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[honorbends]

Who: Zuko [honorbends] and YOU.
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: On Ye Olde Ice Planet.
When: Now!

Why.

[ that is literally the only thing zuko texts, because he has stepped out onto the ice planet Hoth and is promptly regretting ever doing so. firebenders rise with the sun, and zuko is a morning person, and nothing is more claustrophobic than being on a ship with no natural light, or heat, or energy -- and being outside alone is rejuvenating for him, but --

there is so much snow.

so feel free to spot him wandering around looking furious in a scarf, stubbornly melting a small patch of snow, or perusing the markets for things to buy with money that he probably asked someone else for.

or you can hit him with snow and take advantage of the fact that he is, in fact, a firebender on what is apparently a recreation of the northern water tribe. with more salt.

this is the worst. ]

Comments

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka doesn't even bother looking in the water. ]

Nah. Cold water sharks never attack humans. It takes way too much energy to try and topple a kayak, and you gotta conserve all the energy you got out here.

Hence the sitting and relaxing and not getting panicky.

1/2

[honorbends]

[ well, he supposes sokka would know better than he would, and zuko settles back into the boat a little more.

waiting.

are they supposed to be quiet.

is something supposed to happen.

is he doing this right.

well, probably. zuko just has to sit here and be quiet, right. noise probably scares fish away. that's just common sense. probably. so watching the water ripple by and the tiny little ice floes and all of that, being quiet... ]

[honorbends]

Is something supposed to happen soon?

[ firebenders: Not The World's Most Patient Creatures ]

[alwayscomeback]

[Zuko, it's been like, three minutes, come on.]

The fish'll bite when they bite. I thought you did that meditating thingie, isn't that the same?

[Literal years spent with you guys and he still doesn't understand how meditation works. ]

[honorbends]

No.

[ zuko pauses before sighing, resigning himself to awkwardly explaining meditation. ]

Meditation ... you remove yourself from your body, and find your inner peace, and sort out your own conflict. You remain that way -- and in deep meditation, the kind that Aang does? A bomb could go off and you wouldn't notice, because you're so in touch with yourself.

[ zuko has not managed that far ]

[alwayscomeback]

[There's a long-ass pause as Sokka kinda...spaces out for a second there.]

...Wow, no. That's actually not the same at all.

[honorbends]

It's not as simple as relaxing.

[ so. there. yeah. he wins. ]

[alwayscomeback]

[Good for Zuko, he wins the medal of being right about something. Slow clap. ]

Well, this should be easy for you then. Nice, simple relaxing.

[honorbends]

Right.

[ what in the hell is relaxing and how do you do that ]

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka's gone back to relaxing. Come on, Zuko, you can do this. Deep, content breaths. ]