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[markofthebrave]

[Tomorrow. Tomorrow is tomorrow. Today, she has plans.]

Hey, Winry - do you still want to go get pizza today? I can make it for lunch, but... I can't hang out the whole day.

[She will also be making a point to visit her friends today, specifically the Straw Hat House. She wants to check in on Sanji, now that she knows what's happened to him, say goodbye to Nami... and she has a feeling Ginko will be there as well. If not, she'll try to contact him over the journal.

She also needs to stop in the item's shop. Being given a gift from the water of the river of light... Katara wants to find something similar to the container she used for the spirit oasis water so that if they get out there and she needs it, she'll have it.

The chances are good that she is also going to make a token effort to track down Buffy. She's heard enough about the last fight that she knows what happened there, and she wants to ask a few questions before heading out there - and she wants to hear about how this same mysterious Third Party General had died. It was the mystery that was bothering her - not knowing what they were really going up against or why they were really doing this. If she could talk to someone who'd fought them before, then maybe, maybe... the feeling of being used wouldn't be as strong and she'd be able to focus on what was really important.

She thinks about going over Caesar's house as well, but decides that a journal message will be good enough. He's probably busy preparing - or sleeping. And she had a feeling he wouldn't be able to do as much of that as he'd like, once they got out there.]

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Hey, Caesar. Ready for this?

[After her various conversations, she goes back home to make dinner and she, Sokka, and Toph have a surprisingly normal meal before slipping out a little earlier than normal for her accustomed practice time. She's not sure why they're going out to fight or why the 'why' bothers her so much - and she's a little scared, strung tense with nervous energy. The forms are soothing and precise and tonight there is just that extra edge, just that smallest bit of ruthless passion that gives away just how strongly the drums of her fathers beat within her - this is about war. And war is something Katara knows very well.

But when the sun starts to set she takes a break and takes a seat, watching it go down not thinking about very much at all. It's beautiful.]

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[Action] Placeholder for when KJ wakes up |D

[skulljokelol.livejournal.com]

[Why good morning there, Katara. Two Strawhats shouldn't be too hard to find; after having made a certain request from the Malnosso, Brook is currently getting a throttling from the crew's navigator. (http://malnosso.livejournal.com/10336.html?thread=2329952#t2329952) Typical day then.]

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[markofthebrave]

[Uh. 'Sup, guys. Don't you have a sick person in your house and aren't you leaving for the draft tomorrow and... er... this would be Katara just peering her head around the door before knocking on the doorframe.]

Uh. Hi?

[likeafirework.livejournal.com]

[She may see him around town, perhaps outside the item shop. Hitsugaya is out and about, simply getting a few things here and there. Seems safe enough in town now, with no dramatic animals or chocolate rain or dancing people.

Thank all that's good in this world and all the others for that.

Still, he's keeping an eye out for any strange behavior.]

[markofthebrave]

[Even focused as she is, Katara isn't exactly going to NOT greet a friend.]

Hey, Hitsugaya!

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[mydearapple.livejournal.com]

[Busy is right. Caesar hadn't been paying attention to the journals much lately, but a message directed toward him specifically? That's a little harder to ignore.]

I have to be.

[...okay, his answer sucks.]

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[markofthebrave]

Then you will be.

[Her answer isn't much better, but it is backed with decided confidence.]

[ action ] took me long enough >>

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[ Usopp is most certainly in the items shop today; not like he can do much good at home as it is, so he might as well get ready for all that off-screen ass kicking and distract himself all in one. He'll look up from his little ammo-manufacturing station when she walks in, though.

Have a smile :|b ]

Hi.

[ action ] Ffff, who's counting ^^

[markofthebrave]

Usopp! [You get a wave! And she comes over towards him.] I'm so glad you're open today.

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[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

[After her dignity was completely demolished the other day, Hermione has made a point of avoiding the journals for a while. She wants this whole thing to be gone before she even thinks of touching them. As such, she's wandering around a bit when she thinks she notices one of the people who was dancing with her.

...The question is should she wave or acknowledge the girl's presence? ...And how much does she want to admit she had any part in that atrocity?

So for the moment, she's staring. Feel free to notice and comment.]

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[markofthebrave]

[So, yes, just walking along and minding her own pre-war business when - astonishing how these streets are not very full and busy. Katara does see the other girl staring at her. So she pauses and smiles at her.]

Hello?

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[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Today? But...

Yes, let's do lunch.

Voice

[markofthebrave]

Did I get the day wrong? I thought you said the twenty-forth.

[markofthewise]

[What Katara might not realize is that tonight, Sokka was actually the obligatory silent spectator for her waterbending practice. She should be used to that by now, but Sokka usually doesn't watch himself. He only sees bit of it in battles, and since that hasn't happened since Aku's attack in the town square, it's been awhile. So he's actually rather impressed. to see how far along she's come.

