⊕ 01: Granite

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[A very tiny and rather startled girl appears on the Plane amidst a puff of dust.]

Whoa! What the...? Hey! [Toph taps a foot against the ground.] What kind of ground is this?

[The surprise is quickly turning to anger.] Alright, what's the big idea? This is some kind of trick, isn't it? Well you picked the wrong girl to mess with!

[She looks every which way, milky eyes never focusing on anything.] Come out here and face me! I can feel you out there!

[She slides one foot across the Astral floor and a look of worry crosses her face.]

Comments

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

So...you're protected by stars. Okay...

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

All Saints have a constellation which they represent.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

And what does a Saint do, exactly?

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

Saints are warriors who serve Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Huh. Sounds like a pretty big responsibility.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

It is. We are the ones that most protect her at all costs.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Why, though? I'd figure a goddess could protect herself.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

She is a goddess...but she is reincarnated in a mortal form and is the only hope against Hades. We must not let any harm come to her.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

So it's...like a war.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

It is a war. A Holy War that occurs once about every two hundred years.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[Looks at the ground.] My world's at war, too.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

....A war about what?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

A hundred years ago the Fire Nation decided it wanted to take over the world. So they've been fighting against the other three nations ever since.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

I see. And which side of this conflict are you on?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

I'm with the Avatar. We're trying to end the war and restore balance.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

The Avatar? Who is that?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

He's the keeper of balance in the world because he can master all four elements. But he was kind of asleep for the last hundred years.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

...Asleep for a hundred years? Is he not human?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's human. Just...he was kind of stuck in an iceburg for that time or something. Katara and Sokka found him and got him out.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

...I know better than to say such a thing is impossible, but it still sounds very odd.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Well, he is the Avatar. [Says it as if that explains everything.]