Day 285 [open]

[fireburn]

Who: Azula & anyone
Open: Open
When: Day 285
Where: Northern Bastion
What: Azula arrives in Bastion.
Format: bracket-action but happy to match
Warnings: n/a for now.

[Azula was angry. Whether or she actually believed that her world had been destroyed, blah blah blah was a different question entirely. It all sounded crazy (this whole world sounded crazy - maybe it was all just one giant hallucination and that's a terrifying thought), but more importantly she had better things to do. If this was some kind of spirit-world shenanigan, she wanted no part in it. She had been in the middle of something important, damn it.

Which is why, naturally, she gets herself quickly and fairly easily from the Skyway to Bastion. If anyone was capable of figuring it out, it was her. And when she's on a mission to get to the bottom of something, that drive can move mountains.

When she questions the person who told her about this "calamity" she doesn't get answers she wants and sets a tree on fire in retribution, but the action is...oddly taxing? And for the first time in her career she actually feels like it's difficult to firebend which angers her more, RIP patches of grass.

Since all of that is clearly getting her nowhere she proceeds to go question anyone who is around in the most tactful and personable way possible:]

You there! Tell me what is going on here immediately.

Comments

[fireburn]

[actually...]

As long as it stays one color.

[scary_music]

Huh? Huh? Really? But...

[Why did you have to add that stipulation? Do you see Ibuki's disappointment?]

[fireburn]

[why is her disappointment so compelling nothing should work on Azula]

What?

[scary_music]

Ibuki just thinks... a few streaks of red here and there in your hair would look really awesome! But if your hair has to stay one color, then it wouldn't work!

[fireburn]

I guess red would not be completely unagreeable, it is the color of the fire nation...

[scary_music]

Ooh, really? Really? Ibuki had a feeling that would fit you!

Then, come on, come on, Azula-chan, let's begin your transformation!

[she reaches for Azula's hand, intending to start dragging her to the hair salon for hair dyeing shenanigans]

[fireburn]

[azula has no idea how to handle sudden hand holding - she lets ibuki take her hand but doesn't reciprocate at all just kind of following behind awkwardly.]

Right now?

[scary_music]

There's nooooooo better time than when a whim hits you than to just do it, Azula-chan! That's the Ibuki way!

[fireburn]

Fine, fine.

[scary_music]

[Soon enough, Ibuki drags Azula into the hair salon]

Take a seat, Azula-chan!! Aaaany seat! Ibuki just needs to grab the dye!!

[And Ibuki goes over to where the dyes are kept to find the right color]

[fireburn]

Just...it's just Azula.

[sliding into a seat so warily]

[scary_music]

Okay, Azula-chan!

[sorry Azula, everybody gets -chan from Ibuki]

[Soon enough, she comes over with a few red colored dyes]

Here we go! Are you ready? Are you ready for an awesome and wild new you, Azula-chan?

[fireburn]

I can't imagine being wild, but I am willing to see what you come up with.

[scary_music]

Alright! Yeah! Here we go, Azula-chan!

[And she starts... doing the dyeing thing on Azula's hair (I've never dyed my hair so I have no idea-]

[... let's just fast forward and-]

There you go, it's done! What do you think?

[Ibuki was careful with her work, and she presents Azula with a mirror so she can see the results: Streaks of red throughout her hair. It looks pretty cool]

[fireburn]

[Cool is definitely the right word for it - Azula has never really been "cool," before, too busy being evil and a princess and all that, but there's definitely some charm to it in its own way and hello firenation colors.]

I've never had my hair dyed before.

[the thank you is coming. probably.]

[scary_music]

Oooh, the non-answer response that completely evades Ibuki's question! Is Azula-chan trying to spare Ibuki's feelings, or is she playing it cool?

[fireburn]

It's...strange? But I like it.

[scary_music]

[Ibuki laughs happily at that]

Yessssssssss!!

There's nothing wrong with strange! Ibuki is totally strange! So, so, as long as you like it, who cares if it's strange, right?

[fireburn]

[so much overwhelming positivity....]

Right. Other people's opinions don't matter.

[scary_music]

W-whoah... when you say it like that, it kind of puts a whole different spin on it, Azula-chan! A dizzying spin!

Anyway, anyway, be sure to come to Ibuki when you want her to re-up your hair dye and keep the cool red!

[fireburn]

Thank you, Ibuki. I...appreciate it.

[what a difficult word!! but she seems to really mean it.]

[scary_music]

You're welcome, Azula-chan! Anytime!

Hey, hey, we're friends now, right, Azula-chan? Right?

[fireburn]

Friends?

[does azula even know what that word means]

Yes, I guess we are.

1/2

[scary_music]

[Ibuki laughs happily at that]

Yeah!

But, but, you should be more enthusiastic about it, Azula-chan! Here, follow Ibuki's lead!

2/2

[scary_music]

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!