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[anatural]

[video]

[Korra looks nervous. And determined. Okay, more than a little nervous. But totally determined.]

I'm not really sure how to do this. Hey Chekov? Can we meet up somewhere? Soon?




[posted several hours later]

[video || filtered to the deities || unhackable thanks to the l33t skills of Pavel Chekov]

[That nervousness you saw before? It's gone. She looks straight at the camera and doesn't waiver.]

I wanna make a deal.

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[candothat]

Where would you like to meet?

[anatural]

It doesn't matter. By the fountain, I guess?

[Man she hopes none of her roommates see this post. Or at least they don't see it in time to try and go with her. Because if they knew what she was going to do, they'd probably try and stop her.]

[candothat]

I can be there very soon.

[Because the people he works with at City Solutions are pretty used to Chekov to darting in and out of work and keeping weird hours. They won't miss him.]

action;

[anatural]

[A polite person would respond, but Korra still doesn't have the hang of these weird devices or the proper etiquette for them. And honestly? She's more worried about being caught than being rude. She sneaks out of the apartment as quickly as she can and makes her way to the fountain.]

action;

[candothat]

[Chekov is entertaining himself by walking around the edge of the fountain by the time Korra gets there. He jumps down as soon as he sees her.]

What is wrong?

action;

[anatural]

Not here.

[She grabs for his arm to drag him off. She really doesn't want to be found.]

action;

[candothat]

[Not wanting to be dragged--which Korra could physically do, he's sure--he follows.]

Why? If you are asking me to hack into an account or delete information for you or plant a virus, there are stipulations...

[With the way Korra's acting, it's natural to assume that she has heard about some of Chekov's... side projects, in spite of her apparent lack of familiarity with modern technology.]

action;

[anatural]

[That gets her to stop -- fortunately they're now far away enough from the fountain for her to feel comfortable. Sort of.]

Huh? No. I just... [Anxiety is fraying her nerves, which are short enough as it is.] I need help making one of those private posts. That only one person can see.

action;

[candothat]

[Ohhhh. Chekov is immensely relieved that it's something small like this.]

Filters? I can help, if you will let me see your network device.

action;

[anatural]

Here. [She pulls it out and hands it over to him.]

action;

[candothat]

[He accepts it happily and begins punching in codes while explaining how the filters work.]

I will make these easy to access for you, for when you would like to use them, but you may tell the filter to block anyone you want to hide information from. I promise you, no one will be able to break this code.

[Aaand done. Have your network device back, Korra.]

There will be an option, when you post, to add the filter. Very simple.

action;

[anatural]

Uh...run that by me one more time?

action;

[candothat]

[Chekov takes the device back with a highly exaggerated sigh. He maneuvers the device so Korra can see what he does as he explains.]

I will start a post to show you. See, before your make post--select this link. Pick "hide" or "show," and enter who to hide the post from and who to show it to. Selecting "hide" and "all" will make your post invisible [inWEESeebuhl] to everyone in the City who is not you.

[...]

Or I can send a message to you with directions?

action;

[anatural]

[Oi there, watch the attitude, bucko. She elbows him a little but pays attention.]

Okay. That makes sense. [How long she'll remember it, she's not sure. But it makes sense right now.]

Do I have to know their full names or something? [Because she has no idea how to call the deities.]

action;

[candothat]

[Oh, the elbowing. As if that's new. Korra and Sulu would get along so well.]

No, no. Begin typing the name and options will come up. I will sync your name list with mine so that it will stay current. You can make groups, as well, but I can help you with that if you want to do that.

[Hint: Start typing out the word "deities" and it'll show up as an option.]

action;

[anatural]

[Typing. Great. She hates typing. But this is important enough that she'll do it without complaint.

She starts typing "deities" and gasps when it autofills.]

That's so cool!

action;

[candothat]

[That's... adorable. Korra is amazed by the strangest things.]

Good? Is there anything else you would like me to do with your device? Most things are not so easy as reprogramming, but I have become very good at taking these apart and putting them back together differently.

[The microwave responds to voice commands now. When Chekov realized he couldn't make a replicator, he decided that he and the stupid machine would compromise.]

action;

[anatural]

No, that's all I need. [She doesn't actually plan on using the device. No more than she has to, at least. This is important.

She smiles down at him.]

Thanks, Chekov.

action;

[candothat]

[He smiles back, quite pleased to be helpful to someone who is very cool.]

Happy to help.

action;

[anatural]

[Korra starts to walk off, to record her messages to the deities in private.]

|| Deity Filter ||

[laszlo_jamf]

I like deals.

|| Deity Filter ||

[anatural]

[ERK! Korra's heart leaps, but her expression doesn't change. She's committed to this.]

There's someone from my world I want to bring here. My polar bear dog, Naga. Can you do that?

|| Deity Filter ||

[laszlo_jamf]

We can do that. If you pay.

What do you offer in exchange?

|| Deity Filter ||

[anatural]

Offer?

[SHIT. SHE HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.]

|| Deity Filter ||

[laszlo_jamf]

Offer. I can't work for free, you know. If you want to get, you've got to give.

I like magic, memories, bits of anatomy, certain objects, skills, and etc. Something of value for something of value.

Now, in this case, the payment would be in the form of a temporary loan: that is to say, whatever I have would be returned to you after a period of time but your animal companion would remain. And so you would be whole again and whole again.

|| Deity Filter ||

[anatural]

[She can't give up her airbending, not even temporarily, not even for Naga. She can't. She almost panics, afraid that Naga will be just out of reach. But she takes a deep breath and forces herself to think.

Magic. Memories. Skills.]

What about feelings?

|| Deity Filter ||

[laszlo_jamf]

Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~lings♪~

I can do that. One feeling or all of them? I'll do it either way. And it should last for a period of, say, a week or two.

|| Deity Filter ||

[anatural]

Feeling.

[Deep breath.]

There's someone I love. A guy I love. [A guy she shouldn't love.] I'd give that up for Naga.

|| Deity Filter ||

[laszlo_jamf]

Sounds complicated.

I'll take it.

Two weeks, no lovey-dovey feels for this guy. Whether he knows it or not, because, I mean, really.

For that, by this afternoon, a delivery. A large one.

Come by and sign the paperwork and we'll be on our way. Or Naga will be on the way.

[ooc: So, like it says: two weeks without that feeling of affection, but Naga will be delivered any time hereafter that you decide the trade goes into effect.]

|| Deity Filter ||

[anatural]

Deal.

[ooc: YAAAAAAAAY!]