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[markofthebrave]

[After doing everything she could at home to deal with the fact that Zuko was gone, Katara headed out to the lake where she proceeded to bend and cry until she was exhausted. The storm feels good. She made her weary way back to the house with something of a headache, but she didn't think much of it. So what if the lights hurt her eyes? That was normal after so much crying and rage, right?

She fell into a deep, exhausted sleep as soon as she hit the bed. When morning light first entered her room, Katara shifted uneasily. Soon enough she opens her eyes to start the day - and screams. This was beyond a headache, it was like a screaming in her eye, a shooting pain, a burning.

Katara immediately slaps both hands over her eyes and sways back and forth a little to comfort and distract herself from the pain. After a moment of panicked breathing, her adrenaline kicks in and Katara shifts one hand to cover her eyes and fumbles for her journal with the other. Filtering is hopeless right now, even if it had occurred to her, although she'd much rather keep this private. Her voice is scared and filled with suppressed quivering.]

Ginko? I think something's wrong.

[And with that, she clings on to the journal and hopes that someone answers her soon. She can't see anything and it hurts.]


((OOC: This is forward dated to about 6.30am, Tuesday morning, for tagging convenience. Also, a warning: Housemates may commandeer her book.))

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[markofthebrave]

[The mushi almost dance their way upwards, unwilling and entranced, it feels as if something is pulling at them, that only the roots and tendrils of them remain as they are moving out -

When suddenly, the focus of the swimming things change - almost as if the millions of tiny entities snap into one, united in one purpose - and she can feel the change in direction as suddenly, instead of slow and reluctant, it begins to push its way out - straight out - towards Ginko.

And - it is hungry.]

Ginko!

[It's called out - not with concern, or any sort of 'tell me you're all right' - but as a warning, the kind given in battle. Something is headed your way. You'd best deal with it.]

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[ Ginko is encompassed by the flood-- he can feel it pressing all around him.

And it is territory more familiar than half of what has happened to him in Luceti. He'd smirk at the thought if he weren't so focused on the deceptive shadows of the fast-moving flood. There's something in particular that he is looking for.... and after a long few minutes, the onlookers might be able to see his hand dart blurrily toward a shadow.

The he struggles against the rush of mushi--and manages to get his head above it. Shouting- ]

Katara-- now!

Close your eyes.

[markofthebrave]

[She closes her eyes immediately.

Again there is that strange sense of - pause. And then she has to fight the urge to take a step back as the pushing feeling abruptly reverses, and rushes back towards her.

Logically, she should be concerned - isn't this exactly what they were trying to prevent?

But it doesn't feel bad. It doesn't hurt. It feels - right. Like taking a breath after you've been holding it for a long time. It stings a little, not unpleasantly, and she thinks in the distance she can almost hear something like chimes.]

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[ The liquid mushi go rushing back into her eyes-- leaving Ginko covered in it, as it slowly drips off of him to evaporate on the ground.

He straightens, gripping in one hand a deeply purple mushi that should be visible to any eyes. It writhes in his grasp unpleasantly-- until he crushes the head of it with his thumb in a decisive gesture.

The glow vanishes, and it falls in dusty pieces to the ground.

Ginko pulls off his gloves. ]


...how do you feel? [ to Katara, naturally. ]

1/2

[markofthebrave]

[Katara slowly finds a way - first - to open her second eyelid. The rush of muted light is immediate, and a relief. And - doesn't hurt. At all.

She immediately opens the rest of her eyes all the way and blinks in the moonlight.]

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[And then she laughs - it's relief, pure joy, and gratitude.

And she doesn't hesitate, she runs forward and immediately hugs him.]

It worked! I'm better!

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[.....



well that isn't usually a response he gets from his..... anyone.
But he's getting to expect it, just a little, from Katara. So he just blinks and grins and hugs her back.]

...heh.

[markofthebrave]

[The hug is brief, but heart-felt. When she breaks it, she smiles up at him brilliantly before turning to seek out her friends, to look for Sokka.

Look out, bro. There is a quick running hug coming in your direction.]

[markofthewise]

[He's ready for it. And expect it. After all of that nasty business of stuff coming out of her eyes, he's relieved that she can see again. So he hugs back, a little tighter than he normally does. Because everything is going to be okay. As he does, he looks up at Ginko, giving him a grateful look.]