[ITP HOSPITAL SHENANIGANS]

[capthlock_rage]

[in a hospital bed, poking sullenly at a jello cup :/]

((This is not awesome enough to be in the main comm, but all are welcome to tag in. ♥))

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[capthlock_rage]

[taking your silence as judgment, BUT GOING ON]

At the war meeting, before I left home for good, my father asked me what I'd learned during my time in the Earth Kingdom. He wanted to know... how best to stop the rebellions. So I told him the truth.

I said that the people of the Earth Kingdom are proud and strong, and that you can endure anything as long as you have hope.

[iseeyouflaming]

[I'm listening]

[capthlock_rage]

It's not what I meant, I thought -- maybe he'd see, maybe he'd understand who we're fighting. That you're not the enemy, you're people, good people, and you're brave and noble and honorable and will fight to the death to protect what you love.

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[hands clench in the blankets as he looks away]

But-- he didn't. To him, and to my sister, it meant that the only way to win this war is to destroy people's hope. When Sozin's Comet comes, he's going to burn the Earth Kingdom to the ground. All because of me.

[iseeyouflaming]

[iseeyouflaming]

[iseeyouflaming]

What?!

[capthlock_rage]

Azula said it was because of what I told Father. That if I had kept my mouth shut, she never would've come up with the plan, and he would have just -- nothing like this would be happening...

[iseeyouflaming]

What comet? What are you talking about? You can't just- we're huge, he can't burn us! What are you talking about?!

[capthlock_rage]

Sozin's Comet. When it passes, it boosts the strength of firebenders, more than you can possibly imagine. It's what gave my great-grandfather the power to start this war one hundred years ago, and if Aang doesn't stop him, it will give my father the power to end it.

[iseeyouflaming]

[please hold while we process your call]

[capthlock_rage]

[curled in on himself, face pale and fists trembling]

[iseeyouflaming]

[I'll just have a quiet freak out over here by myself, then]

[capthlock_rage]

[take your time]

[iseeyouflaming]

I...I don't-

[never mind, back to the freak out]

[capthlock_rage]

I'm sorry, Jet...

[iseeyouflaming]

How- how can Aang even stop that? He needs to be taken out before this!

[capthlock_rage]

That's why we've been training! He's... getting a lot better, so...

[iseeyouflaming]

[imagining Azula with a power boost, hold on]

[capthlock_rage]

[orz]

[iseeyouflaming]

[}8|]

[capthlock_rage]

[...peers up from his facepalm :(]

[iseeyouflaming]

Do Aang and the others know yet?

[capthlock_rage]

They've known about the comet for a long time. That's why they've been training so hard.

[iseeyouflaming]

What about the pl-

...wait.