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[beardbender]

[ Some quiet street chatter, and then-- ]

-- Oh, is that how it works? ... Ah. Thank you.

[ ahem. ]

Excuse me, I would like to speak to the individuals responsible for these shenanigans. I have some critical business to attend to in Republic City. If this is meant as some form of coercion, I can assure you that I will escape and your attempts will have the opposite effect than intended.

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[anatural]

[Korra's finally home from the hospital, although she's been told to stay in bed as much as possible and to under no circumstances put any kind of strain on her injuries. She's doing all her work for the Welcome Center from home.

She hates it.]

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[anatural]

[The last thing she expects, scrolling through the endless posts, is to hear Tenzin's voice.

She stops. Listens to it again, just to be sure.

It really is him.]

action for housemates

[anatural]

[and then she starts screaming]

JINORA! CHIEF! COME HERE! JINORA!

action for housemates

[bookbending]

[Jinora reluctantly sticks her head out of her room, vaguely annoyed by the yelling.]

ARE YOU OKAY?

[She doesn't usually yell, but Korra does it all the time and Jinora isn't about to walk aaaall the way down the hall until she has a good reason to.]

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[anatural]

HE'S HERE! TENZIN'S HERE!

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[bookbending]

He is? [The girl propels herself down the hall so she can latch on to Korra (carefully, because it'd be bad to put the Avatar back in the hospital).]

Where is he? Is Mom with him? What about Ikki and Meelo and Rohan?

[anatural]

OOF! [Korra's injured shoulder throbs protest as Jinora latches onto her, but she's too excited to care about pain.]

See for yourself!!! [She shoves the device at Jinora.]

[bookbending]

[Jinora snatches the device and SHE CAN'T SEE--oh. It's audio. Okay.]

Hello? Daddy, you're really here?

[lawbender]

[ Lin had just walked in the door when she heard Korra shouting. So it's not so much a surprise when she's late to the party. ]

What's going on? Are you all right?

[ Korra doesn't look like she's gotten hurt worse. And Jinora looks downright excited. ]

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[anatural]

[okay wait no she still has a job to do it's Tenzin it's really Tenzin dude it's seriously Tenzin]

TENZIN! YOU'RE HERE!

[okay, maybe not the most helpful response, but it's from the heart]

:D

[beardbender]

Korra?!

[ Wat. I wasn't expecting to actually run into people I knew in this MYSTERIOUS KIDNAPPING PLACE. ]

How-- When did you get here?

[anatural]

Long story, doesn't matter. Where are you?

YOU TWO ARE SO CUTE IN THE OTHER THREAD ♥♥♥

[beardbender]

[ This is audio, so you can't see the eyebrow of disbelief, but you know it's there. ]

In what I suppose is the central square - where are you?

hwee hwee hwee

[anatural]

At the Beach House. [Not that that means anything to him, but again, priorities.] There's a fountain, right? I'll be right there.

[Except she tries to get up and her body goes LOL NOPE.]

Someone will be right there.

[she starts shouting to someone off-camera] CHIEF! CHIEF, HE'S BY THE FOUNTAIN!

[beardbender]

Yes, there is-- Are you alright?

... Chief? Do you mean Lin? Who else is there?!

[ AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU PEOPLE BEEN HERE WITHOUT MY NOTICING THAT YOU'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED? ]

[anatural]

[Aahahaha is she all right no not really not at all but WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW]

It's just me, Chief Bei Fong, and Jinora.

audio;

[moonlitrequiem]

[Very monotone audio.] Welcome to the City.

Escape attempts have been made in the past, but if there have been successful ones they remain unknown.

audio;

[beardbender]

Thank you. I think.

That is good information to know, but I think I will stay optimistic for the time being.

[ Impossible-to-escape cities sound less believable than governments with impressively good cover-up campaigns, after all. ]

audio;

[moonlitrequiem]

Would you like a guide?

audio;

[beardbender]

I think someone is going to pick me up, actually.

[ When you say 'guide,' the first thing that comes to mind is a person. Specifically, someone who has a name like Ju-Di and is helpful in a pleasantly bland sense and wants to give you a walking tour of everything... ]

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[moonlitrequiem]

[Normally this is where she stares at the other person until they hang up or want something else. Instead, there is just silence.]

audio;

[beardbender]

... Hello?

audio;

[moonlitrequiem]

Hello.

[eiremagic]

Shenanigans?

[mortemscintilla]

[ Republic City. Now where has he heard that? ]

[ Oh. Right. ]

This. Might sound strange. But... [ significant throat-clearing ] ... Are you a friend of Korra and Jinora's, sir?

[thermonuclear_birdbrain]

They don't listen to anyone.

Who're you?

[immortal_machine]

You can't leave. You are confined here by a dimensional breach.

Although, everyone tries, so I suppose I will leave you to trying anyway.

[monochrome_mirror]

Unfortunately, a magical barrier is preventing you from leaving. Were you to destroy it, certainly the City would thank you, but no known method exists as of yet. If you wish to speak to the local gods on the matter, they are known for their obstinacy and refusal to give citizens any consideration, but you may very well try. I am sending you their office's location now.

Nonetheless, welcome to the City. You are...?