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He wasn't sure why Rhys' comment would offend him but he just shrugged and turned to the others when the Elemental girl excused herself shortly. He glanced to Anabelle who seemed content to just look around since for some reason no one was really continuing the discussion since the decision had been made to go ahead and have some tea. He thought it was weird that Kieran was more concerned with someone he just met, rather than the girl he plucked from another world. 'I think she's opening up better.' He replied mentally. Rhys was difficult to really get a handle on though and he still wasn't sure if he could trust her or if she even trusted any of them. Things had moved fairly fast since he met her in the bar a few days ago. It seemed like Kieran had a better rapport with her than he did, if Kieran wanted to try helping her instead, Devon didn't mind, he figured she'd might progress better with someone she was more comfortable around since he didn't think she cared much for him.
Anabelle on the other hand was still feeling rather overwhelmed. The idea of tea was comforting. It was something that she enjoyed in her own world and maybe having tea in the new one would help calm her nerves. As they walked, thoughts of her mother and her job came to mind. She remembered what Kieran had said about their world being in trouble but from what she saw in Yarlow, there wasn't much going on. Not that she wanted to see war and death, she had enough of it back home thanks to her profession as well as the news. Ana wasn't sure what her capabilities were and she was beginning to lose faith. Back home, her skills were needed. Every day people were dying or were sick or short. But in this new world, she felt out of place, like she didn't belong.
When they arrived, Ana looked up and shifted her arms. She had been thinking so much she had forgotten what she was even carrying. Devon let her in first along with Rhys. He smiled at the woman and thanked her once more for the invitation. Ana set the books down by the nearest couch and then took a seat. It was a cozy atmosphere and it made her wish she was home. Sure, she didn't have a wild social life but what friends she did have, she began to miss. Ana looked down at the books Kieran had picked out and she wondered if she was in over her heard. She slouched back but then fixed her posture, as she didn't want to be rude. Devon came in and sat next to her. "Thank you so much." Ana said. "Your hospitality is welcomed." She smiled a little, though it was a tad forced. The woman's kindness was probably the warmest thing she had felt since coming to Yarlow.
"Your home is wonderful as always." Devon grinned and glanced to Ana. He patted her arm and excused himself to go help Kara with everything. He stepped into the kitchen and helped her finish getting the trays ready. "It's been too long since we've gotten a chance to sit down and talk. Next time I'll have to cook something for you and I won't take no for an answer." He insisted to her with a smile as he helped bring out a tray with the cups and pot for everyone to enjoy. Kara came out with the snacks and they set them down for everyone to help themselves. Devon took his seat once more and relaxed. He could sense Kara was happy to have to company and he hoped this would put everyone at ease too. He poured himself some tea and Ana did the same for herself. She glanced around for sugar and Devon pointed to a leaf, reading her thoughts. She picked it up and sniffed it. It was sweet so she slipped it into her cup and took a sip.
"Mmm." Ana hummed.
"When your husband returns, I'd love hear how he is." Devon commented, always happy to get more information about the going-ons around them. He wasn't content to stay in Yarlow much longer but when two magicians without skill or direction, he figured if he had to go, it would be by himself. Staying put wasn't his strong suit. He could hear people crying out for help every time he wanted to sleep. He could usually tune it out but without much practice lately, he was losing his touch. Ana took another drink and helped herself to a small pastry which had cherries in it.
"You're a great baker!" Ana said, now realizing how hungry she was as she tired a different one with custard.
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RozenTheFallen said
It can be both canons. I am flexible.
Great, which canons do you play as?
Maid of Spades said
Oh, I head of .hack, though I unfortunately never saw the anime beyond the first few episodes and forgot about the plot. I would be very much interested in a more active kind of slice of life, to be sure!
As for Naruto, I am up to play any of the manga-shown characters beside Hinata, Sasuke and Sakura, mainly because I'm less than fond of them. I know that it is vague, but I think I would be most interested in either Team Guy or Team Kurenai minus Hinata, as far as preferred roles goes.
The games are great, well the first four are, the PSP and three others are just okay. >_> I'm biased though.
I'm pretty capable of playing Hinata, Sakura, Naruto, Ino, Tenten, Shino, possibly Sasuke or Lee. I'm not a huge Hinata or Sasuke fan nor do I enjoy Akatsuki that much either.
Maid of Spades said
I would love to plot either a Naruto roleplay or a Virtual Reality / Online Life v Real Life rp with you, if you are still available?
