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Korra, Tonraq, and Haiko (Month 12, part 3)
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    [X] Ask Tonraq what he might be thinking about.

    Korra, Tonraq, and Haiko (Month 12, part 3)​

    "Dad? You okay there?" you ask.

    This draws in everyone else's attention towards him, and they quiet down as well. Now that everyone's attention is on him, he sighs and speaks up.

    "No, it... this just reminded me of something," he says.

    One of the Water Unionists speaks up. "Well, what?"

    "Yeah, what's on your mind?"

    He frowns and looks directly at you. "Have I ever told you how exactly we ended up on Spirit Portal Island?"

    The Water Unionists glance at other and look like they've understood where your dad is going with this, but you're clueless. What does your home have to do with Desna and Eska?

    "Uhhh... because I'm the Avatar? It was because of the Spirit Portal, right?" you ask.

    He nods. "Yes, but before then we lived in the South."

    You nod.

    "Even though Unalaq is my brother."

    You nod again.

    ...then it hits you. "Wait, why did we live in the South?" you ask.

    He grimaces before answering. "That's because I was banished from the North."

    You gasp. "What!?"

    "Yep," says Vanrir. "Tonraq over there has been since before you were born."

    "It happened like this," adds your dad. "I was tipped off about a barbarian attack on the capital, and took a group of warriors out to crush them beforehand. However, they retreated into a sacred forest, and the spirits would end up retaliating and attacking the capital. We were defeated in our attempts to stop them, but Unalaq was able to successfully calm them down and get them to return."

    "And since this was your fault, you were banished?" you asked.

    He nodded.

    "Well, that's not fair at all!" you shout. "How could you possibly have known that they would attack!? And even if you had... banishing you? Just for that one mistake?"

    "I understand that you're upset Korra, but my actions put the lives of thousands in danger. It was an entirely reasonable response," is your dad's reply... but that's not something you can really accept. If your granddad was still alive, why you'd give him a piece of your mind!

    Your dad speaks up again, interrupting your fuming. "However, there's more to it. The one who warned me about the barbarians in the first place... was my younger brother, Unalaq. The one who would become next in line for the throne if I was banished."

    "Furthermore, we never did find out who hired those mercenaries, since it turns out that they were only pretending to be barbarians," adds one of the Water Unionists.

    ...this only makes you angrier. "Are... are you implying that Unalaq set this whole thing up!?"

    The Water Unionists variously agree with this, and you have to stomp off and go outside to cool your head. The nerve of that man! When you see him, you're going to teach him a lesson he'll never forget!

    .

    .

    .

    Not long afterwards, you were approached by your parents, who came by to comfort you. They had already made peace with Unalaq's decision to betray his brother long ago, and didn't want to trouble you with it. Well, you're not exactly troubled... more like you're planning on causing trouble for him.

    But you have a mission that you need to accomplish too... ugh.

    Well, you're in the right area, so maybe you can do both?

    You don't worry about that this night, however. Instead, you're all treated to a feast in the Western Air Temple, courtesy of the Air Nomads and other residents. Tenzin and his entourage go off to talk with them about something, and the rest of you spend the night decompressing and complaining about Unalaq.

    The next morning, you wake up bright and early, and are greeted with a surprise when you go to the shore for a swim.

    "Hello, Avatar Korra."

    It's Haiko. While her outfit is still bright red, she's wearing something that looks like it can stand up to the intense cold of a winter on the Northern Ice Sheet. She's also got her battery pack. Looks like she followed you all the way here and plans to keep going with you. ...wait, does that mean she heard your conversation on the boat?

    "Hello," you reply back. "Looks like you're dressed for the cold."

    "Well, yes," she says. "Naturally. I do have business there, just like you."

    You raise an eyebrow at her.

    She glares at you. "You know very well what I mean!" she yells, pointing at you. "It's that Spirit Sage! I want that blessing! I..."

    She looks away from you, face turning red. "...I'm even willing to help you. We both want the same thing, after all."

    She then glares at you again. "But don't get the wrong idea! This is just a one-time thing!"

