Tormod, you can have your cape back whenever you want. Have you found a place to stay yet?

And hey, if there's a Hugo or a Derek out there, I'd like to talk to you for a few minutes.

[So not one to stay copped up in the house, Katara is going to pack up her journal and her waterskin and bundle up. They're in the middle of a cold snap, but now that she has shoes the freezing doesn't really bother her so much. She's going to head on over to the grocery store to get some soup ingredients and check out the other buildings. She's friendly! Feel free to say hello!]

ETA [Voice]
Hey Toph! I'm at the grocery store, do you want anything?

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Why do we study history if not to learn where people went wrong? If you know what it is that turns a man's heart black, you can better tell when your own heart is starting to err. Additionally, if you know your enemy, it's much easier to defeat them. But personally, I think the first part is a bit more important, in the long run.

[Again, the response will be a while in coming. He's making her think about Hama, how she used bloodbending to escape -- a good reason if a horrible action -- and then how she kept using bloobending for revenge on innocent people. And he's making her think about Zuko, and how he said he did everything that he did for his father's approval. They both thought they had good reasons, but what they did... And somewhere in the back of her mind she's examining her own actions in this light as well. If it's visible through the journals, he'll see a few false starts before she actually responds.]

I know that sometimes people can do bad things for what they think are good reasons. And in that case -- what does it matter? All you can do is stop them.

Or try, yes. That's all anybody can do. I just find— in my long and exhaustive years of life– that if you don't give your conscience a regular work out, it might not come through when you need it. But I'm sorry for getting all philosophical! Pretty rude of me, considering we've barely met.

Don't worry about it. You've given me a lot to think about that isn't -- wings or cows or talking animals.

[Enter Katara's horrible habit of trusting people very quickly] I'm from a different time from everyone I know here so it's been... really weird. And this might help with something.

[Might, as in 'sure, you get that once in a million shot every blue moon on Tuesdays,' but you never know.]

[Hey, it's Luceti. Weird things happen.]

Yes, the people I've known from my world seem to be scattered about the timeline as well. It's a bit unsettling.

[True enough!]

Do you have a lot of people here from your world?

A handful. They seem to be disappearing, lately.

Disappearing? Not kidnapped?

It's hard to say where people go, here. Probably back to their own worlds.

Well in that case, it's a good thing, right? I met someone here who claimed she'd known me before... that I had been here and then disappeared. So people have to be going somewhere..

But it must be hard being the one left behind.

Yeah, it's just strange. I'm used to managing by myself, though.

[And this response is immediate, instinctive.]

Just because you're used to it doesn't mean you should have to do it.

In my case it sort of does. I have to travel a lot for my job. And without my job, how can I support the missus?

Oh? What kind of job is that?

It sort of differs. Sometimes I sell things. Sometimes they pay me to act as an envoy. Your brother has all sorts of strange ideas about my occupation.

Sokka has a lot of strange ideas. That doesn't stop them from being good ones sometimes.

Sometimes.

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