anything_it_takes: Raph don't u change my pre-sets (Driving: looking @ brother)
Leonardo ([personal profile] anything_it_takes) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu2013-05-24 12:23 pm

[VOICE | Backdated Pre-Event] Survey

[You wanna play it this say, Raph? Taking surveys to prove a point? Fine. Let's play.

It's not about who cares - well okay, to be fair, that's the MAIN reason they developed such fine-tuned stealth skills in the first place. But that's not the only reason a ninja should stay hidden. With enemies who would probably not announce themselves first, who would see him and his brothers on the Network and then proceed to silently hunt them down one by one...

The last time the team faced Shredder, he nearly killed them all, starting with Leonardo himself; the memory of seeing the intent in Oruku's eyes while facing down his blade remained a deeply chilling moment. But now Leo's team is down by one, they're not always together and they can't just stay underground here. If Shredder found one of them out in Keeliai, alone, with no way to contact the others for help...]


How many people have had their enemies show up.

[A question with the cadence of a statement. That's how you know he's serious, apparently.

If this survey turns up zilch? Leo will have to concede the point completely. But he doesn't really suppose that'll be the case. Let's find out.]
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video//private//basic encryption;

[personal profile] alphatar 2013-05-26 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Leo's disappointment in Raphael doesn't go unnoticed and Korra can only hope that it's just something like a brother's spat.]

So there's Mikey and Mike? [Allllrighty then, that won't confuse her in the future. Nope. And she missed Mikey's network post entirely, somehow.]

Yeah, healing is an important school of waterbending and I learned from the best there is. [One day she'll learn to not brag about herself. Some day.] Your other-dimensional cousin is good as new. That is unless he does something like attacking that foot thing again. [Yes, she still under the impression The Foot is in fact an actual foot because it makes just as much sense as anything else on the turtle.]

You're a lot more diligent than I'd be. Sometimes I check the network after a couple of days and feel kind of lost. [All in all it was Mike(y), Raphael, Leo, and Donnie. What is it with her running into brothers?]

So what do you guys practice in anyway? Mike said he was injured doing a training run. [She couldn't get a straight answer out of him and he displayed a lot more skill than just simple exercise.]
Edited 2013-05-26 18:31 (UTC)
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[personal profile] alphatar 2013-05-26 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Their family dynamic is very interesting to Korra, being an only child and all.] Art? [Yep, she smiling now that her suspicions were pretty much confirmed.] Can't wait to hear about it. I'm always down for learning about someone's style. [She sips her floating fruit slush afterwards.]

Sure! I've got some extra time Leo. [Actually she had a lot of spare time since it took her about an hour to meet her fishing job's daily quota.]
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action; SNAP

[personal profile] alphatar 2013-05-27 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Grabbing her parka and heading out through the Metal, Korra wasn't one to be held up from reaching the Water Sector. In fact as the sunlight was starting to change to darker colors one of the local street gang members tried to accost her only to get the wind knocked out of them from a solid punch empowered by her momentum.] No time to play around jerk!

[She didn't even slow her running sprint as she continued past everyone else. When she reached the designated spot in the Water she caught her breath even though she was smiling. It was good exercise really. Giving a quick look around she couldn't see him at all.

She played this game with Mike too and wasn't fond of the idea of having the crap scared out of her a second time. Putting her hands on her hips she starting scrutinizing her surroundings, especially the shadows.
] You boys and your hide and seek.

[After what felt like the fourth sweep of the area her gaze settled on the corner of building. It seemed like a suitable spot for someone with a shell to comfortably conceal themselves.] I promise I won't freak out again. Not like I have anything to choke on this time.
alphatar: (Clearing throat)

perma-action; And Korra’s collecting turtle interactions! But she can be such a doof sometimes.

[personal profile] alphatar 2013-05-27 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Watching Leo make his descent was just littered with martial prowess, something Korra could relate to. Partially anyways.] Is that what you guys train in? Nice. [She had to admit that the stealthiness of it was better than anything she could muster.]

All the arts used for bending are pretty straightforward. [Sure she managed to sneak past and go undetected by the White Lotus sentries, but seriously that kind of stuff wouldn’t even alert her master.]

[For some reason she was expecting him to be a little taller, but that wasn’t the question she had for the level headed turtle.] So why is yours blue and not red like Raphael’s and Mike’s?

[Because that’s the burning question she had to ask off the network. Don’t judge.]
alphatar: (Piecing things together)

YES. Leader turtles certainly can be.

[personal profile] alphatar 2013-05-28 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It is; in its own way. But bending’s more of a martial art without the bending part. [Yeah, she can see how that probably didn’t make any sense.] Taking out the element makes it a fashion non-benders can use. Most benders don’t really think about it, but I use both. [Because more training is awesome to her. Why stop learning fighting techniques, ever?]

