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From:

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.

Edited (whoops action brackets) Date: 2024-01-27 06:17 pm (UTC)

From:

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!

From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

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'? ]

From:

a_cute_batata

I mean, you're a bender, so I'm bound to say "whichever you-"

[And then Toph does and, predictably, Luz is staring, aghast].

Whoa! See what I mean?! Amazing! And I'll be it is harder!

[Luz is just hoping that Toph has a decent home and square meals. She can't help but take SOME of her mother's attributes even when she wasn't here].

From:

toph_luck

[ A shame she can't see how impressed she looks. But she can feel it! That's close enough. Toph beams towards her, grinning despite the dismissive wave. ]

Psh, that's nothing these days. The really fun stuff you only see in a fight!

[ It's unclear what, if anything, Toph eats on her travels. Truly a mystery. She wandered off with a few rations and that was about it. ]

Oh, right. Did you get your magic back? Or still working on that?

From:

a_cute_batata

[Look, it was one thing to see Korra do it. She was the AVATAR, and Luz could see that Korra had several more years of experience, not to mention some emotional scars she didn't deserve for someone her age. Toph was a kid a little younger than her and Luz could already see how masterful she was of her element. If people thought being blind was going to slow her down, they clearly had the wrong impression of how strong Toph truly was].

I'll bet! I only got a glimpse before! Man. That is great!

[Luz would make a note of this and remember to drop by with some leftovers when she could].

Oh, yes! It's coming slow though, but I can see I'm getting back to where I was back on the Isles. I just have to start practicing to her myself back to where I was.

I can demonstrate, if you want?

From:

toph_luck

[ The avatar is very much a weird exception to every rule, that's What Toph's learned.]

Depends if I can feel it. But it might be fun to see what you can do!

[ That's the trick, Toph will only pick on the physical elements, whatever she can feel or hear. Or touch. ]

From:

a_cute_batata

[How could they not be? With all that power and a tempered way of using it, Luz had nothing but admiration for how they used their strength].

On how if you feel it huh? Ok. I can work with that!

[Luz placed a glyph on the floor and tapped it, right near Toph. The ground beneath Toph would immediately become slick and solid, as it was becoming ice. That was pretty startling, but Luz wasn't about to be TOO mean- she skated right behind Toph, making sure to catchy her if she fell.

Luz was THAT fast.

From:

toph_luck

HUH!?

[ That's not something she's experienced before. It wasn't like the sweeping motion of bending, and there wasn't any water around. Her arms immediately lifted, blinking wider and crouching to try and keep her balance.

Bare feet, cold! ]

How'd that even work- You turned the ROCK?

[ She staggers for a bit, losing her sense of where Luz was aside from the sound. She hasn't fallen yet!

But she also hasn't tried to move much yet. ]

From:

a_cute_batata

Surprising, right?!

[Luz was still taking it slow, smiling at how sleek the ice look. She remembered when she'd get jagged pieces most of the time, and now it came as solid or chunked as she liked. That had taken some time]!

I use glyphs, which are just symbols, to shape the elements around me. I know in your world, it's water, fire, earth and air. In the Isles, it's plants, ice, fire and light. And when you're able to get those down, you can combine the glyphs to do other things too!

Uh, sorry for surprising you though.

From:

toph_luck

Magic's kindof weird...

[ Says the girl that can twist earth and metal around like silly putty. It's weird to her though.

Toph tries to shift, moving sliiightly forward, only to have bare feet slide along faintly melting ice beneath her skin and zipping her foot forward with a WHOOP! She lets out a startled out, arms flail, and then falls back into Luz without much more warning than that. ]

WH-! Had to be ice...

From:

a_cute_batata

That it is. It is very, very weird. Wish I understood it more myself.

[Luz was still figuring it out, and figured that Toph could relate there, since she figured no one ;likely earthbended like Toph did.

Luz, of course, DID catch her friend, specifically because she had anticipated that this might happen].

Heh, yeah, sorry! I'm kinda used to being careful not to slip! Also, I can use magic to make makeshift ice skates anyway.

From:

toph_luck

Yeah. I'm uh... Not a big fan of ice. Or water. A buncha stuff I can't feel anything on, no thanks.

[ Her arms tense, trying to pull herself up and just slipping again. Her feet really get no traction, and it's kinda cold. ]

That was cool but... Can we go back to land now?

From:

a_cute_batata

Oh. Right, of course! We'll leave the ice part alone.

[With that, Luz grabbed her staff and whisked the ice off, and now it was just plain water, gooshy but not with the added danger of slipping on its surface].

That was my fault, sorry! Obviously ice is not going to be fun if you can't see it. It's kind of a tricky surface that way. Slippery, and dangerous if you don't know when it's going to break apart into, water."

From:

toph_luck

Thanks-

[ She dusts herself off, straightening up once she's back on her feet again and can at least settle into now slightly muddy ground. ]

It's not really that.

I can't earthbend on things that aren't earth. So then I can't feel what's around me either, it's like turning the lights off or something, for you.

From:

a_cute_batata

Oh, right, because-

[Luz put her hands to her mouth. How did she forget that]!?

Oh man, I'm so sorry! I didn't even think of that! Ice is like throwing a blanket all over how you 'see!'

From:

toph_luck

[ One more puff to blow the air from her face, then she makes a dramatic sigh. ]

Ah, to think my own friend's forgotten~~ [ Laying the teasing tone on thick. ] You'll have to make up for this somehow-

Uh...

With some ice cream. Now that kind of ice I'm fine with.

[ She doesn't actually expect Luz to do anything for her, but it is a good way to nudge them into doing something other than standing around. ]

From:

a_cute_batata

I am guilty. Curses.

[Luz is going with it, and just as amused. And with the request, Luz raised an eyebrow].

If you say so.

[Granted, she couldn't MAKE actual ice cream. That took milk and sugar, components Luz did not know how to recreate with glyphs. But she could make a mean snow cone, and did so now, handing it over to Toph].

Let me know what you think.

From:

toph_luck

Oh- I was thinking we just go to get some but-

[ But uh, this works too, her hand reaches out, taking the snow(?) up and giving it a bold experimental lick. ]

This isn't too bad though. If it was hotter it'd be perfect!
Man... shame I didn't know you well during the summer. That was the worst-

From:

a_cute_batata

We can! I just figured that since I have the glyphs, I could just start with the snow cone!

[It had been some time since Luz had ice cream anyway. They probably should just go get some themselves].

That's a good point. Still, never minded having a snow cone even when its cold outside!

[Luz was kind of weird like that].

Was it really that bad?

From:

toph_luck

[ She is a bit weird, Toph agrees. But then, weird people are kindof fun sometimes. She tends to like them a bit more. ]

Oh! It was the worst! I think I nearly burned my feet almost every day!

I'm not talking regular summer hot, it was like an oven!

[ Of course, there were also dragons, which was probably way more interesting, but Toph didn't really get involved in that. ]

From:

a_cute_batata

[Luz could apologize for a lot, but her general strangeness would never be one of those things]!

Ugh, sounds bad. I'd have suggested wearing shoes, but that would be impossible for you, wouldn't it?

I think that would have gotten to me. There's a place in my world called "Death Valley" where it gets that hot. Sounds awful.

You know what month that happened in?

From:

toph_luck

Uh... Nope!

I can wear shoes, but it makes everything all blurry, I can't feel very far either. So not great.

[ Cue one idle shrug. ]

Death Valley is such a COOL NAME though!? Why was it called that?
Was it full of maneating beartigers or something?