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[alphatar]

I am not your biggest fan right now, so why don't you just go find a moped to get run over by?

Seems to solve a lot of problems.

[Huff.]

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[maipokerface]

If they got hit hard enough, it would definitely solve that 'living' problem pretty nicely.

[alphatar]

I'm kind of wishing that would happen.

[maipokerface]

I don't envy your mun much then. No offense.

[alphatar]

None taken. Sometimes muns are just a real pain in the butt. We should be able to punch them.

A lot.

[maipokerface]

Well if you want one for target practice or anything...

[I'm wise to your ways, woman. Don't you dare.]

[alphatar]

Thanks, but I don't think it'll change anything. My mun's not alone in this whole thing, so I'm just stuck.

[Doesn't stop her from pouting about it though.]

[maipokerface]

Muns are too much like politicians most of the time. They get together and come up with the dumbest plans for the most inane things.

[alphatar]

[A grunt of frustration and Korra's curling her fingers. She can't choke her mun, but she can imagine it.]

I hate politicians. They mess everything up too!

I didn't sign up for this.

[maipokerface]

I don't remember signing up for anything personally. Not that they'd give you the chance really. It's pretty much wherever the whim takes this one [hitches thumb over her shoulder at mun] and that's what I seem to end up doing.

[alphatar]

Well they better get their kicks in while they can, because they really think we'll just stick around for this stuff forever.

[Bitterest laugh she's ever given.]

Hope it knocks them on their butt when the time comes.

[stfuporom]

If you're going to imagine something harms your player you might as well not hold back. I've seen those mopeds and they hardly impress.

Buses on the other hand...

[alphatar]

Easy there. I don't want to kill them and I want them to still be functional enough to play me. I just really wish I could sock them one.

[Or three.]

The moped was just a joke. [A bad one.]

[stfuporom]

It's not real, so what's the big deal? You want your player to be punished and at the same time you don't want to pretend murder your player. You can't be that conflicted.

[Beat.]

Wait, you're a girl. Of course you can be.

[alphatar]

Just how big was the spider fly that crawled up your butt...

[stfuporom]

[He pauses and looks Korra over.]

About as tall as the tip of your nose.

[His sister.]

[alphatar]

That explains it.

[She knows family can grate on someone’s nerves. Casually:] Brother? Sister? Mom? Dad? Evil uncle bent on covering the world in darkness?

[stfuporom]

[Now, ordinarily he's not a very sociable person. Even when it's badmouthing his sister, but he is curious about Korra's elemental abilities.]

[So he'll TRY to be sociable. damnit]

Sister. Twin sister.

[alphatar]

Good. [Smirk.] You dodged a fireball on that last one.

[Now she’s curious and observing Palom.]

How alike do you two look? [Obviously not identical, but she’s curious.]

[stfuporom]

We look nothing alike. And I don't know why you'd care.

[Though they used to. But these days they've grown apart quite a bit...]

[alphatar]

Just curious. My cousins are twins, boy and girl, and they look very similar.

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Just curious. My cousins are twins, boy and girl, and they look very similar.

<small[And can be creepy and off setting to anyone who doesn’t know them. Korra knew them and they still could be like that at times.]</small>

[stfuporom]

[Well, she looks sort of okay when she smiles?]

We might have, once, but our paths changed as we got older. Like our magic.

You have magic too, don't you.

WOOOOW, idek wtf happened there. Sorry!

[alphatar]

Magic? [It takes the last uttered syllable before she realizes what he’s referring to.]

Oh, bending? Yeah. The four elements.

It looks like you forgot a > no biggie!

[stfuporom]

You have good flexibility. But it's deep too. I don't think I've seen a person with as deep a well of possibility other than myself.

My lovely html fails…

[alphatar]

Oh- [She doesn’t get that every day.] well, thanks. Mastering all four of them is pretty much a requirement for the Avatar.

[But that got her curious again.]

So your magic does the same kind of thing?

[stfuporom]

[He gives her a look over, and seems to think this through. Her eyes look down on the ground and he looks puzzled.]

No.

You are drawing from everything around you. I draw from myself and the aetherial energy around me. This is an important distinction. It means that I have more potential for creativity to shape the world as I wish and failure as a lack of focus could be disastrous. While you are limited to whatever is available in your environment.

But your reach is scary.

[alphatar]

[Her turn to let that all sink in. Giver her a moment…]

Sooo… your magic can backfire? [She’s still going over his explanation in her head and comparing to what she knew of chi and spirituality.]

[stfuporom]

You're really dumb, aren't you.

Skilled. Prodigious, even. But dumb.