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markofthebrave) wrote2012-04-13 08:59 pm
markofthebrave) wrote2012-04-13 08:59 pm
[ Action, Some Journal ] BACKDATED to the 11th .059
[On April 9th, Katara had been told that she was an "error," and doomed to die by a boy with the face of the man she loved. As you can imagine, the rest of the day was not spent cheerfully; rather after wandering about for some time, Katara returned home to make dinner and then quietly excused herself to write some letters, and then bend into the early morning hours.
On April 10th, the sun rose on a Katara who was entirely herself, and the sudden onslaught of memories drove her to her knees. In the early hours of the morning, she wept beside the river, feeling inside out and torn apart and lost... eventually she returned to her room in order to sleep the sleep of the deeply exhausted.
She did not wake until April 11th. This was another slow day, where she read the letters her other self had written and decided not to give them out, ended up seeking some unlikely advice, and generally stuck to her schedule, feeling... strange.
But today? Today she woke up feeling a little more like herself. It was a Thursday, which meant meeting Nami for bo practice after school (which she... finally got back to attending, sorry Professor) and then made dinner. She may glance through the journal a bit more than normal; she may even contemplate attempting to contact someone, and... eventually, she does make two locked posts:]
[Written | Private to Robin]
Hey. I know you'll probably say you're fine, but I just wanted to ask how you were doing.
[Voice | Private to Wolfwood]
Do you have a minute?
[Later that evening, she'll be practicing by the river, under the light of a waning moon.]
On April 10th, the sun rose on a Katara who was entirely herself, and the sudden onslaught of memories drove her to her knees. In the early hours of the morning, she wept beside the river, feeling inside out and torn apart and lost... eventually she returned to her room in order to sleep the sleep of the deeply exhausted.
She did not wake until April 11th. This was another slow day, where she read the letters her other self had written and decided not to give them out, ended up seeking some unlikely advice, and generally stuck to her schedule, feeling... strange.
But today? Today she woke up feeling a little more like herself. It was a Thursday, which meant meeting Nami for bo practice after school (which she... finally got back to attending, sorry Professor) and then made dinner. She may glance through the journal a bit more than normal; she may even contemplate attempting to contact someone, and... eventually, she does make two locked posts:]
[Written | Private to Robin]
Hey. I know you'll probably say you're fine, but I just wanted to ask how you were doing.
[Voice | Private to Wolfwood]
Do you have a minute?
[Later that evening, she'll be practicing by the river, under the light of a waning moon.]
[ Private | 11th, Afternoon ]
That said, if you ever feel up for it anyways I'll still accept. I'll just find a way to make it fun enough so that you have a good time too.
[ Private | 11th, Afternoon ]
Two: I'm not a child. You don't need to 'find a way' to make it fun.
And three, you've made saying 'okay' way, way too complicated. If I didn't know better, I'd think I should be insulted.
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And he could get worked up over it... or he could act like it's not a big deal, which it isn't to him. It's with some amused curiosity that he responds.]
...so you one-up me by saying something even more complicated?
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I don't see what was complicated about that at all.
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I could say the same for my side of things. Wanna agree to disagree and we can both let it go?
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But don't you think it's better to try and at least understand what the other person is saying? That way we'd know if we really did disagree.
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Whatever.]
Why don't you forget what you think I was acting like and just explain what you meant?
[She's tired and hurting and doesn't want to have deal with bad things from another one of her friends.]
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'You can't do one without doing the other.' [This will be the third time he's said it now.] It has broad applications beyond the things we're talking about here.
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Before, it was disassociating yourself [rather she said the other Katara] and disassociating others. These go hand in hand.
More recent: games. I said I understood you don't have fun playing against me. You countered that it's really that you don't like a game where the ending is assured, as if all games with me are like that. These are also not so separate; they go together.
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All games with you are like that, Shikamaru. They're not as joined as you want to make it seem. You're making it sound like it's personal, when really it's got nothing to do with you.
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['All games with you']
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[So maybe not all games. Hmph.]
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Moreover, I'm not infallible. I could tell you my old man beats me regularly at shogi, but why is that even the point? That's not what games are about. If it were, I'd prefer to lose.
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And she's tired.]
And what is it you think games are about?
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You've obviously never had an older brother.
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