markofthebrave | [ Action, Voice ] .058

[Somewhere in all the excitement of the past month, it... sort of didn't occur to her that she's now been in Luceti for two years. That's had some time to sink in now, along with the new announcement and - home. Actually getting to go home. Even if it's just for a day...

...but then it means that the Malnosso were lying to them, doesn't it. They do have the power to send them home. And all this time, they'd said it was random...]

[Filter to those who had been here when she arrived: Two years back or more.]

Hey. I think that I just... wanted to apologize. I know that when I got here two years ago, I wasn't very respectful about all the things everyone had tried to do in order to get out of here. It must have been so hard to hear that then, and to keep hearing it from every New Feather that we get when we know that we've tried everything we could.

But we have to keep trying. What they're doing, no matter what they say, no matter what they promise us, is wrong. We can't give up hope that we'll find a way out - we have to keep looking. There's a difference between waiting and giving up, and I know it's hard, but so many of you are still doing that, still trying to find a way out while making things as comfortable as you can for all the new people who are stuck here as we are, and I admire that so much.

So, thank you.

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[And then, taking a deep breath, she'll continue:]

And hey, if anyone was using the sled tracks I made, I haven't had a chance to check on them since the ice storm. I'll probably be decommissioning them tomorrow and just turning it all into a giant snow hill, so if you go out there, please be careful, all right?

[Thursday is one of the days Katara goes to spar with Nami, so after making this announcement after school, she and Nami will meet up by the river to do battle with their staffs. Feel free to stop by and watch these two sexy ladies practicing, if you like.

If not, after dinner, Katara heads off someplace she very rarely is. The remembrance garden. This place has always made her uncomfortable... she's not sure it's right, but it's... something. Better than those things that reminded her of gravestones. And the perfect place to pour over her journal, flipping back until she finds an entry of Aang. It's been so long since she's seen him... she's all but forgotten what he sounds like. She feels almost bad about it, but... she misses him so much and yet... it's easier not to miss him.

And eventually, when her time in the remembrance garden is done, Katara will return to her house for an hour or two of bending practice in the back yard.]

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Really? I mean... [only marginally awkward] usually that part's pretty obvious.

You'd think so, but. Uh. [Yep.] Iiiii'm really not sure how to tell with a Pokemon.

...really? Can't you just... flip it over?

[And a glance at Kyle.] No offense.

[Oh gods this is embarrassing. But before Hiccup can do anything, Kyle jumps out of his hands and points emphatically to Katara.

Hiccup gulps.] Y-you know? You're the first person to think he's a girl...

Boys always think everything cool is male. It's their [...what was that term again?] default setting.

[What sweeping generalization?

Katara stares at Kyle. What's gotten into you, tiny dragon thing?]

[Hiccup is about to protest, but Kyle is gesturing VERY emphatically. He crouches down next to the Pokemon before glancing up at Katara and then back down.]

Is she--right, buddy? Are you...a girl?

[The emphatic little arm-waving would seem to indicate as such.]

Ha!

[Yes, just that.]

[Oh gods his Pokemon is a girl.

And he named her Kyle. After Kay. Which is, you know. Actually a girl's name.

...Well done, Hiccup.]

Welp. There you have it, I guess. She just acts so--boyish!

She's been alive for about a week, and she acts boyish?

No, it's like--two weeks...[He runs a hand over his hair as Kyle chatters gleefully.] I guess it's because she's--kind of...mischievous. I don't know! I guess I shouldn't have just assumed. But I thought Gold would know, at least.

[GOOD FOR NOTHING POKEMON TRAINER.]

Well, it's not so bad. [...no, it kind of is.]

Right, Kyle?

[...Sob. He couldn't even recognize that his Pokemon was a girl. This does not bode well for his Pokemon training career.

Kyle waves her arms again and grins.]

Well...I appreciate knowing now, at least.

So she's... a dragon Pokemon?

[Let's direct this back towards one of Hiccup's areas of confidence, yes? Yes.]

[A smile, at least. He looks less distraught at that.]

Yeah, she is. At least--that's what Gold said. And I think he's for sure right about that. Even if he doesn't have wings or breathe fire or anything.

So what can she do?

Oh, u-um--[Right. Pokemon training stuff. He can totally do this.]

Uhh...Kyle! Go on, show her your...leer?

[He sounds terribly unsure about that, but Axew does listen and give Katara a mean look.

...That is mostly just cute. But it's supposed to be intimidating or something.]

[...that is pretty cute. And Katara is pretty skeptical.]

You're really going to call that a leer?

That's just what the move is called! She also knows 'scratch', but...[That's even a bit sadder than the leer.] I'm still new to this whole Pokemon-training-and-battle thing.

Of course you are. It's not like they had Pokemon back on Berk, right? Are you going to ask Gold about it?

I've actually been mostly talking to Silver about it. I actually started training with him a week or so before the whole, uh...Valentine's thing. Happened. Then I was only learning it for Toothless, but now it's extra relevant.

Oh, I see.

[Katara doesn't really know Silver. Not that she really knows Gold either. But still.]

Then I'm sure you'll get the hang of it in no time.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. There are somethings that carry over from getting to know Toothless, but...there's a lot of new aspects and specifics, too. But I guess I'll get it figured out in time.

[...Hopefully.] What were...you doing here?

Oh, I... was just looking for a quiet place, for a little while.

[It's kind of embarrassing, actually.]

What about you?

I was...[Kyle picks up the little potted flower to show it to Katara.] I wanted to...plant a flower for someone. A--a friend of mine who was sent home recently.

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It's a beautiful flower.

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