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thebastion2015-07-17 07:54 pm
daughterofursa) wrote in thebastion2015-07-17 07:54 pm
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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.
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I didn't say go back to sleep!
[She's put too much time and effort into waking you up already.]
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Talk later.
[go away.]
this is going so well
[She's not going anywhere.]
i'm chinhandsing like mad i'll have you know
Tired.
[why don't you understand]
[meanwhile tiny dragon adds his own protest: a grumblewhine almost immediately after Ikuri speaks, as though in support.
odds are it isn't; tiny dragon's probably fussing for his own reasons]no subject
[You know as long as you like... agree with her...
But oh, wait. Hang on, tiny dragon. Zuko feels around in her tunic for a second and produces a strip of jerky. Kizuna likes the stuff, so maybe you will, too? It may not be sleep, but maybe you'd like some food, tiny dragon?]
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Too long already! [And again with the pout.]
[Tiny dragon sniffs jerky. sniffs it again...then carefully opens its mouth and gently pulls on the treat to take it. if allowed, he'll take it from Zuko and get right down to a comfortable position to start nomming. Such good manners! ...but he's still not leaving his spot.]
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[Of course Zuko lets the dragon have the jerky. At least one of them seems mollified.]
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...
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Friends.
[There. You like that? I'll talk if we're friends. ...Because I'm not interrupting my sleep for someone who doesn't think we're friends.]
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[Zuko is not following this thought process. Friendship isn't something you just... decide on... especially when someone is annoying you?
Frankly she thinks Ikuri is trying to say something about people who actually are her friends.]
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[gosh you are dense.]
[she actually sits up to look at you now, face like this.
she has to maneuver around tiny dragon to avoid bothering him and actually takes care to do so; tiny dragon, for his part, shifts just slightly to avoid Ikuri but seems almost wholly preoccupied with his treat otherwise.]Friends! [like how can you miss this. gestures to indicate you both!] Us friends!
[and after a second to let that sink in, she holds up an index finger in front of Zuko, pointing upward.]
No talk.
[Is that clear enough?]
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You don't even like me.
[Being friends makes no sense.]
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Want to like you! [And you make it so hard!] Try!
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[Why is this so difficult?]
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[because you won't give in, obviously]
No! Friends! Friends only!
[oh god she just crossed her arms. is this like dealing with a child or what.]
[tiny dragon, however, gives no more damns. he has his jerky and all is right with the world - which is to say he's totally oblivious to all of it.]
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Fine, whatever. You can think whatever you want.
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[Head. Shake.]
You have to say.
[Yes. She is going to make you say it.]
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I didn't come over here to make friends [--unless it was with the dragon--] I came to talk to an ally about learning how to control herself.
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[... then get lost, will you? I'm trying to sleep.]
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You're going to wind up hurting someone you don't mean to if you don't learn to discipline yourself.
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I've been there. I let my anger get the better of me and it put my allies in danger.
I don't think you want to do that.
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[no motion this time. she managed to keep herself completely still.]
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I couldn't count on you to listen to strategy. I couldn't count on you to help our allies.
That can't happen again, and I think it's better if you don't leave the Bastion until you know it won't.
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[Weariness, pain, disbelief and weak protest all at once. It's probably quite clear now, if it wasn't before, that this topic is very unwelcome.]
[To take that a step further (and risk some soap opera), the tone itself seems to be asking you why you're doing this - if the whole reason you came to her was just to reopen her wounds.]
[Just because she can hear you doesn't mean you're getting through.](no subject)
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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