Oh, I was way off then. For some reason I thought they were some kind of ranking system. [Like belts.] All red… so that’s why it’s more like a cousin thing. Well if I had to pick one it’d be blue. [Obviously if you go by her light blue sleeveless shirt and navy blue baggy pants.]

So if you’re all related [Mostly.] where are your parents? [They all seemed to be in her age group. Was there a momma turtle? Maybe she shouldn’t draw up that image just yet.]
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[personal profile] alphatar 2013-05-28 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh his enthusiasm is clear as day with that proclamation and she can’t help but smile at it. Simply because that’s how she acts half of the time too.] Out of the two of you brothers that I’ve met, I think I can understand why you’re in charge. [Nothing against Mike, he definitely had his skills and snerks but leader material he was not.] So I guess I would have picked the right color then.

[Technically she would be the leader of Team Avatar, but really they never even got around to that stuff.]

Oh. I’m sorry. Both my parents are back home at the south pole too. [Ouch, sounds like just dad turtle to her. Judging by his reaction that’s a sore subject to bring up, mental note to not mention anytime soon.]

Hey. Thanks for not doubting me about all that dirty laundry stuff on the network. You’re one of the first I’ve met who’s actually taking that kind of threat seriously. [So many times has Korra wanted to slap sense into those who are either Amon’s allies or see him as being some kind of respectable person.]

What’s with the katanas? [Of course her first thought goes to Mike’s injury by a katana, but that thought is dismissed quickly since Mike said it was a foot that caused it. However the hell that works.]
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[personal profile] alphatar 2013-05-29 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose I was. [Sort of.] Really though, we just had a lot to deal with back then so we never got around to official stuff like that.

[Yep, Leo definitely had a good sense about him since he wasn’t swept up in Amon’s philanthropic pursuits, like that clinic that HAD to be hiding something.] Oh he’s done a lot. I’m glad you’re looking out for your brothers; I’d say keep your distance and don’t buy a single word of whatever it is he’s selling. [Not that she’d have to worry, Leo’s affirmation was as solid as the sword he had.]

Oh whoa, like the dual dao swords style that Firelord Zuko was a master of! [Dao swords, the lesser known Chinese equivalent of katanas. Never did Korra think those White Lotus history lessons would be this helpful.] You must have had an incredible teacher! That must have taken lots of training, especially considering- wait, how old are you?

[Has he been training his whole life like she has?]
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[personal profile] alphatar 2013-05-29 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, so he picked you right after you guys had the real deal? If he knew that off the bat he does sound amazing. [Korra pictured an older turtle with a long white beard that hurdled them through training sessions when they were younger. Oh god, little baby turtles. She can’t help but snort and try to pass it off as a cough.]

This Miyamoto guy sounds a lot like our legendary swordsman: Piandao. During the one hundred year war, Piandao left the Fire Nation Army and traveled the world mastering not only a sword style he created, but numerous others. When he came back to the Fire Nation to settle down their army sent one hundred of their best soldiers to arrest him for desertion and he defeated them all in one battle. [Of course she had to learn everything about the Avatar before her and the history that was involved. Since Piandao was one of the highest ranking orders of the White Lotus at the time, that came into play too. Normally history was pretty boring, but when cool stuff like legendary battles came up Korra was glued to her texts.]

A Grand Master; that explains a lot. [Nothing less could train very young students with such great results.] I was taught by the best of the best too. [As the Avatar she needed to be.]

I’m seventeen. Apparently some people seem to think eighteen is the age when you’re old enough to be an adult. [Yeah, she’s still a little sore about getting that impression.] You’re pretty mature for your age. [More mature than she was half the time, but she wasn’t about to say that.]
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[personal profile] alphatar 2013-06-01 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess for most of the worlds the other foreigners come from. It’s pretty stupid to me, I’ve met a few older people I wouldn’t think of as adults. [Then again, she’s always gotten a free pass since arriving in Republic City so she’s probably just sore that it’s not happening here.]

Wow, so you guys are superheroes? [That word is really floating around in her head a lot lately since there were so many of those powered beings on the network.]

Fighting the wind?? [Korra’s eyes widen as she stares at Leo and her thoughts reach her lips in a murmur.] Like striking air; spiral movements… [No use in asking, Leo had already stated his master wasn’t anywhere on Tu Vishan. Holding herself from making a sigh at that unwanted reminder of her minimal airbending skills Korra folds her arms and gives Leo a grin.]

