fashionably_strong | 2nd shopping trip [Video, filtered from Vegeta]

Hey everyone! I've already got Mother's Day covered for celebrating with my mom, but things are a little trickier with my dad. I've been thinking about it and the thing that would make him the happiest would be if I spent the whole day training with him. He's a super strong martial artist and it's his favourite thing to do.

[Which will be a real labour of love. There's no way she'd willingly subject herself to anything close to what her father would consider a good amount of training on a regular basis.]

I've already been getting some training, but I've never gone all out and trained for a whole day straight.

[It's never appealed to her before. Not even remotely. Regular exercise is one thing, and dancing is fun. 8+ consecutive hours of intense training is something she'll need to work herself up to if she's going to be able to move the next day.]

So...I was hoping to find people that would be willing to spar with me. I want to get strong enough to protect little kids that get drafted and I want to make my dad's Father's Day really special. I'm pretty durable and I can fly, so you don't need to worry about me being too fragile to handle it.

[She smiles and waves.]

Thanks a bunch in advance. In return, I'll give makeovers and fashion advice to anyone who wants it.

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[ Wow...she is pretty small. Korra wonders how much she's going to need to tone down her skills. Still, she waves in greeting as she approaches. ]

Hey! You made it, great.

Do you want to start with just doing a demonstration for each other? I'll show you flying and you can show me bending.

[And then they can decide if it's a powers sparring session or powers free.]

[ YES. She grins and claps her hands together. ]

Yeah, show me your flying!

[Bulla concentrates for a second and then takes to the air. She circles around Korra a few feet of the ground before she gets an idea.]

Give me your hands and I'll fly you around a bit.

[ Bewildered, Korra steps closer, offering her hands. ]

Sure you can carry me?

Of course. You don't look heavy.

[Sure enough, Bulla grabs Korra's hands and pulls her up in the air so that her feet are just two feet from the ground. The motion is quite effortless, revealing some of the hidden strength in those skinny little arms of hers.]

Whoa! [ SERIOUSLY. She was not expecting that. Korra grins at the surprising show of strength as they hover in the air. ] That's incredible!

[Bulla lifts Korra just a few more feet up and flies along for about ten meters before gently setting her down back on her feet. She lands a few seconds later.]

So that was my flying. Your turn to show me your bending, Korra.

[ She's still grinning broadly when they land, stepping back and stretching out her limbs. ]

Got it. Which do you want to see first? Earth, fire, or water?

Hmm...show me firebending.

[All three of them sound interesting, but fire jumps out at her as being the most interesting of the three.]

Okay!

[ Korra takes a step back and shifts her aim to the left, bending out an impressive set of fire blasts. ]

[Bulla watches with interest. She's seen ki blasts before and she's seen fire, but she's never seen fire produced by a person before.]

Wow! I'd say that was cool, but...well. Fire.

[ Korra chuckles. ] And that's not all! Check this out. [ She threads some water out a skin on her hip, a long tendril of liquid snaking through the air. ]

[It's fascinating, watching Korra make the water move around in a graceful arc.]

All right, that settles it. If there's ever a water fight in Luceti, I want you on my team.

[ She grins. ] And I've got one more trick. [ She threads the water back into her water skin, before bending a nearby boulder into the air and punching it away. ]

[Bulla smiles.]

I bet that's a good way to get jerks to back off. Or any kind of bending, really, but punching a rock has that extra "Leave me alone or this is going to be your face" effect.

[ She dusts off her hands, setting down the rock. ]

Yeah, it does. No one dares to mess with me.

[ Except for Amon and the Equalists, buuuut that's another story. ]

That's handy. People generally don't mess with me, but my dad and big brother are both amazing martial artists, my mom is a genius inventor and my family is wealthy so people not messing with me isn't because I'm all that amazing.

[There are plenty of other reasons not to mess with her than her itty bitty fists of fury. In fact, those barely factor into the equation, even if she's more capable of laying down the smackdown than she believes she is.]

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Wow, sounds like quite the family. [ Korra thinks of her own parents - ordinary with a meager household, and she wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Still, Bulla's family sounded neat. ]

Well, in case they do, I can teach you a few non-bending things I know.

I'm really proud of them.

[Bulla smiles at the praise of her family]

I can sort of use ki for attacking, but I'm not very good at it. I'm better at using it for flying. When do you want to meet, Korra?

How's tomorrow? I'm free after airbending training.

(ooc: I am an airhead and wrote that tag without looking at their prior thread. >_< Can we retcon that to "when do you want to meet next?")

Sounds good to me. Maybe you can teach me a few things now and then we can do a bit of friendly sparring to test what I've learned?

[She's not entirely confident in her fighting prowess, but she knows she can handle the basics. If they're using powers, flying at least makes her better than average at dodging.]

Yeah, that sounds great! I'll plan on it.

[ Korra is eager to see more of what she can do. ]

Okay, so let's begin. I know some basics, but I'm curious about what you're going to teach me.

[She knows more than enough to take out any would be purse thieves and other common thugs.]

Back home, it was important to learn how to be quick on my feet and fight a variety of opponents, with and without bending. [ Benders, nonbenders, equalists. Each one fought differently. ] I learned a bit of the Kyoshi Warrior technique with the White Lotus. It's all about using your opponent's strength against them.

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