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A visit from a feathery santa.

[idunnosurfing]

[On the morning of the 24th, after she's gone to bed, Percy leaves a box and an envelope outside her door. The box is wrapped in blue paper, about a foot long, with a silver bow.

The card reads "I am beary grateful I can call you my friend! Happy Holidays, Percy :)"

Inside the box is a stuffed bear nestled in tissue paper. Soft and plush, it has white fur and a blue bowtie around its neck.]

Promposal

[idunnosurfing]

[When Korra comes back from her most recent shift, she will find that someone has been in her room.

The stuffed bear is positioned on the center of her mattress. In its paws is a small bouquet of yellow roses, a cupcake from Pandemonium, and a note.

"It would make me beary* happy if you would be my stag date to prom!

-Percy
*Im sorry I know the puns are stupid but I just cant resist"]

To Action

[bent_the_world]

[That is NOT what Korra was expecting to come home to. She laughs a little bit as she reads the note, shaking her head in a fond kind of way.]

[She really doesn't know what she'd do here without Percy. In a lot of ways, he'd saved her. She'd been in that dark, awful place where she couldn't forgive herself, and deeper in it than she'd ever been before. That's when he'd found her and somehow, someway, she'd pulled herself out of it. With his help.]

[In a way it kind of sucks, that he's asking her. She knows he'd rather have another option, but... she's glad that he's not going to let it keep him from having a good time at this. Korra knows how important this prom is to him. So after she sets aside the roses and the cupcake, she takes the note and goes in search of Percy.]

[An invitation that personal deserves a face to face response.]

<burningpassion>

[girl_at_the_window]

hile
i was wondering

my friend jade invited me to a meal for thanks-giving
and im allowed to bring someone so i was

would you like to go with me

<TheAvatar>

[bent_the_world]

oh yeah i've heard of that!

that sounds like fun, i'd love to go with you. i don't really know jade, though, are you sure it'd be okay?

<burningpassion>

[girl_at_the_window]

i just wanted to say im sorry
for everything i said last week
i understand if you dont want to be with me for a bit

<TheAvatar>

[bent_the_world]

hey don't worry about it, none of us were ourselves. at all.

i literally ate out of dumpsters, susan. i'm the one who should be saying i get it if you don't want to see me for a while. you just got mad about dumb stuff, i might have worms.

<burningpassion>

[girl_at_the_window]

hey do you want to come up to the ranch tonight
i got a surprise for you

<TheAvatar>

[bent_the_world]

a surprise, huh?

yeah, i'll be there a little after sundown!

<C_137> (backdated to February 1st)

[peaceamongworlds]

Whhatsup, I've got the weirdest indigestion rn

srsly, I just ate an entire cleanup crew. I'm talking 5, maybe 6 guys

<TheAvatar>

[bent_the_world]

1) that sounds really excessive, wtf?

2) who are you again and why are you telling me this?

<brrrrd>

[foolishwren]

hey



you wouldnt happen to be looking for a job rn would you

<TheAvatar>

[bent_the_world]

oh hey mason!

well not ACTIVELY or anything but what's the job? i DO need another income source.

<C_137>

[peaceamongworlds]

what's up, Korra? You need any more security upgrades or w/e?

I'll be real with you, a dog came and pissed on my mattress so I need a new one

<TheAvatar>

[bent_the_world]

oh hey, demon dude! i think we're pretty okay for now, we haven't had to use the original system yet.

um.

you live a very interesting life. if you want a mattress, i've got like ten of them in the basement.

action!

[epitaffio]

[At some point after arrivals, but still relatively early in the month, there is a small, freckled and pink-haired visitor at Hestia's Place. If the hair isn't enough indication, then the lost look on his face and the fact that he has a handful of newbie pamphlets with him are probably strong enough clues that he's new around these parts.]

Excuse me! Are you... [He flips through some of his papers.] Korra?

[bent_the_world]

Hi, yeah, I'm Korra!

[It's daytime, so Korra is looking mostly human - her hair is still shaggy and white and her fingertips have bear claws rather than human nails, but that's it - and groggy. But she is there to greet their visitor, who looks like a newly arrived teenager.]

[Please want a place to live.... There's so much room and so much space and at most four people in the hotel on any given day, and that's counting the people who come around to help out.]

Can I help you?

july 24th, later in the day

[chardismastic]

it's rafe

got a quick question to ask

[bent_the_world]

sure, what's up?

