LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS [OPEN]

[karmauberalles]

Characters: von Karma and anyone on the Convoy
Content: von Karma is fulfilling his duties as combat trainer! YOU GOIN GET TRAINED. ...or sparred with. ...or there may be tea. It depends.
Setting: The Convoy training room!
Time: Backdated to pretty much any time before Prime's body got hijacked in Kropmork.
Warnings: Perfection, foppishness, and

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[myfavoritetea]

Von Karma was not the only early riser on board the ship. Decades of being in charge of various military outposts and underlings had ingrained an early waking time for a certain tea-loving old man. True, Iroh's personal preference was to sleep in as late as he could, next to a lovely companion whenever possible. Sadly, he'd been noticing a tragic lack of lovely companions of late, and was slipping back into his habit of waking early. He tended to sleep badly when alone.

He spent this morning wandering around the ship, a kettle of one of his favorite teas (they were all his favorite) under an arm. Now, if only there were someone to share it with.

Noticing movement in the training room, the old man almost passed it by. People training did not usually have time for a doddering old Firebender... but he peeked inside the room anyway.

...Well... this was an interesting turn of events....

Cleaning his throat to announce his presence, Iroh smiled as he entered the room. "Good Morning, Manfred." No call to stand on ceremony, right? They were both retired now...

[karmauberalles]

It was no surprise to von Karma that Iroh was on the ship; he'd already heard about it through the network. He had rather mixed feelings on the man; on one hand, abandoning one's post in any situation was inexcusable... on the other, Iroh had rather excellent taste in tea, and at the moment he was more inclined to have some tea than to harp on past failures.

"Admiral," said von Karma curtly, finding the familiarity of given names to be somewhat uncomfortable. "I wondered when we'd cross paths."

[myfavoritetea]

Still as rigid as ever, apparently. Oh well. He waved the hand not currently holding the teapot dismissively. "None of that, please. It is just 'Iroh,' now."

He looked around the combat training room with interest. He'd seen it in passing, of course, but had not availed himself of it yet. Practicing Firebending tended to not be such a good idea when in an airship... too many easily flammable things.

"I did as well," he continued with a smile. "I would have thought it would have been much sooner, but this ship is much larger than it looks."

[karmauberalles]

"...fine," said von Karma somewhat hesitantly. He supposed he could conveniently 'forget' that request in about five minutes.

"It certainly is. I imagine it has something to do with our... unique captain."

[myfavoritetea]

He laughed a little. "Unique is a good word for him. Do you know that he has never tasted tea?" Iroh looked a mixture of appalled and shocked, then he shook his head sadly. "Some people miss all of the truly important things in life."