Yes I am.
Well plots would depend on roles, for both. For Naruto, who do you tend to play as?
And for virtual reality/online life x real life, I'd say compare the idea to .Hack but clearly the generation after me has no idea what I'm talking about. I'd like a game we create to probably house our characters and be as much of a setting as the real world. So characters with jobs or school would spend time befriending one another in one world while possibly not knowing about the other identity in the other world. I like the idea of slice of life meets action and intrigue.
I do have a small collection of setting images we could sift through, it's a little old but I think the link should work, if you wanted to poke around:
link
Fantasy World:
It would be cool if somehow potions and runes could do something together. I think we can do without wands, maybe they're just voice activated or maybe use someone's engery/chi so it could hint a little at whatever the Sci-fi World is doing? I would assume any runes found would generally have one of four images? Fire, water, air and/or rock?
Sci-fi World:
I think it could be possible to have both sleek and gritty come into play.
I think we'd have to figure out what tech we'd want and what we wouldn't. In terms of what I could do without: robots. I think robotic technology would be useful but for a robot with human knowledge would be too much for me. And it might be superfluous. I do like the idea of say hover boards, perhaps light teleportation in the works, laser tech within reason, etc.
Modern World:
That would be good, to have people back in the day (era up in air?) communicating with the other worlds and maybe the Modern world severs ties with the other two (which could be in longer communication with one another, probably creating some kind of prejudice against the modern folk?) which is why the modern world became so slow with developing advances in either magic or science?
Misc:
Oh, I meant the mirrors allowed anyone to transport and when the big disagreement happened, the fragments lost the power to bring people to the world but allowed people to somehow leave it? Like maybe a one way connection? So maybe one world has a purple colored mirror and the others have a blue or pink? That would only be needed if we wanted the mirrors to work slightly different though, if we still assume that broken, they work one way and that shards can't be mixed up to form someone else's mirror if pieces are missing. Or something. >_>
I think a prophecy warning the worlds to stay together is probably the most simple route we can take and I'm happy with it.
If it got mixed up (on accident or perhaps someone intended it to?) we could give the Modern world a slip up and have it imply that they need to break away from the other two? Hence when arguments began? If we gave the Fantasy world some kind of darker meaning, that could be rather fun which could in turn make the people start to focus more on their magic? Maybe the Sci-fi is the only one that got it right and is trying to act as mediator while wondering if they should bother fixing the broken pact between the three?
link
Fantasy World:
It would be cool if somehow potions and runes could do something together. I think we can do without wands, maybe they're just voice activated or maybe use someone's engery/chi so it could hint a little at whatever the Sci-fi World is doing? I would assume any runes found would generally have one of four images? Fire, water, air and/or rock?
Sci-fi World:
I think it could be possible to have both sleek and gritty come into play.
I think we'd have to figure out what tech we'd want and what we wouldn't. In terms of what I could do without: robots. I think robotic technology would be useful but for a robot with human knowledge would be too much for me. And it might be superfluous. I do like the idea of say hover boards, perhaps light teleportation in the works, laser tech within reason, etc.
Modern World:
That would be good, to have people back in the day (era up in air?) communicating with the other worlds and maybe the Modern world severs ties with the other two (which could be in longer communication with one another, probably creating some kind of prejudice against the modern folk?) which is why the modern world became so slow with developing advances in either magic or science?
Misc:
Oh, I meant the mirrors allowed anyone to transport and when the big disagreement happened, the fragments lost the power to bring people to the world but allowed people to somehow leave it? Like maybe a one way connection? So maybe one world has a purple colored mirror and the others have a blue or pink? That would only be needed if we wanted the mirrors to work slightly different though, if we still assume that broken, they work one way and that shards can't be mixed up to form someone else's mirror if pieces are missing. Or something. >_>
I think a prophecy warning the worlds to stay together is probably the most simple route we can take and I'm happy with it.
If it got mixed up (on accident or perhaps someone intended it to?) we could give the Modern world a slip up and have it imply that they need to break away from the other two? Hence when arguments began? If we gave the Fantasy world some kind of darker meaning, that could be rather fun which could in turn make the people start to focus more on their magic? Maybe the Sci-fi is the only one that got it right and is trying to act as mediator while wondering if they should bother fixing the broken pact between the three?
