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tushanshu2015-08-02 10:55 pm
seismometrics) wrote in tushanshu2015-08-02 10:55 pm
Audio - Backdated to 7/30
[Audio only is rare for Toph. Usually she doesn't even bother to toggle the settings; it doesn't matter to her whether she's seen or not. But today, right now . . . it's audio only, and her words come out hard and flat.]
Last night I had a dream. About a kid with a woman who was teaching him to earthbend. He pretty much sucked at it.
He was wearing a soul gem.
[There's a pause. For a long moment she says nothing else. But the silence is almost tangible in its thickness.]
He was home. My home.
[There's an undercurrent that runs through the words here, dark and weighted.]
[It's rage.]
((ooc: Toph can only "see" through seismic sense, so although she dreams, she still doesn't see images in the traditional sense -- and can't see color. So for ooc puzzlings, I shall pass on that the boy's hair shifted colors in the dream in case it's important and matches up with anything else.))
Last night I had a dream. About a kid with a woman who was teaching him to earthbend. He pretty much sucked at it.
He was wearing a soul gem.
[There's a pause. For a long moment she says nothing else. But the silence is almost tangible in its thickness.]
He was home. My home.
[There's an undercurrent that runs through the words here, dark and weighted.]
[It's rage.]
((ooc: Toph can only "see" through seismic sense, so although she dreams, she still doesn't see images in the traditional sense -- and can't see color. So for ooc puzzlings, I shall pass on that the boy's hair shifted colors in the dream in case it's important and matches up with anything else.))
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[He's probably being too nosy, but Milyn has always been an ally to the foreigners, and he's curious what Toph has against her. She's definitely odd, and sometimes exhaustingly cheerful - is it just that Toph finds her annoying, or is there something more serious going on?]
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. . . I don't know. I'm used to Eshai. And Evandau. They brought us here and never told us anything, but we were still supposed to fight for this place -- couldn't go home until we did. They kept information from us because they told us we couldn't handle it.
Sometimes, at least a few months ago when kedan were disappearing, it kind of felt like Milyn knew something. Like . . . not all the facts lined up. I'm not completely convinced she doesn't know stuff she isn't telling us, especially with all the sunshine and sparkles. At home, my dad was a businessman, and a lot of people came looking for his money and his influence. They sparkled a lot like that too -- all sparkle, and nothing on the inside.
I don't have any proof she isn't being honest. Aang says she is, so that's something, but. This place hasn't exactly given me a lot of reasons to trust it.
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I... She's always helped us. She took care of all the foreigners when we were in the dreaming for a year. [He frowns.] She's a little weird, but... she's never given us any reason not to trust her. She's been on our side even when the rest of the kedan didn't want us around. If she knew something, why would she hide it from us? What could she gain from that?
[The business metaphor definitely resonates with Tony - enough to make him uneasy. He's very reluctant to start suspecting Milyn of foul play when he can't see a motive and she's always been so good to the foreigners... but he also knows that just because you can't figure out someone's motive, doesn't mean they don't have one.]
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All I do know is she never really answered my questions about the quarantine and the zhyris -- or whatever it is. And especially after this place, it's kind of hard to trust anything that isn't upfront. Or with that much sparkle.
[That's not much and she knows it. She'd never deny it, never discard the possibility that it could all come from her. But she can't get rid of it, either.]
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[His expression and tone turn serious again.] Things aren't as bad as they were when Malicant was around, but we still shouldn't be turning on each other without really good reasons. I'm not saying you have to like her - but that doesn't mean she's working against us. I've... made that mistake before, [he admits reluctantly.]