Korra/Yue Fic 1
The Challenge: To produce good fanfic for the increasingly popular Korra/Yue romantic pairing, despite Korra herself being a mystery.
Prompt 1: ASN's TyLuko4Ever asked for "Journey to the Moon"
The Big Cheese
The Sky Above is the playground of the Spirits. It is where the greatest of them ascend to discover new planes of existence, where they leave behind the shackles of the physical world to enjoy a state of pure energy. It is easy, in the darkness between the Storied Stars, to forget the petty machinations of Humanity. As they grow and fight and wither and die, it is all too natural to think them no different from the animals they claim dominion over.
Usually.
A metal sphere, the stylized wave patterns of the Water Tribes shaped into its hull, hurtled through the void and smacked to a halt on the lunar surface of the Moon. The force of the sudden stop very nearly flipped the pod around into a roll, but at the last second, its weight was enough to pull it back into place. It settled into stillness with a hollow ringing.
A hatch popped open on the side, and a streak of blue and brown and AWESOME emerged to traverse the surface of the Moon.
"Woooooooooooooooo!" the blur yelled into the eternal night. "Wooooooooooooo!"
After a few minutes, the blur finally settled into the shape of a pony-tailed teenage girl. Although she was standing still, her bare muscular arms wouldn't stop pumping upwards into the void. "I did it! Slush yeah!"
She turned in place, searching the nebula-stained sky, and halted when she spotted the Earth rising on the horizon. An accusing finger rushed out to point at it. "They said it wasn't possible! They said Steampunk technology couldn't fly in space! They said Avatars are too Fantasy to have a Sci-Fi adventure! Well, they can suck my ICICLE! Avatar Korra: slush yeah!"
She gave another victory lap around her space capsule, throwing out a few more, "Woos!" for the sheer joy of it.
Eventually, that grew old. She slowed into a jog, and then an easy amble, before her heavy boots rested flat on the Moon's surface. "Now what?"
The silence of space was Korra's only answer.
"Well, that's hardly fair. I didn't come all this way to sit around in the dark. Anyone there?"
No one claimed that honor.
"Huh. Guess I'll just start lighting things on fire, then. That's always fun."
At that point, a shimmering human figure coalesced in front of the Avatar. The ghost-life being was similar in features to Korra, except her hair was as white as newfallen snow. "Do you think you could keep it down?” she said. “It's a new moon tonight, and I was hoping to catch up on my sleep."
Korra grinned and leveled an accusatory finger at the ghost girl. "Aliens! I have discovered extraterrestrial life!"
The ghost raised an incorporeal hand to massage the incorporeal temples of her incorporeal head. "I'm a Spirit. Aliens are too sci-fi for this franchise."
"Aw. I wanted to meet a Moon Man."
"I guess a Moon Maiden will have to do. I'm Yue, very pleased to meet you. Thank you for stopping by, have a nice trip back."
"Back?" Korra's face fell. She ran a hand over her ponytail. "I came all this way just for a few minutes? Maybe we could have some fun before I go? Are you a bender? You can teach me an awesome ancient Spirit Bending attack! Or, you could reveal some secrets that Man Was Not Meant to Know. Just a few; I can handle them, 'cause I'm a chick. Not a man. Whatever the little brats back home say."
"Secrets?" Yue considered that, her face settling into a confused pout. "Um, the moon isn't made of cheese?"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. Because it's me. The Moon, I mean. I'm the Moon."
"Oh." Korra casually stretched her arms above her head, looking around as she did so. "No cheese, huh? Bummer. I could have gone for some Swiss. Love the stuff, especially with bacon."
"Yes, well, life is full of disappointments. Like mine, when I died just after I discovered boys. So, off you go, then. How do you launch your capsule?"
"Oh, I just put it in a giant rock-catapult and Earthbend it to shoot. Only I can do it, because I'm the Avatar." She grinned at Yue and snapped her fingers. "And as far as Avatars go, I'm wicked cool."
Yue hardly heard her. "Earthbend? But... the moon isn't made of Earth. It's made of hard light given substance by my extra-natural existence."
"Huh." Korra looked back at her capsule, then over to Yue. "Guess I’m stuck here, then."
Yue's incorporeal face fell like a very corporal rock. "Stuck here?"
"Until we come up with another idea, yeah." Her grin grew wider, and she stretched her arms again, this time arcing her back in a way that tightened her tunic against her body. "So, how you doin'? I've always wanted to make out with an alien!"