During the September plot event <GiggleGrrl>

[fantabulousandwich]

Dear Miss Korra Ma'am,

It is with great reluctance that I write to you. While I have cherished my time at the Nest, and truly feel I've grown as a person from my experiences there, it is with sadness that I tell you I must resign my position.

It's nothing wrong with you, or with the bar! I mean it's a pretty scary place sometimes, but I've worked in scary places before, that doesn't bother me. It's actually really nice, how everyone gets along! But the truth is, I have a higher calling. I used to be a psychiatrist, you see. I haven't worked for awhile, even before I came here; but the past day or so I've just felt this urgent calling to get back into the business. There are so many people here with so much hurt- how can I sit idly by, doing something as idle as serving people liquor, when there are people out there who need my help?

So I'm going to set up business here in Bavan, where people need me the most. I do wish I could give you two weeks notice- I know that's only polite- but the need here is so great, I just have to start right away!

All my best to everyone at the Nest. I'll stop by sometime soon with presents for everyone! And if you ever feel the urge to talk- just know that I'm here.

Regards,
Dr. Harley Quinzel

<TheAvatar>

[bent_the_world]

ok

we can talk about this again in...let's say two weeks. that's usually the longest people aren't exactly themselves around here.

have fun with your new business.

<summerbloom>

[rediscover]

Hey Korra, I could use your opinion on something~

How does this look on me? ♡

>>image01.jpeg

< MamaBear >

[bent_the_world]

[Korra is currently prowling her rooms in the Nest, nerves on end with everything happening. She is not expecting a random fashion text...or the picture attached.]

okay

just need to clear up two things

1) did you mean to send a topless picture?

2) are you feeling okay because i don't want to be creepy and i know weird stuff is going down

if these answer to those questions is 'yes', then that looks really good

if it's no you should probably put on a shirt and i promise i'm not creepy

<summerbloom>

[rediscover]

[Anna stares at her laptop screen for a moments, fingers wiggling over top of the keys as she tries to come up with a good response to the rather suggestive message she's just received from Korra. It's late in the evening, and ever since she returned to her nymph form, Anna's been feeling more in tune with her body. More sensual, and more than aware of the mounting sexual tension between her and Korra. Tonight, it's enough that she can feel herself growing warm and flushed at the merest suggestion of taking things to the next level...which she's taking as her sign that she's ready to actually make a move.

I was trying not to rush, and I think I achieved that, Anna thinks, pushing herself up from the bed and crossing over to her wardrobe where she begins to peruse the top drawer containing all the lacy, pretty things she's been casually amassing.

Not long later, she replies:]

>>summerbloom uploaded IMAGE_01

thoughts? Maybe you need a closer look?

< TheAvatar >

[bent_the_world]

[Anna really has the cutest underthings. At least from what Korra's seen at this point, but according to her sample pool, her girlfriend has great taste in lingerie. Proof positive is right in front of her on her laptop.]

[And also there was that first picture she sent. This whole thing started with a flirty lingerie picture and flirty texting has just sort of been a thing. It's actually really fun, and Korra's even sent a daytime picture with her vest partially unbuttoned once. It's even more fun when the flirty texts lead to fooling around.]

yes. yes i do.

you should come over.

<pop.pop>

[afewlicks]

hey boss
tell me about this wrestling ring
and also tell me how i somehow knew nothing about it despite it being literally under my nose

< MamaBear >

[bent_the_world]

twice a month there's monster wrestling in the back. costumes, stage names, the whole thing. it just started last month, but it's pretty popular.

<PREMIUM_EVERCLEAR>

[wheresmyjuul]

hey mama bear


just letting you know that since i took over a business on the mile i'll be moving out there

don't want you to worry about the shows, though. of course i'll still come perform <3

< MamaBear >

[bent_the_world]

oh.

okay.

good luck with your business.

[A minute later]

sorry if i seem grumpy, it's not you. lost a good friend and my girlfriend last week.

action, 4th feb

[bleeditout]

[ Eventually, sometime in the evening of the 4th – and after getting lost for a good hour – Misha arrives at the building he'd been pointed toward by the pink-haired man, eyes wide in awe as he takes in the size of it all. Pushing open one of the large doors at the entrance, he peers around the edge of it anxiously. Is this the right place? He hopes so, though, he can't see anyone around from here.

