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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?

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[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?

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[Ordinarily, Zuko would find that bizarre -- but he's been through this song and dance before. So -- ]

The war is over.

[Zuko sounds relieved by that (sometimes, it's a little hard to believe), and he crosses his arms with a slight huff.]

The Golden. Or -- something. I don't know, I haven't talked to anyone since I got moved.

[FUCK SOCIALIZING ok toph this is hard :(]

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[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]

[limitstorm]

[ for a second he's caught off-guard. riku always has tried to put his best foot forward, so politeness is a given, and he expects it in return. and then, it's like he bristles, all petulant teen emotion before he just. calms himself.

right. he's a master and a first mate and he needs to keep his head. he bites his tongue. ]

Riku. First Mate of the SS Bloodsport.

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[kyasdaughter]

You're taking all of this pretty well.

[ hi, zuko. katara here. ]

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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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[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.

[bolder]

Cool, thanks. I'm a couple years after that, in case it ever comes up. [Toph shrugs.]

Yeah, no. You're moving to the Blue Fish. Sokka, Katara, and I are all here.

[NOT GONNA MENTION SHE'S THE PILOT JUST YET]

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[Zuko opens his mouth to ask about the finer details -- a couple years after that? The war? What happens? Does he suck at being the Firelord? Are the nations okay? Does he make things worse?

-- but then Toph distracts him with the next order, and he scoffs before running his hands over his face, sounding faintly incredulous. And a bit petulant.]

You could've given details in the first place --

[But he quickly loses focus on his bitching to focus on something more important -- and seeing as Toph is a safe bet, Zuko feels he can have the room to ask a potentially stupid question.

He even has the grace to sound somewhat cautious.]

-- are they all from the same time you are?

[Zuko had a nasty incident once where Katara was convinced he was ready to kill them all and while that might have been entirely accurate at one point in time IT'S NOT TRUE NOW jeez :c]

[honorbends]

[Zuko

continues to look slightly suspicious.]

-- it's Zuko.

[Finally, with a slight frown.]

I've met you before, but you obviously don't remember.

[Which isn't RIku's fault, but it's still annoying. It's always annoying. But instead of dwelling on that, Zuko focuses on something way more important, and he sounds faintly incredulous. And a bit judgmental.]

Why are you on a ship called the Bloodsport?

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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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[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.

[limitstorm]

[ oh.

oh. riku deflates, and rubs the heel of his palm against his face. deeply apologetic, he looks back at zuko. ]

S--sorry. I didn't know.

[ well, zuko may not think it's riku's fault, but riku sure does. he just sighs at the question, rubbing a hand through his hair. ]

Like I know. It was the ship I was assigned to, no idea where they come up with these dumb names.

[honorbends]

It's not your fault.

[It's not dismissive, necessarily, but a little firm. There's no use apologizing for something you can't control.

Though Zuko can 100% agree that Bloodsport sounds like something Sokka would come up with which is guaranteed to sound stupid.]

How long have you been here?

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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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[kyasdaughter]

[ aaand she will just make a face at him, apparently displeased. ]

So have I, but that doesn't mean I was rude about it.

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[honorbends]

[ -- wait.]

What does 'space bad' even mean?

[It sounds gross, to be honest.]

[limitstorm]

Almost a year.

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[honorbends]

[omfg it's been literally ten seconds and you're already lecturing him why :(]

I'm not being rude.

[He's 100% being rude but come on he just got here and he got confetti chucked in his face.]

I was just asking a question.

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[kyasdaughter]

You're being rude.

[ SHE HUFFS... but concedes, and maybe looks a little upset. ]

No, Aang isn't here, and yes, we're trapped until someone decides to send us home. Happy?

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[honorbends]

No.

[What kind of stupid question is that, Katara, of course he's not fucking happy >:c he wants to be home or in adstring and not on some dumbass spaceship with a bunch of weirdos who don't know who he is, goddammit.

-- but oh, Katara actually looks a little upset by that, and Zuko kind of cringes to himself before he, too, gives in.]

Sorry.

[:c]

-- for. Yeah.

[LOOK HE'S GROWN UP LIKE A LITTLE BUT HE'S STILL THE WORST.]

[honorbends]

[Hm.]

-- I was in the place I was before for... three years, I think. It's hard to keep track after awhile.

[Zuko still isn't entirely sure he's still not there. The Animus are capable of doing something like this. He might wake up in a week and have this all be a fever dream.]

It's not permanent, anyway.