[Just caught up on "The Search: part 2"] [Planning on an app to theserver next month]

[burnedbrighter]

It goes without saying doesn't it?

This information changes nothing. I still hate you. I hate everything you've done to me and I hate you for everything you imagine doing to me. I hate your opinions of me, I hate your theories and I hate that you would dare call yourself a fan. These are not the actions of a fan. They are the gleeful games of a sociopath.

And now you threaten to pull me out of my forced "retirement" in mirage_universe So that you may remove all the actual progress I've made and once more reduce me to a paranoid wreck?

While I admit it won't be much of a shift from how I am now you are talking about taking me...ME of all people, and placing me in a world full of children. More baffling is you would ask me to use my skills and abilities to save this world from dark forces.

...and yet you take away my bending.

You are a fool and a madman and history will prove me right.

I am a monster, but I am not YOUR monster.

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[leaderkun]

[Oh, someone else going where he is]

... That's a lot of hate.

[burnedbrighter]

I have plenty more where that came from.

Trust me.

[leaderkun]

[He doesn't seem put off by the scary possibly crazy girl. In fact he thinks for a moment]

From what my mun has said, this place feeds off emotions to give you power. Hate is one of the strongest emotions that exists, so if nothing else you shouldn't be hurting for ammunition.

[burnedbrighter]

[This is news to her. Still she scowls and remains still...partly because she's in a straight jacket.]

He still deprives me of my two greatest weapons and then asks me to put the needs of others before my own. It's like he doesn't even know me!

...except he does it wickedly knowing that when he asks this of me it will irritate me.

[leaderkun]

[ Yu isn't curious enough to get too close to anyone in a straight jacket, staying juuust outside spit range. He doesn't know what 'bending' is, but if the jacket keeps her from using it, he probably doesn't want to be hit by it. ]

Well, assuming it isn't *purely* sadism on the mun's part- [And he's not discounting that. His mun isn't always all there either]

-...they say we only grow through trials.

[burnedbrighter]

HA! They use the promise of growth as bait. To lure you into a trap and then crush you. I thought I had reached the depths of my soul BEFORE he took me in. I was on the verge of taking my own life, I couldn't trust my own senses, I had fallen from the heights of greatness and perfection to the lowest levels of madness and self loathing.

And then do you know what he did?

He had my father killed, by my former best friend. And took her away before I could have revenge.

That...was his version of growth.

[leaderkun]

[He's quiet, listening. He can't help but feel pity for this madwoman, but he's careful to keep his expression schooled and largely blank. It's the kind of pity one might have for a dying animal, and he doubts it'd be received well.]

..if you're already so low, then in the end what does it matter where you're sent? What do you have to lose now?

[Risky question. She might take it as an insult. But he puts his hope on the jacket keeping him safe]

[burnedbrighter]

[She looks surprised, probably because no one has ever asked her that]

I can lose nothing more, but I gain nothing from these tortures he inflicts on me. Every time I think he has nothing he can do or say to hurt me more he finds a way till my very existence is a slow lingering poison in my veins.

[twisted_paw]

Oho, now I like your attitude. You remind me a lot of myself, really. I wonder, do you know how to drive?

Well...here's a crossover I never knew I needed <3

[burnedbrighter]

I would have to learn. But I cannot trust any others to such a task.

No one can be trusted with my safety, not even myself.

I KNOW. It would be too perfect.

[twisted_paw]

It's a simple enough concept to grasp. The pedal on the right accelerates, the one on the left brakes, and you just turn the wheel in the way you wish to go. It simply takes practice, and I can provide the perfect area to practice - and a vehicle worthy of your skill and powers.

[He's now envisioning a modified version of a Fire Nation tank with flamethrowers on all sides, with a Tesla Coil mounted on the hood ornament. Oh, watching her go up against drivers like Axel or Mr. Grimm would be exquisite.]

I fully understand that sentiment, my dear. After all, I didn't get where I am today by not stepping on everyone I could along the way. The world needs people like you and I, the true greats. Not some fairy tale hero that only makes the people weak, right, your highness~?

Oh if only ^_^

[burnedbrighter]

[she's eyeing him suspiciously but she's desperate and she knows it. Anything would be better then her room at the nuthouse]

I am-
...
I have been a quick study.

As for monsters and our place in the world, clearly they would prefer I fade quietly into the shadows so they can forget about me. About EVERYTHING I did for our nation.

I knooooooow! Azula would fit in Twisted Metal SO WELL.

[twisted_paw]

[Calypso says nothing for the most part, just circles around her, and lowers himself to whisper in her ear.]

I could make you the Phoenix Queen.