There’s been a few, but my current master is the only one who could instruct me in airbending. [And that new skill really needed to be refined and honed, but there was nothing to be done except keep practicing what she’s learned so far.] But yeah, I would definitely put me in the “pretty good” class. Back home at least. I haven’t even met half of the others here. [They kind of already talked about why she hasn’t earlier and that’s not her favorite subject of discussion.]
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[personal profile] alphatar 2013-06-02 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[New York City had to be the world capital of some world because she had heard of it from different people. But city saving she can relate to since it was her latest, biggest, crowning achievement since leaving the south pole.] Wow, that does kind of stink that you can't really celebrate that with anyone outside of one friend. Turtle friend or non-shelled friend?

[Raphael's mention of mutant was fairly vague for her, this really did confirm for her that they were unique in their world and not living in a world of turtle people. Also explains the secrecy and wariness that both Mike and Leo exhibited.] Maybe they will someday. Stranger things have happened.

[ Oh yes, she recognized that look on Leo's face, eager to learn and excel. After all, they had both been training since being toddlers.]

You're on! I haven't had anyone to spar with since, well since I got here.

[Over a week now. Had it really been ten days? And to think, she had already gotten used to the rationing.]

I just remembered. You guys don't have jobs, do you? I know times are rough right now, I mean I met Mike because he ran out of food. What I'm saying is I have extra food and also extra fish since that's kind of my new job.
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[personal profile] alphatar 2013-06-03 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Saving girls and the city? You boys are just a bunch of heartbreakers aren't you? [Oh Korra knew Leo meant a platonic friend in every sense of the word, he seemed a little too serious when talking about her, but a chance to tease is never passed up. She choked down a giggle about it with some effort.]

You got it. Make sure to clear up some space and I’ll bring some extras over. [Buying more sea prunes wouldn’t be that hard at all since the kedan sold them at dirt cheap prices. An “acquired” taste for anyone who’s used to the average tasting meal. Getting more fish was inevitable and giving them half of her own catch outside of her work's demands was the least she could do.]

Sure! But somewhere a little less residential. [After all, she’s been arrested once for that kind of fun mayhem.] Sounds like a plan, but I don’t want to lose you while I’m down here. [Turning her ankle sideways and sliding it quickly forward caused small handholds to suddenly jut out from the stone bricks of the nearby building for her to climb up on.]
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[personal profile] alphatar 2013-06-04 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Korra let the April topic drop, she got her kicks. Maybe one day Donnie would be on Tu Vishan (again) and she could tease him a bit too. Provided he wasn't like Raphael.]

Trust me, I think I can follow you just f- [Cut off mid sentence by Leo's nimble prowess, Korra had forgotten that much like Mike their shells were hardly a hindrance. Once she caught up on the roof she peers into the distance at the destination.]

Ready when you are fearless leader. [Greatly amused and excited at being able to do something like this with someone else, Korra was all smiles.

Waiting for her turn, Korra nodded a "not bad" and began her sprint for the edge of the roof. Small patches of brick popped up, boosting her heels as she took off over the gap and Korra indulged herself in something she had been wanting to try utilizing her airbending training; a corkscrew spin. Putting her arms before her in mid-air before hugging them to herself as she spun a full 360 degrees and then landed with her leg doing a circular sweep. Showing off wasn't what she had planned, but she could go with that.
]
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[personal profile] alphatar 2013-06-04 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Taking her preferred method of running, Korra simply went with power, energy she had pent up for practically two weeks ready to be spent generated her mobility. While her boots and slightly baggy pants could be seen as a hindrance, they were actually quite comfortable and allowed her legs free movement and of course protected her feet.

Keeping pace with Leo isn’t too hard, but then again neither of them were over exerting themselves. Feeling a little need to show off Korra answered his acrobatics with somersaults and a few vaults off of building that left some brick crumbling behind her heel. When the next structured was at a taller level than the rest, Korra ran alongside the wall of it, halfway across it she felt gravity starting to claim her and she defied it by shooting flames from her fists downwards. Keeping her aloft she continued her sprint across until she leapt off to the next building that was at a close enough level for her.

When she landed next to Leo she was actually laughing.
] I haven’t really had the chance to do this yet. [Actually she did, but doing it alone was pretty boring and usually drew unwanted attention.]

Armaments? [She gave the katanas on his back a raised eyebrow. But she wasn’t armed…] Oh, right. [It finally registered that he was referring to her bending. It was definitely weird that it could be considered the same as being armed unlike back home.]

The good stuff is what I’m used to then.

[”As long as we keep it to sparring and not chopping.” She thought to herself as her eyes drifted back to his katanas. That wasn’t something to be worried about though, she doubted Leo lacked the control and restraint needed. After all, he trained with his brothers a lot, right?]

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