Room 312: Wednesday Evening

[southernbender]

Katara curled up on her bed, looking out the window up at the night sky.  She didn't think she could see the eclipse from this angle, but it seemed safer than going outside to look.

She shivered, her arms hugging her knees to her as she watched, trying not to remember the past two eclipses and their consequences.  Her eyes went to the water skin

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[thebluespirit]

Zuko was on his way back to his room and really, he had no clue about the eclipse. If he had, maybe he would have thought twice before stopping near the open door.

Honestly, he didn't know why he was doing this. Perhaps because they hadn't talked in a while, but then he didn't want to talk. Still, he was there.

"Hey."

[southernbender]

Katara jumped back against the headboard of the bed. "...don't even think about it."

[thebluespirit]

He startled and instantly took a step back. "Um... Okay. Sorry," he apologised quickly, berating himself for actually thinking it was a good idea to just talk to her.

[southernbender]

"We're in the dorm this time," she pointed out, totally missing his startling and confusion.

[new_to_liirness]

He'd just been going to his room to get his notebooks and a couple of other things when he walked by and felt--

It was hard to say exactly what it was. A tightness. Something sharp and strained, like a domingon string about to snap. Not that he'd ever seen a domingon, but that's what Nanny would say when Elphaba was in a particular Mood. It felt like that.

Like the eve of the soldiers.

A servant's instincts made him look around and eventually into the room, where he saw--

"Are you all right?"

She didn't look all right, not that he was likely to be any help. Ugh, especially green.

[southernbender]

She looked away from the window quickly, eyes wide. "What? Yes! Sort of." And now the green caught her attention. "Who are you?"

[new_to_liirness]

Blooms of pine on his cheeks made his throat a little raw. What a loaded question! Well, he was making it loaded. He always did.

Mostly because he barely knew the answer.

"Liir."

Thank goodness it wasn't an essay question.

"And I asked if you were all right. Sorry."

[southernbender]

"Oh," Katara sneaked a quick look outside the window again. "I'm Katara. It's nice to meet you." She took a deep breath. He probably didn't know anything about the eclipse or bending or anything. "I'm all right. Or I will be in a few hours."

[senor_chado]

And, of course, an eclipse was something Chad had been out showing Prince Oscar Pedro; he figured he'd like that, but Prince Oscar Pedro just got bored after a while and fell asleep (which, Chad figured, was a lot better than what he'd heard about some animals getting freaked out by those sorts of things, but that just proved what a good cat Neko-kun was), so he went back to the room.

And blinked. It was kind of hard to not notice the BRE's current state. "Katara?"

[southernbender]

It was also kind of hard not to realise that Chad had come into the room. She glanced up at him, not actually jumping for once. "Chad. Hi."

[senor_chado]

"Hi," Chad gave her a light smile. "What's up?"

[southernbender]

Katara bit her lip, glancing back out the window. "There's an eclipse tonight."

[sarcasm_guy]

Soon after he noticed the eclipse beginning, Sokka was running down the hall. "KATAAAARAAAAA!!!!! KATAAAAARAAAAA!!!"

He nearly overshot her door, but managed to catch his fingers on her doorframe and swing himself into the room. He stood there, panting, for a moment.

"Good... You're... You're... Okay. Good."

[southernbender]

She swung up off her bed, hand on her book to throw if necessary.

"Oh. Sokka! You scared me!"

[sarcasm_guy]

"There's no time!" Sokka told her. "Lock the door and watch out for Zuko -- there's a lunar eclipse going on!!!"

[southernbender]

"I know there is!" she said quickly. "Why do you think I'm in the dorm! There's people all over so nothing can happen."

[iseewhatyoumean]

There was a soft tapping at the window as Cassandra peered into the room.

[southernbender]

Completely not expecting that, Katara jumped back across her bed. She reached for her waterskin, not sure if the eclipse was too far gone to be able to use it then realised she knew the person outside and took a deep breath.

Moving very carefully, she crawled back across the bed and opened the window. "You scared me!"

[iseewhatyoumean]

Cassandra frowned, then looked down abashedly. "Sorry," she said softly. "Come back later?" Maybe when Katara was less jumpy?

[southernbender]

"No, you can come in," she said quietly. "I'm sorry. It's just - a weird night."