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[tm26-earthquake.livejournal.com]

Okay, right, it beeped, so... Bumi, tell me if this thing is working!

[The Xtransceiver camera shifts wildly, first showing Toph's face then re-focusing on the long snout of an Excadrill. It squints at the screen and sniffs it, giving an excellent view of moley nostrils, before the camera shifts again as its pulled away from the Excradill's claws. The screen is momentarily taken up by pointy teeth; apparently the Xtransceiver is tied around an Aerodactyl's neck and the Aerodactyl is attempting to find an angle from which it can look at the screen, also. The scene finally steadies as Toph returns and holds onto either side of the device.]

Stop wiggling, Rocky, I need you to hold this thing. So it's on? Uh, it's recording? [Off-screen, the Excadrill grunts. In its expert opinion, yes; the weird human device is working. Flat screens and writing: Poor, blind Toph's arch-enemies!] Sweet. Alright! Hello again people! Um, Toph here. I am kind of still in the desert, ha... Oh, check it out! I am like the master of sandbending now. [Toph backs away from the camera and makes a quick, sharp motion with her hand, then twists her heel into the ground. A small pillar of sand shoots up then sculpts itself into a perfect double of Toph, right down to the pose. When Toph moves, sand!Toph mirrors her exactly.] Ta-da! Sand clone! Kind of cool. I dunno, practical? Not really. [Sand!Toph collapses to the ground listlessly as its living counterpart readdresses the Xtransceiver.]

Anyway... I just remembered that this bracelet Xtransceiver thing can talk to you guys. I'm getting pretty bored of the desert now, so, uh... Stocking, are you out there? Sorry for not trying to find you earlier, hope you're okay and everything. I guess I should probably head back to Nimbasa City now, huh? Alright, let's... see if we can turn this thing off now... [She approaches the Xtransceiver and tilts it side to side, poking randomly at the screen. After a few attempts, the transmission goes black.]

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[sweetstrainer.livejournal.com]

The screen pops up to show Stocking kind of completely in shock, before she let out a frustrated sound and messed up her hair furiously.

"Earth Girl! I thought you got sent back home or whatever! Gosh I've been looking everywhere for you! ...Except when I've been basically running the Slots dry of cash~ I'll meet you halfway or something?" Stocking exclaimed, glad to kind of know her trickster qurlfriend was still in action.

[tm26-earthquake.livejournal.com]

"Oh... Hey!" Toph grinned guiltily in the screen's general direction. "Yeah, sorry about that, Socks. I got kind of distracted, heh." She scratched her head idly, still grinning. She felt bad, but she was glad Stocking was still around. It wasn't exactly easy for her to make friends.

"Don't worry about meeting up halfway! I can get back in no time!" She demonstrated by jogging in place, her steps augmented by little pillars of earth. "So, like, I guess I'll meet you south of town, then? I'll head over right now!"

[sweetstrainer.livejournal.com]

"Heh~ Sure sure, I'll take you to a spa afterwards, mmkay?" Stocking grinned, heading to the south of Nimbasa.

[tm26-earthquake.livejournal.com]

She gave a good-natured groan at the spa suggestion -- they always tried to touch her feet in spas! Still, it wasn't the worst idea after spending several weeks in the desert. Her healthy layer of earth was getting a bit much even for her.

She made good time skating along the earth, although the construction workers along the route probably didn't appreciate the unsettled dirt too much. She tried to stay off the main path, anyway. It didn't take very long for her to reach the outskirts of Nimbasa. She managed to find Stocking pretty quickly, and gave her a friendly arm-punch in greeting. "Long time no see, Socks! How ya been holding up?"

[sweetstrainer.livejournal.com]

Stocking lightly tapped Toph in return, grinning.

"I've basically been babysitting a genius gambler but besides that not much besides the usual. Running casinos to the ground, training Pokemon, that sort of thing~"

[tm26-earthquake.livejournal.com]

"Genius gambler, huh? Not as genius as I am, though! I bet they can't even cheat properly." She grinned, more excited than she thought she would be to be back in human company.

"Psh, training Pokemon, huh? What, like, the way they want you to? Having them fight other Pokemon and everything?" She scoffed. "Me and my two guys had a bunch of sparring matches together, it was actually pretty fun! Mini-mole is a great earthbender, and remember my little rockbat dude? He's huge now, and he totally reminds me of my friend Aang back home." In more ways than one, really. The thing could manipulate more than one element!

"It's kind of weird that the Pokemon here can bend, but none of the people can. They must not be paying attention. Back in my world, like, in ancient history, the first benders learned from animals." She shrugged. "Anyway, I just noticed that."

[sweetstrainer.livejournal.com]

"Well we were almost kicked out of the Game Corner," Stocking commented, cackling a bit. "And well, there was nothing to really do besides training I guess. You can't really blame me," Stocking grinned.

"Hm, well even if the people in your world could uh... bend, it doesn't mean that the guys in other worlds could all do it I think," Stocking mused. "Pokemon really seem to rely on some sort of weird science to work around. Like advanced developed physics or biology or whatever."

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[fated-fall.livejournal.com]

[Grimsley. He is impressed. Because only psychic-Pokemon could dream of doing stuff like that - he wants to learn it darnit.] That's amazing - how did you learn that?

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[tm26-earthquake.livejournal.com]

[Toph tilts her head towards the Xtransceiver -- she doesn't recognize this new voice. It sounds young. A kid? She gives a brief shrug.] I'm gonna assume you mean earthbending in general. [She casually stomps her heel into the ground, causing a good amount of sand to jump up. The grains of sand condense into a small rock before landing in Toph's waiting, upturned palm.] Cuz I guess I'm the only person from the real -- I mean from my world here.

Anyway, earthbending is just something you can do. Stuff like that sand clone is all mastering the technique. [She smiles, a bit smugly. SMUG-OFF 2011] And I am definitely a master!