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Aang ([personal profile] savedtheworld) wrote2013-02-08 01:24 pm

Book 11: Memories Down the Stream [Voice/Action]

[By now, it almost seems like a way of Luceti - that whenever good news happens, it will be followed by bad before long. Just yesterday, Katara had come back to the house. As herself. But today? The house woke up to a different empty room. Toph's.

It seemed like so soon since she had given him his last metalebending lesson. He still had so much to learn. And he still remembered so clearly when she showed up, tunneling from the earth like the little badger mole she was. Her original presence in Luceti may have precluded his, but when she came back, she was from the same time as him. He know that aside from missing one of his best friends, he'd miss being able to relate to one of the few people from that time.

But in a way, Aang knew this could be for the best. He remembered how she had worried about her life, with everything the future had shown to them. The short time that her daughter was around. How Toph feared the possibility of having to live her life in Luceti without ever returning home, that she might not become the person she thought she was supposed to be. But now she didn't have to worry about that anymore. She could live that life for herself. And hopefully, she'd find peace and happiness in that life. They could all still be friends there, too, in that lifetime.

Aang spends a little time wallowing in his grief, first. After all, he misses her already. Then he remembers one of the first things she told him when arriving. "Missed me? After only a month? Come on, don't get sappy!" With a faint smile, he nodded before he rose to do what he had to do. Toph had put her hopes in him.

And he soon addressed the journals.]


Hi everyone. This is Aang. You should know that Toph Beifong is... She's gone back home. I guess our world can only go so long without its greatest Earthbender around. She left some letters to hand out, but everyone who knew her should know... She cared about you a lot more than she says. Even her punches had friendship in them.

[He grabbed the letters that she had left behind, knowing all too well what they all said. After all, he was the one who had to transcribe them for her.

And so, Aang starts to play the distribution game. He first gives out letters to those around the house. If there were any who did not find about Toph's absence at the same time as him, then he would give them the letter and the news prior to the journal announcement. Then, he seeks out Suki, Ion, Fenimore, Shikamaru, Masaomi and Saori to deliver their letters. If there's any he can't find, he'll leave the letter at the door of their house. Or in their mailbox. Do we have mailboxes?

He tries to go about his normal daily activities afterwards, showing few signs of anything wrong. Places to frequent include the Welcome Center, library, tea shop and item shop. And in the evening, after dinner, he takes some of the remaining metal sheets lying around the house out to the forest to do some metalbending practice on his own. Still, every time he messed up, he could almost feel the punches.]

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[personal profile] killu 2013-02-12 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
This place is pretty tame compared to other places in the first place, thouh.
windandrain: (Bright smile)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-13 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I knew she could bend metal. But to make a police force? That sounds like a fantastic idea.
generalflirt: (Surprisingly common face)

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[personal profile] generalflirt 2013-02-13 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not her friend though.

[With the little still in hand, looking at it like he's sort of expecting a bomb or something to be in it]
wise_maiden: (the voices that are carrying this tune)

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[personal profile] wise_maiden 2013-02-13 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
... It's understandable. When you get used to seeing a person around, especially after living with them or even having traveled with them for a while, adjusting to their no longer being there takes time.
acuity: (throw it a pokeball and voiz-la!)

[personal profile] acuity 2013-02-13 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
E-eating my brain, I should hope not! But of course, I was just studying the local wildlife...

[ sheepishly showing off the cover of a 1000-page breeding bird atlas, he still looked in pain... ]

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[personal profile] killu 2013-02-13 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean impossible?
wise_maiden: (can you tell me where i am)

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[personal profile] wise_maiden 2013-02-13 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Everyone takes whatever amount of time it is that they may need to adjust to a change. It's not wrong to miss a friend, as long as you don't allow missing them to take a hold of your own life.
windandrain: (Dreamer)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-14 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
She's definitely bossy. In a good way. And she's really a lot kinder than she'll ever admit.
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[personal profile] markofthewise 2013-02-14 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Just be a few days. That's all. Still, it was a whole other month before Zuko showed up.

[They were undeniably close in that short period. But then. they never really thought too hard about what Luceti was really about.]
endgames: (Brilliant)

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[personal profile] endgames 2013-02-14 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
[That earns Aang an odd look from Shikamaru's corner over here. That's said with confidence. He wonders if that was discussed between him and Toph at some point...

Ah. No, it clicks and that makes more sense.]


You were her penman, weren't you?

[He points two fingers at his eyes. She was blind, after all.]
windandrain: (Cheeky)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-14 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
And the manliest young lady I've ever met.

She taught me many wonderful insults.
generalflirt: (Stares forever)

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[personal profile] generalflirt 2013-02-15 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[...What? His body straightens a bit more, and he looks down at the letter in his hands. He still hasn't opened it. What..]
endgames: (Rhythmic)

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[personal profile] endgames 2013-02-15 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Makes sense.

[He still hasn't gotten his yet, so he sticks his unoccupied hands into his pockets. For his part, he doesn't mind that Aang knows whatever she had to say.]

I'll say I prefer a letter over a rock thrown through my window... Either could be a sentimental goodbye; she's that type.
acuity: (easy as a piece of pancake!)

[personal profile] acuity 2013-02-15 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Of course there are. It's quite fascinating, actually, there are tens of thousands of species of birds... even than there are pokemon!

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