Day 325 [Open]

[daughterofursa]

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.

Comments

[twinked_witch]

True, but... Wind Wall could've stopped the arrows and smoke. One spell, had I memorized it that morning...

[One hand idly strokes Kizuna's back.]

[daughterofursa]

It's too late for that now. We can't fix it.

[Megaera is probably going to get more comfort from Kizuna here.]

[twinked_witch]

... That's true, but... It calls into question what I'm good at.

If I'm not a good Wizard...

[daughterofursa]

Because of one mistake, you're a bad wizard?

[twinked_witch]

It's just... In hindsight, the methods were so obvious.

[daughterofursa]

It's really easy to look back and see every last detail of how you messed up.

[twinked_witch]

It was... Still a big error. And makes me wonder if I'm better off embracing the deal I made before this all began.

[daughterofursa]

What deal?

[twinked_witch]

... Becoming what I am now, eighty years ago.

[daughterofursa]

You mean, a "devil"?

[Zuko is skeptical. Didn't that have to do with manipulating people?]

[twinked_witch]

Yeah. Charm powers and such. Maybe I'd be more useful applying those to the place's benefit.

[daughterofursa]

Well, that might help with the prisoners, but how many people do you think there really are for you to... charm?

[Zuko's goal is to find a way to make peace with this new group, like they did with the Ura, and Megaera already expressed she avoided using those powers on allies.]

[twinked_witch]

... That's part of the problem.

[Megaera nods.]

[daughterofursa]

...

Actually, maybe you could talk to the Ura. Red and her group knew about where they were keeping the core. Maybe they were just observant, but there might be an informant in their camp.

[twinked_witch]

... Hrm. That actually isn't a terrible idea. It's either that, or they're spying actively. Which could be a thing too.

[daughterofursa]

And if that's the case, we might be able to track them from the Ura camp.

[twinked_witch]

... I like the way you think. We'll set up a chance in time...

[daughterofursa]

I'd like Tobias with us, too. I'm not sure how he's been coping.

[Zuko hasn't really seen him since.]

[twinked_witch]

I... Haven't seen much of him since we got back from that run...

[daughterofursa]

Me either.

I hope he's doing all right.

[twinked_witch]

... Someone should probably find him...

[daughterofursa]

I'd look for him myself, but I'm not exactly the best person for the job.

[twinked_witch]

... I'm sure he's around, just... I dunno who to ask, precisely.

[daughterofursa]

Now that you mention it, I don't know where he lives.

[...does he... sleep in a tree somewhere??]

[twinked_witch]

... Nor I. I mean, his default's a hawk, so trees are likely, but...?