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Who: Korra, Asami, Jinora, Ikki, Aang, Roku, Sokka, Zuko, Toph, and Katara
What: There's a new Avatar in town!
When: July 9th
Where: House Avatar
Summary: Just your average worlds colliding.
Rating: G for "greet?"

So... meanwhile, back at the ranch, there were opportunities for those who have caught their journals to know who's coming, and those who have not caught their journals to be taken by surprise at the new Water Tribe member in the house.

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Oh Katara- yeah, I have time.

[She can't just... dote on Korra forever particularly when Korra isn't totally cool with her yet]

[She tilts her head to the kitchen.]

Great. Maybe you can help me cut some vegetables?

[You know, while everybody is freaking out in here, dinner still needs to be made and all, and they'll have a modicum of privacy.]

I can't promise I'll be good at that but, sure. [She'll follow and do her best to help, at least]

You'll be fine.

[Just have some confidence that you can work it out, Asami. Katara goes to get out the vegetables for stir fry. There are a lot more airbenders in here than normal, so they're going to need a lot more vegetables... and some more meat too, all these mouths to feed... she takes out a few more steaks from the freezer as well. At least defrosting them will be easy. It's a sizable amount of vegetables that she puts on the counter, but not to worry - after she's gotten some information out of Asami, she'll get them some more help.]

Actually, I was hoping you could help me with something else as well.

I didn't think you really called me out to just chop them. [Simply] ...If it's about Tarrlok, I'm sorry I didn't clarify about him earlier. I was going to, but when I hear Korra with him- I was worried.

[Yes, let's just... chop. which ones does she chop?]

[No, no. First you wash them, Asami. Katara takes takes out the strainer and starts loading the peppers into them.]

I understand. A lot has happened very quickly. But why don't you clarify now? I'd like to hear how things happened in order.

[Instead of spilled out in a panic.]

[Okay you just start that, she'll rest her hands on the counter and gets a strong sort of grip, inclining her head]

I guess that depends where you want me to start. When Korra arrived? Before then? Only Tarrlok's part? [No, swallow] Do you know who the Equalists are?

[...she glances back at her and then stops what she's doing.

It's obvious from the look on her face that Asami is dealing with something that tears her up inside. So she sorts through it silently, her obligation to a guest and her own desire to be left alone about her future and...

This is my family.

So her tone is gentle.]

At some point, I'd like to hear all about it from the beginning, as much as you'd like to tell me. But right now I'd just like to focus on what happened after you found out that Amon was taking away bending with bloodbending.

[So you can have some time to get to know her - and everyone - before you divulge what could be so painful.

Of course, she might change her mind tomorrow, if it becomes a necessity. But right now, Katara can afford to focus on the immediate threat.]

I wasn't there wen they learned that- [Mako and Korra were there... but she should clarify] I was out stopping the Equalist's airforce with Bolin and General Iroh. [just to make sure she know that she knows the story of Amon's power secondhand. But she witnessed it firsthand]

But... if you mean how we learned to reverse it, that was in the south pole. With you, actually.

[A nod. She starts setting the peppers up to be sliced, but this is all automatic. Her focus is on Asami.]

What happened?

You couldn't do anything. [She's... honestly not sure if she should mention it was Korra's bending they were trying to restore. She decides to not confirm unless Katara asks. It's weird enough to say "you" when the girl next to her is younger]

You told us that... and Korra was distraught. She ran off [yep yep leave out the MaKorra] into the snows and ended up somewhere to think. When she came back [with Mako] She'd finally connected with the other Avatar Spirit. Avatar Aang had taught her how to reverse Amon's removal, and it used the Avatar State. But to be honest I don't know all the details. [Korra acts on instinct. Even if she had asked there's no way Korra would have been able to explain it]

[Ah, so she'd tried and failed, huh? But Aang showed her how to fix it. Energy bending. It must be. She still needed to examine someone who actually had their bending removed, and it was good that Korra and Aang had finally connected and Aang himself was here if necessary, if he could access that part of his power, but...]

Tell me something.

[She says this without glancing back.]

In the future, did I try to heal it at night?

I don't think so? [The day when she said no, it had been overcast, sort of stormy, but it wasn't night.]

[So I'd stuck with chi healing.]

I see.

[She takes out the paring knives and hands Asami one.]

Thanks.

[And Katara starts in on the peppers.]

So what else can you tell me about this Tarrlok guy?

[She wonders why Katara asked that. she decides to dismiss that. Should she somehow chop something? What should she be chopping?]

He was [is? was, whatever] the councilman from the the Northern Water Tribe and the Chairman of the council. He's been a pretty ambitious politician, but he also took the conflict with the Equalists too far. [...] It didn't seem like it at first, he was just aggressive. He created a taskforce to hunt down Equalist strongholds, and Korra jointed it for a while. But... [...Nah let's skip where Korra's from] After Chief Bei Fong resigned [was tricked, more like] a man named Saikhan took over, and he was allies with Tarlokk. The two of the instituted a curfew for non-benders, and any non-benders who had ties to the Equalists were arrested too.

[She's going to... pause here]

[A power grab? Or was it because he was scared?

...both?]

That's a terrible thing to do.

[Katara's already got a small stack of peppers going. But it's clear her focus isn't on it - or on the fact that Asami's not cutting. She's listening to the story.]

Of course it was! [...Too strong] It was.

The worst I saw was in the Dragon Flats borough though. The power was out [possibly cut, probably cut] and the people in the district were protesting the curfew on top of it. Demanding their rights and to have the power restored. But... Saikhan's police treated it as an Equalist rally.

[...] Katara, they rounded up all of them with metalbending, they arrested all of them. We [Team Avatar] showed up just as they were doing that.

[That is not what Aang would have hope for in his city.]

And you stopped them, right?

We couldn't. [...] I was violating curfew by being out, and Bolin and Mako resisted police action. All three of us were arrested to make sure Korra wasn't.

Excuse me?

[Oh look, righteous indignation.

She turns to stare at Asami incredulously.]

[...Being judged by Katara is alarming. She hangs her head somewhat, in spite of the other woman being shorter] Korra raised two stone slabs to attack them, but if she'd done that she'd've broken the law and been arrested too. So we [Mako] told her she had to back off and regroup with Tenzin.

[Tenzin. Her son. Another city councilman. Of course, that makes sense.]

That sounds more like the Dai Li than any police force Toph would have trained! That's insane!

[Her indignation, you see, was not directed at you.]

What was the matter with them, arresting innocent people, following orders blindly - that's the kind of thing that lead to the war in the first place!

[She frowned. Going back to an ally was smart, but the whole thing was a travesty, as far as she was concerned.]

I certainly hope Tenzin [my son] got you out.

[...Oh good, it's not her. She lowers her head. Spending a whole night in jail was. Not the worst thing in her life, but certainly not a highlight of it]

From what I hear, he tried. But he was refused at the police station and told to bring it to the Chairman of the Council - Tarrlok. So... he couldn't do it that same night and went home. [...] Korra didn't agree with waiting though. She confronted Tarrlok that night in his office, and after that- that's when he kidnapped her.

[...] Ling Bei Fong broke me and the others out the next morning to help her and Tenzin rescue Korra. [She doesn't make it clear how they were duped. It's not super relevant yet]

[Well, good on Lin. And she'd have been disappointed in Tenzin - this son she supposedly has - if he hadn't been on his way to do the same thing.]

I see.

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