[ action ] taking place just before and just after 4th Wall

[markofthebrave]

[Katara has now had some time to adjust to this strange new place. She's stalked the people she supposedly knows. She's read back in the book. She's gone so far as to attempt the new technology that would take her to the ocean and back and found how truly trapped they were.

Now that everything was a little less raw, the crushing certainty that she was trapped here with people who claimed to know her, people who claimed to be her family, demanded a response.

She couldn't just run away. It was a failing of hers. The only reason she'd run was if it was to form a better plan of attack. But how could you attack when the threat was... being known? Or... being known enough. There were questions and she wanted answers.

So while Katara wasn't overtly looking for anyone who claimed to know her, she was willing to let herself be found, and wandered into places where that would be quite easy.]

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17th

[markofthewise]

[It had been a rough week. His break up with Suki had him him hard. Something which he now wore rather openly in one sense. A pair of bandaged hands, from punching things he really shouldn't be punching. He hadn't forgotten Katara. But it was mixed in there with a lot of other things. He hadn't quite been responsible in finding her when he should have.

Though she'd been scarce even before then. Which is why he was surprised to find her in the grocery. He'd only stopped in to grab a small snack for the smithy. He approached her with caution.]

Hey. [He didn't use her name. After all, she didn't seem comfortable using it.]

17th /proses you right off the bat, what

[bloodbending]

Katara immediately focused in on his hands.

His hands. Her brother's - by whatever distance and strangeness separated them, regardless of everything he was still a member of her tribe - hands. She'd seen wrappings like that before; marks of burns, of cuts and whips.

Cold anger wrapped around her, and it took an effort of will to keep the air around her from revealing her bending.

"Did someone do that to you?"

I almost did the same

[markofthewise]

He'd be touched by her concern, but he was more surprised that was the first thing she noticed. He held up his hands, relaxing the fingers out of the passive fist he'd been keeping in them. Ow. Still sore.

He shook his head.

"No. I did it to myself."

because you know what's great? not having to worry about html

[markofthebrave]

Something about the set of her shoulders relaxed. "Then I guess it's a good thing that this prison is so peaceful."

Impeding yourself like that, endangering your own life... recklessness.

28th? Unless it should be earlier I dunno!

[savedtheworld]

[Aang is along the river closest to House 56, quietly practicing some Waterbending.]

28th

[bloodbending]

[Katara approaches and quietly watches from the shadows for a time.

After a little while, she moves into the light.]

You didn't tell me you were a waterbender.

28th

[savedtheworld]

He's taken completely by surprise by the familiar voice. The water he was holding up fell to the river with a splash as there was just a brief surge in his heart from the voice. He turned to face her, but as he did so he knew from her words that she still wasn't herself.

It was hard to look at her now, now that Sokka had told him his thoughts about exactly who she is. And he felt a deep guilt from thinking about it. And now that she'd seen him Waterbending... it couldn't be long before the full truth came up. But he tried to summon a meek smile to greet her with.

"Sorry. It - It didn't really come up."

28th

[markofthebrave]

She frowned a little, thinking, "You don't look like a waterbender."

Are you in hiding too?

28th

[herotypical]

...Buffy Summers was glancing her way through a magazine. And why not? It was a slow day at the bar, especially for a day after a Shift. For surely only a shift could account for all those missing hours. Shared missing hours, if everyone else was to be believed.

But at the sound of the door opening, she stood up straight and caught sight of the new arrival and...

"Katara." Hesitant. Just a little uncertain.

28th

[markofthebrave]

Oh. She remembered this one.

"Yes."

Though what that admission would cost back home...

[herotypical]

"Are you--?"

Normal was not the socially accepted thing to ask after, she supposed. So Buffy frowned and tried again, leaning her elbows on the bar's counter. "How are you?"

[markofthebrave]

"...not the person you remember, I think," she said carefully.

after 4th wall?

