ZUKO CATCH-ALL

[robopriest]

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w0 post execution

[robopriest]

[I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE ZUKO IS so i'll just go for bridge. Here's the priest, leaning on the railing staring out at the water below.]

[When he sees Zuko approach, he just gives him a slight gesture, like a wave.]

Came all the way out here, huh?

[cuedoves]

[ he is in the void!! but bridge works. he's out here collecting his thoughts after everything, and seems... almost tired. ]

[ he scrubs at his face, then nods to hansa. ]

... Yeah. Just thinking. You?

[robopriest]

[zuko in the void.....]

Same. So many things can happen in the course of a couple days, huh.

[And he's familiar with that because. Looks at canon. Looks at its timeframe.]

[He is Tired.]

[cuedoves]

[ looks at atla ]

[ zuko is tired (tm) too, so he just nods with a grumble. ]

Things escalated quickly. Now I'm wondering if we're going to have a bunch of murder on our hands.

[ memories... ]

[robopriest]

Hey, don't jinx it. The last thing we want is for the Realm to hear us and make it reality.

[He seems to say that somewhat seriously?]

[cuedoves]

Uh..... I wonder if we're going to have a bunch of non-violent activities on our hands?

[ nailed it. ]

[robopriest]

[He gives him a very tired thumbs up.]

That's the spirit.

w3, thursday

[cuedoves]

[ hewwo...... after all that excitement, zuko will come looking for hansa. he's brought tea. ]

... Hey. If you want it.

[ offers it ]

[robopriest]

Oh, I definitely want it.

[Taking it! He looks incredibly tired, but...well, all of that group is.]

Thank you, Zuko. I'm surprised. I didn't think you were the tea-giving type.

[cuedoves]

Yeah, it's one of the few things I can help with in these kinds of situations. Punching, and tea.

[ the tea will be pretty good quality... seems he knows what he's doing. ]

[robopriest]

I like both of those things, though I hope you won't be punching me in addition to the tea.

[Just. Smirking.]

[cuedoves]

Unless you want me to, no.

[ a beat. ]

... I meant sparring, by the way. Not anything weird.

[ that doesn't need clarification zuko??? ]

[robopriest]

Haha. I'll definitely take a raincheck on that, though. I like a good spar.

[He's just a jock like that.]

How are you holding up, Zuko?

week 4, wednesday morning

[robopriest]

[Well, aren't these bubbles troublesome? Hansa is grumbling as he tries to avoid them, twisting out of the way of them, before he suddenly turns - right into you!]

Oh! Oh, sorry, I-

[And then a bubble pops against you - and a memory suddenly appears, featuring a boy with a characteristic mole under his left eye that might seem familiar...]

[And when that's done, Hansa just lets out a groan.]

...Really? Again?

[cuedoves]

[ huh... zuko watches with interest, even though he probably shouldn't. ]

Yeah, those things are really annoying. They keep popping up everywhere.

....

I, uh, wouldn't have guessed that's you.

[robopriest]

Haha, you don't think that's me?

[He...surprisingly doesn't seem at all upset about this memory? It seems to slide off of him like a water off a duck's back.]

Is it because of my sunny disposition?

[cuedoves]

[ it's kind of nice, in a way? an old man helping out a feral child. reminds him of himself and iroh. ]

Well.... that's closer to the way I would have acted than to the way you act now, I guess.

[ .. ]

That priest is a good man.

[robopriest]

You?

[.....Zuko? He's giving him a curious look.]

And yeah, he was. He even brought in the priest who became my foster father, Father Cervantes. Without him, I'd probably be still in those mountains.

[cuedoves]

I used to be a... different man.

[ says the 16 year old. ]

Good. Your mother was a brave woman. [ he got that from two seconds of flashbacks apparently. ]

week 5 post execution

[robopriest]

[Knock knock knock! A certain eyepatched man is at the door.]

Hey, Zuko. Are you in?

[cuedoves]

[ hewwo... he's getting up to let hansa in, slowly. ]

Hey... Hansa.

[ thank god he didn't get poisoned, zuko looks like 40% less guilty upon seeing him. ]

[robopriest]

Zuko.

[And a nod as he comes in. Yeah, he's definitely feeling okay! For reasons he has no idea about.]

Today was a good day for you, huh? I'm...honestly happy it didn't end the way it should have.

[cuedoves]

[ well he wouldn't call it a good day but!! ]

... Yeah. I guess we're just lucky.

[ both saved have been tiger killers... ]

[robopriest]

Mmm. Someone's looking out for you two.

[And he moves to sit wherever, probably there's a chair in here. He's silent, before looking up at Zuko.]

Hey. Do you want to talk about it?

[cuedoves]

... All of us, I think. But they got luckier with our group, I guess.

[ rubs his head. ]

I don't know how talking about is going to help. It's just been a terrible week. That many people didn't need to die. [ especially not shigeo! and yona! ] And I told my contacts that we were going, so....