re_alignment | WATER [Open to all players!]

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WATER [Open to all players!]

(OOC: Let me know if I'm doing this wrong--like, if this is the incorrect format for this re-aligned comm or something, I know there's more than one, and I'm sorta a little confused on which is for which? Anyway, here goes....)

Is this thing on?

[Korra lightly bangs at something, frowning--the screen shakes. She gives a big exaggerated sigh, then continues.]

Okay, I heard there were some other humans like me out here, so given that, I wanted to ask if any of you guys have found water? Like, any water at all, a pool, a river, even a freakin' flask of it? And y'know, same question to anyone, Cybertronians or spirits or whatever--have you seen water?

[Korra blinked, then added in a rush.]

And in case there's anyone who doesn't realize, water's a big deal for humans like me, we need it to survive.

[Korra moves to turn off the screen.]

Okay, that's it, hopefully someone gets in touch with me about this--

[Korra stretched too far or too fast, because she flinches, irritating the wound on her back. No way is she going to ask aloud for medical help. If she can find water, she can heal herself, thank you very much. But then the thought occurred to her--if there were other humans like her, were there like any other healers among them? What if there...weren't? A panicked expression suddenly flashes across Korra's face.]

Um, actually, quick head count--are there any human healers out there that can, y'know, heal...humans?

[Korra's expression distinctly reads without words, 'That sounded lame.']

Well, I'll, uh, raise my head first--or is it hand--?

[Korra shakes her head, raises a hand.]

Whatever, I can heal as long as I have water--it's a bending thing--uh, and that's a thing where I manipulate the water to like do whatever I want including heal the human body. So if there's a human out there who's hurt and has water or can find water, you can come to me for help.

[Korra paused, trying to think of anything else to add. She slowly shrugged.]

Okay, that's definitely it now...so, um, bye, hope to see someone with info on water soon.

[End transmission.]

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Huh, so you guys can fall for someone who's not your own kind...?

Ah ha, no, I'm not much for the dating game...they tend to turn into weird triangles or squares....

(OOC: I couldn't resist a slam against canon love triangles/squares.)

I don't see why not. Our hearts aren't so different from a human's.

[He laughs quietly.] I can understand that, I guess. It's not much my thing, either.

That's correct! We talked briefly yes but he's having a hard time now and I should ask Ratchet if he can help him. [Blurr looks worries for a brief moment. Rust diseases are really bad.]

We are specialists and masters in our fields and u-sua-lly the Elite guards units are only called upon in the most dire of situations such as a Decepticon attack. We protect others as well as we can. I CANT SAY I'VE HEARD OF BENDING BEFORE but it looks really interesting I would like to know more about it IF you don't mind sharing.

It would be safer and faster if I go there and cut a piece of ice for you I can lead you there in the future once we find you proper clothes.

I met Ratchet! He seemed nice. He offered me water, too. Are you talking about Drift being sick? Well, Drift says he's not cured, but he said Prima stopped his sickness from spreading or getting worse or something like that.

So you're like a cop? Decepticons...is there a war going on in your world? I've been hearing a lot about 'Cons and 'Bots now.

Sure, what else would you like to know? [Korra considers, then gestures to the band of stone and dirt wound around one of her cut arms.] I can earthbend too. [And she makes the earth band float off and warp into different shapes in mid-air. Then she gestures and has it fit back around her arm.]

[Korra blinks.]

Wow, that's--that would be really great, thanks!

[Korra smiles, grateful. But then she frowns.]

I guess you've got enough fuel, right, for a return trip to there? I was talking with some robot guys from earth, and they need gasoline, and they've been looking for it too, it's like me looking for water and food. And I think Slipstream was saying you guys use something else, but you can also use gas?

Edited 2012-06-29 19:31 (UTC)

Your hearts...do you guys literally have--?

[Korra frowns. That didn't sound right. Kind of offensive. But she can't find anything else to say--she's genuinely curious. The girl can be a bit literal-minded.]

Not like the organ, but... more like, the thing you feel with. Immaterial. You feel emotions with your heart too, right?

Oh, that's what you mean, feelings!

Yeah, I guess we do, though we sorta think of our soul and spirit too. Like, I've been told that even when our heart stops--when we, y'know, die--we still feel, we just move into another world.

