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Christmas Gift

[fallendragon]

[On the 24th Korra will find a box with her name on it, along with a holiday card that reads,]

Merry Christmas!
- Arrakis Faylare

[Inside there are two things, a small bag of chocolates and a personalized chess set!

Alice's chocolates are shaped like snowflakes and they are mildly spicy with a hint of cinnamon. Arrakis doesn't know Korra well yet but castlemates are like family to him and cinnamon is a comforting flavor for Arrakis.

Her chess set is made of clear crystal to resemble ice. The squares themselves are solid white and clear, with painted waves on the solid white squares. (all he knows is she's from a water tribe and has a polar bear dog so he went with a water and ice theme) The pieces mirror the board, with clear pieces and solid white ones. Arrakis debated for a long time which color would be considered black for chess and he eventually settled on the clear pieces so he carved his initials, AF, on the bottom of one of the clear knights.]

Gift Delivery

[beautyrest]

[Delivered to Korra's door by a giant owl is a box. Should she open it there it is filled with goodies to help survive the winter. There are two candles, one made of beeswax, bright and yellow, another is scented with cinnamon, orange, and pine. Next to the honey wand is a whole jar of honey that came from Aurora's bees, much like the beeswax honey. But it's not just honey and nuts, there is a sweet treat as well. Raspberry tarts are wrapped up safely to ensure they do not crumble.

In the box is a letter with elegant handwriting:]

Warmest and Joyous Yule Greetings to you, Korra.
May this help get you through winter to spring's awakening.
I wish you well.
Kindest of regards,
Princess Aurora

Christmas gift

[ugliestfaceinparis]

[Korra will receive a painted wood carving of herself, along with a message.]

Happy Holidays!
-Quasimodo

Gift Delivery (backdated 12/25)

[anything_grows]

[ In the morning, Korra will receive a box with her name on it delivered by the mail mice. Inside the box is simple flower bracelet, and a short note. ]

Happy Holidays, Korra!

- Willow

[a_cute_batata]

[She finally finished it! Luz paints, as well as she can manage, representation of how she would see them, boldly facing a strange new world together].

Luz leaves this note.

I hope it looks enough like Asami! I wanted to show you that even if she's not here, she still made an impression that made you YOU. That you still keep a part of her in your heart even if she isn't here. Love always! -Luz

[callmeaprincess]

[On Christmas morning, Korra will find at her door a delicate portrait of Jasmine and Aladdin's blue dragon, as he was when Korra met him. With the painting is a card inside a wax-sealed envelope with Korra's name scribed in elegant cursive on the front, in both Roman and Persian (کورا) alphabet. The card's message reads:]

Korra,

Thank you for everything you've done, both here and back home with keeping the peace. I remember how much you loved meeting Little Guy, since you rarely ever see dragons, so here's a token of that moment for you.

Let's meet again soon so I can see your own companion, Naga. I'll even bring Rajah!
Jasmine

[restoredhonor]

Korra!

I have need of the Avatar's waterbending. Think you can lend a hand?

[ He's being a shit. Get 'im. ]

[avatar_state]

[Well, it's clearly a day that ends in y, then.]

Ok, sure. What's the job?

Straight to action -> Meeting Naga

[toph_luck]

[ DOOR KICK.

The menace has arrived, big wide grin. ]

Alright! I made it!

[avatar_state]

[Which is absolutely to be expected, which is one reason that Naga is already waiting, and immediately thunders over with a big whuff sound. The scent is right, just...smaller.]

[So enjoy the licks, Toph, from the enormous floofy friend.]

[toph_luck]

[ Same smell, slightly less bog stench. Ideal really. ]

OOof!

[ She just holds her arms out in big T pose before she's bowled over and caught beneath the fluff, all but disappearing from Korra's view as the large dog-bear engulfs her in fluff and licks. Giggling and laughing can be heard. ]

[avatar_state]

[Yep, that works about as well as it always does. She giggle a bit, coming over and scratching Naga behind the ears.]

Hey, hey, make sure she can breathe. Affection-ed to death isn't the way for her to go.

[toph_luck]

Pffft- It's probably how I'd like to go. If I get to choose.

[ Grim humour is very much her thing. She reaches up when Naga lifts, ruffling into the fur with her hands.

For just a bit she actually looks like a kid having fun?! Not something many people are used to. ]

When did you get them back?

[avatar_state]

[That huge head certainly seems intent on nuzzling her good and proper. Huh, turns out there is something that can melt a Beifong Iceberg. Even Lin had bent a little.]

A while. Couldn't bring people from home, but...well.

[toph_luck]

[ Of all the Beifong's Korra's met, Toph may very well be the one most open to having fun. Even in her older age. But this girl? She's still a young teen... as hard as it is to imagine sometimes.

She likes to play pranks and laugh and have fun just as much as the next kid, even after finishing off a war. Maybe especially after. ]

Probably better not to. But Naga's nice!
Are they your spirit thingy?

[avatar_state]

[She nods.]

Yep. Found each other when we were very little. First polar bear dog in history to ever be tamed.

[toph_luck]

That's pretty neat!

[ Excuse her, she's busy mock-wrestling the polarbeardog. ]

I haven't been around in a while but... What have you been up to, anyway? It gets boring here sometimes.

[avatar_state]

Keeping to myself, really. It's weird, in a way. I'm still the Avatar yet...not.

[She sits, cross-legged, on the floor, leaning back on her hands.]

So I'm training again. A lot. I lost a lot of my physical strength after...well, a rather nasty incident you ended up helping with, after. Trying to get some of it back.

[toph_luck]

Huh?

Oh. Right.

[ She lets out a huff. There's been a few unfun events lately around this place. The 'glitches' are perhaps the least of her worries, half of them she can't even see. ]

How's your bending coming along, anyway? Managed to get it all back?

[avatar_state]

I hadn't really tried, if I'm honest. I've got my airbending and waterbending...and with you and the firebenders around...figured it wasn't all that necessary.

[The pause after she says that already says she has reconsidered.]

But...I dunno. Now I'm feeling it's...well, like things are changing.

[toph_luck]

[ The Naga ruffling continues, but slower now. Tophs finding a spot to get comfy and lean into the fluff. ]

Yeah?

Changing how?

[avatar_state]

[And she'll settle in against Naga's side, with a huff of air.]

I don't know. Just a feeling. Like we're in the quiet before the storm bit.

[toph_luck]

Hah.

[ There's something funny about it, at least to Toph. ]

We've BOTH been here too long. Whenever it's quiet it usually means somethings coming.
Has it been a month yet? That's about when stuff happens.

[avatar_state]

I think it's more we've both been in too many Huge Stakes Fights, but...yeah. Yeah, you're right.

[She relaxes a bit, reaching over her head to pet Naga.]

[toph_luck]

[ Toph lets out a huff, then falls back into the polar-dog's fluff with a lazy slump. ]

Yeah, that too.

It's hard to go from fighting in a war to... just, sitting around waiting.