{SUPER-FAILED LOCK FROM EVERYONE IN THE WOOOOORLD}

[bentflame]

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I don't understand. What just happened?

OOC: Uber-short aftermath of the kidnapping plot shebang.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Hm. Yes. Well.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

...I'm sorry?

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I-

All right.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

...I didn't mean to make you scared.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

All right.

I thought that you were scared, too, you know. You sounded like you were. You're a good actress. You're good at... pretending to feel things that you don't feel. It's not a talent that one would have expected from you.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

I...

It's something you learn from travelling with performers for a while. If you don't seem it, the audience won't feel it. But...that's really the only time I've acted for you.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Yes?

... I see. You know... that something that I've very good at, as well. Acting. Manipulation. Pretending to feel things that I don't feel. But I-

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I will admit that there have been times that I've done it with you in the past. Not anytime recently, I don't think, but...
It's not something that I really... want to do, Ty Lee. I-

That idiot woman had better have been confident about the validity of her "advice".

I want to be... real with you.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

It's nothing.

...Royalty has to be good at that sort of thing, don't they? Since...well, they're royalty.

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You do?

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Hm.

Yes. We do. Soldiers often do, as well.

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... I do.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 'cause you can't act scared on a battlefield. You've got to be brave.

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... That's not so bad.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Well, in my case, I am truly not scared on the battlefield.

I don't get scared easily, or often.

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... I hope not.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

Of course not, Azula. I didn't say you were.

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... It'll be okay.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

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Will it, Ty Lee?

I'm not naive.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm sure of it!

I know you're not.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

It'll be all okay, totally!

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

All right, Ty Lee.

I'm trying. I really am.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

You know I wouldn't try to hurt you on purpose.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I...

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

...you okay?

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

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*totes double-checks to make sure that this is locked*

Sort of.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

....

What's wrong?

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

This... whole thing. You. Me. Mai.

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[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

Why?

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

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Just... some of the things she said, that's all. I got the indication that she wasn't just talking about that little number.