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[tophbeifong]

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Ker-KLUNK Ker-KLUNK Ker-KLUNK

...

Scraaaaaaaaape...

If one were to follow the sound, they'd find a small girl working her hardest at pulling a large lump of metal- probably twice her size or more- down the hall, towards her room in the living area.

Although it was obvious it took some effort for her to move it, it seemed as if it wasn't taking too much out of her and she was getting some distance with it.

Soon, though, she determined that it was break time, and relaxed her hold on the chunk. She leaned against it and panted, wiping sweat from her forehead.

Geeze. How much farther until she got to her room?

[Ooc: Toph's still willing to make weapons if anyone wants any! :D]

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[foolnornovice]

Yes, yes he was. At the question, he stops for a moment, looks to the girl then back to the lump of metal.

"Altaïr." No need for his full name, not when there was no one of relation to him. It was not as if the name "I arrived here recently." A pause.

"And yourself?"

[tophbeifong]

"Altaïr," she repeated as if memorizing it.

She took a moment to put a fist at the wrist of a vertical hand and bow over it. It meant nothing, really. It was just habit from childhood and then polite customer service- the worst part of Iroh's tea shop.

"I'm Toph. ... so... are you from the desert, too?"

Or maybe that style of dress was popular in the other worlds. How should she know?

[foolnornovice]

At the gesture he watches, moves to return it with a half-nod, half bow because at the least, it felt right. At the question, he quirked a brow at her, not sure.

"Too? You have met another such as myself?"

[tophbeifong]

"Maybe," she leaned against the lump and folded her arms across her chest.

"I can't tell too much about the detail, but overall, your clothing reminds me of a few friends."

She wasn't totally sure if they wanted their names thrown around. While it seemed that most of the castle was okay with each other, she was also aware that many of the inhabitants were secretive creatures. Oh, well, if he could guess it, she wouldn't deny it.

"One of them comes across as a real goofy kid. The other one? ... I guess I kind of owe him my life," she muttered while scratching the back of her head. It was almost humiliating to admit that sometimes. She winced as she continued. "Twice now."

Maybe that was a little bit of exaggeration. Malik had never mentioned anything about repayment... but Toph was the type to demand retribution to and from, even if it only meant making something tasty for dinner after she risked her life to save another. While Malik hadn't exactly risked his for hers, she probably wouldn't be there talking to Altaïr without one-armed intervention. She felt she owed him something.

[foolnornovice]

As she began to explain, he leaned back and listened. It was strange to have a conversation like this with another but he wasn't going to complain about it - getting to know the others here was an ideal thing to do, and if they knew others that he already did, perhaps it could help wane away at the lack of comfort he held here.

There were only a few who bore robes similar to his, and he knew three of them. One as goofy? No doubt Kadar, as he did not believe Ezio to be as such and Malik, well.. That was another story.

"Kadar is one them, I am willing to say." Whoever provided aid to the girl could have been believed of any of them - Altaïr took in a breath. "I only have a rough idea of who the latter could be.

[tophbeifong]

She shifted her weight a little uncomfortably, as if weighing pros and cons of something or other.

"... well, I'm not going to just flat out tell you who it was, but yeah... Kadar's pretty goofy."

A moment passed before two and two clicked.

"You know Kadar, then?"

[foolnornovice]

"Yes, from back home." A nod of the head as he watched, raising a brow at her movements. "Him and his brother."

[tophbeifong]

She grinned at that. Yes, the star-struck kid certainly did talk about his brother a lot. She could feel the secret love there, whether either of them wanted to admit it or not.

It was almost ... cute.

"You're a friend of theirs? They're nice, respectable guys. Anyone they trust, I trust."

Yes, they had won the Bei Fong seal of approval.

[foolnornovice]

Friends was... a stretch, wasn't it? Comrades, brothers not by blood but through practice. He relaxed a little at her words.

"Their faith in others is something I trust myself." So in turn, this girl was in his consideration, especially if Malik and Kadar had done the same for her already. "Even if their attitudes can be nothing alike at times."

[tophbeifong]

"Then it's a pleasure to meet you, isn't it?" she grinned, gesturing, comfortable in his presence.

"I know what you mean," she continued. "If neither of them had said anything, I would never have figured it out."

Whether they shared similar bodily features was beyond her. She could tell by stance and balance and body structure that they might be comparable in size and build, but anything other than that meant nothing to the blind girl.




[Ooc: SORRY! Lost this one somewhere. D: ]

[foolnornovice]

"I would believe so, yes." He nods to her, raising a brow at the grin. He isn't big on friendly greetings, so the least he can do is be respectable t the least, comfortable. The comment has the corners of his lips tug up for a moment, because the statement was true to a point. The two were similar enough (they were brothers after all), but something struck him off with the statement.

"Why is that? They bear different robes-" Then again - there was something different about the girl; her eyes, they did not... follow things, from what he could tell. Blind?

Maybe he was the blind one, considering how long it took him to infer. "-Ah."


^{[ooc| no problem! c: ]}

[tophbeifong]

Blind, yes, but she still could tell where he was with perfect accuracy, whether she could meet his eyes or not. She could tell where obstacles in her path were without touching them. Sight meant little if anything to her.

"Clothing barely means anything," she shrugged again, raising a hand dismissively.

"Just because you and someone else wear Earth Kingdom colors doesn't mean you're related. It suggests you might know each other but it's useless when it comes to figuring out relations."

Then again, the Earth Kingdom was huge. Wearing the typical green of Oma Shu didn't mean you knew someone wearing the accentuating yellow of Ba Sing Se. Maybe that was a bad example.

"Or... you know, even then, maybe you're from the Northern Water Tribe and you don't know the Southern Water Tribesman wearing a similar coat."