    "Okay," you reply before she can continue.

    She blinks at you. "Huh?"

    "You can join us. Now then, follow me..."

    You lead her to the rest of the group, who are now all awake and getting ready to depart, and you both help them get the boats ready. There's no regular service, so the Air Nomads keep a few boats handy. Since they can't truly fly, and the wing-suits are new technology, they've had need of them on occasion. Along the way to the Northern Ice Sheet, you tell the group about your last encounter with Haiko and that she wants to help now. While she still refuses to go into detail, she at least confirms that she's here to help.

    After a few hours, you all arrive at one of the many villages dotting the coast of the Northern Ice Sheet and leave your boats at the harbor.

    "Did Eska tell you where we were supposed to meet her?" signs Vanra to you.

    "No, but I told here where we were coming from. She should be able to find us," you sign back.

    When the others ask out loud, you say about the same.

    As a matter of fact, your entourage hasn't gone far outside the village before you notice a strong spiritual presence. Not long later, soldiers appear on the horizon, led by your cousin. By your estimates, there's about a hundred of them. Thankfully, once they get in close, Eska orders them to stand down and they follow her command. Looks like they're more loyal to either her or the country than her father.

    "It's about time you got here," she says. "What's the plan, cousin?"

    You nod. "The plan is to defeat Unalaq!"

    "..."

    "...what?"

    "No, that's your goal," she replies, back to her usual annoyance. "How do you plan on doing that?"

    "Uhhhh... I was hoping you could help me with that? Hehehe..."

    She grumbles under her breath, but agrees to do so.

    Your group now consists of the following people:

    Korra (Avatar)
    Tonraq and Senna (Water-bender)
    Asami (non-bender; non-combatant)
    Biyong (non-bender; guardian spirit)
    Vanra (non-bender; militia woman)
    10 Water Unionists (half bender and half non-bender)
    Tenzin and 4 Air Nomads (Air-bender)
    Rika (Fire-bender/Lighting-generation)
    Haiko (New Lightning-bending)
    Eska (Water-bender; light spirit)
    100 Water Tribe soldiers (non-bender)

    After discussing it with your group and with Eska, you all decide on the following:

    [][Direction] You will all head to the North Pole, to deal with the Spirit Sage.
    [][Direction] You will all head towards the capital, to deal with Unalaq.
    [][Direction] You will split your forces. (who goes where?)

    [][Speed] You will move rapidly, and get there in the middle of the night, tired.
    [][Speed] You will move slowly, and thus have time to rest before arriving there.

    QM Note: It is now the 14th​. The Glacier Spirits Festival is on the 23rd​ and Harmonic Convergence is on the 30th​. Desna is also at the North Pole.
     
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    • On the one hand Unalaq is getting out of hand, on the other we do kind of need to get the spirit sage sorted out, and honestly the twins are ... Not the worst picks for holding the flatworms. It's not like the power ups really come in until the second or third life.
     
    I don't think so, if there was anyone else to talk to I'd like to debate the value of suppressing Unalaq vs. being able to focus on the sage, but... Yeah.

    [X][Direction] You will all head to the North Pole, to deal with the Spirit Sage.

    [X][Speed] You will move rapidly, and get there in the middle of the night, tired.

    Full court press it is.
     
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    one roll here:
    Solarstream threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: dark spirits Total: 50
    50 50
     
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    Korra's Drive to the North Pole! (Month 12, part 4)
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    [X][Direction] You will all head to the North Pole, to deal with the Spirit Sage.
    [X][Speed] You will move rapidly, and get there in the middle of the night, tired.

    Korra's Drive to the North Pole! (Month 12, part 4)​

    "Okay, so step one will be dealing with Desna and the Spirit Sage, and then we'll march towards the capital. Everyone good with that?"

    You watch as the massive crowd around you either nods or verbally agrees.

    "Alright, then let's pack up and get moving!"

    With that declaration, the crowd sets in motion. Eska and her soldiers lead you all to their encampment, where they've stored all their gear and vehicles. Notably, they have a lot of snowmobiles and snow-trucks, so it won't be a problem for your group of 23 to join them.

