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[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.]

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

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

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?

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.

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?

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

What was your name?

[Okay, she knows where that is. She's passed it with Naga.]

Korra.

The truth is, Korra, if you weren't sick while you were dead, it's unlikely you'd be carrying something long enough for it to affect you now. But medicine isn't standard, here. Sometimes the dead do get sick. Checking it out's the smart precaution, as well as the one that will stop you worrying.

Really? [Huge sigh of relief.] Thank you.

[ooc: Action at the clinic? :3?]

It's part of my job. The other part involves being around if you do come by for an appointment.

Ask for Doctor Chase. I'll fit you in.

[ooc: sure!]

[Korra totally would have chickened out of coming, except Chekov had forced her along. Now that she's here, she really wants to turn and run the other way, but she's learned from experience that Chekov can run even faster than she can.

Gulping, she walks up to the receptionist.]

Uh...hi. I'm here to see Dr. Chase? Make an appointment to see? I don't know, we were talking this morning and he said to come by - [and she's babbling]

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