3rd Floor Common Room / July 17 / Morning

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Azula was feeling strangely out of sorts, she rose early and found the walls of her room too... closed in. She left the room and entered the common room, brewed tea and opened the television shifting from one channel to another getting more and more annoyed.

"Isn't there anything good in this thing?"


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Oftentimes, Jonas disagreed with Azula's statement because he could find anything fascinating. Right now, he was wandering into the common room and glancing at the television as he did.

"What's wrong with this?" he asked hesitantly, giving Azula a brief wave as he did. "Not interesting?"

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"Not at the moment," she replied, giving the television a scathing glance. "It's all rubbish."

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"That's unfortunate," Jonas said, frowning. "Perhaps something better will come along later. I've found that it can't stay uninteresting for too long."

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Azula considered this and nodded. "You're right, all I need is patience." Speaking of patience... her tea had finished steeping. "Would you like some tea?"

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"Oh, yes please," Jonas said, sliding into a seat and sighing. He had no visitors this weekend and he was very grateful about that. Seeing people from the Community would have been difficult.

"How are you this morning?" he asked, remembering his manners. "Besides upset with the television?"

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She took the tea pot and poured Jonas a cup. "Would you like sugar with your tea?"

Azula shrugged, "No more worse than usual."

Which really wasn't an answer at all.

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"Yes, please. Sugar's good," he said, showing off the signs of his growing sweet tooth. "Did you not have any visitors arrive this weekend either? No one came from me and I'm grateful for that, actually."

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Azula added sugar to Jonas tea then passed the tea cup to him.

"No visitors, fortunately." That would have been inconvenient, she already had one ghost haunting her if every person she's killed appeared... "You?"

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"No one and I'm glad for that," he said, taking the cup with a nod. "I wouldn't know what to say to anyone from home. I didn't leave under the best of circumstances."

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"I share with that sentiment. If I had visitors, I suspect my hands would be full." Throwing fire. "How is the tea? Is it too sweet?"

Take that, Uncle Iroh. I can be a good host!

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"No, it's quite good," he said, giving her a small salute with it. "I'm not a routine tea drinker so I'm most appreciative when I do get to drink it. I'm used to water and hot chocolate."

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Azula smiled very pleased with herself.

"Chocolate is also something to be appreciated," she agreed. "But I still find myself partial to tea. It's hard to break a habit of a lifetime."

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"Forgive this silly question but can chocolate be added to tea?" Jonas asked, curious. "I don't come from a place with tea and I'm still learning the various ways things can be made."

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Azula wasn't a tea purist. She didn't wax lyrical about tea. She wasn't Uncle Iroh.

Except she found her left eye twitch slightly and it took her a while to say: "I heard people of this world add milk to their tea." Azula sipped her own tea before adding, "Perhaps it could also be done with chocolate."

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"I don't know if the tastes would go together," he said as he sipped the tea. "It might go well with coffee but I don't think tea's quite the drink that chocolate could get added to. It'd dilute it, I think."

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"Good choice," Azula said. "I don't see how chocolate could add anything to the tea."

Or milk. Sugar was enough, maybe a little spice to add a little more kick-- great she was starting to sound like that old kook.

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"I think chocolate's better suited for candy," he said and grinned. "It's quick becoming a favorite of mine. My teeth probably hate me for that but I can't help myself."

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"Chocolate is also best suited for ice cream." Azula leaned back smiling indulgently. "Sometimes it's good to indulge."

It was always fun encouraging bad behavior even if it was just something minor like eating more sweets.

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"Does that mean you listen to your own advice?" Jonas asked, smiling a bit.

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"Of course," she answered. "I often follow my own advice. I'm quite good at it."

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"So, you never give yourself bad advice?" he wondered. "I think that's true of everyone, giving bad advice. No one's perfect."

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"Maybe," Azula said. Definitely. The biggest bad advices were the ones she took during her coronation and lost everything. She changed the subject, "What other sweets do you like aside from chocolate?"

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"I haven't tried a lot but I've found I like things with caramel and peanut butter," Jonas said, nodding. "And gum. Mint flavored gum is something I've also come to like. What about yourself?"

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"I haven't tried gum before," Azula said. "I liked caramel but I also like my sweets a little spicy."