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.

Comments

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Only because you rolled off in your sleep."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"... I wouldn't have." She was just being pedantic at this point.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Considering that you were neither awake nor in your normal state of mind, what makes you so sure?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Because I can always control myself."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Even when you aren't actually conscious? I'd like to know how you did that."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"And just why should I tell you?"

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

He looked at her incredulously for a moment. "... Azula, I was being sarcastic."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"My point still stands."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Are you really that desperate for an argument that you'll pick a fight over giving me the answer to a rhetorical question?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I'm not a fan of rhetorical questions." Unless, of course, she herself was asking them.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Yes, but I thought you were at least intelligent enough to know what one was."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I am."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Then why are you so upset about the prospect of giving me an answer to a question I didn't expect an answer to?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I didn't get upset. Stop being an idiot."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"I'm being an idiot?" he asked disbelievingly.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Yes. You are."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Let's try this again. You're making a big deal out of me being sarcastic, so I'm an idiot. And you claim to be logical."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"You're making up this big deal all on your own."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Judging by your tone earlier, I'd say you were."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I'm annoyed. Of course my tone is going to be less than friendly."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"You know, for someone who claims to be logical you seem to skip a lot of steps. Like the one where you actually have a reason to be annoyed at that comment as opposed to admitting that no, you can't control your actions when you're asleep."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"You don't know what I can do."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"You don't have any special abilities apart from being a very good Firebender, do you? Because unless firebending has anything at all to do with sleep, you've got no reason to be able to do anything like that."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I'm good at controlling myself."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"No one's that good."