Zuko plays the tsungi horn? At all? In any verse? Really?
(I really, really want to read QSP!Siege of the North.)
But, I mean, of course you don't describe Zuko playing the tsungi horn in a fic about the plot. But you do describe the plot, and how characters are doing things is sometimes part of that.
The following is a work of fiction, and I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Earthbending
"We're going to start by moving a rock!" Toph shouted at Aang.
"Something about rocks? What are we gonna do with them? Are we gonna turn them into..." Aang didn't stop talking, but Toph stopped understanding. She sighed. Aang kept going, very excitedly.
"Hey, Katara, get over here," said Toph. "Tell Aang we're gonna start by moving a rock."
Katara's movements flowed like she was waterbending. Aang stopped talking.
"What are you doing?" asked Toph.
"Waterbending characters in the air," said Katara.
Toph tried to guess at whether that last movement meant she was done. It would be easier to learn what Katara's waterbending moves did if she could see what happened every time.
"Okay, moving rocks, that sounds fun," said Aang, but he sounded a lot less excited than before. Toph gestured for him to follow her to a suitable spot to start practicing. Katara followed them like a lost puppy.
She adjusted a couple of boulders a little bit, so they stood right next to each other.
She held out an arm to stop Aang, then positioned herself in front of him. She pointed to him, then to her eye, and then to the rocks.
"You want me to watch?" he asked. Toph nodded. Then she went to one of the rocks, took her stance, and punched it so hard it went flying across the valley.
She turned back and pointed to Aang again, and then to the next boulder. Then she had to correct his stance a bit before she let him try.
"See, Katara?" she said, glancing over so Katara would see her face. "I can talk to Aang just fine."
Aang hit the boulder. It wasn't the boulder that went flying.
Talking to him wasn't going to be the hardest part, was it?
***
The Fire Nation
"I'm sorry, what?" said Aang. Someone was tugging on his collar. He dug in his heels. Had he been found out?
He heard shouting-- something about a lion? Something about stupid?
"I can't hear you," said Aang. "I can't hear!"
The shouting stopped and Aang was whirled around.
"Can you read lips?"
Aang shrugged. "A little." He could read that question pretty well, from long practice.
"You ... I ate ... fool!"
Other sentences, sometimes not so much.
"Sorry?" said Aang.
--
"Why, hello there," the woman signed to him in Fire Nation Sign. She said something out loud and Aang was left alone in the classroom with her and her class. "I can't recall seeing you before," she signed to Aang. "Are you new here?"
"Yes, ma'am," Aang signed back, hoping he didn't have too much of an accent. Her signing seemed different from the kind Kuzon had used. Maybe it was just newer. "I'm from the colonies."
"Oh, that would explain it," she said disdainfully. "Well, this is the world's most progressive civilization. We treat deaf people right here. Have a seat, you're already late for class."
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Date: 2013-11-02 10:28 pm (UTC)(I really, really want to read QSP!Siege of the North.)
But, I mean, of course you don't describe Zuko playing the tsungi horn in a fic about the plot. But you do describe the plot, and how characters are doing things is sometimes part of that.
The following is a work of fiction, and I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Earthbending
"We're going to start by moving a rock!" Toph shouted at Aang.
"Something about rocks? What are we gonna do with them? Are we gonna turn them into..." Aang didn't stop talking, but Toph stopped understanding. She sighed. Aang kept going, very excitedly.
"Hey, Katara, get over here," said Toph. "Tell Aang we're gonna start by moving a rock."
Katara's movements flowed like she was waterbending. Aang stopped talking.
"What are you doing?" asked Toph.
"Waterbending characters in the air," said Katara.
Toph tried to guess at whether that last movement meant she was done. It would be easier to learn what Katara's waterbending moves did if she could see what happened every time.
"Okay, moving rocks, that sounds fun," said Aang, but he sounded a lot less excited than before. Toph gestured for him to follow her to a suitable spot to start practicing. Katara followed them like a lost puppy.
She adjusted a couple of boulders a little bit, so they stood right next to each other.
She held out an arm to stop Aang, then positioned herself in front of him. She pointed to him, then to her eye, and then to the rocks.
"You want me to watch?" he asked. Toph nodded. Then she went to one of the rocks, took her stance, and punched it so hard it went flying across the valley.
She turned back and pointed to Aang again, and then to the next boulder. Then she had to correct his stance a bit before she let him try.
"See, Katara?" she said, glancing over so Katara would see her face. "I can talk to Aang just fine."
Aang hit the boulder. It wasn't the boulder that went flying.
Talking to him wasn't going to be the hardest part, was it?
***
The Fire Nation
"I'm sorry, what?" said Aang. Someone was tugging on his collar. He dug in his heels. Had he been found out?
He heard shouting-- something about a lion? Something about stupid?
"I can't hear you," said Aang. "I can't hear!"
The shouting stopped and Aang was whirled around.
"Can you read lips?"
Aang shrugged. "A little." He could read that question pretty well, from long practice.
"You ... I ate ... fool!"
Other sentences, sometimes not so much.
"Sorry?" said Aang.
--
"Why, hello there," the woman signed to him in Fire Nation Sign. She said something out loud and Aang was left alone in the classroom with her and her class. "I can't recall seeing you before," she signed to Aang. "Are you new here?"
"Yes, ma'am," Aang signed back, hoping he didn't have too much of an accent. Her signing seemed different from the kind Kuzon had used. Maybe it was just newer. "I'm from the colonies."
"Oh, that would explain it," she said disdainfully. "Well, this is the world's most progressive civilization. We treat deaf people right here. Have a seat, you're already late for class."
***