IC CONTACT (FOR HAVEN)

[braavado]

"Okay, I've finally got the hang of this thing...It's Korra!
Leave me a message and I'll call you back soon."


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[braavado]

[She sighs, still at a loss.]

It might be easier to just start with what you already know. What exactly did Mako tell you?

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[afflictive]

You can bend all four elements, and there's only one person like you at any time, making it an anomaly that there's more than one Avatar in Haven. That was pretty much it.

[braavado]

That's...the basic explanation, I guess.

[She's surprised Mako didn't go into more detail, but grateful for it, too.]

It's also weird because the Avatar is the same soul reincarnated over and over. Wan is the first. We're separated by about ten thousand years, but we share the same soul.

[Korra pauses.]

Whoever's the Avatar is supposed to mediate between the spirits and the humans, and keep the balance of the world. Being able to bend more than one element is usually the easiest way to figure out who it is.

[afflictive]

... So you're someone pretty important, in other words.

[Not that that's a surprise.]

Doesn't sound like a fun job.

[Being important in general never is, though there might also be a bias against spirits on Fujimaru's part there.]

[braavado]

I guess you could say that.

[Were she not feeling so tired, she'd probably be amused by his non-reaction.]

It's not so bad. I like being the Avatar. Helping people is what I like doing, so it all works out.

[afflictive]

You can do that without a title and a reputation attached to it, though.

[braavado]

[A pause, and then a soft sigh.]

It's what I grew up knowing. Being the Avatar, I mean.

[She knows people can help without a title, but it's literally all she's known, and sometimes she's not really sure what she would do if she weren't the Avatar.]

[afflictive]

[Well, he can understand to an extent. Not so much in the 'helping people' area, but having been a tekigousha for most of his life, he's not sure how he'd define himself without that status—without his right arm or his ability.]

... And here?

[braavado]

[Another pause, this time with an air of uncertainty.]

I don't know. Just...Korra, I guess. Even if people don't know what my title is, it doesn't mean I stop being the Avatar.

But at least it means people want to get to know me because of...me.

[afflictive]

... You're used to it being otherwise, huh?

[braavado]

A little. [She doesn't sound too bothered by it, weirdly.] I never really thought about it until I got here. Being the Avatar was what I knew, especially back then.

I guess I got pretty lucky with the friends I made. Mako, Bolin, and Asami didn't really care about titles all that much.

[afflictive]

Good for you.

[He doesn't mean it condescendingly; he's genuine about it. That she's had people who ignored her reputation is good to know. Having everyone around you define you by a reputation that's out of your control can be a life-ruiner.

And because Fujimaru's not shy about stating his opinion—]

Still sounds like a heavy duty, though. A lot of people would probably wanna run away from that kind of responsibility, to be honest.