The Big bad Little Sister
In the vast city that even when you were with people felt empty Azula made her way cautiously through the streets.
While she longed for the creature comforts of her servants carrying her through the town, she was never a lazy princess. Physical activity was just another tool in the constant battle to achieve perfection.
As such she had taken to long walks through the city, climbing things that seemed sturdy, lifting things on occasion, but mostly running and leaping. This was a cool down period as she glanced idly at the buildings around her.
"So much wasted space." She remarked and began to ascend a fire escape to the roof of one such building. From there her view was less obscured and she could gaze out in all directions.
During her initial orientation she had been shown the pods where some people chose to sleep. Sleep was absolutely out of the question for the paranoid princess however. Giving in to absolute helplessness so she could sleep seemed reckless, foolish.
But ultimately impossible to ignore.
Still the city was so vast it offered her an unlimited amount of hiding places for when she knew she could no longer outrun her own exhaustion.
So many places that not even the all seeing eye of "Stacy" could follow her.
Taking a seat on the edge of this roof Azula's hand slipped into her robe and drew out a plastic wrapped treat someone had given her...had they given it to her or had she just taken it? No matter. While she couldn't remember how she had procured this item she knew it was a snack and it had been so long since her appreciative lips had met a sweet.
The wrapper was noisy and yellow, an obnoxious yellow that if Azula had her way would be banished from ever being used again. Could she banish a color? Why not? She was Princess Azula! No...FIRELORD AZULA!
...
Would-be firelord Azula.
Failure Azula.
Her emotions took a sharp dip and she tried to suppress the self loathing and disgust by focusing on the candy.
It was white, some form of taffy. It reminded her of the fresh Taffy that would serve on the carts during the Fire Days Festival. But as she tried to take a bite out of the Taffy she winced. It had become hard as stone since it had been wrapped. Scowling she glared at the Taffy, her teeth marks clearly represented in it's pale complexion.
"You dare defy me Taffy? Let's see you remain so steadfast against this!"
With her free hand she made a motion to...no effect. She growled and performed the motion again rapidly with more anger behind it. A single orange flame lit on her fingertips and she smirked. "That's right." She cooed to the candy bringing it to the flame and letting the heat soften it till it was doping and wilting. Azula laughed soft and cruel as she imagined the candy screaming and begging for mercy.
"Let that be a lesson to the rest of you!" She declared to...no one visible. "Trifle with me long enough and you burn."
The invisible people she was addressing may or may not have had responses to this but that was entirely up to the princess.
In the meantime she brought the softened, tortured sweet to her lips and took a delicate careful bite, startled by a thick creamy center she had not expected. It tasted like peanuts but was smooth and not at all crunchy.
Her victory over the Taffy was in face very, very sweet. She would savor it for a long while.