Day 256 [Open]

[daughterofursa]

Who: Zuko and anyone
Open: Open!
When: Day 256, evening
Where: By the lake
What: A failure to meditate
Format: I'll match
Warnings: Honor

Zuko knows she's always been hard on herself, but she's never really considered it to be too hard. But some of the things people have been saying about her... Well, people in the Bastion have always expressed a more positive view of her than she thinks she deserves, and she always figured it was because they don't know what she's come from, but she's finally starting to wonder. Maybe the flawed perspective is her own.

Which is why she is attempting something else which, like positive thinking, she is not very good at: meditating. Whoever really wants to can find her by the lake, sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed and... definitely scowling more than she ought to be.

Comments

[daughterofursa]

No, that doesn't seem like the right reaction.

"Did I do it wrong?"

[blackblooded]

"Um... I just... You have a strong handshake." Crona's just awkward.

[daughterofursa]

"Oh, sorry." Crona isn't the only one. "We don't do handshakes in the Fire Nation."

[blackblooded]

"I don't do handshakes either. But if you want to, we can."

[daughterofursa]

Zuko shakes her head, looking sheepish. "Not if it's strange for both of us."

[blackblooded]

"What... um..." Crona fidgets, twiddling fingers over and over. "What do you do in the Fire Nation?"

[daughterofursa]

"We bow." She turns a little more towards Crona and demonstrates, placing her fist to her palm and bowing her head. "Like this."

[blackblooded]

Crona carefully mimics the movement, the exact position of hands and angle of bow.

"L-like this?"

[daughterofursa]

Zuko actually smiles. It feels nicer than she expected to see a reflection of her nation's customs. "Yeah. Just like that."

[blackblooded]

Zuko's smile gets a little smile in return, and Crona's cheeks go dark grey with a blush.

"I... I'll remember that. For next time."