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[gottadealwithit]

 Who just aced her firebending test?

KORRA just aced her firebending test!

She and Naga barrel into the bar, with the Avatar sliding down the polar bear-dog's neck to land on the ground and punch the air with two outstretched fists of victory. Three elements down - one to go!

"Woo hoo!"

[Behind them, the door slams and disappears. Korra glances over and notices, but just shrugs it away. Nothing is getting her down today.]

Bar clearly decides the occasion warrants a three tier cake of red and yellow frosting. Korra is not complaining about that, either. But she might need help with it, because she dies of sugar overload.

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[betagainstme]

Well, Alice can't help her. But she can show up suddenly next to Korra, without a sound. Her chin cupped in her hands, her eyes are wide: "Ooooh. That's pretty!"

[gottadealwithit]

The sudden appearance makes Korra jump in surprise, but the major reaction's is really Naga's, who lifts her head from it's position between her paws and sniffs curiously at the strange woman.

"Yeah," says Korra brightly. "It is. You want a piece?"

[betagainstme]

Alice's gaze goes to the giant dog-like thing and smiles at her, like they are sharing a secret.

"Oh, no," Alice turns back to the girl. "Thank you, though."

[gottadealwithit]

"You sure?"

Korra's already cutting herself a chunk, spilling it first onto a plate and then into her mouth with very little break in between. "It's really good."

[betagainstme]

As pretty as it is, it would only taste like dirt to Alice and that makes her sigh a little. "I'm sure. Don't want to spoil dinner. You enjoy it though."

[boston_bruiser]

No help here! (Awwww.)

But there is a note.

Korra –

Heading out. Might not be in-Bar when you come back. If you passed, congrats, all that jazz, celebrate all you want.

But seriously, don’t go overboard. Bar’s been screwing with me lately over my tab.

She turned all my skivvies pink and it’s not even noon.

– Voodoo


Of course, Korra, the mun refuses to discourage you from ‘going overboard’ as much as you see fit.

(Seriously, go nuts.)

[gottadealwithit]

Korra eyes the note.

And then looks at Bar.

"Please translate this into something I can read."

In doing so, if Bar leaves out the bits where he's mean about her, well, that's a wood fixing's prerogative.

[monkeys_arecool]

"How come I never get cake?" says an outraged green, monkey boy who working on a large bowl of ice cream.

[gottadealwithit]

Oh, poor outraged green monkey boy!

"Here," Korra says, offering him a plate - Bar gave her a few - and a knife. "You want some of mine?"

[monkeys_arecool]

"Sweet!" BB says, gaze going from the cake to Korra and then to Naga and OMG new animal! He leaps up and starts studying the polar bear dog with a very joyful and critical eye. "Who's your buddy and what is he?"

[gottadealwithit]

"He's a she," says Korra. She watches the interaction with some amusement while cutting him a slice. "And her name's Naga. She's a polar bear-dog."

Naga lifts her head up to sniff at the boy curiously. He's probably not edible, but that doesn't mean he isn't worth investigating.

[monkeys_arecool]

BB lets her smell and looking at Naga says, "Sorry miss. Can I see your teeth and then your paws? Do you live in cold places? Are you fast?"

Sorry Avatar, you've been out shown by your polar bear-dog. I think some of those questions were directed at you though.

[gorgonfondness]

There's totally a toddler nearby who wants to help. And is going to try helping himself to the cake.

It doesn't really matter how out of reach the thing might be. The small boy is sitting on a toy broom and content to hold on with one hand while mushing the lowest tier of the cake with the other.

It'll probably be the sound of sucking frosting off of fingers that will alert Korra to her company.

[gottadealwithit]

Korra looks down at the noise to find a small boy on a small thing that looks like he might be airbending it off the ground, and she smiles.

"Hey there," she says, gently pushing the cake across the bar and out of his reach.

"You have a grown up with you?"

[gorgonfondness]

Fortunately the broom can't hover any higher, so the cake is staying out of his reach. He doesn't know this yet, so he's still content mushing the cake he did manage to get a hold of.

"I big," he explains. "I th' big bradah."

And then he takes a bite of the mushed cake in his hand and makes an exaggerated, "Mmmmmmmm!"

At that sound, a nearby woman with a baby carefully cradled on her shoulder turns her head towards them. How is it he manages to get into mischief even when he's nearby?

"Cepheus, you know you're not supposed to take treats from others without asking," she says, stepping closer. "And now you're a mess."

"Is cake, Mama!" he says, holding the mush up for her to see.

"I'm sorry about Cepheus. He's gotten slipperier since his brother was born."

[gottadealwithit]

"That's quite all right," Korra says. "He's a beautiful boy. And he's welcom to the cake if it's OK by you?"

[gorgonfondness]

"Well, there's still time for him to run off the sugar," she allows. "He can have some. But Cepheus," she addresses her child, "next time we ask."

"Okay," he says before contentedly sucking on his fingers once again.

She turns and, with a gesture of her finger, brings over a pram that was sitting where she was before.

"Das for baby," Cepheus explains to Korra, taking the fingers out of his mouth. "Mama have baby. He 'mall. But I biiiiig."

"That does put things quite succinctly," his mother says. "Except for our names. I'm Mia, that one's Cepheus, and this one-"

The last is said with a gentle gesture to her shoulder.

"-is Scorpius, who can sleep through just about anything once he actually gets to sleep."

[gryphon_leaper]

It's not the cake that catches the short girl's eye, but the great beast. The biggest animal she's ever seen has been the Cretan bulls. This one outdoes them easily by half.

But it's a fine... whatever-it-is... at least, from where Thalestris is standing; and so she will be walking very slowly around the creature at what she hopes is a safe distance. Best not to anger a thing that size, not with paws like that.

[gottadealwithit]

Naga lets out a growl that's entirely curiosity, following the circling person. It's that growl that gets Korra's attention and she looks up, mouth full of cake.

"You can get closer, if you want. She's not going to hurt you."

[gryphon_leaper]

"What is she?" asks Thalestris, holding out one hand palm-up as she would to one of her clan's herding dogs. "I've never seen the like."

[gottadealwithit]

Naga reaches a large head out and sniffs Thalestris' hand curiously, hoping it will contain food, or at least maybe contain cuddles.

"She's a polar bear-dog," Korra explains. "If you haven't been to the South Pole, I guess you wouldn't have seen one before."

[ikissdhimbck]

That. That is a very large animal.

There's a cowgirl at the Bar, with eyes the size of silver half dollars. It takes her some time to tear her gaze away from Naga, and another moment to relocate her manners.

"Howdy. Whatcha celebratin'?"

[gottadealwithit]

"I passed my firebending test," Korra says, with a smugness that fills the bar. "You're looking at one master firebender."

YEAH.

[ikissdhimbck]

"Gracious."

That certainly sounds impressive. However...



"How does one bend fire?"

[gottadealwithit]

She's used to these questions by now, and is far from being tired of demonstrating - especially with her new confirmation that she kicks firebender butt.

So she jumps backwards from her place at the bar, opening herself out into position, and punches an intense burst of flame safely into the air to her side.

"That's firebending."