Catch-all for October

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Characters: Korra (alphatar) and OPEN.
Date: All throughout October.
Location: Various.
Situation: All the things.
Warnings/Rating: N/A, will edit if necessary.

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Hearing her name, Naga padded over to Victoria and easily licked her entire face without regard to personal space.

"Hey. Yup, it’s egg delivery day. Naga!" The last word got the polar bear dog to sit and just happily loiter near the young girl, tongue hanging out with a smile.

She held up the blankets as she walked in, the earth that was clutching the egg followed in suit with each step. When it was close to Victoria, it began to glow again and that peaceful feeling began to emanate from it.

"These should help keep the egg warm, and I thought you could use some extras since it’s Autumn now." Heating units be damned, Korra’s used to having furs to combat the cold and she felt the tribble blankets were perfect for Victoria, especially given how soft they were.

"There’s some extra gems from Sinbrilee in Naga’s saddlebags, they’ll do in a pinch in case you’re ever too hungry." Preparing Victoria for Winter was Korra’s focus and if anyone knew how to do it, it was the girl from the South Pole.

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That certainly was nothing short of gross. She was used to licks from Handsome. Tiny. No chance of drowning. But she loved Naga so she could overlook it long enough to start walking to her bathroom to wash her face. She stopped when Korra held out the blankets, tilting her head a bit before reaching a tentative hand out to touch it.

It was soft and she really did like soft things. Her own tribble had run off on her and probably vanished, so having the blankets would be nice. She offers Korra one of her rare, grateful smiles before turning and greeting the egg, too. There was a gentle touch of her hand on the shell, her way of greeting the egg.

"I like when the egg is here. I sleep better."

She sleeps next to the egg curled up on blankets she'd shaped into a nest.

"Do you like when the weather gets cold?"

She'll deal with the gems later. She really does need to wash polar bear dog slobber off her face.

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Most of Korra’s smiles came along with some sarcasm or banter, but seeing Victoria’s got a real one out of her.

When the egg was ready for another caretaker, the glow and tranquility would stop coming from it, so when Victoria touched it, Korra leaned towards it a little. "I know what you mean." She said, keeping her tone steady. Having the egg always made all her problems go away and she too could just sleep next to it with her animal companion.

After setting the egg in its usual spot, the dark-brown haired girl began putting the extra blankets on top of it. Hearing Victoria’s question from the washroom, Korra called back "Yeah, it reminds me of home."

She set the extra blankets on the floor next to the egg.

"Another month or so and you can start to feel Winter coming in." Which made her stop and put her hands on her hip as she thought aloud.

"You. don’t have any winter clothes, do you?"

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Victoria peeked out of the washroom, watching how Korra placed the blankets on the egg. She'll try to copy it again later. For now, face washed, she made her way back over to the older girl. There was a chair near where the egg went, a pad of paper and box of colored pencils set on top. Victoria picked those up, settling on the chair before considering what Korra asked.

Her only reply was a slow shake of her head. She really didn't have much in the way of clothes at all. Just a couple shirts and some pants. She didn't know what to get for herself or even how to find anything that fit.


And sometimes she just really wasn't the best with words, so a simple headshake was all the Avatar was getting.

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Now that the egg was giving its gentle luminescence, Naga padded over and curled up next to the egg just like she did at home.

"Hm, didn’t think so." She made a mental note to fix that later, and she knew just the person who would be there in a heartbeat to help a kid. But that was later, for now she inched over to see what Victoria was going to be doodling.

"W-"

She got cut off completely by a loud yawn from Naga that could be felt through the floor and yet it somehow ended in a squeak. Feeling too recumbent from the egg’s aura, Korra just continued.

"What are you going to draw?"

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"You and Naga and the egg and the blankets." She looks up at Naga and then at Korra, already feeling content with everything. If she didn't actually have to share the egg, she could sit by it all day. It was nice to feel this calm.

"When it's done, you can have it."

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“Ooh, I’d like that. I don’t have any art in my house at all.” Korra said with a smile, enjoying the familiar serenity of the egg. “Is it okay if I watch, or should I be where you can see me?”

It wasn’t until that moment that Korra noticed how long she had missed spending time with Tenzin’s children. “I can pose.” She gave an over exaggerated show of her biceps.