Toph Bei Fong (
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[open] Day 215 - outside the Forge
Who: Toph & you!
Open: Open
When: 215, afternoon
Where: Outside the Forge
What: With her bending limited, Toph is looking for another way to fight.
Format: Will match!
Warnings: Excessive levels of awesome from Toph...err...I mean... none.
It's taken Toph a few days to come to terms with the fact that there are ridiculous limitations on her bending. She's tested and retested them, trying to see where she can push it, but everything leads to the same inevitable conclusion. Her bending is limited.
So what's she going to do about it? No way is she going to accept just sitting around and helping out with little odds and ends in this place. She wants to be out on that Skyway, kicking ass and maybe finding Aang, Katara, and Sokka. She needs to find some way of fighting that plays to her strengths without relying on her bending...which probably means learning to fight with a weapon. If Sokka could do it, it can't be that hard.
The question then is — what kind of weapon should she get? Which is how she ends up outside the Forge that afternoon, examining weapons and trying to determine what would work best for her.
Open: Open
When: 215, afternoon
Where: Outside the Forge
What: With her bending limited, Toph is looking for another way to fight.
Format: Will match!
Warnings: Excessive levels of awesome from Toph...err...I mean... none.
It's taken Toph a few days to come to terms with the fact that there are ridiculous limitations on her bending. She's tested and retested them, trying to see where she can push it, but everything leads to the same inevitable conclusion. Her bending is limited.
So what's she going to do about it? No way is she going to accept just sitting around and helping out with little odds and ends in this place. She wants to be out on that Skyway, kicking ass and maybe finding Aang, Katara, and Sokka. She needs to find some way of fighting that plays to her strengths without relying on her bending...which probably means learning to fight with a weapon. If Sokka could do it, it can't be that hard.
The question then is — what kind of weapon should she get? Which is how she ends up outside the Forge that afternoon, examining weapons and trying to determine what would work best for her.
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Actually, the sight of Toph inspecting weapons is a little alarming. Did someone piss her off? Zuko tries to think of anything she might have done as she approaches.
"What are you doing?"
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"What does it look like I'm doing?" she asks as she picks up a heavy axe. She can sense the metal of the axehead, but she doesn't like the way the wooden handle feels. She wants to be able to see her entire weapon.
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"So what are you looking at weapons for?"
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"If you're going to fight with a weapon, it should be something you can think of as an extension of your body. I've seen other earthbenders use hammers. I don't know if that fits with your style."
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He's been keeping to himself quite a bit recently, but the forge is practically next door to his workshop, and he HASN'T been just sitting on his hands this whole time. There's still work to be done, and for that, he needs metalwork from the forge. Running into Toph here isn't much of a surprise in that case.
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"A weapon," she says gruffly, after a moment's hesitation.
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He pauses, and he looks her over curiously. "Haven't decided what you want, yet?" he asks.
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"I haven't found a good fit yet," she continues, speaking up enough to actually answer his question this time. "I'm not really a weapons kinda person."
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He smirks at her, looking her over a little more critically now. "Haven't trained with one, or just don't like 'em?" he asks. "If the former, there's a couple of good teachers here. Duke, Zuko, probably Yukio. Ippo, if you prefer your fists. If it's the latter, I'll save you the time. Don't fight with what you don't like. Weapons are nothing if you can't feel comfortable with them. Any weapon has to be an extension of your body, and if you can't make it so, then you're better off sticking with what you know."
He pounds his fist into his palm in emphasis of the point.
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He's infuriating, but he is also from a military culture. His wife's family are all trained in various forms of combat, as are all of his sisters and his mother. To say that he's experienced with combat is something of an understatement, even if he's not especially skilled with it personally.
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"I want to fight on the Skyway," she says. "I don't really care how I do it, as long as I can." And then become the very best at it, because Toph is nothing if not competitive.
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Oh, hello there! I haven't seen you around before, are you new to the Bastion?
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New enough. Who're you?
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Oh, right, I'm sorry. My name is Ippo Makunouchi, it's a pleasure to meet you!
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[The suddenness of the question through Ippo off guard, but only for a few moments.]
Well,yes. I was a professional boxer before I came to the Bastion and really...nothing much has changed seeing how often we have to deal with things on the Skyway.
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Oh, uh...think of it like...hand to hand fighting where all you can do is punch and dodge.
[To emphasize his point, Ippo hopped up onto the balls of his feet and threw a few jabs; each one lashing out fast enough to cause an audible snap in the air.]
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That's not fighting. That's dancing.
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