Tha sin mar bhàs.

[hollystrike]

Who: Katie and you!
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: Planetside
When: Now-ish

[Amusement Park]

[So this is where she goes when she wants time to think, apparently.  The bunker is a place she won't enter; between the heavy aftermath of a mass death and the understandably stricken reactions of its visitors, the atmosphere is far too toxic.  But it doesn't mean she isn't grieving.  The deaths could not be helped and are god knows how far in the past, but the fact that these people have been forgotten - not acknowledged even by this automated town, let alone the rest of space - is something that sits very poorly.  She can't even change anything about the town to reflect its population's final days.

She's walking the rollercoaster tracks, very high up, thinking over the issue.  Don't ask how she got up that high.  And don't worry if you should be using the rollercoaster at the time; she can avoid you.  Might give you a bit of a scare, though, sorry.

Eventually, she puts a call through to Sam.]

[Outside of town]

[As far as she can go before she suspects (or hopes) she's outside the range of the city's replication science so her work isn't scrubbed.  She's not too far from the bunker; it would be pointless if she were too far away from it. 

She finds a rock face smooth enough, and between a thick blade and Kirito's lightsaber she carves a memorial.  Maybe nobody will ever see it, but if any other visitors come to this place, they should know what happened.  It's worth the extra headache.]

[And Broadcast]

I've decided to quit making dreamcatchers and move on to voodoo dolls instead.  It's more fun.  So if you'd like to take one before I end up throwing them all out, feel free.

[Just so you know.  Totally honest, as usual.  Less cheerful than normal.

If anyone wants her she'll be curled up in her office with Licorice on her lap.  She's so tired of these planets.]

Comments

[alwayscomeback]

You know, that's a good point. Maybe it was a prison for kids or something.

...

It's really depressing I can fully believe that would be a thing.

[hollystrike]

You can fully believe in kid prisons. You should at least balance that out by believing in magic and superstition.

[alwayscomeback]

I can fully believe in kid prisons because the Fire Nation imprisoned kids all the freaking time. I saw them with my own eyes. There's solid evidence.

Magic and superstition, not as much.

[Sokka, you have LITERALLY been in the Spirit World.]

[hollystrike]

[WELL, that's wonderful.]

Does the Fire Nation have any redeeming features?

[alwayscomeback]

They do now that Zuko's taken over. And honestly, most of the people were okay. They were just...people, trapped in a war like the rest of us. It was the ruling side of it that was corrupt.

[hollystrike]

[Zuko, Zuko... that's actually a familiar name. In a vague sort of sense.]

Ah, well. That's why we should abolish ruling classes and live in anarchy.

Did Zuko have a scar...?

[alwayscomeback]

[Welp, that's a pretty defining thing to ask, he nods, waving a hand over the left side of his face. ]

He did, right here. His uh- dad did it to him, on account of his dad being a complete monster and all.

I'm going to take a wild guess that you might know him?

[hollystrike]

[Oh, the best kind of dad, too.]

Years ago, when I was a little girl. What's his father's name?

[alwayscomeback]

[His lips curl in a rare sign of true disgust and anger, it's enough to deter him from questioning the little girl part. ]

Ozai. Please tell me you never came across him.

[hollystrike]

If I did, he wouldn't have lived to complain about it.

[She just wants to know so if he ever turns up here she can be like oh you're THAT guy.]

[alwayscomeback]

[She's the best. He smiles a little. ]

Now that's the kind of response I love.

[hollystrike]

[She smiles cheerfully.]

Be sure to point him out if he ever comes here, won't you?

[alwayscomeback]

[He grins, giving a salute. ]

I absolutely promise I will do that.

[hollystrike]

[...he's gonna end up learning the hard way not to make promises to Katie, isn't he.

OH WELL. She gives him a merry wave and signs off. This will never be an issue anyway, most likely.]

[alwayscomeback]

[He will.

Or her will NEVER LEARN. That is also very likely. Bye for now, friend!]