"So where did Uncle say he was going?" Zuko asked testily.
"He just said he was going up to the temple," Katara said. Zuko's stomach rumbled. "You missed lunch, by the way."
He scowled at her. Sokka stepped back from the mural and poked his head down one of the hallways. "You didn't miss much," he assured him. "He brought no meat, just tea and these little cake things." Zuko scowled at him too. "So which way you think we should go?" Sokka asked, pointing around at the maze of corridors branching out from the entrance way.
Zuko tried to remember where they had gone two and a half years ago. They had spent weeks there, wandering around, with Zuko convinced that if he just stayed a little longer, looked a little harder, he would find the one clue that would lead him right to his quarry.
Uncle would probably have something wise and moving to say about him hunting his own self, and the very thought set his teeth on edge.
Zuko's ear twitched towards a faint chitter coming from down one of the corridors. "Hey, you guys hear that?"
Sokka slipped away from the mural and across the floor, to stand beside the Fire Prince and gaze into the dark hallway Zuko pointed into. "That doesn't sound like your uncle to me." He cocked his ear and drew his boomerang. "That sounds like... dinner!"
He took aim with the boomerang, angling it for the small shadow perched on the floor, but Katara yelled and grabbed his arm. "Sokka, you can't eat it, it's probably some kind of sacred creature!"
"Aww, Katara!" he cried, tearing after it. "You scared it off!"
"We're supposed to be looking for Uncle," Zuko hissed.
"Well it should be scared." Katara completely ignored him, taking off after her brother and the small creature. "You're trying to kill it!"
Sokka's head whipped around to shout at his sister. "This is why we don't take girls-" He bounced off Iroh's round belly and stumbled back, finishing the sentence almost inaudibly. "Hunting?"
Katara and Zuko caught up a moment later and Iroh beamed at them all. Huge lemur eyes blinked at them, terrified from around the general's leg. He bent down and held out his arm for the creature. "I see you have met my new friend."
Sokka's face heated guiltily, and Iroh favored him with a knowing smile.
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Momo joins the party, Part 2/3
Date: 2012-05-23 05:08 pm (UTC)"He just said he was going up to the temple," Katara said. Zuko's stomach rumbled. "You missed lunch, by the way."
He scowled at her. Sokka stepped back from the mural and poked his head down one of the hallways. "You didn't miss much," he assured him. "He brought no meat, just tea and these little cake things." Zuko scowled at him too. "So which way you think we should go?" Sokka asked, pointing around at the maze of corridors branching out from the entrance way.
Zuko tried to remember where they had gone two and a half years ago. They had spent weeks there, wandering around, with Zuko convinced that if he just stayed a little longer, looked a little harder, he would find the one clue that would lead him right to his quarry.
Uncle would probably have something wise and moving to say about him hunting his own self, and the very thought set his teeth on edge.
Zuko's ear twitched towards a faint chitter coming from down one of the corridors. "Hey, you guys hear that?"
Sokka slipped away from the mural and across the floor, to stand beside the Fire Prince and gaze into the dark hallway Zuko pointed into. "That doesn't sound like your uncle to me." He cocked his ear and drew his boomerang. "That sounds like... dinner!"
He took aim with the boomerang, angling it for the small shadow perched on the floor, but Katara yelled and grabbed his arm. "Sokka, you can't eat it, it's probably some kind of sacred creature!"
"Aww, Katara!" he cried, tearing after it. "You scared it off!"
"We're supposed to be looking for Uncle," Zuko hissed.
"Well it should be scared." Katara completely ignored him, taking off after her brother and the small creature. "You're trying to kill it!"
Sokka's head whipped around to shout at his sister. "This is why we don't take girls-" He bounced off Iroh's round belly and stumbled back, finishing the sentence almost inaudibly. "Hunting?"
Katara and Zuko caught up a moment later and Iroh beamed at them all. Huge lemur eyes blinked at them, terrified from around the general's leg. He bent down and held out his arm for the creature. "I see you have met my new friend."
Sokka's face heated guiltily, and Iroh favored him with a knowing smile.
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