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[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

[The feed switches on to show a dark-haired girl in her mid to late teens, talking in fairly good English. She has a bit of a strange accent though; it's probably closest to some kind of Japanese dialect, but not quite. There are hints she might be a little irritated, but she's trying her hardest to keep it in check. A small black cat peers curiously from her shoulder.]

This is so lame! I'm gonna get into so much trouble with school again for vanishing. I've only just managed to get my teacher to stop going on about how well I'm doing now I've settled down, you know?

[Quietly, almost in a mutter]Not to mention what will happen if that Sephiria lady thinks I've gone missing like the old days...

[Louder again] Hey, anyone out there? I kinda switched off when that voice was talking, so can anyone tell me where I'm meant to be going?

Hello~? Anyone listening to me~?

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[Voice]

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

[An awkward pause] I've met a hero. He was really awesome. He saved me from stuff a couple of times and got me back to my normal life. I'm just not really a heroic person, I guess!

Looking after his friends is the sort of thing he's really good at, too.

[Voice]

[tinybutdeadly]

Yeah? That's what you have to do around here, take care of your friends.

[Voice]

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

I'll try my best, then~!

Thanks again for helping me out! I was so confused when I got here, and no-one would answer me properly or anything.

[Voice]

[tinybutdeadly]

I totally understand. Sometimes people are nice about it, and sometimes they suck.

You need anything, you let me know.

[Voice]

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

Will do!

I'm nearly there, I think, so I'll speak to you soon, okay?

[Voice]

[tinybutdeadly]

Yeah!

[Voice]

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

Hey, Toph~?

Where do you live?

[Voice | woop woop private]

[tinybutdeadly]

It's at [address].

Voice: sticking with the private

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

On my way, then~!

omg action time :D

[tinybutdeadly]

[It'll take Toph a bit to come up from the basement and open the door, but she's there. Dusting off her hands, cause y'know. Dirt.]

Hey!

perma-action?

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

Hi~!

I wasn't sure what to buy, cause none of it looked at all like anything I normally buy, so I just grabbed stuff. If it's really lame, don't blame me, okay?

yesssss

[tinybutdeadly]

Oh man, sweet. I didn't expect you to come by so fast. Come on in!

[Steps aside to let her in.]

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

I just really hate waiting? So boring.

Thanks!

[tinybutdeadly]

Haha, I know.

[Toph grins and gestures her toward the living room, which has a whole bunch of those totally sweet giant beanbag chairs in front of the entertainment center. Don't ask how they got it. Really, don't.]

Guess you're gonna get the whole tour!

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

Okay~! It's your house, so lead on~!

[tinybutdeadly]

[It's not a terribly big house or anything. But it's big enough that the tour takes a bit. Toph'll take her down to the basement to end it. Cause that's where the escape tunnel is, and her workshop.

There's a partly finished statue down there.]

And this is here I work on my stuff. Pretty sweet, huh?

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

Ehhh? You made this?

[tinybutdeadly]

Yeah, I've made a bunch. Some of them are in the big park, too. You'll probably see then. Mostly-[She pauses, looking a bit forlorn.]

Mostly they're of people who've been 'Ported out.

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

I guess they don't usually get to say goodbye or anything? That's... kinda terrible.

[tinybutdeadly]

Nope, they almost never get to say goodbye or anything. Here one second, gone the next. It's really...really not fair.

[Sigh. She pats the statue's shoulder gently.]

Down here are the escape tunnels. See that door? It's through there. And I can hide them with Earthbending if we don't wanna be followed. Just in case stuff happens.

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

Escape tunnels? Is it really going to be that dangerous around here?

And what's earthbending?

[tinybutdeadly]

Has been before, probably will be again. Nobody's managed to break through my wall when I put it up yet, but there's a first time for everything. Better to have a way out, just in case. You know?

[Nonchalant shrug, then she grins!] Earthbending is awesome! It's what I do.

[She makes a 'come here' gesture at another block of stone that's sitting in a corner, and it obligingly scoots toward her.]

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

Oh, that makes sense! Usually I just burn my way out if I'm in trouble, but I should probably stop that. Someone might get hurt and Mr Black wouldn't like that at all~!

So... like an tao of earth then? That's cool~! Mine's fire.

[tinybutdeadly]

Tao of Earth...? Oh, you're like a Firebender? That's cool. I have some really good friends who're Firebenders, back home. Like the Fire Lord! He's cool.

[Grinnning!]

[inner-fires.livejournal.com]

Really~? Cool! I'm the only person I know who can do anything like me at home. I used to know some others, but none of them could do flames, and I don't really speak to them any more.

Fire Lord? So... he's important, then?