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Waking up on the Marsiva

[Manji awakens with a start and falls out of the welcome bunk with a shout.]

RIN! I’M COMING!

[The slam on the floor is what first helps him realise that he’s not where he was before. There wasn’t nearly enough snow.] Where the hell am I? [His voice is gruff and angry. He is in no mood for games as he strides down the hall, a surly, scarred man in a black and white kimono. Missing an arm doesn’t make him any less intimidating.] Where am I? Who is responsible for this!? SHOW YOURSELF!

[Rin was freezing somewhere! He didn’t have time for being out among the stars! He needed to--- wait, did he just pass a window with nothing but stars outside?

He stops and trails back to stare dumbly at the window.] Oh… [Well, that’s different.]

”Accidental” Video - Open to All

[Sometime after Manji and Makie are reunited and have gotten past that whole: My boss wants me to kill your boss thing - oh, god please don’t hurt me Makie awkwardness, the video feed on Manji’s device is turned on-- only the video is very shaky and being filmed upside down.

And there’s a very “mansplainy” voice being broadcast out to everyone.] --and that’s how that works. At least I think it works that way. Now this thing! [The camera is given a vigorous shake.] I’ll be honest. I’m not really sure what this thing is for. I just found it. It’s very loud. Kind of annoying, really.

...here.

[A slender hand reaches into view briefly, and then the communicator is carefully set the right way up. Makie stares down at it briefly, then retreats out of sight to leave Manji staring blankly in her wake.]

Eh? What’d you do that for? [He hasn’t figured out he’s broadcasting yet, but he has figured out one thing.]

Wait. Do you know what this is? [He shakes the camera in Makie’s direction, sounding completely shocked.

Makie...just stares at him. Predictably.]

(OOC: In the video you may get Manji or Makie. If you want just one or the other please let us know! If you want them both in an action thread just let us know otherwise it will just be Manji on action.)

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I didn't think you would have. [Wait, Katara, that's rude.

...well, apparently, she's not going back on it, just explaining it:] Everyone from my home world knows what bending is. And there's a cafeteria just that way, if you're hungry. [Pointing helpfully.] We might be here for a few days, but hopefully we'll be shuffled to the smaller ships soon.

[She can see her BROTHER /wibble.]

Great. More ships. What difference does it matter which one we're stuck on? [He peers in the direction that she points. Filing that important information away.] Either way we're still stuck out in space.

[She gives him a dour look.] I'm not saying that it will get us home, or anything, but getting off here does give us other alternatives. My brother is on one of the ships; I want to see him. And -- have you looked out the window?

[Because. Planet.]

[Briefly, but it freaked him out so he didn't look to closely. Not that he would admit to that.] I guess having a brother on a different ship is a decent reason to get off this one.

I'd say so. [She is antsy to get to see him.] Besides, there's a planet down there.

[And she doesn't want stay on these ships if there's a chance for earth and sky and water around her.]

Yeah? [Just seems like a long way to fall to him. He's not looking forward to it. Of course he won't admit that out loud so he changes the subject instead.] How long has your brother been stuck here for?

[Katara glances away, frowning slightly.] Three and a half years. [Which doesn't really make any sense, but she's learned that these places don't have to.] ...there's a lot to catch up on.

Three years?! And he's still stuck here!? [No, no, no, no! He can't be stuck here that long! What if time doesn't really stand still here!?]

[She hates to be the bearer of bad news, so she just nods.

What else is there to say, really? This is awful.]

Shit. [That's all he can really say.]

I heard that time doesn't move back where we're from. Do you know if your brother can confirm this?

I haven't asked him about that, specifically. I do know that I never knew he'd been taken. And that it worked that way in the place I was before this. So... [She gives him a small smile.] There's not much point in worrying about it anyway, right? We can't control it. We just have to do our best to live while we're here and get home as soon as we can.

Tck. If I don't get home, that Rin girl I mentioned earlier? She's going to die and not in any sort of quick or very pleasant way. [Because the one thing he knows about Shira for certain is that he's a bastard who likes to torture.] You want to tell me again that there's no point in worrying?

[Katara's internal expression is a bit of this, a bit of facepalming, and whole lot of concern.]

[She faces him directly, steady.]

I'm sorry I didn't say that very well. You have every reason to be concerned about your friend. I'm not telling you not to be upset, and I'm not telling you not to work with everything that you have to find an opportunity to get home as soon as possible. [Take a breath.] What I meant by saying that was to say was that being occupied with what we can't control can take our focus away from what we can control - being alive here, and trying to find a way back.

Yeah, well, I will figure my way out of here and back one way or another. I don't see any point wasting time on much else.

[Basically: I'm not here to make friends.]

[She remembers how she felt when she first arrived in Luceti. She can't hold this against him. She wishes there was a more immediate solution, but... weary experience lets her know otherwise.]

I hope you find it quickly. [She glances from him out into the void. Stars. More quietly:] I hope we all do.

Yeah. [He agrees before following her gaze outside.]

It's pretty big, ain't it?

Yeah. At least there are stars. [She shakes her head a little and glances back at Manji.] I'll see if I can contact Sokka and confirm the time thing for you, alright?

You can if you want, but in the end it doesn't really matter, does it? I'm still stuck here and not where I need to be either way. [He actually doesn't mean to come off as snarky. Just simply stating a blunt fact.] Just like you are as well. [There he's at least admitting he's not the only one suffering in this equation. That makes him nice, right?]

[There's a moment when Katara replays the last bit of this conversation in her head:

> Manji asks her if her brother can confirm that time says still
> She says no and that he shouldn't worry about what he can't control
> Manji states his concerns and responsibilities and challenges whether or not he should be 'worried'
> She clarifies what she means about watching and waiting and offers to confirm the bit about time
> Manji says she doesn't need to bother, because he can't control it anyway

...

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Yup. That's right.

[Yup. Welcome to talking with a flustered Manji who's trying to act tough and not flustered.]

I'm going to take a better look around this place. [He's going to go break the faucet in the kitchen.]

[Katara can't hold anyone's first day against them, really. It was a horrible thing to experience, and she sure hadn't made it any easier.

So she nods.]

See you around, Manji.

See ya. [Hopefully not.]

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