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[flaredo]

"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"

[ Please specify VOICEMAIL, TEXT or CALL. ]

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voice;

[braavado]

[Korra laughs a little.]

"Now" sounds just fine to me. Where should we meet? You're the one who knows how to get there.

voice;

[flaredo]

Let's start at the Residential District. It's the closest right now.

voice;

[braavado]

I'm at [insert apartment number and complex] Think you can meet me near there?

voice;

[flaredo]

No problem! You're only a few minutes away.

[ Le click. She'll be there soon. ]

action;

[braavado]

[She'll just be loitering around the building whenever Yang gets there. The sound of footsteps makes her look up, and she waves when she sees Yang.]

Hey. Thanks for coming.

action;

[flaredo]

Noooo problem! Ready for an expedition?

[braavado]

You bet. [She bounces at her feet, looking at Yang expectantly.]

So which way are we heading?

[flaredo]

West, because everyone heads west for journeys.

[ SEEMS LEGIT. ]

[braavado]

[She shrugs. Legit enough for her.]

Never heard of that before, but...sure. Let's go.

[flaredo]

We're going!

[ Grandly! With a flourish!

... Sadly, there will be no exit in sight, but no one can say they didn't try. ]

[braavado]

[Korra just inspects the walls keeping them in, placing a hand on them with a frown.]

So it's like this around the entire colony?

[flaredo]

Yeah, unfortunately. It's a massive pain.

[ Understatement. ]

[braavado]

[Korra tilts her head back, examining the platform that's blocking the real sky.]

And they covered the top, too. Whoever did this either was really worried about security or...trying to keep us in here.

[flaredo]

Maybe both. 'For our own safety', maybe, but this place isn't exactly safe.

[braavado]

No...guess not, with all those glitches happening.

[Korra pulls her hand back and lets it drop back to her side.]

You said last time, the natives might be out in the jungle... that means someone got past these walls before, right?

[flaredo]

When I heard about 'em... this city hadn't been built yet. There were no walls.

[ For all she knows, the natives were as walled off as the people here were from the jungle. ]

[braavado]

...what? [At this point, Korra wonders if she should just get used to feeling surprised all the time. It feels like this place keeps throwing curveballs at her.]

Where did you guys live if you weren't here?

[flaredo]

Wait, no-- hold on, lemme clarify. This place was around before I got here, but I got to see a-- well, I guess I got to experience what it was like before CERES happened. so I saw the jungle, and then this place, when the buildings were still going up. But it was from the past.

[braavado]

Oh... so this place has been around for a while.

Was it someone's power that let you see it?

[flaredo]

We saw it on our first and only tour of CERES, actually! One big interactive diary.

[braavado]

[Recognition zips through her, making her straighten up.]

The tour! I heard about that. Did everyone get split into smaller groups?

[flaredo]

Yep! I still don't know what everyone went through, but apparently, all of it was memorable.

[braavado]

[Huh. That's surprising. Korra would have expected the word to have spread easily.]

The other groups aren't willing to talk about it?

[flaredo]

Most of them were, but I'm still not sure who all went, so it's tough to say. I remember Mr. Edgeworth asking around about it, so he might have more info.

[braavado]

I'll ask him later. [Since it sounds like everyone saw something different...]

So your group got to see the way this world was before CERES was here. [Adopting a thoughtful pose, her thumb rubbing at her chin.] Did anything else happen?