first flame [your girlfriend is in another castle]

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

Mai, I—

[Zuko has appeared on the plane by accident, which isn't too hard to imagine, given his penchant for disaster. He's dressed in his royal robes, near full-length shades of red and dark, but his fluffy dark hair is down and hanging rather messily (if not cutely) around his face. He stares at the stars around him openly, gaping sort of like a lionfish before something comes to him. In this state, the scarred eye looks somewhat reptilian... definitely kind of shocking upon first look.]

Is this the Spirit World? I've... never actually seen it, but that doesn't matter. Or maybe it's a trick... [cups his mouth and yells] Hello! Is anyone out there? Hello!?

So it's a prank. [He looks around a bit more, then realizes something important.] No door? No door? How am I -- nrrrgh, can't you see I was busy?!

AZULA!! What did you do?!

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[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

No you don't.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

Answer my question!

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[And out comes the P239 from under her overcoat, leveled at his head. FFFF SORRY ZUKO.]

You're a threat.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[... wtf is that? Well, it's pointed at his head. That can't be good.]

So are you.

[He's confident he can knock that thing out of her hand if negotiations don't go well. Her stance is completely strange.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[OPENS FIRE]

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[Zuko manages to duck and roll out of the way though he feels a few hairs balder. Yeek. But he's fast - and as soon as he's close to the ground, he's trying to sweep-kick the girl off her feet and knock the gun away.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[He succeeds on both counts, though she's rolling to her feet almost as soon as she hits the ground and snatching up her violin case. She lunges at his stomach with the butt of the case, his equal for speed, superhuman strength backing her attack.]

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[OPH-- and that one gets him, unfortunately.] Augh—

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[WHIPPING THE CASE AT HIS HEAD NOW. DX]

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[He tries to duck again, but he can't move fast enough. There's stars and white and then darkness, and Zuko's down for the count.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[She retrieves her P239, checks it over, and goes to stand over him. Levels the gun at his head once more--]

[doctorate.livejournal.com]

[-- and this is the Doctor appearing on the side, grabbing for the gun and yanking it away.] Oi. And just what do you think you're doing?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[ladjsdkljasd GUN YANKED?!] I'm eliminating a threat.

[doctorate.livejournal.com]

[and he's confiscating it, to boot, slipping it into a pocket. :|b ] A threat? A threat to what? He looks a bit knocked out to me -- can't see him threatening anyone but air, at the moment.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[Zuko mumbles something incoherently.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[AKSDJLASKJ GUN. D< ] He was a threat. He will be a threat again. I need to eliminated that possibility. I need my weapon.

[doctorate.livejournal.com]

And what was he threatening, exactly, hm? 'Cause I'll tell you what -- at the moment, you seem like the threat.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[Zuko's eyes open. Naturally, trying to roll away from the both of them seems the best course of action, because SUDDEN MOVEMENTS are SO GREAT in a tense situation!]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[SPOTS THAT, ZUKO.]

I calculated imminent danger. You're an obstacle.

[The way he's talking does not help, unfortunately. DX So up comes the violin case all at once, slamming into another gut shot, and she fishes into his pocket for the gun. Swings her arm around, finger tightening on the trigger--]

This is what I am for.

[doctorate.livejournal.com]

[Goodness, that violin case had more weight behind it than he figured, and the air is knocked out of him when the blow connects. He's stumbling back -- which, well, just helps her get the gun from his pocket, doesn't it? But when he recovers, he realizes she's back to aiming at Zuko (sigh), and he makes another dive for the gun, knocking her arm aside.]

This isn't your only purpose, Henrietta. You've got a choice.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[He's still not 100 percent, but he's trying. Zuko assumes a defensive stance. He has to stand his ground, especially if some guy he's never seen before is stupid enough to get in the way.]

I'm not going to attack you!

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Sharp crack of sound as the gun discharges, the bullet slamming into the plane just to one side of the hapless prince. Between the Doctor's interference and Zuko's declaration she's now both confused and off her game. She looks back and forth between the two of them, still on the defensive and ready to react, whatever they might do next.]

[doctorate.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor holds his hands up in what he hopes is a defusing manner] See, d'you hear that? He isn't going to attack you. Smart move, I think, not attacking someone when they've got a loaded gun trained on you.

Now just put the gun down, Henrietta, and we can have a nice chat. Doesn't that sound fun?

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[Zuko shies away from the bullet, looking more like a child who's afraid of being hit than a prince. But then he forces himself to relax, just a little at a time, until he's standing in a pretty nonthreatening way.]

I don't want to fight anyone right now. [Too bad he will anyway.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Relaxing, fraction by fraction. She's speaking to the Doctor, though she's still got her eye on Zuko] He gave me orders. He commanded me to listen. He knows how to fight. He's a threat. Whether he's an acting threat or a potential threat, he's stil...