markofthebrave | [ Action, Voice ] .058

[ 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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[Master or not, no one is infallible. The same trick probably wouldn't work twice. She's not surprised he was able to do something like that - there is a reason why a fight is a fight. This was a spar, its purpose was to test their strengths and weaknesses - what good would it do either of them if she brought all her full strength to bare against him? All the same, he'd won that round, fair and square.

...why is he bowing?]

You don't have to bow.

[She didn't think he was mocking her, but... this was still weird. Let's shift the topic.]

I was trained in the North Pole by Master Pakku. He declared me a master before we left and gave me some scrolls to study so that I could continue to teach Aang.

[I've gotten better since then.

...or not. We can stay on this topic. Since it's apparently important to her and all.]

Aaaah, and that was what, two years ago? [He gets up from the bow. This part is more jovial, but it's not teasing. Really, it's just highlighting that distance between them as he stretches out one of his arms] I must be speaking to the GrandMaster Katara by now.

[She shakes her head.] I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be so easy to achieve that status. And I haven't fought against another waterbender in... a long time.

[She knows she's good.

She knows she's damn good.

But she doesn't know if she could take on Master Pakku and win. She might be able to. But she wouldn't ever presume to take that status.]

Ah, that's a shame.

[He doesn't pick up the baton again, but no looks at Linda before taking up a stance again. He wants to do something like promise to find one for her, but he wouldn't be able to make good to her. So, instead. Round three?]

Edited 2012-03-22 04:32 (UTC)

[She shifts her position slightly and nods.]

Go.

[Alright, so if the tackle worked...

It's not going to work twice, at least not in the same way. He tries to give a hand motion to Linda, trying to get her to run up and bite Katara. Linda just looks confused though, and he's going to waste precious seconds doing that before grunting and they both start to run towards the girl]

[Taking advantage of their miscommunication seems like a poor way to win. So she waits until they've both started to move before streaming out two controlled bursts of water, headed for their chests, with the force of a fire hydrant behind them.]

[Masaomi sees those, and makes an attempt to dodge. Linda does too. Really, both of them manage it, but the roll Masaomi got into results in him being in a somewhat vulnerable position for the follow up, even if he stands after it quick enough. Linda ends up in a snowbank. She's trying to get out, but]

[And Katara does follow up with a waterwhip, that should it connect will wind around his torso, trapping his hands at his sides.]

Edited 2012-03-29 14:25 (UTC)

Shit-

[Well maybe if he tries to. Wiggle out of this. He knows he's caught though]

[He's secure enough now, but she's ready in case she needs to immobilize his feet as well. Katara starts counting...]

1...2...

[Okay he's held, so he can... kick. Or maybe he- he can't kick out the water.

Oh. Let's try to get footing and run towards her despite being held on the arms]

[Sorry, Masaomi, that's not how it works. The force of her bending holds the line between them taut. You'll have to power through the force of a fire hydrant blast holding you into place if you want to get through.]

[By the time she's on 6 an idea hits him. Linda is more or less Free, and she did that one... thing-]

...Linda, Volt Tackle into me! [Linda: "WHAT?!"] Now, do it! Just don't put in a charge?!

[Linda's still hesitant, allowing Katara to get to 9 if she still counts. Linda rushes to tackle her trainer in the back with the force of a motorcycle. He hopes that'll counteract the water or something. Either way, it's going to give him a bruise and/or break a rib. And it'll hurt]

Edited 2012-04-07 20:22 (UTC)

Linda, no!

[Moon and stars, that rat is fast. Katara reacts as soon as the pokemon starts moving, but it might not be fast enough. She kicks up one leg in a quick arch, and the remaining snow on the ground beneath Linda's feet follows the arch, turning into a graceful (if thin) snow bridge over Masaomi.

But was she in time???]

[She is, but a snow bank that thing can't do anything against Linda's Volt Tackle except slow down the power of it a little. It still hits Masaomi in the ribs (ouch) and there still is the sound of one of them breaking as he's trust forward. He tries to break that into a roll or something, but who knows if that actually forced him free of the water

if it did he's going to try to break the distance again through gritted teeth]

[Outside influence will break him free, if only because Katara doesn't want to hurt him worse. But when he hits the ground, she reacts by icing the water which shattered around him to the ground in order to freeze him there.]

[...Welp, that didn't get him far and now he's frozen and hurt. and face down. Ow]

...are you going to make me wait to count to ten before I get to help you out, or can I let you up now?

[This is the voice of a ticked off Katara.]

N-no, I give.

[Ouch.

...Linda's hurt too actually mostly because ouch double impact with a Volt Tackle which already hurts her to use]

[She converts the ice to water and bends it off of him in the same fluid move.]

I really should just leave you like that.

[D8]

But you won't, riiiight?

[She crosses her arms and doesn't move.]

I'm thinking about it.

[Okay whatevs girl he's going to... try to squirm so he can actually see Linda.

Ow]

[SIGH.]

Just stay there until I say you can move.

[She moves towards him now.]

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