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Katara of the Southern Water Tribe (k_waterbender) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-11-01 19:06:00

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complete, day 21, katara, toph bei fong, zuko

Day Twenty-One
Who: Katara, Toph Bei Fong, and Zuko
When: Day 21 ; Late Morning
What: Confronting Zuko once again
Where: Building E first, then to the meadow
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete

Katara had been so upset and so bone weary the day before that she’d gone straight to her room to do some relaxing yoga positions before sleeping. She didn’t even eat dinner that night, and she definitely hadn’t gone to Toph with the information she learned about Zuko’s sudden loss of memory. She figured it could wait until she could better collect her thoughts.

She had dreamed about the confrontation between herself and Zuko over and over in a loop in her mind. Each time it was a little more distressed, a little more desperate, a little more insane. Sometimes his fire blast had singed her hair, and sometimes the candles exploded around her, burning her flesh. Other times she had to freeze him to the wall, and still others her voice would suddenly become high pitched and difficult to understand. Other times it all seemed to move in super slow motion, and she felt heavy like she was trying to walk through mud. The entire thing was so absurd that she could completely understand Zuko’s unwillingness to believe her, even if she knew she was right. He thought he was right, too, after all.

Katara didn’t awaken until mid-morning, and the waterbender was still upset about the entire ordeal when she regained consciousness. She went through some relaxing exercises, and they helped to calm her. By late morning, she knew Toph would be waking soon, so she bathed and dressed in her Water Tribe battle attire. She had taken to wearing this ever since the kidnappings occurred, and she wasn’t about to let her guard down, especially not now. She was also sure to strap two full water skins to her back as well before she left her room to cross the hall to Toph’s door. Her fists rapped upon the wood, and she waited for her earthbender friend to answer.

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k_waterbender
2008-11-02 05:48 pm UTC (link)

Katara half smiled when she heard Toph call through the door. The earthbender was already awake. That almost seemed strange to the other femme, for the daughter of the Bei Fong family always seemed to be asleep by the time she happened by. However, this was an exception, and it was a pleasant one. She wanted to be able to tell the Blind Bandit all about what had happened between herself and Zuko.

When the door opened, Katara was equally shocked to see that the “healthy coating of earth” Toph normally donned had been washed away. She almost asked if she’d hit her head in the battle with Zuko, but she thought better of it. Now wasn’t the time to joke, especially not when their good friend was completely out of sorts with himself. She stepped into the earthbender’s room.

It was a pleasant room, very natural, very earthy. The grass was soft beneath her moccasins, and the air was a comfortable temperature. “It went better than it did between you two. At least I know exactly what’s wrong with him.

Katara nearly jumped at the sudden movement from the corner of her eye, but when she turned she realized it was only a stone table with a couple of chairs of the same earthen material on either side and food piled on top. Normally, when objects conveniently appeared, they did so where she couldn’t see, so she’d had no practice in getting used to them suddenly appearing. She wondered how Toph felt about that since she could see everything at all times.

The waterbender strolled across the grass and took a seat in one of the chairs. For stone, it was quite comfortable. She fixed herself a plate of half a mango, a blueberry muffin, and some lychee nuts. Hog monkeys weren’t the only creatures who liked them, after all. Her juice was that of the moon peach. She ate a little and drank a bit before she swallowed and started speaking. She sighed. “Remember how we told you about the times before Sokka, Aang, and I went to the Earth Kingdom, when Zuko and Iroh chased us all over the place to capture Aang? Well, some time before we went to the North Pole, Zuko said he saw Aang blow up his ship with blasting jelly. He thinks Iroh died in the explosion trying to protect his nephew, and he believes that he was in a coma for the last five years as a result of it.

“We know that at that time, it was pirates that blew his ship up at the command of Admiral Zhao because he told us that when we grew closer, but the Dai Lee have gotten ahold of him. Somehow they and Ozai escaped prison because Zuko said he saw his father when he was in Lake Laogai. I think it’s a plot to make war again. I don’t think Iroh is dead. He was too much of a fighter. Zuko had poison in his body. He passed out because of it, so I took the liberty of healing his foot while he was unconscious, but I found that poison. It was everywhere, and it was harming him more than it probably should have. He’s convinced it was Joo Dee’s doing, but I don’t think she would have done it without a command from the Dai Lee.”

Katara sighed once more before taking another couple bites of a mango. “He doesn’t believe anything I have to say, but I think I started to get through to him a little bit yesterday. He doesn’t trust me, but I think the fact that I healed his foot a little and took the poison out of his body helped open the door toward trust.”

Sapphire eyes watched Toph’s face for any reactions. “He thinks Aang is here, and I think he thinks Aang is trying to kill him. The Dai Lee fed him all of this. He’s reverted back to that sixteen-year-old who wanted nothing more than his honor and his father’s love. He wants to kill Aang, and he thinks we’re on the Avatar’s side. He doesn’t remember seeing any of the devastation the Fire Nation caused to the world. We need to find a way to get through to him, but I don’t see how that’s going to be possible.”

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