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[anatural]

[video]

[Korra looks nervous. And determined. Okay, more than a little nervous. But totally determined.]

I'm not really sure how to do this. Hey Chekov? Can we meet up somewhere? Soon?




[posted several hours later]

[video || filtered to the deities || unhackable thanks to the l33t skills of Pavel Chekov]

[That nervousness you saw before? It's gone. She looks straight at the camera and doesn't waiver.]

I wanna make a deal.

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[anatural]

[That gets her to stop -- fortunately they're now far away enough from the fountain for her to feel comfortable. Sort of.]

Huh? No. I just... [Anxiety is fraying her nerves, which are short enough as it is.] I need help making one of those private posts. That only one person can see.

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[candothat]

[Ohhhh. Chekov is immensely relieved that it's something small like this.]

Filters? I can help, if you will let me see your network device.

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[anatural]

Here. [She pulls it out and hands it over to him.]

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[candothat]

[He accepts it happily and begins punching in codes while explaining how the filters work.]

I will make these easy to access for you, for when you would like to use them, but you may tell the filter to block anyone you want to hide information from. I promise you, no one will be able to break this code.

[Aaand done. Have your network device back, Korra.]

There will be an option, when you post, to add the filter. Very simple.

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[anatural]

Uh...run that by me one more time?

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[candothat]

[Chekov takes the device back with a highly exaggerated sigh. He maneuvers the device so Korra can see what he does as he explains.]

I will start a post to show you. See, before your make post--select this link. Pick "hide" or "show," and enter who to hide the post from and who to show it to. Selecting "hide" and "all" will make your post invisible [inWEESeebuhl] to everyone in the City who is not you.

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Or I can send a message to you with directions?

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[anatural]

[Oi there, watch the attitude, bucko. She elbows him a little but pays attention.]

Okay. That makes sense. [How long she'll remember it, she's not sure. But it makes sense right now.]

Do I have to know their full names or something? [Because she has no idea how to call the deities.]

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[candothat]

[Oh, the elbowing. As if that's new. Korra and Sulu would get along so well.]

No, no. Begin typing the name and options will come up. I will sync your name list with mine so that it will stay current. You can make groups, as well, but I can help you with that if you want to do that.

[Hint: Start typing out the word "deities" and it'll show up as an option.]

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[anatural]

[Typing. Great. She hates typing. But this is important enough that she'll do it without complaint.

She starts typing "deities" and gasps when it autofills.]

That's so cool!

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[candothat]

[That's... adorable. Korra is amazed by the strangest things.]

Good? Is there anything else you would like me to do with your device? Most things are not so easy as reprogramming, but I have become very good at taking these apart and putting them back together differently.

[The microwave responds to voice commands now. When Chekov realized he couldn't make a replicator, he decided that he and the stupid machine would compromise.]

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[anatural]

No, that's all I need. [She doesn't actually plan on using the device. No more than she has to, at least. This is important.

She smiles down at him.]

Thanks, Chekov.

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[candothat]

[He smiles back, quite pleased to be helpful to someone who is very cool.]

Happy to help.

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[anatural]

[Korra starts to walk off, to record her messages to the deities in private.]