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[There's a small girl onscreen. Tiny, pale, likely no more than 13, with a mass of heavy, dark hair and pale green eyes that spear outward from the feed.]

[. . . Though there's something off about that glare. It doesn't quite seem to focus like a glare should. And the screen itself is not quite centered on her; it cuts off her chin.]

[But there's certainly enough visible to say that she is decidedly Displeased.]

[And wet.]

I think I've gotten pretty tolerant of weird stuff going on around here. Bending suddenly getting yanked away? Managed. Invasion of the purring fluffy things? Whatever. Dream-sharing? Yeah, fine. Way, way messing up the timeline, until my-- . . .

[She cuts herself off there, though, her lips pressing together sharply. And when she pushes on, she lets that go.]

Forget it.

The point is, enough's enough. When I go to sleep in my own bed in Earth, I'd better darn well wake up in my own bed in Earth, not turn over and find myself tipping over into a fountain in the Water Sector. Whatever's going on, somebody had better speak up about it now, because I'm wet and I'm cold, and there's some kedan family living in my house, and I want an explanation now so I can smash the source into a pulp several times with a rock and get back to bed.

[A sneeze. But she looks no less fierce for it, jerking the back of her wrist across her nose.]

Start now.

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[She'd be really glad to see him right now.]

Water Sector. [She's even able to name the cafe.]

Okay. I know where that is. We're coming to get you. Just...stay put, okay?

[Just as Aang's end of the feed cuts out, Toph...and really anyone within the console's vicinity, will hear the airbender bellow...]

SOOOOOKKAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Edited 2015-02-15 06:41 (UTC)

[Unbeknownst to Aang, Sokka was right next door. Or perhaps Aang did know that, and as a result, he was merely calling out Sokka from next door and making sure he was heard.

[At any rate, Sokka practically kneejerks the moment Aang makes his presence known. And his knee inadvertently goes flying into the desk that he's working at.]

[And then he comes over, not even bothering to knock before opening the door, just a little bit annoyed.]

You summoned, Oh Great Bender of Air and Master of a Healthy Pair of Lungs?

[Aang's in the process of attempting to put on his own shoes while still walking for the door. So there's a lot of hopping going on.]

Toph's came back! We've got to go to the Water Sector to get her.

[You weren't doing anything important, were you? Because...TOPH'S HERE!]

She told you!? And not me?!

[Slightly jealous. But that's not the important part right now.]

Well, then what are we waiting for!?

Did you ask?

[Because asking sometimes helps in these kinds of situations.
Is all he's suggesting.]

Well... kind of?

[Sort of? He did ask if she needed to get picked up?]

She just asked where you were and then stopped talking to me.

Ah, whatever. Let me grab a blanket for her, and then we can head over.

[Pause.]

Also, let me grab my coat. It's still kind of cold out there.

[Aang follows just as soon as he's retrieved and put on both of his shoes.]

I wish I had my glider, or Appa. Then we could get there faster than just walking.

[Just walking is still boring.]

[Welcome to the world of normal people, Aang. You should try that walking thing. It's actually quite nice.]

I'm not going to lie, I do kind of miss having Appa around. And Momo. That guy, yeah, he had the best jokes.

But even if you had your glider, there's noooooo way you could convince Toph to fly on that thing. She'd scream her heart out. "Aaah, I can't see anything! Flying is scary! Aang, put me down this instant!"

What I wouldn't give to see that.

[Oh Sokka will so get punched for that if Toph ever finds out.]

[Aang stops what he's doing to look up at Sokka. He blinks a few times. How could Sokka not remember, oh right...

Aang smirks mischievously.]

That's not what she sounds like when she's scared and on a glider. She just sort of screams incoherently and keeps her eyes closed. Kind of like the same way you did.

That was because of the river of lava beneath us!

[Seriously, Aang, there's a difference there! And besides, he's tried to block that one out of his memory.

[But Sokka finishes collecting all of the things that he needs and closes the door behind him. He almost wishes Katara were there with them as well, but that can wait until another time. He's sure both Katara and Toph will be happy to see one another.]

To the Water Sector?

[And with that, they're off.]

[He's not laughing at you from behind his hand, Sokka. He's not.
He's laughing with you. It's just...that you haven't started laughing yet.

You should see to that.]

To the Water Sector!

[This is a picture of Sokka that has forgotten to laugh. But still, Aang is laughing, so he supposes that isn't all that bad, so he can't help but twitch into a smile accidentally.

[It's not long before the two of them head through the front door of the Midnight Hotel and head into the Water Sector, and from there, Sokka just lets Aang lead. After all, he figures that Aang's got a slightly better idea of where Toph has holed herself up at... which is potentially a mistake given how meandering the path Aang led Sokka on when finally bringing him to see Katara all those months ago. He fears sooner or later they're going to be seeing Aang's favourite spot to stand on his head or something equivalently pointless, but he really didn't have much option now, did he.

[Some time later, perhaps near wherever it is Toph is staying, Sokka can't help but stumble onto a question.]

So... what did Toph mean that she went to bed in the Earth Sector? She's never been here!

[It's not quite that level of meander, though...it might be close. This is less Aang's favorite spots, and more like wandering through Omashu with a 100 year old mental map. Streets that went one way no longer do so, and there are walls where there didn't used to be.

Aang winces at Sokka's question.]

She kind of has though. Toph was here when I got here the first time. She stayed with me in the hospital and we used to live together in the Earth Sector before she just...up and vanished one day. I always thought she went home, but....maybe she didn't.

Toph... was... HERE!?

And I missed her!?

[You know, if he had heard this any other time than the day of her reappearance, he would have sworn that karma was out to perpetually curse him from getting the things he wanted.]

You're not forgetting to tell me anything else important that I should know, right?

[He's joking. Maybe. But it is rhetorical. Mostly.]

But if she were here... why wouldn't she have just... been here?

[Aang's expression is apologetic even if he never really says he's sorry.]

I don't know, maybe? A lot happened here and back home and it's been years, sometimes the memories get confusing.

[Aang thinks instantly of Lin, but isn't really sure if now is the best time to bring her up either.]

Maybe she was? Just...hidden somewhere, like I was in the iceburg.

[Yes, it's probably not the best time to bring that one up.]

Being trapped in an iceberg in the Water Sector would explain why she's suddenly wet.

[Yeah, he's totally going to crack a smile at that. Sorry, Toph.]

Maybe, but...don't you think we'd have found her before now if that was the case? It's not like an iceberg is really all that inconspicuous, even in the Water Sector.

[There's so much of this that doesn't make sense in the slightest.]

[Sokka raised an eyebrow.]

How long was it before your iceberg got found?

[Beat.]

Okay, maybe that's a bad question. But still, where else could she have gone?

Ha. Ha.

[Is all Aang has to says about the iceberg remark.]

I don't know! I have a hard enough time being the bridge between two worlds, let alone three!

[Yeah, that joke wasn't nearly as funny as it played out in his head.]

Well, maybe when we find Toph, it'll all make sense.

[And then he says, quieter, but still not just to himself:]

Or we'll just be left scratching our heads even more since this turtle makes absolutely zero sense.

As much as I hate to admit it, I think that second one seems more likely.
And not just because she didn't seem all that happy.

[Though, admittedly, there's that too.]

Well, can you blame her in this case?

[He can't actually help but feel a little bit of sympathy here.]

But... yeah, the day things start making sense on this turtle is going to be the day that I get sent back home.

No, not really. It's not easy to wake up to find the world different than when you left it.

[His is a glum sigh. Then something occurs to him.]

Sokka, why didn't you go home? I mean...after the battle. Why did you and Katara stay?

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