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[anatural]

[It's not been an easy few days for Korra. Having sex with Li would have been enough to deal with, but then Mako had to go and make a trade to get her life back. It was like he knew she was trying to get over him and didn't want her to.

People told her she should be grateful and thank him, and she knew he had made no easy sacrifice for her. That's why she's so angry with him, because it made her love him more when she just wants to move on. She doesn't want to spend the rest of her time here being cut up inside by Mako and Asami's happiness.

She's spent a lot of time hiding from her friends and crying. She wishes her mother were here, or Master Katara. The older waterbender had always understood Korra's troubles, and never judged her for her mistakes.

But neither Katara nor her mother are here, and Korra has had to work through everything alone. Today, she's finished crying. It's time to start dealing with things.]


[filtered from Li and her friends (but Li and Chekov could likely hack)]

[The goal had been to make a discrete voice post, filtered from her friends and him, calmly asking for advice.

That had been the goal. It's not the reality. The reality is, remembering how to do the filters had sufficiently flustered the already upset Korra that she accidentally turned on the video. You're treated to the sight of a young woman who is alive but clearly has not been sleeping.]

Uh, just out of curiosity... What happens if you do something that could get you sick while you're City dead, and then somebody makes a deal and you're not dead anymore? Can you still get sick from the thing before?

[It's been a few days since it happened, but this idea is only now occurring to her. She clearly wishes the Earth would eat her alive. Also no idea how sex works. She is in desperate need of an adult. Or a hug.]

[action]
[She's struggled with this for days now, but she can't put it off anymore. She and Mako need to have a talk.]

Comments

private; [early in the day]

[intheblanks]

Hypothetically? Best to get it checked out if you're worried.

private; [early in the day]

[anatural]

R-right. Okay.

[Loooooooooooooooong pause because she's humiliated and she doesn't want to seem like an idiot but she has no idea and is overwhelmed and ARGH]

Where?

private; [early in the day]

[intheblanks]

Hypothetically, catching a doctor on his way in for the morning shift and making an appointment to stop by the clinic sometime would work.

Or you could just let him know what's scaring you over the network, to start.

You know. Hypothetically.

private; [early in the day]

[anatural]

I -- you see... It's like --

[She can't do it. Not over the Network like this. She tells herself it'll be easier and more discrete to talk in person, but really she just wants to put it off as long as possible.]

I'll make an appointment. Where's the clinic?

private; [early in the day]

[intheblanks]

Inside the hospital. Big white building at the North end of the square.

What was your name?

private/hacked

[candothat]

What kind of sickness is it?

private/hacked

[anatural]

CHEKOV!

[NOOOO. HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS.]

What are you doing here?!??

private/hacked

[candothat]

I broke in.

Korra, what's wrong?

private/hacked

[anatural]

[ARGH sometimes she hates you and your stupid smarts. She doesn't want to get into this with you. You're her age! It's already embarrassing enough.]

Nothing. I was just checking on something, that's all.


[ooc: Chekov drag Korra to the clinic so she can't chicken out?]

private/hacked

[candothat]

[OLDER. By, like... whole months.]

If it was nothing, you would not have had the filter in place. Tell me or I will be forced to bother you in person.


[ooc: Happily!]

filter;

[blackshadow]

[ Tyr has really had enough of death to last him years, but he at least knows a bit about the topic.

And she's not anyone he knows, so that makes it even easier. ]

That'd depend on why you got sick, wouldn't it?

filter;

[anatural]

What do you mean?

filter;

[blackshadow]

If it only started when you died, then it should have been cured when you were brought back...

filter;

[anatural]

It's not so much start as it might have been caused by something I did when I was dead.....

filter;

[blackshadow]

What did you do?

[action]

[firesneeze]

[ Mako isn't that hard to find. He's either in his room, lounging in the living room, or he's outside in the garage or else on the front step. These days he's usually on the front step in the sun trying to soak as much of it up as he possibly can since he'd given up his firebending and lost the feeling of eternal and internal heat.

However, not today. Mako's exhausted as he enters the apartment and it shows, the day of patrol long for some reason. He lets himself in and drops his sack on the nearest chair. There's got to be something in the kitchen for him to fix up, is all he can think about right now as he heads in that direction, hands dragging through his hair and mussing it up everywhere. ]

[action]

[anatural]

[Korra's curled up in her room, stupidly, blissfully relieved after her visit to the clinic. The sound of someone coming through the front door ends her brief respite from anxiety.

Time to talk to Mako.

She takes a deep breath to comfort herself, then rolls out of bed and heads towards the sound of his movement. She stops a few feet away from the kitchen, and takes a moment to just look at him. It almost hurts too much to speak.]

Hey Mako.

[action]

[firesneeze]

Korra. Hey.

[ He twists to look back over a shoulder at her from where he's rooting in the cupboard. Sensing that something's off - or wrong - he takes another moment to take in her appearance. Mako grabs the nearest can of whatever to get the search for food over with, turning to move to the counter nearest to her. ]

What's up?

[ Now where's that can opener... ]

[action]

[anatural]

[How is it he can be so casual and she's the one feeling like someone reached into her chest and is crushing her heart? It's not fair!]

We need to talk.

[action]

[firesneeze]

[ Actually ... he's gotten to be pretty good at keeping his cool with his emotions. He's suffering a tiny bit on the inside but what right does he have to act on those emotions? ]

If it's about the trade, it's over and done with. I made the deal, I accepted what they wanted.

[Private|Unhackable] 1/2

[mortemscintilla]

[ Hei's brain and larynx are knocked offline. Congratulations. ]

[ Sick? ]

[ What kind of sick? He's already running worst-case scenarios. Didn't they take necessary precautions? Yes, they did. But then why -- ? ]

[Private|Unhackable]

[mortemscintilla]

[ No smile. No Hello. ]

[ All you get is a long questioning look. ]

nope not here sorry

[anatural]

[Too bad you can't see how she's slamming her network device shut. You're not getting a response out of her.

You'd probably find her curled up with Naga outside the apartment, though. If you looked in the evening, after she's had it out with Mako.]

Action?

[mortemscintilla]

[ He has two blocks from his flat to hers to run through worst-case scenarios. Part of him wonders why it's even his concern. He's used to flashbang affairs, without strings or Call me's. In former assignments, he'd left plenty of unfinished business, a lot of people whom he'd cared for -- or 'Li' pretended to have. But he'd never given them a second glance. What's done is done. But the City is like a cage of barbed wire. You're trapped. Worse, one wrong move, and your business is exposed for everyone to see. Back home, he could disentangle himself without batting an eyelid. ]

[ He can't do that here. He has no choice but to bite the bullet. ]

[ He spots Korra and Naga a few feet off. He doesn't say anything. He just waits for her notice his presence. There's no real emotion in his face, but there's a distinct sternness to it. What's going on? ]

Action!

[anatural]

[Naga notices Hei before Korra does. The polar bear dog growls a warning, and Korra looks up. When she sees him, she buries her face in Naga's fur, as though that would somehow make him disappear.]

Go away.

[His glower across the network had been frightening, but now she doesn't care. Let him attack her if he wants to. She could use a fight.]