oh god most tentative voicetest ever

[agniscarred]

Do you even know what you're doing? I don't exactly have a whole lot in the way of free time right now. And neither should you. Don't give me your speech about identifying or looking up to me. Try Uncle, or the Avatar, or one of the others. They'll be more, uh, receptive to that.

Trust me. I'm nobody to be admired.

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The best I can throw at you for a voice test is a crossover AU character

[smells_to_see]

I don't think any of us are that much better than other people. There's some legitimately terrible people in this world, but the rest of us make mistakes like anyone else. The only thing we can do is live with our mistakes and try not to make them again.

Anyone who can see something wrong and tries to change it is worthy of admiration.

[She shrugged and gave a laugh.]

Maybe I shouldn't get so philosophical though. I might start sounding like an old woman.

firebending terezi? i can dig it!

[agniscarred]

[Zuko shifted.] But if you were surrounded by terrible people, if you lived and worked with them, and if you turned out the only good people--

Then that's different.

[He might give an amused snort, though.]

Elders often give good advice.

Yeah there's a whole tumblr dedicated to the AU

[smells_to_see]

I might know a little bit about working with terrible people.

[She took off her glasses to show that Zuko wasn't the only one to lose an Agni Kai, and she came out of it with her sight completely gone.]

The girl who gave me this was once a good friend of mine.

[agniscarred]

[Oh. That definitely seems familiar.]

The left side of my face is scarred. By my father.

[bluh bluh tragic past.]

[smells_to_see]

I thought I smelled something familiar.

[Granted a father is a little more harsh than a friend doing it.]

I'm guessing you are a firebender like I expected then?

[agniscarred]

Smelled?

[Toph understands the world around her by feeling the vibrations from the earth, he knows. But smelling--that's something new.]

Yes. So are you. [Not a question. Observation.]

[smells_to_see]

Yeah I would have a hard time if I couldn't smell my way around.

[Different animal, different sense, but same concept as Toph's.]

Yes, but can you tell what Avatar is currently around in my time?

[agniscarred]

[Right, like Toph. Except a different sense.]

I don't know about your time. I know Avatar Aang.

[smells_to_see]

Ah okay so you're an Avatar generation after mine if I remember right. My Avatar is Avatar Roku.

[agniscarred]

Before the war.

[Pause.]

Right. Before me. Do you know about the War?

[smells_to_see]

Yeah I've been around long enough to know about the war from other people I've met.

Can't say I'm pleased we failed to stop the Fire Lord. Especially with some of my best friends being Airbenders.

[maipokerface]

Don't start that again.

[agniscarred]

I'm not starting anything.

[maipokerface]

You sure about that? Because what I hear is saying the opposite.

[agniscarred]

I'm just making an observation. He should have a better choice to look up to.

[maipokerface]

Well, apparently they don't. It's not like you can't be looked up to, you know. There's plenty of good things about you, even if you are an idiot at times.

[She sighs.]

Just accept someone's admiration and affection for once.

[agniscarred]

That's not the point.

[But he's stubborn, and he's not going to admit that he's wrong. Beause really, why would he? So instead, Zuko just changes the subject.]

I accept yours.

(ooc: zuko mentioned that mun's a he, it's all good)

[maipokerface]

At times you did. At others...

[There she shrugs a shoulder.]

[agniscarred]

I told you, I had to teach--oh, forget it.

[maipokerface]

What, teach the Avatar? That was a while ago, Firelord - for me anyhow.

[agniscarred]

Fire--what?

[He hasn't gotten that far yet, Mai.]

[maipokerface]

[She cocks a brow lightly.]

I guess you're still pretty far back then. So do you want me to tell you what happened or not?

[agniscarred]

So what, this place has people from--different points in history? I knew that there were from other places.

[maipokerface]

Something like that. You'll find people from different points, different places, alternate realities or something like that. Basically if you've ever thought about it or never thought about it, you're going to find it somewhere around here.

[agniscarred]

[Oh. Pardon him while he has a minor existential crisis.]

That doesn't narrow it down much.

