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[bent_the_world]

Who: Korra and Cissnei

Where: Pallet Town

When: Early June

Summary: Adventure buddies getting to know each other!

Rating: PG probably

Log:





[So this is Kanto.]

[It's actually kind of nice. Pallet Town is small and quiet but it's friendly and welcoming. And far, far away from Johto. This is good. This is what she needs. Put some distance behind her and the other region, do some adventuring, see some sights. Catch cool new Pokemon. Make a new friend. It'll be good.]

[And Cissnei seems like good people. It's not the first time that Korra's made travel plans with someone she barely knows, and it's worked out really well in the past. Why not this time? Plus it was easy to find day work. Day work Korra actually has experience with. She's been fishing her whole life, and there isn't a member of the Southern Water Tribe that doesn't know their way around a boat.]

[It's just nice to be here. Fishing, meeting people, enjoying the ocean, berry picking...even just sitting at the end of a dock and watching the water. It's peaceful. And offers time for healthy reflection before setting out to explore the region.]

[Currently, Korra's on her preferred dock, fishing pole secured beside her and her Gyarados cavorting in the waves a bit away. She's barefoot and in a black sports top and blue fisher style pants, actually relaxed for the first time in a while.]

[Maybe she ought to see about catching some new Pokemon...]

Comments

[bent_the_world]

Really? I mean, not that I've taken a ton or anything....

[Just one or two. Life back home didn't leave that much time for it. But just relaxing does sound good. Maybe catch some exotic island Pokemon. She's heard about the white vulpix, maybe Kaede would feel better if she had another little spirit fox friend.]

[Sentra lowers her head and stretches out her long body, swimming gently alongside the Horsea so her movements won't push the little Pokemon further away from her.]

[Korra had done well to name her after the gentle spirit of the oceans from her people's legends.]

[notmyrealname]

My job kept me rather busy back home. If it wasn't one thing it was another.

[Wars with other countries, digging up dirt on politicians, assassinations...a lot of questionable things that didn't really give room for vacations.

But that was in the past.]

This place seems as good as any for trying as many new things as possible.

[Squeak was delighted to have another swimming body, twilling at Shuriken who let's out a content huff of a bark. The little Horsea drifts closer to Sentra, trying to pick his speed up to get closer to her head.]

[bent_the_world]

Ha, I know how that goes. But you're right, there's a bunch of stuff to do here. I try and look at it like a really, really long vacation.

[That she hadn't asked for. And wasn't sure she wanted. But if she's stuck here, she can try and make the most of it. At least for a while. The home sickness and missing people from home always creeps back in.]

[Sentra tries to slow her speed to let the Horsea catch up to the front of her. She starts to make a lazy (as lazy as a Gyarados can manage) circle.]

[notmyrealname]

I think it'll be good for both of us to just experience it all with that sort of mind set. A vacation, I mean.

[The last time she'd been through here she'd honestly been in such a hurry to figure things out that she hadn't really experienced a lot of what the place had to offer.

It was going to be different this time.

Squeak manages to follow along with the lazy circles the other is making, squeaking and twilling happily as Shuriken because look mom! He's doing it!!]

[bent_the_world]

I think you're right. That's a lot better than living alone in the woods...

[Which was what Korra was doing. But she's done sulking and being frustrated. She can't do anything, and much as she hates that, there's nothing she can do but accept it. She can practically hear Tenzin in her head...]

We should grab one of those brochures they have, you know, the ones for tourists.

[Watching the Pokemon play out in the ocean, Korra really thinks this was the right call.]

[notmyrealname]

[Now that has Cissnei giggling, the red head lifting a hand so she can tap a finger to her lips.]

If we do that, we need gaudy sunglasses and giant hats to go with it. Really help the tourist look along.

[She glances at Korra and grins now.]

We'd both need to carry a shoulder bag with a Pokemon in it too.

[Oh this was going to be fun.]

[bent_the_world]

Ha! Yeah, we should. Just go all out. Oh, oh, one of us needs one of those giant cameras on a strap...that goes around the neck?

[She's laughing openly, imagining it. She knows exactly the sort of tourist look Cissnei's talking about.]

[notmyrealname]

Only if it's one of the cameras that takes the instant pictures. That just seems extremely appropriate for a proper tourist.

[Just you wait, Korra. This was happening. Hats and cheesy cameras for all.]