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[markofthebrave]

[Filtered to Longshot and Smellerbee]
Hey, can I ask you guys a favor?

[Private to Derek]
Hey, Derek. Sokka said Donnie was passing on a message from you - that you were ready to give it a try? So when would you like to do this?

[Filtered 100 percent away from Sokka]Hey, everyone. I know it's incredibly lousy timing, but it's Sokka's

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[Voice]

[no_use_running]

[The newly-drafted Mercury will uh, do her best.]

If I see him, I'll give him my greetings.

[Voice]

[markofthebrave]

Thanks, Ami. That will be great.

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[no_use_running]

I don't think his birthday should be forgotten. Even if the timing is like this.

[Says the girl whose birthday was forgotten by her friends. She isn't angry, but of course it had hurt a little.]

[Voice]

[markofthebrave]

I agree. I think it's important to celebrate what we can here.

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[derek_bliss]

[Derek stares at the journal for a long time before he answers. Because that definitely wasn't what he'd said to Donnie. Or so he thought.

...sigh]

...I think he misunderstood me. I told him to go look for you and help take a look at the stuff. Figured that brain of his might be able to analyze it a bit more with you before I agreed to it.

[And if it still looked iffy, to try and talk you out of it, Katara.]

At any rate, should probably wait until after the draft.

[In case you need it there.]

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[markofthebrave]

Oh. [Well... that makes a little more sense. But. There is no way she's giving up.]

Although I'm not really sure you can analyze something from the Spirit Oasis. But I don't see why it should have to wait. They give you whatever you want out there, you just can't bring it back.

[So she can get a refill if it's needed on the field.]

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[derek_bliss]

[asajd quh90h8ijh io!!@%353, kid!

Breathe. Okay.]

Just...wait. You have more important things to worry about right now, and I'm not going anywhere. It can wait.

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[markofthebrave]

[But I might be. She pauses, for a moment, to try to find a way to phrase that better. Katara's not - scared, not really. And she doesn't really think this will happen. But going up against people who can take all her powers away from her? She's been training hard with the bo. But she's just not sure that's going to be enough.]

...we both know that there are wounds that, even if I had all the spirit water in the world, I wouldn't be able to heal. [Headshots, for example. You died out there, after all. Katara can't rule out the possibility... It takes an effort to keep her voice steady and free of fear, but she manages it. Instead it's slow, like she's feeling her way with her words.]If I end up coming back without my bending, then it won't matter if I still have the Spirit Water. There won't be anything I can do. And I don't know anyone else who heals here like I can. I don't want to lose the chance to help you. There are two days before the draft, and if you call me any time before then, I'll come. Because I think

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[oda_hates_me]

Somehow, I doubt he'll appreciate a hug from me. [But he'll manage to... eh. Do something]

[Voice]

[markofthebrave]

[Everything is too horrible for her to take this seriously.]

You never know. He might.

[Hey, Sanji. She's glad to see you smiling.]

[Voice]

[oda_hates_me]

Maaah, in that case, maybe I'll give it a try.

Though barring that, might be easier to make him something when you guys get back.

[Because you two will come back. That he's sure of.]

[Voice]

[markofthebrave]

Right. [There is no wibble here.] Well, he'd probably have more of an appetite with this behind us, anyway.

[She knows she will. Going up against people who can take away her bending? She can't think of anything more frightening.]

[voice]

[godbent]

...His birthday?

[There's a lot of mixed feelings she has here. Does that mean he's coming to give her that hawk on his birthday? It would seem to line up timing wise, but. This is also one of the only things she's tagged all since post-event journal wise, feel lucky]

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

[Oh - hey Haruhi. She wasn't expecting to hear from you since you really sounded... not so good when you last posted. Of course she'd been kind of busy at the time with everything else falling apart and the draft, so she hadn't had a chance to talk to you then, but... she'd still noticed.

So there's a bit of a pause here as Katara remembers and decides what to and what not to address, if anything.]

That's right. He'll be seventeen.

[voice]

[godbent]

...What a day.

[What else can she say? Sigh]

[voice]

[markofthebrave]

Yeah... [Katara... really can't argue with that at all. This totally sucks.

...and she can't not ask this, either.]

...are you doing all right?

[slaying]

[ lousy timing with birthdays? oh look, another thing they have in common. ]

Oh. Wow, talk about the worst present ever.

[markofthebrave]

[Oh, hey Buffy.]

Yeah, it's... definitely up there.

But at least it's before the fight.

[slaying]

Even still -- I bet he's got his hands full with other things that don't involve kicking back and celebrating.

[markofthebrave]

[A bit wryly, considering what he had his hands full of when she went up to the hot springs to get him:] Yeah, he's got his hands full, all right.

We'll probably celebrate something when we all get back.

[...because that deserves a party anyway, if everyone returns safely.]