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[Raine was right. A draft had come, this one worse than before - and in a place where she could be more useful than any other location. And she wasn't going.

She took a good long look at that list. And there are some people that she has to visit.

...okay, there are a lot of people she has to visit.

First stop - Shikamaru and Chouji's place. If she can't go herself, then she has to do what she can to help the people who are going out out, and that means talking with the strategist going out there who she trusts.

Next stop - Casa de Freedom Fighter. She may have put it off if her talk with Shikamaru hadn't made her realize how absolutely necessary this was.

From there... spirits, so many people... Katara takes out her journal and stares at it a bit before making a general voice post and then crafting some filters.]

If anyone - needs me for anything, or if there's anything I can do to help out before you go, I'm around. I've fought in swamps before, and although I don't know anything more about this one, I'll try to answer what I can.

[And now it's time for filters. She doesn't have anything specific to say to these people, not over the journals anyway, so the message is the same.]

[Filtered to Ginko, Masaomi, Raine, Kurt, and Sanji]

Hey. If you have time, I'd like to see you before you go.

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Katara.

[Her tone is very, very urgent.]

Who is on that list?

[Oh, Toph.] We're not going. No one in our house is.

It's a long list, but I'll read it to you. Ready?

[This does relief a wedge of tension in her chest, but...she had, whether she liked it or not, gotten to know other people here. And the idea of anyone having to go out and fight like this...

She hadn't realized what this was all really about until now.]

...Yeah. I am.

[Things were already looking to be hectic, but since Katara is going out of her way to reach her, she's not going to turn down a chance to meet with her.] ... That's fine. Where would you like to meet?

[And Katara takes a deep breath.]

Okay.

[She flips back a few pages, keeps both entries opened, and starts reading.] Akimichi Chouji; Albert Silverberg; Alexei Denoia; Amelia, Ange Serena...

[There are names on the list where she will falter or hesitate. Ginko. Winry. Haruhi. Other noncombatants. There are names on the list that will sound a bit heavier than others. Masaomi. Sanji. Chouji. Shikamaru. Raine. Luffy. But she sits and reads the list straight through.]

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[She has an idea.]

I recall your abilities. Does it extend to paint?

[She just musters up a smile.]

Wherever's easiest for you. It won't be long, Raine. I know - how this can be.

[ shuri's voice lacks any of the bounce and sparkle it usually has. in fact, it just sounds tired and raw - like he's been crying. which he has, though he'll deny that up and down. ]

Tell me everything. [ because he intends to find the safest place and hide. ]

[Who is - oh. Daisy, wasn't it?]

Most paint, yes. Some paint is completely oil based, but if it has water in it I can move it. Why?

[...that tone is familiar. When had she heard it before?]

It will be hot and humid. If you have to travel, it's best to do it in the streams and by boat, because there will be predators in the water. If you're on land, you'll have to deal with a lot of vegetation. Trees, roots, all sorts of vines...

[This is a pause to see how he's taking it.]

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[ he's not taking it well. there's a long pause and a shuddering breath. this isn't fair. he wants his mother and his father and he wants to be safe. ]

Go on.

Wondered if you had time, ma'am. [Daisy is a Spartan with damn good memory. Even for the little things.] ...Katara. Red armor is inconspicous in jungles.

[Ohgood, something useful.]

Yes, it is.

[Something they'd used to their advantage more than once. Stupid Fire Nation.]

I have time. Just let me know when. Do you want to pick out the colors?

[...yeah, no. This is a brief pause to throw up a courtesy filter for him.]

Shuri, are you okay?

I said go on. [ and he's trying hard to sound bossy and bratty... aaand it's just not working. ]

Shuri.

[Can you resist this patented 'motherly firm concern' tone? She's got it mastered.]

What's wrong?

[ ... definitely not. ]

... I don't want to go!

Dark green. [She hasn't been in green environments for a while.] Think we could pick them together, later in the day? It'll take time to prepare the armor. [Suiting up takes time.]

[Whats all this then?] Katara, I know this may not be the best time...by the sounds of it, but...whats all this then?

[The door to Shikamaru and Chouji's apartment will be open when Katara gets there: surprise, in and of itself, he knows.

More than likely though, this ninja will catch her when she comes out of the stairwell, poking his head from the kitchen to see who's visiting their floor.]

Aa, it's you, Katara. Hey.

[That is unusual, yes. Enough that she smiles a little when she sees him.]

Were you expecting someone else?

'This...' [How does she even begin to explain? ~~Well, they don't let her intro the show for nothing~~.] The Malnosso are at war with a group of people who want to permanently kill everyone on the planet in order for them to 'find their release' from the endless cycles here. But the Malnosso organization itself is split into fractions. The fraction that has been in charge has recently fallen out of power, and now the military itself seems to be in charge of the missions that they draft people to go on for them. They take anyone; it doesn't matter if you can fight or not. And the only choice you have once you're out there is to kill the Third Party or be killed yourself.

[Her voice is calm and measured, and it indicates that she's still listening.]

There's nothing wrong with that. No one should want to go to war.

[Katara nods.]

We can do that. I'll check and see what they have in the Item Shop in the meantime.

Nope. [Which is why he was checking. He disappears back into the kitchen, walking over to one of the tables to pick up several of the kunai he was sharpening in there, among other things. Weapons maintenance - he's finished now, so he's carrying them back into the apartment.] Just the opposite.

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