[ SLEEVE IMMEDIATELY GOES OVER MOUTH BECAUSE AZULA WILL NEVER SEE HER SMILE especially because she doesn't wanna dodge fireballs ok?? She's having a rough day ]
What happened to you? [ She says this in a way that's not offensive. Her voice sounds a little ...concerned? She may not like Azula very much, but out of some bizarre sense of self-preservation, she knows she has to care.
This might be her fate. ]
And thus Azula explains the plot to the game soulgemmed.
Oh it's quite a long story. I'll give you the cliff notes.
My two best friends betrayed me sending me into an emotional spiral, my brother betrayed his nation causing us to lose the war, eventually I discovered my mother had abandoned us to start a new family and I ran off into a forest full of spirits who wanted me dead.
[Even if she sounds a little bitter, she is saying it all matter of factly.]
Then I met one who wanted something else from me. A spirit that promised me a miracle in exchange for a period of servitude. I dispatch dark spirits and gain more power.
[ You can see the immediate disinterest just roll over Mai the moment Azula starts with "My two best friends".... but she checks back in with the mother part and continues to listen about the forest full of spirits.
It's unfamiliar with Mai, especially with her recent experiences with Azula kidnapping children. ]
What miracle were you promised? [ An Azula miracle would be a hell of a miracle. ]
[A lie. Her original wish was more selfish and bloodthirsty. But a lot has happened in the last year for her.]
Ironic is an understatement. Impossible more like. I may have been a hero to my nation for helping nearly end the war in our favor but we both know just how much that was worth.
[ Mai isn't quite fooled that's Azula's wish. She shutters to think of the actual result of the timeline. But, curiosity killed the cat...
She's going to have to try and bait it out of her. ] Lead it to Zuko to really disappoint everyone. { Heh. I mean, she hasn't kidnapped Tom-Tom technically so this is okay!!!! ]
Well not everyone? Or are you two still on a break?
[Azula doesn't know exactly where Mai is in her own timeline, all she knows is she was no where to be seen and Zuko wouldn't mention her while they were on their little adventure together.]
Yeah. I wasn't a fan of his secrets, and his thoughtless attitude! [ Some lovely snark bait for Azula. She starts again. ] Politically, though, the Fire Nation is doing pretty well for itself. It's nice to travel without being forced to look like a flag. [ She will always hate her time as a Kiyoshi Warrior. That was probably when she started to dislike you tbh. ]
You always were too good for him. But what can I say? I still miss it a little.
[ Oh it's so tempting. For a minute it almost feels like they can be friends again. But Azula still isn't sure she can be any closer then ten feet without feeling like she's gonna get betrayed. At the last part she looks surprised and then laughs an honest laugh.]
It's funny you should say this. One of my new friends keeps making fun of how everyone in the fire nation wears the same four colors. I honestly never noticed it before.
[Fashion was never high on her list of priorities.]
I don't. My life isn't some public political game anymore. [ It's a private political game! Pay to play, bitches! ]
You never noticed? I recalled thinking about it when I wore green for the first time. [ She shakes her head. ] The Earth Kingdom has a terrible sense of style. The yellow just makes it so tacky.
All I noticed was that the only one of us who didn't seem uncomfortable in that much makeup and green was Ty Lee.
Who I might add continues to amaze me with her obliviousness. When I heard she'd joined the Kyoshi warriors I thought I was having another relapse. It just made no sense to me outside of her coming full circle and going back to being a matching set.
[Yes lets just continue to bitch about other people so we can pretend we're not both trying to figure out if the other one is planning on killing us.]
Yeah. She actually doesn't wear that make-up around me because seeing it makes me nauseous. [ But Mai still frowns. ] But, still, she's been the most supportive friend I've had.
I was plenty supportive of you until you stopped supporting me.
[ She tries not to sound too fussed but...was that actually a twinge of hurt in her voice? Couldn't be. For now she tries to play it cool.]
Couldn't wait any longer to ask hmm? Well I'll keep the details close to my chest but I'll give you this.
A puff of fire from her back gives way to powerful blue leathery dragon wings which take her off the ground in a few flaps. A long thick tail swishes behind her and a pair of horns poke through her hair crackling with lightning as she shows off. Even her eyes look to have taken on a more draconic style.]
My dear Uncle isn't the only Dragon in the family anymore~
[ Any barbs Mai wanted to exchange with Azula got halted the moment she became a dragon. Mai's sleeves give way to a slight rise, defensively but she's not fool-hardy enough to attack a dragon that hasn't started to fight yet. ]
...I'm guessing I didn't live too long after you became a dragon, right?
