cyclicality | Welcome to Republic City!

It was a bright and sunny normal day in Republic City. Children were playing, spirits were chirping about, and everything was going along like normal. Well at least that's what everyone seemed to think. That is until so many people seemed to be appearing out of nowhere. For some reason Republic City seemed to be more lively and the crowds bigger.

The spirits have grown restless as if something important was about to change, and to try to fix that change, the spirits with their big long tree like limbs dragged people into the world left and right. Even the vines covering Republic City seemed to help. Although the spirits had the best intentions in mind, some people were more affected by the grab than others. There's talk that people in this city don't even know what this place is. People who have never heard of the words "bender" or "non-bender."

Welcome to Republic City! And to those who already live here: Happy Saturday. Please make yourselves at home and don't mind a little spirit gunk. It's mostly harmless. Go enjoy yourself a classic mover. Maybe you're the athletic type. If that's the case, come watch a few Pro-bending matches or form your own team. Just watch out for any Satomobiles. They can be deadly no matter how pretty the driver is.

Please remember to enjoy your stay and don't cause too much trouble. The Republic City Police don't need more riffraff to take care of. And don't stray too far. To make the the peace is kept, there's a huge spirit barrier around the perimeter of the city. It seems pretty strong, but it won't be able to last forever. Still, it's worrying. Radio signals and telegraphs don't seem to be getting past it.

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[Good thing she's brought a copy of the paper with her. Korra hands it over, expression grim.]

Look at the date, Mako.

[It's several weeks after what either of them should remember. And if he scans the front page, he'll see some speculations about the terrorist group and what injuries Avatar Korra might have sustained in the fight to have needed such a long recovery time.]

[Taking it the paper, almost warily, Mako looks it over. The date's further along than he's expecting.

His eyes narrow as he goes over the lines. Zaheer incarcerated, Korra poisoned, unable to wal-

Mako wraps up the paper in his gloved hands and looks over at Korra. His expression changing minimally. He doesn't even want to think of that mental image. Not when he was on his way to get her back. They had a plan and the element of surprise.]

How much of that happened to you?

None of it, actually. All I remember is dad and I fighting Zaheer, and him knocking me out with his air bending.

[Korra's jaw clenches as she folds her arms over her chest. She hates how constricted she'd been in those chains, and how they'd held her back when her dad was in danger.]

After that, I woke up here, on Aang Memorial Island.

[He closes his eyes and lets out quiet exhale. Whatever the hell happened afterwards is shoved from his mind. If it she didn't experience any of it, then he can leave it at that.

Doesn't mean the concern doesn't show when he opens his eyes.

But he doesn't want her to think about it either.]

I woke up at the department. Lin's missing, so's Saikhan. More cases like them are coming in. Reports of new foreigners too. Everything's insane.

Tenzin’s missing, too. And the rest of his family. [Korra stares at Mako, expression worried.] Jinora’s the only one left right now.

Did they say anything else at the department?

[She’s hoping for any kind of theory or plan—something that she can just jump into right away.]

[Mako closes his eyes, shakes his head and then opens them back up again.]

No searches have turned up any of the missing cases and we can’t contact anyone outside of Republic City. The barrier’s interfering with radio, telephone lines telegraphs; we can’t even use messenger hawks.

[He takes a deep breath and stands just a bit straighter.]

But we’ll figure something out.

[The barrier’s interfering with the radio…that couldn’t be anything good. With communication completely cut off, they’ll have no way of checking if there’s trouble elsewhere in the world.

Seeing how Mako’s keeping himself calm makes Korra square her shoulders, too. She can’t panic, not when there’s trouble that needs to be taken care of her.]

You’re right. We’ll figure something out. [We always do. Korra smiles at him.] Want to help me take a look at this barrier?

[The smile goes a long after reading that newspaper. They can get through this.]

Yeah, I haven't seen it up close yet. I'm sure my department would like to have a more detailed report than what we've got.

Let's go.

[Whatever's happening with the city, at least she'll have her friends at her side. Korra glances at the spirits, still hovering to the side, then back at Mako.]

Did the department figure out how far out the barrier goes yet?

Up to the inlet of the bay, cutting us off from the ocean itself. Makes a perfect circle around the city.

[All spoken like he read it off the report sheet itself. But his tone changes when he looks at Korra.]

Others were thinking you might be able to do something with it. But I think it's just like the vines. That thing hasn't budged for anyone.

Welcome to Republic City!

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