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done with having dreams

Who: the avatar cast! (+ custom starters for folks)
Where: all over!
When: catch-all october log
Rating shouldn't be much!
What: the atlas and loks have a nice dinner together, and a few custom starters. if you want to toss a starter my way please do! or if you'd like me to write one for you just drop me a PM! c: we don't need pre-existing cr, just happy to oblige! also if anyone wants super awkward dates...

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( he honestly has no idea if it's a good plan or not. but. katara and zuko need someone looking out for them, and although he's sure they're both competent kids, that's. the thing. they're kids.

and now that the secret's out, and they know about korra and, by extension he and bolin, well. there's not really any reason to tread quite so carefully. he preps dinner — his firebending's back in intermittent gaps, so he can cook somewhere other than the kitchen just as well — and extends the invitation to katara with the assumption that she'll grab zuko on her way. then it's just. keeping bolin and korra under control until then. bo's still a bit on the blind side, but he's better than he was. they'll make it work. )

( he'd made contact with roy a while ago, over their shared affinity for fire. you can thank hughes for that heads up, and ultimately they'd agreed to meet and demonstrate their abilities in turn. pinning down a moment of time when his firebending seems mostly stable is tricky, but eventually he sends the general a message to meet him at the training arena. mostly so that if anything goes awry (which he doubts) they'll have space for containment. since he and roy can both manipulate fire after its creation, he isn't exactly worried. even if one of them loses their ability, the odds of it happening to the other as well at the same time are minimal.

he'll be sitting on a rock, logbook in hand, pen tapping against his chin whenever roy arrives. detective stuff! )

( he caught the tail end of one of sheryl's concerts and rather than approach her immediately (she seems busy) he just kind of minds his own business for a while as she recovers. he always hated it when people approached him after his pro-bending matches, and that was just... bending. it's not vulnerable the way putting on a show is.

he's a fair few hundred yards up the beach, throwing a stick for naga out into the water well away from the mermaids and letting her collect it and return it to him. once the sun's starting to set and he can feel the way it sinks down on the horizon, he calls her to him and ships her off to korra. then he'll head to sheryl and give her an awkward little smile of greeting.

he's mostly cringing a little inside at that whole... dating thing that bolin and korra did, but. he's also not... going to mention it... maybe it'll go away if he ignores it. it's not that he's upset they did it, honestly, because he knows they had good intentions. it's just a little like having your dirty laundry aired, and he's heartily embarrassed. enough so that he has to clear his throat before it'll cooperate with him to form words, )

Hey, Sheryl. Want me to walk you back to the Temple?

( it's complicated. mako knows he's upset by the sudden loss of his waterbending, and although lance had asked him for it, he really isn't sure if demonstrating his newly returned firebending is really the way to go.

so instead, he just. asks lance to meet him in the kitchens. mako's whipped up another batch of his ginger custard and it turned out pretty good. better than the last batch, probably. which definitely has something to do with the fact that he can actually use his firebending to regulate the heat as it cooks instead of relying on an oven. really, how does anyone cook if they aren't a firebender?

whenever lance arrives, mako's already set out a couple of custard dishes at the table and he'll gesture for lance to take a seat while he fishes the last batch out of the over bare-handed. as one does, when heat isn't a concern. it's not that firebenders can't be burnt, it's more that their tolerance is ridiculously high. )

It was either this or spice cake, and Korra's told me more than once that my idea of 'spice' could melt someone's face off, so...

( mako finds him en route to the lake with an armful of. straws? what? normally, he'd just give the kid a companionable nod and carry on, but. straws? they seem to be all stuck together in what is quite possibly the weirdest art project mako's ever seen, and he sort of pivots on his heel with an armload of edible seaweed that he was definitely going to go dry as a little taste of home for korra. )

Minato? What are you doing?

( do you... need help... or an adult...? )

Edited 2018-09-27 23:47 (UTC)

( now that bolin's back on his metaphorical feet just in time for them to have their respective elements back, it's time for some training. mako shakes his brother out of bed probably earlier than he'd like, shoves a cup of tea in his hands and drags him out to the training arena.

they're at it for a few hours, until they're both sweat-drenched and exhausted. they're sprawled on the stone of the arena floor, looking up at the sky. mako has a hand over his stomach, eyes closed, just taking a moment's quiet joy in the sensation of the sun on his skin, calling all those parts of him that are uniquely firebender to life. )

You need to do more cardio, bro. I ran circles around you out there.

( not strictly true, but mako's nothing if not a Brother. )

( he is studiously pretending that korra and bolin's dating service never happened. when korra suggests that he try to replicate the dish allura had mentioned he's actually intrigued enough to try it. korra... implies that there's going to be several people, so it scans as not a date to him.

right up until allura actually arrives and korra excuses herself with an excuse that's flimsier than the air she can currently bend, and mako is just glaring at her as she retreats with a smile.

he turns his attention to allura, instantly apologetic. he is definitely fighting down a creeping veil of red blushing its way up his skin. korra why. you had to leave him alone with her!! betrayal! )

Princess Allura, I'm so sorry. It's not what it seems like. I mean, it's not a date. I'm not looking for a girlfriend.

( is that offensive. would she be offended? crap. crap, crap. uh. )

N-not that you aren't, uh, beautiful and smart and wonderful and all of those things. I'm just. You know. I'm not on the market. Korra's just... has some weird ideas about what I should be doing with my free time. She means well.

[ as promised, zuko shows up at the fighting ring a few minutes before promised. he's already firebending at the dummy when mako shows up, relieved that it finally works. he's just doing basic fire blasts and breaths but he's relishing every single one --- he's even got a little smile on his face as he practices, now that's rare. when he notices mako, he'll nod to him. ]

Ready to start?

[ when will zuko learn how to make smalltalk? never, probably. ]

Edited 2018-09-28 22:45 (UTC)

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