It's nice to get a chance to relax together

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Meluly had gone along cooperatively with Katara, following the girl to her room. Getting along so well has left a little skip in her step, and she slides the door behind them shut before momentarily claiming Toph's bed to perch on the edge of, watching Katara with a vague, pleasant expression. Her body language is halfway tense, halfway languid in odd increments, not quite sure of what she wants, but happy enough with anything that comes along.

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[Oops, meant to put 'war is not very nice' there. XD]

"Fluidity," Meluly murmurs, and sinks down against Katara, halfway laying on top of her. "Yeah, that helps. I'll have to experiment about it... would you mind getting painted on a few times?" she asks, resting a little more of her weight on Katara. Not enough to squish—but she's heavy for her size, full of compact muscle. "If I can ever get out of bed. You're too comfortable." She tucks one hand in a little under Katara's belly, her other arm supporting enough of her weight to keep her from position from entirely uncomfortable for Katara instead of only a little.

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"I won't mind," Katara said. "I've had my face painted before anyway, its no big deal."

The weight on Katara didn't really bother her considering she'd had to get fairly toned in order to be a master waterbender anyway. She did flush a little at being called comfortable, and by now Meluly's body squished on hers was something she was getting accustomed to.

Well, almost anyway.

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"I'll want to do most of you at once," Meluly adds, letting a little more of her weight onto Katara when it looks the girl isn't having unbearable trouble with what she's already supporting. "For the test patterns. It's no good if you don't plan ahead... even if you don't want the full sets now, you might someday." She leans over enough so that Katara can see her grinning.

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"The painting will be fine," Katara said, "But I don't think I'll ever want to go full on, to be honest. It wouldn't suit me. But I do want one, one that will remind me of my bending...and my mother. Those are things that I never want to forget. But if you do want to paint to see how it will look, I'm yours."

And she returned the grin.

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Meluly finally slides off Katara and onto her back on the bed, one leg and most of a shoulder hanging off it. "That would be good. I haven't had any chance to work on my designs properly in a long time."

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Katara grinned. "Good! I haven't had a chance to do something creative in awhile! This could actually be really fun! I can start looking up some of the symbols in the media library and everything!"

As if to show how excited she was, she gave Meluly a complretely non-awkward hug despite Meluly being competely naked and Katara mostly. "You're the best, Meluly!"

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Meluly hugs back tightly, locking her arms together behind Katara's back to keep her in a snug hold. "I might have to copy some of it over from my own stuff... I kind've invented 'bout a tenth of what Nazzadi nowadays use," she admits, embarrassed. "There's a couple of us who are really into it who figure out the edge stuff nobody else has yet."

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"So you're saying that there are some of you that are a bit more cutting edge than the others. Well, I guess I can see that. You are pretty out there somehow. I'd be surprised if all of your race was like you, to be honest."

Katara paused. "But there is one more thing, Meluly. If we could, I'd like to alos have a symbol about Aang there too. I can show you the airbender sign, if you like. Hold on a minute."

Katara rummaged through some of her belongings until she found some chalk, then drew this symbol on the ground:
(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v102/elpedrososama/?action=view&current=Air.jpg)

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Meluly peers over at the symbol, and also reaches to snag her dress-thing off the floor. "It's elegant," she murmurs, hugging the red cloth against her. "I don't know if I'd use something exactly the same, if you want me to put the meanings I know into it, but I think I could get close enough to recognize."

And then, something in her face twists a little, almost a twitch. She lets out a little hiss through her nose, half-stiffening, but relaxes quickly enough that it might even be missed. But— "Katara, do you know the time?" she asks, and there's a little odd note in her voice.

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"Thank you," Katara sais, smiling gently. "I just want to make sure I get something that reminds me of the things that I missed. A lot of these things may look small, but the truth is-"

Katara stopped now, and her blood felt like it was running cold. "Meluly?" She sad, alarmed. "No, I don't know what time it-Meluly, what's wrong?! Are you okay?"

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Meluly draws herself into a lotus position. She takes in and lets out a few deep breaths, the weird edge to her body language and voice finally calming. "I'll be fine," she says. "It's a little warning conditioning. I need to get to my medication."

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Katara reacts immediately. "Okay, okay," she saus nervously, a little more than bothered now. What was wrong with Meluly?

"Tell me where I can find your medicine, okay?"

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"I can get to it alright. It's in my room." And she's already wiggling into her dress-thing, making slightly funny faces as it sticks to her a little here and there from the faint dampness of the night's sleep-sweat. "I—I hate to run, but would you mind if I give you a ring later today?"

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"No, its no problem," Katara said, but her heart is starting to hurt now, Why did people she care about have to deal with such pain? Why?

She hugged her again, scared. "Get to it as soon as you can...and when you're okay, please call me."

Katara turned from the scene and walked to the hallways before kneeling,m sobbing.

Did everyone she care about have to grow through horrible things?

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Meluly exits quickly. She'll send Katara an omnicom message later to confirm that she's okay—but the very fact that she'll do it in text-only might raise some suspicions.