high_seas | PIRATES vs. NAVY BATTLE LOG

The next thing Asami knew, men were flying into the air and the street ahead of her become cracked and uneven. There was only person she knew who would do such a thing. Y'know, that one hotheaded Avatar.

"Korra?" WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? In an instant Asami let go of her moped and stepped over closer to her friend, she was ignoring the man who was desperately yelling and picking up the poor helpless cabbages ~~IT'S NOT LIKE THIS WAS FAMILIAR TO HER OR ANYTHING ONLY IT WAS~~.

"What are you doing here?" Wait. Weird question to ask. "What's going on?"

"I'll explain everything later." Korra spoke hurriedly, constantly looking over her shoulder. She understood why Asami would be confused. She'd been in a complete rage when she woke up by the fountain.

"We gotta find a tavern where we can hide for now. Follow me." Trusting that Asami would be right by her side, Korra took off down the street. She hated to run away from the fighting, but filling Asami in came first. She probably didn't even know what the guns were... Not to mention how she didn't even have a weapon.

Ahhh. You guys attackin' this batch a' rookies?

[Ace's voice echoed out, obscured only by gunfire and the sound of swords clashing. Standing in the middle of the square, Ace grabbed a gigantic soldier by the throat and lifted him a foot or so off the ground. The soldier thrashed, punching Ace over and over in the cheek to no visible effect. Eventually, Ace's head fell back and he began snoring loudly, eyes tightly shut. His body didn't move even an inch, despite the fact that he passed out.]

G-Get him off me! Gah! Shoot him!

Asami nodded to Korra and followed after her, but not before giving one last look to her moped. She'd have to leave it for now and get it later, if it was still there that is.

Though she couldn't help but stop at the display next to them. A man lifting a soldier in the air and quickly falling asleep. Yeah, okay. What was even happening anymore?

"Uh...shouldn't we help him?"

Korra made an obvious noise of annoyance as they passed Ace. Her fist swiped at the air, sending a concentrated gust at the soldier struggling in the now sleeping captain's hands, intending to knock him against the wall and knock him out.

"ACE! Wake up!" Did that even work? He was going to get himself killed standing around like this!

Ace's reaction was slower than pudding and dirt. He seized up for a few moments after his hand went empty. His victim flew into a wall and fell unconscious, while Ace stirred awake with a blank, distant sort of look. Turning, Ace looked right at Korra. The soldiers were too shocked by her attack to do much more than stare. The more magic they saw, the more terrified and frantic they became.

In return, Ace was left with a confused mood settling in easily, himself.

"...I was asleep." He spoke up, as if this would fix everything.

"That's really dangerous. You could have gotten hurt."

Frowning as she stated the obvious, Asami looked back and forth between the two. Oh, so they already knew each other? That at least gave an indication at how long Korra was here, sort of. Longer than her that's for sure.

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"Yeah, I noticed." Her eyes darted between Ace, Asami, and the soldiers within her sight. "Asami just got here. She's from my world. I have to explain everything to her. Think you can hold 'em off while we get somewhere safe?" His help could make it a little easier, but she also didn't want to stand here talking and practically waiting to get shot.

Ace reached up, wiping a bit of drool from the corner of his lips. If there was any indicator that standing still and talking was dangerous--it was the moment a few bullets pierces Ace's neck and chest, bursting into wide open holes, covered in flames. Ace only served the situation poorly by looking a little annoyed, looking in the direction of the ones firing.

Naturally, the Navy soldiers were a little freaked out.

"Yeah, I've got it. You do what you need," Ace raised one hand, brandishing his fingers like the barrel of a pistol. Aiming it towards the row of soldiers advancing with swords this time, Ace fired off a few rounds of fire, sending men dancing away. The square's rocky grounds were marked with fiery pock-holes. "Nice to meet you, Salami!"

...Salami? Asami opened her mouth, intending to correct Ace on her name, but decided against it. There was already too much going on, what with the Navy firing away and everything and Ace doing his firebending stuff (As she called it anywho). Asami had to shield her eyes a couple of times to avoid the small debris and smoke flying about.

"Likewise, Ace. Sorry, but now might be a good time to keep moving."

Those shots were too close a call. Korra grunted as she dug in her heels and lifted the street into a solid wall between them and the soldiers.

...Salami? Really?

"Get moving down that ally!" She pointed down an adjacent side street before giving the wall she had just bent a solid kick, sending it sliding toward the soldiers. "There's a tavern we can duck into for now!"

Asami took a couple of steps back to avoid the incoming gunfire that was skirting by rather closely, there were a few times she thought she was going to get hit, thankfully that wasn't the case. It wasn't until Korra put up the wall between them and the soldiers that her body relaxed more.

She nodded to Korra and made a dart down the alleyway. She only stopped to look back to make sure her friend was still there once she was in far enough and the noise was more faded.

Korra was right on Asami's tail, pausing only to erect a thick wall that sealed off the ally completely. It was about a story tall; the soldiers could take their time getting over it.

She nodded toward a ragged door in the side of a building, the sign over it so worn that it was impossible to read. Korra pulled open the door, the stench of rum and smoke pouring out as she stepped inside and out of the mayhem.

