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[toph_luck]

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voice. un: blindbandit

[toph_luck]

[ A confused voice chimes back in. ]

Huh?... what for? Just felt like it or something?

Voice UN: miss_my_spotato

[a_cute_batata]

Oh, right! I should have said this to start! Merry Christmas!

[toph_luck]

Merry Christmas?
Uhhh... What is it?

[a_cute_batata]

Just a holiday where you get gifts for a friend, or family, or other various precious relationships!

Are they ok?

[toph_luck]

Oh. Neat. If I knew that was happening I might have gotten something for you, sorry.

These are neat though. Thank you!

[ She does like rocks, and the collection of stones is neat enough to hang across a rope in her room to decorate it. Very nice! ]

[a_cute_batata]

Don't apologize, I don't need anything! I just figured you didn't have it back where you live, so I wanted to make sure you got something! Next time I'll have an even better idea of what to get for you!

But I'm glad you like these. I actually picked them out myself!

[toph_luck]

I know. And I don't. But it would have been nice to return something.

Actually- I've got an idea. Uh...

[ How ominous. ]

Hey where do you live.

[a_cute_batata]

You have a point.

Oh, me? I live in one of the Cottages at ____ with Willow and Hunter.

[toph_luck]

You'll have to bring me there. Sometime. Unless I can feel you around they'll all seem the same to me.

[ The downside of being blind, she can't read signs or street numbers. This doesn't matter in fantasy old-timey land. ]

[a_cute_batata]

Oh, sure, I'll do that! That way you can meet my other roomies too!

Wait, are you able to sense me??

[toph_luck]

Yeah. You've got a distinct feel? It's hard to explain. It's part of my earthbending.

[ Totally dropping that in there casually. ]

Who are your 'roomies'?

[a_cute_batata]

That's neat! Then again, it's how you "see," right? That makes total sense!

[Luz couldn't help but still be fascinated by how all this bending worked]!

My best friend Willow Park and her...um, our mutual friend Hunter.

[toph_luck]

I know willow! [ That part she's certain Luz already knew. ] Hunter, not sure. Sounds fun at least. Do they take after their name or something?

[ It'd be neat if they did. ]

[a_cute_batata]

Heh, I'll be surprised if most people don't know my Willow! Hunter was always less people friendly.

Funny you should ask that! Willow's specialty magic is attached to plants, and Hunter, well, was literally hunting me when we first met!

[toph_luck]

Oh. Neat. Reminds me of a friend of mine. He spent a lot of time trying to follow my friends and I too.

[ A certain honour bound prince who made it his life goal to capture someone. ]

Anyway. I'll catch you around sometime? We should hang out again.

[a_cute_batata]

Oh. Really? That just sounds like kind of stalkerish behavior though. Did he ask you guys if it was OK to do that?

Sure! Just give me a ping whenever you want to. Or! I can find you!

You don't live in a cave anymore, right?

[toph_luck]

Uh... Well. I mean he WAS trying to hunt is down so I don't think he cared what we thought. But it all kindof worked out.

[ Talk about missing all the crucial details. ]

I sometimes do. Or a rock tent. Wherever really. I don't know how to say where the house I stay at is. You uhh... Ever been to the Tea Shop run by a Firebender?

[a_cute_batata]

That sounds like a complicated situation...which I am NOT a stranger to!

[RE: HUNTER].

I'm curious: why's that? Don't you like having one place you can just stay?

No, I haven't! How did I miss that?!

[toph_luck]

It was annoying sometimes! We ended up being really good friends though.

[ She has to pause to think, perhaps unsure how to answer immediately. ]

I don't really know. It feels good being on my own. Like no one can hold me back? I don't have to worry about what someone else is doing or thinking.

Look for Zuko's place! Uh... or try and talk to him, maybe. He's from the same place as me!

[a_cute_batata]

That sounds a LOT more like someone I know then!

[And now they were living with them, so. They were good now]?

Isn't that really everyone here though? No one can REALLY tell them what to do, though I imagine there are plenty of people who'd want to. Adults, I mean.

Besides, I wouldn't want you, like, caught in the rain or something when it gets bad enough and you might get a cold. Who'd look after you then?

I met him once. Ok! In that case, I look for him and I might find you?

[toph_luck]

That's the fun thing about earthbending. I'm a few moves away from a little house whenever I want.

[ Makes things pretty easy right? It's maybe the only bending form that can make permanent structures nearly anywhere. ]

Living with other kids is kindof the same. You get in each other's way. Have to deal with their nose. And think about it. I'd know everything they do in the house, I can't exactly turn this thing off." Her toes wriggle, pointedly.

[a_cute_batata]

You'll have to show me sometime! The most I've seen is Korra's bending and Willow's plant magic!

[Which were both great of course, but Luz was always curious about what other people could do]!

I guess. Would you settle for living with friends? You're bound to get on each other's nerves a little, but you get along more too!

[toph_luck]

I will!

Wait. Didn't you see it in the forest? Back when all those weird voices were about?

[ Or was that someone else? Was she just imagining Luz's voice too? That time is a bit blurry. ]

Probably not? I've only tried with the gang, and we could never stay in one place long anyways. I don't really need to now.

[a_cute_batata]

Well sure, but you were under duress back then! I want to see you in your element!

[Because bending when you were desperate to get away from something was likely how it was when Luz was trying to fight something off. It would work, but it was to fight it off, not to show what she could do].

I guess that's true. It would be nice to try and find you easily if I wanted to hang.

[toph_luck]

Right. It's hard to think of what to show you though... I mean. What's considered impressive to you? I could do this-

[ Her foot stomps down once, and with a clearing wave of her arms the dirt cloud between them settles to reveal the dirt beneath solidified into stone, creating a small model city. A perfect replica of Ba Sing Se, complete with little figures for the earth king and Iroh's shop. ]

It's not as big as throwing giant boulders around, but I think it's harder.

[ Can't she just contact her on the network if she ever wants to 'hang'? ]