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[markofthebrave]

[After a romantic evening where they innocently fell asleep together, Katara wakes up first. It takes her a moment to place why she's outside. They always fell asleep fully clothed when they were traveling, so that was nothing new, but why was someone's arm is wrapped around her waist? And when she does remember, Katara absolutely freezes.

She feels sick and deeply violated, and she's not sure she's ever been more humiliated in her life. She can't turn around and look at Zuko -- she's just going to move as quietly and stealthily as possible, out of the tent and as far away as she can.

Regardless of whether or not she succeeds in escaping without waking him, as soon as she can she is going to find a quiet place on the outskirts of the village, hole up against something, and lose it.]


Worst. Town. Ever.

[After she's done crying and has tried to pull herself together? ...she knows she really should find Toph. And she'll get up to do that, eventually. Feel free to stumble across her as she's finishing up crying or as she starts looking for Toph in the late afternoon.]

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[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[Ginko, pack on his back, is headed to the mountains and the flat spaces outside of town-- so he comes across Katara. He can't help but notice how upset she looks, so he pauses--]

....Katara?

[markofthebrave]

[Have a sad, sad attempt at a smile and a half-hearted wave.] Hi, Ginko.

...oh hey, you can see me. I'm glad. [And she'll just... keep that smile on as she attempts to keeeep on walking.]

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

It's a nice change.

[he tilts his head a little to the side-- then, quietly]

....the experiment wasn't very kind to you, huh?

[foodovermystery.livejournal.com]

The experiment?

[markofthebrave]

[Oh, hey there, girl that she met on the day of the Fountain. My, that's a painful thing to remember right now. You get an attempt at a smile too.]

Yeah. I guess. You?

[foodovermystery.livejournal.com]

I was affected by it, but it didn't really go anywhere. I'm lucky, for now.

[markofthewise]

[In spite of how things might have turned out with Toph, Sokka did indeed not come home the previous night. After his chat with Toph, he spent the entire night at the smithy, keeping the lamp oil burning as he refused to go to sleep. When his brain went back to normal, he was intent on being there when it happened. Unfortunately it didn't quite happen as suddenly as he had hoped, though.

He's still even in the late afternoon, failing to have slept more than a few hours off and on when he drifted off while working. Finally his hunger will get the better of him and he'll be heading into the market to find something. He's not exactly at his most observant at the moment though, making it very, very likely he won't notice Katara unless she's right in front of him.]

[markofthebrave]

[Really? Because not noticing her is A-okay with Katara. She can't imagine facing Sokka right now. She'll notice him and then she'll freeze, glancing around to try to find a place to conveniently avoid him. Unfortunately, this is a sudden movement and might draw his eye.]

[markofthewise]

[He'll notice her. Unfortunately very little sleep means his brain isn't exactly processing at full speed just yet. Oh, it's just his sister. He gives a halfhearted wave at the same time his stomach starts growling. Ugh, decisions.

He decides to forgo eating for just a minute to say hello. She might be hungry too. So he heads on over, failing to fight back a yawn as he nears.] Hey.

[corrinesbell]

[she's not used to running across crying people around here, but...this girl looks oddly like this other kid she knows, so...]

Uh, hey...everything okay over there?

[markofthebrave]

[Katara glances up at the strange girl, not particularly thrilled to be seen like this. She scrubs at her mostly-dry face.]

...not really. But I guess it will be.

[corrinesbell]

Bad stuff in the experiment, huh?

[the whole village went nuts again, a little later than last year but still]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Derek is on his way to get some food, but he does notice Katara and pauses.

...yeah, she looks about as rough as Sokka and Toph did.]

...Hey.

[markofthebrave]

[She'll pause and look up at him with a fake smile]

Oh. Hi, Derek.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

...Doing okay?

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

[A pretty subdued Rydia is walking through the village, heading in the direction of her house. She's so wrapped up in her own thoughts that Katara goes unnoticed for a moment...but only a moment. Crying -or the tail-end of it- isn't something that she can bring herself to ignore.]

...Katara?

[She pauses mid-stride, concerned.]

[markofthebrave]

[Katara rubs her eyes and gives Rydia an attempt at a smile.] Oh. Hi, Rydia.

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

[Rydia tilts her head, unable to hide her concern.]

What's wrong?

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[tatzenkreuz.livejournal.com]

Katara?

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[markofthebrave]

[She's standing up now, starting to head back into town. She'll give him a startled glance]

Hey, Tormod. How are you?

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[tatzenkreuz.livejournal.com]

All right, but never mind that! How are you? What's wrong?

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[restoremyhonour.livejournal.com]

2/?

[restoremyhonour.livejournal.com]

[earthrumblegod.livejournal.com]

[Toph is chilling in the forest, making a strong attempt to zone out the world right now.]

[markofthebrave]

[By virtue of all convenient coincidences everywhere, after not finding Toph in the town and before Aku decides to become Luceti's psychiatrist, Katara manages to find Toph in the forest.] Hey.