[ Oh how incredibly temped Azula is to cut loose right here and now. Set fire to any last shreds of their friendship and see once and for all if Mai is cold enough to actually use those knives how they're meant to be used on Azula.
Instead she simply lands again, folding her winds like a cape behind her.]
Well to be honest I haven't gotten that far. I have to survive the trails of this city Nyoi-cho before I can enjoy my just rewards.
[Time to give Mai a long good look and decide just how honest she wants to be with the person who helped ruin her life.]
But I wouldn't sell yourself so short. After all I only wanted the best. And for a long while we were exactly that.
[ The fact that Azula didn't kill her... like... Mai's shook rn,
It actually makes Mai lower her sleeves. She knows she's capable to at least hold her own against regular Azula but, magical fairy girl dragon Azula sounds awful. Not only because of her tremendous strength, but, if Magical Fairy Girl Dragon Azula was in Avatar, Mai would never have a day off as long as she lives! ]
Honestly, I would've killed me if I was in your shoes. [ This is honestly more terrifying than the time she impersonated Mai's childhood fears. She's gonna have to tell Iroh u_u ]
Yes, but if you were in my shoes you would have done a lot of things differently.
[Not a condemnation either just a fact.]
As it stands now, there's no reason for me to go through with it. Maybe it would give me some satisfaction, maybe I would sleep a little easier at night knowing you were finally dead and not continuing to plot against me.
And maybe I'm feeling a tiny bit...sentimental.
[She makes a face like the word leaves a bad taste in her mouth.]
I'm not trying to plot anything. [ She frowns. Hesitating for a moment, before continuing. ] You think I'd actually go through on a plan to kill you? When was the last time I went through with anything. [ Seriously. ]
For what it's worth, you got me out of New Ozai. That was something.
[She looks away pouting dem lips because how dare you make her have emotions?]
I've spent a lot of time in the last year separated from our world, interacting with people from different lives and times. People worse then me, people so insipidly kind that you might throw up just from talking to them. It's given me time to reflect on how I came to the state I am in.
I do not regret my actions. Only the unforeseen consequences.
[Then she does actually look back at Mai.]
I will say, it was foolish to ever let a man come between us. Even if he was my brother.
Mai can play this smug taunt game just as well as you can! ]
I haven't been assigned an affiliation yet, but I'll do almost anything if I'm bored enough. [ She sneers. ] You should know that. [ I mean she did hang out with you for two years (altho they were on a more similar wavelength when they started to be fair). ]
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[She's going to pretend she didn't hear that last bit of snark as she checks over her nails.]
I don't think you could play the villain either, Mai. That would require you to commit to something for more than a single afternoon. [A beat as she finally brings her gaze back over to the other girl.] Or to care about anything at all, for that matter.
I don't. If those were your names, I can't even imagine how bad his names are. [ She pauses. ] Seriously, if I was called Lady Sharp, I better be deaf enough not to hear it.
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[Azula says sounding rather nonplussed and looking rather peculiar in her own magical girl outfit.]
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What happened to you? [ She says this in a way that's not offensive. Her voice sounds a little ...concerned? She may not like Azula very much, but out of some bizarre sense of self-preservation, she knows she has to care.
This might be her fate. ]
And thus Azula explains the plot to the game soulgemmed.
My two best friends betrayed me sending me into an emotional spiral, my brother betrayed his nation causing us to lose the war, eventually I discovered my mother had abandoned us to start a new family and I ran off into a forest full of spirits who wanted me dead.
[Even if she sounds a little bitter, she is saying it all matter of factly.]
Then I met one who wanted something else from me. A spirit that promised me a miracle in exchange for a period of servitude. I dispatch dark spirits and gain more power.
It just happened to come with this outfit.
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It's unfamiliar with Mai, especially with her recent experiences with Azula kidnapping children. ]
What miracle were you promised? [ An Azula miracle would be a hell of a miracle. ]
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So, you became the hero? Heh. That's ironic.
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[A lie. Her original wish was more selfish and bloodthirsty. But a lot has happened in the last year for her.]
Ironic is an understatement. Impossible more like. I may have been a hero to my nation for helping nearly end the war in our favor but we both know just how much that was worth.
I am no hero, but I refuse to be a victim either.
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She's going to have to try and bait it out of her. ] Lead it to Zuko to really disappoint everyone. { Heh. I mean, she hasn't kidnapped Tom-Tom technically so this is okay!!!! ]
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Well not everyone? Or are you two still on a break?
