baby ballbuster

[anatural]

When; March 9-10
Rating; PG
Characters; Korra, Hei, Tohru, Jinora, Lin Bei Fong, Miles, and anyone else who wants in
Summary; Korra's been bb!fied. Again.
Log; She's just getting off of work when the curse hits. One moment she's glaring murder at some lecher dumb enough to leer at her, and the next she's four years old.

The people of the Underground are familiar enough with curses. They just laugh at the little ballbuster. One of them takes advantage of her size and confusion to pick her up.

"LET ME GO!" she screams, and bursts of flame shoot from her flailing hands. The crowd jumps back to avoid the fire, but they stick around, still laughing.

Korra tries earthbending, and manages to hit one man with a rock to the crotch. The crowd doubles over.

"Now she's a real ball buster!" someone shouts.

The little girl struggles and screams and uses all the bending she knows, but she can't break free.

Comments

Saturday - closed to Hei <333

[mortemscintilla]

[ He glances at Korra with a solemn look, eyebrows raised. Aha. No pet Naga yet, then. ] This one isn't. It's friendly. It especially likes playing with kids. [ re: With kids who are its owner. Still holding her, he falls into step in the direction of the beach-house. ] There are other animals too. Cats. Sheep. It's almost a zoo. [ His words, his tone, echo amiably off her distressed silence. He doesn't have enough energy to do cheerful -- not for much longer. But it seems important to set her mind at ease. ]

Saturday - closed to Hei <333

[anatural]

[She's not sure she believes him that this polar bear dog is nice. And she's not sure if she feels up to seeing cats and sheep for the first time. She doesn't want playtime or adventures now. She just wants her mommy.

She buries her head in the crook of his shoulder.]

I want my mommy.

[It's not a demand, just a sleepy complaint.]

Saturday - closed to Hei <333

[mortemscintilla]

[ Hei smoothes the hair from her forehead, then hefts her more securely into his encircling arm. The small weight of her somehow feels sad and heavy though she is so very light; her scent is a strange cousin to older-Korra's, but with that sweetness of pre-adolescence, before the pores get clogged up and the sweat turns rank. It's that scent that summons such depressing childhood memories, he realizes -- and tries to shake it off. Except it's easier said than done. You can transition to healing in some parts of your life; Amber's decision, his own, Heaven's War, the Syndicate -- Hei is slowly coming to accept all those facts. But it didn't have enough of an effect on the other parts. He keeps learning that, over and over, with Pai. ]

[ Eventually, quietly, ] Get some sleep. You've had a long day. [ There's a few things in his life that he'll never learn how to address (or, in most cases, will never deprogram his mind out of). But walking at a swift and balanced gait to not disturb a sleepy girl-child: he's very good at that. He's prepared to carry her until she passes out -- and he's gotten her home. ]

Saturday - closed to Hei <333

[anatural]

[She makes a quiet sound of assent, already two thirds asleep. The gentle touch to her hair, his quiet voice and the warm arm around her all conspire to make her feel safe again.

Before long, she's drifted off -- if not quite happy, then at the very least content.]