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OOC: Hey, kids- I think it might be beneficial to hire someone to take away my computer after midnight or so, because right now, it's after 3AM here. Today's special is.. my lovely sociopath getting all butthurt when other people try to take away her toys. D:
When Mai had left (well, been banished, really), Azula had been sufficiently shocked, at first- but when all was said and done, she hadn't really been all that surprised. Even as a child, Mai had never struck her as being loyal for any other reason than self-preservation- and while Azula typically didn't have a problem with that kind of thinking, it could lead to trouble if there wasn't a sufficient amount of fear added to the equation. With Mai, there hadn't been, especially not in recent months. With Mai, it had really been almost inevitable.
Ty Lee, however, had always been more of a puzzle. At times it seemed as if she genuinely liked and cared for Azula, and as more than just a member of the royal family- as a real friend, even. Other times, however, it seemed as if she were only following out of fear. This inconsistency was what frustrated- and yes, worried- Azula the most- she liked to know where people stood, and prided herself on being able to stay at least one step ahead of everyone else; being able to know their thoughts even better than they did (she maintained the idea that she had known about Mai's betrayal even before Mai herself had). But with Ty Lee, she couldn't do that, and it was infuriating.
It was all the fault of boys, really. Mai had slipped away, blinded by love and the promise of romance and all kinds of other sappy, pathetic excuses she had used to justify her all-out betrayal. It had started out just this way for her, too- granted, she had had her eye on Zuko since childhood, but what difference did specifics make? If allowed to fester, the end result would be the same- those sticky, messy emotions would lead the oh-so-naive Ty Lee down the path to destruction.
Ty Lee was her last resort. If she deserted, there would be no one left. Oh sure, she'd still have the entire Fire Nation military on her side- it wasn't as if that alone wouldn't be enough to win the war. And there was her father, of course- though Azula had always figured that she'd end up overthrowing him and taking the thone one day, so she wasn't really sure if he counted. As of right now, Ty Lee was the only one who she wasn't ultimately planning to stab in the back in some way or another.
And Azula liked it that way, really. Trust (like so many other things) was not something that came easily to her, not even when it came to those she knew well. Occasionally letting her guard down around Ty Lee was, well... a nice change, to be honest. But she knew that there was no one who she could truly trust, no one who she could definitively say would never betray her... after all, no one head earned that from her.
Something would have to be done. Now that her "boyfriend" was back in the equation, Ty Lee was probably going to start avoiding Azula, which would lead to prolonged and repeated exposure to the opposition, which just might lead to dangerous thoughts, and dangerous actions.
Yes. Something would definitely have to be done.
OOC: ... And I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I'm totally okay with people making OOC posts asking me what the hell I'm talking about, what I'm smoking, and where they can get some (for example, if Ty Lee's mun is reading this, she might want to know why Azula keeps sort of borderline-molesting her character... *cough* yeah, about that... I think I'm gonna go with "it's complicated"). Concrit is love. <3 This will be edited tomorrow for grammar/spelling/general weirdness. Ta-ta!
When Mai had left (well, been banished, really), Azula had been sufficiently shocked, at first- but when all was said and done, she hadn't really been all that surprised. Even as a child, Mai had never struck her as being loyal for any other reason than self-preservation- and while Azula typically didn't have a problem with that kind of thinking, it could lead to trouble if there wasn't a sufficient amount of fear added to the equation. With Mai, there hadn't been, especially not in recent months. With Mai, it had really been almost inevitable.
Ty Lee, however, had always been more of a puzzle. At times it seemed as if she genuinely liked and cared for Azula, and as more than just a member of the royal family- as a real friend, even. Other times, however, it seemed as if she were only following out of fear. This inconsistency was what frustrated- and yes, worried- Azula the most- she liked to know where people stood, and prided herself on being able to stay at least one step ahead of everyone else; being able to know their thoughts even better than they did (she maintained the idea that she had known about Mai's betrayal even before Mai herself had). But with Ty Lee, she couldn't do that, and it was infuriating.
It was all the fault of boys, really. Mai had slipped away, blinded by love and the promise of romance and all kinds of other sappy, pathetic excuses she had used to justify her all-out betrayal. It had started out just this way for her, too- granted, she had had her eye on Zuko since childhood, but what difference did specifics make? If allowed to fester, the end result would be the same- those sticky, messy emotions would lead the oh-so-naive Ty Lee down the path to destruction.
Ty Lee was her last resort. If she deserted, there would be no one left. Oh sure, she'd still have the entire Fire Nation military on her side- it wasn't as if that alone wouldn't be enough to win the war. And there was her father, of course- though Azula had always figured that she'd end up overthrowing him and taking the thone one day, so she wasn't really sure if he counted. As of right now, Ty Lee was the only one who she wasn't ultimately planning to stab in the back in some way or another.
And Azula liked it that way, really. Trust (like so many other things) was not something that came easily to her, not even when it came to those she knew well. Occasionally letting her guard down around Ty Lee was, well... a nice change, to be honest. But she knew that there was no one who she could truly trust, no one who she could definitively say would never betray her... after all, no one head earned that from her.
Something would have to be done. Now that her "boyfriend" was back in the equation, Ty Lee was probably going to start avoiding Azula, which would lead to prolonged and repeated exposure to the opposition, which just might lead to dangerous thoughts, and dangerous actions.
Yes. Something would definitely have to be done.
OOC: ... And I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I'm totally okay with people making OOC posts asking me what the hell I'm talking about, what I'm smoking, and where they can get some (for example, if Ty Lee's mun is reading this, she might want to know why Azula keeps sort of borderline-molesting her character... *cough* yeah, about that... I think I'm gonna go with "it's complicated"). Concrit is love. <3 This will be edited tomorrow for grammar/spelling/general weirdness. Ta-ta!
