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[waitsandlistens]

... This thing is weird.

Hey! Priest-guys, or whoever, what do you know about spirit-demon statues?

It's not like we're talking about an ancient library or a dirty river here. So it's not worth hitting back with some mad spirit action, right? I mean, this place doesn't even have a spirit world anyway.

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[afathertorn.livejournal.com]

... metal hail with her mind. Right.

I'll be writing a book at this rate.

[waitsandlistens]

Yeah.

[Why does she feel like he doesn't believe her?]

Chunks of metal that rain down so fast, I couldn't even bend them. It's how Sokka-

[Wait, wait. Does the Chief know about that? 'Cause there's no way she's telling him before Sokka does.]

[afathertorn.livejournal.com]

[It's not Toph he doubts. He just finds this whole boat strange and hard to swallow.]

... hurt his arm? [He doesn't want to say anymore than that. But the burns and lost arm are the only injuries he knows Sokka has taken. DO NOT TELL HIM THERE ARE MORE.]

[waitsandlistens]

Yeah.

[She's not going to say any more either.]

Anyway, things're back to normal and she's in Carnival. So just don't go in there and you'll be sweet.

[afathertorn.livejournal.com]

So which deck would that be?

[waitsandlistens]

Uh...

[Give her just a second.]

Four? Yeah, four.

Italics or small. You can't have both!

[afathertorn.livejournal.com]

Got it. And the Demon Statue you're talking about?

Yes I can. But it just looks silly.

[waitsandlistens]

[Toph shrugs, forgetting for a moment that she can't be seen.]

What about it? It's made of rock. I got told it's shaped like a demon. It's supposed to be 'fed' bread and milk every two weeks or 'teeerrible things' will happen.

So I'm going to break it.

BLASHPHEMY!!!!

[afathertorn.livejournal.com]

[Bread and milk, huh?]

And this seems like a good idea to you?

MADNESS!!!!

[waitsandlistens]

It beats waiting round to see what happens.

Besides, Noo- a friend of mine's gonna take a look at it first. He knows about this stuff.

[And there's something else about it, something she can't figure out. If she could just bend it, just a little, she knows she'd have it. It's right there.]

MADNESS? THIS IS

[afathertorn.livejournal.com]

[Part of being a parent was telling a kid old proverbs that didn't make any sense.]

I don't suppose you've heard the saying about how curiosity killed the cat monkey, have you?

FAILBOAT/SPARTA/A HELLUVA LOT OF EFFORT FOR A THROW-AWAY PUNCHLINE

[waitsandlistens]

No.

[Or maybe she has and just doesn't want to remember. Sayings are better with tea anyway.]

I ALREADY USED THE PUNCHLINE... SUBTLY

[afathertorn.livejournal.com]

Well that's pretty much how it goes. A curious cat monkey dies tragically trying to satisfy his curiosity about a sleeping saber toothed moose lion.

[His mother told that story better.]

YOUR BLINK TAGS. MY BROWSER ATE THEM.

[waitsandlistens]

Great story, Chief. Just one question; was the cat-monkey an earthbender?

[And was the moose-lion made of stone? But that'd be two questions.]

ACTUALLY I EDITED THEM OUT

[afathertorn.livejournal.com]

Let's say for the sake of the story, yes.