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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.]
windandrain: (Mirrors)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-08 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Saori had known the moment Toph departed, as the Ban she'd placed...just...vanished entirely. And she expected the announcement, though she hadn't responded, she just...stood, staring out a window, a driving rainstorm suddenly picking up around House 44.

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.
windandrain: (Peace)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-08 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[She smiles and inclines her head politely, but doesn't stoop low enough to bow. That would be improper.

She does, however, smile.]


Would you like to come in, Aang?
windandrain: (Modern Hong Kong Skyline)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-09 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[She ushers him inside, waving him towards the kitchen, and a seat.]

I have a guess about why you're here. What sort of tea do you like Aang? No bad news should be heard without tea.
windandrain: (Despondant)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-09 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She sets about making the tea while he does so, Jasmine it is.]

How are you otherwise, all things considered?

[Dancing around the bad news, for the moment.]
windandrain: (Grave Expression)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-09 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[She pours two cups and sets a steaming clay mug in front of him before taking a seat.]

I understand. My friends Harry and Gambit departed recently as well. And...Toph.

[She picks up her cup and sips, a sad look in her ageless brown eyes.]

She was a wonderful friend.
windandrain: (Midnight)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-09 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry that you had to say goodbye. I know you are good friends. And she always talked about you.

[Saori blinks at the letter and accepts it. When she opens it, she does so with slightly shaky hands. And by the time she's finished reading, she's not able to hold her cup straight anymore.]
windandrain: (Glower)

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[personal profile] windandrain 2013-02-09 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Saori nods slowly and sets down the letter]

She...does me great honor. I've never had someone say something like this to me.

[Her head shakes, but her hand steadies as it comes to rest on the table.]

I hadn't known she felt this way. But it makes me glad, knowing it.

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[personal profile] ex_tessen852 2013-02-09 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Suki was chilling at home when she heard Aang's voice over the journal. She was supposed to be happy, but she wasn't. Knowing that one of her best friends was gone hurt. Toph always had this great ability to put a smile on her face, even when she was teasing.

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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[personal profile] endgames 2013-02-09 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[And so it's Shikamaru who answers the door, slouching in the new feather pants and gray t-shirt that are his pajamas. Bah. Having just woke up, he hasn't taken much in about Aang's appearance other than that's him who's here.]

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.]
distressedude: (Don't talk about yourself that way.)

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[personal profile] distressedude 2013-02-09 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
She's... gone?

[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.]
endgames: (Yawn)

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[personal profile] endgames 2013-02-10 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Shikamaru's gotten into the habit of waking up earlier for training, but it doesn't mean he likes it. He usually sleeps in on the weekends, but today's another exception since Masaomi just got back yesterday.

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.]
distressedude: (I cried for you.)

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[personal profile] distressedude 2013-02-10 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
...I see.

[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.
distressedude: (All stars fade away...)

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[personal profile] distressedude 2013-02-10 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. Is there... somewhere you'd like to meet?

[He's not sure if it would better to ask him to come to House One or not. Though it'd certainly be easier on himself... he'd much rather have the opportunity to walk and clear his mind first.]
distressedude: (As the Fon Master this world needs.)

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[personal profile] distressedude 2013-02-10 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
I think somewhere else would be... better.

[Maybe not quite easier. Nothing could make this truly "easier".]

Perhaps... the tea shop? The one on the second floor of the welcome center.

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