Hello!
First off, happy 2021! I have no idea how we are here because personally, I'm still somewhere in between March'20 and May'20. But well. Let's hope this year is kinder and better than what 2020 was.
This chapter is one of those that has a lot of pictures and GIFs. I have tried my best to ID them but if you want a more graphic experience, there's always The Other Site (TM). *sighs because I keep saying this*
Finally, if you are here, if you are reading, if you are favoriting/following/reviewing, you make my day. NotAGuest123, Indigo, blali, and ShexRainbow— you are amazing, you give me life! :")
Without further ado, please enjoy!
From Zuko's search history:
how to start a conversation with someone who hates you
how to start a conversation without looking like an idiot
how to start a conversation without being awkward
From Badger Frog Notes:
Hey Katara, it's been a little since we talked last so I thought I'd see if you were doing alright?
Hi Katara, how are you doing? I was thinking about you
Hey Katara, how are you doing? Been some time since we talked and I guess it just feels a little weird this way. Haha, anyway I just wanted to know if you were doing alright!
From Zuko's search history:
cute duckling
[Today 10:35 pm]
Azula: Where the fuck is the bottle of fire whiskey that I had been so carefully saving for tonight?
Mai: you don't know?
Azula: Know what?
Mai: can't you hear your brother's constant droning?
Azula: I'm listening to a podcast on chaotic energy and its importance.
Azula: So, no I can't.
Mai: lucky
Azula: It's pretty mediocre tbh
Mai: i'm sure it's better than listening to "why am i so bad at being good" on repeat
Azula: Oh, he's back in That Phase.
Mai: thanks to your fire whiskey
Azula: Please
Azula: Zuzu doesn't need fire whiskey to induce an existential crisis.
Azula: That's his way of living.
Ty Lee: Guys! He can read these texts!
Azula: That's the intention.
Mai: hey ty
Mai: where are you?
Mai: couldn't find you in your room
Azula: Zuzu?
Azula: You are online and ignoring these?!
Azula: Where's my fire whiskey?
Ty Lee: I am at the beach, Mai. Needed to think about a few things!
Mai: everything okay?
Ty Lee: Yes, perfect! 3
Azula: ZUZU
Mai: he is reading our texts
Ty Lee: Let's just leave him be, you guys!
Azula: Why?
Azula: What do you know that we don't?
Ty Lee: Nothing!
From Badger Frog Notes:
Hey Katara, it's been a little since we talked last so I thought I'd see if you were doing alright?
Hi Katara, how are you doing? I was thinking about you
Hey Katara, how are you doing? Been some time since we talked and I guess it just feels a little weird this way. Haha, anyway I just wanted to know if you were doing alright!
I know I am an idiot and that I do stupid things all the time and say stupid things but I really really like you and I hate that we aren't talking anymore and I am so scared this is going to be just like last time and we will stop talking completely
[Today 10:47 pm]
Azula: ZUZU
Azula: HOW DARE YOU RUN AWAY FROM THIS?
Azula: ZUZU I AM TALKING TO YOU
Zuko: WHAT DO YOU WANT
Azula: Where's my whiskey?
Zuko: How am I supposed to know
Azula: Are you drinking?
Zuko: No
Azula: Where's your punctuation?
Zuko: What
Zuko: I'm NOT drinking
Mai: lies
Ty Lee: Let's not bother Zuko, guys!
Mai: boring
Azula: I need my whiskey
Azula: Now
Azula: NOW
Zuko: Or what
Zuko: Are you going to let your mongoose loose on me lol
Azula: You fool
Zuko: Boohoo Azula you can't scare me
Azula: You bloody fool
Zuko: BOO HOO
Ty Lee: This is kind of tense
Mai: i'm loving it
[Today 10:59 pm]
Mai: oh fuck
Ty Lee: What happened?
Ty Lee: Mai?
Ty Lee: Guys?
From Badger Frog Notes:
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[Today 11:27 pm]
Ty Lee: Guys?
Ty Lee: Why aren't you all answering your phones?
Ty Lee: Where are you?!
Ty Lee: Zuko?
Ty Lee: Are you reading my messages?
Zuko: Wa1t
Ty Lee: Zuko?
Zuko: S0rry
[Today 11:56 pm]
Mai: fuck
Mai: sorry about that
Mai: azula left her phone at home
Mai: and mine was on silent
Mai: things got really weird
Mai: i'll explain when we get home
Mai: 5 mins
Ty Lee: ARE YOU OKAY?
Ty Lee: Why is Zuko typing like that?!
Mai: we're fine
Mai: sorry ty
Ty Lee: I was so worried!
Mai: i'm really sorry
Mai: look
Mai: [Picture. Description— A photo taken in low light showing human and mongoose footprints in the sand.]
Ty Lee: Is that..?
Ty Lee: Did Azula...?
Mai: yes
Mai: and then it chased zuko out of the house
Mai: onto the beach
Mai: into the water
Mai: you should have heard him scream lol
Zuko: 1 d1d n0t screa%
Mai: his phone's not working properly
Mai: the touch is gone in some places apparently
Zuko: A99are*t1y?!
