𝚆𝙴 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙴𝙽𝙳𝚄𝚁𝙴

she missed those simpler days. in spite of the way their story had ended; a banished prince crowned lord of a new era, a wandering soul finding her sisterhood in a warriors clan, a fallen princess who flew too close to the sun. and her, the bored noblewoman with the expectations to sit at the side of that prince. her expected role despite how much the palace made her feel sick following the war, knowing what ghosts haunted those halls. she stiffens at these thoughts and as quickly as they appeared, she smothered them.

                 She  wished  she  could  join  the  story  mill .  ❝   Having  a  sibling  sounds  exhausting .   ❞  Having  a  sibling  sounds  less  lonely .  ❝   But ,  at  least  there  was  a  time  when  they  actually  got  along .  I'm  assuming  he's  trying  to  repair  that  bridge  yea ?  I  mean ,  if  Azula  is  willin '  upstairs .   ❞  While  they  managed  to  come  out  on  toph  in  the  end,  they  all  suffered  causalities .  Children  locked  in  a  war  curated  by  adults  &  made  to  do  things  surely  still  robbed  some  of  them  of  sleep .

𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐇  𝐀𝐑𝐄  𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒  𝐎𝐅  𝐖𝐀𝐑 .

no one needed to remind her, the young ambassador was more than aware that there were some people in her life that were owed an explanation. perhaps some more than others. considering the way she had retreated to the southern water tribe & isolated herself with the familiar, with her community. until even the familiar glacial landscape & warmth of the hearth had become too much. heavy with the suffocating weight of pity from those around her, as news traveled along the waves & reached their far-flung corner of the world.

& then she had to get out.

❝ depends. what have you heard ? ❞ she posed the question as casually as her uneasiness would allow, arms wrapped protectively around her torso. as if holding herself in an embrace could shield her, protect the parts of her that still felt raw even this long after the worst of the storm of her decision had passed.

suddenly, none of the shops & stalls lining the street seemed interesting enough to spare even a second glance. she just kept walking. if she could keep moving forward, then she wouldn't have to look back. that's how this was supposed to work. ❝ because believe it or not, i've actually been trying really, really, ❞ & she paused a moment, a frame-shuddering breath caught on her lips, ❝ really hard to avoid every nation's rumor mill. ❞ the sting of it was too much. in small communities, towns like the one she'd detoured from to visit with toph, it was bearable. she was the master of the southern water tribe, a hero of the hundred years' war, the waterbending teacher to the avatar himself.

                  ❝   That  you  and  Aang  broke  up .   ❞  Toph  was  very  matter - of - fact  about  it .  ❝   I've  heard  some  other  stuff  but  I  don't  push  stock  into  people  flappin '  their  gums  with  nothing  better  to  do .  They  know  just  as  little  as  the  rest  of  us  &  spreadin '  false  truths  is  very  unbecoming .   ❞  While  her  parents  didn't  completely  engage  in  gossip  with  other  noble  houses ,  they  still  knew  what  was  going  on  ( or  so  they  though )  &  chose  carefully  who  they  were  going  spread  it  to  with  their  own  flare .

𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒  𝐀𝐑𝐄  𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐋𝐄 .  𝐀𝐍𝐘  𝐋𝐈𝐄  𝐂𝐀𝐍  𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐘  𝐈𝐓 .

                 ❝   . . . . are  you  absolutely  sure ?   ❞  She  questioned  on  the  that  being  a  joke ,  the  look  on  her  face  being  dumbfounded .  But ,  who  was  she  to  question !  It  was  a  joke ,  case  close .  The  tension  in  his  shoulders  slowly  began  to  diminish .  Alright ,  she  can  keep  her  head  for  another  day .  ❝   Yea  no  kiddin ' .   ❞  There  was  a  shake  of  the  head  &  a  smirk  on  the  face .  She  was  about  to  beat  up  the  other  with  her  words ,  no  need .

Shangrao 上饶 in Jiangxi province, East China is a prefecture-level city. Home to some of the best preserved villages in China. One of them is the Wuyuan county 婺源县 which has a landscape dotted with strange caves, deep secluded rocks and numerous historic sites. Its remoteness and inconvenient transportation protecting its villages from too many visitors.

Another spot is the Wangxian Valley, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction integrating Gan folk customs, local culture, cuisine, and agriculture.