Backdated to the 7th

[markofthebrave]

[It happened quickly. One moment she was fourteen, her back aching as the wings stretched across scars, the next she was seventeen and the relief of pain was almost dizzying. The memories sorting in and through her were easily as dizzying.

She fell down to her knees as her two lives collided and when she rose, both sets of memories were confused, but she knew who she was. And she wanted to see her family. She didn't walk. She ran all the way home.

Much later, she made a post to her journal, filtered to her friends.]

Hi, everyone. I know that I don't say this enough and... I know that this month is kind of stressful. But I just wanted to say how glad, how really glad I am to have met all of you. I don't say it enough. You're all people I've come to rely on, and I'm so glad you're in my life.

...and I remember you now, just in case you were wondering. I hope I'll see you all very soon.



((OOC: If you're wondering if you're on her friends filter, you probably are! If you want to run into her resuming her normal routine the 8th-9th, that's OK too!))

Comments

[savedtheworld]

"I understand," he said with a thoughtful nod and a slight smile at the Zuko comment. "It's too hard to imagine a me and you who couldn't get along. No matter what you did... It might just take more time." It might be too much to hope for more than that for the hypothetical scenario. But if there were such alternate versions of themselves somewhere out there, it was a small comfort enough that they'd still be able to just know each other and get along.

And he added to the Zuko crack with a slight chuckle, "At least it'd help that you wouldn't start off chasing me around!"

[markofthebrave]

"No, probably not," she said with a small smile.

[savedtheworld]

"Exactly. And I know I'd keep trying 'til I saw a smile like that on her."

[markofthebrave]

"So we can hope that it will all work out all right." Though Katara wasn't sure what it would take for her other self to smile, just being back at the South Pole... finding the Avatar... those things could go a long way.

[savedtheworld]

"Yeah. Hoping's one of the things we do best, after all. So things... Things can still get better there. I'll believe that."

[markofthebrave]

"Good. Let's get inside. I can't wait to see everyone else."

[savedtheworld]

"They can't wait to see you, too." He puts a hand on her shoulder for a moment, enough to reconfirm that she's standing right there in front of him right now, before he turns to face the house. "It's really great having you back, Katara."

He'll wind up saying that as many times as he feels it. After all, it makes being stuck here feel a lot less dimmer.

[markofthebrave]

"It's really great to be back, Aang." And she gave him another brief hug before turning to enter the house.