火: [another damn action post.]

[exiled_torch]

[Zuko meanders off to the beach again to train, because it's still the most private and least flammable of all the mansion's areas. When there, he discovers all the junk washed up on the shore. This is weird, this is most definitely weird. Weirder still is a picture frame jutting out from the sand. He instantly spots it, grabs it, and stares at the

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[usskickass]

[Not too far away, Beiste is struggling with her "gift" from home. It's not too heavy or anything, but it's pretty well buried and it's probably too unwieldy for her to take back to her room on her own.

For now she's working at unearthing it with a shovel.]

[usskickass]

Well, weirder things have happened. We'll...just have to be careful and wait.

[exiled_torch]

[He nods. Yeah, weirder things have happened. He continues helping her with the weird machine.]

Oh..

I'm Zuko.

[usskickass]

Shannon Beiste.

How long you been here?

[exiled_torch]

..Too long.

[usskickass]

Not as long as me.

[She pauses, thinking.]

Y'know, I think I've been her about a year. Huh.

[exiled_torch]

Any time spent here is too long.

[usskickass]

Could be worse. As long as we're careful...well, bad things don't happen that often, do they?

[exiled_torch]

It doesn't matter. I'm not supposed to be here.

[usskickass]

None of us are, kiddo.