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[beifongbandit]

[voice]

It's not like anyone I know is going to come here, anyway. Not again.

But if you want to talk, here I am.

[ ooc: Voice/video/action is all good -- you can find Toph at the teashop or in the square. Anything welcome! ]

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action;

[wasagift]

It's an endless cycle. He leaves and he returns. He dies and is reborn. All you have to do is wait.

[peering closely]

You don't like sugar very much, do you?

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[beifongbandit]

[ Ummm. So this is a skinny girl, also barefoot which is interesting, but she isn't making any sense. Okay. ]

Everyone comes back from the dead here. No waiting.

[ Pause. ] I like sugar. I run a teashop, after all.

...Do you know you don't make any sense? At all?

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[wasagift]

You run a tea shop? [sudden, almost normal-human interest]

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[beifongbandit]

Yeah. It's near the fountain. I'm keeping it for somebody. [ She shifts a foot awkwardly. That's not her favorite topic of conversation. ]

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[wasagift]

Will it get lost?

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[beifongbandit]

...Yeah, it might, really. If no one keeps it up, it'd just be abandoned. Forgotten. [ She kicks a rock. ]

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[wasagift]

[That's one of her own greatest fear - that she'll be abandoned. Too much trouble, too much work, too many broken pieces on the floor that cut your hands on when you try to pick them up.

The other girl seems sad too. River's never been good at comforting people, but she feels obligated to try. Awkwardly, she reaches out to pat Toph on the head.]

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[beifongbandit]

[ Toph ducks out of the strange affection. Man, this girl is weird. ]

Don't do that. I don't even know you.

action; River's infomodding - lemme know if I need to change aught

[wasagift]

But I know you. You're Toph Bei Fong. You make the earth move. You ran away from home to save the world. You're afraid of writing home because you don't want your parents to chase you down and drag you back.

action; you're good!

[beifongbandit]

[ Toph just stops, her eyes wide in shock. How--? Finally she kicks a rock and shrugs, trying not to look too bothered. ] I can't write home, anyway, I don't know how.

How'd you know my name?

action; \o/

[wasagift]

It's written on your skin.

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[beifongbandit]

[ Scratches her arm suspiciously. ] But that other stuff couldn't have been. It's like you can mindbend or something.

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[wasagift]

[Mindbend. The word shakes River to the core. Remembering, remembering, always remember can never forget.]

MINDS AREN'T METAL. [she stops shouting, but now she's speaking too fast, almost frantic] You can't just, you can't just hold it to the fire and beat it into whatever shape you want. You can't make a mind a sword. You can't make a mind a sword. You can't make a mind a sword. You can't make a mind a sword. You can't make a mind a sword. You can't make a mind a sword.

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[beifongbandit]

[ Toph takes a few steps back. Okaaaaaaaaaay. She broke the crazy girl somehow. Totally by accident. And it's freaking her out, more than a little. ]

[ She rumbles the ground under River's feet, hoping to distract her, and tries talking about River's mumbles. ] I won't! I don't even know what you mean! Calm down!