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Bumi ([personal profile] abitofawildman) wrote in [community profile] cyclicality2014-11-11 12:37 pm

[001] Monthly Catch All

If you could go back in time forty-five some odd years ago, and ask a teenage Bumi what the worst possible outcome of his life could be, he'd tell you:

Trapped at an Air Temple, pretending to be an airbender.

Bumi thinks a lot about this now, as he holds down Air Temple Island as if it were a fort.
With Tenzin and Pema no where to be found, and Jinora and Korra off to a Spirit Portal, Bumi is the highest ranking officer on deck, as horrifying for all involved as that is.

The spirits, it seems, are not without a sense of humor.


1) The Radio Room
With the Barrier down communications that were once off-line are now once again operational, and Bumi spends a few hours here several times a day. Information pours in from the Air Temples and he's been trying to reach the Water Tribes in an effort to find his brother and sister.

Looking to find family, or possibly a crash course in Morse Code? Then this is a good place for you.


2) The kitchen
People need to eat, and Bumi is more than skilled at making the most of limited provisions.
The menu is Hot and A Lot. The ingredients are both vegetarian and...less so.
(Don't worry, he's using separate cooking implements for the meat goods.


3) The meditation pavilion
He's never really been all that fantastic at meditation, or at least the kind of it that involves sitting still and keeping his mind clear, but at this point even Bumi is willing to try just about anything.


4) About town
Times are getting tougher, but there's still a lot to trade and be traded for, and so Bumi finds himself on various logistical missions getting for the Island things that it cannot produce for itself.


5) Other
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dustonmyfeet: (waiting in the dust)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-02 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[She's poised, still ready to fight. Still ready to take him out however she can manage, because there's catharsis in it -- relief in taking something else apart, even if it takes her with it. She's so angry, she can't stand it; she'd like to wrench the whole world apart if it would only bring relief.]

[But that word. Please.]

[It's not a command. Not something she can rail against. It's a vulnerability left exposed. It's a plea.]

[She feels herself bend. Tries to dig into her rage, hold on.]


It's just earth.

[But there's just a hint of hesitation in it. Just a whiff.]

[Maybe she's also afraid to stay alone.]
dustonmyfeet: (stand)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-03 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She holds. Stands, every muscle resolute.]

[Then, slowly, she gives. Her muscles ease, first by millimeters and then by feet, taut slackening into surrender.]

[Maybe, if she's honest with herself, it's a relief to give up.]

[Her head dips in a nod.]
dustonmyfeet: (stand)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-03 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[When they get out of here? The bunny spirit is getting cuddled. Fiercely.]

[Toph twitches at the quake again, obviously agitated, but lets Bumi's larger hand close around her own. To his question, she gives a quick shake of the head. Just the blankets. Everything important to her is already on her person.]


Just me.
dustonmyfeet: (waiting in the dust)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-07 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Probably better that he ultimately goes for her arm; he might have caught a hiss as his fingers caught her hand.]

[Her steps, though, are hesitant; the ground is uneven, and the slowly increasing rumbles of the aftershock are messing with both her hearing and her certainty of step.]

[She's getting frustrated again, and he might be able to tell it in the muscles of her arm, re-tightening under his touch.]
dustonmyfeet: (crouch)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-08 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Normally people say that sort of thing before they do something stupid.]

[But at the moment, it probably couldn't be any worse than now.]


I guess . . . [Her tone is somewhat measured. And suspicious. But it's still consent.]
dustonmyfeet: (whoa!)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-08 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Was it too late to renege on that vote of trust? Toph yelps in surprise as she's swept up from the ground, deposited over Bumi's shoulder as though she's no more than a small sack of potatoes.]

Hold on to what, exactly??

[Her tone is on the edge of panic, yes. Riding an old man's shoulder, blind and completely out of contact with the ground is not doing much for her sense of stability.]
dustonmyfeet: (whoa!)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-08 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[He didn't exactly come with handles, and were she in a better frame of mind, she'd be all too glad to point that out. Toph grasps onto a couple handfuls of his robe as best she can, yelping again as he tips. He'd better hope she doesn't urp down his back.]

[This is worse than flying on Appa. She'd like to get down. Now.]
dustonmyfeet: (droop)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-11 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Land. Land. While Bumi is catching his breath, Toph will be over catching hers, plopping onto her butt for the solidity underneath her. The sound of the rock fall hasn't escaped her, but . . . she doesn't want to think about it. She hunches over, loose hair spilling into her face.]

[When he does look, he may be able to see now that her hands are a mess, torn up and smeared, new bruises forming on the skin.]
dustonmyfeet: (small)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-24 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
[And where is the promised bunny spirit? Cuddling was promised.]

[Toph's lips press together, hands lifting in his direction.]
dustonmyfeet: (tears)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-24 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Without eyes or earthbending, her ears catch the flutter, but little else. An eyebrow shifts up at his words if he can catch it, but otherwise she makes little comment, letting him poke and prod at her hands, only hissing softly at one particular finger -- a middle one -- that's apparently fractured. Aside from the serious bruising and cuts, bones and tendons are in pretty miraculous shape -- possibly due to the considerable amount of callus and strength her fingers have built over time.]
dustonmyfeet: (stand)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-25 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, fine.

[Her voice in response is weighted, dull, and her shoulders slump. The hand with the unfractured finger, her left one, separates from the first, stretching out. She's not sure where the bunny spirit is, but hopefully it'll come anyway where she can collect it into her lap.]

Then what?
Edited 2014-12-25 05:01 (UTC)
dustonmyfeet: (tears)

[personal profile] dustonmyfeet 2014-12-25 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[The bunny spirit's presence is welcome, and the cool weight grounds her. Absently she runs the fingers of the hand that Bumi isn't working on along his ears, grazing the outside rim and his back. She does this with Momo, and though she may not say so openly, it's oddly soothing. Her movement falls into a slow, even rhythm, allowing her to retreat briefly into her own thoughts.]

[There's a lot that's jumbled up right now. Nothing's behaving as it should be -- not even this old man, who's demanded that she come out, scooped her up . . . but still isn't treating her like a little girl. Isn't fussing, isn't protecting. Acts like she has a choice . . . and more than that, acts like he'll go along with whatever she chooses.]


You know I'm blind. [Her tone stays flat.] And with my bending gone, I can't see anything.

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