WATER [Open to all players!]

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(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.

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[ ooc: You could probably skip on the quotation marks next time, but they're not a mistake or anything. Good job :D ]

Hmm. [ Ratchet's face, when it pops up on Korra's Link screen, is somewhat contemplative in expression. She may, however, miss that in favour of the fact that there is a "spirit" speaking to her with blue eyes blazing and something very similar to a Fire Nation warrior's helm on his head. ]

You can heal humans with water and nothing else?

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(OOC: Thanks for the advice!)

[Korra jerks at the sudden Cybertronian? Spirit? mech tank? definitely nonhuman face that pops up on her screen. She'll still have to get used to all the new not-even-human people. Granted, his helm looked like a Fire Nation warrior's helm too, not unlike the first metal person she met, Knock Out. The familiarity calms and bewilders her simultaneously.]

Oh, hello there! [Korra gives a sheepish grin.] Yeah, I only know how to do it with water. It's possible to do it without it--[like nonbenders]--but I never learned [maybe I should've].

[Korra shakes herself out of a contemplative face.]

So, what's up? Are you just curious, or do you know someone that needs help? Or have you found water?

[Korra blinks, adding.]

My name's Korra, by the way. What's yours?

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[ ooc: No prob! Glad to help. ]

[ A nod from Ratchet. ]

If that's the case, I'd be greatly interested in seeing a demonstration of what you can do with it.

[ He pauses, then decides that yes, sharing water would be an acceptable price for having a true healer of humans around to care for Raf, if need be. ]

I do have a small quantity of water stored at my quarters that we could use, if you'd like. And if it's not consumed during said demonstration, you would be welcome to keep some.

... and I'm Ratchet. It's, ah, nice to meet you Korra.

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(OOC: Now how does this work? Do we this demo in your journal with Raf? At the logs comm.?)

[Korra beams.]

Sure, of course, absolutely--!

[She gushes. She seems to notice, and reigns herself in, giving a respectful bow, her entire composure turning toward trying to be formal.]

Thank you, Ratchet, for this opportunity, and your kind offer of water.

[Korra blinks.]

So where do you want me to demonstrate? And what would I be doing exactly, is your friend--ah, the patient--cut or something?

[Korra blinked again.] And if your buddy's not hurt, I can always demonstrate on myself.

[Korra points to the gash on her cheek, the cuts on her arms, and the bandage wrapped around from her back to her chest.]

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[ Ratchet is surprised at Korra's decorum and smiles in spite of himself before he even realizes that he's done so. ]

Ah, it isn't a problem, Korra.

I don't have any injured companions at the moment, but demonstrating on yourself would be just fine... and I can probably travel a bit faster than you are, so why don't you tell me your current location and I'll meet you there?

[ ooc: We could move this to the logs comm, or we could just do an actionspam thread right here (actionspam is described in the FAQ c:) if you prefer? Whichever you want is fine with me c: ]

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(OOC: Actionspam here's good. And though I've yet to really talk to Megatronus Prime or an Acolyte, I'm gonna assume I'm at his temple right now, he's Korra's current alignment. Or is that incorrect? Do you know if I have to get invited to a temple in-game?)

[Korra smiles back.]

Still, thanks, I really appreciate it, things have been...really weird for me lately. [She considers, and mutters.] I guess you'd know, I've met other people who are all out of sorts here too....

Anyway, I'm hanging out by the temple of Megatronus Prime--I just needed some fresh air, and it's kinda odd having quarters that are as big as a castle. I can wait outside for you.

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They've been weird for all of us, if that helps. [ Ratchet ... smiles just a little. There's an underlying urge to comfort built into him. Medics help people in more ways than the physical, after all. ]

I'll be there in just a moment.

[ The connection cuts, and then Ratchet is on his way towards where he remembers the temple being. It takes a little longer than it would have if he'd driven, rather than walking, but he makes it to Korra in a decent amount of time... so say hello to the giant metal man coming your way. He's even bigger than Knock Out although, to be fair, he's still a sight smaller than any of the Firstforged. ]

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[Korra waves to the figure.]

Hey Ratchet! [She runs to him, looking way, way up.] Thanks for coming!

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[ 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.

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[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!

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[ Ratchet watches Korra with amazement as she heals herself with nothing but floating swamp water. ]

Amazing...

[ He reaches out, then stops short of actually touching her newly healed skin. ]

And you did that with only the water? Nothing else?

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[Korra's glad he stopped short of touching her. She's still self-conscious about her size in this world and practically everyone else's more intimidating size--at his approach, she'd actually stiffened, ready to recoil. When Ratchet stops, her body relaxes.]

Yep, as long as I have my bending, I just need water to heal me and other people. [Korra frowns.] Though I don't think it can work on you guys--on metal, it only really works with flesh and bone--y'know, stuff that should already have a lot of water....

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[ Ratchet notices the tension then relax in Korra's body, and backs off a bit more. He doesn't want to scare her. ]

So this bending... it works with any water around and doesn't need anything except your interaction. There must be some kind of energy involved, though.

[ He's delighted with this discovery, but also sorely confused. It shouldn't work like this! At least, it doesn't where he comes from. ]

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[Korra shrugs.]

I think the energy is inside me.

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Energy inside you... I suppose I can understand that.

[ Humans run off electrical impulses, after all, so it makes sense that some of them would learn how to harness that no it actually doesn't he's horribly confused ]

So are there limitations to how much you can heal? Do you need a certain amount of water?

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[OOC: Most of the limits based on Avatar wiki here: http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Healing#Limits. This can probably be tweaked in-game, Korra can develop her waterbender healing.]

[Korra tried to remember Sifu Katara's lectures.]

It's really hard to heal internal wounds with waterbending, only the most skilled can do that, and I'm not one of them. [Korra frowned. Then she started to count on her hands.] Injuries like burns, lacerations, broken bones, tissue damage caused by lightning, diseases caused by serious pollution, bruises--that kind of thing's doable.

And since waterbending healing involves working with the flow of chi in a body, if that flow is blocked by something else--like the chiblocking technique--it can't really help.

[Korra blinked.] Both ways. If I was chiblocked, I couldn't access my bending. And if I still had my bending but my patient was chiblocked, I couldn't help the guy.

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[ Ratchet is taking notes. He's going to be grabbing Korra in the future to heal things, for sure. ]

Chi? What's that? How does it get blocked and... how would it be unblocked?

[ This is a completely new idea. You're going to have to play teacher really hard, Korra. ]