With a deep inhale, he enters the building proper, quietly walking through what appears to be some sort of lobby? He clears his throat, and calls out a little meekly– ]

Um… hello? Is anyone here?

[ He looks out of place; a mop of black hair with teal running through his bangs is covering one side of his face. His clothes are dusty and coated in grime, and he doesn't appear to have any belongings with him. It's clear he's a new arrival. ]

[bent_the_world]

[It's only a few moments before there's the 'ding' of an elevator and Korra ambles out into the lobby. She offers a lazy smile, one paw scrubbing the sleep out of her eyes - evening is morning to a werebear. And there's no doubt as to what she is, all furred and large with ursine paws.]

Hey, welcome to Hestia's Place, I'm Korra.

[She doesn't bother to ask why he's here, it's pretty obvious at first glance.]

I promise I'm a lot friendlier than I look. We've got plenty of rooms.

For Klinger

[bent_the_world]

[Korra has hoped for many things in her years in this world, but over the last one it's mostly just been a bartender. Or someone who knows what they're doing behind the bar. She hates it. She drinks fruity booze mixed with cola and that's about it. She can make the meanest rum and cola around, but name a drink and she'll stare blankly.

So she's thrilled about Klinger, and eager to show off the Nest to him. It's not just a bar, there's a lot to take in and get used to. An orientation, if you will. But she intends to make it fun - that's the theme around here. But he seems like the kind of guy who'll fit in around here, from their initials conversations and meeting.

She's leaning on the bar in all her furry glory, wearing her usual black leather pants and zippered vest. There's not too much of a crowd right now, it's early. Just a few of the regulars and a couple of the early crowd come to buy weed and smoke it out back before things get going. There's only one dancer on stage, a very tall human woman in an elaborate and very creative interpretation of a faerie costume - that leaves little to the imagination. The lights are off in the massive aquarium in the very center of the barroom, behind the bar itself - when they have aquatic performers, it's lit like a stage.]

[honorablenutcase]

Klinger strolls in, letting out a low whistle as he looks around. He's wearing slacks and a brightly colored button up shirt. Nothing fancy, but he's still figuring out his own style in this crazy world.

He smiles when he sees Korra. There's no doubting who's the boss in this place. Walking over, he shakes his head a little, "this is some place!"

[Action]

[bugbeverage]

"Now this is what I'm talkin' about!" Beetlejuice trumpets as he makes his way into the bar, ducking so that his horns don't knock on a twisted metal sculpture hanging from the ceiling. The colors! The smells! The girls!. This place has it all.

He trades winks with a cutie human dressed up like a minotaur with little golden horns affixed into a comb in her hair.

Beetlejuice swaggers his way up to the bar to take a gander at the fish tank set just behind it and sits down. He slaps his hand on the bar top, flipping open the match book like it's a police badge.

"Mai Tai! OH--. A Mai Tai please." Because he's good now. He says please and thankyou.

[bent_the_world]

The human currently behind the bar turns to begin making the drink, and Korra notices just who's dropped by.

"Hey!" She ambles over from her spot further back behind the bar, where she's been checking the kegs and barrels of tapped alcohol.

"Glad you could make it."

He looks like he's doing better than he was the last time she'd seen him. Thankfully. He really hadn't been doing too great then.

<AndrewRyan>

[beyondtheshore]

Korra: you have mentioned that there are avenues available for punishing those who disrespect residents of Djavulenstad.

I should like to know my options.

[listen, this is very serious business]

< MamaBear >

[bent_the_world]

we have ways of dealing with people who break the rules if that's what you mean. if someone's giving you real trouble, we can handle it.

[action]

[bugbeverage]

"I gotta say, Mama Bear, your eye for decorating? Unparalleled!"

Using his minotaur's strength, Beetlejuice easily hefts the giant bedazzled sailfish mount a little higher. He's helping out with a little sprucing up today and is just delighted with the newest addition to the wall. It goes with the other fish, but like. It's sexy.

"Here?"

[bent_the_world]

"Well, I just sort of kept up with the theme that was already going on. A lot of this stuff was already here when I inherited the place. But I've added some things. And if you ever find a random little pig statue hidden in a weird place, that's because of me. It wasn't a decorating thing, it was just a funny thing the last owner did with a bunch of pig figures I ended up with."

Despite the fact that Heather had hidden all the pigs years ago, Korra still sometimes stumbles across one that hasn't yet been found. There's a cabinet of them in the main part of the basement where she keeps them.

