(no subject)

[rocketchair]

i SEEM TO BE, uHH, sTUCK, oN SOMEBODY ELSE'S ROOF,
aCTUALLY, i DON'T KNOW WHOSE ROOF IT IS, iT COULD BE ANYONE'S,
iT COULD EVEN BE MINE,
i COULD PROBABLY IDENTIFY THE BUILDING BY LOOKING DOWN,
uHH, bUT i WOULD REALLY, rEALLY, rEALLY RATHER NOT DO THAT,
iT IS A LONG WAY DOWN, aFTER ALL,
aND i DON'T REMEMBER HOW i GOT UP HERE,




sO COULD SOMEBODY HELP ME DOWN, pLEASE,
}:(

Comments

[Action]

[rocketchair]

( Tavros made a strange noise that sounded like something between a scream and a squeal as he heard the cable make its way onto the roof. As his soon-to-be savior followed, he scrambled to his feet, the rusty joints of his metal legs creaking even more loudly than her cables. )

Uhh... y-yeah, that's me.

( His face blushed a light brown. Duh, Tavros. You're the only person stuck on this roof. Who else could it be? )

Thanks... I mean, for, uhh... for f-finding me.

[Action]

[steelweb]

[Lin wasn't sure if she was amused, suspicious, or a little contrite, so she settled for an odd look and a smile that softened her features considerably, for the short time it lasted.]

Officer Beifong.

[She offered to shake hands. Who knew how these trolls greeted each other, anyway.]

[Action]

[rocketchair]

( Officer? Then she must work at that place downtown... they called it the "station," right? The name had always sounded rather ominous to Tavros, and with good reason: whenever someone went missing or was "released," the station would have their name on a list. Those lists constantly reinforced Tavros' belief that he was cursed. )

Uh...

( Tavros looked at her outstretched hand. Unsure of what to do with it, he reached out with his own and lightly patted her palm. )

I'm T-Tavros.

( There; that was a satisfactory greeting, right? )

Hey, uhh... how did you do that? With the metal?

[Action]

[steelweb]

[She blinked in surprise as he patted her palm. Er. All right then... Well, she had to explain property damage to Korra, so this really wasn't all that bad. Ah. The inevitable question about bending.]

I'm a metal-bender. I can sense metal and earth, and move it. Shape it the way I need to.

[She twisted a little to show the twin spools of cable on her back. By way of demonstration, she took up her stance, and snapped her hands out at the wrist, drawing the cable down and out. A sweeping motion of her arms brought the ends snaking around in front of her, where she wrapped several inches around each other. A sharp clench of her fists crunched the ends solidly closed so that they wouldn't part, even with the weight of a Fire Nation crawler weighing on the end. The motions to remove that stricture would be slightly more complicated, but she chose to forgo that and just slice through the cables just beyond the crimped pieces with swift downward sweeps of a straightened palm. The crumpled piece fell to the rooftop at her feet, and she spooled the rest.

Leaning down and sliding out of stance, she picked up the chunk of twisted metal, and held it out in her open palm.]

Here. Keep it, if you like.

[Action]

[rocketchair]

( Tavros watched the entire demonstration in amazement, and when she offered him the piece of scrap metal, he took it in his hands like it was the Holy Grail. )

Woah.

( It's official: Officer Beifong was the coolest person. Ever. )

Th-Then, are we using metal to get down?

[Action]

[steelweb]

[Lin blinked. Most people here were either afraid of her, hostile, or impressed, but casual about it. This child seemed more inclined to worship her for it. An uncomfortable feeling.]

That had been the plan. You're afraid of heights?