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[avatar_state]

Hi! You've reached Korra! Umm, I think this is recording? Maybe? If you can hear me you're supposed to...

[The sound of rustling paper, a note being picked up and read from.]

Leave a brief message after the beep. Wait, do I do the beep or does i-

BEEP

Comments

[droptheious]

That's true. At least we know, largely, nothing here will really shape the world too much. Fewer concerns about hostile takeovers, too.

[He glances down at his rocky hands, nodding.]

Yeah, I um- it's definitely something you want to be sure at first. Don't want to make it worse.

[avatar_state]

[She nods]

I mean, I want to try at some point. I think I have to try. But it would need to be a volunteer.

[droptheious]

Hah, well, if I get to the point where I'm desperate, I might call you up on that one.

[Except Fern will go and get himself killed like an idiot and whack him into full beast mode, so he'll never get the chance, but STILL.]

I think you're right. It's...important to try.

[avatar_state]

[She nodded, with a sigh.]

Yeah. I'll have to ask for volunteers. When I've thought it through. When I'm ready.

[droptheious]

[He offers her a little smile. ]

Cool, let me know how it goes when you're ready. I...that's definitely something we need to keep on top of, I agree.

[avatar_state]

[She nods.]

Ok. So tell me more. How the powers started, what they've done. Leave out no detail.

[droptheious]

Okay. Um- they started this morning? The- the ice ones anyway, the fire ones have been here since I got here. Something weird had happened to Fern and it freaked me out? Like...I don't know, he was all candy? I think it was the shock of that which brought the ice powers out.

[He grimaces at his hands.]

The uh...corruption has been on and off since September. Things got pretty stressful and my skin changed.

[avatar_state]

[She nodded, thinking.]

Tell me more about the corruption? How it happened?

[droptheious]

[Now that's a much more tricky subject, and Varian shifts uneasily.]

I guess that's been happening on and off since we got here? Last time it started to get bad, Maul got me to sleep and it solved the problem. But...I don't know if I went too far for that this time or if we have to mix up remedies a little for effectiveness. But it's been this bad for about a month and a half now.

[avatar_state]

[She frowns.]

Like...stable, or...?

[droptheious]

I...guess it's stable...ish.

[That is a bare-faced lie and he knows it. ]

I keep...seeing things, I guess? Like- hallucinations? But I think I have a handle on them now.

[He does not have a handle on them at all.]

[avatar_state]

[And she's fairly certain they're lies, but what can she do about them? Varian has his own network of support and hasn't so far trusted her with those deeper, inner workings.]

[But she wouldn't be her if she didn't try.]

You sure? It's hard to get a handle on things that aren't there.

[droptheious]

[She might find comfort in the fact he hasn't relied on his network either.

...Probably not, though, because it means he's pushing away all his support. ]

I mean...I guess? But I uh- I think I just have to work on ignoring them. I know they're not real. They'll...probably go away eventually, right?

[avatar_state]

[None whatsoever. She sighed, reaching out to put a hand on his shoulder.]

I wish it did. I really, really wish it did.

[droptheious]

[Aw, Korra, that pulls a dry little chuckle out of him.]

Hah, thanks. Appreciate the vote of confidence.

[avatar_state]

It's the voice of experience, Varian.

[She manages a small, reassuring smile.]

The skin may be new here, but the substance? I've been there. You have to learn from this, whatever happens.

[droptheious]

...Well, that is probably the better voice.

[And it's something he needs to learn, uncomfortable as it is.]

You're right. It's not going away, that's for sure. It's the only option I've got, really.

[avatar_state]

[She nods, managing a tight smile. She knows full well how hard that advice is to take.]

Then I'll wish you the best with it, Varian.