    "If we leave now and only stop to eat, we'll be able to reach the North Pole by nightfall," mentions your dad as you, him, and your mom hop on snowmobiles. The three of you will be in the front, along with Eska. "Are we going to go on the offensive as soon as we get there?" he asks of you.

    "Yep!" you reply.

    "Ughhhh... this better not mess up my beauty sleep," complains Eska.

    "Eska, if you'd rather rest, we can handle things," offers your mom.

    "Tch! And leave everything to Korra? No way!"

    You glower at her. "What is that supposed to mean!?"

    She rolls her eyes and doesn't answer, instead revving her snowmobile and driving off. You grumble under your breath about your annoying cousins, hop on your won snowmobile, and follow along. Your parents follow behind the two of you and behind them are eight trucks, each driven by one of Eska's soldiers. The cold winter wind wraps around your caravan as you travel across the frozen land. Winter is has come in full force with snow falling the whole way towards the north and intensifying as you get closer to the poles, slowing you all down. It's strange and almost like the Everstorm... but not quite.

    Did the Spirit Sage of Fire do this?

    You all would not get a direct answer. Instead, sometime after night had fallen, as you all had gotten very close to the North Pole, the storm would mysteriously stop. While it is a bit warmer here, it only warms up to the level of an average winter day in Republic City, so you all keep your layers on.

    More importantly, you also start to sense spirits nearby. And if you can sense them, they can probably sense you. You even notice one of them – which resembles a hybrid of a bat and moth, but entirely purple and blue – casually fly above your caravan, before realizing what you are and then retreating.

    Tonraq gives a signal and the caravan stops some distance away from the spirit forest. Everyone unloads and gets ready for a fight.

    Tonraq clears his throat and addresses the crowd. "It will be too dangerous to fight as a mass in the forest. We may damage it and anger all the spirits that reside there. I propose that we draw out the dark spirits to fight elsewhere. That will allow my daughter and niece to go in and confront the Spirit Sage and my nephew."

    "...when you put it that way, it just sounds like a family feud," you note. You get some chuckles from the crowd and nods of agreement.

    Tonraq frowns, but also nods. "Yes, and it's time that we end it for good," he declares.

    Eska points at one of her soldiers. "You're commander while I'm away. Work with Tonraq."

    The man nods, and he and Tonraq begin to talk strategy.

    As he does so, Haiko walks right up to you. "I'm going with you!" she announces.

    "Okay."

    "I won't take no for a... wait, you're okay with it?"

    You nod, yawning. If she plans on making amends for her screw-up last time, you're not really inclined to stop her. Besides, maybe if you watch her fight, you can figure out how her bending works!

    She scoffs at that notion, though. You'll have to show her what you can do!

    At the same time, Vanra and Biyong come up and offers to help Eska. Although Eska can't understand sign language, Biyong can translate between them and make things work out in the heat of battle. Tenzin and Rika also come up and offer to help you, and you accept their offers as well. The seven of you then slip away while the big group starts making a ruckus and drawing in the attention of the dark spirits. You can hear sounds of battle start up as you all enter the forest... and notice that it's getting much warmer, almost like an autumnal heat wave.

    "Ughhhh... so gross. This has got to be the Spirit Sage's doing, right?" asks Eska.

    "Yeah," you say. You crack your knuckles in the still air. "We'll take care of it."

    (Korra's combat party consists of herself, Haiko, Tenzin, and Rika. They will be fighting the Spirit Sage of Fire. How should Korra specifically approach the fight?)
    [] Go and fight its fire with your own!
    [] Build defensive earthen barricades.
    [] Dance in the air around the flames.
    [] Water counters fire... extinguish it!
    [] Perhaps it's time to try out lightning? (must combine with another option)
    [] You have mastered the elements, so switch between them.
    [] (may write-in a more detailed response)


    QM Note: It is still the 14th​. The Glacier Spirits Festival is on the 23rd​ and Harmonic Convergence is on the 30th​.
     
