<div class="floatleft">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/71ba/f/2012/121/9/b/commission___avatar___oc_kanami_by_lalunatique-d4y7srk.jpg)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Name: Katara Sato</strong><br/><strong>Location:</strong>  The Sato Estate before heading to the city<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>  Open<br/><strong>Content:</strong>None yet</div><br/><hr/><br/>Being woken up by a bundle of warm fur and a soft if insistent nudge from a rather large polar bear dog was a far more pleasant way to wake up than most people would imagine.  Katara chuckled as she blinked away the sleep from her eyes as best she could, and smiled warmly up into her old friend's face before wrapping her slender arms around Vex's neck.<strong>"Good morning to you too, ya giant furball."</strong>Vex growled playfully in return before flicking her tongue across Katara's nose, which earned an amused laugh from the young woman.<strong>"Alright, I'm going I'm going.  Just give me a second to get dressed."</strong>Throwing her sheets off, Katara gracefully got to her feet and headed for her rather large walk in closet.  While most of her outfits could have been found at any shop on the street, there were a handful that were tailored made or from expensive, upper class shops that had been given to her as gifts from relatives or close friends of the family.  Some had been gifts from young men, and a few women, in the hopes of winning her favor, but those had their own section in her closet she rarely used for that very reason.  The key to her heart took far more to find than fancy gifts and the knowledge you could afford them.<br/><br/>Still smiling contently to herself, Katara started humming a tune she'd heard from the radio just the other day as she got herself put together.  She turned to the door when it began to open, and her smile widened when she saw her mother standing in the doorway.  Despite the gray hairs in her raven locks, and the wrinkles on her face, Asami Sato was still quite the beautiful woman, or that might have been her own personal opinion.<strong>"I thought I heard you moving around up here."</strong>She smiled, only to let out a chuckle when Vex nudged up against her side, gently demanding attention.<strong>"I didn't forget you Vex.  I'm not <em>that</em> old yet."</strong>She was quick to say as she ran her fingers over the dog's head, earning her a contented growl.<br/><br/>Katara laughed lightly at the scene playing out before her before running to two of the three most important women in her life.  Asami let out a soft grunt when Katara wrapped her arms tightly around her waist, but otherwise made no noise from the strong arms currently too occupied in hugging the life out of her.<strong>"You're barely a day over thirty far as I'm concerned mom."</strong>Returning the warm embrace as much as possible, Asami didn't argue the point, far more content to revel in the moment.<br/><br/>Only after they parted did she breathe a little easier now that her ribs weren't creaking under the girl's arms.  Despite that, the warm, loving smile on Asami's face only grew further.<strong>"Out of everything I've invented, you will always be my greatest creation."</strong>It was Katara's turn to be struck silent for a moment as a soft, wrinkled hand cupped her cheek before it fell away.  The moment passed when Asami stepped aside from the door to her room.<strong>"Now go on you, the day's too bright and sunny for you to be indoors.  Besides, your dad will be getting up soon anyway."</strong><br/><br/>Swallowing the lump in her throat as a wide smirk pulled at her lips, Katara and Vex started on their way.<strong>"After you wore her out last night you mean."</strong>Asami only grinned, not about to deny the claims since they were true in this case.  Just because they were older women didn't mean they didn't still get frisky from time to time.  Stopping in the hallway though, Katara looked over her shoulder and met her mother's gaze.<strong>"I love you mom, always will."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"I know sweetie."</strong>Asami stated before echoing the heartfelt words as Katara and Vex made their way downstairs together.  It was just like looking at Korra and Naga when they'd been younger before all kinds of trouble had found them, besides the slight differences between the four of them of course.  Still, she banished such thoughts in favor of far more pleasant ones.  Today was another day to be thankful for everything they had, not dwelling on events long past.<br/><br/>Katara and Vex meanwhile, stopped at a small shrine in the front foyer, dedicated to Master Katara, her namesake.  While they hadn't been related like Jinora, Ikke, and Meelo had been to the waterbender, that hadn't stopped her from calling the woman Gran Gran, a term of endearment that one of the original Team Avatar had accepted with her customary warmth and joy, no one doubted that.  The bowl of water before her picture, the simple clay bowl engraved with the Southern Water Tribe's symbol, glowed softly with spiritual energy.  Considering the water's origins though, that wasn't surprising since the Southern Water Tribe had ready access to a source of spiritually charged water from their proximity to a Spirit Portal.  Having said a small prayer to her spirit, Katara ran her fingers over Vex's head before turning to the door at last.  Once they were outside, she mounted up and Vex wasted no time in getting up to a full run.<br/><br/>Soon enough, Katara was smiling widely again, her three ponytails flapping in the wind behind her as they ran for New Republic City.  Her second home.