Mai: stop typing zuko
Mai: it's making my eyes bleed
fiirelord reblogged from thepaintedlady:
of-pink-auras posted:
Just one more day left before I have to go back to real life. I can't believe my time on this beautiful island is over /3
[Photo Set. Description— Five photographs arranged in a grid. The first shows a melting ice cream cone, the second shows shells and starfish on the beach, the third shows a beach hat and sandals on the sand, the fourth shows beach chairs with sea gulls flying, and the fifth shows a glass bottle with a paper note inside kept in the sand.]
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fiirelord reblogged from thepaintedlady:
thepaintedlady posted:
portia babe i feel you
[Picture. Description— The quote, "I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done than be one of the twenty to follow," written over a foggy background showing conifers.]
fiirelord reblogged:
[Picture. Description— The quote, "We know what we are, but not what we may be," written over a cloudy background showing green meadows bathed in sunlight.]
[Today 1:34 am]
Ty Lee: YAY YOUR PHONE IS WORKING!
Zuko: ^0 1t 1s^t
Ty Lee: What?
Zuko: F*c& 11fe
Zuko: Wa1t
[Today 1:40 am]
fiirelord: Hi
of-pink-auras: Hiii
of-pink-auras: Our first Tumblr chat!
fiirelord: Forgive me if I'm not thrilled about the circumstances
of-pink-auras: I thought your phone was working?
fiirelord: Why would you think that?
of-pink-auras: Because you are on Tumblr?
fiirelord: I'm on my laptop.
fiirelord: I cannot believe this.
fiirelord: What nonsense is this?
fiirelord: This entire trip is a disaster.
of-pink-auras: Oh, Zuko. I'm sorry you feel that way :"(
fiirelord: Everything's just falling apart.
of-pink-auras: This doesn't sound like it's just about your phone?
fiirelord: Of course it doesn't.
fiirelord: Because it isn't.
of-pink-auras: I still think you should ask her whatever is on your mind!
fiirelord: You think I don't know that?
fiirelord: I was about to
fiirelord: And then Azula and her stupid mongoose happened.
fiirelord: I cannot believe this is real.
of-pink-auras: Well, you know how upset Azula gets sometimes.
fiirelord: I was in the middle of a crisis and I just needed some liquor courage.
fiirelord: She didn't need to unleash her mongoose on me for fuck's sake.
of-pink-auras: I know
fiirelord: Anyway, I should probably get going. See if my phone's working.
of-pink-auras: Wait
of-pink-auras: Did you drink?
fiirelord: Barely
[Today 2:03 am]
of-pink-auras: listen
of-pink-auras: stop being such a coward and just talk to that girl for fuck's sake
fiirelord: Mai?
of-pink-auras: ding ding
fiirelord: What are you doing?
of-pink-auras: telling you to get your head out of your ass
fiirelord: No, I meant what are you doing with Ty Lee's phone?
of-pink-auras: we are in the middle of a photo shoot
of-pink-auras: and you keep butting in
fiirelord: Isn't it really late?
of-pink-auras: zuko
of-pink-auras: you are a nice guy and all that but sometimes you can just be so dense that i want to stab you
fiirelord: Wow
of-pink-auras: just fucking talk to her
fiirelord: Yeah
fiirelord: Um are you okay with this?
of-pink-auras: ugh please spare me
of-pink-auras: i do not give a flying fuck
fiirelord: You sound pissed.
of-pink-auras: i just want to spend some time with ty lee before we leave tomorrow
of-pink-auras: and you aren't letting me do that
fiirelord: Um
fiirelord: Okay
of-pink-auras: please go and text her
fiirelord: Yeah
of-pink-auras: and stop your weird theatre nerd flirting with the lady in paints or whatever
fiirelord: What are you even talking about?
of-pink-auras: bye zuko
of-pink-auras: it was good fun talking to you :)
fiirelord: Bye, Mai.
of-pink-auras: and just so you know, there's a bottle of fire whiskey in my room
fiirelord: Really?
of-pink-auras: bye :)
From Badger Frog Notes:
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To: zuko_here messengerhawks. com
From: zuko_here messengerhawks. com
Subject: Test
Hey Katara, it's been some time since we last talked. I guess I just wanted to check in and see if you were doing okay?
[Today 2:43 am]
Zuko: Hey Katara, it's been some time since we last talked. I guess I just wanted to check in and see if you were doing okay?
To: zuko_here messengerhawks. com
From: zuko_here messengerhawks. com
Subject: Test
And I'm really sorry about texting so late. I hope I'm not disturbing you.
[Today 2:43 am]
Zuko: Hey Katara, it's been some time since we last talked. I guess I just wanted to check in and see if you were doing okay?
[Today 2:55 am]
Zuko: And I'm really sorry about texting so late. I hope I'm not disturbing you.
[Today 2:59 am]
Katara: Hi Zuko! What's up?
Katara: I have been really busy with college and time's just been an extremely weird concept, you know?
