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savedtheworld) wrote2013-02-08 01:24 pm
savedtheworld) wrote2013-02-08 01:24 pm
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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.]
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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Of course, nobody was actually going to get wet from it.
Whenever she sees Aang approaching, she meets him at the door.]
Good afternoon, Aang.
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He greets her with a light smile followed by a polite bow, while he reaches into a fold of his robes for the letter.]
Hello, Saori.
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She does, however, smile.]
Would you like to come in, Aang?
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But Suki didn't really think she'd be getting a letter. There was a part of her that still felt like she didn't belong her, so of course she wasn't the Suki Toph was leaving. If Aang wanted to find Suki, she'd be in her room, not doing much.]
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Suki got up and went to the window, opening it.]
Hey Aang.
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Aang? [He holds the door open a little wider and rubs one eye. Sigh.] You know what time it is, right?
[It's past noon.]
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[Aang looks frazzled, but not particularly depressed; although handing out teach letter has weighed more on his heart. Shika's comment has him confused however about the time.
He forgets sometimes that Katara has befriended fellow heathenous haters of the morning.]
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But gosh you just don't make house calls this early, rude.]
Come in, I guess. [He picked up on the stutter; processes the nerves.] What's up?
[He yawns and opens the door wider, so Aang can come in. Waking up some, his first though is Katara actually. He wonders if something happened.]
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[The words come out as little more than a strained whisper, mostly because he knows there's no use in asking a question like that. The signs of someone's departure from Luceti were generally impossible to misinterpret, and if there was a message up like this, there's no doubt that what has happened is as he says it is. Toph wasn't in Luceti anymore.]
[Usually he manages to hold himself together for the sake of whoever has to make that difficult announcement. But after everything that happened between them this winter, everything that happened this past month, and everything that's been happening these past few days, Ion doesn't have much composure left to hold him together.]
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But he could try to be there for Ion. To help him through this.]
She... she is, Ion. I'm sorry.
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[He sounds... defeated. What else is there to say? No amount of denial or resistance would bring Toph back. This was just the way things were in Luceti.]
[But of course, just knowing that isn't enough to make it not hurt.]
Th... thank you. For letting us know.
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a bookwormherself in the stacks?... might be absentmindedly about to walk into him with her face in a book. ]
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That's weird. She doesn't seem to have noticed him yet. That's okay. If he keeps looking at her with this smile on his face, she'll sure to glance up from the book to notice him.
...Huh. Still nothing. Aang, try waving, too. That's sure to catch your good friend's attention. ...She's getting way too close. How does she not notice you yet?!
Okay, try calling her name. It's for both your own good.]:
Hey Plat-
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[ finally looking up at the mention but IT'S TOO LATE, Platina used WALK INTO!... it's not very effective. but she does drop her book, and it's pretty heavy, and probably right on Aang's boots.
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Did you write these?
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No! I mean... yeah! I mean... they're her letters, but I did write them down.
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She never left letters before.
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Hello, Raine.
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She's one of my best friends and also a teacher. And she made friends with lots of people here, too.
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