[Just got caught up on "The Promise"] [Also Canonmates for Digital_Dive?]

[burnedbrighter]

Oh my wasn't that rich?

It almost makes me not want to burn the flesh from his bones...yet.

I'll have to settle for that water tribe savage. When did you say I could meet with him? Would you be more agreeable if I found that musclebound Earth Kingdom buffoon first?

See Mundane? I can be worked with. It doesn't always have to be screams.

Perhaps the sun is finally going to rise for me once more.

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[preacher_man]

[He's just staring at you with those blind eyes. He didn't think he would see anyone like her, at least no one new like her.]

Repentance would be the better option.

[burnedbrighter]

That would imply I have something to be repentant for.

[preacher_man]

You do. I can see your sin.

[burnedbrighter]

And just what does it look like? I hope it's impressive~

[preacher_man]

It's sad really, that you've fallen so far as to hurt people like you have.

[burnedbrighter]

The hurt and pain I've caused was all for a greater good. There's nothing sad about that.

[preacher_man]

If it was for the greater good then I would not see your sin. You loved your work and did it because you enjoyed it. You're a sadist looking for a reason to do what she wants.

[burnedbrighter]

Such a sweet talker~ But you should know you're not really my type.

[preacher_man]

Is this actually your idea of flirtation?

[Sorry he is just taken aback by that.]

[burnedbrighter]

You make this all too easy.

[preacher_man]

[Excuse him, Azula is confusing.]

You're a strange woman.

[burnedbrighter]

[It comes with being insane]

You have NO idea.

[preacher_man]

Well it does help when I can see the things you have done.

[lithping]

...Azula.

[ It's been such a long time since he's last seen his sister, but suffice it to say that this will not be a particularly huggy sort of reunion. ]

[burnedbrighter]

Zuzu~

It's about time you came to visit me brother. I've been so lonely in my cell.

[lithping]

...I've been busy.

[burnedbrighter]

Oh I know~

Tell me Zuzu, do you still feel them even here? The eyes that follow you? Constantly scanning, examining, looking for cracks. Weaknesses. To see if you're going to let your guard down physically...emotionally...

The way things are going you'll either be killed or thrown out of power. And then what will happen to our beloved Fire Nation?

[lithping]

[ He grits his teeth in frustration, averting his gaze. Even after all this time, she still knows how to play to his every insecurity. ]

...That's not going to happen. I'm going to find a way to keep the peace with the Earth Kingdom without hurting the people of the Fire Nation.

[burnedbrighter]

You hope~

But how can you lead a people you no longer love? After all aren't we the ones who started this war?

All hail the Firelord Zuko who punished his people for generations of doing what was best for themselves! [unstable cackle]

[lithping]

And what would you do if you were Firelord, Azula? Start the war all over again? Just kill anyone who didn't do exactly what you told them to do?

[burnedbrighter]

Oh I was never meant to be Firelord. I see that now. I'm a monster Zuzu. A monster who loves her nation with all of her heart. There's no place in our homeland for a creature like me.

But you're not much better a choice. You can barely take care of your own emotional problems let alone the lives of thousands.

[lithping]

[ He bristles uncomfortably when she calls herself a monster, wanting to say something about it but refraining for the time being. ]

My own problems don't matter. Not when they're compared to the problems that the rest of the world has to face. I love the Fire Nation too, and I'm not about to let it go down in history as the country that destroyed the rest of the world.

[burnedbrighter]

Funny thing about history...it's written by the winners.

And you know what the winners will write about our people? That they were corrupt fools led by a powerhungry mad man.

But you know our father was not mad. Not like me.

And you know our people. They did what was best for their families and that meant war. Not foolish. Not corrupt. Just protecting what they loved.

[lithping]

They did what they thought was best for them, because we made them. How would it help the Fire Nation if we destroyed the Earth Kingdom?!? The Fire Nation is the most powerful country in the entire world. We shouldn't have started the war in the first place!

[burnedbrighter]

Fool. Do you really think so little a bout your own people? That they don't have thoughts of their own?

Then again...you never had thoughts of your own so I guess I can't blame you. You were always doing what Father, uncle, or the Avatar wanted. Or me, but well...who can blame you for that?

[sighs and sinks down into a corner knees to her chin, she says these things, but none of the cruelty or pleasure she used to get out of it is there]