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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

[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]