Video: This is not the volcano you are looking for.

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[Hello, Wonderland! Is this thing on? The angle of this video indicates the guy in the distance speaking has no idea it's on. Either that or he doesn't know what that strange metal thing is on the ground.]

Aang, Katara, Toph?

[And why would he? His world doesn't have anything electrical-powered! To him, it was like a piece of scrap metal lying on the

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[Processing. Processing. You know, he's seen some weird stuff over the past few months. Magical flying beasts and the spirit world were just naming a few. Something about this just smelled fishy, even worse than spirit world fishy. It just wasn't right.]

You apparently haven't! If there's a way in there has to be a way out! Even the spirit world has a way out!

[Oh, you thought he was yelling before now. Now you've got an incredibly pissed off Sokka, and this guy doesn't exactly think clearly like this. Maybe it's a family trait.]

Well, I asking because I don't accept it! How does anyone even know that if they don't even know why we're here? How can anyone even be sure that time isn't still passing?!

Oh, that's good! At least we know what this place is called! That's one thing we can just happily be sure of!

[No. He can't just not think about this. He can't just accept this. Every day he spends here is going to weigh over his head.]

So, basically, what you're telling me is some weird force just decided one day, "Hey, you know what be fun? Plucking perfectly innocent people when they're supposed to be something important and throwing them here! Wouldn't that just be amazing?!" Is that what you're telling me right now?!

[Zuko, please.]

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[A bit of his temper bubbles up.]

Hey! I've tried everything from trying to overthrow Wonderland's ruler to sailing for hours in the ocean nearby just to end up back here. There isn't a way out. Don't you think I want to get home just as badly?

Like I said, people have disappeared, come back, and said what happened to them. Maybe we can't be sure of what they saw, but all the stories are consistent.

[And you know what he does to respond to Sokka's huge rant about some weird force? He looks away and nods bitterly.]

..I know, it's frustrating.

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[He's supposed to be the guy in the group who thinks of the solutions. He's supposed to be the one coming up with a plan out of a situation like this. He's done it before. He can sure as hell do it again.]

No, you said that people come here, "go back home", then come back here with no memory at all!

[He's really freaking out right now, if it weren't any indication. But, somehow, some of Zuko's mood rubs off on him. The information is setting in. The pieces are starting to settle. Maybe he can start arranging them soon.]

They really picked the best time ever for us, didn't they?

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Wait, that's not what I meant. I meant they don't have the memories of this place when they go back home.

[beat.]

um..Yeah

..Sokka, there's something else I need to tell you. Sometimes..this place takes people from different times.

Sozin's comet was already there when I was taken.

We rescued your father and Suki at Boiling Rock a while ago..

[hey sokka how does he know her name if he's lyin??? ;3]

[action] 1/? I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST

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Then what's the point of bringing us here? You'd think they might have a reason for it! How can it be that random?

[Eh. What?!]

Okay, it's official. This thing, whatever brought us here, has no common sense at all! Or it has to be messing with us!

[He just listens when Zuko goes on, only gesturing a hand to indicate he's interested.]

[action] 2/?? LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS

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[Wait. Sokka can't really... Sorry, Zuko, but the stare he's giving now really doesn't indicate trust--

Wait. This was good news, so you'd think he'd be excited, right? No, he's got to process this first. He was right about his father being there, and they had even saved Suki along with him!]

[action] 3/4 TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST

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[The thing is, while the news was a relief, now he's just longing to see them even more. It does little to quell the regret. Maybe it'll help out later, but for now, he's too jumbled.

Okay, Zuko, he'll very reluctantly trust what you just said. He's going to be trying to confirm this with other people, though, no offense.]

[action] 4/4 TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSE

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Well, what happened? Did we win or what?

[They did win, right? Come on, give him some more good news! Aang totally kicked the Fire Lord's ass, right? Nothing horrible happened, right?]

[action] POKEMON!!

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[Oh how he wishes he could just tell Sokka they won, but Zuko isn't going to lie to him.]

..Aang went missing.

We didn't lose or win, not yet anyway.

[His eyes lower. Yeah, he looks pretty bummed.]

[action] A HEART SO TRUE

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[That's...not really the best news. It just makes this conversation that much heavier. Is the awkwardness still there? That seemed to be a never-ending thing with them.]

We're being messed around with.

[He sounds more sure of this statement now. There's really no other way to put this.]

If we weren't, we would've been taken around the end. This is just torture.

[action] OUR COURAGE WILL PULL US THROUGH

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[No, it's not good news. A terse nod is given at the whole this is torture thing. His voice comes out tinged in anger at their situation.]

Yeah, and all we can do is wait for a way out. It's awful!

[action] YOU TEACH ME AND I TEACH YOU

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[Sokka doesn't still want to accept this. There are a million 'why's chorusing in his head. Hey, they are talking more than in Zuko's war balloon, though. The atmosphere is still tense, though...]

Did you really try every way to get out of here?

[Because he could probably think of some ways Zuko didn't think of. He just has to get a map of this place and explore some.]

[action] POKEEEEMOOONNN!!

[exiled_torch]

Uh. I tried everything I could think of.

If you go too far from the mansion on any of the sides, you wake up back inside it.

..It's like Wonderland loops back on itself somehow.

[action] GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!

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I find it hard to believe you tried every way.

...That really makes no sense.

[Eh, he'll learn soon enough how little sense Wonderland makes. He's more accepting than when he started his weird journey, but he still hasn't yet gathered all those pieces yet. They're scattered before him, yeah, but at this point, they're just random colors that don't really make sense with one another.]

What all did you do? Just so I have an idea.

[action] EVERY CHALLENGE ALONG THE WAY

[exiled_torch]

I tried scouting the area, mostly the forest and the ocean. Like I said it just brought me back after I went too far away.

I also thought bringing down the Queen would get us home. It didn't. The mansion kind of..ate her, and she was replaced by someone else.

[You know what Zuko's been doing the past month? Trying to escape! :3]

[action] WITH COURAGE I WILL FACE

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[This next question is pretty obvious.]

Do you have a map of this place or do we have to make one?

[Hold on, processing that next bit.]

Whoa, wait, what? Back up! This place had a queen and she was what? Eaten? The mansion's alive?!