[Reality explosion, open]
Toph practices her Earthbending moves in a quiet corner of the nexus. She hasn't had much time to focus on refining her skills even further, so it's a welcome change of pace. She smiles as she stomps down and a large chunk of rock shoots up and hovers in front of her. She blocks out everything else, simply focusing on the earth.
And then something happens. It's so sudden and so natural that she doesn't even have time to react. She pauses in place, and the rock in front of her drops to the ground with a loud crash. In the blink of an eye, she's different. She no longer wears her familiar earthen colors; instead, she is dressed in dull red armor that covers a gray tunic. Perhaps most surprising is that she's no longer barefoot, but clad in matching red boots that come to a point at the toes.
Anyone familiar with her will notice the most striking difference: her eyes, instead of their normal dull green, are now a cloudy gold color.
Without missing a beat, she launches back into her training. She shoves a fist forward and a fireball shoots forward. She leaps into the air and performs a spinning kick while a wave of fire licks from her toes.
She lands and immediate begins the final move of the kata. Blue sparks begin to leap from her fingertips as she swings her arms around her body and widens her stance. Trails of electricity surround her body. She finally brings her hands together and then shoves her right fist forward with her index and middle fingers extended. A bolt of lightning erupts from her fingertips and shoots off into the distance, followed by a loud thunderclap.
Toph remains motionless for a few seconds before straightening up and exhaling deeply. The ground around her crackles and steams. She smiles. That would about do it for her workout for today.
((Toph's reality has been altered so that she was born as a noble in the Fire Nation instead of the Earth Kingdom. She'll still remember everyone she's met in the nexus, she'll just think that she's been a Firebender all her life.))
And then something happens. It's so sudden and so natural that she doesn't even have time to react. She pauses in place, and the rock in front of her drops to the ground with a loud crash. In the blink of an eye, she's different. She no longer wears her familiar earthen colors; instead, she is dressed in dull red armor that covers a gray tunic. Perhaps most surprising is that she's no longer barefoot, but clad in matching red boots that come to a point at the toes.
Anyone familiar with her will notice the most striking difference: her eyes, instead of their normal dull green, are now a cloudy gold color.
Without missing a beat, she launches back into her training. She shoves a fist forward and a fireball shoots forward. She leaps into the air and performs a spinning kick while a wave of fire licks from her toes.
She lands and immediate begins the final move of the kata. Blue sparks begin to leap from her fingertips as she swings her arms around her body and widens her stance. Trails of electricity surround her body. She finally brings her hands together and then shoves her right fist forward with her index and middle fingers extended. A bolt of lightning erupts from her fingertips and shoots off into the distance, followed by a loud thunderclap.
Toph remains motionless for a few seconds before straightening up and exhaling deeply. The ground around her crackles and steams. She smiles. That would about do it for her workout for today.
((Toph's reality has been altered so that she was born as a noble in the Fire Nation instead of the Earth Kingdom. She'll still remember everyone she's met in the nexus, she'll just think that she's been a Firebender all her life.))