week 1, sunday

[seaclipsed]

[ so, shortly after the chief(s) do their whole announcement and everyone loses their shit, katara is going to drag zuko to her hut. after making sure that inuyasha isn't around to threaten to kill them or something, she'll shut the door behind them. ]

Murder!

[ murder sure is a thing. ]

This is ridiculous, they expect us to just-- no way!

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[cuedoves]

[Zuko is easily dragged. In more ways than one]

It's ridiculous! How stupid do they think we are?!

[Inuyasha u better step off]

[seaclipsed]

As if anyone would actually do it!

[ she pauses though, frowning. ]

... Although I guess we don't really know anyone else well enough to say that for sure.

[cuedoves]

Yeah. I've seen people acting really stupidly. [he literally has no room to talk but okay]

That host. He's... I don't know what he is, but we can't take him head on.

[seaclipsed]

People were saying stuff like... AIs and robots? I think it might have something to do with com... puters?

[ look, she is just repeating words other people have said to her. what the fuck is electricity. ]

He said that he has made other groups do this in the past, so you're right that the direct approach probably isn't any good either.

[cuedoves]

[What the fuckles is technology] Whatever those are, they can't be good. So far, I haven't been able to find a weakness.

[He's a little reminded of the assassin he sent after Aang. Oops]

... Yeah. I've already tried the direct approach. A girl wanted me to try talking to everyone and taking on a leadership role but... I'm not the Avatar.

[seaclipsed]

I'm not sure if just one person taking the role of a leader would work out in a situation like this.

[ too many strangers under circumstances that would make them less likely to trust each other. ]

And hey, Aang didn't do everything alone. He had us to help him, so trying to carry all that weight on your shoulders wouldn't be productive.

[cuedoves]

... You're right. I don't think I'm the man to try to convince people not to allow this man to manipulate them into cruelty. I betrayed Uncle to try to please Father, even after Uncle supported and loved me for years.

[No one fucking cares about your manpain, Zuko]

What do you suggest we do, Katara?

[seaclipsed]

[ she cares about your manpain

i mean, when she hated zuko she did not care, but she cares now. ]

I think for now it's best to at least do one part of that girl's plan, and talk to as many people as we can. If we have a better sense of what everyone is thinking then going forward from here will be easier.

[cuedoves]

[Katara too good for this Zuzu]

Good idea. As a collective, or one by one?

[Francy please don't make me private convo with 40 ppl I'll cry]

[seaclipsed]

Trying to get to everyone one by one might take too long... I mean, that would be the ideal, but it would probably take us a while to manage that.

[ and if people do actually end up killing others then "a while" isn't really something they have. ]

I guess for now focus on people who might have caught your attention.

[cuedoves]

And who knows what kind of plans they'll be making in the meantime. [Zuko's still kind of considering trying to get through to the group at large, but... he's not particularly good at this.]

Yeah, there have been a few of those. [...] What about the other waterbender? The very tall woman? Have you spoken to her?

[seaclipsed]

Not yet. I plan to though!

[ she can't... exactly mask how excited she is about that. katara has never been the best at hiding her bias. ]

I'd try getting my partner to help but he... really does not seem to be the sociable type. Like, even less than you are. [ they're not the gaang if they aren't insulting each other at all times. ] We should probably keep an eye on the people whose reactions were odd, too.

[cuedoves]

Good. I think she'd be a valuable ally. [and he's lowkey happy to have another waterbender around ngl]

[also wow Katara they were having a moment don't ruin it???]

He's the one who's always yelling, isn't he? [ZERO SELF AWARENESS HERE] My partner's a girl. [that's literally all he knows] Who have you noticed?

[seaclipsed]

I've spoken to Lief and Keith. I'm planning on talking to Lelouch, but I haven't yet.

[ look she has questions about the whole mass murder thing. ]

Newt seems friendly? He keeps saying things I don't get though.

[ too much future technology mumbo jumbo ]

[cuedoves]

Alright. [He notes this!!] I've only spoken to Joshua. [........... bad choice, Zuko]

He's a little odd. But he could be useful, he seems more level-headed than some.

[seaclipsed]

He's that guy who keeps saying weird things, right?

[ like... copyright infringement. ]

Well, it's good to keep an eye on the ones that don't act like the rest.

[cuedoves]

Yeah, the one who can't keep his mouth shut. [Zuko sounds irritated, because Joshua is terrible] But he's been through something similar to this. So I've been trying to get some information.

We need to find out about that "other way" to end this, since fighting the terrible hosts won't work.

[seaclipsed]

Wait, he's been through a game like this before?

[ that... may explain why he seems to calm about this whole situation. ]

That must be terrible, to be taken here after then.

[cuedoves]

Yeah. [Zuko has less empathy than Katara in general but it's kind of understandable that he's a dick] It's not that similar, but it's more experience than you or I.

And apparently he's been taken from the middle of it.

[seaclipsed]

... so when we get out of here, he might just be sent back to it, if it's not over yet?

[ that seems even more yikes. ]

I wonder if anyone else is in a situation like that.

[cuedoves]

Yeah. Pretty messed up. I don't know if even Azula or my father could come up with something like that.

I don't know. Apparently, everyone's from different worlds, so we have no idea what kind of situation they're in. It's not something most people would just come out and say, either.

[seaclipsed]

Not really, no. Everyone is still pretty on edge with each other.

[ she can't blame them. before they figured out that everyone was from different places she was keeping quiet to make sure no one connected her to the avatar. she still haven't really explained who aang is, but she'd be okay with mentioning his name now. ]

[cuedoves]

No one knows who to trust. Who they can trust.

[unless it's like him and her -- he trusts her implicitly, and he hopes the same goes for her and him.]

Anyway. We should both work on finding out what we can, and trying to reach people.

[seaclipsed]

[ she trusts him, too. she didn't before, but after what he did for her... katara definitely considers zuko one of them now. ]

Right. We can share if we figure out anything that seems useful.

[cuedoves]

[Yay for murderbonding!!]

Yeah. Let's meet again soon.