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[bolincredible]

[ GOOD…… late night or super early morning, network. Witness the amazing Fire Ferrets in their natural habitat, if a bit sleep-mussed and underdressed. (Understatement, tbh.) Come on, if your pajamas aren’t “be shirtless” or “in a sports bra”, you’re just not doing things Republic City style in this weather.

The scene set in the rather large room is unnerving at best. Splashed against the background are scorch marks from recent firebending, and shadows are cast from the ripped and torn flooring — it looks like there was one hell of a fight. Off to the left, there’s a soft glow as Korra tries to heal a deep wound on her arm with her waterbending and Mako, holding a small flame in his hand for light, crouches over a dark, suspiciously person shaped thing on the floor. Next to it are two other suspiciously person shaped things, also not moving in a very “dead” fashion.

As Mako makes notes in a small logbook, he and Korra seem to be having something of a disagreement, with Korra hissing angrily and Mako trying to calm her down with steady, hushed tones. While they talk, he meticulously searches through the clothes on the things — let’s be honest, they’re corpses, three of them, lying on the bedroom floor — gathering the evidence he finds and apparently writing it down in his little book. He adds whatever he finds to a growing pile of trinkets... which at this point consists largely of knives, garotting rope, and other sketchy murderous tools. With a soft trill, the two cats who adopted Mako jump up on the bed, looking shaken and huddling protectively around a small green and gold snakelike creature. Naga, on the other hand, seems to be licking something from her lips with her long tongue, looking quite proud of herself, tail absently tapping on the mattress behind the kittens.

Bolin, looking suitably confused and sporting an oddly smug Pabu-scarf, is taking up the foreground and accepting the responsibility of having his priorities in place. Unlike some people, wow. ]

Uhhhh. Hey. So my name’s Bolin. Nice to meet you if I haven’t already met you. Nice to see you again if I have? [ You know, whichever. ] Got a quick question for anyone who could answer, it’d be great to have it cleared up: is there like a... running history of people getting a pet back for a boon, only then a month later it turns out that their pet can also grow about eight feet and tackle an assassin? Just. Just wondering.

[ He stops. Glances back at Mako and Korra. Purses his lips, and turns back. ]

Okay, so, one more question. About the assassin thing. Like… are they also a thing with a running history here?

[ in the background, the dead body rummaging and healing krew has finished their argument, and in the ensuing silence, you can hear their last snippy comments before the feed ends. ]

At least no one was kidnapped.

[ Mako says, completely deadpan. Korra’s eyes narrow and she shoots back: ]

Or arrested, huh Officer?

[ WOW, RUDE, KORRA. ]

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( before them will be lydia, looking mildly horrified at bolin's description, but holding her still-tiny, still precious Prada. )

If they do anything like that to Prada, I'll scream so loud their heads will explode.

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[sangilak]

[ korra picks up her locket, glancing over this reply with a confused expression. ]

... What is that?

[ she bounced back quickly after that attempt on her life. just another day in the life of avataria ]

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[sangilak]

[ she lets the water fall from her arm, slowly rolling her shoulder back in its socket. ]

They weren't very smart, were they?

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[jaywalks]

[ mako lazily flicks his flame into one of the braziers and stands, allowing more light to fill the room, since, well... they're awake now. ]

They were smart enough to have suicide pills for back up.

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[fell_to_hell]

[Nico is fairly sure he can trust these three, if only because Kaldur does and that's honestly good enough for the son of Hades. He just makes sure to focus his eyes on their faces.

He only looks slightly annoyed and more than a little disheveled in appearance. Like he had to spring out of bed to defend himself against assassins. His tone, however, is calm and sort of nonchalant.]

No, but, then, my dog is about the size of a tank. I take it you had three unexpected visitors in the night, too?

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[jaywalks]

[ whoever's locket this is, mako's mooching it, sliding into the frame, all broad shoulders, sharp collarbones and solid bicep muscles, his arms folded across his chest as he scowls back at the dead imposters. ]

I dunno, is that what we're calling three stiffs on the floor nowadays?

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[wilder]

[Zelos's reaction to this whole scene is only to...raise one eyebrow]

Grow eight feet tall? Wow. Sure glad I don't have a pet.

So who'd you piss off to get assassins?

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[sangilak]

[ GOD SHE'S SO OFFENDED BY THIS WHOLE THING. ]

How'm I supposed to know?! I get told a little while ago that there's some bounty on my head and I don't know why! I haven't killed anyone!