RozenTheFallen said
I would like to do pre second war to the second war and after. I could do OCxOC or DracoxOC.
I'm not too interested in all OCs for Harry Potter but doing a canon x oc double up might work.
This is between myself and Mikael Sisko. We are doing a RP with the crew aboard the Enterprise with a bit of an emphasis on Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher with other roles being shared NPCs. This where we'll chat, plot and whatnot. For now we have the following as a general basis for starting things:
Starting in the middle of the fourth season. An unknown contaminant on a Federation colony near the neurtral zone... A disease hits like a plague, but there's questionable proof of the presence of some kind of biological weapon...Can Crusher cure it in time to save the colonists, while finding out how it happened to come about and spread so quickly... Can she discover the cause before it leads to all out war with the Cardassian Union? It would be a dire situation in terms of what damage it does to those infected. If we wanted angry outbursts, painful sores, intestinal issues, hallucinations etc. Are we to assume to disease itself might have been caused by say...the Romulans? I can see them implicating the Cardassians in hopes to start a war between the Federation and Cardassians. So its a great way to start things off.
So that's our starting point. I don't mind starting us off with Beverly getting some transmission from say an old friend in the Federation colony. Or if you'd rather start and have Picard alread assembling a small team to investigate, I'm for that as well. I'd assume among those picked would be Data since it would be safe to assume a contained virus wouldn't affect him.
Starting in the middle of the fourth season. An unknown contaminant on a Federation colony near the neurtral zone... A disease hits like a plague, but there's questionable proof of the presence of some kind of biological weapon...Can Crusher cure it in time to save the colonists, while finding out how it happened to come about and spread so quickly... Can she discover the cause before it leads to all out war with the Cardassian Union? It would be a dire situation in terms of what damage it does to those infected. If we wanted angry outbursts, painful sores, intestinal issues, hallucinations etc. Are we to assume to disease itself might have been caused by say...the Romulans? I can see them implicating the Cardassians in hopes to start a war between the Federation and Cardassians. So its a great way to start things off.
So that's our starting point. I don't mind starting us off with Beverly getting some transmission from say an old friend in the Federation colony. Or if you'd rather start and have Picard alread assembling a small team to investigate, I'm for that as well. I'd assume among those picked would be Data since it would be safe to assume a contained virus wouldn't affect him.
RozenTheFallen said
I would be interested in a Harry Potter roleplay and I can double.
Awesome! Was there an era you liked to try? Any roles you're looking to play or pairs you're interested in?
For me, I'm not into Daleks like everyone else in the fandom seems to be, I'm more of a Weeping Angel kind of girl so to see Daleks used more often than I think they should be, is kind of tiring and so soon in the season too...Into the Dalek just didn't hook me but I will watch it before the new episode airs this weekend, it's just hard to get invested once again into DW. I like 12, still don't like Clara so it's those two issues pulling at one another. I'm not into the animation for the new opening, I do like the music for the opening and what I've heard in the first episode at least. I already want the soundtrack.
Anywho...
@Everyone: I haven't seen Redwing around and from the looks of it, RedChatoyant hasn't been active in over a week so if I have to, I'll need to suspect at least RedChatoyant's character and have them come in at a later point in time. I'd love to see Redwing post within the next day or two (IC wise), they've been active elsewhere so I don't see why popping in here would be asking for a lot (OOC wise).
Anywho...
@Everyone: I haven't seen Redwing around and from the looks of it, RedChatoyant hasn't been active in over a week so if I have to, I'll need to suspect at least RedChatoyant's character and have them come in at a later point in time. I'd love to see Redwing post within the next day or two (IC wise), they've been active elsewhere so I don't see why popping in here would be asking for a lot (OOC wise).
Bolin wasn't really pleased with his own emotions either. Korra had hurt him, she didn't mean to but that didn't make his heart ache any less. He knew things were difficult for Korra and he wanted to support her as best he could. His feelings were hard to ignore but he was trying to push them aside because they were what got him into trouble the last time. He didn't want to get hurt again and he needed to move on. That was logical, it made sense. It just wasn't what he wanted and it made things incredibly difficult for the earth bender who was trying to find the line between supportive friend and supportive possible boyfriend. But he didn't want keep letting his hopes get high and ultimately crash and break in front of his feet. "I dunno, bro." He shrugged as Mako said something must still be there.
