⊕ 10: Sandstone

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[Toph is in a somewhat remote area of the Plane with a massive patch of earth and rock. She is currently raising suspiciously boy-shaped rocks out of the earth and darting around, punching each one into smithereens. It would look like a normal training exercise if not for the unusually intense and angry look on her face. She's also muttering to herself.]

Stupid Fire Nation. Stupid Fire Lord. Stupid Isaac. Stupid boys.

[She finishes with the first set and raises several more rock-boy-punching-bags, then turns to go at them again.]

Comments

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

Fufufu, has a boy given you trouble today, young one?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[Puts her fist through a rock head.] Not really.

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

Yet something has upset you, for you are punching rocks, yes?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

How is it your business? [Stomps forward and a MASSIVE SPIKE OF ROCK obliterates one of the figures.]

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

It is not. But harboring ill feelings, that is never a good thing.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

It's just that everyone is acting so stupid! [TOPH SMASH.] First Isaac and Felix getting into that stupid fight and practically killing each other, and now we find out--ugh! [Powderizes another rock.] Now we find out that one of the previous Fire Lords betrayed the Avatar when he was Avatar Roku. And I know not everyone in the Fire Nation is that awful, but it just makes me so mad!

[Stomps a foot and all of the rock-figures simultaneously explode into very tiny particles.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[meep]

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

{Her tail wags idly as her ears flatten}

Ah~ Such seems to be the way of humans, unfortunately. I think that is they that do not understand the importance of a pack.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[Stops and looks over in her general direction.]

Pack?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[She knows you're there, Isaac. She proceeds to ignore you and punch the head off of one of the rock-boys.]

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[Watching with interest. From a distance.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Shriiiiiiiiiiiinks away]

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[Ohohoho, she totally knows you're there, Felix. She puts a fist through the middle of a rock figure.]

You'd better go away if you know what's good for you.

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[Blink] Toph, was it?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[She slides a foot around, makes a downward chopping motion with her hand and a ridge of rocks shoot upward and speed toward an unsuspecting rock figure, which is subsequently annihilated. She then falls back into a solid Horse Stance, her back to Isaac.]

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Great, you can remember names. Now go away. [She slides a foot forward and then thrusts both hands toward a rock figure in the distance. A spike of rock shoots up through the figure and impales its "head."]

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

Or...? [He crosses his arms.] Based on your muttering I can only assume you didn't approve of Isaac's display--which makes me think you're unlikely to repeat it.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Mrrrt. Turns to leave]

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[Toph stamps a foot into the ground and a crack opens just beneath Felix's feet, wide enough for him to fall into.]

[Toph is livid as she stomps in his direction.]

It wasn't just Isaac, you jerk! You show up here all of a sudden and the first thing you do is get into fight! And nearly get killed, too. I mean, what the heck is wrong with you? It's stupid! It's like you were asking for it!

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you've got something to say, say it. [Her voice is sharp, but not as sharp as it could be. Some of her anger is fading, thanks to the many rocks that have been sacrificed this day.]

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[His instincts and speed are actually rather good, for an otherwise average person, and he manages to avoid falling in, ducking and rolling to a crouch instead.]

I tested him.

He failed.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

If...if it's me you're mad at...


'm sorry.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Yeah? Tested him how, exactly? And what's the point? You've been kidnapped by crazy aliens, just like the rest of us! No one's gonna ever figure anything out if everyone's fighting all the time. And jeez, I like a fight as much as the next person, but you gotta draw the line somewhere!

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[A pause, as though he's going to say something, and then he straightens up.] This was a mistake.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm mad at you. What the heck did you expect? But it's not just you. [Exasperated sigh.] Felix was a complete jerk. And an idiot.