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[Sometime early this afternoon, Katara escapes from the house with no particular destination in mind. All she knows is that Zuko is finally well enough to be left alone, and even if he's not Roku - Roku - is around so he's not exactly unprotected.

But between Zuko, Roku, Jet... and the imminent battle with Aku... Katara desperately needs some time to clear her head. And just as importantly - this is her first spring. When they'd left the South Pole with Aang, the world was already in bloom. This is the first time she's actually gotten to see blossoms on trees or fields of budding flowers, and even though the Easter Egg hunt gave her some time to explore, she just can't get enough of it. It's a thousand new sounds and smells, and the thunderstorm has left the sky freshly washed and the blossoms are bright against the green.

She is not headed anywhere in particular, although she has a vague notion of checking in on Tanyuu, she's not sure where Ginko's friend has settled. So after wandering around the borders of the forest and any other place where there may be flowers, and lying down in a field and staring up at the clouds for a while, Katara will head back into town. Once there, she'll poke around the town square for a bit... and decide to explore some of the community houses, because she's only been in there once before and they seem to have mysteriously... grown.

And this is how she ends up on the roof of Community Building 4, leaning on the edge with her journal in her lap and a smile on her face.]

Tanyuu, if you'd like to meet somewhere for tea or something, I'd like to see how you're settling in.

[Feel free to have bumped into her at any point!]

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[He blinks at her. He rather hopes this war with Aizen doesn't last that long.]

No. I can't imagine so. [She gets a considering look and an almost imperceptible nod.] I was taken in the middle of a battle. Several were injured. Maybe killed. I don't know. [Yeah, he's not going to rub his wrist where he distinctly remembers a sword severing it. Except he totally does.]

[She catches that motion, but doesn't say anything about it.] That must be hard. Not knowing.

I was lucky when I got here - Sokka and Toph were both taken from further along in our time than I was. They were able to tell me what happened.

[He grunts in acknowledgment. Yes, Katara, it is hard not knowing. And, believe it not, what she says next is a little more comforting than when she was actually trying to be comforting.]

Maybe I'll find out about some of them, then, somehow.

You never know who's going to show up here.

[Like... people you'd left behind for dead.]

[He nods once at her.]

Yeah. [And if that's not a cue to change the subject, nothing is.] Seems like quite a diverse crowd here.

[She nods.] There are people from all over. Even a few dogs and wolves.

Huh. Lot of different worlds. Probably just as many wars.

[Nah, he's not cynical. Why would you say that?] You mentioned there were a few people I needed to stay away from. Any more tips for survival?

Guard your wings. We need them to survive.

[She shrugs.] Other than the evil psychotic super-powerful villains, everyone else is pretty nice. The food's free. The clothes are free. And if it's not for the experiments, Luceti would almost be a nice place to live.

Ah. [That probably explains why the damned thing had hurt like all hell when he'd caught it on a door earlier in the day.]

What sort of experiments? [Because, really, that never sounds good.]

...I've only been here for one. They made us fall in love with whoever first responded to our journals. Then one before that, they made them want to be things that were just... opposite to them. A friend of mine who's a pirate wanted to be a marine. My brother wanted to be a firebender.

Fall in... ? [Oh, dear God. What has he gotten himself into?]

[The rest of that he got. Pirate, marine... That was easy enough. But then she lost him. He blinked at her. Oh, no, she did not get away with throwing out words he didn't know when she lectured him on the very same thing.] What's a firebender?

In my world, there are four elements. Earth, water, air, and fire. Firebenders can create and manipulate fire. Sokka and I are from the Southern Watertribe, so for him to want to be a firebender... [She trails off and shakes her head.] I kinda wish I could have seen it. If just to hold it over his head forever. He's always hated firebenders.

[Someone from a Watertribe couldn't be all bad. He gives her a bit of a wry look.] Not big on fire myself. I assume there are earth-, air-, and waterbenders, as well then?

[Ah, someone with sense. She nods.] That's right. I'm a waterbender. Our friend Toph is an earthbender.

[Then again, the Tercera Espada controlled water...] You control water, then. In what way? [No, he's not interested at all. Not at all.]

Well.. [She straightens and unlatches her waterskin, drawing a little out and over her hand.] It's what I use to fight. Water can be surprisingly... useful.

[As she speaks she shifts the circling water from ice to steam and back to water again. She lets it stream back into the waterskin.]

And some waterbenders have the ability to use it to heal - I do as well.

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[The ice grabs his attention for obvious reasons. (Well, obvious to him.)]

I never thought of water having the ability to heal.

[She doesn't catch the increase in interest for ice.]

I can use it to manipulate a person's chi and encourage their natural life force. The sooner I get to someone, the more effective it is, but... it doesn't work on everything.

[Which is probably good, because he's not too keen on demonstrating why there was an increase of interest. Best not to accidentally destroy anything.]

Not so much different than yudou, it sounds like. [He pauses and glances at her.] Healing spells. I'm not a healer, though.

You have healing magic in your world? My world doesn't have magic... what's the magic in your world like?

[He nods slowly.] There's destructive and binding spells as well as healing spells. I'm not a healer, but I'm good with the other two. Can't really do a demonstration for you without causing a stir.

There are a lot of people in Luceti who can use a form of magic... if you wouldn't mind showing me some of yours sometime, I'd really appreciate it. I need to learn how to fight against it.

[He considers this for a moment. He's not the world's greatest teacher -- hey, he can admit his faults -- and he's not too sure about actually fighting someone here. He'd get to see what she was capable of this way, though, and he'd pretty sure he can best her if it came to that. Besides, he wants to see more of this "bending" thing. She seems earnest, at any rate, but he's beyond putting much stock in what people seem to be.]

Say the word. Don't have much else to do.

[Normally, she'd just say 'Let's go.' But with the incoming fight with Aku... no.]

Maybe after this weekend.

[He raises a brow at this. What's wrong with this weekend? Not his business, but still interesting.]

You know how to contact me.

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