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Katara ([personal profile] markofthebrave) wrote in [community profile] lucetilogs2012-04-19 04:01 pm

"And through the rise and falling apart"

Who: Aang and Katara
What: A much needed conversation
When: April 16th
Where: House 56 -> THE OCEAN
Summary: ...soooo there are some things they need to straighten out
Rating: G for 'this should be good?'

[Time is the sweetest balm. It's been... nearly a week now, and Katara's starting to feel much more like herself. And as such... she really wants to not have to talk to Aang about That Night, or about what he called her when he first arrived, or about any sort of heart-manipulating experiments and their results, or about Masaomi...

She really doesn't want to have to talk to him about that. She just wants things to stay as they are, while he's here - happy and content, as best as possible. But... he remembers things differently. Or - he remembers things that haven't happened yet. And if she doesn't share of some things that have happened to her, and if she attempts to brush over the things he's told her, and what she's learned, then... then they're living a lie just as foul as one of the experiments. And she refuses to do that.

So after dinner, and after an abbreviated time of practice, Katara knocks on Aang's bedroom door.]


Aang?
savedtheworld: (lonely)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-25 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, my mistake. I remember that from the guide. It sounds like some weird miracle... but kinda scary too. Like it's too good to be true.

[Thinking about this couldn't help but trigger some flashbacks. Electric pain searing through his body, a collapse into darkness. A faint warmth as water healed his body. Waking up briefly to see Katara's face again, her sorrow turning to joy.]

Can't be as good as spirit water.
savedtheworld: (guilty)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-25 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[His heart skipped the beat, until he realized that the way she phrased it, she wasn't talking from experience.]

Can we talk about something else?
savedtheworld: (laidback)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-25 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[It was an odd name, but Aang's no one to judge. He becomes less tense with death off the table.]

He sounds nice already. I'd love to hear more.
Edited 2012-04-25 04:53 (UTC)
savedtheworld: (saywha)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-25 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
A... mushishi? What's that?
savedtheworld: (smallsmile)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-25 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Aang is hooked by this.]

Wow. He sounds like a really cool guy, with a really neat life. Almost reminds me of the Spirit World stuff... except I've barely ever met any actual trouble-making spirits. ...I wish I could've met him. He must've been a great friend.
savedtheworld: (laidback)

wait did I not tag back

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-25 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
At least he's back home now. He's probably happy there.
savedtheworld: (sickly)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-26 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad that there are good people here. ...Even if it's bad that they've been forced here to begin with.
savedtheworld: (content)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-26 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Her words carried that mix of soothing warmth and gently crushing reality. He shifted a bit, but her returned her glance after a moment.]

Thanks, Katara. You don't have to worry about that. It's something I've been dealing with since I got here, and... you had no control over how and when they brought you here.

I'm glad you're here, too, even if I wish they could have left you back home. And I'd be happy no matter what point in time you're from.
Edited 2012-04-26 14:13 (UTC)
savedtheworld: (fond)

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[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-26 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[He smiled at first, basking in the good memories.]

Well... the three of us - me, you and Sokka... we've spent most of the year doing work for the Harmony Restoration Movement. Helping people to rebuild after the war. Mostly it's been helping to move the Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom back to the Fire Nation. [He speaks the next sentence decisively.] That's what was fair. [Then he becomes wistful.] I had a lot of fun. It felt really refreshing to be the Avatar for a change, in a world where no one was after me anymore. And I was having fun planning ways of reintroducing old Fire Nation culture, too, but...
savedtheworld: (sad)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-26 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)

[I want you to end me. ... A promise is a promise ... You have to calm down. Please, Sweetie, for me. His smile fades.]

But...

[He saw the relatively fresh memory of Zuko restraining Katara while Aang tried to plead with him. ...Then he saw just the other night, when the three of them were laughing over dinner.]

I'm not sure if I should tell you the rest.
savedtheworld: (newinfo)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-27 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[He tried not to let his concern show.]

There's a problem back home, and there's still a chance it can be resolved peacefully, but it's... it's something I don't like to think about. Everyone's getting along so well here, and this information could... change that.

[He gives her a more serious look.]

I'll tell you, if you want... but no one else should know. Especially not Zuko.
savedtheworld: (sadthought)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-30 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods at Katara and then looks back into the sky, silently gathering his thoughts.]

...The start of everything was actually after the war ended. When we were celebrating in Ba Sing Se. [As usual when he looked back to that day, the first thing that came to mind was Katara's lips. He pushed that to the side for a moment.] We all had... so much fun. But that night, I noticed that Zuko looked really distant and unhappy. And while he was with us... like he is now... he was getting better, happier.

So when I asked him. He told me that he had visited his dad in prison, and he wanted me to... make a promise. That if... [he paused for a moment to make himself say the words, always afraid that saying them here will make them true here as well] ... if he ever started to become like his dad, I should... end him. [Another pause; he remembered his new girlfriend Katara's solemn nod of approval] ...I accepted the promise.

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