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[Action, Chickening Out Written, and Voice] .015

May 08, 2010 01:08

[What with Zuko's unexpected and somewhat... well, dubious bout of hopefully-it-will-be-win and please don't burn their house again, Katara has an unexpected bout of free time. This is both a good thing, and a bad thing, since with the craziness of her first few months dying down, Katara has started to feel homesickness pressing down on her. ( Read more... )

fire and water, *mewtwo, *sokka, *longshot, i sure hope nothing blows up, *luffy, *frey, why i hate chi blocking, *hitsugaya, homesickness sucks, zuko... is making dinner, worst. town. ever., chickening out of written, messing with a little girl's dream, swear not, *zuko, *san, push and pull, *ginko, *haruki, *leto, *allen walker, *alexei, voice, life is so simple here, i know i shouldn't miss you

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[Voice] god_is_a_dude May 8 2010, 05:24:10 UTC

And what should we be on the lookout for?

[Voice] markofthebrave May 8 2010, 05:26:40 UTC

People being really, really nice.

[Yes, she knows she's being silly. But it's Zuko. Cooking. Her brain can't handle this, man.]

[Voice] god_is_a_dude May 8 2010, 05:33:50 UTC

[...Hmm. Haruki actually seriously considers this for a moment-] Not really. If there is something like that it might be useful.

[Voice] markofthebrave May 8 2010, 05:39:40 UTC

[Sigh. Really, she let herself in for this - she shouldn't have said anything at all.]

Useful how?

[Voice] god_is_a_dude May 8 2010, 05:43:24 UTC

Obviously it would mean that people who would otherwise be opposed to you could then be won over.

[Voice] markofthebrave May 8 2010, 05:54:21 UTC

...[And now he's done it.] No, it wouldn't mean that at all. It would mean that because of some strange interference in our minds, our choice was temporarily taken away from us and for a limited time people would be acting differently. That's not the way to win anyone over at all.

[Voice] god_is_a_dude May 8 2010, 06:06:43 UTC

Bullshit. Maybe your mind is that flimsy so as to have no choice if there's something like an effect, but no everyone is like that. Just because there's a behavior modification doesn't mean that people don't have a choice in the matter. What's more, if someone is being nice you can learn more about them and they'll probably contend to learn more about you which forms and understanding. Or are you too blind to see that?

[Voice] 1/2 markofthebrave May 8 2010, 06:25:15 UTC

[...give her a second to process that pile of crap.]

[Voice] markofthebrave May 8 2010, 06:29:29 UTC

[This... was really not a good thing to challenge her on, since it's part of what's been bothering her so much.]

Are you kidding me? Or are you seriously telling me that you weren't effected by the thought bubbles, or the love experiment?

Or are you really that much of a creep that you think it's all right to take advantage of people when they're not really themselves? People aren't going to feel 'understanding' if someone who's 'mind is not effected' tries to find out more about more about them when they're not really in control of themselves, they're going to feel upset, and violated.

If you want to find out who someone really is, you give them a choice in the matter! Will is part of who a person is too!

1/2 god_is_a_dude May 8 2010, 06:32:06 UTC

[Initially, he intends to explode on her. But then she mentions the love experiment. He falters. His retort dies down in his throat and then there's a distinct pause before-]

[Voice] god_is_a_dude May 8 2010, 06:32:54 UTC

Shut up. What the hell do you know? [That isn't as combative as before. If anything, it's actually cold and flat]

[Voice] markofthebrave May 8 2010, 06:41:23 UTC

[The change in tone is unexpected, and Katara remembers - he's been here two years. Her voice is even, quietly intense:]

I know about choice. And I know that what they do here isn't fair, to any of us. It's no one's fault but theirs, what happens when they mess with us.

...and that's why we should be even more careful to respect each other's choices while we're ourselves. Because we're not like them.

[Voice] god_is_a_dude May 8 2010, 06:44:31 UTC

[There's another lengthy pause here before he sighs and then-] ...Whatever. You're going to made your head explode like that though.

[Voice] markofthebrave May 8 2010, 06:48:53 UTC

[...well, that's a change in tone. But she's used to getting into fights and then getting over it just that quickly - still. Weird. Her tone is wry and a little wary:] Make my head explode how?

[Voice] god_is_a_dude May 8 2010, 19:40:32 UTC

By worrying too much, obviously. There's going to be a lot of bad things happening, if you get this worked about about all of them your blood pressure will get through the roof.

[Voice] markofthebrave May 8 2010, 20:15:46 UTC

[And so now the question is - does she brush him off because she's decided that his opinions are completely irrelevant, because he has no idea what life is actually like, or does she try to give him some respect for his time here and treat him as a person...

...Haruki, it's your lucky day.]

I'm used to bad things happening. Not... like this, but... I think there are some things worth getting upset about, no matter how many times they happen. Just because they're still wrong.

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