His brother continued to talk about how he saw Korra with him and how weird it made him. The two brothers continued to walk. It was their usual mode of transportation before having met Korra and Asami so it wasn't a big deal for either fit pro bender. Bolin glanced around to see people rebuilding but with the sun slipping away, most people were taking a break and enjoying what peace they had. He glanced to Mako as he then mentioned how he was a big ladies man and how he attracted a lot of female fans and how Korra was a surprise. "What? Come on, you know how awesome she is, when I first met her, it felt like sparks were flying!" He smiled though it fell a little as he thought about her a little bit more. "I thought we got along really well and I thought I had a shot but you sort of changed that." He shrugged and glanced off. Thanks to the training at the police academy, Bolin was learning to advocate more for himself.
It was a challenge but he couldn't be a wimp and chase down bad guys. While Mako was his brother and he loved him, Bolin couldn't deny he had some anger pent up against Mako, as well as Korra. "I know it's not your fault you two got so close but," He sighed and looked back to Mako. "It was just really low to hear you say you weren't interested one day and then the next you change your mind and kiss her!" His tone wasn't angry or spiteful, it was passionate and clear headed. "It wasn't cool at all. You knew how I felt and regardless of how she didn't like me back, you still shouldn't have kissed her. If you told me you liked her, I would have tried to stay away but instead you did the opposite of what a friend, a brother would do, you got close to her and hurt me and Asami." Bolin said. "You were selfish Mako...you've taken care of me for so long that I don't blame you for wanting someone else, for being selfish but...it hurt. I love you, you're the only family I've got but...I'm going to try and take care of myself so you don't have to worry so much and so maybe you can enjoy dating or whatever."
He really wasn't sure if what he said made much sense but Bolin wanted to try and make sense of why Mako acted so horribly. Was it possibly because Mako needed something new? It still didn't make what he did right. But Bolin didn't want to keep talking about the past since it couldn't be changed. "I don't really know if Korra and I can ever be together, if it's gonna make you weird then I don't want to risk it. I care about both of you but not so much that I'd want to push one of you away." He said. He looked up and saw the bakery coming into view. He knew Mako felt bad for what he did but he just needed to get things off his chest. It was time both of them grew up and took responsibility, not just for themselves but for their city and future.
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Perhaps if Korra had spent less time fooling around, she may have noticed how Bolin looked at her and how Mako really didn't. All Asami could really do was listen to the Avatar own up to her mistakes. It was better than denying them and pushing them under a rug. Bolin was a great guy. Having living in the city, Asami knew how rare and precious that was. She didn't have much pity for Korra who managed to grab the attention of not one good guy, but two. Even so, Asami knew how hard things were for Korra when she had lost her bending. Asami didn't think she'd be able to handle bending, let alone having it taken from her. The most she could relate to was having her mother killed and now her father locked up for turning down a horrible path.
It was apparent that Korra had very little experience with guys.
To her knowledge though, from what she had been told, Bolin bought Korra cute gifts and complimented her on a daily basis, how could the boy be anymore obvious? "I guess to me, his intentions were obvious, Bolin I mean. You wrote him off as a friend right away? It doesn't really matter now though. Bolin has been around many girls. You'd expect Mako to have flocks of women but he usually pushes them away and it's Bolin who has the fanbase. I mean he's funny and handsome and sweet, girls around here are probably jealous of you for more than one reason." Asami noted. "But considering your lack of knowledge, you can't be blamed too much for not seeing the signs, sadly Bolin who is usually upfront with women became sort of a puddle of jelly around you...I'd still advise you learn a little more about boys and girls before you try doing any real dating."
It was weird to think someone as good looking as Korra really had no idea how to really flirt or date. Then again, Korra was rather masculine in most situations, it wouldn't do her harm to tone things down a little so she was more approachable. "Maybe I should take you shopping sometime..." It was slightly random, considering the topic at hand but she really didn't want to talk about poor Bolin or Mako anymore. "While blue looks nice on you, I'm sure your skin would look great in something olive or cream colored." She smiled a little. She looked up to see Mako and Bolin walking across the street. She figured it would be time to go or maybe they could all go over to her house for some dinner. "Hey guys." She stood up and looked to Korra.
"See Mako, I said they'd be okay! He thought you two would be pulling each other's hair out or something!"