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    • Hmmmmmm as a general rule the Avatar needs to mix things up because that's what they're good at.

    On the other hand the purifying power of flame may be exactly what the doctor ordered here.
     
    [X] Go and fight its fire with your own!
    [X] Perhaps it's time to try out lightning? (must combine with another option)

    Here's hoping this works how I think it does.
     
    i'll roll for it if there isn't a tie-breaker vote by this time:

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    rolling it is... odd = elements; even = fire vs fire
    Solarstream threw 1 6-faced dice. Total: 3
    3 3
     
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    Korra and Allies vs the Spirit Sage of Fire! (Month 12, part 5)
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    [X] You have mastered the elements, so switch between them.

    Korra and Allies vs the Spirit Sage of Fire! (Month 12, part 5)​

    As you all keep walking deeper and deeper into the spiritual forest, it only gets hotter and hotter, turning from an autumn heat into a full-on summer heat. The heat is exhausting, but you must go on. The Spirit Sage of Fire must be the cause of his odd weather, and you still need to get a blessing from it. After a while, you can see it in the distance – a massive scaled and feathered beast with four prominent flaming wings, still colored a mixture of red and purple. You can also sense another spiritual presence, similarly laced with darkness, in a different direction, and Eska, Vanra, and Biyong go that way.

    You wish them luck in dealing with Desna, and they wish you luck in dealing with the Sage.

    You, Haiko, Rika, and Tenzin continue on, through the forest, and reach the center. Near the lake, you can see the red orb that opens into the Spirit Portal still buried in the ground and glowing, unchanged. At the lake shore, the Spirit Sage of Fire is sleeping, smaller dark spirits attending to it and cleaning its wings and scales.

    The four of you look at each other. Now what?

    "...should we wake it up?" asks Rika.

    Haiko grimaces. "That'll just enrage it. It'll turn into a fight."

    You yawn and start walking forward, the others tailing behind you. "I could go for a fight, to be honest."

    "Korra, are you sure about that?" asks Tenzin. "If all we need to do is remove the darkness, then we could... Korra!"

    You ignore him, pull a wave out of the Water from the lake, and slam it into the Spirit Sage's face!

    "AAAAAAARGHHHHHH!!!"

    It's only afterwards that what Tenzin said clicks with you and you start swirling the Water around the Spirit in an attempt to Heal it. However, it recognizes what you're doing and slips away, taking to the air. It roars out loud, belching out red, blue, and purple flames.

    "YOU!! DID YOU DO THAT!?!?!"

    "Yeah! What of it!? Aren't you supposed to be a Spirit Sage? What are you doing siding with Raava and Vaatu!?"

    "SIDING WITH... WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I WOULD NEVER!"

    "Don't lie to me!" you shout back. "Vaatu has corrupted you into Darkness and Chaos!"

    "HMPH! YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING! VAATU IS MERELY OUR TOOL!"

    "So, he is working with Unalaq then," says Tenzin.

    "Korra, you mentioned that you uncle had talked to the Spirit Sages too, right?" asked Rika.

    "He had!?" exclaims a shocked Haiko.

    "That's right," you confirm. "But I thought he never received any blessings..."

    "He won't need the blessings if the spirits agree to work with him directly," notes Tenzin. "Especially since he did help reconnect spirits to this world at both of the poles. He'd be viewed as sincere."

    Before you can discuss the matter any further, the Spirit Sage roars again and demands you all leave at once or you'll suffer its wrath. You instead reply by picking up and throwing another wave at the spirit! It counters with a writhing purple flame that evaporates the water at once... and the steam provides perfect cover for Rika and Haiko to blast the spirit with twin bolts of Lightning!

    It screeched in pain and starts sinking towards the ground... only to right itself at the last moment and belch out more fire, blue this time, direct at all of you!

    "Look out!" you shout grabbing Haiko and pulling her away, sliding on the Earth beneath you. You watch as Tenzin commands a gust of Air to blow the flames away from him and Rika, and Rika's attempts to put the Fire under her control all fail. You and Haiko barely get out of the way, with attempts to control the Fire also failing, forcing you to also blow it away with a gust of Air.

