RL with Azula - So you thought you were safe?

[chimeranomore]

Zel was in a very good mood. Quite apart from feeling as if he was drunk out of his mind, he was almost certain he'd actually managed to win an argument with Azula for the first time in... ever. He managed to force himself to stop being smug, being aware, if only through a haze of alcohol he hadn't actually consumed, that this would not be useful in helping Azula.

He was still having trouble with the concept of her not wanting his help - surely if the virus was that bad she should welcome someone willing to help her relieve it? Eventually he dismissed it as Azula being her normal difficult self and decided that she'd surely warm up to the idea eventually. He couldn't help giggling a little at the unintentional pun in his own internal monologue, either.

He hummed happily to himself as he he gave a slightly arrhythmic knock at the door to her room. "Hello, Fire Lord?" he called out.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

She sat down on the bed, crossing her arms over her chest. "They'd better get here soon."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"I have to wait for someone to see it first. I know you're anxious to get me out of here, but I can't just make things happen."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Why couldn't you have just gotten your own worldhopping device before coming here? It would have saved me a lot of trouble." Azula knew perfectly well that that was a petty remark and an unreasonable demand, but she didn't particularly care.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Because nothing in my world has that kind of power." He leaned against the wall, rubbing his forehead.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"So get it from another world. That's what I did."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"I actually have a job in my world; I spend enough time in others as it is. Probably too much, in fact."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"So? I have a job in my world, too."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Yes, but there are people who can handle day-to-day problems while you're gone. I'm a bodyguard, Azula."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"And I'm a world leader. That's more important and more demanding."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Really? You can delegate responsibilities. I can't."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I can delegate some. Not all.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"How often does something you need to deal with personally really come up?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Every day."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"I mean something you really couldn't let anyone else deal with. Not just because you think everyone else is incompetent."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"It wouldn't be appropriate for me to pawn off all of my duties onto other people-- even the ones that they could do. I'm a ruler, not a figurehead."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"All right, you win." He sighed. "It's not as if getting such devices is that easy even on the community, you know."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"You have to know how to network." The sense of superiority she was feeling was obvious in her tone.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"So I don't look for connections in my friends. What's your point?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I don't look for friends in my connections."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"I'm not interested in having power. One person plus myself is about as much as I'm willing to take responsibility for."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I never said you were interested in power."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Then stop acting like you're superior just because you are interested."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I'm superior for plenty of reasons."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

He sighed. "Forget it. My head hurts too much for this."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Azula fell silent.