Asami rolled her eyes and smirked. "Oh you just missed our cat fight..." She folded her arms. "We were rolling around and everything."[/b] She said sarcastically. "How about you two come back to my place for dinner?" She asked, changing the subject. Bolin grinned at the mention of food and looked to Korra. He'd love to go but only if she wanted to, it would be bad form to leave her all alone, after all. Asami was a little weary of Korra and Mako together but she had Bolin at least, in case things got out of hand. They had all been friends once, hopefully it wasn't impossible to try again.
- - -
He looked awful.
As she expected he would.
It still didn't make her feel any better. His anxiety and stress were easy to pick on. She was close enough to him to empathize without much strain on herself. She could feel his weakened mind and body and she really did wish she had come sooner. "Of course." She nodded when he placed his hand over hers and said how he was glad she came. Lin followed him inside and observed what everyone was doing. She could relate to them, having lost her mother herself. Lin was in a dark place after that incident but it was Tenzin who helped pull her out of it and she hoped the kids would also come out without too much damage. Tenzin spoke to her as the two of them went to unpacking the items and such. Lin glanced to Tenzin a small smile taking form.
"You don't need to explain anything to me." She pointed out to him, a little insulted that he felt the need to apologize about appearances and such. Soon though, Tenzin was summoned by his ailing wife which left Lin alone with the kids. It wasn't a comfortable situation under normal circumstances but she was here to make life easier for Tenzin and the kids, even if it meant making life difficult for herself. Lin finished getting the bowls ready and looked down to Ikki when she spoke up. Lin was silent for a moment because she hadn't expected such a sour, near sarcastic question to be asked. Tenzin's children were always polite, well almost always. It was annoying but at the moment, she'd rather be bombarded with drool and sticky fingers than deal with them in their darkest hour. It brought up memories of losing people they loved, Aang and Toph and Sokka and everyone else.
"I'd be careful, you're starting to sound like me." Lin said as she moved from the kitchen, into the dining room. She set the bowls down and helped set the table. Giving them some normalcy would help, rather than not. "I'm not doing that well actually, my best friend's family isn't doing well..." She said as she moved back into the kitchen with Ikki. Lin could tell the young child was struggling to accept everything as it was. And it was hard. An unknown disease that seemed to be draining the life out of two of her family, made no sense at all. When things are usually preventable, this wasn't. The only upside was that it didn't seem contagious which made the police woman rather intrigued. Other cases were slowly popping up but there was no connection. If it was just Tenzin's family, it would seem more deliberate. "Why don't you rally the others and I'll go make sure your parents get something to eat? I'll be right back."
She grabbed three bowls carefully, and went off to see them. After going down a long hallway, she found the master bedroom and pushed her way in gently. "You need to eat something and as you know, I don't like taking no for an answer." She said as she set the bowls down on the bedside table. She saw Meelo laying beside his mother, as it seemed logical to let them rest in the same room. Lin saw how sick they looked and if she didn't know any better, she would say Tenzin looked almost as awful. "Is there anything I can do?" She asked. She would discuss later with Tenzin, about the idea of him getting aid for sleep. If he got rest she may feel better about informing about three other cases of the same sickness infecting those in the city. For now, she had to follow leads herself without making a fuss and getting the family worked up.
His brother continued to talk about how he saw Korra with him and how weird it made him. The two brothers continued to walk. It was their usual mode of transportation before having met Korra and Asami so it wasn't a big deal for either fit pro bender. Bolin glanced around to see people rebuilding but with the sun slipping away, most people were taking a break and enjoying what peace they had. He glanced to Mako as he then mentioned how he was a big ladies man and how he attracted a lot of female fans and how Korra was a surprise. "What? Come on, you know how awesome she is, when I first met her, it felt like sparks were flying!" He smiled though it fell a little as he thought about her a little bit more. "I thought we got along really well and I thought I had a shot but you sort of changed that." He shrugged and glanced off. Thanks to the training at the police academy, Bolin was learning to advocate more for himself.
It was a challenge but he couldn't be a wimp and chase down bad guys. While Mako was his brother and he loved him, Bolin couldn't deny he had some anger pent up against Mako, as well as Korra. "I know it's not your fault you two got so close but," He sighed and looked back to Mako. "It was just really low to hear you say you weren't interested one day and then the next you change your mind and kiss her!" His tone wasn't angry or spiteful, it was passionate and clear headed. "It wasn't cool at all. You knew how I felt and regardless of how she didn't like me back, you still shouldn't have kissed her. If you told me you liked her, I would have tried to stay away but instead you did the opposite of what a friend, a brother would do, you got close to her and hurt me and Asami." Bolin said. "You were selfish Mako...you've taken care of me for so long that I don't blame you for wanting someone else, for being selfish but...it hurt. I love you, you're the only family I've got but...I'm going to try and take care of myself so you don't have to worry so much and so maybe you can enjoy dating or whatever."
