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[rocklikerunaway]

[For most of the day, Toph can be found either in the male or female washroom in the barracks, using an old rag to scrub out the bath tubs, and completely ignoring protests of anyone who might want to use those rooms and have a little more privacy. This is stuff servants should be doing, but she wants those playing cards and this was the deal. It's

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[audio]

[trollscream]

So...

Is the whole year counting thing just to see how many you get in before you inevitably die?

[audio]

[rocklikerunaway]

[Who is this guy? You know what, nevermind. If he wants to mess with her, he's on.]

Yeah, pretty much. Don't you count them?

[audio]

[trollscream]

[Pff. Bring it, girl.]

After the first couple of million, you lose count.

[audio]

[rocklikerunaway]

Not being able to count one by one must stink, especially if you have a whole year and you still can't figure it out.

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*She's the same age as the human kids...huh.*

I'm still holding out for this winter crap to end soon.

[rocklikerunaway]

Can you hold out a few months?

[thii2ii22tupiid]

You think we have a choice?

[rocklikerunaway]

No. But it probably won't be any sooner.

[Winter is long. And the most boring.]

[needsnobottle]

[audio]

Happy anniversary.

[rocklikerunaway]

Thanks.

[She guesses.]

What do they do for this stuff where you're from?

[needsnobottle]

[audio]

There're different traditions. People hide and then jump out and scream at you in congratulations for surviving another year. Sugar is consumed in massive quantities so that the act of blindfolding oneself before tacking a paper tail onto a donkey's hindquarters doesn't seem ridiculous. Or, barring the donkey, you could grab a bat and whack at a brightly-colored hollow creature until candy comes out.

[rocklikerunaway]

Why would I want to stick a tail on some weird animals butt?