    Haiko touches your shoulder before you try to control the Fire again. "Don't."

    You glare at her. "Why not?"

    She just shakes her head. "Trust me. Those aren't normal... look out!"

    This time, she grabs you and shoves the two of you out of the way of another flaming breath attack, blasting herself with Lightning to let her move faster. You really do want to figure that little trick out... but that's for later. Right now, you need to focus! The air isn't terribly humid, but there's still Water that you can pull from it, and turn into whips to strike at or bind the Phoenix-Dragon. It tries to fly away, but Tenzin and Rika make a flying wall of flames that force it down towards the ground instead.

    And since the ground is no longer thickly covered with ice, you can bend the Earth in it to your will.

    But before you can do so, it blasts out a wave of heat this time and the force of it sends you all flying!

    "Ugh!"

    You crash land in the lake, as does Haiko... but while you're agile, her battery pack is weighing her down. Not only that, but she's panicking and flailing around in the water, making it hard to you to reach her.

    But you do, and manage to drag her out of the water and back to safety.

    However, she's starting at her partially-melted battery pack in horror. "The charge... it's gone!"

    You look at her. "...so... what does that mean?"

    She glares at you. "That was all my extra juice! How am I supposed to fight now!?"

    "You can..."

    But you're interrupted once more, by the sound of frenzied roaring and a rush of heat!

    (Choose one.)
    [] Multiple blasts of purple fire are heading right for you! While you're able to drag yourself and Haiko to safety by briefly going into the Avatar State, your exhaustion catches up with you and you pass out.
    [] Multiple blasts of purple fire are assaulting Rika and Tenzin! While they're able to avoid the absolute worst of it thanks to their combined prowess, the sheer power of it knocks both of them out.
    [] It's a massive wave of flames! You and Haiko go back under water, and Tenzin and Rika take to the air instead... and unfortunately that gives the Spirit Sage a chance to escape into the Spirit World!

    QM Note: Elsewhere, Eska, Vanra, and Biyong were able to handle their fight without too much issue, and the same is true of the rest of the group.
     
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    • On the one hand clearly our peeps are more on point than we are today. So knocking ourselves out to give everything one else a better shot seems the obvious play, on the other hand, if we drop them do they have the social leverage to convince it to play ball?
     
    [X] Multiple blasts of purple fire are heading right for you! While you're able to drag yourself and Haiko to safety by briefly going into the Avatar State, your exhaustion catches up with you and you pass out.
     
    [X] Multiple blasts of purple fire are heading right for you! While you're able to drag yourself and Haiko to safety by briefly going into the Avatar State, your exhaustion catches up with you and you pass out.

    Any dice gods that take cookie dough or leftover eggplant parmigiana as sacrifices?
     
    Korra and the Aftermath of a Spiritual Battle (Month 12, part 6)
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    [X] Multiple blasts of purple fire are heading right for you! While you're able to drag yourself and Haiko to safety by briefly going into the Avatar State, your exhaustion catches up with you and you pass out.

    Korra and the Aftermath of a Spiritual Battle (Month 12, part 6)​

    Hot winds scorch their way through the stagnant air as you and Haiko watch multiple large blasts of purple fire headed your way. Out of the corner of your eye, you can see Tenzin trying to reflect the flames with the surrounding Air... but to no avail. He can only pull away and disperse the Fire at the rear.

    You try to do the same, but in your tired state your command over the Air is weakened, and you can't even slow it down!

    A screaming Haiko has already dropped her battery pack and dove back into the water... but it'll just evaporate from the heat, boiling her alive! And the heat is getting too intense... you'll be roasted!

    No choice but to retreat!

    All at once, you rush over to the water too and swim towards Haiko. Then, reaching deep inside yourself, you try to force the Avatar State out.

    And you succeed! A rush of energy flows through you! A shocked Haiko watches as the Water and Air start swirling around you. You then dip down and grab her and start gliding away, across the lake, counting on it to absorb the heat and keep you both safe.

