Mai ♦ 001

[fireshuriken]

Who: fireshuriken and somarium
Where: Lake Meridian & Somni
Style: Either is fine!
Status: Open~

[A dark haired female leaned against one of the trees around Lake Meridian, her arms crossed, a very sour look on her face.]

Well. Can't say I was expecting this.

[Last she remembered, she was locked up in prison with Ty Lee. Then she wakes up by a strange lake and back

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[forged_anew]

Zuko often trained near the lake. After all, one needed to keep up skills like that, even if he hadn't really needed them here in a while. Besides. There wasn't much to do, really.

He'd been here since morning, and now as he finally headed back toward his apartment, shirt tied around his waist since he'd gotten hot earlier. As he walked, Zuko noticed someone up ahead, and for a few moments, he thought maybe he'd somehow overexerted himself, that he was tired or it was a trick or mirage... something. Something else. Because it was too much to hope for to really think it was Mai's silhouette a short distance away.

He sped up anyway, trying to get closer.

It was her. Or he was completely insane. It didn't matter. Either way, he had to try, and Zuko called out suddenly, in a voice hedged with excitement and suspicion and shock all at once.

"Mai?"

[fireshuriken]

Mai heard someone coming, pausing, ready to pull out her knives if necessary. She wasn't sure what was going on still, so she didn't know if Azula would be tracking her, since somehow, she had escaped? She didn't know how it happened, but she wasn't in jail anymore, and Azula would not be happy. At all.

Then she heard the voice call out to her. She recognized it instantly: Zuko. Hearing him caused her to hesitate, her eyes narrowing as a small frown returned to her face. It was several moment before she turned to him, crossing her arms as she did so.

"Zuko." She was still mad at him about what he had done. Yes, she had saved him, but that didn't mean she wasn't still mad. He hurt her. He left her. Maybe it was for the right reasons, but what he did to her wasn't right.

[forged_anew]

It really was her. Doubt melted away as soon as she spoke his name and Zuko rushed forward, and he didn't care if it seemed sudden or awkward or even if she got mad. He was in front of Mai in a moment, arms wrapping tightly around her and pulling her slim form against his chest.

"I missed you," Zuko murmured against her hair, voice low and perhaps a little raspier than usual with emotion.

[fireshuriken]

For a split second, Mai was just happy to be back in his arms. But then she remembered what he had done, why she was mad, and she pushed him away. A scowl appeared on her face as she took a few steps back, distancing herself from him.

Truth was, she had missed him too. So much. She was so hurt when he left her. So lonely. And her he was, ready to scoop her back into his arms. But she wasn't ready. Not just yet.

"I'm still mad at you, Zuko." Her voice was harsh, a hint of hurt within it, as she turned her gaze from him.

[gangstaspeak]

[Beat had been out doing a few errands around Somni that afternoon. With the AC shorting out every so often, he figured it was best to stock up on some ice cream and popsicles to help cool down during those long periods of intense heat in the apartment. Better than just sitting around roasting in the summer temperature the whole day, after all.

He had been too busy going over the list of items on his Dreamberry to watch where he was going, which lead to him bumping right onto a certain someone.]

Yo, watch it!

[Turning his head to look up from the device, he is met with an all too familiar face. His mouth hangs open for a few seconds before he finds his voice once more.]

Knives? Izzat you?

[fireshuriken]

[And Mai's wandering the town, really lost and confused. This town was nothing like anything she had ever seen before, so she wasn't full paying attention to her surroundings. Then she bumped into Beat.] Why don't you watch it? [Snapping right back to you, then....blinking in surprise. Wait, he knew her?

So confused, but she doesn't show it.]

Think you've got the wrong person.

[gangstaspeak]

[Even if it looked like she didn't remember being in Somarium in the past, he was absolutely sure that it was her. If he hadn't actually seen her, the dry tone in her voice was more than enough to give her away.]

It is you! When'd you get back, yo? [He means when did she arrive but his excitement took over, obviously.]

[fireshuriken]

Get back? I've never been here before. [Very slight eyebrow raise. She's thinking you're crazy right about now.]