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[markofthebrave]

[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.

[/filter]

[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.]

Comments

[markofthebrave]

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???]

[generalflirt]

[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]

[markofthebrave]

[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.]

[generalflirt]

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

[markofthebrave]

...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.]

[generalflirt]

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]

[markofthebrave]

[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]

[generalflirt]

But you won't, riiiight?

[markofthebrave]

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

I'm thinking about it.

[generalflirt]

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

Ow]

[markofthebrave]

[SIGH.]

Just stay there until I say you can move.

[She moves towards him now.]

[generalflirt]

Yes ma'am.

[markofthebrave]

[So she kneels down beside him and makes with the bending healing to see if it's safe for him to move.

Sigh.

Boys.]

[generalflirt]

[Welp.

Two ribs are cracked and that's going to leave a big bruise.

Plus any minor injuries associated with what she did to him in terms of water or resisting his hold earlier]