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Korra (deal_with_it) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-08-25 21:53:00

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bart allen, geordi la forge, hei, helix wamtani, korra, penelope garcia, yuuki kuran, yuuri shibuya

Day 233 | Sector 2 | late afternoon
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[When she's not on assignment in Sector 1, Korra can be found wandering forlornly around Sector 2, where she and Mako had been (briefly) reunited. She'd been doing so well, not missing home, but seeing Mako, getting to talk to him and kiss him and hold him again, has opened up the floodgates. It's been weeks since she's seen Bolin or Tenzin or the air bender babies; months since she's been able to spend any significant time with her parents or Master Katara. She's never been separated from Naga this long since they were both babies.

She wants her boyfriend. She wants her best friends, and her teachers, and her parents, and her world, and her life! She's sick of being trapped here, having all of her powers and yet still being less than nothing.

Be wary of the sulky Avatar.]

[ voice -- to Garcia & Asami, but posted publicly because technology? what? ]
I'm going to be home late tonight. Don't worry about me.

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	killerspeed 2013-08-28 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	Nothing much. [Eyebrow raise. Whatever happened must've been rough, if she's interested in the shopping bag and romance self-help guides he'd bought.] What about you? You look like you could use some company... or a bad chick flick. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{2} deal_with_it 2013-08-28 08:19 pm UTC (link)
	[Her instinctive response is I'm fine... but then she gets distracted.] Chick flick? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	killerspeed 2013-08-30 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	[He holds up his shopping bag.] Movies aimed at girls. They're mostly romantic screwball comedies where "guy meets girl, guy pisses girl off, guy tries to win girl back." You didn't have those in Republic City? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{3} deal_with_it 2013-08-30 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	[She arches an eyebrow at his description. Why are things aimed at girls so stupid sounding?] We don't have movies in Republic City. Just the radio. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	killerspeed 2013-08-30 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, that's right... I keep forgetting y'all live in the past. [Past? World with technology that doesn't quite match up? It's the same to him.] Well, I can't say if the movies're worse than radio serials - cause I never listened to them - but you should watch one with me later. I've sorta-kinda got something else to show you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{4} deal_with_it 2013-08-30 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	[Congratulations, Bart! You have 70% distracted Korra from her woes! She is now more curious than sad.] What is it? [You can't just say you have something to show her and then expect her to wait!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	killerspeed 2013-08-31 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	Have you been to the food carts lately? [He grins, starting to walk towards sector 0.] 'Cause they just got something that I think you might like. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{5} deal_with_it 2013-08-31 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	[She shakes her head.] What?! [Come oooooooon!!!!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	killerspeed 2013-08-31 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	You'll just have to wait and see. [Alright already! Bart doesn't want to ruin the surprise, so he doesn't say another word 'til they reach the food carts. Bart immediately runs over to one and buys one bowl of steaming hot water tribe noodles. He grins, holding it out expectantly.] Ta-da! One special dish for one of my favorite ladies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{6} deal_with_it 2013-08-31 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	[Tease! But oh, man, the surprise is SO worth it.] Real Water Tribe noodles! [She slurps -- Yup! The genuine article!] I can't believe this! How did you find this place? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	killerspeed 2013-08-31 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't. [Her happiness is contagious! Bart's beaming as he orders himself a bowl.] Iiii might've put in a request to the creepy Wardens the other day, and they might've sorta-kinda started adding it to the rotation of foods they serve here. [Considering that he regularly buys out food carts, he was bound to know when they started selling it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{7} deal_with_it 2013-08-31 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	You can do that? [Man, she has to do that! There are a bunch of dishes she'd like to recommend. But, more importantly --] I can't believe you did that. Thank you. [She takes another bite. Shoot, no, no she's not going to start crying nope not happening. To guarantee it, she eats more.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	killerspeed 2013-08-31 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	Apparently. My nephew's friend told me, so I thought it'd be worth a shot. [After she'd raved about it, Bart wondered what the real deal tasted like, so why not? He slurps some noodles and oh god, no wonder she missed it so much. He'll just inhale that whole bowl now and grab another.] Maybe now you can get some good stuff whenever you're homesick. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{8} deal_with_it 2013-08-31 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	[Weirdly enough, eating noodles doesn't make it any easier to avoid crying. This whole situation is just reminding her of Bolin, and how he took her to a real Water Tribe restaurant when she was feeling depressed about Mako. She misses her boyfriend, and her best friend, and her home, and her life. Hopefully at least the slurping will mask her sniffles.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	killerspeed 2013-09-01 09:33 am UTC (link)
	[It does, for a little bit. Bart's oblivious to a lot of things, but even he can't ignore sniffling after a while. In-between slurps, he tilts his head at her.] I said something wrong, didn't I? [Because clearly that's the only reason why she'd cry in front of him.] I know I say a ton of stupid stuff, but I don't mean it half the time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{9} deal_with_it 2013-09-01 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	[Damn it! She sniffs loudly and forces herself to take a deep breath.] No, you didn't do anything wrong. You've been great. [cough Keep it under control, Korra!] It's just been a rough few days. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

killerspeed
2013-09-03 10:13 am UTC (link)

Oh. [He's terrible at hiding his relief.] That sucks. [Does he need to beat someone up? He's not much of a brawler, but he knows how to pack a wallop.

Instead, he goes to another food cart and grabs green tea ice cream for her. What else is he supposed to do? He doesn't want to ask her about it - if it's this bad, chances are that he can't do much about it. So he focuses intently on his own noodles, taking his sweet time for once.]

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	{10} deal_with_it 2013-09-03 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	[While he's gone, she wipes her eyes, forces herself not to cry, and finishes off the noodles. She doesn't really want to talk about it, but she does kind of feel like she owes Bart an explanation for getting all weird on him.] My boyfriend was here for a day. [She blurts it out, kind of awkwardly. Emotional conversations? Not something she's good at.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

killerspeed
2013-09-04 12:00 am UTC (link)

Huh?

[He jumps, almost dropping his bowl. So that's why she was all moody... Bart couldn't blame her. If his girlfriend (or future wife) had come, it would've bugged him too.] Back when all those people came, right? That really sucks.

[more seriously:] I get it, though. It's like... you see someone important, and you want them to be here and yet you really don't, 'cause Marina's hell.

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	{11} deal_with_it 2013-09-05 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	[She nods. She doesn't really know what hell is, but she gets the idea -- Marina is not a place you want people you care about to be.] I miss him. And his brother. But.....mostly I just miss Naga. [She and her best friend haven't been apart since she brought the polar bear dog cub home.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	killerspeed 2013-09-06 01:51 pm UTC (link)
	Naga? [This is the first time he's heard of the polar bear dog - at least, by name.] Is he - she? - another friend of yours? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{12} deal_with_it 2013-09-06 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	She's my best friend. We've been inseparable since we were small. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	killerspeed 2013-09-07 12:57 am UTC (link)
	I can only imagine. [He's a bit envious - he doesn't remember any of his childhood friends, if he even had any.] Hey, you never know. Maybe they'll bring her over, and I can always give her a hard time about what a cute girl she is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	{13} deal_with_it 2013-09-07 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	[Korra chuckles.] You should take her for a ride. [It occurs to her that, with how fast he can run, he doesn't really need to ride a polar bear dog to get somewhere quickly. That thought distracts her from the fact that her sentence really came out wrong...] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)