bentflame | Death (Except Not Really)

OOC: Aftermath of this.

Azula had never considered her own death before- not seriously, at any rate. The possibility that she would die in battle had never crossed her mind (why would it, when she spent most of her time fighting a ragtag group of children?), but then again, she had to admit that she had never been able to see herself withering away and dying of old age; going without a fight.

Quietly, Azula took stock of her situation. After Richard had left and she had collapsed, her legs (which were, of course, still frozen to the ground) had almost been wrenched out of their sockets by her fall. Her arms, too, had hit the ground rather hard, and this time she hadn't been able to keep from crying out quite loudly. His parting gift- an iceball straight to the gut- left her with an unsettlingly sharp pain in her stomach that hurt more than anything else when she tried to move even just the slightest bit. She didn't want to know what that was all about. Her only comfort was the reminder that her opponent had been seriously injured himself- she doubted that he would recover from her attack.

It really wasn't a bad day- it was quite nice out, actually. The sun was shining. The grass was soft. There were worse places to die, really.

Azula was alone. No one was coming for her; no one even knew she was here, save from that one kitchen boy who had seen her heading out- and it wasn't as if he was going to come searching for her when she didn't return.

The virus would probably have worn off by the time her funeral took place. She wondered if Ty Lee would go.

OOC: And FYI- she's not really going to die (I can't even read deathfic most of the time), she just thinks she is. If no one shows up to rescue her then I'll... figure something out? XD

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Azula had just said a little, and then gone quiet... Karen dropped the splint and grabbed her by the shoulders. "Azula-hime? Azula-hime! Stay with me!"

[Well, yes. Just like if Azula asked Karen how often she has to dye her hair to keep it that color.]

"Now, stop moving so much."

Ty Lee had been watching, out of the way but had noticed Azula moving towards her. In response she moved to Azula's side, sitting there. "I'm right here, Azula."

Looking at Karen, she gave a helpless shrug. "And I don't think she's going just yet..."

((Ack, sorry about that. >>))

Azula moved just a little bit closer, lifting her head slightly (even this was an effort) and resting it in Ty Lee's lap. That was... better. She exhaled with relief. The moment she had stopped moving, the pain had lessened- it was still awful, but not as bad as it was when she had been sliding across the ground. She closed her eyes, and was finally still.

Laying her hand on Azula's forehead, again it was hot with fever, wiping a back hair. "Now, just stay here for a while, alright, Azula?"

"Hmmm." Azula shivered again. It would have been nice to have a blanket... something to stave away the chill of death, or fever, or whatever it was. But she supposed it didn't really matter all that much now.

OOC: ... Because she still thinks she's going to die. *eye rollllll* GAWD I hate writing death scenes. XD

"Like , just stay here with Karen and I'm going to get the court doctors to set something up and we'll get you back."

Azula's eyes flew open. "No."

Ty Lee put her hands on either side of Azula's face. The fever must be bad... "Don't worry, we'll take care of it."

"Stay here." Court doctors would ask questions. She was not going back to the palace. She didn't want any doctors at all.

Azula's eyes fluttered. Just keeping them open was starting to get exhausting, but she tried to look up at Ty Lee anyway.

"If I don't..."

The doctors would help, the always would. But...Azula. Oh. This was confusing.

"Ty Lee. I'm already..."

"Dead people don't talk."

That wasn't what I meant, you idiot. "Soon." Just stay with me.

"Not yet. Not yet. Sh."

"Stay here," she repeated faintly, eyes drifting shut again.

Ty Lee sighed, Azula could be so..Ugh. "...Alright."

Azula was quiet for a few moments, then tried to speak again. One last time. "I wish I hadn't ignored you... in the garden." Her mind was growing hazy. She wasn't even sure she had said that out loud.

The garden...yes. Why did Azula... "...You didn't know, Azula."

((Speaking of that...Mind if we finish that one?))

"No..." She wished at least one of her arms was usable.

OOC: Not at all. :)

If Karen wasn't there...Ty Lee gave Azula's cheek a light stroke with her thumb. "It doesn't matter, then, Azula."

"Hmmm." Except for the pain of... well, everything, really, things didn't seem that unusual. The fact that she was outside wasn't registering much- Ty Lee was the only thing she was really aware of anymore.

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The blackout lasted little more than a second or two- and when she came to, the expression on her face suggested that she would have liked nothing more than to reduce Karen to a pile of ash.

"Let... me... go." Stupid girl; hadn't she realized that grabbing her would hurt?

OOC: What color is it? It looks black to me.

Of course, just because Azula couldn't incinerate Karen at the moment didn't mean she couldn't hurt her another way. Karen quickly let go of the girl's shoulders and backed away. "I'm sorry." After a moment, she remembered the splint, and got to work again.

[I'd say shuffle this exchange in just before Ty Lee's reply, and let the mentioned moment overlap with the next couple of posts. Also: It's blue, actually. Not as ludicrously bright blue as some characters have, but...]

Azula growled in annoyance. Why couldn't she just leave her alone? "Stop it."

OOC: Sure, that's fine with me. And yeah, about the hair color... I didn't even notice, but now that I'm thinking about it I can kind of see it in some of the userpics. XD

Most of them look visibly blue to me. Must be monitor settings.