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Who: Uchiha Sasuke
Broadcast: Fleetwide!
Action: Marsiva
When: This very moment.

(broadcast)

[ Sure there are bound to be the occasional less-than-thrilling broadcasts but this one may be a new low, with the camera focused in on a nondescript blob that turns out -- with some acquired distance -- to be a knee. The feed shakes then and there's the loud metallic tap tap of the device being knocked against the framework of one of the generic cots aboard the Marsiva. Tap. Tap. Tap. The only other sound is that of the painfully bland music in the background, without a word being spoken.

At least this inept user finally turns the communicator around to inspect it at another angle, granting any viewer a flash of dark and impractically spiked hair before the camera then focuses on equally shadowed eyes and a severe expression.

No, he's not going to panic. He probably already did that internally before he even tried to figure out the communicator ~~less than successfully~~. Send aid. ]

(action)

[ Sasuke will be easy to encounter either sitting on that cot and fiddling with his communicator, exploring the bay thoroughly, or staring with incredible and difficult-to-read intensity out into the murky void of space. Godspeed. ]

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It's best for the both of us.

[ just an affirmation that sasuke is right, a quiet hum of agreement. zuko wants no part of his crazy family drama in the fleet. he wouldn't say no to iroh, or if his mother miraculously managed to turn up here, but the rest of them? they can stay. and rot. ]

These worlds don't always care about that, though.

[ zuko won't go into detail, or press sasuke into talking, but -- it is possible, that those people sasuke doesn't want to see can and will turn up. he should be prepared, at least, for the possibility. ]

For now, though, I've been lucky.

Aa. I already heard from Ino that it's possible for the dead to show up here. [ Another blunt testimonial to previously acquired knowledge; if they're discussing his family then the word 'alive' isn't about to crop up anytime soon. He spent so long thinking he was the only one aside from his brother, then after learning that he wasn't expending even more energy to kill the ones that were left. Another Uchiha tradition, maybe. ]

We had differing views on the matter.

[ well, at least ino was the one to break that news, because zuko didn't want to do it. he's not really surprised to hear that ino and sasuke disagreed, and he can also guess who felt which way. ]

... I've never had it happen to me, from my world.

[ at least, not with people he cares about. who gives a fuck about jet. ]

But I've met people who are supposed to be dead, and I've had friends meet people that... were supposed to be dead, too.

[ like. sasuke. ]

It's never a simple thing.

[ He can't even wrap his head around the concept right now, too intimidated by it to even gauge what his own reaction would be. Anger? Sadness? Guilt? Even Obito and Madara could bring some of that with them, two men that he aided for a short while despite their intentions. ]

In my world... it's possible to give the dead life again, but the price is always very high. Forbidden techniques can bring someone back underneath your command as long as you have a body for them to possess, and I've had to face people I knew under those circumstances.

It's not just the dead that need to move on from the living world. The living also need to move on from the dead. They should stay in their graves.

[ and zuko agrees, for the most part. the dead returning and living on borrowed time is only painful. but, if ursa showed up here, zuko wouldn't back down from reconnecting with her. he would be there in a heartbeat, and take every second that he could. ]

Maybe.

[ it's said finally, because zuko isn't going to lie to sasuke and say he agrees entirely. ]

The people who are brought here don't have a choice, though, and it's not... they're not brought here with that kind of art. They're the same person they were, before they died.

[ there's a pause. ]

You don't have to think about it unless it happens, anyway. I wouldn't worry about it.

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I don't think it's an easy decision to make. [ Just to make that much clear, anyway. But for him at least he's been robbed of so many memories and spent far too many years dreaming of getting them back just to realize he needs to accept things as they are. Getting attached again, watching his family members leave again... Is that really something that's best for anyone? ]

It's easy to say to ignore it, too, but I'm already feeling that there's too much time allowed to simply think here. Perhaps that'll change after we're moved.

It is easier said than done, but dwelling on the possibility will just drive you insane.

[ sometimes you get lucky. sometimes you don't. if zuko sat around on pins and needles waiting for ozai to show up, he would be a mess. you have to learn how to compartmentalize, but not suffocate. zuko has long since learned when he needs a mental health day, even if he sometimes ignores it. ]

It gets easier when you get put on a new ship, but you still have time to think. I meditate a lot.

[ it helps with his firebending, and with maintaining some level of forced calm whenever he feels like he's stuck in a tin can. ]

So do I, though it's been a while.

[ Everything's been too busy lately but it was an important coping mechanism for him to get through two and a half years living with Orochimaru, a time he's particularly quiet about because there are hardly any high points to speak of. At least the living conditions probably prepared him for this. ]

Are there many willing partners by way of sparring? Training by myself in cramped quarters will get old quickly.

[ well maybe meditation would help your attitude although probably not ]

You could ask on the network. Most of the people from my world are trained fighters, and they might be interested. Katara would probably say yes, if I went with her.

[ pause ]

I could actually be a challenge, though.

[ zuko is like 50% joking and 50% trashtalk at all times

also using firebending on fire wielding ninjas is really fucking hilarious ]

...

[ Wait while he leans in, really staring him down as if he can size him up through the communicator. ]

Are you serious about that? You're really that strong?

I don't enjoy much, but making a weaker fighter eat his boasts is on that list. [ Guess who's 100% trashtalk. ]

[ jesus christ sasuke to think he actually missed you while you were gone doing whatever the fuck it is you do when you're not being supervised ]

You need to get a hobby.

[ JUST... SAYING... ]

And I'll remember that you said that when I'm picking you up off the floor.

Is that right?

[ He has hobbies as listed in the official Naruto fanbook, okay, and they are walking and training. ]

In that case I'll look forward to seeing where your hubris falls flat. It's better for me if you manage to keep up for more than a minute or so, though.

[ a minute ]

I'm not the one underestimating someone who's seen you fight before.

[ BUT zuko is sure sasuke will annoy him into his weird eye scanning bullshit before this ever happens so ]

But if it makes you feel better, I'll let you fight it out for at least five minutes so you don't hurt your ego.

So I should assume you to be some god of combat? I'll bear that in mind after you've lost.

Tell me you have more than fire to face me with, because you'll need it.

No, that's it. That's all I'm capable of.

[ it's so deadpan that it might actually be believable, if it weren't zuko, and he weren't so used to people thinking he sucks. ]

You caught me.

[ azula talked mad shit before he kicked her ass too he's fine. ]

[ Come on, man, do you have to compare him to Azula, really. ]

... that was sarcasm.

[ a ha, caught you ]

{ . . . sigh. HE'S NOT GOING TO SMILE. and give you the satisfaction. though that's pretty funny. and sad. mostly sad.

anyway. ]

You can't learn how to bend fire without being in tune with your body, and with how it moves.

[ so. zuko is a trained martial artist, in addition to an excellent swordsman. ]

You would be useless otherwise.

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