Video - 001

[seismometrics]

[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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[lordhotman]

Shouldn't I be saying that?

[He had heard that Toph had been here before but this was the first time he'd seen her on Tu Vishan.]

Okay, fine. But where are you?

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[Wiping at her nose with the back of her hand, she names it -- a small cafe in the Water Sector.]

[And an eyebrow shifts up.]

Considering I was here for most of a year before you and you only just decided to show up? No.

[lordhotman]

[Now it's Zuko's turn to give her a weird look.]

What are you talking about? I was here for months and then... Nevermind. I'll explain it later. I'll be there soon.

[And with that, Zuko leaves the console and fetches a blanket before heading to the cafe.]

[seismometrics]

[Months? Did he say months?]

[But in true Zuko fashion, he leaves it hanging before she can poke him about him properly. Frowning, Toph huddles, burrowed against her knees and shivering. Hopefully he makes it fast.]

[lordhotman]

[Since he was at another part of the city, it did take him a while to get there, but eventually Zuko arrived with a dry fluffy blanket tucked under one arm.

As soon as he stepped into the cafe he started looking around. A short blind girl should be pretty easy to pick out.]

[seismometrics]

[A short, blind girl is very easy to pick out -- especially one who is dripping wet. Toph is huddled on her chair, feet not on the ground at the moment, every inch of her conserved for heat. So. Much. Shivering.]

[lordhotman]

[Upon seeing Toph, he frowned. There were other people in here, Kedan, and it bothered him that none of them seemed inclined to help her.

Thus he moved toward her, heating his hands enough to transfer warmth to the blanket without igniting it. Once he reached her, he then wrapped the blanket around her shoulders.]

[seismometrics]

[The girl's eyes widen a bit in surprise as the unexpected hands wrap the blanket around her shoulders, but it's warm, deliciously warm, and for a moment all she can do is bask in it as her senses flood with it, chasing out the cold.]

[He gets one of her rare small smiles in reply, happy and appreciative.]

Thanks, Sparky.

[She's assuming it's him. But as she pulls the blanket more closely around her, she doesn't want to expose her feet to check. Instead she burrows tighter, trying to warm up as much of herself as she can.]

So . . . what's going on?

[lordhotman]

Zuko sat down beside her and paused for a moment at that question.

"Where do you want me to start?"

Because it could get very long if she wanted him to explain everything that's happened while he was here, and she wasn't.