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[ghostlighter]

[The Griever suddenly appears on the Plane — but he's not alone. Pinning him to the invisible floor is a humongous, see-through purple and blue dragon (with a golden amulet tied around its neck). Its voice is loud and booming.]

NO HURT.

I-I get it! You can— get off now! [The Griever struggles under the heavy claws for a moment, while the dragon pulls back, intent to breathe fire and end him once and for all.]

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[firedprince.livejournal.com]

[Zuko lingers a second to make sure she's okay, then he shakes his head and drops from the Plane.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

It was under your bed, in a corner. I found it while I was cleaning. I was going to tell you, I wasn't going to keep it, but I didn't want to put it somewhere and forget.

[ghostlighter]

[He makes a mental note to thank Zuko for the help when he sees him again, then transforms back to normal.] ... Alright. Next time you find something strange like that, call me. Find me. Something. I should have mentioned it before, but not everything is as safe as it looks back home.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Is it yours?

[ghostlighter]

No, it's not.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Where did it come from?

[ghostlighter]

I don't know. But I do know where it's going.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Where?

[ghostlighter]

I'm tossing it into the Ghost Zone when we get back.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[ D: ] But isn't that kind of irresponsible?

[ghostlighter]

It belongs there. It belongs to someone in there, if I remember correctly. How is that irresponsible?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Because if you just throw it in, then anyone could find it, or it could pop out somewhere else, couldn't it?

[ghostlighter]

I'd rather not go in there to find the owner myself. Besides, there are only two portals between the Ghost Zone and my world, so it's pretty unlikely.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

But what if someone bad in there finds it?

[ghostlighter]

Then they'll be stuck as a dragon for a while.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

But what if they know what it does, or if they find out and put it on someone else?

[ghostlighter]

If that happens, we'll take care of it then.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[GAH THAT 'WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT THEN' BUSINESS AGAIN. She just frowns at the plane.]

[ghostlighter]

... What?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

No one here ever takes preemptive action. It's always damage control, not risk assessment and prevention. It doesn't make sense. It still doesn't make sense.

[ghostlighter]

This is prevention. I'd rather have this in the Ghost Zone, where more ghosts are hopefully prepared to deal with threats like this, than have it out where regular people might come across it — like you did — and then have barely anybody around to do anything about it.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

It's not, though. It's taking a responsibility that circumstances made yours and throwing it at someone else.

[ghostlighter]

So... what? You think I should keep it? Is that it?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

It's safer with you than it is floating somewhere, right? And you know what it does. If you can't find the proper authorities to deal with a dangerous article you have to safeguard it until it can either be properly locked away or destroyed.

[ghostlighter]

[Right now, he just kind of wishes he could orb the thing into a volcano. WHAT, THAT'S TOTALLY A VALID METHOD OF DISPOSAL.]

... Right. I guess I'm buying a safe for this thing tomorrow.