[Korra frowns.]

Though I've been told we don't go to the Spirt Spirit World. Like, there's supposed to be a separate place for only the dead.

(OOC: More headcanon LoK time.)

Not sure much about this Spirit World, but I guess the closest comparison I have is our hearts are like a soul.

Though I'm not really sure what happens to us if we die. [Helpless smile.] I try not to think about it.

GAH, sorry, didn't mean to bring that up--!

...Though, y'know, you guys feel, you have a soul, if you...y'know...you'd pass into that other world too.

Nice of you to say, actually. A lot of humans, even in our own world, don't recognize the fact that we think and feel.

Just like a person.

I knew a different Ratchet back in my world he doesn't look like the one here but they act more or less the same.

A cop? A yes yes you could say that I guess it's more or less and appropriate term. [More like the FBI, Korra. At the mention of the war Blurr looks like she just slapped him.]

No, not...yet. I was in Earth monitoring Optimus Prime and his company as well as gathering information about the Decepticons activity and trying to find a double agent that has been infiltrated in our fraction for more than few cycles already. I intercepted a communication between Megatron and the unknown double agent confirming that The Decepticon leader. The spy that contacted the Decepticons was not who we thought it was but SHOCKWAVE . I was trying to report the identity of the real Decepticon spy to my superior Longarm Prime and…And.....I failed my mission. Longarm was really Shockwave in disguise... he trapped me and crushed me between two walls and I never got to warn Ultra Magnus or the Council about the incoming Decepticon attack. ThenIwokeuphere."

It's not a problem really. What temple are you in? I have Vector's marks. AND yes don't worry about me I was used to fuel myself with oil when on earth but my kind usually drinks energon to live and that substance it's available here even if it's been so much time since I drank any.

YoushouldbecarefularoundSlipstreamsshesaDecepticon.

(ooc. you can assume he went to get the ice and brought it back to Korra)

Thanks for the ice, Blurr!

[Korra levitates it back to her quarters.]

You can come in here, if you want. Probably fits you better, it's like having my own castle here....

Oh, so it's not a Ratchet from your world?

[Korra really looks sympathetic. That sounds rather familiar to her.]

Sorry. I know the feeling. I just failed my mission before waking up here, too.

[Korra hesitates, but continues. It sounded like Blurr had just confessed a lot to her. Where to start?]

I was born as the, um, the Avatar. The latest in what's sort of a long line of peacekeepers in my world. I came to train in Republic City, but it's more messed up than I thought. Those who can't bend--well, a lot of them are feeling oppressed and joining the Equalist movement and their leader Amon to lead a pretty crazy revolution. But then one of the city's councilmen, Tarrlok, he--well, he kinda snapped and began arresting innocent people just because they couldn't bend, thinking all of them had Equalist ties. I tried to stop him...but couldn't, and those people were arrested anyway, along with my friends.

[Korra has her arms folded, her hands starting to bite into her arms in between the cuts.]

I went to see Tarrlok again, to-- ['intimidate me as well', Tarrlok had essentially said in that low, knowing voice] --to make him free those people and my friends. He tried to get me back on his side--we'd worked together before, and that didn't end well either, not for me anyway--and I told him no, and then we...we stopped talking and just started fighting. Tarrlok really was a better waterbender than I thought.

[Korra shuddered, and growled.]

But I almost had him! I-- ['I almost killed him without giving him a chance to surrender']

--but he was a bloodbender, and I had no idea, and I--I have no defense against bloodbending. [A powerful waterbender is able to resist bloodbending, Katara was able to--but then again, Katara had resisted it on a full moon. How the hell could Tarrlok bloodbend without a full moon?]

[Korra blinked. She wearily said.]

Bloodbending is a very powerful--and forbidden--form of waterbending. The human body has a lot of water inside, in our blood...so, if a waterbender's strong enough [and usually with a full moon] he or she can control the blood inside of someone. Make them submit and just...take control of the whole body.

[Korra rubbed the back of her neck.]

I was useless, his bloodbending kept me useless. Then Tarrlok stuffed me into the back of his satomobile, and drove away. He told me I'd never see Republic City again.

[Korra spread her arms out, had them slap against her sides.]

