☾ 001 - Boyfriendblocked ☽

[spiritblocked]

[Korra wanted out. Out of the Avatar House and into somewhere more spacious. She appreciated the kindness of the people from her past offering to let her and Asami stay as long as they liked, but Korra needed to breathe. She needed to be somewhere that didn't have Legendary People or Master Benders everywhere she turned. An inferiority complex began to grow because she was the only Avatar without airbending. It stuck like a thorn in her foot. So she and Asami moved out, and into House 58. It wasn't a big move, and Korra felt weird taking a house all to themselves... but it was probably best to stick near the Gaang, even if Simply Existing was causing emotional problems for each other. Korra and Asami didn't have much to move, but the taller girl insisted on shopping so one can probably find Korra moving interior decorating things into the house, practicing bending outside the house, or even making faces at items in shop windows/her reflection.

When she and Asami have settled in Korra attempts at making a voice post in the solitude of her room. She does her best, but the entry is fail-locked from Asami 30% Filtered. HOW DOES I FILTER. Hopefully Asami isn't looking for a post from Korra and it'll slip by unnoticed.]

Hey, uh... Luceti, could you help me out? There's this guy I really like back home, and he's dating this girl that... I thought was just some prissy, elegant, beautiful girl who was too perfect. But actually - I don't know. She seems pretty cool here, I guess.

What do you think I should I do?

Comments

[markofthewise]

[Oh Korra. That's some. Filter. Really. He's not even going to bother.]

I don't know if I'd say prissy.

[spiritblocked]

That was before I got to know her? She's rich back home.

[markofthewise]

Well, you might want to work on your filters. She'll be able to see this.

[spiritblocked]

How do I do that?

[markofthewise]

Glad you asked. I've been here long enough, I can do it with my eyes shut now. Okay first off...

[You blah blah blah, then you need to yadda yadda, then there's something yakkity yak, followed lastly by something something something.]

Get it?

[spiritblocked]

I... think I got it?

[markofthewise]

Alright. Time to prove it.

[spiritblocked]

[Okay going back to edit her entry...

30% Filtered.]

[markofthewise]

[... well.]

I guess it's a start.

[spiritblocked]

Well what did you expect?

[markofthewise]

Hey, it's better than some people's first try! I doubt Asami will know how to crack it anyway. [So. No big.]

So. What's this guy like?

[spiritblocked]

Well... he's kind of a jerk and drives me crazy. [DOES HE DRIVE YOU CRAZY LIKE YOU LIKE HIM? Jeez, shut up Ikki.]

But he's also really cool, attractive, and an awesome bender.

[markofthewise]

But you said he was a jerk. [A frown.] If he's already dating Asami, let them. I'm sure there's plenty of other cool, attractive, and awesome benders who are also jerks. In fact, I've met plenty of them.

[spiritblocked]

A jerk yeah, but not bad? And can any of them probend?

[markofthewise]

Probend...? [Is that a new type of bending?]

[spiritblocked]

It's a sport!

[markofthewise]

Oh. Like the Earth Rumble? That was pretty great.

[spiritblocked]

Uh... I guess? Probending uses Earth, Water, and Fire though.

[markofthewise]

[No air, of course. Not enough airbenders. But his interest is pinged.]

Now that I'd like to see. So this guy must be an earthbender, right? They're always the coolest.

[spiritblocked]

[Earthbender- Bolin? No. Bolin was cool and all- and really nice to her! She just... Likes Mako more? To be honest it's more of a "I can't have it so I want it" phase, but she doesn't know that.]

No, he's a firebender.

[markofthewise]

Oh. [A little disappointed sounding. A firebender? Really?] Does he seem to like you?

[spiritblocked]

Well we're teammates! We get along!

[They've... never really spent any time other than Saving Bolin alone together. But she has fun with him during practice!]

[markofthewise]

... and?

[There's got to be more, right? It can't really be that all Avatars are useless at romance.]

[spiritblocked]

We're friends, and I helped him save his brother.

[So why doesn't he like me?]

[markofthewise]

[A sigh.]

He's got a girlfriend. And he's not into you. So really, all you can do is get over it and deal with it. You'll just make it harder for him if he thinks he has to choose.