It's a nice reminder of days gone by.

"And yeah, that looks good! I'm thinking we should get some new lights in here, too. A few more colors, maybe some purple and pink."

Action, Devil's Nest, August 1-2ish, cw drugs

[detectivision]

[One of crime city's part-time residents, who still occasionally sources morphine from the Devil's Nest (though he certainly isnt going through it like he was in February and March), slides into Korra's bar one evening, leaning an elbow on the customer-side. He'll catch the attention of whoever's working it:]

Excuse me. Is the proprietress in?

[He knows how this place works: Sherlock is prepared to pay for the information, if he must. If he doesn't spot anything on this fellow, madam, both, or neither that he can use to convince them to get Korra for free, that is.]

[bent_the_world]

[Luckily just asking after Korra is free. Particularly if the asker is a familiar face. He's told to hold on a moment before the costumed human behind the bar pops into the back rooms to get the boss. Who isn't terribly busy at the moment anyway.

Korra emerges a moment later and lifts a furry paw in a wave of greeting when she sees who's looking for her.]

Hey. What's up?

[She assumes something is, considering she'd been requested personally. And this probably isn't a social visit...]

Action, Devils Nest, Aug 27th

[bugbeverage]

No one has seen or heard from Beetlejuice for almost a week. Usually he's hamming it up on the monster-net or scheming around Bavan or hanging around the Nest trying to goad his fellow wrestlers into a practice match as an excuse to bodyslam someone. Yes, his loud and proud presence is gone.

Or perhaps.

Simply diminished.

Though he was now one of the fastest monster types, a little Faerie like him could only travel so far without tuckering out. It took him hours and hours to reach the devil's city and even longer to find his way "home" to the Nest. Without his Minotaur mental GPS the city's tricks preyed on him.

With sore wings, Beetlejuice staggers across the threshold, letting the familiar smells sooth his troubled mind. He is only three inches tall, so of course the place looks different from this angle. If he weren't so tired and befuckered from dying, he would think this a good opportunity to look up some skirts without getting caught.

As he wanders the bar, eyes aimed up high, Beetlejuice trips and promptly finds himself face-down in a glue trap along with a couple other unfortunate insects.

"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!"

His voice is very squeaky.

[bent_the_world]

What the hell is that?

Korra's ears lift up, catching a small and strange sound from the other side of the bar. She's very used to the normal sounds of the Nest, the music, the voices, the sounds of drink and dice and all of that. This...is not a usual sound.

Curious, she abandons what she's doing and approaches the bar. The strange sound becomes a whole lot clearer.

And recognizable.

"What the hell?"

She peers down at the bartop, head titled. That....that's BJ. Just not as he normally is.

Uh-oh.

<betelgeusebetelgeusebetelgeuse>

[bugbeverage]

hey lil mama u got a sec?

< MamaBear >

[bent_the_world]

for you? almost always.

what's up?

<S.Holmes>

[detectivision]

[He doesn't like doing this. Not at all. Sherlock is most secure when he's in control of his immediate circumstances; he doesn't like unknown factors. He doesn't like loose ends.

But in his hell, Verner Vogel had spilled a lot of information to a lot of people. Things Sherlock had told no one -- things about his mother, about the doctor who had treated her, about her decline. He was left without a choice, robbed of the chance of explaining himself. Painted in the worst light by a malign actor.

So, perhaps...perhaps he'd better let one end loose. After all -- it's not as though he doesn't trust Korra. It's just -- well. Around here, things change fast. People change, unplanned and unintentional. He doesn't want this getting out.

But it might, whether he wants it to or not. And if it does, it's better she's warned.

So, after the longest, hottest bath in the world, he sends a message.]

Korra,

If I ask you to keep a matter secret, will you do it? It will be self-evident when I explain the matter why I do not want it getting out.

< MamaBear >

[bent_the_world]

snitches get stitches ;)

seriously though, of course. assuming it's not something like 'I'm going to dump hallucinogens in the water supply for fun' or something. which i'm pretty sure it's not.

what's up? are you in some kind of trouble?

[It's her immediate assumption. Sometimes people get in trouble, and she's the sort of person who's good at helping with trouble. Or making it go away, if it's the right sort of trouble.

Particularly when it's one of her own. And despite not being a permanent resident of Crime Town, Korra considers Sherlock one of her own.]