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[reconnaissance]

Okay, wait, no-- no, I can do it!

( Possibly there are sounds of other voices, but Ellie is being stubborn because she's Ellie. The complaint is undermined by the laughter running rich through her voice; a new sound, maybe, for a fair few on the network. )

Come on, it can't be difficult. ( But her voice drops, as she grumbles. ) iPod, what the hell happened to walkmans-- ( Oh! Wait, gentle listener: ) It's working! Steph, I made it work!

( And what is playing? Why, the finest compilation of eighties classics, of course, with the dulcet tones of a few teenage girls and glasses in the background. Sorry, Bones - the unit has been invaded. )

Sami, this is the one you need to hear. ( Because, as we all know, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. )

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video;

[pabulously]

[Wow. That music is weird. Bolin's never heard anything like it. At first he's like, "Nyeeeeeeeh." But the more he listens, the more it grows on him. There's just something about the beat...

By the end of the song, he's singing along, and dancing in his seat.]

When the working day is done oh girls, they want to have fun! Oh girls just want to have fun!

video;

[reconnaissance]

( You, sir, win so many respect points. Ellie just grins: she can't imagine many of her mates back home singing along to the fine works of Ms. Lauper. )

See? It's a classic. Are you from-- Earth? Do you know this stuff?

video;

[pabulously]

[OH HAAAAAAAAAAAY looks like the weird tablet thing was recording him. OOPS. But Bolin just grins. Why be embarrassed? (He's already dancing in the courtyard, after all.)]

Never heard it before in my life! But it's really catchy! Who's the singer?

help sorry for the slow

[reconnaissance]

Cyndi Lauper. I guess you're not from Earth or you're from a bit before the eighties, huh?

( Gosh, the songs of her youth. She approves of this one, "catchy" is definitely a positive word. )

Hang on, if you like that one, you should listen too-- ( Give her a moment, she's looking for another song: Heart of Glass ) Blondie, they're great.

no worries ever!

[pabulously]

Pretty sure I'm not where you're from, at least.

[He bobs his head and grooves along with the song.]

We don't have anything like this.

I like to think that I am just keeping people in suspense

[reconnaissance]

Not many people are. ( Not even from her "version" of Earth, so far as she can work out. ) Australia. You?

( Right, this one can stay. )

Geez, that's rough. Don't worry, though, you aren't the only one. Asami doesn't know any of this stuff, either, I can teach you both all about it.

the most delicious suspense

[pabulously]

YOU KNOW ASAMI TOO?! Man that girl is SUPER popular!

my favourite

[reconnaissance]

( oh jesus christ. She is startled, for just a moment. )

She's one of my roommates.

( Don't ask how they got along at first, it involves guns. )

Uh, I'm Ellie. And you are-- a friend of Sami's?

[pabulously]

Yeah! We know each from home. [There was just a moment of hesitation; he still has to remind himself that Asami isn't Mako's girlfriend anymore.] She's one of the coolest people I know.

[reconnaissance]

( Aha. Asami is around here somewhere, she can't just go saying that she's pretty cool where she can hear her. Can she? )

I guess she is pretty cool, yeah. ( Hopefully Asami won't overhear her. ) How'd you meet?

[pabulously]

She ran over my brother with her moped. [And then they started dating, but considering what Asami told him about how that ended, he decides against mentioning it.]

[reconnaissance]

( A loud burst of laughter, before she guiltily covers her mouth.

After a moment for recovery, ) Was he okay?

[pabulously]

[Nope, don't worry, it was pretty hilarious.]

Oh, yeah, he was fine. Takes more than a moped to damage Mako's thick skull. [He mocks because he adores.]