#30: Incense and Peppermint
Prompted By: GuitarBOSS & BabydollEyelashes

"I don't buy any of this Earth Kingdom nonsense," Azula sighs as Ty Lee drags her towards a shop that the incense wafts out of halfway down the street.

"They have it in the Fire Nation too," Ty Lee replies and Azula does not respond. Auras and vibrations and future telling is completely absurd. She cannot believe Ty Lee believes in it, and she cannot believe that this is her tenth date.

"Tenth dates are extremely important," Ty Lee says, although Azula cannot take her seriously in her make-up.

"You realize that these are just shams by my brother to try to keep me from going on some kind of insane rampage?" Azula sighs, crossing her arms.

Ty Lee raises an eyebrow with a seductive glint in her eyes. "Don't act like you don't like them."

Azula has no answer to that.

They are on the Southern Tip of the Earth Kingdom in any incredibly sketchy seaside town. The port was rampant with pirates and merchants, and the Fire Nation insignias were sloppily painted over. Azula hates the Earth Kingdom with a burning passion; Fire Nation dates are far better.

Then again, no one whispers about her when she walks down the street in the Earth Kingdom. As if these dirty peasants would recognize Azula.

"Alright, so help me you are going to see auras by the end of this," Ty Lee says as they walk into the cramped shop. The smell is nearly enough to make Azula faint, but Ty Lee clutches to her arm.

The decor is as disgusting as the cheap incense. Azula sighs as the old woman dressed in a variety of vibrant cloths gestures for them to sit down.

"How much does this cost?" Azula whispers to Ty Lee and her friend shrugs.

Azula has no idea of the concept of money. She drops some coins on the table and hopes that they aren't too little and insulting. The woman looks startled and Azula realizes she has definitely overpaid. It isn't as if money matters. Maybe it will make the women tell Ty Lee to shut up. Hmm... perhaps. Azula drops another gold coin on the table.

"She wants me to believe in or see auras and vibrations or something."

"I totally want my future read too!" Ty Lee calls, shutting the door of the shop. The woman pockets the money and Azula is already fairly certain that she is a charlatan.

Azula clasps her hands on the table, waiting for this to be over. Today has been pleasant, but it just became incredibly painful.

It takes a certain amount of time, as Ty Lee keeps whispering in her ear if she sees anything yet. Azula drinks the strange drink she is handed and vows to herself to punch her brother in the face when she gets home. This is already turning into the worst date ever.

Azula feels incredibly dizzy and grabs at Ty Lee's shirt to keep upright.

Hazy colors around people. The woman indigo; Ty Lee pink. Herself vaguely...

"You hit your head pretty bad," is what Azula wakes up to, as well as a searing pain in the back of her head.

"I think I just was poisoned," Azula sighs as they lie on the front step of the woman's shop. "Can we get our money back?"

"It's going to be okay. She read my future and said that a great romance was in it. One that could shatter nations," Ty Lee says, helping Azula to her feet. Surprisingly, no one was staring at the unconscious girl and her accomplice.

"Let's hope that means I'm Fire Lord," Azula mutters to herself and Ty Lee pretends not to hear her. "I think I saw auras. Vague colors. Feel better? It just took a strong dose of passing out from drugs... I'm going to tell my brother that you drugged me, you know? I'm pretty sure that'll get you strung up or something... drugging a princess..."

Ty Lee kisses her and ignores her complaints.