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[usedwaterpulse]

[ The camera feed starts off a bit shaky. Inexperienced paws are handling the device, Katara's Riolu, Arnook. Oh hey look, there's Katara! Rolling backwards on... uh... her... roller blades...

Shouting out a panicked-- ]

Whoah, whoah, whoah! Wrong way, wrong way!

[ And then she's gone again, but you'll definitely hear a sound like someone crashing into bushes, followed by a very loud-- ]

Ow! Augh-- stupid--! Why can't I get this right?!

[ Annnnd then the feed whips around to show Katara in her Ace trainer attire and roller blades trying to get UNSTUCK from the bush she just landed in... backwards. There's a lot of snickering from the other side of the gear.

It seemed like a good idea at the time to FINALLY test out her roller blades, but... ]

[ Oh, oh, oh, BUT WAIT. Katara has noticed the snickering! ] Arnook?! Were you recording me?! TURN THAT-- [ STATIC. ]

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[greatbigrock]

_{[He probably accidentally turned the feed on in his laughing. Because this is funny. All of this is very funny.]}

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[usedwaterpulse]

[ Oh abject humiliation. Have a really, really dry tone in reply really familiar guy I think I might've seen in a dream and almost drowned once. ] What's so funny? [ In that same warning tone she gave Sokka that one time she totally deserved the pure karma she ate. ]

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[greatbigrock]

_{[And in response he immediately clears his throat and cleans up his act, because - yeah really familiar girl he might've seen in a dream who almost drowned him once. ... HM. He can't help a smirk lurking in his face, though. and he also can't help getting smart, apparently.]}

Oh, just, you know- the whole ... lack of balance part.

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[duncansdontsing]

[Well well well, check out this familiar face...as he's laughing his ass off.]

Way to nail the landing, dorkette!

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[usedwaterpulse]

[ SEE WHAT YOU DID, Y U DO DIS ARNOOK?! ]

Gee, thanks.

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[duncansdontsing]

Don't get all bent outta shape, princess, crashin's part of the fun! Just wait 'til you get your first real wipeout.

[And he doesn't say that at all sarcastically. Maybe fondly remembering crashes is a guy thing. Or just a Duncan thing.]

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[newberktown]

[Look, Katara! Someone's actually not laughing at you! Hiccup actually seems to be in awe.

...Spoilers: he doesn't know how to modern, either.]

Wow, you were pretty fast there! I want some of those wheel shoes...

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[usedwaterpulse]

[ Color Katara Legitimately Surprised ® here. Also throw in some pink while you're at it. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE WATCHING THE NETWORK JUST NOW?! ]

I wouldn't recommend trying to copy that. [ Admitted a bit sheepishly, she's up right by now at least. Standing like a backwards duck, but still. HI HICCUP. Have an embarrassed smile. ] I think Sakura called them Roller Blades.

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[newberktown]

Roller blades... I wonder why they're called that.

[He's not looking at all deterred by your failure. HE WANTS TO GO FAST, OKAY.]

Was it fun? Before you, uh, crashed into the bush?

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[exeggutorhead]

[Give Envy a minute before he can actually say anything; he's laughing too hard.]

Heh, I wouldn't know, but I think you're--haha--supposed to be going forwards.

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[usedwaterpulse]

[ YOU. HUFF HUFF. ]

GEE, what EVER would I do without your brilliant advice, Envy? [ Who is the most embarrassed?

Katara is the most embarrassed. ]

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[exeggutorhead]

Well, you might not have fallen into a bush, for one.

[As though he would have done any better.]

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[comeatmibro]

[ Miyuki's snickering, but she at least looks sympathetic. ]

They're not as easy as they look. My friend's awesome on 'em, though. Maybe she can, like, give you some tips?

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[usedwaterpulse]

[ Katara is just blushing horribly and looking self conscious but rolling with it very punny, mundane. ] Thanks, I'll take any help I can get.

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[comeatmibro]

Hehe. I'll show her this video! [ And laugh about it, probably. ]

Don't sweat it, sis.

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[vulpesvivus]

...Do you need some help?

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[usedwaterpulse]

[ Looking up, Oh goody now my embarrassment is live. ;~; ]

Please...? [ The most embarrassed. ]

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[thewhite_symphony]

Katara!

[ Worried Lacus. ]

Are you hurt?! Please ... please answer ...

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[usedwaterpulse]

I'm alright, Lacus, nothing was hurt except for maybe my pride. [ She doesn't count the prickle of the bushes as "hurt" so this is truth. Finally she just calls out Kishi, who gives her a neck-up as well as someone to lean on and hold onto. Arnook, dedicated as ever, continues rolling. ]

Whew...! I thought I'd never get out of that thing. Roller blading is harder than it looks.

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[the_whitequeen]

[ Lacus is visibly relieved to see that Katara was alright. ] I do understand. I honestly can't roller blade either ...

... and I admit that I never really had the inclination to try it either. Why the sudden interest in rollerblading, Katara?

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[chemistryinmotion]

[Annnd since Wally doesn't have a job in Ecruteak and he's probably got a shitton of money saved up from working in Goldenrod, he is currently... not doing anything. Maybe actually training his Pokemon for a change. In any case, he's around when this happens because yes. Also, don't think he's not laughing. Because he is. But he's coming over to help you out of that bush if you're still stuck in it.]

Need a hand there, Katara?

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[usedwaterpulse]

[ Somehow she's more embarrassed than annoyed that Wally is laughing. Probably because he's not a total stranger who is not-bothering-to-hide his amusement at her plight and she knows he'll actually help her up.

So rather than subject herself to any further undignified struggles she'll offer a sort of mortified look. ] That might be nice. I don't think I'm getting out of here on my own.

[ And she's not too proud to admit it. ]

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[foreveraclone]

What... are you doing?

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[usedwaterpulse]

[ At least he's not laughing. ]

Well, I was trying to teach myself to use these roller blades, but that isn't going so well. [ She's apparently bad at teaching herself much besides waterbending, really. ]

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[foreveraclone]

[he quirks his brows a bit. pardon him as he thinks of some kind of rolling thing with blades on it.] Roller blades?