[Accidental Voice -> Deliberate Voice]

[flickerflash]

[And this early evening, the journal will pick up the sound of one small British girl muttering to herself.]

Well, this is very rude. It didn't snow last autumn, you know. I think I ought to complain.

[Huff. Followed by a small ow, barely heard. And silence. Then finally:]

Oh!  [And the journal is picked up finally.  Because you, the townsfolk, should know the answer to this question.  Clearly.]  Did we get visited by aliens in the night? I think I've been experimented on. [Okay, that is totally the best thing ever.] I hope they looked like Elvis clones.

Has anyone seen my cat?

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[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

Somewhere else, that's for sure.

[Well, he calls Hawky back so that the bird can ride his shoulder.]

So... ready to go?

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

Never. [Staring curiously at that bird.] Did you always have a bird?

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

Well. For a good while anyway. You never saw him before?

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

Oh, plenty of times. I just didn't know it was yours.

[She can't stop staring at it.

...cat pouncing instincts. 8| See how well behaved she is.]

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

[Don't make an enemy, Katie! It would eat you in your kitten form.]

Well, I guess the whole red Fire Nation hawk kind of clashes with my usually stylish blue Water Tribe clothes, huh?

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

[And thus her nemesis in Luceti was assured!]

You have a nation made of fire?

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

Oh, yeah. It's terrible. You can't walk down the street without bursting into flames. But the beaches are nice.

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

You could stay on the beach all the time and cook marshmallows. How do people live there?

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

On their tip-toes.

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

They must look like fiery ballerinas then, going everywhere like that.

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

Sure. Feel free to call Zuko that the next time you see him.

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

Zuko's the one with the eyepatch, isn't he?

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

Close. Very close. Except in the sense I don't remember us ever having someone around with an eyepatch.

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

Are you sure? I saw him take it off once.

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

And I think you're making things up again.

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

You should know I never make things up by now.

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

Uh huh. [SO SKEPTICAL.]

Oh, hey. Town ahead. Hungry?

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

[...this is one of those times where she wished her stomach would growl on command, really.]

Not at all. I only ate a few days ago.

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

[It's a good thing he knows Katie so well.]

Oh, well in that case, you can watch me eat. I'll tell you if it's any good.

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

Okay. [She smiles, because even if she took that at face value she's sure she can swipe some of that food, okay. >_>]

Have I really been gone for months?

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

You've really been gone for months. I think you got shorter.

[Maybe. It's hard to tell, since he got taller.]

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

Probably. I get shorter all the time at home. [Though you are getting a suspicious look. Were you that tall before?] Is the playground still here?

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

[Possibly not. He's a growing boy.]

Nah, we got rid of it since you weren't using it.

[Action!!!]

[flickerflash]

Really? Did all the kids in the village just vanish, then? What about the bomb threats?

[Action!!!]

[markofthewise]

Taken out by the bombs. It was tragic.