one airship ripped. [ VOICE ]

[herolady]

[ After waking up in the grass (what), shaking out her hair and trying to gather her bearings, she flips open the journal. The first page of the book isn't an explanation, which is annoying. Nevertheless, she hits a few buttons, just to figure out what the hell they do, including the voice function, all while muttering to herself. ] --useless piece of trash, is what this is, I don't-- [ pause for staring ] What is this thing doing-- [ silence, then quietly: ] Oh, it's--

[ She straightens where she's sitting on the ground and speaks deliberately: ] Whatever joke this is, whatever is going on, whoever is responsible for these-- these shenanigans, I will find you and I will-- [ a pause. I can't earthbend their faces into the ground. ] -- and you will regret it, because I will-- [ pause, fumbling for words ] -- I don't need to bend to make you regret this! I'm the Chief of-- former Chief of Republic City's Metalbending Police Force, and I will find a way to make you regret this.

[ She shuts up, finally realizing the wings on her back. What. ] Why do I have wings? That's just-- never mind, it doesn't matter. [ a pause ] How do you turn this thing off? [ More glaring, more button mashing, finally just hits it against the ground to shut it off. ]

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[markofthebrave]

[Katara gets to this a bit later - long enough to listen through some of these responses. But there was something else too, something she'd been dreading sense Ikki had told her about it, and she replayed the original message one more time just to be sure--

--"I don't need to bend to make you regret this!"

She takes a breath. To be without your bending is horrible enough. To wake up in a strange place with wings on your back is also horrible enough. Her heart goes out to the woman even if...

...well, she wasn't expecting Toph's daughter to show up and be older than all of them!

She's immediately concerned for her friend too, but - first things first.]

There's a lot to explain. [Whether or not her voice sounds familiar is debatable, but there's a certain Tone Katara has when she is about to get everyone to Calm Down so they can Do Something and it's certainly in effect now.] And I don't know of any way to make it any easier than how impossible it is to believe. But my name is Katara, I'm from the Southern Water Tribe and... if you are who I think you are, then I owe you my thanks.

[ voice ]

[herolady]

[ Lin may not recognize the young voice, but she does certainly know that name. That's not what she catches onto, though. ]

Owe me thanks for what?

[ voice ]

[markofthebrave]

Helping my family.

[It's said simply enough, but there was an undercurrent of emotion indicating that... it wasn't really simple at all. But then the moment passes, and Katara's tone returns to a sort of wry affection with underlying tones of Business.]

I'd rather not talk too much about it over the journals. If you let me know where you are, I'll come meet you. Or you can turn the book around, and I can see if I recognize any landmarks.