4. video;

[barefootbender]

[The video comes on. Toph stares into it paradoxically, her sightless eyes open a little wider than usual, but her expression as bored as it's ever been.]

This place sucks, so I'm leaving forever. Bye.

[The more decrepit areas of the city, a far distance from the Hold, can be seen in the background of the video before the feed cuts off.]

Comments

Video;

[chore_boy]

...What!? Forever!?

Audio

[maddeninghatter]

[ Listening to this post, and the one before it, he can't help but remark: ]

My goodness. Everybody's running away from home today. Did something happen?

[voice]

[anotheryosuke]

... Are you guys a group or something? You could just make one post, like that one guy -- or are you with that one guy? The really old-sounding one.

[How else is he supposed to characterize him, he just doesn't know. How does one describe voices?!]

Video;

[barefootbender]

Yup. You should come too, Diva.

Audio

[barefootbender]

No, nothing happens. That's the problem. I hate this place.

[voice]

[barefootbender]

I dunno what you're talking about, buddy. But I'm going because I want to!

[anotheryosuke]

You sure you're okay on your own? I mean, there's probably zombies and spies and wolves and who-knows-what out there.

[shelkethetransparent]

Where are you going to go?

[Shelke seems unimpressed.]

[voice]

[highfrequency]

Toph....

[barefootbender]

[She has to leave covertly.

Can't tell them where she's going, then.]

... Dunno.

[voice]

[barefootbender]

Yo, Growly. You coming with?

[barefootbender]

I don't need to worry about those things, where I'm going.

Thanks for the concern, I guess.

[shelkethetransparent]

Beyond the city ruins there isn't a lot worthy of note.

...Or much in the way of things to survive upon. And if you intend to travel to the UE somehow, you will need transportation.

[barefootbender]

I'll figure it out.

[she's got the transportation lined up.]

[shelkethetransparent]

What are you hoping to accomplish?

[voice]

[highfrequency]

Where would we go? The United Earth?

Things might not be pleasant here on the island but I bet they're worse out there.

[barefootbender]

Leaving. I said that?

[the snark is actually not a side effect of the mind control]

[voice]

[barefootbender]

And how do we know that? Just from what they've told us.

[voice]

[highfrequency]

[Dad voice]

What are you hoping to find out there, exactly?

[shelkethetransparent]

[There is a very soft sound of frustration tinging Shelke's words.]

Yes. But why?

video;

[pabulously]

What? NO! YOU CAN'T! I -- I WON'T LET YOU!

[anotheryosuke]

This isn't some kind of suicide note, right?

[How awkward, but one should ask. Jokingly??]

Are you in a cult or something? Seriously, you're probably freaking people out. You're freaking me out, anyway, so props if that's what you were going for.

video;

[givetheslip]

Please do alert the rest of us when you've found a way out.

[barefootbender]

Hah, suicide! Yeah, right.

[but she only made this post in hopes of getting a few stragglers, and this conversation's getting a little too nosy. she hangs up.]

[barefootbender]

To get out of here! Exsilium is dumb and I'm getting dumber being here.

Anyway, bye.