    Come on... come on!

    A few seconds later, you feel all the energy flowing through you start running out.

    "K-Korra!?" shouts Haiko over the rushing heat. "You okay!?"

    But you can't respond. You need to focus!

    It must have only been a minute or maybe even two, but you cross the lake to a colder part of the forest... and promptly fall out of the Air, crash-landing into the ground.

    Only moments later, the lake behind you explodes and a rush of heat absorbs the surrounding world.

    .

    .

    .

    "Mmmmm... ugh..."

    Sore. Your whole body is sore... although the bed is comfortable...

    ...wait, a bed?

    You open one eye and look around. This is definitely a bedroom in someone's house. With some ache, you manage to sit up. Looking down at yourself, you have no obvious injuries... your Mom must have healed you. But where is everyone? There's some chatter from outside...

    ...but when you try to get out of bed, you slip and fall on the floor instead.

    "Ah!?"

    Seconds later, a bunch of people barge into the room. You see your parents, Asami, Biyong, Vanra, and Haiko. There are many others, like Tenzin and Rika, crowded behind them. None of them look terribly injured, thankfully. You immediately notice that Haiko has a mark on her right hand – a blessing from the Spirit Sage of Fire. In a total 180 from her usual demeanor, she's the first one to your side and helps you up and back onto the bed.

    "You alright, Korra?"

    You groan. "Yeah, I'll be okay."

    "You should get some more rest, dear," says your mom.

    "Yeah, you'll need your strength for what's to come," adds your dad.

    "What? What happened while I was out?"

    Biyong gestures to herself and Vanra. "With the two of us by Eska's side, we were able to defeat Desna. He's been subdued and is being watched over by some of the soldiers."

    Vanra starts signing and Biyong translates for the crowd. "Once we heard the explosions from your fight, we went over to help. But by the time we got there, you were already out cold. We were able to subdue the Spirit Sage and Haiko managed to convince it to bless her."

    Haiko scoffs. "Convince nothing! I electrocuted it until it did what I demanded!"

    You give her a confused look. "But wasn't your battery pack destroyed?"

    "Yeah, I'm totally useless now. Probably won't be able to even turn on a lightbulb for a bit. But you know, we new Lightning-benders can use our body's electricity as well, not just stored charge. And after seeing you like that... well, I went all out."

    She then yawns. "Since you're fine, I'm going back to sleep. Bye-bye~."

    Haiko slips her way out of the room, slipping between the crowd.

    "That said," starts Tenzin, who has now made his way to the front, "that Spirit Sage remains possessed with dark energy. It still needs to be purified. But next time, we'll be better prepared to handle things."

    "But as far as the blessings go, I can work with Haiko having the fourth one," says Asami. "We're all good there. I'll just need to head back to Republic City to complete a few things before Harmonic Convergence."

    "We may find that difficult," adds your dad. "While we were able to deal with the bulk of the dark spirits, a few escaped towards the capital. My brother will know that we were here soon. Of course, if we want to confront him now anyway, that's not a big deal, but now he has time to prepare."

    You nod. Right, your uncle. You're getting the sense that you'll have to fight him eventually, the question is just if you'd rather do it now or later. After thinking it over and discussing it with the group, you all come to a decision.

    [][Unalaq] You'll confront Unalaq while you're still here.
    [][Unalaq] You can deal with him later. Leave for now.

    (Korra must rest today, and can talk with up to two people. Who would you like to chat with? You may write-in talking points.)
    [][Chat] Desna and Eska (takes up 2 slots)
    [][Chat] Haiko
    [][Chat] Your mom and dad (takes up 2 slots)
    [][Chat] Tenzin
    [][Chat] Asami
    [][Chat] Biyong
    [][Chat] Vanra
    [][Chat] Rika
    [][Chat] (write-in)

    QM Note: It is now the 15th​. You will rest for the day, and then leave in the morning. The Glacier Spirits Festival is on the 23rd​ and Harmonic Convergence is on the 30th​.
     
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