4th Wall Shenanigans!

[markofthebrave]

[Whelp. Katara has no idea what's going on here. Suddenly, everything is crowded and there are people without wings and this isn't madness - it's LUCETI. So. She's just going to shrug and roll with it, basically.

Saturday has Katara out running errands and visiting friends, then making dinner for the house and practicing by the river in the evening.

Sunday has Katara sneaking away for a little bit and winding up in the hot springs. Masaomi's party had been a great idea, okay? And surely nothing weird would go on there, right?]

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[ex_honors291]

[Yeah, tell him about it.]

...Yeah. Guess so. [AWKWARD.] But if history repeats itself, I probably won't be around here long.

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[markofthebrave]

[Please give her a moment, she is stuck on the fact that there are two Zukos in the world.

Two.

Zukos.]

[markofthebrave]

[Okay, pulling herself out of that.]

You mean this has happened to you before?

[ex_honors291]

...Yeah. This'll be my...fifth time being sent somewhere new. Just my luck.

[markofthebrave]

[...and instant compassion.]

Oh, wow. That doesn't sound good at all. Do you ever get to go home, or is it just one thing after another?

[ex_honors291]

No. They always take me from the same point in time, so even if I went home, I wouldn't have anything to do there.

[This is his life these days. It sucks.]

[markofthebrave]

Oh. That's so... [strange. horrible. weird.]

...what point in time is that, exactly?

[He didn't try to KILL her or start shouting PEASANT but... hey, you never know.]

[ex_honors291]

[Yep. Pretty much.]

I just went with Aang to meet the firebending masters. So...you don't have to worry. I'm on your side.

[markofthebrave]

Oh. [That transparent, huh?]

...then how about some hot cocoa?

[ex_honors291]

[Well, if he's going to be stuck here for awhile, he might as well get comfortable.]

Yeah. Cocoa's fine.

...You have a house here? [That's new.]

[markofthebrave]

We all do. It's about twenty minutes from the village. [Which is why she is leading you to the Good Spirits instead!]

You and Sokka and Toph were all here when I got here, so we had to move to a bigger place. Sokka picked a spot by the barracks.

[She said, like this is a perfectly normal conversation. WHAT IS HER LIFE?]

[ex_honors291]

[At least he seems to be taking things relatively well--but after you've been to space and lived in an artichoke, it takes a lot to really throw him.]

...What about Aang? [And is never around. That no-show.]

[markofthebrave]

[Way to go, Zuko.

Katara looks down.]

I haven't seen Aang in... a really, really long time.

[ex_honors291]

[Awkward pause.]

...Yeah. Me neither. Maybe that's a good thing. He's the Avatar, after all. He should be at home.

[markofthebrave]

Yeah. It's a good thing. [But he needs us. We need to be home with him.]

But Suki's here now. [A tentative glance at him.] Mai too.

[ex_honors291]

[...Yeah. He knows. He knows. All this world-jumping hasn't been the easiest thing to deal with. Especially when he usually forgets the time before when he moves on to the next one.

He meets her glance with surprise.]

Really? ...Mai? Wow. It's definitely been a long time since I've seen her.

[markofthebrave]

[Yeah. Um. Hmm.]

Well, if you want to go see if we can track her down, I guess I could take you back to the house?

[Although the other you might be there, and that might just be really weird for everyone, but she knows you really care about Mai, so...]