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[honorbends]

Who: Zuko [honorbends] and YOU.
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: The Marsiva!
When: Now!

[ zuko is sitting on a couch playing what appears to be super mario bros. The old school nes version, naturally, and zuko has discovered that 1) video games are amazing and 2) he isn't actually terrible at them.

what zuko is terrible at, however, is controlling his sheer disbelief that the knowledge that all mario needs to do in order to firebend is eat a flower. is that it? seriously??? if it were that easy in his universe, he wouldn't have had to climb up a goddamn mountain in order to regain his skills and talk to a freaking dragon. he would happily --

but his inner monologue is interrupted when zuko finally makes it to the castle, and he looks pretty satisfied with himself at beating this thing (eat shit bowser!!) but then -- ]

-- she's in another castle?

[ ARE YOU SERIOUS and the nes controller is thrown at the ground in a huff. ]

I went through three firebending flowers for that? Unbelievable -- !

[ luigi is better anyway. :c ]

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[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka drops the controller in her surprise.]

What the--!

Did you just-- can you just-- create fire?

[honorbends]

[ -- oh dear.

zuko immediately dissipates the fire and holds up his hands in an instinctive 'not here to roast you alive!!!' gesture, eyes a little wide. ]

-- yeah, it's -- calm down.

[ pls :c ]

I'm not going to hurt you or anything, I was just -- you asked.

[resnipstance]

[She blinks for a minute, and then laughs.]

Oh! I'm not scared. It's great! I've never seen the Force used in such a way. Can you do it again? But... slower, this time?

[honorbends]

[ oh.

zuko hesitates before creating another ball of flame -- it appears to come out of absolutely nowhere, and it sort of does. firebenders pull their energy from within and manifest it into the environment around them. ]

I don't know what the Force is, but that's not what I'm using.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka's eyes light up even more, if that's possible.]

It is, though! I got it that time. You're using the energy inside you to create heat and light, right? That's brilliant!

[honorbends]

[ . . . well. ]

-- I guess, yeah, that's how...

[ hm ]

But we don't call it that.

[resnipstance]

Right. You called it... firebending, right?

Is it a skill anyone where you're from can learn, or do you have to be born Force-sensitive? I mean-- crap. Born with the ability...?

[honorbends]

You're born with the ability to bend whatever element you're meant to bend. Only the Avatar can learn how to bend all four elements.

[ or, well, five. if you count spiritbending, but only the Avatar can do that. ]

[resnipstance]

I thought that might be the case.

What are the other three elements, out of curiousity?

[honorbends]

Air, water, and earth.

[ without missing a beat ]

[resnipstance]

That's awesome! Man. I wish I could see it in action. It probably isn't the same with just one of you, right?

[honorbends]

[ well, there is an earthbender and a waterbender on board, but zuko won't put katara and toph on display. and so -- ]

Each has their own unique fighting style and bending style, so... they all work differently. Firebenders are the only ones who actually create their element from within, though.

[ all the others are external -- or internal, but utilize the elements within. firebenders are a much more volatile species. ]