[dangerouswind]

[It's been a bit of a strange week. Positively tame, after some of the things Luceti has thrown at them, but with dash of intrigue nonetheless.

Makes Temari wonder what's going on and when Temari wonders, she wanders. Checks on her flowers, even though they're mostly bedded down for the winter. When she sees Katara, she raises her hand in a quick wave and calls her name.

Been awhile, yeah? She's just trying to take some advice to heart and be, you know, friendly sometimes.]

sure! hi, Kel!

[markofthebrave]

[Katara turns towards the unfamiliar voice and stops short. Another stranger who knew her. It was... becoming less and less unexpected, honestly.]

Hello.

hi!

[dangerouswind]

[And conversation started. Temari makes her way over.] Been awhile.

[markofthebrave]

[She blinked.]

Has it?

28th

[ex_tessen852]

After the break up, Suki basically just wanted to stay inside. She didn't want to see anyone or do anything really. Her heart still felt basically broken. But she coudln't stay like this. She couldn't lock herself away and hope that her problems fixed themselves. Facing the world all at once wasn't really, but maybe just a walk. Something to get her out of the house.

She wasn't really looking for anyone. Rather she was just out on a walk to help clear her mind when she noticed Katara. For a moment, Suki said nothing. What was she supposed to say?

"Um... Katara?" Testing the waters, in case it was still the same Katara from before. The Katara with the altered memories.

28th

[markofthebrave]

Katara turned to face her. "Suki, right?"

Though she remembered the other girl's n ame. It was fatal to make that kind of mistake.

28th

[ex_tessen852]

Yup. Not back to normal yet. That troubled Suki, but she tried not to show it on her face. Not that Suki was showing much emotion. Everything was muted for her.

"Yeah. That's me. How are you doing?"

17th / before!

[breezing]

[ The entire situation has been explained to Ikki to a degree. She doesn't know about the exact nature of Katara's memories, but she does know that her grandmother has an experiment placed on her. One that makes her not want to be around the family - which means Ikki's not actively seeking out her grandmother for the moment, since she was warned, but...

Well, she'd really like it if Katara would come home and remember her and everything would go back to normal.

But it's Luceti, and she's been there for months, and this sort of thing is par for the course.

So instead of searching high and low, Ikki's been keeping busy. Namely? With extra practice. And given that airbenders are extinct in Katara's time, airbending practice out in the open may interest her...? ]

17th / before!

[markofthebrave]

[Airbending practice certainly does interest Katara. In fact, any kind of bending which wasn't firebending interested her, especially practiced in the open, and by children who didn't have to be afraid.

She hadn't known what that was like for a long time.

So she approached and sat on a stone, watching Ikki quite openly. Only creepers watch children practice from the shadows, kids.]

17th / before!

[breezing]

[ Ikki's practiced every day of her life in the open, often with other people around. It's also something that helps keep her occupied and clear her head, in addition to being useful. And in addition to not being extra homework for, say, math.

She cuts the forms short when she notices Katara, although she does finish off, ending with a slightly silly bow in her not-grandmother's direction - something she might normally do, although Katara wouldn't remember it.

No one had said anything about not approaching Katara if she was approached first, so Ikki will skip over, although she'll stop further back than she normally would, looking cautiously thrilled. ] Hi! How are you today? Are you doing okay? Did you find someplace nice to stay? I hope you did. Although there are lots of nice places to stay, so you probably did, right?

after it. 28th?

[frost_jewel]

[Things had been difficult to deal with. That was all Mia could really remember about the chaos of the past few days - that it was chaos. That it left her with a feeling that mixed contentment and loneliness in ways she hadn't thought possible.

When Katara wanders herself into the battledome, her expression brightens quite a bit.]

Hello.

Whenever you want!

[markofthebrave]

Hello.

[That look of recognition on someone's face again. She'd say something, but she was really rather distracted by the fact that this girl's hair was blue.]

[frost_jewel]

You haven't been here in a while. I've heard you don't remember us, so if you have questions I'll answer them.