in 3T can not create a collection in a db that was created from an application

We have a database with three collections created from an applications. I was trying to create collection with cross collection query in the same database , it is erroring out . the local db was created from the applicaiton.

Mongo Server error (MongoCommandException): Command failed with error 31321 (Location31321): ‘Can’t $out to internal database: local’ on server localhost:27017.

The full response is:
{
“ok” : 0.0,
“errmsg” : “Can’t $out to internal database: local”,
“code” : 31321.0,
“codeName” : “Location31321”
}