Her run slowed down to a crawl as she walked towards the tavern door. Good, the wall would stay there for a while. Though she frowned when she entered, the smell of rum and smoke hit her in the face. She waved a hand to keep the actual smoke from getting in her eyes before finally turning to Korra.

"That was too close." Her voice showed some frustration, but it wasn't directed a Korra obviously. Just the entire situation. "So what's going on now? Where are we?"

"Tell me about it." Korra finally began to breathe easy as she entered the tavern and took a moment to bend out some of the bad air. She had never gotten used to the stench of rum.

"This is Isla Empieza. It's where everyone shows up at first." Oh, this is going to take so much explaining. "Basically... People have been showing up here for a while. I got here about two months ago. This is supposed to be our hub island, but the Navy took over, and they don't like the people who came from the other worlds because we sail around unregistered." A mouthful, but Korra wasn't the best storyteller. "And now we're trying to take it back, because we knew that you guys would be showing up under their occupation." She paused to let that part sink in.

"So...this is like the Spirit World?" Okay she knew it wasn't exactly like that, but the Spirit World was the only other different world back home that she knew of, so it was the only thing she could compare Isla Empieza to. The rest was an earful to take in, but once thought about some more Asami was able to put everything together. Why they were assaulted made sense now, not that it made it right. She was starting to get a weird deja vu feeling.

"What do you mean sailing around unregistered?" Yes Korra, she was going to have a lot of questions to ask.

"It's... not," Korra said with a sigh. "It's not even connected to the Spirit World. What ties I do have have disappeared completely. It's like an entirely different universe here."

As for the ships...

"Supposedly, the only thing that can get us home is some crystal that's scattered in shards all over the place. So we have to sail around and collect the shards, but we have to do it... outside the law. We're organized into crews. That... guy we saw? Ace? He's... my captain." And Korra was now realizing that he hadn't exactly made a brilliant first impression.

"Obviously, the Navy isn't too fond of us."

Asami wanted to say that none of this made any sense, but that would be stating the obvious. Of course none of it did. She didn't even remember if she was asleep or working on something else before arriving, she just...showed up.

Sailing and crews? Hmmm. "I heard something about pirates. I'm guess they're referring to us then." Ah. Right, the fire user. "He's your captain?"

Yes. Yes he is.

"No, it didn't seem that way." Not with how they attacked them. There was one last pause from her before something a realization finally came to her. "What about Mako and Bolin? Or any of the others?"

Korra's shoulders drooped at the mention of Mako and Bolin.

"No sign of them. And it actually gets crazier- Master Katara and Sokka were here a while back. But they were younger than we are! Like... Hundred Year War younger! It took us a while to figure it out, but whatever's sucking us here, it's doing it from different times."

Which reminded her. Korra jumped slightly as she came to a realization.

"...When are you from?" She suddenly looked directly at Asami. At least she recognized Korra. That was a start.

That...was really strange. She supposed stranger things could have happened, but- No, she was pretty sure that was it so far.

When was she from?

"You," She paused, trying to think this over, especially after everything Korra said. "you fought your uncle in the Spirit World and kept the portals open afterwards."

There was more obviously, but that was the gist of it. "Do you remember any of that?"

Korra's eyes widened, and she opened her mouth, but no words came out.

"Well... I just came back from the spirit portal... But there wasn't a fight." How did Asami even know about that? And portals? She hadn't gotten to the Northern one yet, unless Asami really was from the future.

It would have made sense, seeing how long Korra had been gone, but then again, if Asami had lived out more time and Korra hadn't been there...

Nope. She was confused.

"Oh! I left on the Winter Solstice! You're from then, right?" Right?

"I...think I'm from after that?" Asami had heard the details from Mako and Bolin about the Winter Solstice despite not being there herself, but as of now she wasn't sure if maybe Korra went back to the portals some time in the future after her own time?

No. She would remember the fight if that were the case.

She sighed as she shut her eyes and lowered her head. "Sorry, this really is confusing. A lot happened after that."

"Tell me about it." Korra slouched in her chair and pouted, frowning at the floor as if it was withholding the answers.

"I guess... we just have to focus on the present, then." That was how she had looked at things from day one. Solve the situation at hand. She looked back up to Asami. "Ace'll be fine with you joining up with us, if you... don't mind being called Salami for a while." She couldn't help it. Korra let out a poorly stifled laugh as she thought of the unintentional nickname.

With the mention of different time frames, Asami's mind couldn't help but wander to Future Industries. She was already having trouble enough keeping the company at bay with her there and now here she was in a different world with a Navy and a bunch of pirates. What did that mean for the company?

But she couldn't focus on that for now as much as it pained her, the Avatar was right, focusing on the present was the only option. She raised an eyebrow in confusion as Korra mentioned the nickname. Oh right, that.

"That's...just a nickname, right?" Surely he knew her real name? RIGHT?

Korra hesitated for a long moment.

"To be honest, I'm... not really sure. If he keeps it up, I'll... remind him that it's not Salami." Another small snort. "Ace can be... kinda crazy. He's a good captain, though. And some kind of firebender, though... not really. It's more like his body's made of fire."

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