[ Hello, Asgard. It's late, and Bolin is on your video feed tonight, looking slightly -- more-so, extremely -- horrible. Appearance-wise, anyway. His hair is tussled, his eyes are shot. His face is droopy and he's slumped down in his bed as far as you can see.

Someone's been crying again.. ]

Hey, Asgard. [ A sniffle as he rubs his eyes. ] Does anyone have, like, a good pick-me-up? I mean, I know it's been hard these past few days, but.. Tell me a joke, anything. [ He shifts in the bed as Pabu the fire ferret peeks into the feed, nuzzling Bolin's cheek. ] Pabu?

[ A moment or two before the feed clicks off. After all this darkness hoo-ha, the rain, AND people going missing -- well, it's a lot. Still. Way to go kiddo, not even gonna mention the fact that your brother left in the midst of it all. Don't blame him, he's so... under the weather. ]

[ ooc; forward-dated to day 135 (for the rain). i hope this is ok, otherwise you know what to do. ]

[ (ooc note; this stupid beefcake post has been brought to you by terrible enabler jerks on plurk, and is essentially my last hurrah here at asgard, before i sadly need to drop to make time for school.)

i'm sure many of you have met pabu. or at least seen him around. he's a cutie. and bolin's! not mako's. but for some reason... he's chewing on mako's bracelet. the video is nothing but russet red fur, a flash of striped tail, and the ocasional shot of freya district's disticnt pink interior decorating. mako's room then, maybe?

there's sound of a door opening, and — okay look. mako was trying to be the the most disecret piece of ass here in the city of asses. he really did try. really. (no that's a lie, he just had no idea he counted.) this is unacceptable, do you know how much great and hideous cr could come of this? NOTHING GOOD CAN COME OF THIS and so of course that is why this has to happen. beautiful mako problems need to happen.

ANYWAY. the sound of the door opening, and a short, ]

Pabu? What're you doing in here, huh?

[ pabu abandons the bracelet in favor of saying hi to mako, and the bracelet. well the bracelet just sits on the bed while pabu skitters off to climb the dresser and say hi to mako.

( hi mako. )

i see you've just gotten out of the shower or something. it's nice to see you this morning. really. nice towel.

the firebender stifles a yawn (seriously, man? it's like eleven in the morning. seriously?) and scuffs his fingers through messy and still damp hair, leaning against the dresser as the little ferret bumps against his shoulder, asking to be pet. mako complies, nicking pabu under his muzzle before running his hand down his back, smiling softly. (THAT'S RIGHT, SMILING. THIS POST IS FULL OF FIRSTS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE...) ]

You know this isn't Bo's room. What's your deal, buddy?

[ the ferret chitters, nuzzling mako's shoulder again, who sighs, but continues to comply. oh my god this is not a quality post at all. why am i doing this!!?? ugh.

the feed times out after about half a minute, in the middle of mako talking to a. ferret. about what he's going to make for dinner. (something about five flavor soup?)

mako is not only a secret piece of ass. he's also a not secret housewife. who had plans for dinner, apparently.

HAVE AT HIM ]

[ The video feed turns on to show a purple-haired teenager in Freyr's house. The feed turning on causes the girl on the screen to jump slightly, as if she's startled. ]

Oh! Oh, it's working. [ Deep breath, Ellen. Okay. Okay. You got this.

She smiles nervously for a moment, holding up a paper in her hands. She seems to have clenched her hands and wrinkled the paper, but she makes her best attempt to smooth it.

And then, in a tone that makes it obvious that she's reading right off of the paper, she begins to speak. ]

Hello everyone. My name is Ellen Kurokawa. I'm a fairy from Major Land, though I lived in Minor Land and then Earth before arriving here. I love music and making new friends, though I don't really know much about making friends. I hope I can be friends with all of you.

[ She lowers the paper, looking nervous. Did she do well there? Did she do everything right this time?

She gives a bow to the camera. ]

Thank you! [ And, after a second to figure out what to press, the feed turned off.

Yes, she just did a self-introduction. To the network. Like on the first day of school.

Welp. ]

Look, I'm just going to be honest for a minute here.

What makes you people trust each other? I've been here for a couple months and I've run into nothing but people that put their faith in people blindly. It's just... it's kind of disturbing! Are you all idiots, or something?

[ Woah, take it easy, Painwheel. Deep breaths, you know there's no reason to yell at anyone... ]

All I'm saying is that if you trust a lot of people and make friends easily, you should step back and be a little more careful. With so many people here, there are bound to be some people who aren't so trustworthy, alright?

[ And with that, she's done. Way to blatantly mask your own insecurities, Carol. ]

[The feed turns on, and a very beautiful young woman appears on the screen -- one who looks more than a little concerned over her current situation. She's standing in front of Freya's Welcome Hall at the moment.] I think this should work.

[There's a pause -- Asami's taking a look at her surroundings before she returns to face the screen.] If there is anyone out there who can help me, please. My name is Asami -- Asami Sato -- and I need to get back home to Republic City.

And even if there's no way of me getting back, there has to be some means of communication that I can use, right?

Please let me know. I just need to at least let my friends know that I'm okay.

( backstory or something )

[ Should you turn on your bracelet video feed today or be wandering around Gefion park, you'll see a stocky, muscular teen with a black, short beard-mustache Steve Carell-esque 2x combo sitting on the ground, waving frantically next to him at what appears to be a red... panda... thing...? There's a few rocks scattered around them, forming kind of a mini obstacle course. ]

Pabu--!!

[ He seems to be whisper-shouting at this... ferret squirrel, as if trying to alert him of something... Oh, well. The feed is on. ]

C'mon, Pabu! [ A beat. ] Just like the arena, alright?

[ Pabu finally responds, sniffing the air as he runs around the rocks. He stops on the top of the flattest one, and does a handstand. ]

Yeah! Now finale-time.

[ The teen gets up, raising his arms in front of him. ] Ready... [ Eyeing the rocks, he ninja-punches the air in front of him, making a swoosh. A brief moment of silence for absolutely nothing. ]

Aw, dang it!

[ The feeds cuts off, not before Bolin hunches over angrily and almost trips over his tip can, whoops. ]

(( Tags will probably drip into the lateness of tomorrow, since I might have to sleep soon, heh. ))