Katara: And you're still on vacation so I didn't want to bug you
[Today 3:06 am]
Zuko: That wouldn't have happened at all, believe me. How have you been?
Katara: I have been good
Katara: Busy but okay
[Today 3:13 am]
Zuko: Right. You mentioned.
Zuko: Sorry
Zuko: Am I keeping you from your work?
Katara: No, not at all
Katara: I'd tell you if that was the case haha
[Today 3:16 am]
Zuko: You would, right?
Katara: Of course
Katara: Have I ever shied away from letting people know when they get in my way?
Katara: Lol
[Today 3:19 am]
Zuko: Haha, no.
Zuko: You would tell me if anything was wrong, right?
Katara: Of course
Katara: Is everything alright?
Katara: You sound a little... off?
[Today 3:21 am]
Zuko: Everything's perfect. I'm just really happy to be talking to you.
Zuko: Anyway, I should have mentioned this before but my phone's not really working which is why it's taking me ages to reply.
[Today 3:34 am]
Katara: Wait, what?
Katara: What happened?
Katara: And wait, so how are you texting right now?
[Today 3:43 am]
Zuko: Well, the touch has stopped working in some places. It's not a great story. It involves my sister's mongoose and my worst nightmares.
Katara: I feel like I absolutely have to know this now
Katara: But hold on. I still don't understand how you're texting?
[Today 3:47 am]
Zuko: You totally don't have to know.
Zuko: And I just found a way around it.
Katara: Which is?
[Today 3:49 am]
Zuko: You know, just typing on my laptop and then some emailing and copy-pasting, hehe
Zuko: Modern problems, modern solutions, right?
Katara: wAIT
Katara: *Wait
Katara: Zuko, what the fuck?
Katara: You don't have to do that
[Today 3:52 am]
Zuko: Hey, it's no big deal. I really wanted to talk to you so it's absolutely fine
Katara: You've been doing this for more than an hour now
Katara: I don't see how this is fine
Katara: Why didn't you just tell me?
[Today 3:55 am]
Zuko: I don't know. It just didn't occur to me, I guess?
Katara: Fuck you're still doing it
Katara: I keep jabbering and you keep sending yourself mails
Katara: Okay stop
Katara: STOP
Katara: Not because I don't want to talk to you because I do
Katara: But stop
Zuko: 1f 1 st09 th1s 1s what the texts w111 100& 11&e
Katara: ...
Katara: I feel really bad for you but this is kind of funny?
Zuko: Rude
Katara: One *insert clapping emoji* whole *insert clapping emoji* text *insert clapping emoji*
Zuko: H11ar10*s
Katara: xD
Katara: Sorry
Katara: It's funny
Zuko: D0^t
Katara: Don't?
Zuko: Yes
Katara: xD
Katara: We'll talk later okay?
Katara: When you don't have to send mails anymore
Zuko: [GIF. Description— "OK" written on a red background.]
Katara: Bye, Zuko
Zuko: [GIF. Description— "Bye" written on a black background.]
Katara: Ah, GIFs. Smart
Katara: [GIF. Description— A penguin walking away with "Bye" written on both sides of it.]
Katara: As an afterthought
Katara: [Picture. Description— A mongoose staring at the reader; the picture Katara always sends.]
Zuko: [GIF. Description— "Uggh" written as a text message on a white background.]
Katara: xD
fiirelord reblogged from thepaintedlady:
what the fuck did i just do?
#a constant mood
[Today 2:56 am]
Ty Lee: I forgot to send these!
Ty Lee: [Picture. Description— Azula's mongoose lying on the beach.]
Ty Lee: [Picture. Description— The mongoose standing on its hind legs and staring into the distance.]
Ty Lee: [Picture. Description— The mongoose walking along the beach.]
Azula: These are lovely
Azula: The lighting is perfect
Azula: Thanks, Ty Lee
[Today 4:13 am]
Zuko: What must I do to not be exposed to Azula's mongoose 24/7?
Mai: how are you typing
Azula: So chirpy, Zuzu.
Zuko: ?
Mai: i need my whiskey back
Zuko: [GIF. Description— "OK" written on a red background.]
Zuko: 1eav1^g 1t 0*ts1de y0*r r00%
Azula: Come out to the porch
Azula: We're all here.
Azula: Besides it's too late to do the mental gymnastics required to understand your texts.
[Today 4:19 am]
Zuko: And your mongoose?
Azula: Asleep
Azula: On my lap
Ty Lee: It's totally safe, Zuko!
Zuko: 1ts 1ate
Azula: It's our last night here, Zuzu
Azula: Don't be a killjoy
Mai: surely you can compromise on your beauty sleep for one night
Ty Lee: Come on out, Zuko!
Ty Lee: It'll be fun!
fiirelord reblogged from of-pink-auras:
All about last night
[Photo Set. Description— Three pictures arranged in a grid. The first is that of the sun rising, the second is of a woman walking along the surf, and the third is that of a distant coast with mountains in the backdrop lit up in the dark.]