Did you know this week is Toko week? Check out WithinOurTemptation's deviantArt page for the list of themes. I won't be doing the full week like with Irko, but expect a few more entries with Toph and Zuko fun.
Toko Week - Eruption
The sky was gone.
Rolling black smoke covered it for miles, blotting out the light of the heavens, be it stars or moon or sun. There was little wind, and what little that visited brought only ash and the smell of sulfur. Had the heat not already burned all the island's plant life, they would have been killed by the artificial darkness. Had the island ever sheltered humans, they would have choked to death.
Of course, the air quality was the least of the island's problems. Lava was pouring down its sides, cooling slowly as it came, making its flow erratic and random. At the tip of the volcano, the lava was bright and glowing, but by the time it reached the beaches, it was a seeping gray sludge with an inner light that escaped through various cracks and dribbles. The air above the lava danced with heat distortion, and the ground beneath it melted and joined in the flood of liquid rock.
Not that even the solid portions of the ground were staying still. The whole island jumped continuously, sometimes leading to another eruption, but more often just rebelling against the eternal conflict between gravity and subterranean pressure. The shockwaves carried out past the land and into the sea, churning the waters into tidal waves that would travel miles before breaking.
Within days, the little volcanic island would be no more.
So far away that cataclysm was but a speck on a clean horizon, a boy and a girl contemplated the incident. "I can't believe we unleashed that. It's terrifying."
"Told we could do it."
"That kind of power shouldn't belong to anyone without the wisdom of the Spirits. Like Aang."
"Eh, wouldn't have any fun with it. But it's good for you and me to mix the Fire and Earth things for a little destructive fun. You could use more of that in your life."
"...are you flirting with me?"
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