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Zuko ([personal profile] daughterofursa) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2015-02-04 04:45 pm

Day 277 [Open]

Who: Zuko and anyone
Open: Open!
When: Day 277
Where: Near the river
What: BABBY DRAGON
Format: I'll match
Warnings: Honor

It's been a few days since Zuko paid a visit to the Monument for some personal purchases. Most of those were swiftly hidden away inside her house, although the faint sounds of music the past few evenings might have given one of them away.

She's much less secretive about her final purchase. She's had to be, really, because it was in fact a gigantic egg, and she hasn't let that thing out of her sight for a moment. This doesn't mean that she's given up any of her usual activities, aside from Skyway trips, but even while she's training or at the pool it's always been sitting nearby wrapped in a blanket.

But today's the day. She's just finishing up her training routine on the Bastion side of the river when she hears something stirring inside. She immediately crouches down to watch with rapt attention as something slowly emerges: a baby red dragon, serpentine and nearly the length of her arm.

This is the moment where all her doubts come back to her because she has never so much as seen a baby dragon before much less taken care of one. What do.

((Feel free to run into her pre- or post-hatching, and anywhere in the general vicinity of the lake!))
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2015-02-05 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
And most importantly, little one... she'll be the one providing food. She'll be a great person to be cute at.
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2015-02-05 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
She's a kid, it's not something she can help. The best that you can really hope for with a child is where to aim it.

But I'll make sure not to teach her anything devious if she hangs around me.
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2015-02-05 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
... You are new to this, aren't you?

[Colin smiles at her.]

She's a child. If you take your eyes off of her for even a second, she'll wander off to see what kind of trouble she can get into.

I can almost guarantee that she'll turn up in my workshop, in Rin's kitchen, at the daycare, and on top of the monument at least a couple of times a week. If you're lucky, one of them will become a favorite place, and you'll be able to find her there easily.
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2015-02-06 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I promise you that you were. All children are curious and explore on their own. You've probably just never been told about it.

[He just won't comment on the likelihood that Zuko's dad was a douchebag and how he probably had quite a staff of servants to watch over her. If he even cared that much, which he can't assume that he did...]

My dad loves to remind me how I used to slip into every nook and cranny on the Nova when I was young. Especially whenever I get myself into someplace I shouldn't NOW.
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2015-02-06 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I meant before that.

Before you can remember anything.

[He nods to the little dragon in her arms.]

Early childhood, when the world is still strange, wondrous, and danger isn't even in your vocabulary.
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2015-02-06 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It is indeed. Why do you think so many people keep keepsakes from their youths?
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2015-02-06 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I still have my first toolkit and the first thing I built back on my ship. Rarely even pay attention to them, but I like knowing they're there.

Didn't care for memories of your childhood?
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2015-02-06 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm... Can't really fault you for that, can I?

[Colin looks at the little dragon and smiles.]

You'll have to give your mama plenty of good memories of your childhood, won't you?