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Day 325 [Open]
Who: Zuko, Colin, Ikuri, and anyone else!
Open: Open!
When: Day 325
Where: Around the Bastion, Dragonfield
What: Time for some Talks
Format: I'll match
Warnings: Honor. Also fury, and not much patience.
It's been a few days since the disaster of Crona's death. Zuko would like to think that that's given her time and distance to process it, but most of her feelings haven't changed much since their return. If anything, she's just forced herself to focus on other things, and avoid dealing with her grief, and her guilt. Not that she's realized it.
It probably doesn't help that she hasn't gotten a decent night's sleep since. But she's used to that, and if she's going to lose sleep, she can at least do it standing guard instead of tossing and turning. She's been taking regular shifts guarding the prisoners, and she's taken to carrying her swords with her within the Bastion, as a precaution not only against escape attempts, but any threat of outside attack as well.
And the swords are also for Colin. Once she's finished a guard shift, she'll be looking for him to take him up on his challenge, and also for Ikuri, for the talk she thinks she's clear-headed enough now to give.
[Later...]
Besides all that, she is still a dragon mom, and that's probably the only thing that's gotten her to settle down at all. Later in the day, she can be found near dragonfield attempting to teach Kizuna how to breathe fire. In addition to a short demonstration, this seems to involve lying down on the ground with the little dragon on her chest so she can feel Zuko's breathing.
So far it doesn't seem to be working, but neither of them appear discouraged. For Kizuna's part, it may be because she doesn't know she's supposed to be breathing fire.
Open: Open!
When: Day 325
Where: Around the Bastion, Dragonfield
What: Time for some Talks
Format: I'll match
Warnings: Honor. Also fury, and not much patience.
It's been a few days since the disaster of Crona's death. Zuko would like to think that that's given her time and distance to process it, but most of her feelings haven't changed much since their return. If anything, she's just forced herself to focus on other things, and avoid dealing with her grief, and her guilt. Not that she's realized it.
It probably doesn't help that she hasn't gotten a decent night's sleep since. But she's used to that, and if she's going to lose sleep, she can at least do it standing guard instead of tossing and turning. She's been taking regular shifts guarding the prisoners, and she's taken to carrying her swords with her within the Bastion, as a precaution not only against escape attempts, but any threat of outside attack as well.
And the swords are also for Colin. Once she's finished a guard shift, she'll be looking for him to take him up on his challenge, and also for Ikuri, for the talk she thinks she's clear-headed enough now to give.
[Later...]
Besides all that, she is still a dragon mom, and that's probably the only thing that's gotten her to settle down at all. Later in the day, she can be found near dragonfield attempting to teach Kizuna how to breathe fire. In addition to a short demonstration, this seems to involve lying down on the ground with the little dragon on her chest so she can feel Zuko's breathing.
So far it doesn't seem to be working, but neither of them appear discouraged. For Kizuna's part, it may be because she doesn't know she's supposed to be breathing fire.
HONOOORRR also, dual-route post! Route [A] for Zuko, [B] for everyone else
[A]
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[Someone's found themselves some nice treeshade to sleep under. The wind plays at the leaves, creating a peaceful rustling and a play of sunlight and shadows over Ikuri's face, seemingly in a state of genuine rest. Indeed, Zuko wasn't the only one who'd found that such a hard thing to come by in recent days... this may even be the first time Ikuri's actually, honestly slept.]
[The stray dragon kits one can find in the Bastion don't seem to be bothered by her. Sometimes one or several will even curl up to join her in sleep, though they never stay there.]
[Sure you wanna bother her, Zuko?]
[B]
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[Ikuri's worse off during the waking hours. She still hasn't quite shaken off the pain and fog from several days prior, and so she's been trying her best to simply avoid thinking about it. Mostly she's done this by finding some of the more peaceful or thought-inspiring sections of the Bastion to visit and linger around, though it may be noted that she may be avoiding the rest of the population somewhat. By contrast, the areas she's most drawn to seem to be the bodies of water in the Bastion, such as the main river. The peaceful sound of the water flow and the sun's play upon the surface seems to be the most soothing for her right now.]
[She seems to want her own company, but you are of course welcome to disturb that.]
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Not because waking Ikuri would especially bother her, but because one of the stray dragons is curled up there with her and Zuko doesn't like disturbing adorable sleeping dragons. She just stands there for a while with her arms folded in annoyance as though she can glare Ikuri awake without disturbing the dragon.
Eventually she gives up on that and takes a seat nearby. She'll give this half an hour before she wakes Ikuri (and the dragon) anyway.]
trolololol
[We're near that half-hour mark now. Will you do it?]
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Zuko sighs. But yes, she's going to do it. She raises her voice.]
Wake up.
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not from the larger body, at least.]
[tiny dragon may be more susceptible, but as with a pup, you might want to be a little louder and clearer about wanting its particular attention.
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Zuko reaches over and gives Ikuri's shoulder a shake.]
I said wake up.
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[Ikuri just barely stirs, the movement oddly stiff.]
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Zuko will be momentarily distracted by the dragon though.]
Hey there. Sorry to wake you.
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[Tiny dragon just jiiis. It's in that way that a dog sometimes does. It's like, "Hey there. You weren't there before. Why did you do that?"]
[It's rather stark still otherwise.]
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[Zuko may be better at carrying on one-sided conversations with tiny dragons than she is at talking to most people.]
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[tiny dragon just lays its head back down, now turned elsewhere; it's no longer curled up quite so comfortably as it was moments ago. It takes a deepish breath, then lets it out at all at once.
When a pup does this you could almost call irritation, except it doesn't seem quite intent enough for that and it's too cute otherwise.]no subject
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[A faint sound of protest escapes Ikuri's lips, and she curls up just lightly tighter. And then there's something like a whine... but in neither case is tiny dragon ruffled.]
[Unfortunately, the girl's also not awake.]
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[Zuko restrains herself from flicking the girl in the nose; that's something you do to younger siblings.
Instead she'll kick at her feet.]
Wake up.
[/2] (ignore this: old tag and grammar durr that bugged me)
[Ikuri shivers, lets out a sound that might've been a whimper if her throat hadn't crushed half of it.]
[a gasp of air--]
not the best icon, but no others fit
[You might recognize at this interval she's only semi-conscious: her eyes stare almost blankly ahead and her breaths come in shallow. Could be a good idea to wait a second.]
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[Meanwhile...]
[Someone else isn't feeling great over here, either.]
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Are you finally awake now?
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[Her expression is basically question mark. Visible clues point to yes for the answer to your question, but she's not fully comprehending this situation either.]
[...it might also be a similar sentiment to the dragon, except more hurt and less offended, if you can believe it.]
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I tried waiting.
[It didn't work.]
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...Was sleeping.
[you now have two unhappy puppies at once, congrats Zuko.]
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[You're not going to make her feel worse! She came here with good reason.
Let her remember what that was.]
i'm picturing that music track playing from that point for this whole thread to now
Sleep hard.
[pouty protest. like, do you know how hard it is for me to get sleep without nightmares? do you? that was incredibly lucky and you ruined it for me, you meanieface.]
[meanwhile tiny dragon's adorable pseudosmiling face and eyes are judging you for entirely different reasons. You bothered my spot!]
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[Stop judging her.]
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this is going so well
i'm chinhandsing like mad i'll have you know
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[/2]
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just enough time and inspiraton for one more
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I...wouldn't blame you if you were tired of this by now, heh. :'D
but she's actually talking now!
there is that. |D albeit with a side of EMOTION-ALLS
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[/3?]
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[3/3]
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