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markofthebrave) wrote2010-04-19 11:45 am
markofthebrave) wrote2010-04-19 11:45 am
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[Utter doom has managed to hold itself off for the past week, and so today is Katara's first day of school! She's excited and a little nervous, since she's never been to any sort of school before. While preparing and lecturing herself she jostles her journal.]
--vous about. It's going to be just fine. Now where did I put that -- oh. [Someone's just noticed her journal's opened.] Man. I'll be late! [And she shuts the book quickly, not noticing what was recorded and starts on her way.
Of course, her nerves aren't helped by the fact that she hardly slept at all last night. Her room still smells faintly of ash, and the memories that scent triggers aren't pleasant. The nightmares are old ones, and the one she had last night one that she remembered. It had her up in the middle of the night, practicing in their back yard until exhausted.
She's almost tempted to just stay in bed all day, but she told Raine she'd be trying to go to school soon and doesn't want to go back on that. So there she goes, to and from school. So if you're at the school today? Expect a wide-eyed new girl. And if you're anywhere in the center of town after that, expect a slightly dazed one, trying to remember what she has to pick up in the grocery store.]
--vous about. It's going to be just fine. Now where did I put that -- oh. [Someone's just noticed her journal's opened.] Man. I'll be late! [And she shuts the book quickly, not noticing what was recorded and starts on her way.
Of course, her nerves aren't helped by the fact that she hardly slept at all last night. Her room still smells faintly of ash, and the memories that scent triggers aren't pleasant. The nightmares are old ones, and the one she had last night one that she remembered. It had her up in the middle of the night, practicing in their back yard until exhausted.
She's almost tempted to just stay in bed all day, but she told Raine she'd be trying to go to school soon and doesn't want to go back on that. So there she goes, to and from school. So if you're at the school today? Expect a wide-eyed new girl. And if you're anywhere in the center of town after that, expect a slightly dazed one, trying to remember what she has to pick up in the grocery store.]
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But you said you already knew how to be a strategist. Is that all you want to be?
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That makes sense. You're making yourself familiar with all the possibilities, right? And you're right - I've always wanted to be a waterbender. And I still practice with it, every day.
But I know exactly what being a waterbender lets me do in Luceti. [She shrugs and straightens up, shaking her head slightly to wake herself more.] So I'm trying to learn and see what else I can do to help here. It's not as if we remember what we learn here when we go home, right? So why not try to learn something else?
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I'd like to think the time I do spend studying isn't a complete waste. [But see, Caesar's realized recently that he's not too fond of the whole "not remembering anything" deal, so he'll leave it at that.] There's nothing wrong with wanting to learn something else in order to help. You'll always be a waterbender, after all.
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So how do you know when enough is enough?
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Right. So then I guess it's a good thing you're at school. So you can learn other things.
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You are.
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I'm a little tired. I can't even tell what you are.
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You don't need to be insulting! What's your problem?
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I mean that you're more than a little tired.
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[Yup. Fine. Let's just hope that the scent of ash isn't clinging to her clothes as it tends to do.]
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[Darn it, Caesar. What do you want her to say?]
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...okay, fine. And so Katara follows Caesar's example and turns her arms into a pillow on her desk. She'll just rest her eyes for a little while... hopefully someone will wake her up when the teacher come in.]