towerofanimus | [Open] Arrival of a Grand Master

Characters: Iroh and whoever comes across him.
Setting: Room 5-04 and the hallways.
Format: Either or
Summary: Iroh arrives and goes to see what's up.
Warnings: None so far.

Room 5-04

It was strange to wake up in a room like this, stranger still for him not to recognize...anything. Looking around, Iroh wondered if he was having some kind of very unusual dream. Had it been a plant he'd ingested? No, he didn't think so. At least he couldn't recall having consumed anything like that. Recently. Stroking his chin, he pondered the situation when he happened to notice his attire.

"Oh..."

True it showed off that his very muscular body but it was very immodest! Not at all the sort of thing a man of sixty-four should be wearing. Blinking, he poked at it a bit before getting off the bed and shuffling over to the trunk at the end of the bed. Perhaps the nice kidnappers had managed to find him some clothes?

Well, he could hope!

Hallways

After finding himself some proper clothes in his trunk and getting a little bit adjusted to this place, well as much as one could, Iroh went to explore the area. It wouldn't hurt to get to know his surroundings, even if he couldn't understand them. Everything was just so...advanced! As fascinating as it all was, he had no idea how to deal with it.

Ah well, there was little he could do about that. The best thing to do was find a nice hot cup of tea to help him think.

Now if he could just find the way down to the food area...

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Hmmm. That was a different attitude, not at all the one he'd been expecting to encounter. Really it surprised him a bit as he watched her. Was he missing something? It was possible but he couldn't be sure...

"The winds of chance blew me here so I decided to go have tea." After all, when confused and distressed what better cure was there than tea? At least, that was his experience with things. Not all would agree with him.

"I believe you dropped your brush."

Bemused, she picked it back up and hide it in the sleeve of her robe.

"So this place has snapped you up as well..." She thought that over carefully, wrapping one arm around her waist and tapped her chin, looking thoughtful. It could have been better, but then again, it could have been worse. Maybe he could be useful here.

Tea was his weak spot. Suddenly she found a use for that basket of foods she had gotten a few weeks ago other than eating.

"Oh, hmm, tea. I don't think they have any in the kitchens right now. I have some jasmine in my room."

She was going to give him tea? He watched her for a moment or so to figure out if he was going to be poisoned. Of course, she had no reason to but his niece did have a minor problem with insanity.

Just a minor one. Really.

"Jasmine sounds most refreshing now."

She had no reason to poison him, and besides, it wouldn't do much good in the Tower. He would just wake up and probably firebend her off the Tower. Well, he could try. Still, no reason to get on his bad side, since he seemed to behaving. "Have you eaten that porridge dish they call oatmeal yet?"

Her encounter with the oatmeal still stood out in her mind.

That part made him blink in confusion. Oatmeal? No, he couldn't say he'd eaten anything like that. Well, he actually hadn't eaten anything here because he'd really just gotten here. Was he supposed to eat the oatmeal?

So many confusing things in this place!

"No?"

She gave a grim smile. Taking a look down the hall, checking for monsters, she turned and headed to the elevator-lift things, expecting him to follow, of course. Pressing a button, she called the elevator and turned to him.

"Well, Uncle. The kitchen is on the bottom floor. As amusing as the idea of you getting sick all over my room is, I'd rather not clean up after you. Go get some oatmeal and I'll make us some tea. We can talk then."

Iroh was very confused by all of this as he followed after Azula. She was acting so strangely, like she actually wanted him around. Don't get him wrong, he liked to be wanted but this was, well, Azula.

She was crazy!

Literally!

"The bottom floor?" He looked into the box with the utmost...concern.

She rolled her eyes a little, and stepped into the box, spread her arms, and then stepped back outside. "It's just a lift, Uncle. It'll take you to a place with food. If you're going to drink tea, you need to eat the oatmeal first. It's one of the silly rules about this place."

She paused, considering her next words carefully. Iroh could make life here difficult for her, but on the other hand he could be an asset. "I don't know how you got out of prison, much less to this place, and I know how you feel about me, but you'd be smart to listen. You need me." Well, maybe he did, maybe he didn't. She wasn't known for her honesty, but she didn't seem like she was lying.

"I'll tell you all about the spirits that brought us here." She added, in one of her semi-persuading tones.

Azula may be crazy, but she wasn't stupid. This place had her on edge at the best of times, and every day that passed without a way out only made her more resolute to find one. The broader her network was, the better. Getting on Iroh's good side couldn't be a bad move at this point.

Ah. A lift. Well, that just explained everything didn't it. Only not really. After all, he was very baffled by Azula's current nature and wondering what he should do about it. There was no doubt in his mind that Azula was trying to get on his good side, it was what she did, it was how she worked.

Still, there was...something more?

This was worth exploring.

"Bottom floor..." He stared at the buttons wondering which he was supposed to push for that bottom floor thing. He didn't even know what floor this was!

Letting out an impatient huff that blew hair out of her face and folding her arms, "Press the button with the one on it. The one for this floor says 'dorm' on it."

Maybe she could get her grooming done before he came back, but she wasn't going to hold out hope for that. "Oh, and be careful of the monsters."

"Monsters?"

Of course this was after he pushed the button so the doors were closing already. Well that was troubling. Naturally he could take care of himself but it wasn't often people had to warn you of monsters.

Stranger still that Azula would at all.

Yes, very strange indeed.

Giving a little wave, she turned and headed back to the bathroom to finish up her hygiene. What else could she do? It was a strange place and plenty of surprises awaited him. She figured she would help him out a bit.

If he died on the way down, she would just say "I told you, be careful of the monsters." If something went wrong, find a way to blame someone else, after all.

If he did come back, he would find her behind the door of 1-11, her name listed on the wall beside it.

[Open] Arrival of a Grand Master

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