poly_chromatic

Entry tags:

legend of korra: korra

二

[action]
[This place is definitely weird. The day before yesterday she had been sweltering in her Water Tribe clothes, and now she's grateful for her heavy coat and fur-lined boots.

She had been trying to meditate in the apartment, but there had been too many distractions. So she went outside, hoping the cold would help sharpen her focus.

Problem is, meditating is still boring. Very. Boring.

Somebody. Help her.

Please.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Come on, you didn't hit me that hard. Do I look like a delicate flower to you?

[He considers this question carefully.]

No, but you do remind me of Nadia Grigorevna. She liked to throw me in snowbanks, and I would like to avoid that.

[Nadya Grigowhat? Weird name, but Korra dismisses this as unimportant.]

I don't throw strangers into snowbanks. Unless they deserve it. Interrupting a boring meditation session isn't a snowbank offense.

Ah, good!

[Now that that's cleared up, he cheerfully offers her a hand to shake.]

I am Pavel Andreievich Chekov, and it is good to meet you.

[Korra just...stares at the hand. What is she supposed to do with that?]

That's a lot of names for one person.

[Undeterred, he pulls his hand back.]

I only use one at a time. My friends here use Pavel, usually.

Nice to meet you, Pavel.

[She puts her hands together and gives a slight bow.]

I'm Korra.

You also, Korra.

[He imitates the bow. It's polite in alien cultures, y'know.]

May I ask, why were you sitting in the snow?

I was meditating. Or trying to, at least.

Meditating? Why?

It's part of my training. It's supposed to center my mind or something.

Unless you are training to become a Vulcan, I see no benefit to that. I think that it would be far more beneficial to enjoy the snow.

[She screws up her nose.]

What's a Vulcan?

A humanoid that likes to meditate and does not like snow.

[This is only a guess. Spock has yet to voice an opinion on snow, but it seems logical that a being from a very warm planet would object to it.]

It reminds me of home--the snow, is what I mean.

Edited 2012-08-12 00:00 (UTC)

Where are you from?

[She perks up, sounding a little eager. He's definitely not from the Southern Water Tribe, but he might be from somewhere similar, at least, and she's homesick enough for that to be sufficient.]

Russia--Petersburg, most recently, and that is still where my family lives.

[He's always eager to talk about home, even if he suspects that Korra isn't from a world where Russia exists.]

It is a warm city, for Russia, but there is snow on the ground for half of the year. And you? Where are you from?

The South Pole. The snow basically is the ground. [She grins]

What's it like -- Russia?

Then it is like this all the year 'round? That would be pleasant.

Russia! [Oh, Korra. You went there.] A beautiful country--rich in history and still proud of its culture, which cannot be said of every country on the planet. There is nothing better than running along the Neva in Saint Petersburg at dawn on a winter day, especially when the river is iced over. That is beautiful.

Do you have big cities like here?

Yes, massive cities! Moscow is larger than the City, I think; you cannot walk for the crowds in Red Square when the sun is up. But what about your home?

I can't imagine living in a city bigger than this. How do people breathe? The South Pole is tiny. We have a handful of huts at most.

Huts! I can't imagine living in a hut! In Moscow, it is easy enough to go running early before the streets are crowded. Getting up early will not make a hut a starship.

A starship?

A ship that goes into space. Sometimes tiny, like a shuttlecraft. The one that I am serving on is the size of a very small town.

You have boats that can go into space?!