Seventh flame [Voice/Action]

[restoremyhonour]

So.

Anyone got any ideas as to how to pass time when you can't leave your bed? I need something to do before I set the house on fire.

[Zuko has spent the last 2 and a half weeks in bed recovering. He's now at that point where he's been told to stay in bed for a few more days, but has enough energy that he doesn't want to. Come talk to him,

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[no_use_running]

Why not a book?

[restoremyhonour]

I don't have a book.

[no_use_running]

Are you saying you're too stupid to find the library?

[restoremyhonour]

I'm saying I haven't been allowed out of bed for the past three weeks. I have no books.

[no_use_running]

Have someone bring them.

[restoremyhonour]

Could you bring some books for me please?

[no_use_running]

[It's totally boredom that makes her say it. She's not that girl who'd do it as a matter of course anymore. She's.. pretty sure about that anyway.]

I'll come. What kind do you like?

[restoremyhonour]

At this point I'll give anything a try. Usually read biographies and histories back home, but there really wasn't a lot of choice to that.

[no_use_running]

I'll bring different things, then.

[restoremyhonour]

Okay. See you soon then.

[action]

[no_use_running]

[By the time Ami gets there, she has a small pile of books. A few look like... textbooks. But there are some that seem like novels.]

[action] Enter the babysitter

[markofthebrave]

[And when Katara goes to open their door, she blinks in surprise. Her hand immediately falls from the door to a more ready position, but other than that she takes note of the books in Mercury's hands and offers the other girl a cautious smile.]

Hi. This is a surprise.

Re: [action] Enter the babysitter

[no_use_running]

[Defensively] I brought books. [And she dares anyone to complain. Or to mock her.]

[action]

[markofthebrave]

[The eyebrows go up at that, but that's about it. As far as she knows, even though the girl before her might be crazy-brainwashed, she still hasn't done anything. So. Cautious acceptance.]

That was nice of you. [She steps back.] Would you like to come in?

[And be watched very, very closely?]

Re: [action]

[no_use_running]

I just felt like doing it. [She does, however, come inside.]

[action]

[markofthebrave]

It was still nice. [Katara shuts the door behind her.] I should have thought of books myself, he's been harder and harder to keep in bed lately.

Would you like to go in and give them to him? I'll go with you to make sure that he's up for company.

[And, you know, that you don't undo all her hard work.]