Of course, then she stops for the sunset, leaving Sokka with naught do to but hop off the roof behind her. Which was just a bit loud.]

[markofthebrave]

[Katara needs to start selling tickets before the novelty is all gone. She glances behind her when she hears the sound - oh.

And then turns back to the sunset, a resigned set to her shoulders.]

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

[Whenever Katara comes back out from Sanji's room, Nami will be drinking tea in the living room, with a pot still warm and an extra cup nearby. There may or may not be a skeleton twitching behind the couch. Who knows?]

[markofthebrave]

[Someone is a little bit tired from that healing, so she is not going anywhere at the moment. Oh look, a sofa. Shall we collapse on it? No, but we will sit on the side and sigh a bit heavily.

...is that Brook? Oh well.]

Hey, Nami.

[skulljokelol.livejournal.com]

[Lalala, aches and pains and agony, usual everyday stuff- HEY. Whut. Oh hell no. Did she have to take his tea? GETTING THAT BACK NOW AND HE DOESN'T CARE IF SHE TRIES TO BEAT HIM UP AGAIN FOR IT.

So uh, hi, Katara. He'll just be sitting over here behind the couch, quietly drinking his tea until you're done talking with Nami.]

[markofthebrave]

[And when she's done talking with Nami she will just... peek her head over the corner of the sofa and stare down at him.]

You all right?

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[smalldamnhero.livejournal.com]

[He catches that first voiced bit, and ponders it for a while.]

Oi, Katara. You ready?

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[markofthebrave]

[Oh, it's Ed.]

Yeah.

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[There is a Ginko here.

And there will be, for a while now. The only real reason he would have to leave is to go find you, before the departures. But here you are.

He knows because he's on.... well, you know.]

[markofthebrave]

[Which she sees when she finally leaves their house. Probably having been clued in that he was there by the residents. She is a little hesitant, but... she should at least tell him about Sanji. And she did want to say goodbye. So she raises up a hand.]

Hey, Ginko. Mind if I come up?

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[outwalks.livejournal.com]

Katara?

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[markofthebrave]

[Katara glances over her shoulder when she hears someone call her name. Oh. She gives him a small smile.]

Hey, Allen. What's up?

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[You know what, let's go with this. You know that whole plan where he goes around all day and talks to people? Haruki has been going around all day and sulking silently. Katara, in fact, in going around town has probably passed him no less than three times before now. As you get closer to the end, Katara, here is Haruki once more sulking but this time playing with a cell phone in his hand. This is new and mysterious technology, what do]

[markofthebrave]

[All right, Haruki. She knows you've seen her. You know she's seen you. What is with this odd ignoring thing you've got going on, on top of that strange sense of having a raincloud above your head?

Since you've stopped in the middle of the road, seemingly ignoring everything once again to stare at your hand, Katara is just going to march right on over.]

Hi.

[This is Katara, deliberately not ignoring you. How do you respond?]

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[threeswordsoul.livejournal.com]

[The door to Zoro's room is half-shut against the resumed chaos of the house—or half-open, to let it filter in?—and he's sitting cross-legged on the floor with his back against the bed. Is he meditating? >___> Well. He meditated, but he's aaaactually sleeping right now, relatively lightly, his head nodding just a bit.

In case anyone needs him for some reason. :|b]

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[tanukipoint.livejournal.com]

[Wake up, Zoro. Chopper pushes the slightly ajar door open, motioning for Katara to stay where she is. No sense in triggering whatever switches the swordsman has running in the background while he's asleep. And even though he's obv busy, Chopper's just gonna go ahead and start talking anyway.] Zoro? Can you help us with something?

[herotypical]

[As far as tracking her down goes, Buffy isn't a hard girl to find. She has been ramping up her patrols of the village and can now be found crossing near the fountain before heading lake-wards.

Feel free to flag her down at any point in her patrolling.

Also, so sorry for missing this! Moving between three houses/computers over the past few weeks has been a little hectic. But I love, love love backtagging.]

[markofthebrave]

[That's OK! Things things happen. Glad you found your way to it!

Buffy is pretty easy to recognize - both from the town hall meeting and the war council earlier this afternoon. So when Katara sees her walking around, she just calls out her name.] Hey! Buffy, right?

[Weird name, but then - different worlds. She runs up a little to catch up.]

[earthrumblegod.livejournal.com]

[Toph has done all the practice she thinks she needs, so she's just hanging out at home. It's not like she's nervous or anything. 'Course not. They won one war, another one, with more allies, should run about the same. She's just doing Toph's rendition of woolgathering- playing with the metal meteorite bracelet Sokka gave her.]

[markofthebrave]

[And so, sometime today before Katara and Sokka have fully made up from her taking the stuff out of him yesterday, Katara finds Toph and sits down beside her.]

Hey, Toph.