Friends in Need; RL with Azula

[iknowucan]

After securing a worldhop (which was actually pretty hard to get, considering all the crazy "shadow" things going on, but Ryan is magic and gets what he wants), Ryan showed up at the AU house that's completely empty. Well, okay then. Azula always struck him as a minimalist so, cool.

He wandered through the place a little cautiously, since he knew that Azula was a little... um, easily annoyed. "Azula?"


((OOC: THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU DON'T MAKE EXECUTIVE DECISIONS let me know if any o this should be changed :X))

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[iknowucan]

"That says more about you than a couple of nice comments to someone really could." He grinned; Ryan was a master of justifying the actions and attitudes of people around him. He had to be, with a sister like his.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I I know that." And it was strange that he did, too. After all, wasn't he stupid?

[iknowucan]

"I know you know." He laughed and shook his head. "I think there's a saying, like, uh... Oh, right. Watch how people treat their employees to see what kind of person they are. Except with you, it's 'subjects' or something."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Employees and subjects are different." While she obviously worked for the greater good of the Fire Nation, she didn't exactly always treat her servants with respect and fairness-- but after all, they were only servants.

[iknowucan]

Ryan would probably have to lecture her about being nice to the people who cook your food, being that he knew what happened when you weren't, but he was content to not ask after her relationship to her servants. "I guess, but the general idea is that people show their real nature when they're dealing with people who aren't as important as them."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I think how you act around people who actually matter is more important."

[iknowucan]

"Well, it's important to know how to act around people who are important to you, but treating people who aren't necessarily important to you well is a good example of someone who's... I don't know. I just think that if you treat people well, life is better for you."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I'm talking about people who are just important in general."

[iknowucan]

"People who aren't important to you might be important to other people, though."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

She frowned. "So?"

[iknowucan]

He pursed his lips. "Well, what if those people become important to you, later? I mean, would you be rude to one of Dr. Cuddy's friends?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Her friends aren't going to become important to me just because I liked her."

[iknowucan]

"But..." He frowned and looked away. That made no sense to him - wouldn't you want someone close to you to be happy? And being nice to their friends would make them happy, wouldn't it?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"If her friends are rude to me then I'm rude to them, and that's certainly not going to change now that she's gone."

[iknowucan]

"But what if someone isn't rude to you?" He looked back at her. "I mean, I don't think I've ever been rude to you, but you're still pretty mean to me."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"That's because you act stupid, and I have no tolerance for stupidity."

[iknowucan]

He smiled. "You've been tolerating me pretty good so far."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"That's because you're acting less stupid now than usual."

[iknowucan]

He grinned and looked away. "I might just have different sides, you know."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"So do you fake the stupidity?"

[iknowucan]

He shrugged. "I don't know. Sometimes I really don't know what's going on. It's easier for me to just act dumb sometimes, though, instead of trying to argue."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"That's stupid." Though actually a little relieving.

[iknowucan]

"I guess. I'm just not big on being conniving or arguing - that's mostly my sister's thing. And besides," he pointed a little at her, "Isn't it easier when I just go 'oh, I didn't get it,' instead of making a scene?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"If you want to be seen as an idiot."

[iknowucan]

"No offense, but I don't really care how I seem on the internet." The idea of caring what people across the world - well, worlds, plural - was silly to him. What did it matter? "Most people online aren't going to meet me. What do I care what a bunch of strangers think about me?" A laugh, "I wouldn't be able to handle becoming famous if I cared about every random person's opinion!"