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Lyndis ([personal profile] upontheplains) wrote2009-04-15 11:36 pm

2nd Katti: [Action]

[So Lyn's had a strange time adjusting to Luceti.  On the good side, she found three of her friends almost immediately after arriving.

On the bad side, she's trapped, she's been told to expect unpleasantness from the Malnosso, and one of said friends has been kidnapped.

How does she intend to deal with the stress this brings on her?  Training!  She's out in a clearing away from general foot traffic, Mani Katti drawn, going through various battle stances.  Interrupt?  Challenge her?  Or just watch?  The choice is yours.
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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, one of my friends has the same issue. Only I'm the one who came after the war, and he's still in the middle of it.

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
It can be a mess with the clashing time lines. What does it feel like? You know, to be from after the whole mess when your friend isn't.

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
In all honesty, I worry about him. Things weren't looking very good at the time he comes from, and I sometimes wonder if he believes me when I tell him things will work out.

Not that I'd blame him for disbelieving.

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I can probably relate. It wasn't too long ago that I felt as if nothing would work and that we were doomed to lose the battle. If I'd been told the war will end in our favor at the time, I wouldn't have believed it.

The future's just that unpredictable, I guess.

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
But our actions can change it. That's what we have to keep in mind. We can always make a difference.

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what worries me. And it's also what your friend might be considering. Even if in stories people can't avoid things like fate, who's to say we can't change the future because we know of one outcome?

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That could be an issue. But then, what does that mean for those of us that are further along on the timeline?

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know, parallel universes? Like a different dimension or something. A secondary and ongoing future different from others'.

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a bizarre thought. Wouldn't that mean the people we know here aren't technically the ones we knew back home?

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Technically that's what it would mean, but that doesn't change the fact that they're still our friends and the people we know. They're them, we're us.

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the best way to look at it. It's all really just speculation until we can get back, anyway.

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right, we don't know for certain. Gonna have to live with what's here and deal with everything head on, yeah?

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. Our problem right now is the Malnosso, along with anyone hostile among our fellow residents. We can worry about our problems back home when we can actually get back there.

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It's like Luceti's giving us a break from our own problems. If you don't count the experiments that supposedly take place here, that is.

The Malnosso definitely aren't the only ones to watch out for.

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[She lifts an eyebrow.] You know someone unpleasant who's been brought here?

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
You have no idea. She says she won't attack us in this place, but frankly, I don't trust her.

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
What's her name? And how does she fight?

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Her name's Azula, and she fights using firebending. She's really dangerous.

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Azula... yes, she was on the list another of my friends made about dangerous people here. Apparently her brother Zuko is even against her?

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a list of dangerous people? Yeah. Yeah, he is. They don't get along and she wants to take his place as rightful heir to the throne.

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, there is. It was written by my friend Mark and put up on the journals not long after I arrived, actually.

Oh, that's a story I've heard before.

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. I guess I can look back and see if I can find it or something. It sounds useful.

Iiit's not an uncommon story, I figure. You know, what with the occasional royals that turn out to be corrupt.

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I'd say it's very important information.

My grandfather was almost killed by his brother, and that's only the beginning... if I told you all the corrupt noble stories I knew, we'd be here all afternoon.

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[identity profile] inferrer.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
All right, I'll look for it when I get back to the room. Thanks.

Seriously? What's with all these complications involving nobles?

. . . Wait. You said corrupt noble stories and you mentioned your grandfather. Does that mean you're a noble?

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[identity profile] upontheplains.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Not a problem. We have to look out for each other here.

Well... I was going to be the next Marquess of part of a country, but in all honesty, I wasn't really cut out for the job. I ended up handing command over to another noble of the same country that I knew I could trust. So I was, technically, but not anymore.

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