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tushanshu_logs2014-03-16 02:31 pm
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Entry tags:
Shine a light in the dark
Characters: Korra (alphatar), OPEN
Date: March 17th (Day after her return from Teyran)
Location: Brazen Turtle, Flying around
Situation: Korra finds a ring...
Warnings/Rating: N/A
Sliding the last empty glass on the bar into her small tub, Korra wiped the counter off as she made her way back to the other end of the bar. The smooth surface shone against the light from the hanging lanterns of the Brazen Turtle and she looked around at the nearly empty bar. Just her and the bartender left to clean up now that they were closed.
"Be back to help with the tables after washing these and taking out the trash." She promised over her shoulder as she went into the kitchen. Of course the dish washing was easy, all she had to was fill up the sink with soap and water, load it up and just bend the water to scrub them spotless. And drying them was just as simple as letting them air dry, only she used airbending to do so. The small amount she needed for it had been helping her refine her technique and control.
When she went to take out the garbage to the bins outside the bar, the bags practically overflowing and heavy; all of which she held up easily thanks to her physical strength. A single kick of air lifted the lid with a loud bang and she was just about to heft the bags over when a single glint of green flashed across her blue eyes.
Pausing, Korra blinked and slowly lowered the bags to the ground. It was too fast for her to get a good look at what just landed in the trash. Putting her hands on the edge of the bins, Korra rolled up onto the balls of her feet and then had to go to her tippy toes to see the inside of the bin. Despite the strong smell of old garbage, Korra’s mouth fell open and she stared at a ring.
A green ring.
It bore a symbol she recognized and, tentatively, Korra brought her arm up and tried to reach for it. There was no way it could have been real, of that she was sure. The power ring was the most important thing to a Green Lantern and no one would be foolish enough to just-
She couldn’t reach, her fingers came shy of just a few inches.
Then the ring twitched and Korra stopped moving to watch it. It hovered into the air and smoothly slid onto her finger. She shook her head at first and then the words came, causing Korra to stare at the ring on her hand.
"Suitable host located."
"What do you mea-"
That sentence was interrupted when a green glow drew her attention downwards and the symbol of Oa was alight on her chest, and from it the light spread out to cover most of her body. Then her clothes were replaced by a black and white suit that looked much like Kyle’s since he was the lantern she had the most experience with.
"No way…" Pressing her luck, Korra curled her fingers in and pointed the ring at the sky in hopes that it worked just like she had experienced only once before.
And it did.
Her feet lifted off the ground and she surrounded in a green aura, made purely by her considerable will, flying upwards. Against the night sky, she was a glowing beacon of green light and she looked around at the city below her as it shrunk away. Even her hair tubes had turned green and the smile on her face was more genuine than most she had given in the past few days.
Avatar Korra wielded the most powerful weapon in the known universe, and she knew it.
alphatar), OPENDate: March 17th (Day after her return from Teyran)
Location: Brazen Turtle, Flying around
Situation: Korra finds a ring...
Warnings/Rating: N/A
Sliding the last empty glass on the bar into her small tub, Korra wiped the counter off as she made her way back to the other end of the bar. The smooth surface shone against the light from the hanging lanterns of the Brazen Turtle and she looked around at the nearly empty bar. Just her and the bartender left to clean up now that they were closed.
"Be back to help with the tables after washing these and taking out the trash." She promised over her shoulder as she went into the kitchen. Of course the dish washing was easy, all she had to was fill up the sink with soap and water, load it up and just bend the water to scrub them spotless. And drying them was just as simple as letting them air dry, only she used airbending to do so. The small amount she needed for it had been helping her refine her technique and control.
When she went to take out the garbage to the bins outside the bar, the bags practically overflowing and heavy; all of which she held up easily thanks to her physical strength. A single kick of air lifted the lid with a loud bang and she was just about to heft the bags over when a single glint of green flashed across her blue eyes.
Pausing, Korra blinked and slowly lowered the bags to the ground. It was too fast for her to get a good look at what just landed in the trash. Putting her hands on the edge of the bins, Korra rolled up onto the balls of her feet and then had to go to her tippy toes to see the inside of the bin. Despite the strong smell of old garbage, Korra’s mouth fell open and she stared at a ring.
A green ring.
It bore a symbol she recognized and, tentatively, Korra brought her arm up and tried to reach for it. There was no way it could have been real, of that she was sure. The power ring was the most important thing to a Green Lantern and no one would be foolish enough to just-
She couldn’t reach, her fingers came shy of just a few inches.
Then the ring twitched and Korra stopped moving to watch it. It hovered into the air and smoothly slid onto her finger. She shook her head at first and then the words came, causing Korra to stare at the ring on her hand.
"Suitable host located."
"What do you mea-"
That sentence was interrupted when a green glow drew her attention downwards and the symbol of Oa was alight on her chest, and from it the light spread out to cover most of her body. Then her clothes were replaced by a black and white suit that looked much like Kyle’s since he was the lantern she had the most experience with.
"No way…" Pressing her luck, Korra curled her fingers in and pointed the ring at the sky in hopes that it worked just like she had experienced only once before.
And it did.
Her feet lifted off the ground and she surrounded in a green aura, made purely by her considerable will, flying upwards. Against the night sky, she was a glowing beacon of green light and she looked around at the city below her as it shrunk away. Even her hair tubes had turned green and the smile on her face was more genuine than most she had given in the past few days.
Avatar Korra wielded the most powerful weapon in the known universe, and she knew it.
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"Well I’ve got the willpower," There was no shortage of confidence in that statement, and Korra balled her hand up into a fist and held up the ring as green sparks flew out of it. "and the imagination. But there’s a lot more than that. Some teamwork’s involved too. I’ve got the teamwork part down to, but this is a little different. So there’s that. And there’s a lot more to the ring than just that stuff. Training is definitely going to be a thing."
What she had seen and picked up from just being around Kyle on an almost daily basis was turning out to be quite the help.
Korra looked over Frank, a green twinge in her eyes. "But that’s me. You went to camp to learn to be a demigod?" The question was one she honestly sought an answer for. Power that needed to be honed, trained, was what the first seventeen years of her life had been.
Of all the people on Tu Vishan, Korra could probably sympathize with that the most.
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That actually gave Frank a little boost of confidence: Camp Jupiter was all about teamwork, all about everyone working at once for the Legion and trusting your teammates. There was individual training, yes, but it was mostly about working with your Cohort and trusting the others working alongside you- and if a hero had to get some training on that front that meant he had some job done on that front, right?
"Uh, yes." He shrugged. He didn't like to talk about his past much... not because he wanted to hide it, but because when he mentioned Camp to others most of them looked at him like he had to prove it, like they didn't really buy it. He didn't really blame them, but it was still a hassle to prove he was a son of the war. "When my mother died my grandmother told me I was a descendant of the gods, and sent me off with a letter of recommendation. I had to spend some time training with Lupa, the wolf first but once she accepted me I was sent to Camp Jupiter.
I was sent to the fifth cohort." He showed her his tattoo, with just a line since he hadn't even finished his Provatio year when he was sent off in a quest. "And then I started my training."
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"Can you turn into any animal you want?" The animals from her world were considered unusual, and she was sure Frank had no idea what they were like.
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"I can turn into animals I know about. If I only know the animal from... seeing it in pictures or something like that it will be harder for me? Specially if I'm under stress.
But if I know the animal it's pretty easy. And we had a lot of eagles back at camp..." He tilted his head. "But- your world is different, right? Did you have eagles there?"
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"My world doesn’t have a lot of animals that most others do. Usually just half of an animal. Which is kind of weird, but I’m getting used to it."