He really wasn't sure if what he said made much sense but Bolin wanted to try and make sense of why Mako acted so horribly. Was it possibly because Mako needed something new? It still didn't make what he did right. But Bolin didn't want to keep talking about the past since it couldn't be changed. "I don't really know if Korra and I can ever be together, if it's gonna make you weird then I don't want to risk it. I care about both of you but not so much that I'd want to push one of you away." He said. He looked up and saw the bakery coming into view. He knew Mako felt bad for what he did but he just needed to get things off his chest. It was time both of them grew up and took responsibility, not just for themselves but for their city and future.
- - -
Perhaps if Korra had spent less time fooling around, she may have noticed how Bolin looked at her and how Mako really didn't. All Asami could really do was listen to the Avatar own up to her mistakes. It was better than denying them and pushing them under a rug. Bolin was a great guy. Having living in the city, Asami knew how rare and precious that was. She didn't have much pity for Korra who managed to grab the attention of not one good guy, but two. Even so, Asami knew how hard things were for Korra when she had lost her bending. Asami didn't think she'd be able to handle bending, let alone having it taken from her. The most she could relate to was having her mother killed and now her father locked up for turning down a horrible path.
It was apparent that Korra had very little experience with guys.
To her knowledge though, from what she had been told, Bolin bought Korra cute gifts and complimented her on a daily basis, how could the boy be anymore obvious? "I guess to me, his intentions were obvious, Bolin I mean. You wrote him off as a friend right away? It doesn't really matter now though. Bolin has been around many girls. You'd expect Mako to have flocks of women but he usually pushes them away and it's Bolin who has the fanbase. I mean he's funny and handsome and sweet, girls around here are probably jealous of you for more than one reason." Asami noted. "But considering your lack of knowledge, you can't be blamed too much for not seeing the signs, sadly Bolin who is usually upfront with women became sort of a puddle of jelly around you...I'd still advise you learn a little more about boys and girls before you try doing any real dating."
It was weird to think someone as good looking as Korra really had no idea how to really flirt or date. Then again, Korra was rather masculine in most situations, it wouldn't do her harm to tone things down a little so she was more approachable. "Maybe I should take you shopping sometime..." It was slightly random, considering the topic at hand but she really didn't want to talk about poor Bolin or Mako anymore. "While blue looks nice on you, I'm sure your skin would look great in something olive or cream colored." She smiled a little. She looked up to see Mako and Bolin walking across the street. She figured it would be time to go or maybe they could all go over to her house for some dinner. "Hey guys." She stood up and looked to Korra.
"See Mako, I said they'd be okay! He thought you two would be pulling each other's hair out or something!"
Asami rolled her eyes and smirked. "Oh you just missed our cat fight..." She folded her arms. "We were rolling around and everything."[/b] She said sarcastically. "How about you two come back to my place for dinner?" She asked, changing the subject. Bolin grinned at the mention of food and looked to Korra. He'd love to go but only if she wanted to, it would be bad form to leave her all alone, after all. Asami was a little weary of Korra and Mako together but she had Bolin at least, in case things got out of hand. They had all been friends once, hopefully it wasn't impossible to try again.
- - -
He looked awful.
As she expected he would.
It still didn't make her feel any better. His anxiety and stress were easy to pick on. She was close enough to him to empathize without much strain on herself. She could feel his weakened mind and body and she really did wish she had come sooner. "Of course." She nodded when he placed his hand over hers and said how he was glad she came. Lin followed him inside and observed what everyone was doing. She could relate to them, having lost her mother herself. Lin was in a dark place after that incident but it was Tenzin who helped pull her out of it and she hoped the kids would also come out without too much damage. Tenzin spoke to her as the two of them went to unpacking the items and such. Lin glanced to Tenzin a small smile taking form.
