step one

[bolder]

Who: Toph and YOU!
Broadcast: Everyone ever
Action: That too-- Hospitality Deck!
When: Before the 6/14 shuffle

[ACTION AND VIDEO]

[For whatever reason, it's eerily quiet, and the sound of two bare feet hitting the metal floor of the hospitality deck can be heard. (it's really for dramatic effect, who are we kidding) The owner, a small girl of fourteen, stares into space (ha!) as she takes a few slow, deliberate steps. After a moment, she crouches down and places her hand on the floor, pauses, then speaks. Or yells. Whatever.]

Hey!! Someone tell me what's going on! This isn't another weirdo spirit thing is it? I'd hit my quota for the month already!

[She huffs in annoyance, straightening up. Now she's quieter, talking more to herself.] What's with this weird place?

Comments

[deshabille]

Why is everyone's first instinct always to yell? I can hear perfectly well, better than you, probably. There's really no need for it.

[bolder]

Oh, okay! I'm so sorry for not standing around like a lump and waiting for something to happen. I'll be sure to do that next time. [Pause.] Where are you? I want to face someone when I'm mocking them. It's only polite.

[deshabille]

[Okay, Toph, you're officially great already.]

Can you fly through space without a suit? Because I'm nowhere near you.

Video

[savedtheworld]

Toph?! [There's a mix of excited hope and wary concern in his voice. He'd recognize her anywhere.]

It... it's not a weirdo spirit this time! It's... weirdo aliens?! [He says with a sheepish shrug.]

video... or something whatever 1/2

[bolder]

Twinkle toes?! Man, it's good to hear your voice!

Video

[bolder]

Even if you are spouting some crazy nonsense.

Video

[savedtheworld]

It's good to hear your voice too, Toph! [He squints at the screen though. Something looks different about Toph, but it's hard to tell what.]

Yep, it's crazy nonsense alright! Sorry. It's because of outer space!

Video

[alwayscomeback]

[It's happened, she's here and she's as not-dead as advertised. He's so stupidly happy about this. ]

Toph! Definitely not a weirdo spirit thing, for a start, there's bathrooms. I checked.

Welcome to the Drift Fleet, where kidnapping is just someone else's entertainment.

[bolder]

[Aww, Sokka. Leave the tearbending to Katara.]

Sokka! You, too? [Snort.] It needs a better tag line.

[alwayscomeback]

[She can't see them, they are totally not there. They totally are. ]

Me too. I've been here for nine months already, you're late.

[Because it's easier to joke than talk about actual real feelings.]

I was wondering how you'd deal with the metal on the ships here. Can you find your way around okay? Uh. And don't try to bend any of it, if you rip a hole in the side, it'll be bad.

[action]

[summerschild]

[Bran's been here just over twenty-four hours, and he's finally managed to fall asleep in one of the cots when Toph's yelling wakes him right up. Rude! He pulls himself up into a sitting position, frowning and rubbing at his eyes.]

Stop shouting!

[bolder]

[Now that's not over a broadcast system! Toph turns towards the direction of the voice, a slight scowl in place.]

Maybe when you stop whining!

[summerschild]

I was asleep!

[He's not being fair - that was him yesterday, shouting and confused. But he's been stuck in a bed in a strange hunk of metal for the past day, and he's a Mood.]

... And it's not a spirit. It's a stupid ship.

voice;

[redactions]

[ Wryly, ] I can get a complaint form if you want.

video???

[bolder]

Okay, but you'll have to fill it out for me.

voice forever

[redactions]

Not a problem, sweetheart. Just keep in mind there's nobody at the other end.

[video]

[kyasdaughter]

Toph!

[ oh, whoah. it seems like the others have already spoken to her first, but man, she wishes she'd kept her communicator a little closer to her today. ]

Hey. How are you getting settled in? You shouldn't have to stay on the Marsiva for long.

[bolder]

Sokka told me you were here! I'm doing okay for now. [She grins, figuring the broadcast or whatever would pick it up.]

But I'm pretty disappointed it took you this long to say hi!

[kyasdaughter]

I didn't have my communicator on me! I didn't think that - oh, nevermind, it doesn't matter. Are you alright? Are you -

[ and then something strikes her, and some of the surprised cheer in her voice flags. she gets quieter, as if this next question is a concerned secret. ]

- how well are you able to see?

video;

[survives]

What does weirdo spirit thing mean?

[She can focus on the other questions. Later.]

[bolder]

Weirdo things from weirdo spirits. I thought it was obvious.

[survives]

[A huff.] But I haven't seen any weirdo spirits here anywhere! What do they do? I don't know what kind of... weirdo things they can do.

video

[catamite]

[he knows he shut off his communicator before he went to bed, so he is very surprised when some girl's voice is right in his ear, barking him awake.

along with a bunch of rustling, Toph gets a sleepy, startled voice speaking much too close to the microphone.]

--Ow. Gods above...

[bolder]

From what I've gathered, they obviously can't help you.

[catamite]

They what...?

[hang on. not actually awake yet. and there's more rustling as he paws a rumpled sheet off of the communicator talking at him.]

Oh... I thought you were an alarm or something.