Video;

[alphatar]

[A broad smile is on Korra’s face when she turns on the video feed. She’s leaning to one side of the chair and looking pleased as punch.]

I’ll be reopening the dojo in the Wood Sector and I need some teachers, mentors, instructors- whatever you want to call yourselves, to teach people that want to learn. Any fighting style will do, but if it’s martial arts; then all the better.

If you’re interested in lessons, get in touch with me here or privately. I don't know how much lessons are going to be yet, but I'll try to keep it low.

[There's a pause where Korra considers her next words and her smile fades a little.]

If you're half as good as Dinah Lance is [Not was.] then I need to talk you.

[Four months of training with Dinah isn't enough for Korra. She wants to dig in further into the various styles she was mastering, and this is the only way she knows of to find someone that can help her do just that.]

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[alphatar]

[One day he'll be willing, right?]

Maybe you can show me those later. [Standing back up, she brushes her pants down.]

Come on, let's get you some water. [And that food.]

[michaeljangelo]

[With Korra? Maybe. With anyone who walk in off the street looking for Kick-Ass Kung-Fu? Nooooot so much.]

Maybe, if you play your cards right. Tell me more about this water of which you speak.

[alphatar]

I’m getting the hang of cards, just so you know. [After going downstairs, Korra heads over to the kitchen and gets a bottle of water from one of the cupboards. It turns ice cold and she tosses it over to Mike.]

Taste it for yourself. Pure as you can get on Tu Vishan. [While she’s up, Korra gets out a couple of plates to put the grilled steaks on.]

So what do you think, feel up to teaching for some income?

[michaeljangelo]

[He easily catches the bottle of water, opens, it and takes a sip. The full body convulsion is one part actual shiver at the temperature change, to five parts overly dramatic reaction for the lulz.]

Woah, you weren't kidding!

[He hops up to sit on the nearest counter top while Korra tends to the food.]

Teaching sure! Getting paid to do it...I have to admit, that's kind of weird.

[alphatar]

[Mike, you ham.

After forking the steaks onto the plates, Korra slides Mike’s over to him along with a knife and fork.]

It’d be weirder if I didn’t pay you. [Said as she chews on a large bite of her own steak.]

[michaeljangelo]

[It's a force of showing off habit, but Mike spins the knife in his hand before he uses it to cut the food in front of him. The fork gets no such special treatment.]

You think? I...I've never really had a paying job before.

[alphatar]

[Ninjas and their knives. Korra doesn’t seem to mind, even watching his skill with some interest.]

Me either, not until I got here. [Which is why anything not spent on food or a little bit of spending gets added to her savings.] It’s…okay I guess.

[But it’s refreshing to know that she’s not the only one who’s had that problem.]

[michaeljangelo]

No? See that just strikes me as weird.

[alphatar]

What, that I never worked before? [That got her to pause from taking a sip from her own water bottle.]

[michaeljangelo]

Yeah. I mean...you're...

[He gestures vaguely in her direction.]

[alphatar]

[Which gets a vague look of confusion from her.]

I’m- ?

[The Avatar? A martial artist? Eating?]

[michaeljangelo]

Human.

[He punctuates this simple comment with taking another bite of his steak.]

[alphatar]

[THAT’S SPECIESIST.]

…oookay? [Looking around briefly, as if the point Mike’s trying to make would just suddenly pop up in her kitchen, Korra opens her mouth and it’s a few second before she says anything.]

I don’t know what that has to do with money. [Honestly said because she’s just lost.]

[michaeljangelo]

[Realist!]

Well it's not like I can just go and fill out an application at the nearest Help Wanted sign back home.

[alphatar]

[Point made, and now that she gets what he meant; Korra’s eyes pop open.]

Oh. Right. [Awkward bite of steak. It’s a testament to how long Korra’s known the turtles that she doesn’t even think twice of them looking out of the ordinary, or once for that matter.]

Well, I guess Tu Vishan’s the place where we can actually have money.

[michaeljangelo]

[He's totally not chuckling at Korra's expense. Totally not. He's also not talking with his mouth full, because that'd be rude as well.]

Kind of wild, isn't it?

I wonder if I can get The Bookends on board. They're both so...so...Leo about everything.

[alphatar]

[Talking with your mouth full is never rude, just look at Korra with her cheeks full and somehow speaking clearly.]

There aren’t that many ninjas that I can ask to teach. I think you guys are it.

[michaeljangelo]

You never know, there might be more that you don't know about. That's the thing about ninjas, we're wiley that way.

[alphatar]

Yeah, good point. [The only other possible ninja she knows of is one she’d rather avoid. Forever.]

But, you’re the ones I trust so it may as well just be you guys.

[michaeljangelo]

[He sits up just a little bit taller at her compliment.]

No one will ever accuse you of having bad taste.
Mostly because if they do, it'll be the last thing they ever say and they'll spend the rest of their lives eating through a straw.

[alphatar]

[Okay, that’s sweet.] Thanks Mike. You really think they might go for it?

[Korra knew they favored the dojo since she managed to keep a window unlocked so they could use it at night, but teaching during the day was something entirely different.]

[michaeljangelo]

[He half shrugs.]

Honestly? No idea. It can't hurt to ask though.

...

Well, not too much anyway.

[alphatar]

Hey, if it helps: I can always go with you when you do ask. [Letting Mike explain this one one his own isn't something she's entirely comfortable with.]

[michaeljangelo]

Iiiiiii might just take you upon that. They fear change.

[alphatar]

[She gives a quick chuckle before she finished chewing.] You got it dude.

[Why did Bolin ever introduce her to the word ‘dude’?] Leo’s good with me, I should be able to bring him around. Leonardo, well, I can try. [He can be intensely serious at times, and Korra could only sway that which could bend.]