it goes in one ear and right out the other

[assiduous]

Characters: mako (assiduous) and korra (isnttheleaf)
Open? closed.
Where: the castle, avoiding the party.
When: the 3rd day rebirth's decline, evening.
What: while the rest of the travelers revel, avatar korra and team avatar's token firebender have... some things to deal with.
Warnings: none. language, maybe.

[ lina what are we doing i don't know what we're doing

so. you know what sucks? finding your brother, only to be taken yourself, and taken somewhere REALLY FAR AND REALLY DIFFERENT and okay being electrocuted really hurts, so. it's safe to say that his reaction to waking up in the castle is uh. LESS THAN POSITIVE. (he almost lit the old man's hair on fire, before he was uh. settled.)



THIS IS BULLSHIT

THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA and mako is not happy with it WHAT THE FUCK IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH A SWORD you guys are assholes, just kidnapping him and giving him a sword and

whoa what's that commotion next door... ]

Comments

[streamlines]

[that poor old man is really not having a good day because as korra's dulcet tones coming through the walls might indicate he's very close to suffering a similar fate at her hands, or perhaps worse

she's really just

not listening as he's trying to explain things]

I know you know, so tell me!!

[KORRA HE WOULD IF YOU'D LET HIM....]

[assiduous]

[ omg that

that sounds like korra. WHAT IS GOING ON i haven't really got my rhythm here yet aah crap WE SHOULD try and get a lot of this log done in the next hour for ac yanno so. ok he has this sword but that sounded like korra and

... knowing korra this could get out of hand fast. mako yanks the door open to the room where the commotion's coming from, looking stressed and tired but alert— ]

Korra—

[streamlines]

[oh she's been interrupted from beating up an old man

korra stops in mid-demand, hand still in the guy's shirt collar, as she turns to look at the door]

Mako!

[THIS IS RELIEF though she seems to have forgotten about the man in her grip now oops but it means at least one person is okay and there's hope for others...]

[assiduous]

[ ... yep, he was right. korra was doing her thing. ]

... You can probably put him down, you know.

[streamlines]

[put who down n—

oh that guy

kay letting him go now]

Are you okay? What about the others, have you seen anyone?

[assiduous]

[ what others ]

I'm fine—did you not listen to anything he said?

[ LMAO THE OLD GUY IS JUST LIKE "nope" ]

[streamlines]

He hasn't told me anything yet!

[assiduous]

[ mako steps fully into the room, hefting the sword in its sheath so it's resting on his shoulder, kind of like a hobo bundle's stick without the bundle!!! (mako that's not how you carry a sword.) ]

Then, listen to him. This is Schwaren-whatever — [ "Schwanheim" corrects the old man, ] — we're not in Republic anymore.

[streamlines]

[korra doesn't respond for a moment, struggling to decide what to ask next. there's too much, and she doesn't know what's the most important or pressing, and finally she gets out of bed, completely ignores the old man, and crosses the room to mako]

...What else do you know?

[assiduous]

[ ... wat

korra you're the avatar why are you expecting him to have all the answers, this isn't like the thing with the triple threats at all skdjfekrref!! mako's internal state of being rn:

/ / /

slkfdj SERIOUSLY KORRA? ]

They want us to be Champions or something. Save them from... [ ohh no, ohhh no, this is some weird spirit world balance thing, that's why they brought korra, they think he's like, part of team avatar 2.0 oh hell no he did not agree to this, no way, not even a little. she's just his probending waterbender. ok sure she helped him save bolin, and. yeah he couldn't have done it without her. but.

he needs to be back home with bolin skejdfels HE SHOULDN'T BE HERE, he didn't sign up for this. ] There's some kind of crazy thorn forest that's eating their Kingdom.

[ correct him if he's wrong, old du-- HEY OLD DUDE COME BACK YOU JACKASS, DON'T JUST LEAVE HIM HERE TO EXPLAIN THIS ]

[streamlines]

[.....THERE ARE STILL SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE CONFUSING ABOUT THIS]

I've never heard of a place in the Earth Kingdom like that, you'd think someone would have—[oh god this is like a ridiculous WHIPLASH OF PROBLEMS jsahdfgdhsdfakfsahjgf]—how did they even get on Air Temple Island, what about everyone else?!

[MAKO HELP......]

[assiduous]

[ OK for personal meta referece here are the things mako knows so far: schwanheim, chosen champions, evil thorns, different world, magic book, "HE CALLED ME SIR MAKO i think he's mocking me", fighting evil, NO ELECTRICITY.

mako looks out the door, after the old man, not wanting to explain this himself. ]

You had a book too, right?

[ LOL ASSUMING "EVERYONE" means like, tenzin and the air temple people whoops ]

[streamlines]

[—what

korra has completely failed to connect the book to their situation

why are you asking about a book when there are more important things to talk about]

Yeah, right before whatever happened... happened, but—what does a book have to do with any of this?

[assiduous]

[ well mako didn't! oh man, he's really tired... but okay, shit to do, gotta stay awake. mako's expression, which has been pretty mild so far, turns just a little bit sour, before he schools it back to neutral, adjusting the sword on his shoulder a little bit. ]

According to the old guys, [ he jerks his head in the direction of the door and the old dude that left ] they're how people get brought here. And this isn't the Earth Kingdom.

[ THIS IS SOME WEIRD SPIRIT WORLD THING KORRA WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE WHEEL FLKSEJF ]

[streamlines]

...You're crazy. [hands on her hips, what the hell mako] There's no other kingdom in the world, and books don't bring people places. This has to be some weird Equalist plot to—to—I don't even know what they want, but it can't be good!

[assiduous]

[ rolling his eyes ]

Look, that's just what they told me, okay? You can still bend, right? They didn't try to chi-block you or something?

[ like, the old man didn't try to chi block him when mako almost lit him on fire. ]

[streamlines]

[SHE WOULDN'T KNOW, SHE JUST PASSED OUT OKAY THEY CAUGHT HER BY SURPRISE

but she takes a moment, holds out a hand and ignites a small flame]

...I can still bend. [oh god relief]

[assiduous]

See? If this is an Equalist thing, they're going for a pretty elaborate hoax.

[ mako hopes. SDFKLJWEALKSFD insert meta here ]

[streamlines]

I guess, but... there's no telling what kinds of things they could be up to. Nothing makes any sense.

[assiduous]

They're probably still scrambling from the rally getting crashed. You can't just set up something that big at the drop of a hat.

[streamlines]

[...'scuse me what]

The rally was weeks ago. That's hardly at the drop of a hat, especially after what Amon did to the arena.

[assiduous]

[ ... ]

... What.

[streamlines]

[she's just ploughing on, thinking aloud]

At this point they've proven they can be elaborate. The attack must have just set everything into motion, and they have Mister Sato's money and inventions for anything they need. But what I don't get is how they got past everyone on the island, why we seem to be okay. What could they want out of something like this?

[assiduous]

[ what happened to the arena, korra. korra. korra he left bolin there what happened to the arena ]

—Stop. Back up. What happened to the arena?

[ if he sounds more than a little worried uh THAT'S BECAUSE HE IS REALLY WORRIED ]

[streamlines]

[....MAKO WHAT DRUGS HAVE YOU BEEN SMOKING]

Uh, you were there. Nothing new has happened since then, if that's what you're wondering...?