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[Riley steps out of the way of the oncoming fist and then goes to give the girl a little shove to knock her off balance. Hey, just because she's blind doesn't mean she'll be nice.

Of course she laughs.]

Thanks for that. I like when people give me something to laugh at.

[ She stumbles back, and growls, stomping the ground by reflex because that's how she would have sent Riley flying, had she still had her bending.

Since that's not possible anymore, though, she instead aims a kick at Riley's legs. Where she's pretty sure they are, anyway. ]

[Ellie goes from confidence directly to Ihavemadeaterriblemistake.]

What the fuck, Riley?

[Still, she doesn't interfere- Toph doesn't need saving. And Riley isn't mean at heart, so what the hell is she doing? The other thing is, Jackson isn't interfering. He's sitting back on his haunches by Ellie's side, panting lightly. Relaxed. If this were a real fight, he'd be aggressive.]

Edited 2014-10-23 17:40 (UTC)

[She yelps as Toph's leg catches her and she stumbles before falling on her ass with an OOF! But then she's grinning and laughing again.]

I like you! Wanna hear a joke?

Hah!

[ Serves you right.

Toph folds her arms, a smug smirk on her face. Now that she's proven a point, she's content to move on without ill feelings.

Although that's not quite true. She'll get back at Riley for it somehow, in the future. ]

Sure.

[When is the last time she's seen someone score a hit on Riley? Shit, Toph's not playing around, and Ellie doesn't particularly think that Riley let her.

Considering what power Toph must have, Ellie figures Riley's gonna have a shiny bruise later. Serves her right.]

Did you hear about the miracle of the blind carpenter?

[Yeah, she's going to tell a blind joke. This girl is cool and that means that it's going to be exactly that.]

[ You don't mess with Toph Beifong.

But oh, man, a joke. She loves jokes. People hardly ever make them at her though; she has to stand for them herself. What is with these people doing things no one in her world has done yet? ]

No. What is it?

[Ellie is staring very hard at Riley, like she's wondering whether she needs to be kicked again, but she says nothing.]

He picked up a hammer and saw.

[ It takes her a couple of seconds, but then a snorting laughter spills out. Wow. ]

Seriously?

[Woooow.]

Yeah, Toph, meet Riley.

[She is so sorry, but at the same time she wants to laugh.]

Awwwww. Come on, Ellie. She never saw it coming.

[Whoops. Another blind joke.]

That's just bad.

[ Really, Ellie doesn't need to apologise. Riley's okay, even if she's obviously a jerk. ]

... I don't even know why I bother.

[Or what she was worried. She's starting to smile even through her scowl.]

Awwww. You love it, El.

[She laughs then gives Toph's arm a playful punch.]

I like this girl. She's cool.

[ Wow, someone who punches first. The people here really are full of surprises, and Toph loves it.

She returns the favour. ]

You bet I'm cool.

If it helps, Riley stole my stuff the first time we met, so. You're getting off easy.

I did that after I saved your sorry ass from a couple of guys beating you up.

That's better than my friends stealing my champion title the day we met.

I had it handled-

Wait, champion title?

We have a badass here! You go, girl!

Yeah, didn't I mention that? I held the champion title in my town's earthbending competition for years. Until my stupid friends came along and ruined it.

Although if you ask me, it didn't count. Aang cheated and used airbending.

Toph's a bender. It means she can punch people out with rocks.

Or- could, I guess.

A bender? That's sweet. Dick move to use airbending on the guy's part but you're awesome. Go you.

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