fourth flame [these miles have torn us worlds apart]

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[Zuko is back! Not that he ever really went anywhere. He's been training pretty hard on and off the Plane recently, but royal life has picked up a bit too. Plans for an epic garrison battle are being set in motion, at least in the purchase of supplies and heightened activity around the palace. It's made him antsy, and Azula isn't helping. Recently, he found himself unable to resist an old pastime, especially since he needs a break.

This pastime involves something so simple, it might go unnoticed. He made sure to place himself somewhere adjacent to Ammy's forest so that it doesn't seem so out of place... and it's good cover, too. Zuko crouches at the edge of a small, man-made pond lined with round stones and filled with lilypads, as well as turtleducks. They're small and cute and ducky, except their middles are ... turtleshells. A shady tree suited for sub-tropic regions stretches out over it, shading the pond halfway. Zuko himself is wearing some variation of his royal robes, but it completely clashes with his shaggy (yet newly trimmed!) hair.

He tosses bits of bread into the water every once in a while, causing a frenzy of quacks as the baby turtleducks scramble for food. However, his mind is elsewhere right now.]

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[allstrings.livejournal.com]

[She means well, at least.]

Yeah, that's what that girl was saying. But the way I see things, you're a lot different from the person they're all gung-ho to kill. The fact that you'd choose not to fight to atone for things you did in the past should be enough proof of that, right?

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

It's not. There is something only I can do to help them, but I can't do it until I've taken care of some other things first.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

Well there you go!

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

So... I don't need anyone to stand up for me.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

I'll counter your "I don't need anyone to stand up for me" with an "I like standing up for my friends."

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

But - [waitaminnit] ... friends? [Nevermind how cute he looks in that instant. He has bigger things to worry about.] Fighting back now will just make it harder later on.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

Hey, I am fully capable of dealing with any messes I happen to cause. [cough]mostly[cough] Or you could just tell them not to mind the crazy inmate, because she has a cellmate named Bubba and he likes making new friends? [At this, she seriously can't help but bursting out laughing.]

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[FWOOSH! That's the sound of all of that going right over his head.]

...

What?

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

Hooo... nevermind. Prison humor.

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

... Oh. [aaaawkward headscratch]

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

[Chuckle] Basically, you can pass me off as some random crazy person if it'll help the situation?

[firedprince.livejournal.com]

... Uh... I'll ... think about it.