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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[ghostlighter]

[IT'S A GHOST YOU MORON. Griever looks unimpressed, but he shifts a little just in case.]

First? For you to chill.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[GHOSTS DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT. ... Well, he's never seen one, but still. He has to give that serious thought before relaxing, just a little.]

Fine. Will you explain what's going on?

[ghostlighter]

[Chris gives a relieved little breath that, thankfully, this kid doesn't seem to be a complete idiot.]

Sure. Welcome to the Astral Plane, some sort of midway station between realities. Time doesn't pass while you're here, and you can get back home by thinking about doing it.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[He's giving this some thought too.]

... How do I know any of this is real?

[ghostlighter]

[Shrugs.] Why wouldn't it be?

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of it.

[ghostlighter]

And, of course, because you haven't heard of it, it doesn't exist.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

I've traveled all over the world. Uncle would have -

Whatever.

[ghostlighter]

I just said, this place is where realities come together. None of us heard of it before we came here.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

... Ugh. This is so confusing!

[ghostlighter]

Is it?

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[ghostlighter]

Which part?

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

All of it. You don't expect me to just believe all of this at once, do you?

[ghostlighter]

You're standing in a field of stars.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

... I know that!

[ghostlighter]

Great. So... mind telling me how that's easier to believe than anything else I've told you so far?

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

I never said it was.

[ghostlighter]

Yet, you seem to have accepted it pretty easily.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

That's not - nrgh!

[ghostlighter]

[... expectant look. Finish your sentence, Zuko.] Yeah?

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

Does everyone around here honestly think this is normal?

[ghostlighter]

Not everyone, but you get used to it anyway.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[EXASPERATED SIGH]