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[balancingact]

Okay, wait

[ A young woman has her arms crossed tight over her chest; arms flexed out and shoulders squared off with her feet kicked up on a dining room table in one of the registered housing units. Her bottom lip is pushed out in an impressive pout and with her posture taut as a bow string she looks fit to break the table she's reclining against. ]

Saving the world, maintaining peace - sure, uh huh. This all absolutely falls under my job description as the Ava- [ Her cheekbones flush red and she cocks her head with a sharp exhale, biting down the last word before it could come out in full. ] - Never mind. Not important.

But you know what is important? This totally killed my vacation.

[ Her eyes then look sidelong to something out of frame when a deep, labored panting that sounded like it was coming from a massive source.

She frowns and apologizes to whatever is breathing so heavily before leaning back into frame. ]

If this device whatever is so useful - can someone tell me where to get food for a two ton polar bear dog?

Last person I asked just said 'google it.'

As if I know what that means.

Jerk.

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[forsometimenow]

Excuse me... you said a "polar bear dog"? ... What kind of food does a polar bear dog eat? I'm assuming meat of some sort, probably?

[balancingact]

[ She is steadily growing accustomed to stranger people with all sorts of reactions to either her or Naga. This wasn't her first rodeo.

All the same, that question just smacked of redundant to her. ]

Uh, yeah?

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[standardization]

I can help with googling, Korra. But I don't think that they'll have anything like that prepared here.

[They don't seem to have polar bear dogs, for one thing.]

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[balancingact]

[ What's a google - who even cares about a google right now. ]

Asami!

[ Whatever storm clouds were hanging over her expression evaporated in an instant and she was beaming. Naga apparently caught on because no sooner had she said Asami's name there was a loud bark followed by a big white polar bear dog's head pushing into frame. ]

Oh, man. I was so worried about what happened to you when I showed up.

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[hackitude]

Polar bear dog.

Polar. Bear. Dog.

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[balancingact]

For what feels like the millionth time today, yes.

I know they're not exactly common in warmer climates but she's trained so what's the big deal?

[ahappyending]

If you think about it, it's really just "Vacation, Part Two."

Just a little unexpected detour.

[balancingact]

Where I was heading was guaranteed to be strange, but this blows that right out of the water.

Haven't decided if I'm exactly okay with this detour or not, though.

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[bassriff]

[Polar bear dog? That sounds rad, she wants to see she wants to see--no, c'mon, play it cool Marceline.

The video's kind of dark, so Korra gets a look at what might just be taken as a fairly pale young woman.]

We're on the coast, right? Maybe you can work something out with a fish market. [beat.]

... Polar bear dog, though? [ttttrying to sound casual, but. dog. DOG. doooogs, giant fearsome monster bear dogs probably?? yes. yes. now she kind of misses her zombie poodle.]

[balancingact]

[ Korra blinks slowly if just to take in all that pale. About everyone she's run across here all had unfamiliar and sometimes downright bizarre physical characteristics so she can deal with pale bordering on luminescent. ]

Hey, that's not a bad idea. [ Finally, decent advice. ] De Chima is close enough to the shore, right?

[ She nods. ]

Yeah, her name is Naga. Don't worry - she's trained.

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[microbrobotics]

let me guess: you need a crash course in the internet too?

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[balancingact]

Isn't this the internet?

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[debauchewy]

[A young man definitely not pushing thirty with- bright blue hair and what looks to be a loose, wide necked neon green t-shirt. Women's from the looks of it, really makes his collarbones show too. Dangling earrings with dark green circles on them as well, looks like he skimped on the clown makeup though today.

Holds himself with odd- bored but intrigued posture and expression, giving the camera a smile with orange glossed lips.]

Ava-~? [Mocking tone, matching the way her word sort of stilted. Ava-uh-what?]

[balancingact]

No.

[ She doesn't know what she is saying no to but no. ]

Absolutely not.

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[bestversion]

POLAR BEAR DOG!!!

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[balancingact]

Yeah I think we've established that.

[ With the video feed still running, Kamala can hear Naga just off screen making a curious little half-bark half-exhale that sounds like boof ]

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[animalage]

What's with all these people with super cool animals!?

Is a polar bear dog exactly what it sounds like?

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[balancingact]

You're green.

[ Death was not kidding about the people here. ]

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[fledgeling]

We're superheroes. We don't get vacations.

[balancingact]

[ Who pissed in your cereal. ]

You're telling me.

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[belegurth]

What is an Ava?

[Curious Melkor is curious. And since he is too lazy to figure out the keyboard, he's leaning in close to the screen. Technology is an odd thing but it seems so fun to use.]

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[balancingact]

[ sighs ]

Avatar. [ She tries to think of it like peeling off the band-aid. At least this guy asked politely. ]

Not that I'm sure that even means anything here.

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[gonfreaky]

Do you still need food? I work with dogs, I could-[Oh. He probably shouldn't say that out loud. Cue him lowering his voice to a conspiratorial whisper.]–smuggle you some.

[Okay, voice back to normal.] You can't tell anyone though, okay? And I don't know if I can get enough for... something that big. But it's better than nothing, right?

[A beat. He mutters.] ... If it can eat it, I mean.

[balancingact]

Thanks, but I don't think dog food would work and I wouldn't want to get you into trouble.

[ Geez. He sounds young. ]

Do you know where the nearest harbor is to De Chima, though?

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[sonhobbler]

[And he's seen her around asking about this and this might be a day late, but-] Alright. [polar bear dog sounds pretty self-explanatory, so-] No such thing as a polar bear dog here. There's polar bears and dogs, and they're both mostly carnivores, so I'd say meat. Polar bears eat fatty meats like seals, dogs eat...whatever.

As soon as you can afford it, I'd take it in to a zoo vet and see if they can find out what to feed your...pet. Until then, I'd say probably stick with fish. You can buy those at the supermarket. Maybe throw some fatty beef in there if it's on sale, but fish is gonna be the least expensive option at this point. I'd say kibble, but I seriously doubt it's been bred down in captivity for hundreds of years, right?

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[balancingact]

[ ... ]

Polar bears and dogs? Never seen a polar bear - is that about as big as a platypus bear?

[askedtobe]

I don't think this place cares much about holidays.

[balancingact]

Rude of them.

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[ahanalyzing]

Avatar Korra.

[It's a question, but phrased like a statement. Asami told her whoops.]

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[balancingact]

Um.

Yes?

[ RUDE. Except after running into Death itself, and finding out Asami was already here it doesn't come as the biggest shock in her life. Just irritating. ]

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[luckynumber42]

[Miles is out of costume for once when he responds to the post.]

So...is it a polar bear, or a dog?

[balancingact]

Uh, yes?

[ Korra still doesn't grasp that a polar beat is an entirely different creature.

Naga takes this as an opportunity to shove her massive head in the frame, panting and sniffing around when so many different voices from seemingly nowhere are confusing. ]

Naga, down.