Then I woke up here. I don't know if Tarrlok had anything to do with this, but I doubt it; I don't think even he could.... But this is pretty much what he wanted....

[Korra began to count on her fingers.]

So, I'm apparently out of the picture, and I didn't get to tell anyone Tarrlok's a bloodbender and how off his rocker he really is, and he'll still be on that council calling all the shots. And I couldn't bust those people or my friends out of jail. And this'll probably just gain Amon more followers, and Tarrlok is going to just push harder, and they're just going to keep escalating and escalating until Republic City does break out into a war while I'm stuck here--!

[Korra literally breathed fire. Bad habit she's getting into. She takes a breath, no fire, then rubs a weary hand down her face.]

...So, um, you mentioned Slipstream? That I need to be careful around her? Funny, I think she was sorta saying the same thing in a roundabout way.... But what does being a Decepticon have to do with anything?

It's really new to me, but it seems pretty obvious.

[She crosses her arms.]

The only thing in my world that's like you is a mech tank, and you're totally different from that- those were just like Satomobiles for people to pilot.

Youarewelcome!

[How are you even doing that. Ice is not metal, you can't use magnetism to levitate it. All that bending is so fascinating. Blurr follows her but looks around warily. He doesn't like enclosed spaces after being crushed to death. Who can blame him?] No not the same from my world but I'm quite certain he's from the same world as Wheeljack.

[Blurr listens, paying attention to her body language as well as her words. It always tells him a lot about the person he's communicating with. However, is not hard for anybody to tel that the other person is irritated and anxious if said person is breathing fire. Blurr's a bit impressed by that.He narrows his eyes at the waterbending part, imagining how bad it was.]

Take it easy Korra nothing of what's happening it's your fault and -as-far-as-I-know is not Tarrlok's either IT WAS the lambda what brought us here at least that's what the Firstforgeds said.

I'm sorry you had to go to through that. I think you need a break do you want to go for a ride? IcantellyoumoreaboutDecepticonswhilewedothat.

Edited 2012-06-30 00:42 (UTC)

[ Ratchet smiles and waves back before kneeling down so as to be somewhat closer to her level. He's still much taller than her, but at least she's up to his waist now, rather than his shins? ]

It's not a problem, Korra.

[ He reaches into a compartment on his hip and pulls out several bottles and jars (?) of water. ]

I wasn't sure how much water you'd need, and how pure it had to be, so I brought a range.

[ Indeed, there's a scale -- the bottled water is sealed, while the jarred water ranges from pure distilled quality liquid, to somewhat questionable murky stuff. ]

If you could use the non-drinkable liquid first, that would help save the supply, but if pure is what you need, feel free to use it.

[Korra considered. Saving the drinkable water sounded good, though it wouldn't really be that adversely affected by her healing. Using it against a swamp monster might make things hairy, but again Sifu Katara proved you could work with that. Would her wounds get infected by less than pure water? Korra tried to remember the particulars of her healing lessons. But no, surely Katara made do with such water for healing too. And again, the water wouldn't exactly super touch the wounds, the wounds weren't that serious for that sort of rare penetration. Korra takes off the makeshift cloth bandaging around her chest and back.]

Non-drinkable it is!

[Korra bends the water out. Healing herself rather than others is a bit more awkward position-wise, but doable. The water glows as she activates its healing properties, turning it into a catalyst. She bends it over the gash on her back first. She then bends it over her cut arms, taking turns on each, bending with one hand. Then she bends the glowing water over the slash on her cheek. Chi pathways of her body are redirected by waterbending to increase the speed of skin knitting itself back together. When Korra is done, the water stops glowing and she bends it back into its container. Korra gives out a grateful exhale, stretching out her healed back, arms, patting down her now smooth cheek. Korra spins around, showing off her healed body.]

Ta-da!

Edited 2012-06-30 02:33 (UTC)

I'm sorry too, that you had--

[Korra blinks.]

...Wait, 'crushed--?'

[The wheels in Korra's head are turning.]

It sounds like the Lambda thing saved you then, actually. From getting crushed to, uh, to death, I mean.

A ride? Really?

[With a stab of homesickness, Korra's reminded of Naga. She shakes herself. That does sound appealing though.]

I--yeah, sure, I'm up for a ride. Thank you, Blurr.

