Ty Lee nervously began to play with the braid in her hair as she wandered down the halls of the Fire Nation Palace.

She'd heard that Azula had been moved to a new room; part of her worried about this.  Azula was manipulative... did she happen to get to Zuko?  Why else would he have moved her?  The girl sighed, her bangs fluttering slightly when doing so.  Something seemed off, but she couldn't put her finger on it.  (It didn't help that part of her wondered if Azula actually was getting better.)

The lump in her throat thickened as she neared Azula's room.  She had to keep confident.  She had to keep strong.  She had to endure this.  She was better than she had been years ago.  "Come on, Ty Lee," she whispered to herself.  "Azula holds nothing on you anymore... right?"  Even she couldn't lie to herself.

With a deep breath, she knocked on the door.

((Open to Ty Lee and Azula; takes place a day after Mai and Zuko's visit))

Katara stumbled blindly down the hall. She had had way too much to drink, and was feeling a little depressed and it was all Zuko's fault! Her mind swirled from the drink, and his words still echoed in her head. She wasn't sexy enough for Aang? That had never been a problem before, in fact, it was quite the opposite. Most of the time he couldn't keep his hands off of her, and usually ended running to the bathroom at the first interruption.

Katara saw a light on in the kitchen. Her stomach rumbled and she padded down the hallway.

(open to:Aang,for now)

Zuko sits straight up in bed in a cold sweat. He can tell it was about noon by the way the light was shining into is room. Suddenly a wave of nausea hits him and room starts spinning. He jumps out of bed and tries to run to the bathroom, but he trips on the blankets and crashes to the floor. He decides it safer to crawl to the bathroom instead of walking. Have way their he stops and realizes his pant a wet and sticky. He hope his pissed his pants because the only thing he remembers was a very vivid sex dream about his sister. Horrified he quickens his pace to the bathroom. Hopefully he can burn the evidence before Mai finds out.

When he reaches the toilet, he pukes. Realizing he has no clue how he got to palace last night. He decides to rest his head on soft toilet cover, and waits until the rooms stops spinning. Hopefully he can catch his thoughts to make sense of the night before.

(I wanted to start off with Mai than we are going to end up with Azula.)
(viewable to Mai and Azula)

After the meeting with Kyung, Zuko needed to clear his mind with several pitchers of cheap swill. Cheap swill lately has become his dirty little secret. Once and awhile, he would sneak out of palace to enjoy his little vice. It wasn't so much for the taste of the ale, but being around real people. Lately, people in the palace have been driving him nuts. At least these people are real! He is sure. Mai is suspicious of his secret getaways, but he needs this time to himself.

Zuko legendary love of cheap swill leads him to his favorite hole in the wall bar, Blue Dragon Inn. The den of thugs and lowlife know him as Lee The Party King a Earth Kingdom merchant from Omashu. Zuko loves the thrill of being incognito and drinking till he passes out. It makes himself feel really alive.

Zuko walks up to the loud noise bar and smiles as a pair of drunken hooligans toss a man on to the muddy street. From the smell, it seemed like the poor sap drank too much and soiled himself, so he takes long strides around him, and pushes past the now laughing drunkards. He walks into the bar. The air is thick with smoke, but the atmosphere was surely alive with the sounds of real people. Zuko walks to his normal table by the stage and sits down. It doesn't take long for the waitress to find him. She rests a hand on his shoulder and says, "Well Master Lee welcome back to the Blue Dragon Inn. Shall I set you up with the normal. A shot of fire water and a pitcher of our finest?"

Feeling a hand on his shoulder, he looks up at her, however, he notices her shirt was cut much lower today as usual. He smiles and says loudly, so she can hear of noise, "I am feeling adventurous today Ming bring me a order of pork wantons and fried dumplings."

Ming gives him a look of disgust that he actually braving the food here, but says with smile, "It will be right out Hun." She gives his shoulder a gently squeeze and walks away.

Suddenly, the bar quiets down and Zuko notices a few of the female patrons weave through the crowd to the tables by the stage and sit regardless if their was people their before them. Zuko is surprised that two or three of them sat at his table. Politely asking if he needed the other chairs around the table. Giggling to themselves, Zuko overhears them talking about a cute pipa performer named Fong Li.

