- 火 [action] [AVAST!]

[exiled_torch]

[A powerful steam driven ship is seen cruising somewhere in the ocean, floating endlessly adrift on an uncertain sea. The black clouds produced by her engines spread omniously behind the weary crew, who tire day in and day out to serve a kid hell bent on finding his honor...]

[No, wait, it's actually Zuko in a cardboard replica of his ship,

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[tadanokusuriuri]

[The Medicine Seller wanders out of a tearoom, a lovingly-made plywood version of his medicine chest attached to his back. He's dressed the same as ever, in his ornate robes (did he really make those? Maybe he got his mom to do that for him)... makeup, stick-on vampire fangs, and spirit gummed-on elf ears.]

[It's hard work looking this mysterious, okay?]

[He notices the boy in the boat, stops, and stands there looking at him. Because that's mysterious and mildly unsettling, right?]

[exiled_torch]

[Zuko points at him and yells.]

You, cut your engines!

[It's hard to look imposing in a cardboard ship, but he manages. Clearly, he means business, pretend business. He would look even more imposing with a fake reptile-bird or something.]

[tadanokusuriuri]

[He looks over at the other boy, with a calm smile.]

....Who... me?

[exiled_torch]

Who else would I be talking to?! Cut your engines.

oh sweet mother jebus this event

[boomerangbend]

[What's that, season 1 Zuko? You have a cardboard ship? Well, Sokka Wang Fire Sokka ...Wang Fire (?) has a nice cardboard beard and several sheep dressed up to look like koala-sheep following him! He's actually riding on one right now.

He's pretty dedicated to this! The Fire Nation costume is almost accurate too! Yeah, his larper is one of those people.

All aboard the S.S. Psychobabble Train? There's enough room on one of those sheep!]

this. event.

[exiled_torch]

[Zuko points at him just like he did to the other man previously. He sees nothing wrong with a cardboard beard and dressed up sheep. He reconizes the kid's clothes as fire nation. So of course, in his head, it's a fire nation ship.]

You, stop!

Did you se a bald monk on a flying bison pass through here?

DAT ICON

[boomerangbend]

[Of course! There's nothing disconcerting about a teenager respectable fire nation psychiatrist riding on a koala-sheep ship!

Oh, Wang Fire has an agenda of his own, dear Zuko. Oddly enough, the sheep stop.]

No, but would you like to sit on my koala-sheep?

[He gestures to one of his sheep.]

DAT KOALA-SHEEP

[exiled_torch]

[Okay, now he has to break the fourth wall again. The whole influence of the event drives him on to correct Sokka.]

You can't ride on a koala-sheep! It's the middle of the ocean!

If you're going to roleplay, do it right. At least say they're ships.

[misspouncellor]

[Guess who's floating near the side of the ship? And by floating, we mean scooting along the carpet on a piece of cardboard that has lines drawn on it, so that it resembles a handmade raft.

Nepeta, who is now a human girl with dark black hair, is wearing her usual clothes, but with two cones of orange paper clipped to her hair to resemble her trolls horns. Nothing is more fun than roleplaying a troll who is roleplaying a cat.]

Oh no! There appurrs to be a poor defenseless kitty lost at sea! She is furrightened and terrified by the crashing waves that beat down relentlessly upon her paw-crafted vessel!

[exiled_torch]

[Zuko mimics another voice, someone from his crew. Of course they're invisible.]

Sir, there seems to be a cat drifting on a raft off the starboard. What are your orders?

[He changes back to his regular voice.]

Are we here to rescue cats? No. We're here to find the Avatar.

[misspouncellor]

[What? She's being denied such an exciting storyline? That simply will not do.]

"Help! Help!" She mewls, pawwing at the sides of the study craft! "I might be able to help you find an avatar!" She is a very smart and knowing feline amazon!

[exiled_torch]

[Zuko's player is tired of not getting anywhere, so when the cat begins talking about the avatar, he takes notice. Since when do cats talk? Come on, he has to correct her.]

..Cats can't talk.

I love you I love you I love you

[40410]

[ Alex-mun has no idea that his floor is now the raging ocean, and has come walking out of his room* to no doubt drown in the tempestuous waves.

He comes out of his Highly Dramatic Funk™ for long enough to spot Zuko's craft - then blinks at it, wondering how serious it's meant to be and how the heck Kralie would react to it. ]

Uh...

[ *Okay, it's not super in character to come out so often, but roleplaying by yourself is boring. ]

*_*

[exiled_torch]

[this shit right hurr is dead serious alex.]

[The cardboard boat even has a fake smokestack!]

You there! Stop!

[40410]

[ Holy shit, that is some serious business. Though he's usually more into character drama, Alex-mun certainly isn't going to pass up the opportunity to arrange one hand like he's controlling a boat's rudder and use the other to shield his eyes from an imaginary sun. ]

By whose authority?

[ That seems like the right kind of thing to say, what with the Golden Age of Piracy vibe. ]

[exiled_torch]

..By the prince of the Fire Nation's.

[He crosses his arms over his chest.]