[Azula doesn't know exactly where Mai is in her own timeline, all she knows is she was no where to be seen and Zuko wouldn't mention her while they were on their little adventure together.]
keywords tbh
More power to her on that one
[ Oh it's so tempting. For a minute it almost feels like they can be friends again. But Azula still isn't sure she can be any closer then ten feet without feeling like she's gonna get betrayed. At the last part she looks surprised and then laughs an honest laugh.]
It's funny you should say this. One of my new friends keeps making fun of how everyone in the fire nation wears the same four colors. I honestly never noticed it before.
[Fashion was never high on her list of priorities.]
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You never noticed? I recalled thinking about it when I wore green for the first time. [ She shakes her head. ] The Earth Kingdom has a terrible sense of style. The yellow just makes it so tacky.
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Who I might add continues to amaze me with her obliviousness. When I heard she'd joined the Kyoshi warriors I thought I was having another relapse. It just made no sense to me outside of her coming full circle and going back to being a matching set.
[Yes lets just continue to bitch about other people so we can pretend we're not both trying to figure out if the other one is planning on killing us.]
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So, what was your purpose?
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I was plenty supportive of you until you stopped supporting me.
[ She tries not to sound too fussed but...was that actually a twinge of hurt in her voice? Couldn't be. For now she tries to play it cool.]
Couldn't wait any longer to ask hmm? Well I'll keep the details close to my chest but I'll give you this.
A puff of fire from her back gives way to powerful blue leathery dragon wings which take her off the ground in a few flaps. A long thick tail swishes behind her and a pair of horns poke through her hair crackling with lightning as she shows off. Even her eyes look to have taken on a more draconic style.]
My dear Uncle isn't the only Dragon in the family anymore~
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...I'm guessing I didn't live too long after you became a dragon, right?
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Instead she simply lands again, folding her winds like a cape behind her.]
Well to be honest I haven't gotten that far. I have to survive the trails of this city Nyoi-cho before I can enjoy my just rewards.
[Time to give Mai a long good look and decide just how honest she wants to be with the person who helped ruin her life.]
But I wouldn't sell yourself so short. After all I only wanted the best. And for a long while we were exactly that.
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It actually makes Mai lower her sleeves. She knows she's capable to at least hold her own against regular Azula but, magical fairy girl dragon Azula sounds awful. Not only because of her tremendous strength, but, if Magical Fairy Girl Dragon Azula was in Avatar, Mai would never have a day off as long as she lives! ]
Honestly, I would've killed me if I was in your shoes. [ This is honestly more terrifying than the time she impersonated Mai's childhood fears. She's gonna have to tell Iroh u_u ]
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[Not a condemnation either just a fact.]
As it stands now, there's no reason for me to go through with it. Maybe it would give me some satisfaction, maybe I would sleep a little easier at night knowing you were finally dead and not continuing to plot against me.
And maybe I'm feeling a tiny bit...sentimental.
[She makes a face like the word leaves a bad taste in her mouth.]
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For what it's worth, you got me out of New Ozai. That was something.
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[She looks away pouting dem lips because how dare you make her have emotions?]
I've spent a lot of time in the last year separated from our world, interacting with people from different lives and times. People worse then me, people so insipidly kind that you might throw up just from talking to them. It's given me time to reflect on how I came to the state I am in.
I do not regret my actions. Only the unforeseen consequences.
[Then she does actually look back at Mai.]
I will say, it was foolish to ever let a man come between us. Even if he was my brother.
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[She laughs openly.]
As if you could pull that off.
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Mai can play this smug taunt game just as well as you can! ]
I haven't been assigned an affiliation yet, but I'll do almost anything if I'm bored enough. [ She sneers. ] You should know that. [ I mean she did hang out with you for two years (altho they were on a more similar wavelength when they started to be fair). ]
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I don't think you could play the villain either, Mai. That would require you to commit to something for more than a single afternoon. [A beat as she finally brings her gaze back over to the other girl.] Or to care about anything at all, for that matter.
still getting used to these icons (2 .. whoops)
[ She shrugs. She's not gonna debate that. She studies Azula for a moment to see if there are any alterations to her, like the magical girl version. ]
What've you been up to?
And I'm bad at getting back to my tags in a timely manner... sorry ;-;
The same as usual, I suppose. Looking for new worlds to conquer in the name of the Fire Nation and taking down any fools in my way.
[Or trying to anyway. Not much luck of that happening when her mun is so bad at life.]
dont worry about it! haha, i'll backtag forever.
[ It was a miracle that these two, who Do Not Play Well With Others, managed to Play Well Together as elementary school children. ]
omg yessss <3
The Fire Nation can only grow because of my efforts! Think of the power I'll gain when entire worlds kneel at my father's feet.
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[ he pauses for some serious chin handing. ]
Wow, I wish Sokka were here.
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