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[dustonmyfeet]

Characters: Toph and OPEN
Date: Backdated to just after this thread during the party.
Location: Anywhere between the party and Toph's home in the Earth sector.
Situation: Toph learned she has some family on the turtle. She was not prepared.
Warnings/Rating: Bit of angst? Family issues. Probably rocks.


She goes.

Seismic sense is on autopilot; she sees the patterns between people, furniture, walls, and shifts through them. They might as well be obstacles on a course -- simply something to get around. Her eyes are closed; her head is down.

There is one focus, and one focus only: To get out of Sinbrilee. To get home.

And if you're in the way . . . well. Hard to say what will happen. Approach at your own risk.

Comments

[michaeljangelo]

By this point in the evening Mike has danced himself silly, which...when one takes into consideration his nearly limitless stamina for such physical endeavors, is saying something. And it's saying it loudly.

He's making his way back towards the turtle so as to pick up some provisions in the Water Sector for the long night of egg sitting to come, when the movement of the girl catches his eye.

She's moving with purpose through the crowd like she doesn't even see them, but she's not looking up. It's curious at first, and so Mike pays closer attention, and doesn't like what he sees.

She looks upset.

"Excuse me," he calls out to her. "Um...miss?" He takes a couple of steps towards her, but his footfalls are so light they're damn near inaudible.

"Are you okay?"

[gathersnomoss]

Zelgadis wasn't spending much time at the party -- as nice as it was to see something other than the city, he detested crowds.

On the other hand, he's going to notice Toph, given they live in the same sector, and he probably stands out like a beacon to her senses. "Hey."

If she doesn't notice him, or look like she's going to run him over. "Hey, watch it!"

[langsyne]

Scott's leaving the party because after being thoroughly embarrassed not once by twice on the dance floor he really doesn't relish the idea of going through all of that a third time.

Still.

He can't say it wasn't fun, because it was. It was the most fun he's had in a good long time and he knows he'll keep this little bit of memory tucked away for a rainy day. There's a smile on his face and a languidness to a posture that rarely sees the light of day and he thinks that for once, he might sleep well that evening.

Of course, all those thoughts are dashed out of his head when he sees Toph, striding through the crowds looking oddly determined. He zooms down, maneuvering the ant he's riding until he's drifting about a foot away from her right ear. From up close he can see that she's less determined and more upset and that worries him a little.

"Hey, you okay?"

Luckily his helmet projects his voice to make it sound normal even at his reduced size, but he's hoping all the same she doesn't mistake him for a bug and attempt to slap him out of the way.

[demon_brat]

Damian actually saw her leave the party. He considered it for a moment, then. Well. There was the possibility that something big had happened.

So he followed her, at some distance early on, but then, as she seemed so careless with how she was making her way ahead, he started catching up.

"Toph?"

[duelkatana]

Doesn't take long to figure out what happened. After slipping away from Sinbrilee and unexpectedly running into his cousin laid out in front of a slab of rock, Leonardo had been on instant guard, but the pieces that fell together from Michaelangelo's testimony and the tent of earth jutting up from the ground already tells him everything he needs to know.

The culprit, if he's right - and he's fairly certain he is - is someone a little close to home. That complicates things. And while she may be rough around the edges, and while Mike may have a legendary talent for provocation that transcends dimensions, Leo has a hard time believing that Toph would knock out his cousin for being annoying.

He's worried; both about his student and his cousin. And what this might mean for future relations between the earthbender and the turtles. But aside from a couple lumps on his head, Mike will be okay. Leonardo suspects Toph might not be.

It's what drives him to the suite his pupil has taken up residence in several hours later. Although he's anxious for answers, he doesn't intrude without being granted permission - instead he takes a post by his usual window, tapping a finger rhythmically against the glass pane. To Toph, this is likely the standard sound indicating a Leonardo dropping by - except this one has a slight sense of urgency, a speedier tempo and an uneven rhythm that would never be present otherwise.

And it doesn't go away. Really; he can be pretty darn persistent.