This is my new fantasy XD

[burnedbrighter]

[she tightens as he circles, the paranoia won't allow her to calm down, but his words make her eyes snap wide with surprise]

...how?

[twisted_paw]

[He grins, fingers undoing the clasps of her straight jacket. After all, he can't exactly demonstrate just how confident he is in his power without allowing her access to hers, now can he?]

I know much about your world. Your bending. I could give you the same power your world's precious Avatar has. I could give you the power of Sozin's comet in your pinky finger. The world would be yours to rule and reshape as you see fit.

I could make you the only bender your world had.

[He grins as he circles back around, extending a hand.] For I am Calypso, granter of dreams. All you have to do is what you've always done: fight for your greatness, and take it by force. None would dare betray you with the power I could give you.

[burnedbrighter]

[as the straps loosen and the jacket comes slack she studies him with sharp predatory eyes. Questioning, curious. She shrugs off the jacket and rubs her wrists to loosen the muscles]

And you would do this for me, why? What do you gain from this proposal that you cannot simply take with such power?

[twisted_paw]

I am a simple man, of simple pleasures. I enjoy the struggle. The contest I hold, and the prize I offer as incentive provides the ultimate struggle. I simply spectate.

That, and I enjoy seeing what people will do with what they gain with their wishes.

[burnedbrighter]

[every muscle in her body aches to deny this, for it is clearly a trap and yet...]

You sound much like the Muns. All for the sake of entertainment.

[twisted_paw]

There is one major difference between us, however.

I do not simply put people in situations against their will. Everyone who competes in my contests do so of their own volition. I do not force anything on anyone. I simply provide an incentive and people make their own decisions.

If you do not wish to compete, I will not force you. I just feel you owe it to yourself to consider the possibilities.

[burnedbrighter]

[This is too good to be true. It has to be...and yet...]

...very well. Tell me more of this competition.

[her stomach keeps flipping as her cracked psyche runs wild with the possibilities]

[seventeenpills]

I'm sorry to hear you and your Mun are having problems, Azula.

Stupid notif fail

[burnedbrighter]

Business as usual.

What of you and yours?

Happens rto us all!

[seventeenpills]

That's a shame. I hope they take your wishes into account a little more frequently now that you've had your say.

Me and mine? Hmm. Really no complaints except he doesn't really DO much with me anymore. I'm not as action oriented as his other muses so I tend to get left behind somewhat.

[burnedbrighter]

That would be a true miracle. His current plans include taking away all my...progress. And sending me to a world without my firebending. Or rewriting my entire history to make some kind of...alternate version of me that lives in a world where people fight to the death for entertainment.

...I actually prefer the second one.

Good! You shouldn't be on the front lines. You're weak.

[seventeenpills]

Neither one of those sounds particularly appealing to me. But.. to each their own, I suppose?

And yes, Azula. I know I'm not cut out for running around and getting into fights. But still. That doesn't mean there's NOTHING of interest I can do.

[burnedbrighter]

At least in the second one I would still have wealth and respect and perhaps a shred of my old self.

Well of course you can be of interest, just not in combat. You're more interesting as a tool. As a way to show off the personalities of those around you.

[Because yes, Azula does not think much of you as a person, probably because of how kind and helpful you've been]

[seventeenpills]

Well, there's that aspect of it. Sure. It still sounds horrible.

...I see. So, I'm just interesting enough to be just bland enough to help make those around me appear more interesting. That's... depressing.

[But Hisao it's pretty much the EXACT role you were designed for within your canon! =D ]

Shut up, Mun. You're being pretty unhelpful.

[burnedbrighter]

You act surprised. I thought perhaps you might have noticed by now.

Your most redeeming quality is how your luck and persistence allows others to tell their stories.

[seventeenpills]

No. I hadn't noticed that.

[In fact... now that he has? A lot of things sort of make sense.]

...I really am just entirely too passive about everything.

[burnedbrighter]

Well that's easy to fix if you've the will for it.

[seventeenpills]

I would like to think I do. I haven't just curled up to die yet, after all.

[burnedbrighter]

...I think perhaps there is hope for you.

But you need a world with balance. Enough times of peace so that your heart doesn't explode...and just enough action fr you to risk exactly that.

[seventeenpills]

Well, I like the world we're in now. I really do. I enjoy spending time with you and Kaya. Ms. Aensland and Satellizer. I honestly wouldn't mind a little bit of peril now and then so I don't wind up being someone who just.... goes to work, helps out around the house and reads books.

I suppose my main lament is that there's less of an opportunity to rear my head than I'd like. That's all. I really shouldn't complain so much - at least I HAVE something of a home.