zuko catchall

[exercisms]

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week 0

[exercisms]

[Later that evening, after getting settled into his room, Mob is out near the woods, calling out into it.]

Hello? Come on out!

[cuedoves]

[ zuko....... is in the woods. like a weirdo. apparently he still hasn't given up on this barrier. he emerges ]

Who are you talking to?

[ is it the frog... is it zuko? none of the above? ]

[exercisms]

[He kind of hesitates for a long pause, looking a little unsure. He's not really sure of Zuko yet - he was nice to the frog, but also seemed angry?

There are some people in the world, it turns out, who would be cruel to a stray cat.]

Um. Nothing.

[cuedoves]

[ maybe zuko is the stray cat all along. ]

Are you looking for someone?

[ that weird hesitation ]

[exercisms]

[He considers it for a second again. It seems wrong to assume something bad about this person he just met, right? So he nods.]

There was a cat that ran this way. I got worried about it. Did you see a white cat?

[cuedoves]

[ time to burn this cat alive while mob watches ]

I didn't, but it's probably around here somewhere. Do you have any food or anything?

[exercisms]

[That will probably go well. No, listen, I solemnly promise no harm will come to this cat.]

Um, no, I didn't bring anything.

[cuedoves]

[ i also promise, all jokes aside. ]

We can try calling out for it, but it'll be better if we have some sort of incentive.

[exercisms]

. . . If it's a stray, is it okay to feed it?

[cuedoves]

Why not? It's not like anyone else around here is going to feed it, except for us.

[ unless the kidnappers are cat lovers but he is cynical (tm) ]

[exercisms]

[That seems to perk him up a little, and he nods.]

Let's get something for her. I think she must be hungry. . .

[cuedoves]

[ mob is so pure i love him.... zuko is just kind of awkward ]

Let's go to the kitchen. There's probably some meat or fish we can use.

[exercisms]

[They are two very awkward boys. They can have a nice time hanging out and being awkward together.

Walking towards the kitchen, silently.]

[cuedoves]

[ is this friendship ]

[ as they walk: ]

So, uh. You like cats?

[ shoulda stayed silent ]

[exercisms]

[It might be for them. This seems like a great topic of conversation to him.]

Yes. Do you?

[cuedoves]

They're... fluffy.

[ wow. ]

I haven't gotten to see a lot of them.

[exercisms]

If she comes out when we feed her, you can pet her if you want.

week 0, post-trial

[cuedoves]

[ what's up mob zuko's hanging around the kitchen.... finally fuckin eating some tuna or something i don't know. ]

You alright?

[exercisms]

[Wow. Enjoy your tuna, Zuko. He's probably also getting a snack, and it's probably equally sad. But he actually smiles a little, when he sees Zuko.]

Hey. . . you were able to stop him.

[cuedoves]

[ he actually looks a little embarrassed at mob's pure smile.... ]

[ also that can of tuna has very awkwardly been knifed open so that's a mess ]

Not fast enough.

[exercisms]

Pikachu. . .

[Yes, that was very bad. But he wasn't thinking of it as Zuko unable to stop him in time. He just thinks it was cool that Zuko was able to stop him at all. He knows Zuko has powers, just like he does, but even so. . . ]

I didn't expect something like that to happen either.

[cuedoves]

Pikachu...

[ (sadly) i choose you.... mob is very sweet but zuko is pretty hard on himself since his character development!! ]

I don't think anyone expected that to happen. I didn't want to believe any of us would kill an innocent girl like that.... and he's just a kid.

[exercisms]

He's only a year younger than I am. The same age as my brother. [So. A kid.]

But his life must have been very different than mine.

[cuedoves]

... He's a year younger than my sister.

[ and a year older than aang.... ]

I think we've all lead pretty different lives.

[exercisms]

[Was Azula really 14. God.]

Mm. I didn't realize it until recently. . . how differently people can see things, depending on the kind of life they'd lived.