Fire Lord Ozai

He looked over the reports of what his daughter was getting up to and frowned. While he was sure enough in her discipline to not have defied him like the failure, the simple truth was that she had lost her hymen from the rigors of training quite some time ago. And so they could not use its presence to determine the purity of what would give her the greatest value to his long term plans. Because yes, while he WAS technically capable of taking her as a concubine and seeing if a proper heir could be bred from her womb, that was a path that closed off useful avenues.

The simple fact was that despite whatever she thought, he never intended for her to have real power. Yes, she would become the 'fire lady' when he ascended to become the Phoenix King, but by the fact he would be ruler of the world, nothing would actually change. So rather, most of his plans for Azula revolved around the fact that she was a combination of well trained attack dog who knew who her owner was and was a woman possessed of a womb who would do her duty when commanded by her royal father.

And yet, even if she was a prize, the exact value of that prize could become... cheapened.

He had not been worried when it was likely that she had an attraction towards other females, as that would not lesser her value and was even somewhat accepted to happen between noblewomen and their handmaidens behind closed doors. But with the addition of Maza to her retinue? Well, eyes were on them that did not need to be before. And as it turned out, like many women, her lust and desire for carnal release had betrayed her and was now providing him issues.

Because while he could make the offer, he could not actually force anyone to marry Azula without questions being asked. And anyone who was of the required station and ability tended to want to have an unplucked flower rather than to be simply cucked before the marriage even took place. And yet, for the moment, she was his heir. He could not simply make her a concubine to anyone that was not a member of the royal family, and he refused to give that much power to his fool of a brother or the failure.

Granted, there was a simple solution to this, as he sent the message to his favorite assassins. Why, due to it being the tenth time this year, he even got a discount!

As he looked at the man, the combustion bender in his throne room, he would have to admit to being impressed, even as the rest of the court threw up and looked away. Really, if he knew that Maza had been capable of this before hand, he would have extended an offer to be an executioner. The fact that the assassin literally had all of his bones removed and used to crucify him while he still lived?

The fact that he was flayed alive, electricity dancing along the exposed muscles as he wailed and begged for a death that would never come, intestines used to bind him to the cross... it was wonderful. Gruesome, macabre and the product of a brutal mind that did not limit itself to merely human cruelty. Because there were letters carved into its chest. A rather short and polite note really, that somehow managed to convey how honored he was that the Fire Lord was sending assassins after him, but that his next act would be to awaken the volcano under the capital.

So, he look to one of his chief generals and gave the order.

Azula

She looked at the message scroll. And then at Maza. And then back at the message scroll. "Maza." She was feeling... numb. "Why is my father sending me a message that he approves my choice in consorts and that he wishes to be introduced to his new son in law as soon as the situation in Ba Sing Se is stabilized?"

It was something to consider as she looked towards her favorite male minion, as he had finished securing the last of the Kyoshi Warriors into the specialized restraining devices. To be entirely honest, she very much got the appeal as each was stripped, had every hair below the neck waxed off... and was then coated head to toe in this... latex material, only their hair showing, mouths held open so their tongues could be used. That and something about the nature of this particular batch being tweaked so that the only way the encased warrior could move would be if she, Ty Lee or Maza fed the latex chi.

If she didn't have this, she would have separated them and sent them to the prisons to break... but now she could have them all for herself. Still, this was important, as she sat back, a pair of Joo Dee's giving her a long overdue mani and pedicure along with Ty Lee and Mai, both leaning in to listen to news. But, Maza merely nodded. "So, a combustion bending assassin came after me a week or two ago. After some... interrogation, I arranged for a message to be sent back to the Fire Lord stating that while I was aware of the honor of coming to his attention, he only got the warning instead of the retribution because he was both my liege lord and your father." He paused a moment. "Being entirely honest? The latter is a lot more important."

Her cheeks were not burning as she threw a lance of lightning at him, Mai and Ty Lee giggling. The lightning struck one of the bound warriors, making her jiggle most pleasingly due to the fact that Maza stepped out of the way. "He seemed to be... impressed. More than merely a polite message would earn."

Her foolish minion nodded, as he checked the last restraints, lowering a pair of warriors into each others embrace on a wooden wedge, lips touching each other... and then the wedge started moving back and forth, more akin to a see-saw as the warriors moved back and forth, their body heat powering the mechanism. "So, the real thing was arranging for the message the assassin, to appear in his throne room, crucified on his own bones, intestines binding him and his dick torn off and lodged up his own ass, with the actual words carved onto exposed muscles as there may have been flaying involved."

Both Ty Lee and Mai were silent, but as their leader, Azula focused on the important thing. "You tortured a man to death and did not invite me to join in! You know I will have to punish you for this." She all but hissed the words, fire and lightning flying as the burning (which was NOT happening) spread across his cheeks and neck, loins leaking. "You are not allowed to just ignore me when you are engaging in romantic activities!"

If everyone aside from Maza was looking at her with wariness and just a touch of intoxicating fear? She did not notice, as he reached behind hos head, rubbing it. "Oh, he would still have been alive when the Fire Lord got him, part of the whole message thing you know?" That in fact, did not help, as she leapt at him, forcing him onto his back. "I'm sorry for not including you and will next time?"

She just growled, and reached down to wat was HERS. If her father was going to acknowledge him as a probable son in law? She was going to claim ALL that was HERS.