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vatheon2012-04-07 08:27 pm
flammatory) wrote in vatheon2012-04-07 08:27 pm
Entry tags:
☀ 02, log
Who: Zuko and whoever wants in! OPEN.
When: Sometime this week, whenever.
Where: Around the island.
Format: Action tags, please?
Warnings: None! Not even swearing for this guy, at least.
on the beach.
[It's early morning at the beach, and the sun is glinting across the waves, a darker blue-green contrast to the pale white-blue of the sky. The air feels light and crisp, salty, this early in spring; but regardless of how cold it is, it's still the best time to firebend in the morning.
Which is what Zuko's doing. He has a very practiced, sharply punctuated style of martial arts, because it is literally a form of kung fu. He sweeps across the sand, plumes and waves of fire preceding him. He's frowning with concentration, but focused as he is, he's aware enough to notice someone approaching. He knows the beach is more or less public, and doesn't want to catch anyone with fire accidentally.]
in the village.
[Later on in the day in early afternoon, the clouds are starting to roll through and cast gray over the island. Zuko's taking the chance to dig through the rubble in the abandoned village, and anyone walking by might hear him grumbling from within a half-collapsed building.]
Ow! Stupid beam... [Yeah, he just hit his head on a structural beam. His life is hard.]
at the harbor.
[Once evening comes, though, Zuko is back to his preferred default activity: brooding. He's standing near the edge of the pier, staring out into the ocean with a pensive expression. He's trying to be blank and neutral, but it's undeniably not working; there is a darker, preoccupied cast to him.
It matches the fact that by now the cloud cover has become more of a carpet across the sky, and the fading light is weak and dreary over the roiling water.]
When: Sometime this week, whenever.
Where: Around the island.
Format: Action tags, please?
Warnings: None! Not even swearing for this guy, at least.
on the beach.
[It's early morning at the beach, and the sun is glinting across the waves, a darker blue-green contrast to the pale white-blue of the sky. The air feels light and crisp, salty, this early in spring; but regardless of how cold it is, it's still the best time to firebend in the morning.
Which is what Zuko's doing. He has a very practiced, sharply punctuated style of martial arts, because it is literally a form of kung fu. He sweeps across the sand, plumes and waves of fire preceding him. He's frowning with concentration, but focused as he is, he's aware enough to notice someone approaching. He knows the beach is more or less public, and doesn't want to catch anyone with fire accidentally.]
in the village.
[Later on in the day in early afternoon, the clouds are starting to roll through and cast gray over the island. Zuko's taking the chance to dig through the rubble in the abandoned village, and anyone walking by might hear him grumbling from within a half-collapsed building.]
Ow! Stupid beam... [Yeah, he just hit his head on a structural beam. His life is hard.]
at the harbor.
[Once evening comes, though, Zuko is back to his preferred default activity: brooding. He's standing near the edge of the pier, staring out into the ocean with a pensive expression. He's trying to be blank and neutral, but it's undeniably not working; there is a darker, preoccupied cast to him.
It matches the fact that by now the cloud cover has become more of a carpet across the sky, and the fading light is weak and dreary over the roiling water.]
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Someone was talking about rebuilding some of this, or maybe all of it, I'm not sure. It's just hard to believe I'll be here long enough that I need to care about that. [He takes a long time to accept his fate, okay. It'll be six months from now and he'll probably still complain about this.]
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[ o:
But he just quietly tucks his hands into his pockets.]
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I didn't say I wouldn't help! I need to do something, so I might as well be useful. It's just frustrating!
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Frustrating...that you won't be around to see it completed? Or...something else?
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It's frustrating that I can't be working on getting out of here instead of rebuilding some village for people that don't even want to be here. It's busy work, and I'm not a child.
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I can understand that.
But what if working on this will help us get out? There's not very much we know about this village yet, but this is where some answers were found before.
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If that's really true, I guess I can't complain about it.
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[...]
You might uncover more information by working on this. Most people seem to ignore it.
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If I find anything, I won't keep it all to myself, I promise. Everyone deserves a chance to get out of here.
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For some people, this place acts as a better home.
But you're right; everyone does deserve that chance. I'll help you, if there's anything I can do.
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... But, uh, thanks. [Abruptly his frustration drains into self-consciousness.] You've been here longer than me. Do you have any ideas?
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But...mm.]
For building up the village or getting out of here?
...I'm not sure what we can do to get out of here yet. But it's possible that cleaning this area up will reveal clues...
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You said something was found here before. Maybe we can use that to take a guess at where to look next.
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The papers were found scattered around here, torn into pieces, if that helps.
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What's your name, by the way? I'm Zuko.
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Right. I'm Minato.
It's nice to meet you, Zuko-san, even if the circumstances could be better.
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But then this leaves him having to carry the conversation, which is not something that ever ends well for him.] Uh... so what do you do around here, if it's not looking for clues?
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Well alright. He shrugs, nodding at that, before focusing on the conversation. Poor Zuko, at least you're trying.]
Usually, I talk to people. I like helping people out.
[Also he runs the defense force and the welcoming committee and helps out at the sewing club kanji made and--
...]
It isn't hard to keep busy, if you look around.