[open to all]

Aang stormed down the halls, arms stiff at his sides.  He didn't want to think about the meeting.  About the war that was now looming, peering down at him, demanding more patience than he knew he could give it at the current time.  Why hadn't Zuko listened to him?  Why had he just jumped in, head first?  He was dragging his whole nation into this war, and it was for such a stupid, stupid reason.

He jammed his eyes shut.  Stop thinking about it.  He had to.  If he didn't calm down, he didn't know what he'd do.  Maybe he needed to talk to someone.  ...where was Katara?  He suddenly realized he'd left her behind.  Idiot.

It took him a moment to realize where he was: in front of Azula's cell.  He was surprised it was so quiet, for once.  Maybe she was doing better?

Aang, looking for any form of distraction, knocked on her door politely after nodding to the guard outside.

( Firecest here )

Closed to everyone except Azula and Zuko.
Warning: Hard R/NC-17 Contains Incest

[warning: the following RP will be hard R/NC-17.]

Toph walked with Fong, hand in hand,  towards the Silver Phoenix. The Silver Phoenix was the newest hotel in the Fire Nation.  Fire Lord Zuko decreed, several months after the war had ended that the money that was to be spent on war was now to be spent on hotels and tourism.  The Silver Phoenix was the first hotel of it's kind built in the years following the war. It was built within the walls of the capital within walking distance from the Palace. It faced the water on both sides and was raised several feet, making it one of the tallest buildings within the capital.

The Silver Phoenix was one of the most romantic hotels in the Fire Nation. Couples from all over the Fire Nation, and the world would come to share their love and nupitals in front of one another and the gods, so it was no surprise that Fong Li chose this particular hotel for his tryst with the Mountain Mover.

Toph stepped onto the carpet and rubbed her toes between them. She could smell the fire roses that sat in a vase above the fireplace. The windows were open and she could smell the sea and hear the trees blowing in the breeze.


"Oh Fong, this place is wonderful," she said, smiling widely and throwing herself on the bed, ignoring the simple fact that her clothes were still wet and covered in dirt.

[closed to all except Toph and Fong Li]

Zuko decided to dress in his best ceremonial robes with his double swords strapped to his back. This is not going to most pleasant meeting schedule for today. Mostly likely this meeting will decide if the Fire Nation will go to war once again, but not with the Earth Kingdom or Northern and Southern Water tribes. This newly formed enemy was part of the Fire Nation itself, the City State of Ashra. Zuko grinds his teeth as he walks down halls when he think how he is the only Fire Lord rule a divided Fire Nation. He opens the door to the throne room sees that everyone he summoned is here. He walks to his throne and takes off his swords from his back. He turns to the door, sits on his throne, and he lays his swords on his lap. He smiles at Mai to his right and takes her hand. Hopefully, her strength can pull him through this mess. He looks at friends to his left, and gives Aang and Katara a reassuring nod, but he says nothing. He takes a deep breath and his face suddenly turns stone. He nods to the guards to turn on the fire his father once used five years ago.

Zuko turns to Chen-Chi and nods and says grimly, "You can summon Ambassador Kyung now." His eyes turn to the door. The moment that door opens the five years of peace will end and this will be the day everything changes...

[Meeting for Zuko, Kyung, Chen-Chi, Aang, Katara, and Mai: Responding order is as follows Zuko, Kyung, Chen-Chi, Aang, Katara, Mai]

It had been so long since Azula had a bath and even the ones she had from the mental ward were not indulgent, relaxing things. But Zuko had arranged a morning of pampering and she spent the time in peace from the voices in her mind. Free from her mother and when she finished, she felt better than she had in a while but had been fearful of leaving the baths. She had enjoyed the time to relax and be pampered by the palace beauticians but once it was over, she questioned Zuko’s motives again.

Eventually, she did leave and head to the inner garden with Zuko, near the turtle-duck pond. Azula squinted at the warm sunlight, taking in the feeling of strength it gave her and knowing her firebending would be so powerful out in the sun.

“What have the servants prepared?” She stared at the turtle-ducks who still stayed to the far end of the pond, wary of her. She smiled. Not everyone had lost their sense of fear.

OOC: Zuko and Mai can reply at any time!