"So let me get this straight, your grand plan as to what to do next is to travel to some random city of the Colonies and look for one of your friends from a century ago?"
Her Voice dripped with so much disbelief that Aang had to hold back a small cringe as he readied the defense for his plan.
"You make that sound like it's a bad thing Azula. Buimi was an expert when it came to outside of the box solutions, if anyone can give me advice on where to go from here, it's him."
She huffed, and although he didn't see her face from his position on appas head,k he could almost see in his mind's eye the image of he perfectly maintained bang falling back into its ordained position on the side of her face as she did so.
"You are forgetting a very important thing Aang, you knew him 100 years ago, the chances that he is even still alive are slim to none." Her exasperated tone was growing worse by the second.
"A slim chance at getting any idea at all of what to do is better than wandering at random with no clear goal. At least doing this we have something. If it all falls apart after that then I suppose we figure it out from there."
He heard Azula huff once more and go quiet for a moment, glancing over his shoulder he saw she was now sat with her hands folded over her chest, lips pursed in thought, it seemed that at least for a moment she had conceded the argument to him, and he smiled as he turned his gaze back towards the skies ahead.
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She allowed him to stew in victory for a few moments before speaking up again. If he was dead set on this path, she would at least gain as much knowledge as she could so as to be ready.
After a few moments of silence, she broke the silence once more.
"Where was it you said we were going? Omango or Omushroom? Something along those lines?"
He laughed slightly, his shoulders shaking as he held a closed fist to his mouth.
"You're close enough there I guess. Bumi lived in Omashu. It's a great city that's famous for its mail system, a huge series of slides that run all over, allowing for quick and efficient delivery. Though, Bumi thought of a much better way to use them."
Azula gave a thoughtful hum in response. The destination which Aang described to her sounded familiar, yet Azula found herself unable to place exactly from where she recalled it. If she was being honest it was rather annoying, to have that lingering sensation in the back of her mind that she was forgetting something.
She once again stewed in silence for a long moment, trying to force the memory to surface before Aang's voice pierced her thoughts.
"Are you alright Azula? You've gotten pretty quiet."
She forced the nagging sensation from her head as she responded. If it was truly important she would remember eventually.
"It's nothing, nothing at all. What's this greater purpose you alluded to just now?"
She didn't see his face, but his smirk was evident in his response.
"You'll see when we get there."
She wanted to slap him for that, but something inside held her back, she wanted to, but at the same time she didn't, she didn't have time to analyze why however, her time would be better spent trying to recall from where she remembered the name "Omashu". She instead settled to glare at him before again huffing aloud and folding her arms. It was not the most dignified way to lose an argument, yet the avatar seemed to enjoy it when she did so. And thus she did.
Fine, have it your way. Simply inform me when we are approaching our destination, if you would be so kind. I'm going to rest my eyes."
As she laid down in the large saddle and she heard Aang reply with a jovial "Yes ma'am" before she allowed herself to slip away into the world of dreams.
as promised an Actual story update, its shorter than I intended, as I planned on having them Arrive at Omashu in this chapter, however, as I was writing, I felt like it would flow better to have the actual arrival at the city be the start of a new chapter, and thus here we are. that means good news and bad news. bad news is you probably could have knocked this chapter out in about a minute of reading time. Good news is, the next chapter will arrive pretty quickly, as in within the week, rather than 6 months from now... hopefully.