thebastion | 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.

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... No. No, Zuko, it wasn't. I could have saved her. I could have...

Crona died protecting me. It was because of me that she had to make that choice.

That trap, though... My senses would've let me spot it, if only I'd...

I should've ordered the area searched as soon as we found out there was a Core. We would have found it then.

... Perhaps. But you weren't alone in forgetting that possibility...

But it was my responsibility.

... Not yours alone, at least...

Well- ...

[All right, she's not sure how to argue that one.]

Exactly.

It's not the leader's fault, not alone.

...

[Okay but it's still mostly her fault.]

I have to do better.

... You also aren't alone there...

...

Do you think we can?

.... Yes. We can. And we have to.

You'll tell me if I'm screwing up, right?

[She'd much rather hear it from a friend than from Colin.]

... If I see something as your error, I'll call you out on it.

But I do not believe you erred in that situation, other than one detail that... Probably wouldn't have changed much.

I really am immune to lightning. So if you need a ground for it, use me. Seriously.

[Zuko shakes her head, her hand pressing into the base of her ribcage. If Megaera's ever seen her at the pool, she'll know Zuko has another scar there.]

I can't do that.

[And she can't see how it would have made a difference.]

... The scar's from lightning, I presume?

It wouldn't have changed much, regardless... But while I am no longer sure I'm a good Wizard, that doesn't exactly make me powerless.

... [Zuko nods.] Azula.

I know you're strong. I know I can count on you. But I can't do something that feels like attacking you.

... Fair enough. It was in the heat of a panicked moment. I just...

[Megaera shrugs. Then steps in, offering Zuko a hug.]

[Hugs? Why is she getting hugs? Uhhh, go ahead?]

[Megaera hugs Zuko.]

You're still so strong and so kind of heart, when we get down to it.

Don't lose that, Zuko...

[...Meg, you're kinda giving her mom feels. Zuko hugs back.]

I won't.

[Megaera just nods.]

I don't want to lose anyone. Not after so long alone...

I can't make any promises.

[Not after Crona.]

... You're right. And that's the worst part of it all.

Just...

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