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[braavado]

[It takes a few tries, but Korra finally manages to press the call button and leave Edna a message. She sounds really embarrassed.]

Uh, this is Korra. We...didn't exactly get each other's names. [She clears her throat, and then the words come pouring out in a flood.] Listen, I'm really, really sorry about the way I was acting in the library the other day.

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[earthpulse]

You mean you don't usually try to sweep ladies off their feet by dropping cheesy romance novel lines? Color me surprised.

[All said completely deadpan, by the way. The embarrassment is the best part, tbh.]

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[braavado]

Definitely not. [There's an unsurprising amount of vehemence in those two words alone.]

It's those stupid glitches--or whatever that was in the library that day.

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[earthpulse]

So that's what you call them. Do those happen a lot here?

[She needs to know if she can count on the possibility of further future blackmail material.]

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[braavado]

They happen pretty often, but it's different every time.

[A pause.] I'm guessing that means you're new around here?

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[earthpulse]

Got it in one. I'm only surprised it took so long for things to devolve into chaos.

[Compared to what happens at home, she'll take a week or two of downtime before hell unleashing over a few seconds.]

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[braavado]

I guess...at least it wasn't an attack, even if it was embarrassing.

I hate it when they mess around with our heads like that, though.

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[earthpulse]

Don't we all. I'm sure your dignity can survive the terribly powerful blow to it.

[The last part also said completely deadpan. She straightens up a little, even though she knows Korra won't see her. Body-messing is pretty bad, but sometimes head-messing is even worse.]

Have there been attacks before?

[She asks, genuinely curious. For the sake of making more concrete plans with defined goals, she needs more information about the situation here.]

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[braavado]

Yeah, a few that I've heard of. I've only been here for one of them, though.

[After rolling her eyes at Edna's jab, Korra's tone softens into something more somber.]

Most of the time we just get weird glitches.

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[earthpulse]

Tell me about them. The glitches and the attacks.

[It's not a request, but a command. She has to know these things in order to better prepare for them. To know what their opponents are capable of.]

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[braavado]

The glitches are really random. They've all been different, from what I know. The ones I've dealt with messed around with people's senses. You feel tired, or you can't see something, even if it's in front of you, or you can't warm yourself up no matter what you do. Stuff like that.

[A pause now.]

I--I've heard there's been some bad ones, though. I wasn't here for them. I think one time, a bunch of monsters showed up and killed people while they were trapped in some part of the Shopping District. Then after a few days, they all just disappeared and everything was fine again.

CERES doesn't really bother giving us explanations whenever something like that happens.


(ooc: I'm so sorry about this late tag. If you want, we can handwave the rest of it and start something else?)

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( ooc: Sure we can handwave this! Do you have a toplevel on the current event I can tag you on, or should we plot after it's over? (I'm sitting out on topleveling for this one.) IC inboxes are always a thing too. :> )