5||0|3161|0| 0|0|0|||1||A Bit of S5DS05|Gryphon||06:51:05|07/30/2014|For various reasons%2C this story is not yet close enough to finished for this to really qualify as a teaser%3B consider it more like one of those things that sometimes come up to give you something to look at besides the progress bar.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhr%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bpre%5D Downtown%2C Korra emerged from a dockside warehouse%2C sweaty and%0D%0Abegrimed. Behind her%2C the Fire Department had the problem contained and%0D%0Awouldn%27t require her assistance any further%3B so%2C with a grateful heart%2C%0D%0Ashe went to one of the open barrels of water set out for the refreshment%0D%0Aof the firefighters and directed about half of its contents over her%0D%0Ahead%2C sluicing soot and dirt from herself and her modified police armor.%0D%0A %22Do I even really want a briefing on this one%3F%22 asked Inspector%0D%0AEitaro Imanishi dryly from a few yards away.%0D%0A %22Believe it or not%2C it%27s actually not as bad as it looks%2C%22 Korra%0D%0Areplied%2C waterbending her hair dry again. %22One of us is going to have%0D%0Ato give Daisuke the why-do-we-not-go-undercover-without-telling-anyone%0D%0Atalk again%2C though - NOT IT%21%22%0D%0A Imanishi%2C who had opened his mouth to say the last two words%0D%0Ahimself%2C closed it again with a chuckle. The two colleagues grinned at%0D%0Aeach other for a second%3B then Imanishi sighed and said%2C%0D%0A %22Well%2C at least we don%27t have to raid this particular building%0D%0Anow.%22 Behind him%2C part of the warehouse collapsed%3B he didn%27t even%0D%0Ablink%2C much less turn around to look. %22Thanks for your help%2C all the%0D%0Asame. This could%27ve gone a few different ways. Rei told me you were in%0D%0Athe middle of something when she called%3F%22%0D%0A Korra surprised the inspector by blushing slightly%2C her grin%0D%0Abecoming a little bit wry. %22Nothing I can%27t get back to%2C%22 she said%2C%0D%0Athen frowned and added%2C %22What%27s with them%3F%22%0D%0A Imanishi turned to look where she was looking. There was a%0D%0Asmall crowd of people at the end of the block%2C being kept clear of the%0D%0Apolice line by a couple of uniformed officers%2C and suddenly everyone%0D%0Aover there - civilians%2C cops%2C the lot - was pointing off to the%0D%0Anortheast and exclaiming in surprise. Puzzled%2C the inspector and Korra%0D%0Aturned to look in that direction.%0D%0A Two forms were circling one of the mountain peaks a few miles%0D%0Aoutside the city. At first%2C Korra thought they might be airplanes%2C%0D%0Auntil their long%2C sinuous shapes and the fluidity of their movements%0D%0Aregistered on her%2C and she realized with a profound shock what - WHO -%0D%0Athey were.%0D%0A Dragons. A pair of them%2C long and sleek%2C their scales flashing%0D%0Ain the sunlight as they banked and wheeled in an intricate%2C interlocking%0D%0Aaerial dance above and around the peak. One red%2C the other blue%2C but%0D%0Aotherwise virtually identical. As far as she was aware%2C Korra knew all%0D%0Athe dragons left in Diqiu who had seen fit to make themselves known to%0D%0Aanyone%2C and these two were especially unforgettable - all the more so%0D%0Abecause%2C based on everything she thought she knew about them%2C they%0D%0Ashouldn%27t be there.%0D%0A %22TWO dragons%21%22 one of the tinheads on crowd control cried.%0D%0A%22What does it mean%3F%22%0D%0A Without pausing to speculate%2C Korra snatched her glider-staff%0D%0Afrom where she%27d left it leaning on a patrol car and dashed up the%0D%0Astreet. In one smooth sequence of movements%2C she shed parts of her%0D%0Aarmor as she ran%3B at the end of her takeoff run%2C having cast off all the%0D%0Aheavy metal plates%2C she sprang into the air and unfurled the glider%27s%0D%0Awings%2C conjuring a gust as she did so to carry her aloft and direct her%0D%0Atoward the mountains. Standing on the sidewalk where she%27d just been%2C%0D%0AImanishi watched her go%2C then silently set about collecting the pieces%0D%0Aof her armor.%5B%2Fpre%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A A Bit of S5DS05|Verbena||08:25:03|07/30/2014|Damn I%27m looking forward to this.%0D%0A%0D%0A--------%0D%0A%0D%0Athis world created by the %0D%0Ahands of the gods%0D%0Aeverything is false%0D%0Aeverything is a LIE%0D%0Athe final days have come%0D%0Anow%0D%0Alet everything be destroyed%0D%0A%0D%0A--mu 2|1|0|||||RE%3A A Bit of S5DS05|BZArcher||11:39:39|07/30/2014|Oh%2C I have a bad feeling about this.... 3|2|2|||1||RE%3A A Bit of S5DS05|Gryphon||12:10:16|07/30/2014|%3EOh%2C I have a bad feeling about this.... %0D%0A%0D%0AI know%2C right%3F What kind of botched undercover operation ends with a warehouse burning down%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D%3A%29%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 4|3|3|||||RE%3A A Bit of S5DS05|Arashi||12:28:03|07/30/2014|The Buddy-Cop-Show kind. 5|3|3|||||RE%3A A Bit of S5DS05|mdg1||19:54:12|07/30/2014|%3E%3EOh%2C I have a bad feeling about this.... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI know%2C right%3F What kind of botched undercover operation ends with a %0D%0A%3Ewarehouse burning down%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AIn the words of the esteemed Harry B. C. Dresden%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The building was on fire%2C and it wasn%27t my fault.%22