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Toph Bei Fong ([personal profile] tophgirl) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2014-07-20 12:56 pm

[Day 210] open action | everything changed when the fire nation attacked

Who: Toph & you
Open: Open
When: 210
Where: By the onsen, near the bridge to the Skyway
What: Toph makes her way from the Skyway and to the Bastion.
Format: Prefer action, but I'll match.
Warnings: TBD

[Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

That's the first thought to cross Toph's mind when she wakes up to find the world different. Wrong. She can feel earth beneath her feet, but it doesn't feel anchored. She can feel where it ends, which shouldn't be possible. Yeah, she's the greatest earthbender in the history of ever, but even she can't feel all the way to the inside of the world.

Everything around her feels barren and broken, like the earth had when she'd gone to see where Ozai had fought Aang. Maybe His Royal Loserness broke out of prison and rallied the Fire Nation malcontents against Zuko. There had been a lot of people not happy with her promise of peace & harmony.

She wishes for a moment that she'd gone to the palace after running away from home again — or better yet, she wishes she'd never gone home in the first place. If something's happened to Zuko, then Aang and Katara are probably in trouble too. Not to mention Iroh. If Sokka remained in the South Pole, he's probably fine, but what if —

No time for what if's. Standing around with your head up your butt is what diplomats and advisors do. Nobody ever saved the world by standing around and thinking about it. She should know; she helped save the world. If she wants to help her friends, then first she's got to find them.

She makes her way carefully across increasingly unfamiliar terrain... terrain which doesn't behave like earth should, and that's probably the most frightening thing of all. She's always been able to rely on earth. Reliability is the essence of dirt. She finally comes to a bridge and, when she crosses, she feels civilization.]


People are a good start.
wayofvoice: (Feim Zii Gron + But we will escape it)

[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-07-27 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
Many did. Yet in my land, my kin began to return... for better or worse.
wayofvoice: (Gaan Lah Haas + I miss you)

[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-07-28 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
It is a long tale that can come later, when you have had more time to adjust to this place. For now, let me simply say that people feared us.

What else do you wish to know?

[#helpful npc paarthurnax]
wayofvoice: (Laas Yah Nir + We grow old by)

[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-07-29 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
[That title sounds familiar...]

Ah. Do you perhaps know of one named Zuko?
wayofvoice: (Faas Ru Maar + which I constantly)

[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-07-30 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
When I told her of what had happened, she did not take the news well. I expect it will be no easier for you.

Your world- and many others- have been shattered. Destroyed, in many cases.
wayofvoice: (Su Grah Dun + Sadness flies away)

[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-07-31 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't repeat himself. He can tell the difference between not hearing and shock.]

It is not easy for any of us to deal with. Not immediately.
wayofvoice: (Zun Haal Viik + Where you used to be)

[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-08-01 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Simply a bearer of an unpleasant truth.

You do not have to accept it right away.
wayofvoice: (Su Grah Dun + Sadness flies away)

[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-08-04 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
What explanation can you give for the situation you have now found yourself in, then?
wayofvoice: (Foh Krah Din + It becomes increasingly)

[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-08-05 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
I see. When you find one, I would be most interested in hearing it.
wayofvoice: (Zul Mey Gut + Years may wrinkle the)

[personal profile] wayofvoice 2014-08-06 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He's certainly not keeping her there, just leaning down to tear off the trunk of the mammoth.]

There is a distillery, if you are hungry after your journey. If you are not, our paths shall cross again, I am certain.