O M G . I am so nervous. About this AP US History Exam on Friday. The biggest freaking test of my life so far. 80 questions and 3 essays. Within a three-hour time limit at the max. I've been studying like crazy. It's the reason I'm updating tonight. Tomorrow I'll be at the school till at least 10:00 for study sessions. So. So. Nervous.
And, I wrote this one on a whim. I wanted something with Azula and Uncle Iroh in it. Because really, the two don't interact much in the show. And, well, it shows the contrast of Ozai and Iroh as "father figures".
Like Father, Like Daughter
By Nikkel
(c) to Nickelodean, Michael Dante DiMartino, and Bryan Konietzko
Dumb
"This is so dumb. It's not even fun!"
"Of course it is! What better than play Pai Sho and drink jasmine tea?"
"Um, how about firebending? Or ordering servants around? Or going outside and actually having a life?"
"A life cannot be wholly spent by work. It makes the mind and body grow old."
"What?"
"You have never heard of that phrase? It means—"
"Nevermind, Uncle. . . Agni, this is so boring!"
"Do not blame me for your stay. I don't want to be here either."
"So let's do something."
"We are doing something. We are playing Pai Sho. We are practicing strategy and patience."
"That's so dumb."
"You don't have a very large vocabulary, do you?"
"Yes I do! My father says so."
"He never had a very large one either. . ."
"So?"
"Have you ever considered expanding it? I have a dictionary—"
"Your dictionary is good."
"Dumb—To be lacking in intelligence; a moron; uneducated; mute. . ."
"Ugh."
"Would you rather play Pai Sho?"
"No."
The door opened, and Azula hurriedly rushed out the moment her father appeared. Ozai looked questioningly at the Pai Sho game, the jasmine tea, and the dictionary in Iroh's hand. He raised a skeptical brow. "Your form of entertainment, I presume?"
"Entertainment and education."
"That's so dumb."