[open] Day 215 - outside the Forge

[tophgirl]

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.

Comments

[tophgirl]

[Mot of the time, Toph enjoys the fact that many people don't immediately notice she's blind. She also gets a real kick about needling people about it. But there's always a thread of genuine irritation.]

Oh yeah, I've seen those. They're AMAZING! [Can you sense the dripping sarcasm? Can you identify its source?]

[windgod]

[At first, Ippo interpreted the remark as genuine amazement...after all, if this had been the first time she'd ever seen a creature like that, wouldn't it be fantastical?

Then the sarcasm hit him. He stopped for a moment and really took the time to give Toph a real look...]

O..oh my you're...I apologize! I had no idea!

[Much like the loveable idiot he is, he knee jerked into a full on bow as he gave his apology...some things never changed.]

[tophgirl]

You didn't "see" that I was blind? [Isn't she hilarious?]

[windgod]

Not at all! You moved so naturally that it just didn't occur to me, again, I apologize if I offended you.

[You can stop the prolonged bow Ippo...I mean it's a habit but this is just embarrassing.]

[tophgirl]

Apology accepted. [So magnanimous. You should feel honored by her generous forgiveness, or so her tone says.] A lot of people who can "see" don't actually see a lot. They're so distracted by whatever that they miss the details.