⊕ 03: Silt

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[Toph appears, sopping wet and covered in foul-smelling mud. She makes a face, looking at the gray-brown glop piled in her hands.]

Ugh. Man, when you can earthbend the river you know something is wrong.

[She stomps a foot and thrusts her elbows backward. All of the mud slides off easily, collecting around her feet.]

Comments

[kotaekiitenai.livejournal.com]

[o__o] Nee nee, do it again~!

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Do what?

[kotaekiitenai.livejournal.com]

The thing where the mud all came off at the same time~

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Oh! You want an earthbending demonstration, huh?

[Slides her feet around and makes a thrusting motion, fingers pointed downward. The mud collects into one puddle then shudders and shapes itself into a figure of Toph.]

[mercwamouth]

[OK, now who's this?]

[Toph. Man, you really need to get out more.]

[Hey, I'm new at this. Gimme a break.]

Get in a fight?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

No, just got knocked into the river. Good thing it was shallow. But, ugh! Usually I love mud, but this is just gross. I can feel it slowly poisoning me.

[mercwamouth]

Pollution?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Yeah. There's a factory up the river.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

At least you appear to get rid of mud fairly easily. Why were you in a muddy river?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

We're heading up this river to try and get to the Fire Nation capital, but the whole thing is polluted. I guess there's a factory up the river or something. It's nasty.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

Tch, fools. Do not they know the harm are they are doing to the river?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Probably, but they don't care. They're Fire Nation. [Like that explains everything.]

[unto-death.livejournal.com]

Some kind of mudslide?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

No, there's some factory up the river. Man! I usually like mud, too.

[unto-death.livejournal.com]

A factory? Are those common where you live?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Relatively, I guess. We don't have as many in the Earth Kingdom, but the Fire Nation likes their metal.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Pokes at the mud with her foot] Hm.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Careful, it might be alive. Considering the two-headed fish, who knows.

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Glances up] A two-headed fish?

Never seen that before.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Trust me, you don't want to.

Fortunately it tasted alright.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[stares, grins] Oh, that's brilliant.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

The bending? [Smiles.] It is pretty brilliant. Especially for getting toxic mud off you.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

Bending. [laughs] So I see. Did you...fall into it?

[soimpressive.livejournal.com]

Not much of a river at that point, is it?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

No, more like a giant...vein of toxic sludge.