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sirenspull2012-07-09 10:54 pm
deformed) wrote in sirenspull2012-07-09 10:54 pm
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[VIDEO; an hour after dark]
[ A messy line of text streams across a rampant new post on the network, apparently something of an accidental keysmash that reads, IM~H W#RHR AH [KTRARRR[#'APAA??/ Moments later, the Video kicks in and shows someone upside-down in reds and golds, the bottom of a disapproving grimace visible over the edge of the screen. He doesn't look pleased, probably wouldn't even without half his face melted into a permanent squint, but there's something else wrong.
His shirt is burned through and one hand is clutching a nasty mess in the centre of his chest, trembling badly as blue sparks shiver through him at odd moments. ]
— ey! Can anyone hear me? Who are these guys? [ Standing some way from the Greeter unfortunate enough to find himself serving a shift with one very pissed off prince, he hoarsely tries to be heard. ] Don't they understand? I have to finish the — ungh! The Agni Kai, I can't go and hide in a house somewhere! I —
[ Coughing in pain, he turns over the NV to inspect it, fortunately righting the screen by accident as he pauses to catch his breath. ]
K-Katara, are you okay? Did she get you — huh? Who's there ... ?
[ It's dark outside, that much is apparent from the off. Throughout his heated rant, Zuko's wandering has taken him outside the baseball diamond and straight into the path of something that welcomes him the good old-fashioned Darkness way; the NV clatters with a tinkling of brass as he throws himself into a ferocious attack, flames flaring to scare off the moving shadows across the street.
Scooping up his communication device, huffing and pounding footsteps can be heard for a few seconds before his back hits a wall and he hisses urgently, golden eyes wide with alarm and pain. Slumping down to crumple over his knees, he gasps and fights for calming breaths, tiny electrical shocks zipping over his skin and the dao swords strapped over a shoulder. ]
Can't — Can't keep moving. [ Teeth grit against the sting of being forced into combat so soon after sustaining a blast of redirected lightning back home. To the normal eye, though, it looks like something tried to chew through his gut. ] That's it. I've had enough of these games, I want answers. Now!
His shirt is burned through and one hand is clutching a nasty mess in the centre of his chest, trembling badly as blue sparks shiver through him at odd moments. ]
— ey! Can anyone hear me? Who are these guys? [ Standing some way from the Greeter unfortunate enough to find himself serving a shift with one very pissed off prince, he hoarsely tries to be heard. ] Don't they understand? I have to finish the — ungh! The Agni Kai, I can't go and hide in a house somewhere! I —
[ Coughing in pain, he turns over the NV to inspect it, fortunately righting the screen by accident as he pauses to catch his breath. ]
K-Katara, are you okay? Did she get you — huh? Who's there ... ?
[ It's dark outside, that much is apparent from the off. Throughout his heated rant, Zuko's wandering has taken him outside the baseball diamond and straight into the path of something that welcomes him the good old-fashioned Darkness way; the NV clatters with a tinkling of brass as he throws himself into a ferocious attack, flames flaring to scare off the moving shadows across the street.
Scooping up his communication device, huffing and pounding footsteps can be heard for a few seconds before his back hits a wall and he hisses urgently, golden eyes wide with alarm and pain. Slumping down to crumple over his knees, he gasps and fights for calming breaths, tiny electrical shocks zipping over his skin and the dao swords strapped over a shoulder. ]
Can't — Can't keep moving. [ Teeth grit against the sting of being forced into combat so soon after sustaining a blast of redirected lightning back home. To the normal eye, though, it looks like something tried to chew through his gut. ] That's it. I've had enough of these games, I want answers. Now!
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Zuko! Come, we must get inside to the apartments, we will be safe there for a time.
[It wouldn't be too long until more came along, they seemed to instinctively go wherever there was fighting and death]
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Where are they coming from?
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They are the spirits of the dead also called Darkness Monsters by many, corrupted by something known as The Core.
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[ Hurrying along despite how his injury scalds him with painful shivers, he keeps an eye on what he can of their surroundings, clutching tight to that unwavering support. ]
Sorry, I'm not as fast as I should be.
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No need to apologize, you are injured. We have always managed to make it through.
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By the skin of our teeth? I'd rather not this time.
[ A wide berth between them and danger is entirely preferable. ]
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...that's true, we are almost there however! We will stay in the Newcomer apartments tonight.
[He would have free rent for this month, so they could bunker down]
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I still think I'm dead.
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[And isn't that a bit uncomfortable, Zuzu]
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[ They could be fifty stone and covered in sea-slugs, but he'd still welcome a pair of soothing hands. ]
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[And once they get in, and get the key from a very gruff man, they begin their trek up a flight or two of stairs, and open to a very crappy looking apartment]
Well, it is yours for a month, but I would prefer if you stayed at my place. Now lets get you to that couch.
[It would do for now, somewhere to lie. He helps him down so he can sit or lie down]
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I want to stay with you too.
[ Whenever he can move again, that is, because he's currently tempted to pass right out. ]
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Lets get some water in you.
[All they had was a couple of water bottles, but it was better then nothing. He pours it into a tea cup he had on his person]
Drink a little.
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You said Katara's okay. Where is everyone, or is it just me and you again?
[ Just like old times, only Ba Sing Se feels a million miles away. ]
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Yes, she is alright. Everyone else is back at home. This place takes people from different times. I came from a couple of months after your duel with Azula.
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[ Or what feels like one, anyway. ]
If what you're saying is true, then ... who won? What happened to Azula?
[ She's a horrible, terrible person, but even so there's no getting around the fact she is his sister. Marginally, he hopes she's alright. ]
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We won, your father's bending was stripped of him by the Avatar, Azula was placed in a mental faculty close to the Fire Nation capital, and I reclaimed Ba Sing Se.
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[Just a mythical creature which no one has seen for many centuries]
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[ Groans. ]
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[Which he himself still finds pretty strange]
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Action /being hideously slow
Action Weh, at least your net didn't decide to die. ;;
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