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[markofthebrave]

[Backdated to yesterday, after her conversation with Suki, Katara has a brother to kill. Confront. Comfort? Whatever.

She looks high. She looks low. She looks... lower. Someone is coming down the stairs to your mancave, Sokka.]

[Meanwhile, this morning, Suki is feeling... less depressed and Sokka is still away from the house and everything feels wrong. Katara's a few steps short of miserable, because this is not the way things are supposed to go. She attends school, finishes some afternoon errands, and just... stares at the journal system for a while. A lot of people still seem to be very happy, and she does not want to bring them down, and she doesn't want to expose Suki or Sokka to anything but...

But.]

...is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that some people are acting... not like themselves?

((ooc: Katara's first post chronologically goes to savethelastchip. Tag as you will!))

Comments

[voice]

[simplestgift]

People entirely unsuited for each other, and all?

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

Or people suddenly thinking they're in love with someone when you know they've been in love with someone else. Or people who were... really upset now being a lot... less upset. Or people who you didn't think were dating suddenly acting like they've been dating for months.

[voice]

[simplestgift]

Jack Sparrow professing he's ready to settle down with a wholesome woman.

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

...

[Not that she knows the pirate all that well, but from what she does know and how he was talking about Nami when she first got here....]

Okay, that's definitely weird.

[voice]

[simplestgift]

It's true love, miss. He's getting a tattoo to prove it. I do hope this is an experiment, because I can't wait to be there when he finds what he's done to himself.

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

I don't really think he needs a reason to get a tattoo.

[She has seen the guy, after all.]

[voice]

[simplestgift]

It's of her name. With her wings. It'd be lovely if I thought for a moment he meant it.

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

Don't think of it like that. I don't know about - about Captain Jack, but I do know that for these other people... they really mean it. They're not just acting this way for fun. They wouldn't do that.

[voice]

[simplestgift]

[Well, now he's a little ashamed of himself.] You're right. My apologies, miss...?

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

[Oh, she hadn't introduced herself? Opps.]

I'm Katara. What's your name?

[voice]

[simplestgift]

Archie Kennedy. At your service.

[Still feels unnatural to leave off the "lieutenant," but it means nothing here.]

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

It's nice to meet you, Archie.

[voice]

[simplestgift]

A pleasure, Miss Katara. Have you been here long?

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

A little over a year now.

[She's... still not sure how she feels about that.]

[voice]

[simplestgift]

So tell me: does the time fly, or crawl?

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

Time? [Heh.] I don't think time likes to pick just one.

[voice]

[simplestgift]

Now that's one I can't argue with. Sometimes I'm not sure if I've been here a day or my entire life.

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

What about you? How long have you been here?

[voice]

[simplestgift]

About a month and a half now.

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

Oh. [Wow. That seems... so short.] How are doing with it?

[voice]

[simplestgift]

Well. I've already been in two fights, been drunk nearly as many nights as I've been sober, gotten dreadfully sick, and keep banging these damned wings into everything I come across. In other words, very well indeed!

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

[That sounds very... healthy. Err.]

I'm.. glad to hear that.

[She thinks.] I know it can be a lot to get used to.

[voice]

[simplestgift]

...I apologize. I didn't mean to run off at the mouth like that.

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

[It's an almost verbal shrug.] Don't apologize. Sometimes it helps to have someone to listen. Besides, it sounds like you've had a pretty interesting time so far.

[voice]

[simplestgift]

Anyone would, being kidnapped from one world and dropped into another. In the navy we had the Press, but this is taking it to a level unheard of.