She's irritable. What else is new?

[unexcitable]

[sigh] So just what are we doing anyway? I am selfless, cold, composed-- what? Why is that funny to you? I am also getting very bored very quickly. But I am not a person who tollerates boredom for long. So let's hurry up and start moving forward again.

You have until after this "free comic book day" or whatever.

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[burnedbrighter]

At least I knew how to keep you entertained.

[unexcitable]

You are terrifyingly entertaining.

[burnedbrighter]

We had so much fun.

Remember that time in the academy dining hall when we humiliated our music teacher?

[unexcitable]

We really did get away with everything didn't we?

[burnedbrighter]

And why not?

We earned it. They should have been grateful we even bothered.

[unexcitable]

I wonder if things would have turned out differently if someone actually disciplined us.

--

Probably not.

[burnedbrighter]

Not likely.

...

Maybe more people would have lost their jobs.

[unexcitable]

Maybe. But then by the time my Family moved to the Earth Kingdom the unemployment rate would have shot sky high.

[burnedbrighter]

I was so angry when you told me you were moving.

[unexcitable]

We're lucky you didn't burn the neighborhood down.

[prince_zuko]

What is it about these comics anyway? That shouldn’t determine anything, they’re just another excuse for muns to use to buy time.

You’re not that cold when I’m around.

[unexcitable]

They combined reading and pictures. So I guess it's a form of entertainment? [she shrugs]

And you-- [uh-oh] You let your Mun off the hook!

[prince_zuko]

I’m sure Sokka would be thrilled about the pictures. So long as he doesn’t try to draw his own.

[Oops.] Not entirely, just some leeway so he could do something that was important to another muse. [Heh, Lee-way.] Besides, that free comic book day should bring him around anyway.

[unexcitable]

[she doesn't look entirely appeased]

[prince_zuko]

[He throws his arms out.] What else do you want me to do? Muns get the final say. Not like my Firelord title means a whole outside of here.

[unexcitable]

-- [sigh] I guess we're stuck waiting around again then.

[prince_zuko]

Yeah. [He slumps onto the floor.] This isn’t exactly what I pictured happening when I got picked back up again. I thought the canon review would have done something more. Sometimes I just feel like some kind of novelty muse, paraded out just for show.

[unexcitable]

[Mai sits down next to him, scooting up against his side] I'm sure you're more than that.

[prince_zuko]

Not next to the "golden child" apparently. [He rubs his head with his fingers.] I think I'm always going to have to deal with being second best.

[savedtheworld]

Did you... did you experience it yet, Mai?

[unexcitable]

Uhm yeah. That was-- I didn't know we were ah...you know.

[savedtheworld]

B-broken up? I'm sorry, Mai. I didn't know until my mun told me. Zuko didn't mention it when we talked in The Promise, and I guess my mun wasn't sure if you should know yet. Apparently, you got... mad at him when he was talking to Ozai and not talking to you.

[unexcitable]

Well that definitely sounds like something I'd have a problem with. He's not supposed to keep things from me anymore.

[savedtheworld]

He must have messed up. But who knows? Maybe things'll be better for you later on!

[unexcitable]

Anything is possible I suppose.