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[waitsandlistens]

[For most of the day, Toph can be found either in the male or female washroom in the barracks, using an old rag to scrub out the bath tubs, and completely ignoring protests of anyone who might want to use those rooms and have a little more privacy. This is stuff servants should be doing, but she wants those playing cards and this was the deal. It's hard work too, and she's soon soaked from head to toe and freezing.

Huddled by the fire during one of her breaks, she flips open her record and starts talking.]

So it really is winter.

[Yeah, she was still hoping it'd pass.]

That means I'm thirteen.

[Though when exactly her birthday passed, she can't say.]

Comments

[audio]

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

So...

Is the whole year counting thing just to see how many you get in before you inevitably die?

[audio]

[waitsandlistens]

[Who is this guy? You know what, nevermind. If he wants to mess with her, he's on.]

Yeah, pretty much. Don't you count them?

[audio]

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

[Pff. Bring it, girl.]

After the first couple of million, you lose count.

[audio]

[waitsandlistens]

Not being able to count one by one must stink, especially if you have a whole year and you still can't figure it out.

[audio]

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

[.......]

It's just not that important when your species general life-span isn't pathetically short.

[audio]

[waitsandlistens]

Species?

What are you, some kind of armour-dillo?

[He sounds metal enough.]

[audio]

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

[Grr]

Obviously I am not human.

[audio]

[waitsandlistens]

Well yeah! I can hear that. So what are you?

[audio]

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

A Cybertronian from the planet Cybertron.

To your probably overly simple mind: I am a really big robot.

[Except for the keep having had scaled him down, but shhh.]

[audio]

[waitsandlistens]

... What's a robot?

[audio]

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

Take a human, turn them completely metal and add a much greater level of intelligence. And there you have it, a robot.

[waitsandlistens]

You're made of metal?

[She thought he was just wearing armour or something. This is so cool!]

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

Yes. My entire species is metal. Why?

[Are you amazed? Because you should be. He's awesome and stuff.]

[waitsandlistens]

I bend metal.

[trollscream.livejournal.com]

Well, most metal can be bent given certain level of strength. So I have no doubt you could bend a spoon or something.

[waitsandlistens]

Pfft! Who'd waste their time bending spoons?

I bend entire ships!

[Well, okay, she bends holes in them. But it's the same thing.]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*She's the same age as the human kids...huh.*

I'm still holding out for this winter crap to end soon.

[waitsandlistens]

Can you hold out a few months?

[thii2ii22tupiid]

You think we have a choice?

[waitsandlistens]

No. But it probably won't be any sooner.

[Winter is long. And the most boring.]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

Yeah, that's what I figured.

[needsnobottle]

[audio]

Happy anniversary.

[waitsandlistens]

Thanks.

[She guesses.]

What do they do for this stuff where you're from?

[needsnobottle]

[audio]

There're different traditions. People hide and then jump out and scream at you in congratulations for surviving another year. Sugar is consumed in massive quantities so that the act of blindfolding oneself before tacking a paper tail onto a donkey's hindquarters doesn't seem ridiculous. Or, barring the donkey, you could grab a bat and whack at a brightly-colored hollow creature until candy comes out.

[waitsandlistens]

Why would I want to stick a tail on some weird animals butt?

[needsnobottle]

See, silly questions like that have no place at birthday parties. Otherwise you don't get ice cream.

[waitsandlistens]

Wait, ice-cream what now?

[needsnobottle]

Ice cream. Never had any?

[waitsandlistens]

No.

[She doesn't even know what it is.]

[audio]

[needsnobottle]

Got any problems with dairy?

[Cause that's the only reason Tammy can come up with for not having eaten ice cream before. That or living under a rock.]

[audio]

[waitsandlistens]

No. Why?

[Seriously, what is this conversation?

[audio]

[needsnobottle]

I bet the kitchen here has some. You should try some; even comes in different flavors. If you don't have dairy problems I bet you'll like it. Unless you don't like cold things.

[FUN. Enjoy it Toph :D]