October Catch-All

[oceanblue]

Characters: Katara, Open
Date: October
Location: Wood Sector mostly
Situation: Katara's Balancing Act
Warnings/Rating:Lots and lots of hurt feels

Katara, as of late, is stuck in a very tentative balance between her own healing and doing her best to be the strength of those around her. She's starting to wear thin and is far too close to breaking, but she's determined not to let it interfere with her aiding the others.

Stresses/Situations include:

-Physically, Katara has yet to heal completely from Zuko's fire.
-The entire poisoned Zuko situation. Her efforts to heal him have been completely ineffective, for which she feels personally guilty. She's having to watch him fall apart and can do nothing to stop him. There's no way to help him carry his burden except to let him hurt her, which, unfortunately for her friends and brother, she's willing to do. She is also battling romantic feelings toward him as well: this level of dedication to someone's wellbeing definitely has an effect on the heart, and she is no exception. The fact that they arrived together out of a particularly desperate moment back home also doesn't help. (Or does it)
-Though her own turtle was spared, Katara is devastated over the murder of the babies, particularly Korra's.
-She's well aware that her bloodbending capability is emotionally scarring, and now she's having to watch over a hurt and very hesitant avatar. She's healing him in silence (after the Kedan's fail assassination attempt) when he allows her near enough, but the tension is wearing her down to the point of actual frustration, both toward him and herself.


She will, however, attempt to hide as many of these as she can from everyone including Aang, her brother, and Akito, lest she be even more of a burden on an already dark situation.

(( Threads are open to any situation you like :) ))

Comments

[akito]

"Un, alright." Disappointed and frustrated by his lack of success, because his theory was sound. He takes the water and tries again, this time starting from liquid as suggested and doing marginally better. This time he gets more of a spray of mist than water when it poofs in front of him.

gosh sorry for the short reply D:

[oceanblue]

She watched, beaming when it worked. "There you go!"

nooo don't be sorry!!

[akito]

Akito shoots her an incredulous look. She can't be serious, can she? "But it was no good."

Okay, so maybe he is a bit hypercritical of himself. But not being critical of oneself will never lead to improvement!

Re: nooo don't be sorry!!

[oceanblue]

"That was your first time," she smiles, balancing her water in the air once more. "It was plenty good. Now you've just got to learn to control it through practice."

She pauses and looks around them before settling her gaze on Akito again. "Have you ever tried practicing where there's more water? And not just what's in your...thing?" she asks, nodding toward his canteen. Suddenly, for just a few seconds, she appears a little more thoughtful as she looks at it, before looking to him for his answer.

[akito]

"I practice in the Water Sector when I can," he answers with a slight nod. "And I've used my blood in a fight before." Anything he knows has water content is fair game to try and Bend, in his opinion, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.

OOOH DEAR, Akito

[oceanblue]

She nods back, blinking when he admits to using blood.

A wash of guilt throws itself over her, and she's suddenly even more interested in his learning techniques. "You've used blood?" she asks, somewhat alarmed. "That's..."

There's a clear guilt and fear in her eyes. She will NOT be training another bloodbender. It's bad enough that she's one herself.

katara :|||

[akito]

"Un, yeah." If he seems at all confused by her reaction, that's because he is. "Blood is over 90% water. The body is made of over 80% water. If I don't have any water on me, I can use the blood that comes out of my injuries." Or blood that's on the ground, but he and Agito have never used someone else's blood against them back home - they've only ever used their own. And Akito doesn't plan to change that record here unless it's necessary.

Re: katara :|||

[oceanblue]

"Well, yeah, but..." She breaks off, looking away from him. At least he's not technically bloodbending, if he's using his own blood.

It's still unsettling. She shakes her head to clear the thought.

"Well-- There's a stream not too far from here where I like to practice. That way we don't have to go too far from home. Do you want me to show you?"