[He thinks for a moment. So, Mai's from later on. After he's Fire Lord. Well, that's at least somewhat reassuring.]

I haven't seen you since the Boiling Rock.

[maipokerface]

I'm not an encyclopedia on this place or anything, you know.

[That said, she sighs a bit.]

That long, hm. Alright then.

[Arms crossed, her expression remains flat.]

Everything worked out, your father and Azula were defeated and you became Firelord. For me it's been a year since your coronation.

[agniscarred]

Oh.

[He's just going to take that in. Cross his arms.]

I'm surprised it did.

[shhhhh_secret]

Has eet occurred to you zat your mun admires you because, not een spite, of your more questionable qualities?

(Beat.)

But zen again, I am an agent provocateur who kills people and destroys tings for a living, so perhaps my mun should pick better role models.

((OOC: Spy's basically my chance to let loose and be a huge asshole. XD;;;;;;;;))

[agniscarred]

Then he's an idiot.

[He digests the man's other words--his confession? Zuko's seen the likes of the Dai Li, he's seen his fathers' guards, and Azula's...allies. Dated one of them, at that, but shut up. He understands that governments hire people like him to do things like that.

Which doesn't mean he likes it, granted. Just understands.]

Where are you from? I don't recognize your accent.

[shhhhh_secret]

Muns do tend to be razzer foolish.

Ze accent eez French. Where I am from eez classified eenformation, I am afraid.

((OOC: Team Fortress 2 wiki says "indeterminate region of France", but personal headcanon says this Spy's from Chicago.))

[agniscarred]

I'll keep that in mind.

[Classified information. And...'French.']

That doesn't help.

[shhhhh_secret]

Have ze world's smallest violin.

(Rubs thumb and index finger together.)

[agniscarred]

[...

...

...]

Do you have a point?

[shhhhh_secret]

You shouldn't let your mun upset you. Zat only encourages zem.

[thefreedomreign]

[Well this kid sure sounds a little bit too much like him at that age.]

Whatever the reason, I think there's a lot to be learned from those that "identify" with you.

[agniscarred]

[All aboard the angst train!]

Yeah? Like what?

[thefreedomreign]

[Choo choo!]

Sometimes, we can become blinded to the admirable qualities in ourselves -- whether it's through circumstance, or just life making us jaded. This person clearly sees something in you that you may not, so it might be helpful to figure out what that is.

If you're anything like me, it could be invaluable.

[agniscarred]

[He's had enough of certain older people telling him that he's worth more than he is, thank you very much.]

And what are you like?

hello yes i think you wanted help

[cheruubic]

I don't know, I think most people have something about them that's worth admiring! Maybe not all, but the ones who don't deserve even a little bit of admiration usually aren't the ones saying they don't.

[She spreads her green, claw-like hands palm-up, with a shrug.] Surely you know someone who truly doesn't deserve admiration of any sort. Are you really exactly like them?

[agniscarred]

[On one hand, it's sound advice.

On the other hand, what the hell is that. It...it has to be a spirit. Aang and Iroh have told him about their encounters with the Spirits. They're usually animals, granted, or the dead. But it's a skull-like face, so dead...ish?]

I do. He's my father.

[cheruubic]

Oh, really! We have something in common then, my friend! Mine is my brother, you see.

[She sighs, lightly, and smiles at the human.]

It's such a shame we can't choose our relatives, but at least it gives us clear examples of what not to behave like, don't you think?

[agniscarred]

I didn't know spirits had brothers. [Or genders, for that matter. They were just--spirits.]

No. I guess not. All my life I've been trying to be more like my Father. More like the person that he wanted me to be. But then I realized that was wrong. And now--

[He shrugs.]

[cheruubic]

Spirit...?

Oh, no, I'm not a spirit! I'm, ah... [Will he know what an alien is? She hesitates, then temporizes,] just from very, very far away.

I do think that that is very admirable, darling! I've read the stories of people who have blindly followed the path of their quite terrible ancestors, and it did them little good at all to chain themselves to that kind of legacy.