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[jetset]

[ so, jet is out at the duck pond with dro. not that weird, right?

well, except for what he's doing, at the moment.

there's a life-sized mannequin of a person in a fire nation uniform floating out in the pond. upon closer inspection, one will see that it is the very image and likeness of a certain stupid scarface prince. jet is very determinedly trying to sink it. he has tied rocks to it, and he is also dropping heavy stones onto it, but. it keeps resurfacing. what's more, every time a stone hits it, a certain voice floats out of the chest area, saying things like:

"MY FATHER TAUGHT ME A PERMANENT LESSON! ON MY FACE!"

and

"Thith is therious guyth!"

looks like jet got his present from the castle.

so, you're welcome to hear those splashing sounds as jet dictates angrily: ]

The journals being wiped clean is one thing, but finding this thing in my closet? What the hell is going on?

[ ooc; things that plurk made me do™ ]

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GOOD, NO PERMANENT FACE LESSONS FOR YOU

[jetset]

[ he whips around--

oh. it's ino. he drags a hand through his hair and then plants them both on his waist. ]

Oh. Hey.

[ino]

Hi.

[.... tilts her head a little to peer past him at the dummy in the lake lmfao]

[jetset]

[ he turns in tandem with her, and then faces her again. ]

Yeah, I'm just trying to get rid of a little problem that showed up today.

[ he grabs another rock and heaves it. next to him, dro gives a kind of doggy sigh. ]

[ino]

... Is that supposed to be Zuko?

[jetset]

Zuko, Lee, Her Highness -- whatever he's calling himself these days.

[ he aims a smaller rock at zuko's head. ]

[ino]

[blinks, clearly surprised]

I've never heard him go by anything other than Zuko.

[jetset]

[ that gets his attention, and he turns fully towards ino. ]

Because he probably doesn't want to mess up whatever good guy image he cooked up here. That, and the fake name thing is a way of saving his own skin.

[ he frowns. ]

How do you know him?

[ino]

"Good guy image"? What do you mean?

[and she pauses at that question. "he was friends with my friend and he came to my fake loss wedding in animal crossing town and proceeded to curse so explicitly that it distracted everyone so we could run away when i came to my senses, and now i just see him around sometimes?"


.... nah]

I know most people around here, at least in passing. How do you know him?

[jetset]

[ lmao. ]

He's Fire Nation. Fire Nation Royalty. You might not know what that means, but trust me, he's no good. He tried to pass himself off as one of the good guys in the Earth Kingdom for a while, but I saw through him soon enough.

[ he making the ugly face. ]

[ino]

Didn't he stop doing that, though? Like, he left that country?

[jetset]

[ looking surly. ]

So he says.

[ and he plonks another rock at the mannequin. ]

[ino]

You don't believe him, huh.

[jetset]

[ shortly: ] No.

Hasn't this stupid thing ever heard of gravity?

[ PLONK. ]

[ino]

... [welp. not ... gonna pry ... even if she is really curious]

It's probably magic. Why don't you just leave it?

[jetset]

Because when I tried just tossing it, it just showed up in my room again a little while later.

[ because laura decides that his life should be hard. jet frowns at dro. ]

Don't suppose you want to eat it for me.

[ino]

[... looks down at dro, amused]

Somehow, I think that might be a little hard on his stomach.

[jetset]

Maybe. [ if arcanines could roll their eyes, dro would probably doing that rn ]

I could always stick it up at the shooting range, for anyone who wants practice taking down tyrants.

[ino]

[lifts her eyebrows ...]

Didn't you just say it followed you?

[jetset]

[ oh ...dammit. ]

Right... [ he sighs. ]

Any ideas?

[ino]

It sounds like some kind of weird loss. It'll probably go away eventually if you just ignore it.

[jetset]

This isn't the kind of thing that I can just ignore, though. [ he frowns deeply again. ] It's bad enough that he's here in the flesh.