April Catch All

[lordhotman]

Characters: Zuko and You!
Date: The month of April
Location: Just about anywhere. Mostly the palace gardens.
Situation: Zuko is missing Wan again and looking for Aang's soul gem.
Warnings/Rating: None

[Closed to Gene]
This was not good. One of his best friends had his soul gem stolen, and he didn't have the first clue on where to look for it. Sure he had already scoped out the place where Aang said he'd been attacked, but he didn't really find anything there.

So now Zuko is roaming the streets, looking for any clue as to the whereabouts of that soul gem. And without much luck. Druk is following along, walking at Zuko's side and now big enough to keep up with him. The dragon still earns him a few glances, and a few Kedan keeping their distance, but no one says anything about it. Any potential muggers will probably think twice about attacking him with a dragon at his side.

[Open to all]
It's been no secret that Wan has been gone, having gone out camping to be alone. Plus its no secret that Zuko is not exactly happy about it. First the quarantine, and now this. No, he doesn't blame his boyfriend for wanting some time alone, but that doesn't mean he has to like it. In otherwords, he's lonely, and could probably use some companionship.

He did promise to look after the gardens during construction, which he is. During the day when construction is happening, he can usually be found there. He had also promised to keep an eye on Valdis, so will be visiting her from time to time. Other than that, he's mostly just by himself, unless someone decides to give him some company.

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[redlightgreenlight]

"Because it failed to kill me," she replied, not bothering to soften the answer to his question. Dancing around the issue would help no one.

[lordhotman]

Okay... he wasn't expecting that answer at all.

"What? Why would anyone want to kill you?"

Forget why it failed to kill her. He was more concerned with why anyone would want to end Valdis.

[redlightgreenlight]

She laughed bitterly, Wan really had kept Zuko in the dark. She appreciated how he wanted to protect her privacy, to protect her in general, but it was moments like this that she hated explaining.

"I used to be a monster," she replied, "I had no soul, no morality, no virtues. I thrived on creating chaos and death. The Angels, I suppose you could call them warriors of light and defenders of mankind, sought to destroy me in order to, not just kill me, but to ruin my brethren. They believed that, without a Queen, the Hellhounds would cease to be a threat."

She took a breath, "So they created this sword and gave it to one of their best warriors. However, when he plunged it into my heart, it did not destroy me. So it was considered a failure."

[lordhotman]

Yes, Wan had kept him in the dark. Though at her explanation about how she used to be, it almost sounded familiar. Not in a literal sense, but a figurative one.

"So if it didn't destroy you, what did it do?"

Zuko was glad it hadn't destroyed her, but she was obviously different now than she apparently was before. Had the sword changed her?

[redlightgreenlight]

She smiled softly, "It restored my soul and thus the light that Wan senses I possess. It returned my morality, my ability to feel emotions, my compassion and empathy for others, my sense of justice...everything that my brethren lacked." Her smile faded, "So then, they too, sought to destroy me."

[lordhotman]

"So that's what you meant. When you said everyone in your world was trying to destroy you."

She was caught between two worlds and accepted by neither. That must be hard. And yet, again, Zuko could somewhat relate.

[redlightgreenlight]

"Yes..." It wasn't the whole story, but she wasn't going to give him the whole story, especially not when even Wan hadn't heard it.

"I sense that you too are struggling," she said softly, "Care to talk about it?"

[lordhotman]

She could sense that too? Zuko sighed and ran a hand through his hair before mustering a small smile.

"Most of it is behind me. But you shared your past with me, so it won't hurt to do the same for you."

But where to start? That was the tricky part wasn't it?

"You know that Wan is the Avatar, right? Aang is one of his future lives. He's the Avatar in my time. Before we were friends, I chased him around the world, trying to capture him. So that I could restore my honor."

[redlightgreenlight]

She had heard of reincarnation, it was a part of one of the many religions in her world, but she had not heard Wan speak of any future lives.

"I know a bit," She replied, one eyebrow raised, "Did you restore you honor?"