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[Seeing herself looking back at herself in the little window on the corner of her monitor, Korra gave a stumped look and tapped the little camera lens that the desktop was using. Seeing her huge finger tapping back at her caused her a smile and she cleared her throat. Music can be heard from the speakers.]

Ahem. Hello. My name's Korra, I just got here. I'm the Avatar, but I'm not too sure that means anything here. [She looks both angry and confused, immediately wondering why she just thought of that now instead before.] But anyway, the kedan informed me that I should probably get a job. [Of course it probably sounded a lot nicer when they said it.]

So if anyone knows of a good place to work at, I'd appreciate the help. [She leans forward and puts her forehead in her hand, admonishing herself for not bringing up what she would able to do for work.] Um, I'm a bender, I can create fire and move water or earth around or into just about any shape or form you need? [Ice sculpting crossed her mind. She'd never given any thought to it. Then again she was never too artistic to begin with.] I don't know if fire matters? Burning things doesn't sound a like it'd be in big demand...

Also I'm a former pro athlete! If there's any kinds of sports going on I'd like to get into that! [A smile spreads across her face.] Doesn't even have to be a job, just for fun.

I'm in the Metal Sector if that helps. If anybody's from there we can meet up and you could fill me in a little more about this place? Looks pretty cool to be honest. Oh, and food, meeting at a restaurant would be good. [She stares at her monitor screen with her lips pushed to one side of her mouth.] And any advice or pointers on these things- [She points at the monitor, which just seems like she's pointing at the viewers.] would be welcome too. The kedan gave me a quick once over for it, but I'm not sure that's going to be enough.

[There's an long awkward pause as she looks left to right nervously.]

Yeah, that's about it.

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Flying bison! I have never heard of cows that know how to fly. [Wait for it, wait for it--] How do they taste?

Oh, they are not terribly hard: more like stiff leather, so I have been told, and they do not require anything except a wash, and perhaps a good rub. Sand would be very unpleasant, I think.

T-taste?? [Shocked? Very.] Uhhh- I don't know...? There's only a handful of them and my master has them on all on the island.

[Eat Oogie? Noooo...]

So do you have to use part of the water sector to clean them? Because the ocean would be too rough. [Because sand isn't. Where is your brain Korra?]

Oh, well, I suppose it would not make very much sense to eat any of them, when there are so few. That is a shame; it would be very interesting to try one.

[DISAPPOINT.]

I used to take baths in the canals, when I could: now I fly to the ocean when I can, now the water in the canals has gone bad. It is not terribly rough, at all; only the long flight is something of a hindrance.

[Even carnivore Korra has her limits on what she’d eat.]

Wow, wait, did they give you a suite? [How-what?] So what you need is a kind of bath set up. How to do the running water though... [She purses her lips and presses into her fist thinking. Everything else was easy, just the replenishing water.]

Of course they did; it is not as if I took this one for myself. [He leans back a little, so she might see the interior of his suite: a standard three-story Fire Sector apartment, but the dividing floors have been taken out to provide much more spacious accommodations.]

They were uncommon generous about it, and it is very pleasant, only you are right, it would be much improved with the addition of a fountain. I am not certain what the rules for it are, as the kedan seem quite set on uniformity of design, which is a great pity: there is already running water here, I believe it is done through pipes.

[She had no idea that the suites were that big until just now. It’s going to take everything she’s got to not ask how in the world he’s using the console efficiently. Maybe he had a custom made one that’s just enormous?]

Wow, that beats my tub idea. What does your door look like? [All these questions she had were giving her a headache.] You know what, never mind, not sure I could handle that right now. So do the kedan give you trouble too? [That possibility was unbelievable to her. Maybe they never heard of dragons or even had them, but how could they be resentful of a majestic creature?]

[Lots of practice and very careful fiddling with all the keys. 8|]

It looks the same as any door in the Fire Sector, I should think, except larger. And I have encountered some trouble with the kedan, but not to the point of violence: a few squabbles in the street, and once or twice a merchant has refused me service, but it is nothing to complain about, when one thinks of all the other things one could be subject to. I suppose they are too cowardly to attack me direct, and so try to do so in other ways.

[Someone who's tech savvy should make him a custom keyboard after salvaging.]

They sure have guts to do even that. You know I could actually save you the trip to the ocean since you having running water. Washing would be a snap! [Time for teasing, because all Avatars like to.] Unless you like to bathe alooone.

[Don't judge, all humans are weird. Most. A few. Okay, her.]

[Aaand that flies right over Temeraire's head, unfortunately.]

Well, I should not mind the company, at all, but I make regular trips out to the shell's edge anyway: the rationing has been hard on all of us, and I must catch enough fish for myself and my friends. And it is quite pleasant to swim a little, before and after.

Oh wow, I didn't even think about that. You need a lot more food than most juulan could probably buy.

[Oh god, she's wistfully sighing.] And you have to stretch out those big wings too. Well, if you ever feel like not going out, or can't for some reason I'd be happy to help! [She wants to pet him so bad right now.]

[He twitches his ruff, a little startled. It is a surprisingly generous offer, for someone who started off threatening one of his crew.]

Well--thank you, that is uncommon kind of you.

Maybe I’m just doing nice things because it's my first day. [Her jab at humor was punctured a bit from the fatigue she had been fighting off since back at the palace.] Besides, most people at home jump at the chance just to see a fake dragon in a parade.

That is not at all surprising. [He puffs up a little, it must be said. The reactions of most of the foreigners here have only contributed to the idea that he is even more special and rare than he is in his own world, which is doing his already large ego no favors.

With that particular bit of imagined flattery in mind, he is inclined to be a little more magnanimous, and he offers,] Well, the next time I make a trip to the shore, then, you are more than welcome to come along.

No fooling? I'll definitely hold you up to that! [As if there was anything she could do otherwise.] I've been wanting to go shellside and see about catching some fish. And if they're here, maybe try to catch a seal or two. Blubbered seal jerky is soooo good; if that's your thing. [Judging by his interest in trying skybison, she doubted anything was off limits.]

[OH WELL food is a topic near and dear to his heart, and he brightens noticeably.]

I have not had seal, before, but I should very much like to try it if I do. But I have not seen anything like it in the water around the turtle, or any species of fish I knew from home.

Maybe someday Tu Vishan will land near one of the poles. [Like the south one where her parents are and she can hug them. She shakes that thought from her head before it gets too depressing.] I haven’t seen a lot of the marine life from back home either, so I guess we have to take what we can get.

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