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Option A: Lobby

[Toph is leaning against the directory with her arms crossed, unamused. The letter and course catalog are by her feet, untouched.

She's blind, Cid. Why the hell did you give her stuff to read? She's just going to stand here and people 'watch' for a while. Passerbys are free to notice her bare feet or blank stare. If you talk to

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B. 8D

[redforehead]

[Well. Balamb Garden isn't exactly crawling with earthbenders, so it isn't like Sokka actually needs to watch where he's treading. Not at a place where he's used to the floor being, y'know, flat.

So it's when he suddenly trips over seemingly NOTHING that he stumbles forward a couple steps, waving an arm to keep his balance and dropping the books he's been carrying.]

AWWWW!! [With an annoyed groan, he stoops to pick them up.]

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[Toph has to try really hard not to just die laughing. Oh Sokka. She shifts the ground under his books so one of them scoots away]

[redforehead]

I saw that! [Okay, the ground DEFINITELY moved there. Glowering down at the floor, he moves after the runaway book.] Get back here!

[Who is he talking to? The ground? The book? Nobody knows.]

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[Toph keeps scooting the book until it stops at her feet. She's grinning this time]

[redforehead]

[And he'll keep chasing it. Because he's smart like that. At least until he finally sees who has definitely, indeed, been HORRIBLY TORMENTING HIM.]

Toph!?

[It's only a matter of seconds before he's grinning wide.]

When did you get here?!

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Not too long ago.

[Still grinning]

[redforehead]

You know, this might sound like crazy talk, but I heard you were actually here before.

[He finally grabs the book and stands up, cracking his neck a little.]

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Well, I wasn't, trust me. How long have you been here?

[redforehead]

A while. Not too long, though. [Sokka silently counts on his fingers.] A month and a half? Something like that.

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[Toph pats the ground next to her]

What's it like here? The others were a little...occupied when I asked.

[redforehead]

Occupied how? [He scratches his head. Yeah, can't exactly come up with a word to describe this place.]

Well, for one thing, everyone seems to think we were brought here through time-bending or some other craziness. How does that even work?

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Well, Katara was nagging, Zuko was...Zuko, and I had to get on to Aang because of that whole Zuko-dating-Katara thing.

[redforehead]

Sounds perfectly normal to me!

[Except that last part. Which he'll ignore. In denial? Perhaps slightly.]

You should check out the training center. It's covered in rocks and metal and stuff. [He plops down for the moment at the spot she indicated, books settled beside him.] And the cafeteria's... ehhh. They have these tubes of meat named after dogs, except there's no kind of dog in them. Not even a polar-bear dog. Is that weird or what?!

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[Good grief, was she the only one taking this in stride?!]

Tubes of meat named after dogs? What?

[redforehead]

I can't make this stuff up, Toph! They're called "hot dogs". But seriously, they're awful, don't try them.

[erosion_sucks]

Avoid the dogs. Got it. What can I eat in this place?