Glad it clicks so easily for you.

Well, I can definitely assure you, we pilot ourselves. But I'm honestly glad you can see us as individuals.

[Well well, wasn't that a bit of a ramble? But Knock Out's capable of listening-- when he wants to-- so he listens patiently through her monologuing...

And laughs softly at the end of it.]

Don't you worry about me, my dear. I am Cybertronian and we're-- well, we don't run on gasoline, but they tell me there's not much of an energon shortage here. I'll be fine.

It's you we need to worry about keeping fueled. Although it sounds like you're not doing too poorly, finding yourself water and such~. Should I keep looking, or do you have enough? [...He doesn't really understand how humans work, don't mind him.]

And as for some of your other questions...

[He holds up a hand in the view of the camera and starts ticking points off on his fingers.]

Yes, Autobot and Decepticon are the two factions I meant. I happen to consider myself a Decepticon, and I see it as my duty to warn you not to trust what the Autobots say. They're hypocritical creatures, my dear, and they'll twist their words to gain your sympathy and trust. Don't let them use you.

I do know Ratchet-- he and I have already had an... encounter~-- but I don't think I happen to know any of the others you mentioned. Ratchet, though... well, he's an Autobot through and through, Korra. Be wary, hm?

[There are more points he's missed, questions he hasn't yet answered, but he stops there. It doesn't do to share everything all at once, after all. At the very least, one of her questions doesn't need an explicit answer-- his face is still ravaged, dents and dings and scuff in ample evidence on his frame. He hasn't even had a chance to start putting himself right yet.]

(OOC: Right, video, Korra should be able to see KO's damage--unless he's in shadow at first, LOL.)

Hmmm, I'll have to check what I've got so far, start dividing it into rations. If I can get to Trion's place and grab some fruits and veggies there, I should be good for a while before needing to restock again. Yeah, I'm good; you don't have to worry about it, Knock Out. Thanks.

I...suppose...it wouldn't hurt to keep my guard up.... [Korra wasn't quite sure. It seemed to her both sides were saying the same thing about each other. There were people she trusted back home, but she had trusted Tarrlok once, he seemed all right, and then things completely derailed with him. Still, even with Tarrlok, there was a little undercurrent of...not right. That she had ignored for a while before getting fed up with him. But she wasn't exactly getting that off any of the 'Bots and 'Cons she had met so far. But yeesh, her whole life was the South Pole, then Republic City, and that was only recently...she didn't really know as much as she'd thought....] Though Ratchet did give me water...but when you say 'encounter'...was he one of the 'Bots you fought with?

[She glances kinda meaningfully at his wounds. She'd got a better view of him when he'd began to count out his points on his clawed fingers, and he still looked bad. She wished there was a way she could fix that.]

[Then she blinks.]

Though, it's weird, I've met some 'Bots and 'Cons that say the war is over, or it hasn't started--I'm guessing they're from other worlds though.

Edited 2012-06-30 03:44 (UTC)

Good, good. [He seems genuinely glad to hear that.] You let me know if that changes, all right? I don't know how much I could do to help keep you fed, but I'd be willing to try if I need to.

[But boy is he glad he doesn't need to right now.]

That's right. [His expression is serious now-- certainly more serious than the encounter warranted, considering they did barely anything to him and let him get away.] Ratchet and another Autobot named Wheeljack.

Heh. [There's very little humor in his soft laugh.] They used to say that about our war, too, but it's flared back up again recently. It always does.

Will do.

Hmmm... [Taps her chin.] Have you been able to get a headcount of all the Autobots and Decepticons around here yet?

Really? I don't get how you can say a war is over, when it's not....

Not really. We have technology, but nobody can do it with their own hands. Not unless you count something like static electricity.

No, I can't say I have. There's not a lot of network chatter and I'm not exactly up for recon currently.

[He shrugs.] Doesn't make much sense to me either, I'll admit. It goes... quiet, but it's never. I don't know how anyone could be foolish enough to think otherwise.

[Korra silently agrees--Knock Out doesn't look in good shape for recon at all.]

I can help you with recon, though. It'd be just identifying Autobots and Decepticons for you, right?

[Korra fails at hiding distress. That...that just sounds really depressing to her. Was the 100 year war in her world's history ever like that?]

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