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Characters: Korra, Finnick, Po, Bean, Dinah, Tony Stark (616), Amon, Sabriel, Jim Kirk, Damian, Toph, Lin, Jack Frost, Raimei, Enjolras, Kyle Rayner, Bruce Banner, Asbel, Aisha, Katniss, Iskierka, Richard, and OPEN (That means YOU.)
Date: Various dates throughout July when not conflicting with Korra’s time during the clueventure.
Location: Korra’s suite, Various locations
Situation: Fish, Training, Flying, and whatever else happens!
Warnings/Rating: Physical violence, PTSD, NPC death, blood, FEELS, maybe even some swearing.

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[jirk]

Hey.

[Just that word, to catch her attention, and then he reached out to grab her shoulder, fingers flexing a little. He's been there, a hundred times. But more importantly, he's seen other people there - his crew, his family - and no one deserves to be in that dark place, where they're questioning their own judgements and actions and running over the what-ifs in their mind.

He ducks his head, offers her a bit of a smile. She's too much like him and he's not enough like Pike, but maybe he can still salvage something here.]

You did what you could. That's all anyone can ask, ever. Don't be hard on yourself, all right? Learn from what happened, and do better next time.

[alphatar]

[When he spoke, Korra instinctively looked up, both of her lips were between her teeth, clamping down on them to keep any emotions from the event bottles inside. She felt that to do so otherwise would somehow taint the carefree friendship they had. Both of them had been through events more serious than they played it off as, and admitting it would betray the kind of escape they created by bouncing off each other’s humor.

Nodding at his words, Korra let them sink in alongside Toph’s. They coincided, resonated, and reinforced the stableness Korra needed from them. Finally, she stopped clamping shut and her lips were white for a brief moment before the blood rushed the color back into them.]

Thanks.

…

We can drop it if you want. I just didn’t want you to be alone with it. [With the what-ifs and how-comes.] Talking about those kinds of things is the first step to getting over them.

[A lesson that had actually stuck with her.]

[jirk]

[That actually gets a genuine laugh, and he reaches up from her shoulder to ruffle her hair.]

Kid, I'm twenty-six. I think I got the memo.

[Or at least he likes to pretend he did. Jim's never talked about his issues if he can help it, and he isn't going to start. Her offer's... appreciated, sure, but he's never going to be That Guy who dumps his problems on a kid.]

But I appreciate the concern.

[Don't lose that.]

[alphatar]

[The last person that had ruffled her hair like that had been her dad, and that actually gets a chuckle out of her.]

I’m seventeen, I’m not a kid. [Said in just the way all seventeen year old kids would say.]

Well I didn’t get a memo, it kind of tackled me out of nowhere.

[Technically a bolas snare out of the dark, but it was close enough for her.]

Hey, it’s what friends do, right? [As she does so, Korra picks up the ball of ice, refreezing it as she picks it up.]

Think fast! [Tossing a ball of frigid temperature just to break a serious moment should be an Avatar trait.]

[jirk]

[He catches the ice - of course he does, his reflexes are awesome, thanks - but doesn't throw it back. Instead, he turns it in his hand like a kid with a snowball.

He's never been a big fan of having things thrown at him, but this is play. She's trying to lighten the mood, and that (changes the connotations) makes a difference. He laughs, a little wry, and shakes his head.]

You could make a killing with this, man. Sell ice during the summer months.

[alphatar]

[Giving a smile that lay somewhere between humor, fondness, and something else; Korra was strongly reminded of Jack with how he expertly handled the iceball. But then:]

What?

[That sounded completely absurd to Korra.]

Why would anyone buy ice? Why not just-

[They weren’t at the South Pole, it wasn’t just everywhere. Benders were not there to give simple services like that.]

Oh. OH. That’s brilliant!

[Side business for extra juulan on top of what fishing gave sounded incredibly good to Korra.]

I could purify water and freeze it! [She gave him an appraising look.] So what’s your job on the turtle; Business consultant?

Because it should be.

[jirk]

[Jim starts to laugh - it's an automatic response to her comment, but after a moment it turns real and a little bit of that Iowa farmboy bleeds through in the slightly abashed way he reaches up to scrub a hand through his hair.]

Maybe I'll look into it. Right now I'm just doing manual labour, it's-- [what he's used to, from back home] -- decent work.

[alphatar]

[When he does so, Korra lets out a single laugh that’s almost inaudible.]

Hey, if that ice idea does work I’ll commission you to take orders. [It was half joking.]

And I’ll think about what you said. [That wasn’t a ‘I’ll apologize.’, it was just a ‘We’ll see.’.]

[jirk]

And I [he points a finger at her.] Will totally be on board for that. So there you have it, your own shady underworld ice racket. We'll get cool shades and everything.

[To the next bit, he's silent for a moment, and then he nods. Brief.]

Thank you. And if you want me there to mediate or something, I'll be there. I might as well put my rank to good use, huh? After are, we are trained to pursue diplomatic solutions in Starfleet.

[alphatar]

I’ll make sure to secretly broadcast it on the network, and when we’re a hit, then you can tell me about shades.

[That actually caused Korra put her head back, look at the roof and think. A long pause before she finally looks back at Jim.]

All right, but only if you’re there. [If anything, Korra was sure an encounter between her and Kyle, apology or not, wasn’t going to end well.]

I don’t think I could handle not being able to breathe again, you know? [Honestly, Korra didn’t want to be alone if that happened again. For all she knew, Kyle wouldn’t be as forgiving next time and allow someone- Jack, to come get her.]

[jirk]

[Damnit, Kyle. He knows he's got the capacity to be vicious, to be cruel. But it's something learned in him, rather than innate. Jim's seen it. He can't defend him against that, because it'd be a lie.]

He won't do that again. Captain's honour.

[alphatar]

Deal.

[Nodding furtively at the agreement, Korra got to her feet. She eyed the incision sites on his leg and thought of what Soranik had put in there to assist him. Whether they would affect him in a negative way now that his leg was healed was becoming a concern.]

Think you’ll be okay walking home or do you want to spend the night?

[jirk]

I'll be fine.

[He gives her a bright smile. Even if he isn't, he'll... figure something out. He really just wants to be by himself right now. Not that he's ungrateful, just... he needs room.]

But thanks. For-- you know. Everything.

[alphatar]

[That smile gets returned with some pearly whites.]

Hey, it’s what Avatar friends are for. Just let me know what Dr. Natu decides to do about that plate. I don’t know much about how it works, but I can keep the bone intact if she needs to pry it out.

[jirk]

It's just there to hold the bone in place while everything heals. I know they used to be permanent in earlier societies, so maybe she'd planned for it to stay there after everything was fixed up. No big deal, we'll work it out.

[He gets up, claps her on the shoulder.]

I'll catch you around, okay? Take care of yourself. You know where I am if you need me.