"You don't need to explain anything to me." She pointed out to him, a little insulted that he felt the need to apologize about appearances and such. Soon though, Tenzin was summoned by his ailing wife which left Lin alone with the kids. It wasn't a comfortable situation under normal circumstances but she was here to make life easier for Tenzin and the kids, even if it meant making life difficult for herself. Lin finished getting the bowls ready and looked down to Ikki when she spoke up. Lin was silent for a moment because she hadn't expected such a sour, near sarcastic question to be asked. Tenzin's children were always polite, well almost always. It was annoying but at the moment, she'd rather be bombarded with drool and sticky fingers than deal with them in their darkest hour. It brought up memories of losing people they loved, Aang and Toph and Sokka and everyone else.
"I'd be careful, you're starting to sound like me." Lin said as she moved from the kitchen, into the dining room. She set the bowls down and helped set the table. Giving them some normalcy would help, rather than not. "I'm not doing that well actually, my best friend's family isn't doing well..." She said as she moved back into the kitchen with Ikki. Lin could tell the young child was struggling to accept everything as it was. And it was hard. An unknown disease that seemed to be draining the life out of two of her family, made no sense at all. When things are usually preventable, this wasn't. The only upside was that it didn't seem contagious which made the police woman rather intrigued. Other cases were slowly popping up but there was no connection. If it was just Tenzin's family, it would seem more deliberate. "Why don't you rally the others and I'll go make sure your parents get something to eat? I'll be right back."
She grabbed three bowls carefully, and went off to see them. After going down a long hallway, she found the master bedroom and pushed her way in gently. "You need to eat something and as you know, I don't like taking no for an answer." She said as she set the bowls down on the bedside table. She saw Meelo laying beside his mother, as it seemed logical to let them rest in the same room. Lin saw how sick they looked and if she didn't know any better, she would say Tenzin looked almost as awful. "Is there anything I can do?" She asked. She would discuss later with Tenzin, about the idea of him getting aid for sleep. If he got rest she may feel better about informing about three other cases of the same sickness infecting those in the city. For now, she had to follow leads herself without making a fuss and getting the family worked up.
Kaga said
If it helps you any, the 3rd season is much better than the 2nd.
The 2nd season was a mess because the Korra writers originally only planned on having one season (hence why Korra Book 1 was so self-contained and really didn't transition into the start of another story at the end). So then all of a sudden Nickelodeon said "hey, write three more seasons" and they were like "fuuuuuck what do we do now?" which led to the 2nd season coming out really rushed and messy - hence why the only really good parts were the beginning and the end, with the middle being filled with sloppy filler.
As of this season, it looks like they finally know what they're doing and they can put together a cohesive story again. I haven't finished it yet (only have, like, 2-3 chapters left, though, depending on whether or not you count the finale as one or two chapters) but from what I've seen, the story is held together much better than the 2nd or even the 1st season. Also the bending matches look gorgeous, and so do all the spirits. (And unlike in the 2nd season, we get said gorgeous bending and spirits all throughout the story rather than only at the beginning and end.)
It's kind of funny because the first chapter of book 3 is titled "A Breath of Fresh Air" or something similar to that. I feel like that title refers more to the writers' situation than anything else. XD
Season one was good, compared to the second though it was fragmented between Korra's lack of training and her bonding with pro bending and doing a horrible job at making friends. Her choices were horrible and I can't see why Asami or Bolin would have stuck around during season two.
I know LOK was meant to be one season, depending on reception, but season two should have tightened up the development and kept it contained. While I enjoyed some episodes during the second season, it still feel horribly managed. Not to mention, it felt rushed at the end. (I still need to finish the finale but fearing it's cliche, I've avoided it) The romance was horrible in both seasons. While Bolin's was meant to be funny, it was painful to watch. Tenzin's history was a nice touch though.
Being a shipper of Mako/Asami and Bolin/Korra, it's been a tough season because the writers weren't sure how to handle Asami who wasn't supposedly, meant to be a main character or was meant to be a villain at some point.
I've heard good things about the third season and I hear they go out of RC which good news, but I'm still not very eager to watch it, which saddens me because the music and animation have often been wonderful.
Speaking of things I'm not overly excited about, I still have Into the Dalek to get around to...>___>
Overall, Korra's crappy development and poor choices have been hard to watch and have brought down great side characters. Hopefully she's redeeming herself and owning up to her mistakes. Personally? I would have liked Korra to contemplate suicide at the end of season one. Supposedly it wasn't meant to be implied but her not getting her bending back right away and having to slow down, would have made her more relateable for me but then again she's the Avatar...she's got tons of responsibility...doesn't need to be human or anything. XD
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