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[honorbends]

Who: Zuko!
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: S.S. Golden.
When: Post-Shuffle!

[Zuko has done a pretty fabulous job of not flipping out, to be honest. He's interacted with some people aboard the Marsiva and has narrowed down the possibilities to two. 1) The Animus have launched an event that's completely eradicated the old universe and dropped them into a spaceship reality show (which, honestly, is a possibility) or 2) Zuko has been pulled from Adstringendum and is now in a new splintered universe.

After working that out, Zuko is now on a different ship, and while the teenager on camera looks fairly calm and collected, those who know Zuko know he's about two seconds from turning the desk he's sitting on into a pile of charcoal and using it as anger management therapy.

Someone didn't appreciate being doused in confetti and having a celebratory chocolate thrust upon him.

Give him a moment or two before he heaves a massive sigh.]

Two things.

[Zuko totally did not rehearse what he was going to say before he elected to talk to the entire fleet.]

One -- I guess I'm stuck here until I figure out...how to get back to wherever I came from. This is all probably going away in a week anyway... So -- has anyone figured out how to get off the ships?Are we trapped on whatever...these things are until whoever is running the show decides to send us home?

And two, is the Avatar here?

[Sorry, other members of Team Avatar, you guys are apparently on the third item that Zuko didn't find important to add. He's pretty sure the rest of his friends will find him, but this is Super

Important

okay.

Also he's not introducing himself, sorry. He forgot.]

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video!!!!!

[bolder]

[Toph appears on screen, looking pretty miffed.]

One, yes. Two, you just missed him.

And three slash maybe four: You forgot the rest of us! Unless you're trying to capture him again. That's the maybe.

[honorbends]

[Oh.

Zuko actually brightens (marginally) at the sight of Toph -- but then he immediately darkens into a scowl, looking moderately offended.]

Why would I do that?

[GOD TOPH YOU'RE SO INSENSITIVE]

-- besides, even if I were -- there's nowhere to bring him here.

[Haha Zuko is full of jokes right.]

[bolder]

Who knows? I have no idea what you look like, and time's weird here. I'm actually a little older than Katara now.

[Now she grins.] What ship are you on?

video.

[limitstorm]

[ brow... raise. ]

You can use a shuttle to get off of your ship onto another one, or you wait until your ship lands on a planet.

Who're you?

video.

[honorbends]

[A familiar face!! But probably not the one that Zuko knows (or knew) from Adstringendum, given Riku is asking what his name is -- so Zuko frowns slightly, a little suspicious.

Losing memories sucks. It was the worst part of Adstringendum, having people leave and come back without warning -- so he expels a slight sigh before speaking. Zuko briefly considers being polite, but

nah.]

Who's asking?

[U FIRST]

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[kyasdaughter]

You're taking all of this pretty well.

[ hi, zuko. katara here. ]

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[honorbends]

I've done this before.

[Which -- well, the meltdown is coming once he realizes he's not in Adstringendum OR home but rather somewhere entirely new. But for now, Zuko will just... go with the flow.

Kind of.]

You didn't answer either of my questions.

[>:c]

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[unfulfilledpotential]

[Huh, that introductory music is way louder than Shawn thought. It takes him a few minutes, since he was knee-deep in blueprints and orienting himself with the engine, but he eventually makes his way to where Zuko is and - well, he leans against the door, folding his arms and acting all nonchalant.]

Hey! Welcome to the Golden, man. The pudding's totally edible and delicious, so don't worry about it.

[There's a dispenser in the kitchen, so he's not gonna ask about it, but...]

Also, the confetti? You're gonna see that for like, a whole week.

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[honorbends]

[Ugh, people.

Zuko has been pretty sociable (for him) in figuring out where to go and what to do, but now that Zuko knows all of his friends are on another ship, this is pretty much the last place he wants to be. And so Zuko frowns at the newcomer before sighing.

Being rude won't help anybody.]

Great.

[If you could sound more deadpan, you would probably be literally dead.]

I'm thrilled.

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[alwayscomeback]

Oh hey, you're back. Thanks for the overwhelming concern, man. I'm really feeling it.

We're on a planet right now, so you can go out whenever you like. Just...um don't do it when we're in space? Because you'll die. Space bad.

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[honorbends]

You're welcome.

[Look, if Zuko burst onto the network demanding to see his bffs and being emotionally devastated at their absence, they would probably have him committed. This is how he shows his love, bro. :c]

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[honorbends]

[ -- wait.]

What does 'space bad' even mean?

[It sounds gross, to be honest.]

[ video ]

[gleamed]

You can leave your ship and visit other ships and sometimes planets! But you can't go home home until they send you back. Sorry...

[ she does hate being the bearer of bad news. but maybe she can pad it with something good! ]

But it's really very interesting here! I mean, have you SEEN all those stars? Talk about twinkling!

[ video ]

[honorbends]

[Generally what he expected, but what Zuko didn't expect is the sudden cheerfulness afterwards. Silver lining and all that.

While Zuko is (generally) appreciative of people attempting to cheer him up (sometimes), he's really in no mood for it today. But he's also not going to make some poor girl cry (yet), so he manages a half-hearted -- ]

I like the sun.

[Firebenders do much better during the day than at night, so. :c]

But it's pretty, I guess.

[Video]

[jamminshield]

Hey... Sorry, I don't know much about going home. But I think your eye makeup is really cool! [Thumbs up!] Good job!

And no, I don't think we have avatars here, but it would be cool if we did. I can draw up what mine would look like!

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[honorbends]

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[honorbends]

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[honorbends]

[WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE TODAY]

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[honorbends]

[BETWEEN SOKKA AND THIS KID HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO NOT ASK SOMEONE ABOUT XYZ IS APPEARANCE REALLY THAT IMPORTANT]

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[honorbends]

[WHY WOULD YOU EVEN PUT THIS ON YOUR FACE WILLINGLY JESUS CHRIST HOW DO PEOPLE EVEN SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD BEING SO STUPID]

[Video] ok done

[honorbends]

[After an internal outburst and a slight inhale and exhale that releases the tiniest amount of smoke, Zuko has decided that screaming at a small child is probably not the best way to start his time on the Fleet and honestly maybe it's an honest mistake??]

... the Avatar is a person. He's destined to save our world and put it back into balance -- his name is Aang.

[CAREFULLY. CONTROLLED. TONE. -- though Zuko's tone slips into a slightly irritated, tired tone, like he's said this about sixteen zillion times.]

And it's not -- fake.

[video]

[delincuente]

Oh, hey! It's Zuko again. Huge surprise.

[This is probably the fourth time she's encountered him and she's done pretending they're strangers.]

[video]

[honorbends]

[ . . . ]

Do I show up here a lot?

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[averagestar]

[And a teenage girl is arriving late to introduce herself.]

Um... You're the new arrival, right? It's nice to meet you, and welcome to the Golden.

[She's going to give a little bow, too. Politeness is where working relationships start, after all.]

I'm Uzuki Shimamura, the Communications Officer here. If you need anything encrypted, leave it to me!

Well, things are still kind of a mess around here what with what happened not too long ago, but things should be fine if we keep working on things.

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[honorbends]

[Ohhh goodness small child, and Zuko shifts to pay attention -- and oh no she's bowing.]

It's... hi.

[A little awkwardly.]

... it's nice to meet you, Uzuki. -- what's a communications officer?