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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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[Bran is sitting on the opposite end of the couch, eating popcorn with an unusual amount of wonder and reverence. He nearly drops a handful when Zuko has his little outburst, but shows the appropriate amount of disappointment and distress.]

How many castles are there?

[ SOLIDARITY YOUNG FRIEND and zuko, once he figures out a young kid was watching him play, picks up the controller in irritation. ]

I don't know.

You'd think a princess would only have one castle.

[ zuko has the palace, and summer homes, but the palace is the main place of residence for the firelord. CLEARLY PEACH SHOULD BE THE SAME WAY. ]

[Allen is sitting at the end of the couch. It's been about half a week since that incident with Ino, and the 14th hadn't shown himself yet, so he was trying to brave being out in the common area....partly because he's slowly dying of boredom in his room. Still, he looks like he's seen better days health wise. Not that it stops him from speaking up]

Well...it'd be a short game if she was in the first castle.

[ zuko will punch nea in the throat allen it's fine ]

If Mario were any kind of hero, it would be a short game in the first place.

[ ETERNALLY JUDGMENTAL OF SAID PLUMBER and zuko spares allen a glance before picking up the controller to continue on. ]

You look terrible.

[ xoxo allen :) ]

[Thanks Zuko you're a true bro; he'll say a bit dryly]

Gee, thanks.

[xoxo to you too, firelord]

And just because it takes awhile doesn't mean he's not heroic. It's admirable he doesn't give up.

[ zuko just stares at allen with a look of UTMOST IRRITATION before continuing along on his quest to save this dumb princess who probably doesn't even want to be saved in the first place. omfg. ]

This is stupid.

[ under his breath.

and yet

he plays ]

[Welcome to the world of video games. Allen bites back a snicker]

Make sure to go for the green mushroom! It gives extra lives.

Edited 2015-11-02 18:41 (UTC)

I know what it does.

[ a little defensively -- zuko is a quick learner, okay, and he quickly hops across a bed of spikes, narrowly dodging a piranha plant. ]

How did someone come up with the idea for this? It makes no sense.

[ shigeru miyamoto is clearly a mad scientist, as far as zuko is concerned. ]

Okay, just making sure-

[This is your first video game!! But hey, he seems pretty good at this]

I don't know. A lot of video games are strange like this.

[Just lounging here, offering helpful commentary. As he does.]

Maybe you should have done the jerkbending dance and won them over? They might have taken you to the right castle from the get-go.

[ he was just... reading...

zuko's outburst makes him start before he looks at him curiously, and calls over-- ]

... uh, are you okay? Need some tea?

[ zuko has a look of absurd concentration on his face. he's beating this goddamn game. ]

We don't have... video games.

[ if that much were not obvious. ]

Or anything like this -- damn --

[ mario just fell off a cloud. ]

Why don't you give them lessons.

[ in the best deadpan zuko can manage as he collects his controller, moving onto the next stage, hopping neatly over some goombas. ]

You're the expert.

Yeah, I know. [Sokka didn't know it was either] I discovered them in Paradisa myself.

[And over time became horribly addicted. He could claim it was good physical therapy for his hand when he didn't have cards to play- but really it's mostly because he was a teenage dork]

Ah-

...Good thing you picked up that extra life, huh?

No, I don't need tea.

[ maybe. :c

and zuko collects his controller before starting again, looking irritated. ]

I need the princess to pick a stupid castle.

Oh no no, I wouldn't want to disrupt the master at it.

[He'll just chow down on whatever he has to eat right now. It's gonna be meat-something, let's face it. ]

You should jump on top of the little brown mushroom people.

They're called Goombas.

[ in the tone of GOD SOKKA HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW THAT ]

And you don't have to jump on top of them to win.

[ stop the senseless violence sokka :c ]

[ zuko is so incensed at the fact that mario was too stupid to clear a pipe that he is going through the deliberate effort to get a star and is now murdering half of the monsters. ]

I guess.

[ eat shit bowserclones YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE OVER A KINGDOM THAT DOESN'T RIGHTFULLY BELONG TO YOU WHAT IF PEACH IS THE RIGHTFUL HEIR???? >:c ]

-- why are some of the mushrooms bright and some of them are evil?

[ toad is annoying af but at least he doesn't try to kill him ]

Oooooh look at you, using the real names for the pretend mushroom people.

[God, Zuko, stop being such a NERD. ]

But you get more points? Don't you want the high score?

Because...

[A pause. Why is that so?]

...Because some mushrooms are delicious, and others are poisonous?

[You can count on Allen to find the food angle]

Edited 2015-11-03 00:46 (UTC)

I just want to find the stupid princess and beat the game.

[ sokka peach could be dying right now don't you care??? ]

Bowser moved her to a different castle.

[ were you not paying attention ]

What if the game is time based? If I waste time stepping on mushrooms, she could die or something.

[Ahsoka's just entering the living space when she hears Zuko's exclamation and wanders over to see what he's doing. Her face lights up in delight. Have a small alien girl up in your space-- or more accurately, up in front of the TV, inspecting it.]

What the-- it's like-- like a holo game! Only it's flat! I didn't know we even had these here! Oh man.

Yeaaaaah. I hate to spoil it for you, but you're gonna be looking for a while. I don't think the princess even wants to be saved.

[Sokka turns to give him a long, pointed look. ]

You do know she's not actually real, right? I mean, she can't die, but even if she could, you'd just restart and she'd be fine.

Aren't the bright ones poisonous?

[ is toad truly evil QUESTIONS ONE MUST KNOW but as he hops across the finish line, pursing his lips in concentration ]

The bad ones in this game aren't bright.

Nah, you're thinking of poisonous animals. Poisonous mushrooms come in all sorts of variations, and there's some colourful edible mushrooms too.

[SO WHO KNOWS- MAYBE TOAD IS YOUR FRIEND. OR MAYBE HE'S THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THIS?!]

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