OPEN SEASON 2.

[crawly]

1. pick a character.

☛ optional.
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☛ full list.
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2. provide a prompt.

☛ image, words, music, whatever you want.
☛ i like to think at least one of my three tumblrs has something interesting. (be warned that all three blogs contain nsfw material, including porn.)

3. gotta go fast.

☛ not actually. this is a permanently open post! tag at your own speed.

previous post here.

Comments

[brandedloyalty]

I'm just not putting it past you.

[ Zuko shrugs, raising his hands in the air. ]

I don't want to be surprised one day.

[seaclipsed]

What, you'll walk through a doorway and I'll mug you with them?

[ hmmmmm. ]

It sounds like it could be fun.

[brandedloyalty]

I don't know, you could probably knock me out.

[ Hang on. Zuko narrows his eyes and points at her. ]

This is not encouragement. Don't do it. Do not attack me with tights.

[seaclipsed]

[ she tries to hide her smile at that, but she's not doing a very good job at it. ]

So could I attack you with something else?

[brandedloyalty]

I'd appreciate it if you didn't attack me at all...

[ Zuko fakes suspicion, narrowing his eyes at Katara and crossing his arms. ]

I'm keeping an eye out for traps from you from now on.

[seaclipsed]

See, that's the thing about traps, Zuko...

[ she leans forward to poke him in the forehead. ]

You don't see them coming.

[brandedloyalty]

[ Reeling back, Zuko fixes her with an affronted look. ]

I'll be ready. You won't get the better of me.

[seaclipsed]

[ she has to stop herself from laughing. ]

That's what they all say.

[brandedloyalty]

Who else have you been scaring with your traps? Was this your plan all along?

[ Zuko can keep himself from laughing, maybe more successfully than Katara... at least for now. ]

[seaclipsed]

I can't give you that information. You could use it against me.

[ her tone is one of fake offense. ]

[brandedloyalty]

And use it to set a trap of my own?

[ Zuko shakes his head slowly, crossing his arms. Katara can set all kinds of traps for him, but he'll hold strong! ]

I would never sink to such depths.

[seaclipsed]

You say that, but I can practically see those wheels turning in your head.

[ she pokes the side of said head as she talks, but it's pretty gentle. ]

Try me.

[brandedloyalty]

I can't try you now!

[ Zuko, rather than move his head away, shoves his head back into Katara's finger. ]

If I try it'll be when you least expect it.

[seaclipsed]

[ that move makes her raise an eyebrow, and then she's finally unable to stifle her laughter any longer. ]

You know this means we're going to be in competition for surprising each other?

[brandedloyalty]

Are we?

[ Zuko keeps a straight face, brow furrowed, for all of five seconds before he smiles too and falls back in his seat. ]

Then may the best... uh, trickster win.

I LOST THIS NOTIF rip

[seaclipsed]

Which will be me.

[ her gaze falls towards his books. ]

I'm not being too distracting, am I?

it's ok!

[brandedloyalty]

Ah. [ Zuko looks down at his things when she does, feeling an odd rush of return to normalcy. Because joking around with Katara isn't normal. ]

It's okay. Talking to you is more fun than doing homework.

[seaclipsed]

[ she raises an eyebrow. ]

I'd hope so. I'd be offended if you said otherwise.

[brandedloyalty]

[ Zuko snorts softly. ] Yes, you rank above homework in my book.

I should probably do some, though. Because I'm not ranking so high in some professors' books.

[seaclipsed]

Zuko... why.

[ she actually tries to peek at his papers while saying that. she has no idea what he's even doing. ]

[brandedloyalty]

What? Like, why am I doing badly?

[ It's embarrassing to talk about. But it's not like Zuko is used to doing well, especially in comparison to others. (Cough, Azula.) He prefaces his response with a small shrug. ]

I'm not good at biology.

[seaclipsed]

I can try to help. [ there's a pause, before she quickly adds on, ] Not like I'm an... expert on biology or anything.

[ she did decently, but she wouldn't say she's the most qualified to tutor someone. but this someone is zuko, so. ]

[brandedloyalty]

I mean, as long as you're better than I am. Which you might be.

[ Zuko grins, before finally setting his papers out and getting started. He has questions, most of them sensible. ]

[seaclipsed]

[ it's fine, she'll make fun of all the non-sensible ones.

and, eventually, they finish all of that because we are not writing out an entire actual study session because why. ]

... should we head out?

[brandedloyalty]

Oh—yeah, probably. [ But he got work done so Zuko's relatively cheery as they get up and he starts putting his things away. ]

I should be getting home... I don't think it's raining anymore.