[ y...et.............. she almost killed alyosha tho, but this is entirely separate from that. ]

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[bolincredible]

Aw, come on, pets are an important part of life! Especially when they help you defeat deadly assassins! Not that I'm... totally sure why we had them coming in. There's been a lot going on, who really knows anymore?

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[digophelia]

[ Kidnapped. Assassins. She's been in and out of it for the past couple of days gripped by nightmares of fires all Alice can muster is a slow inhale. It takes a lot for her not to drive her knife through a wall. ]

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[bolincredible]

[ .......

perks up tbh i'm sorry alice i love you ]

Oh, hey! You're... Alice, right? [ i hear u really hate the infirmary??? you're looking tired and unwell??? glad you didn't perish in hellish dragonfire? uhhhhhh ] How's it going?

[thebreakingwave]

It's a bit rude to show off your kills like that.

[ There are children that could see this. A little common sense and basic decency, please? At least keep your dead bodies under a sheet. ]

[sangilak]

Look, we didn't kill them!

[ it's also a Bit Rude to send assassins off in the first place, tbh ]

[bolincredible]

Kills?

[ .......

LOOKS BACK AT THE DEAD BODIES......... ]

... ohhhh.

Okay, well, definitely seeing where you might get that impression! [ continues trying to be friendly because... that's basically all he knows how to do lbr. ] Wow. Sorry about that, man. If it helps at all, we totally didn't kill them. It's more like they were really disappointed that they didn't kill any of us.

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[smallshoes]

Mister Bolin, I beg you, this indecency is too much! Some of us are already promised!

[DEAD BODIES... NAKED PEOPLE... SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK AT FOURTEEN]

But really, are all of you all right?! My goodness! What has gone on!

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[sangilak]

[ well, they're all half-naked, really ]

Yeah, we're fine!

[ ba dum ]

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[bolincredible]

Wait, what? [ I'M SO SORRY LIZZIE HE'S SO STUPID I'M SORRY ] Oh! Wow, sorry. Are you okay?

[ he at least moves his own locket away from dead-guy range. i cannot say he puts a shirt on though. ]

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[jaywalks]

[ excuse, the boys have boxers and korra's got her sports bra and shorts thing going on. ]

Everything's fine, just a couple unwanted guests with lots of sketchy equipment.

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[quest]

[ okay, hold up. he's done the assassin thing, he's recently had a pet arrive, and he could probably even ask about the gigantic animal that looks like a polar bear.

but no, none of that is what Percy is focused on. rather, it's what Korra is up to in the background. ]

Is she- Is that water? [ as in, what Korra is currently using to heal herself. ]

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[sangilak]

[ oh thank the spirits, someone sensible ]

It's waterbending. Some benders have the ability to heal and I'm one of 'em.

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[of_the_lake]

[His voice miiiight be familiar.]

Assassins are seated in all cultures. When there are people you desire dead and quietly so, assassins seem to be viable tools for such goals.

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[bolincredible]

[ yeah probably let's be real ]

Would've worked better if we did... dead more quietly, I guess?

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[commandertoolbelt]

[ Holy mother, that is intense. ] Whoa. Dude. That's totally freaky. Eight feet? From a ferret? [ That is the one he's talking about, right? Not the cats, or... the already giant dog thing back there?

...What the frick is going on in this picture. ]

And how would assassins have even gotten in? I thought the castle was supposed to be guarded.

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[bolincredible]

Yeah! That's what I thought! I mean, I've known him for about four years, so I'm pretty sure I'd know if this was a regular thing. [ Ever so casually moving the locket camera thing out of dead-body-viewing range. ] And I'm... not totally sure about that one, either. Maybe they train people to have crazy assassin wiles here. Like they just talked some guards up and offered to buy them dinner, but then when they looked away...

[ Dramatic karate chop??? ]

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[chromosomes]

You too, huh?

... About the assassins. Not the pet.

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[sangilak]

...Boy they must have been disappointed when they found you.

[ SINCE YOU KNOW. JOHN CAN'T DIE. it's difficult to tell if this is an attempt at humor or not but by all accounts and purposes she seems pretty Not Joking about this. ]

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[aliased]

My direwolf grows...

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[jaywalks]

... Out of the blue and then shrinking back down to normal?

[ at least a direwolf sounds more normal than a regular wolf. sooo. cool. ]