Burning Sands
A Legend of Korra thingy for Rabolin Week 2013
By
EvilFuzzy9
A/N: Woo, the final prompt for Rabolin Week.
Prompt Five:
TRYOUTS
"NEXT!"
A lean, young-looking man of Water Tribe descent walked forward.
"Hello," he said quietly, "I am Anik. I'm here to audition for the position of the Fire Ferret waterbender."
A stern, bespectacled young woman with her hair done up in a bun eyed Anik critically. She pushed her glasses up on the bridge of her nose.
"What are your qualifications?" she asked him coolly.
Anik shifted nervously. "Well, I've studied the art for since I was a boy, and I have always wanted to be a probender..."
"I didn't ask for your life story," the woman rebuffed him. "Just your qualifications. Why should Bolin take you on as a teammate?"
The young man shifted on his feet nervously, looking to be getting rather anxiously.
"Um... er... well..."
"You are dismissed," said the woman, Umi, icily. "You obviously possess a lack of confidence, likely stemming from a sense of inferiority. Whether this is justified or not, the Fire Ferrets do not need someone who breaks down under pressure so quickly."
Anik gaped at her, eyes wide. He looked utterly flabbergasted, and it took the heavyset, broadshouldered young woman seated next to the team captain Bolin shouting "NEXT!" for him to get the hint and move along, shamefaced.
This time, a girl stepped forward. She had pale, cream and peach-colored skin with chocolate brown hair and matching dark eyes. She also had an offensively perfect hourglass figure and a flawlessly smooth and clear complexion.
"Hiya!" she said cheerfully. "Hanabi here! I wanna audition for the part of the Fire Ferrets' firebender~!"
Umi looked over to her friend and captain Adi, who scowled darkly at the undeniably attractive lass.
"What are your qualifications?" the leader of the Red Sands Rabaroos asked Hanabi.
"Weeeell," said Hanabi, "I do have this degree from the Red Dragon Firebending Academy certifying me as the top of my class, and then there's also the stint I did in the navy, as well as my other degree from the Republic City Lightningbending Academy, where I was also the top of my class..."
Bolin whistled. "Wow, that sounds pretty impressive!" he said. Hanabi blushed.
"Aw, shucks, it's nothing much~" she tittered girlishly. "I'm not really that good of a firebender, no matter what General Iroh might tell you..."
Adi glared at the girl, who she saw as obviously and shamelessly flirting with Bolin.
"I'll be the judge of that," she muttered darkly, getting up from her chair and moving into a probending stance. Then she shot a fireball the size of a minivan at the girl, causing her to squeal in terror before turning tail and fleeing.
Adi harrumphed and went back to her seat.
Ula shouted "NEXT!"
In walked a Water Tribe girl with runny eyeliner and a crazed look on her face.
"Hello, lover," she said, addressing Bolin who was sitting back next to Ula. She took out a black choker with a skull pendant. "Are you ready for our honeymoon?"
Bolin screamed like a little girl and ran straight out of the room. Eska ran after him, and Ula, Umi, and Adi took one look at each other before nodding and joining in. They turned and ran off in pursuit of a maniacal Eska and a terrified Bolin.
A very slapstick ending to a fruitless day.
A/N: I dunno, but this is what I got out of the prompt. For better or worse, right? Sometimes you just gotta end things on a zany, batshit insane note.
Updated: 11-1-13
TTFN and R&R!
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