二十八

[anatural]

[ action ]
[Korra had gotten up early that morning to train with Jinora. She was surprised that the young airbender hadn't woken her already, although Jinora had eased up in the face of Korra's injury.

The young girl isn't in her room.]

Jinora? Jinora, where are you?

[housemates can hear her limping through the house, shouting for the young girl]


[ voice ]
[She means to filter this to Chekov, but she can never remember how when she most needs to]

Chekov, I need a favor.

Comments

[anatural]

There's no curse taking little girls!

[vavavroom]

[ asami squeezes her eyes shut for a moment, a little too sleep-ridden still to properly handle shouting in the morning.

when she finally opens her eyes again, she's turning back into her room to pick up the handheld device she'd been lumped with upon arriving, scrolling through the contacts. despite it only being a few days since she arrived, she's made it a bit of a point to get familiar with the gadget... though there are still a few things she's still getting the hang of.

a contacts list, however, is not one of them. ]

...she isn't in my phone.

[lawbender]

I'm not saying a curse has taken her, but that maybe one induced her to go out to town and do something.

[ Lin rolls her eyes at Korra. ] I can't think of any other reason she wouldn't be here. Besides... well.

[anatural]

I'm going to call Chekov. He can check the Hall of the Missing.

[She limps over to sit on the stairs and call her friend.]

[vavavroom]

It's... [ asami looks between the two women, a little torn. ] It's a good thing, though, isn't it? If she's gone, that means she must have gone back home, and... and that's what we all want... isn't it?

[lawbender]

It is. [ Lin's voice is firm, but then she looks away, crossing her arms and frowning. ] It's the best thing for her.

[ But Lin will miss her. She is surprised by how much. ]

[anatural]

[Korra doesn't come back until she's heard from Chekov.]

Yeah. She's home.

[vavavroom]

[ despite what she and lin had earlier agreed on... asami still places a hand along the girl's shoulder. ]

I'm sorry, Korra.

[lawbender]

I will go tell Tenzin.

[ Lin turns to stalk off. She'd rather watch him have feelings than share her own. ]

[anatural]

[Korra nods. She doesn't want to be the one to break the news to him, regardless of what she said to Chekov.

She squeezes Asami's hand before gently pushing it off.]

I should go brush Naga.

[vavavroom]

...right.

[ asami watches both women walk off, feeling just the slightest bit awkward and out of place as she stands there in the middle of the hall.

it's empty when she speaks up again. ]

I'll just be here then. If you need me...