Day 309 [Open]

[dontyoujustwish]

Who: Anya, Ibuki, Patchouli, and anyone else!
Open: Open! Mostly.
When: Day 309
Where: All over the Bastion
What: SNOW!
Format: I'll match
Warnings: It's Anya.

[For Ibuki and Patchouli]
[Sometime after lunch, Anya takes off to look for two of her best lady friends with a spellbook under her arm and some key ingredients in her pockets.

She's quite cheerful about it, a little oblivious to whatever else might have been going on lately. Cheerful, and insistent. She will track you down.]


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[Later in the day, Bastionites may be surprised to look up and notice that... it's snowing. Not only that, but the temperature has dropped.

At least in the more southerly parts of the Bastion. The farmlands might get a few sporadic flurries, but it isn't cold enough there to stick.

So if you've been missing snowmen or snowball fights or any of those activities that require winter to happen, now's your chance. It's probably not going to last very long.]

((OOC: And feel free to just use this post for mingling!]

Comments

[daughterofursa]

Yeah. Every time can't be exactly the same.

[bulletofhope]

. . . now I'm starting to wonder if I'm just doomed to fail...

[ Well, that's a depressing thought... ]

[daughterofursa]

Don't think that.

There's no guarantee for success, and you might fail a lot, but you're still in control of your own life. If you don't keep trying, nothing will ever happen.

[Zuko's inspiring speech about failure is... improving?]

[bulletofhope]

. . .

[ Considering who it's from, Naegi's actually pretty touched. Especially since Zuko's improving and thought it would work... needless to say, it definitely worked.

He finds himself laughing a little, before he smiles at Zuko and nods quietly in agreement. ]

You're right. If I keep focusing on if I fail or screw-up, then... nothing's ever gonna change.

The only way it'll change is if I do something even if I worry about it, right...?

[daughterofursa]

[She wasn't... expecting a smile, okay, cool.]

Right. Failure isn't guaranteed either, even when you don't think you have a chance.

[bulletofhope]

[ ZUKO has leveled up! +1 empathy, +1 rhetoric, +3 successful social interaction and +2 pleasantness get! ]

Yeah! How did they say it, change is the only constant in life and all?

[daughterofursa]

[P-pleasantness? She's got pleasantness now...]

Sounds like something Uncle would say.

[bulletofhope]

[ To be fair, though, Zuko probably already has plenty of pleasantness from her time with Aoi... ]

Sounds like someone I'd easily become friends with.

[daughterofursa]

[True. It is a little contagious.]

There aren't many people who wouldn't. Uncle was a kind man.

[bulletofhope]

... could you tell me more about him, if that's okay?

[ Because color him curious. :O ]

[daughterofursa]

Well...

[She almost starts with 'he used to be a general until his only son died in battle' but that seems depressing. She's trying to get away from her usual tendency to turn conversations depressing.]

He really liked tea. And pai sho.

A lot of people thought he was lazy. I did, too. But I think he just knew not to take things so seriously all the time. And he always had good advice when things were serious.

He was also an amazing firebender.

[bulletofhope]

Ah... he kinda reminds me of Oogami-san, when you describe him like that.

She was a fierce warrior - and one of Asahina-san's closest friends, too! She looked really scary, I'll admit, but... she was one of the most level-headed and the most honorable out of all of us.

[ Which makes her final fate all the more depressing, but he's not gonna be bringing that up anytime soon... ]

[daughterofursa]

I wouldn't call Uncle a "fierce warrior." Or scary-looking.

But he was honorable.

[bulletofhope]

Well, no, I don't know too much about him, so I can't say for sure if he was...

But I do know that he and Oogami-san would have gotten along just fine since they had similar personalities.

[daughterofursa]

Well, it sounds like Aoi had some good friends back home.

[bulletofhope]

She does! Er, she did, which is why I was honestly worried about her once I ended up here on the Bastion because...

Well, the Calamity. I don't think she'd have taken it as well as she did had it not been for you, Pa'ar and the others being here for her.

[ Especially considering what he knows being taken into account now... ]

[daughterofursa]

I'm glad.

I mean, that I could help, not that...

[Yeah.]

[bulletofhope]

Yeah... I don't think I ever really got to thank you properly for taking care of Asahina-san, actually...

So... thank you very much. I really appreciate it.

[ Awwww, Naegi... ]

[daughterofursa]

What?

[Is taking care of someone supposed to include smooching.]

I just- Well, I'm happy... to..

[bulletofhope]

[ In your case? Yes. Very yes. ]

And I'm glad for it. Thank you so much!

[daughterofursa]

You already thanked me!

[Wow Naegi once was weird enough, you definitely don't need to do it twice.]

I don't even know what I'm doing.

[bulletofhope]

[ HE'S JUST EMPHASIZING HIS GRATITUDE, GOSH. :T ]

. . . to be honest, I don't think any of us know what we're doing when it comes to things that don't involve trying to survive out here...

[daughterofursa]

So you've never had a girlfriend before either?

[Did she really just say that?

She really just said that.]

[bulletofhope]

Ah, no, I haven't... though to be fair, back home I was more concerned about other things than--

[ . . .

Hey, WAIT A MINUTE. ]

H-hold on, did you just say you had a girlfriend?!

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko freezes, suddenly looking very unsure.

What if he's one of those people who don't approve? And he's Aoi's friend, he's going to take back all those thank yous and tell her to stay away from her. She didn't really think they could hide it since Aoi kissed her in front of like six other people including her sister, but she still didn't have to say anything just now. She just thought it was okay but it's not.]

W-well, maybe. I think.

[They haven't really talked about it, what if Aoi isn't actually her girlfriend but just someone who kissed her once and holds her hand sometimes? Can that be something else?]