17 [Action, backdated to afternoon.]

[flicker_flash]

[Sup, Luceti. Darth Vader is wandering your fine streets today

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[breaks_destiny]

[He was watching the third Star Wars movie just a few days ago... Now he's seeing Darth Vader being a dwarfed version of himself and wearing pink. Don't mind Keiichi laughing a bit at the sight as he takes a break from training.]

[flicker_flash]

[Well, she can't pretend to herself she doesn't see him when he laughs.

...well. All right.

So Katie heads towards him-- well, stalking dramatically as Sith Lords tend to do-- and stops just in front of him.]

Do you always laugh at Sith Lords? [Her voice sounds deeper. Whether it's the helmet or whether Katie's trying to imitate the Voice of God is up for debate.] It's very unhealthy.

[breaks_destiny]

Oh, I'm sorry! I wasn't laughing at you, oh great Sith Lord!

[Have a dramatic bow and handwave to excuse himself complete with a voice that tries to be scared.]

I just happened to remember a joke I found funny as you walked by.

[flicker_flash]

I hope it was a very good joke, then. It could be your last. We Sith Lords have frightful tempers. [She takes the helmet off.] How have you been, Keiichi?

[justonename]

[Goku's actually spying around the school, curious about it and about any other kids of his age. Back in heaven there was only Nataku and him, and that didn't end well... But he can't help to be curious about kids of around his same age and this school place seems a good place to find them.]

[flicker_flash]

[And suddenly, there is a small, sinister masked individual carrying a bag coming through the gates.

...and you appear to be the only person currently in the courtyard, so Katie is staring at you.]

[justonename]

[Yeah... Noticing the stare and... Staring back at you, person with a dark costume and a strange mask and a pink scarf and mittens. You would look more scary if it wasn't for the pink, really.]

Hi.

[flicker_flash]

[Hey, pink is totally the new black in the Empire, you know. But well, she's really not sure what to do with all this candy-- giving it to one of the teachers to hand out might end up in nobody getting any >_>-- so here approaches one Darth Katie, mittened hand digging into the bag of Skittles.]

Would you like some?

[markofthebrave]

[The only time she'd be able to catch Katara at home is when she is prepping for dinner. Despite everything, she still insists that they have one where all the remaining members of the house sit down together - even if they don't talk, they're at least together. It doesn't actually improve her mood, but it is one small act of defiance in the face of much larger pain and anger, and she's keeping it.

When Katara hears the knock on the door from the kitchen, she's shouting] Come in! [even as she's rushing over to it.

Is it news? Has someone found Sokka? Does someone need help?]

[flicker_flash]

[Come in? The door will creak open ominously, then. Have a small, masked individual on your doorstep, Katara. Pretentiously deep voice and all. Bet you really can't work out who it is.

>_>]

Good evening.

[markofthebrave]

[Uh...]

Hello?

[flicker_flash]

I've brought you a gift.

[Holding out a very familiar bracelet. |D]

[tempest_break]

[This potential Skittles lover is really just out, trying to figure out her way around town. But that helmet (and accompanying bright pink scarf) has caught her attention.

Don't mind Noa just staring in wide-eyed wonder, Katie.]

[flicker_flash]

[You're staring and you're young. Heading in your direction, then. It's ...just as well Katie is actually smaller and younger than you, Noa, because otherwise this would sound extremely suspicious. >.>]

Would you like some candy?

[tempest_break]

[Blaaaank stare. This is not something she has run into before.] ...What's candy?

[flicker_flash]

[Seriously?

...no, seriously? You are deprived. This warrants the helmet being pushed back on her head, and a faintly baffled little-girl face staring out at you.]

You've never heard of candy?

[originaljackass]

[Here's a dandy of a gentleman, walking down the path on his way home. When he notices the little... helmet kid, he tips his hat to her.]

You're taller in the movie.

[flicker_flash]

[There's a brief hesitation, and she's kind of glad the helmet obscures her face because for a moment all of Katie's careful conditioning not to look at people's echoes goes out the window. ... *_* Wow.

...uh. She seems to have paused in her walking with one foot off the ground. Stepping forward again now, reaching up to tap the side of her mask with a finger.]

I'm a little short for a Sith Lord. They made me wear high heels for the movie.

[originaljackass]

[That mask makes her unreadable to him, so he passes off her misstep as nothing but poor vision inside the helmet.]

Damn, those must have been some heels. So whatcha gonna do when I tell you I don't believe in the Force?

[flicker_flash]

[And now she lifts the mask solemnly to look at him.] Normally I'd have to force choke you. But I suppose it's all right, as long as you believe in something.