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INDEFINITE HIATUS

THANK YOU!!

dcthething:

    He watched her for a moment longer, lips scornfully pursed, before accepting the repeated apology and moving forward to take his position. Fingers found a tight grip on his own club, tested its aim alongside the ball elevated from the ground. And then he SWUNG. With nice form. A brilliant arc. A gaze alight with determination, eager to follow where the stroke had landed its prey.

    Only to peer down and see he had completely MISSED.

    Hesitating for only a second, the businessman regathered himself before pivoting to face his assistant. “There, see that? Perfect demonstration of the RIGHT kind of swing.” Varrick leaned his weight on his club, waved a hand to welcome Zhu Li to his side. “Come over here and have another go. I’ll show you up close and personal how it’s done.”

thegreatunxter:

    Her patience, already thin and BRITTLE as it was, somehow weakened, increasingly bending on the verge of a SNAP that would send anyone else victim to her leer bolting to the nearest door. But he held fast, regarded her like one who seemed all but OBLIVIOUS to her anger despite noticing it within mere seconds of bothering her with his presence. She hadn’t always been like this, Varrick realized. Or certainly not to this EXTREME.

    No, they had never been close. Heck, she was a bit of a distant type from the start, even to those who cared most about her. To Suyin. At one point in time, however, Varrick swore it took a lot LESS to cause even the twitch of a smile on her lips.

    “‘Mother hen’? I can’t even take care of myself--ya think I’d try to MOTHER someone else?” He wrinkled his nose, waved a dismissive hand in a belated response to her initial order. “Zhu Li’s cleaning up my work space. You would not BELIEVE how disorganized that place gets--I can barely figure out where anything is anymore.” Of course, never would the inventor admit--or consciously realize--the fault rested on HIS shoulders in that case.

    “So, not much I can DO while she’s in my way, is there? I was trying this thing called ‘conversation.’ It can be entertaining once you get the hang of it.”

 opalbeifxng:

    Almost EMBARRASSINGLY so, the inventor hadn’t quite gotten that far in his calculations. Rather, went TOO far before first taking the time to consider the functionality of his latest venture. For a series of long and quiet moments after the new airbender’s gentle skepticism, he managed nothing more than a long stare, appearing ANNOYED initially in the crease of his brows. But then his expression smoothed, and he hummed within a slow nod.

    “You MAY have a point, there.” Varrick SCRUTINIZED the device, turning it over a few times within his hands. “Well whatever, it was a prototype anyway. I’ll have Zhu Li look at it.” Without waiting for a response, he stowed it away, folded his arms while still considering the other. Swift in changing the subject, “So, ya ready for your big training gig with the MASTER himself?”

airmischief:

    “Well SURE, if you wanna call it crazy. Protective, maybe? That might fit better--careful what you call your girl behind her back. These women have eyes and ears EVERYWHERE.” He paused, then, lips tightening into a grim line as he took to sweeping his surroundings for any SIGN of the topic of discussion. Satisfied with the result, “But that’s not what I meant. What I MEAN is that she’s the oldest of three--wait, four, right?--siblings so she KNOWS how to wrangle people when she needs to. Don’t want to MESS with that. Yet you’ve got that handled like a CHAMP.”

levinlcght:

    Vague as his suggestion had been, that played no hand in the way his lips pursed into a POUT, seemingly EXASPERATED at the minor misinterpretation of words that had already been unclear. “We’re not GOING anywhere.” He said this as though it was obvious.”At least not anytime SOON. Yeesh–I just got here. All I’m doing is offering you some FREE boarding and GOOD tea that you won’t find in an inn.”

gentlewiind:

    “Yes! Exactly what I was thinking. See? We’re already on the SAME page, now.” Promptly, and as if the young bender hadn’t offended him mere seconds prior, his JOVIAL nature returned, face illuminated by a grin like an excited CHILD. Rather unlike Jinora, though, he had already seen well past the issue of what one would call a “third wheel.” In fact, without even first securing her ASSISTANCE, the eccentric man had plotted out nearly everything to minute details.

    He just had a knack for assuming his ideas would always WORK.

    “So here’s the plan–” Again, he moved in. Not quite as CLOSE as before, but enough so that it was almost as if they were exchanging a SECRET. “You take me into the spirit world first. Y’know, get me acquainted with where everything is, where to go, where NOT to go, make sure we won’t get KILLED–that whole deal. And then once that’s all taken care of, I can act as the guide we’ll be needing when I take Zhu Li.” He straightened up after the pitch, hands clasped in front of himself as if WITHHOLDING his enthusiasm.

    “What’d’ya say?”

opalbeifxng:

    Greeted with a friendly smile by the young bender, the manner of his expression became for more pleasant, if not EXCITED the instant she prodded deeper into his inquiry. He straightened, rocking on his heels as if barely capable of quelling his fervor. “Don’t WORRY--it’s nothing bad.” Revealing a handheld device from behind his back, “I’m working on a thing for Korra right now: a little gift to help her hunt down all of those airbenders she’s looking for.” His brows lifted, lips parting to flash the whites of his teeth in a wider grin. “Think you can do one of those WHOOSH thingies into this? Help a guy out?”