Yue whimpered.
END
Prompt 1: ASN's TyLuko4Ever asked for "Journey to the Moon"
The Big Cheese
The Sky Above is the playground of the Spirits. It is where the greatest of them ascend to discover new planes of existence, where they leave behind the shackles of the physical world to enjoy a state of pure energy. It is easy, in the darkness between the Storied Stars, to forget the petty machinations of Humanity. As they grow and fight and wither and die, it is all too natural to think them no different from the animals they claim dominion over.
Usually.
A metal sphere, the stylized wave patterns of the Water Tribes shaped into its hull, hurtled through the void and smacked to a halt on the lunar surface of the Moon. The force of the sudden stop very nearly flipped the pod around into a roll, but at the last second, its weight was enough to pull it back into place. It settled into stillness with a hollow ringing.
A hatch popped open on the side, and a streak of blue and brown and AWESOME emerged to traverse the surface of the Moon.
"Woooooooooooooooo!" the blur yelled into the eternal night. "Wooooooooooooo!"
After a few minutes, the blur finally settled into the shape of a pony-tailed teenage girl. Although she was standing still, her bare muscular arms wouldn't stop pumping upwards into the void. "I did it! Slush yeah!"
She turned in place, searching the nebula-stained sky, and halted when she spotted the Earth rising on the horizon. An accusing finger rushed out to point at it. "They said it wasn't possible! They said Steampunk technology couldn't fly in space! They said Avatars are too Fantasy to have a Sci-Fi adventure! Well, they can suck my ICICLE! Avatar Korra: slush yeah!"
She gave another victory lap around her space capsule, throwing out a few more, "Woos!" for the sheer joy of it.
Eventually, that grew old. She slowed into a jog, and then an easy amble, before her heavy boots rested flat on the Moon's surface. "Now what?"
The silence of space was Korra's only answer.
"Well, that's hardly fair. I didn't come all this way to sit around in the dark. Anyone there?"
No one claimed that honor.
"Huh. Guess I'll just start lighting things on fire, then. That's always fun."
At that point, a shimmering human figure coalesced in front of the Avatar. The ghost-life being was similar in features to Korra, except her hair was as white as newfallen snow. "Do you think you could keep it down?” she said. “It's a new moon tonight, and I was hoping to catch up on my sleep."
Korra grinned and leveled an accusatory finger at the ghost girl. "Aliens! I have discovered extraterrestrial life!"
The ghost raised an incorporeal hand to massage the incorporeal temples of her incorporeal head. "I'm a Spirit. Aliens are too sci-fi for this franchise."
"Aw. I wanted to meet a Moon Man."
"I guess a Moon Maiden will have to do. I'm Yue, very pleased to meet you. Thank you for stopping by, have a nice trip back."
"Back?" Korra's face fell. She ran a hand over her ponytail. "I came all this way just for a few minutes? Maybe we could have some fun before I go? Are you a bender? You can teach me an awesome ancient Spirit Bending attack! Or, you could reveal some secrets that Man Was Not Meant to Know. Just a few; I can handle them, 'cause I'm a chick. Not a man. Whatever the little brats back home say."
"Secrets?" Yue considered that, her face settling into a confused pout. "Um, the moon isn't made of cheese?"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. Because it's me. The Moon, I mean. I'm the Moon."
"Oh." Korra casually stretched her arms above her head, looking around as she did so. "No cheese, huh? Bummer. I could have gone for some Swiss. Love the stuff, especially with bacon."
"Yes, well, life is full of disappointments. Like mine, when I died just after I discovered boys. So, off you go, then. How do you launch your capsule?"
"Oh, I just put it in a giant rock-catapult and Earthbend it to shoot. Only I can do it, because I'm the Avatar." She grinned at Yue and snapped her fingers. "And as far as Avatars go, I'm wicked cool."
Yue hardly heard her. "Earthbend? But... the moon isn't made of Earth. It's made of hard light given substance by my extra-natural existence."
"Huh." Korra looked back at her capsule, then over to Yue. "Guess I’m stuck here, then."
Yue's incorporeal face fell like a very corporal rock. "Stuck here?"
"Until we come up with another idea, yeah." Her grin grew wider, and she stretched her arms again, this time arcing her back in a way that tightened her tunic against her body. "So, how you doin'? I've always wanted to make out with an alien!"
Yue whimpered.
END