It's not like.. restricted to your own team, or anything? How about with the other leaders? Does that count, or do you get a pass because you're all masked?
It's probably better to keep it to our own team. [ at the question about the other leaders they frown ] I don't know. I guess I've never felt like doing it, so I never thought about it?
I always thought you guys were kind of.... I don't know, maybe not buddy buddy, but you're all kind of working the same job, so maybe.. more open with each other?
I don't know. We at least know something about you guys. We don't know anything about ourselves or each other. [ there's a beat ] That makes it sound like I don't trust any of them, ugh. I don't know! Taking off the mask feels like something we shouldn't do.
.. Yeah, but when you lose your memories, pieces of yourself... it gets more complicated. I don't think anyone here is really... evil.... at least, not like my family, but everyone has their reasons and I don't know what they are.
[ zuko doesn't seem to think they're just competitive. ]
... Let's just say if my dad or sister were here.... this competition would be a lot worse. In fact, my sister would probably be trying to take out you leaders too.
[ but the overconfidence is kind of cute. he almost laughs, before going back to serious exposition mode ]
... Yeah. My world is at war, and my family's the one who started it. My great grandpa, but my dad's not any better. There's a comet going around that's going to enhance every firebender's power by a hundredfold... and he was going to use it to literally burn the Earth Kingdom to the ground.
[ damn who are the sociopaths on the npc team that would be chill with this???? ]
Growing up, I was taught that it was to share our greatness with the rest of the world. It took me years to realize just how big of a lie that was. My dad and sister.... they just want power. And they don't care what they have to do to get it.
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[ what a weird question? ]
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[ go to fucking bed ]
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[ "probably"? but they look out at the horizon ]
It's sort of like the team rule for you guys, I think. Maybe we could tell one or two people we really trust.
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[ trust no one not even yourself ]
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But this is all... [ vague gestures ] Life and death, all the time. Makes it hard.
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[ rubs the back of his head. ]
I'm trying. I don't... I guess it's hard to know how seriously people are taking the competition parts of this.
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[ they grimace ]
Or at least I hope so. You guys have already had a lot more deaths than what's acceptable.
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[ he's assuming swan gets one.... ]
.. Yeah, but when you lose your memories, pieces of yourself... it gets more complicated. I don't think anyone here is really... evil.... at least, not like my family, but everyone has their reasons and I don't know what they are.
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[ or maybe they are just competitive. it's fine. they listen pensively to the second part but. ]
Okay, that wasn't your point, but-- evil like your family?
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[ zuko doesn't seem to think they're just competitive. ]
... Let's just say if my dad or sister were here.... this competition would be a lot worse. In fact, my sister would probably be trying to take out you leaders too.
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[ but the overconfidence is kind of cute. he almost laughs, before going back to serious exposition mode ]
... Yeah. My world is at war, and my family's the one who started it. My great grandpa, but my dad's not any better. There's a comet going around that's going to enhance every firebender's power by a hundredfold... and he was going to use it to literally burn the Earth Kingdom to the ground.
[ he was also great at politics ]
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[ thank god zuko is expositioning to an npc that would think thats horrible ]
A whole kingdom? How many people live there? That's awful. What are they even fighting for?
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[ damn who are the sociopaths on the npc team that would be chill with this???? ]
Growing up, I was taught that it was to share our greatness with the rest of the world. It took me years to realize just how big of a lie that was. My dad and sister.... they just want power. And they don't care what they have to do to get it.
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So they're just trying to take it all over? But you're fighting them now? You switched sides?
[ they've turned to look at zuko by now, apparently very intent on learning more about his shitty family ]
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Basically, yeah. The war's been going on for a hundred years, and he just wanted to end it in the cruelest way possible.
[ dramatic nod. ]
Yeah. I've got a complicated past, but.... I'm good now. Or at least, I try to be. And I just couldn't stand by and let that happen.
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[ okay there's a pause and they smile a little at the complicated past line. dramatic. ]
Just like you can't stand by and let bad things happen here, right?
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