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WHO "Ino" & YOU
BROADCAST Fleet-wide video!!
ACTION Starstruck for anyone that might look in the cargo bay.
WHEN April 12th.

[ Ino, what'choo doin'? She looks... strained. Stressed, but trying to hold it together. She's sitting in front of the camera, taking a deep breath as if to prepare herself for what she is about to say. ]

Hey, guys. This is really sudden, but I need to ask a favor of anyone who'd listen. It's important! I've got this friend... he's got a huge problem. Back where he's from, some people can hold a lot of powers in them, not magic or anything like that, and they need to take even more in sometimes or they go crazy. Or die.

Does anyone have any powers they could... lend him? He'll give them back, he promises, it's just—[ She reaches up, clutches at her chest like it's hurting her to think about it. Judging by the slight sheen of sweat on her face, maybe it is. ]—he needs help really badly. I'm worried about him, and there's not much I can do...

[ Her head dips, long bangs covering her face before she sucks in a breath, part for the show and part out of real difficulty in keeping herself together right now, before her hand snaps out and she turns off the feed to collect herself. ]

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Y-yeah! Yeah, of course I will.

[ It doesn't even occur to her until this point that she's going to have to figure out what to do about the claiming-to-be-two-people thing and she just isn't coming up with a solution. Whatever. If it's Aaron who meets Katara outside the Starstruck, then so be it. ]

[ AND THEN... I SWITCHED TO ACTION... WITH MY SECOND CHARACTER IN THIS THREAD.... because remi's right i do have a type SIGHS REALLY LOUDLY. but katara will just be looking around for ino when she docks. ]

[ There there, it's okay. Time and space means nothing in roleplay LET'S DO THIS.

As it turns out, Aaron is the one to meet Katara outside the Starstruck. Everything considered, he looks like shit. Eyes rimmed red and unfocused, skin pale and lips beginning to chap. He's holding himself together while leaning against the remains of his ship after the dogfight, head bowed only moments before his head snaps up to see Katara coming. ]

You're here.

You must be her friend.

[ katara pulls a deep breath, holding it for a moment. she's a little nervous - does waterbending all count as one, single skill? does the healing count separately? is this going to be painful? or will any of it even work at all?

no way to know until they try, she guesses. so she steps forward, bobbing into a shallow sort of bow. ]

My name's Katara. I don't mind doing this, but - I just need your word that you'll treat my powers with the respect that they deserve if this works.

[ her tone is gentle - he's clearly not doing well - but firm, since this is kind of Important. ]

[ There's obvious irritation at this preamble but his hands clench where they're held around his sides and he nods. Powers are meant to be used, but she isn't saying don't use it. Just... use his head or something. Whatever. ]

Yeah. I can do that, you've got my word.

[ well, considering how long it took aang to pick up firebending... she's really banking on a stranger to bending specifically won't be able to master it entirely in just a few days. but that's what the preamble was for: just in case he did. ]

Alright, then. What do you need me to do?

[ He's good with picking up powers, but this isn't exactly his set. It's going to be a trip just messing with it, anyway.

At her question, he steps forward to place his hands on her shoulders. Partially to steady himself and partially to get a quick feel for the power he'll be taking. ]

Just hold still.

[ That said, one hand moves to put his palm up to her forehead. It only takes a second before he slowly pulls it back, some sort colorless but visible matter coalescing and forming into a ball stretched between the two points of contact, extending as if gel or liquid until the whole thing seems to be extracted. His hand hovers, then closes around the power made manifest where it seeps inside of him. ]

[ it doesn't hurt, but it's not exactly pleasant, either. katara shudders once while it's happening, keeping her eyes shut, and then once again when everything seems to settle. she looks at him then, now feeling oddly off-balance. hollow in a way, or maybe like there's a limb missing -- she's always taken her connection with water for granted, and to be cut off entirely from that is almost as profound as a loss of touch or smell.

but she collects herself. ]

So... I'm guessing it worked.

[ He's breathing now. Like a man starved of air, he simply tilts his head back and takes long, greedy breaths to fill his lungs. In and out. The rest of him hasn't stabilized, that will take a while yet, but there's air all around him and it feels like freedom. Her power in particular doesn't quite fit like most he tends to collect, but his body is greedy and steals it away all the same. His voice is quiet, reverent. ]

It did. Thank God, it worked.

[ katara opens her mouth to speak, and then shuts it, visibly sort of uncomfortable again. not really by his presence or reaction - no, she's glad to have been able to help - but by just existing without her bending in reach. it's weird.

she tries again. ]

So, in a few days - I should just find you again here?

[ His attention snaps downward at the question and he stares dumbly. That just doesn't register for a long moment and then he scratches at his chin and shrugs. ]

Well, yeah, or I—figured I'd come find you.

I-- okay.

[ she lifts one hand a little awkwardly, then, visibly unsure, and then - ]

I'll... see you around, then, I guess.

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up to you how this feels to her, but it shouldn't hurt by his world's standards.

roger!

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