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]

[.....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...?

[assiduous]

[ YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET ELECTROCUTED KORRA WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ]

Bolin's there right now— if you knew there were Equalists at the— [ panicking panicking ] Korra, what's he done to the arena?

[ THIS IS MAKO KIND OF PANICKING ]

[streamlines]

Mako! [putting her hand on his shoulder but dude seriously]

He can't be there. The police have it all sealed off for repairs from when he blew it up at the tournament finals. He's been fine since you moved out, why would he even need to go back?

[assiduous]

[ what

what

what ]

We don't even know if we're in the finals; I haven't found the money for our entry fee yet...

[streamlines]

[......lkadfhgdsjhfgdsjkhafgsdjahgfdjksh]


...Mako, did—is your head feeling all right?

[assiduous]

[ what ]

... What? Yeah. I'm fine.

[streamlines]

[...reaching up to put her hand on his head because she doesn't believe him]

[assiduous]

[ elksrjf?? what ]

I'm fine.

[ and he does feel ok! a bit warm, but that's standard natural firebender-ness right there ]

[streamlines]

[slowly, as though he's a small child]

The finals of the tournament were days ago. We played the Wolfbats. They cheated. Amon took their bending away when he crashed through the roof and blew up the arena. Remember?

1/2.

[assiduous]

[ korra he's taller than you gosh ]

No, because that hasn't... [ sderlkfjs ] ... happened.

[ maslkdfjlkawed WHERE IS THAT OLD MAN HE NEEDS INTERROGATED AGAIN ]

[assiduous]

[ .... sdalkjrf??? WHAT IF... ]

... yet? [ he turns his head sharply to look towards the door, WHERE THE STUPID OLD MAN LEFT THROUGH EARLIER. (if korra ends up running her fingers through his hair because of it, its her fault.) ]