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She was on the observation deck again. She always ended up back here when she walked around the ship for lack of anything better to do. The Sensoriums didn't matter much to her, the media library had nothing she wanted to look at. Here, she could stare out at the bleed and be just as bored as she would be anywhere else on the ship. It wasn't as if there was anything else to do but try and keep herself ready for everything going crazy again. It had happened too many times for her to think that the rest of this trip was going to be dull and relatively free of danger.

She flexed her fingers together, hands buried in the single pocket of the slightly-over large sweatshirt she'd picked up. At least the ship still had that stash of normal clothing for her to raid from. It was loose, baggy - just the way she liked it. The fact that she was able to stash a few dozen knives inside of the thing helped.

What were they going to end up doing, anyway?

Mai sighed softly and turned away to take in the rest of the observation deck. Relatively empty for the moment, but who knew when someone was going to show up and bother her? How irritating.

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Mai swayed as someone bumped into her and she took a step to keep her balance. She turned - it was one of those weird, pale, light-haired kids. She arched a brow, let the silence build for a moment, then finally drawled, "...there's a whole deck. Watch where you're going."

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"Huh?" Ruffnut whirled about from the bump and blinked a few times. Oh someone was talking to her.

"Sorry I was watch where I'd been. It was more important." She insisted trying to push down the silent mocking laughter of her brother.

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"Really."

Mai didn't particularly believe that, but she didn't really care either.

"Why's that?" She asked. She sounded horrifically bored by the whole thing, so whether she was actually curious or just being polite was up to interpretation.

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Ruffnut considered for a moment. As far as she was concerned it wasn't anyone's business but on the other end, the only two people she'd willingly hung out with hadn't had much help for her.

"I got tricked into kissing my best friend's boyfriend. She should probably kill me." She remarked and shot another glance at the door as if she expected Ruffnut to come crashing through it with an axe.

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"Oh."

Well, Mai could sympathize. Sort of. She wasn't sure what'd she do if she caught Zuko kissing someone who wasn't her in a romantic fashion. Knives first, then questions. Probably.

"Sounds fascinating."

Not really.

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"Yeah I can tell you're totally into it." Ruffnut snapped back and finally found a satisfying hiding place by flopping onto one of the squishy sofa things made out of ship. The back of the seat hid her from view of the door so she could rest for a moment.

"I mean it's not like I blame her. It's what I would do if I was in her boots, but I'm not exactly eager to go to the land of the gods just yet."

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Mai ignored the snap and found a railing to lean against. It wasn't like she cared if people insulted her.

"Maybe you shouldn't have kissed him."

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Ruffnut's head popped up over the back of the sofa with an exasperated look. "I know!! But like...he came on to me and he was talking so fast I couldn't keep up and he was all...shirtless." She was blushing just bringing it up. "Saying things about me that made me feel...well anyway I just lost control. It was stupid. I'm an idiot." She ducked back behind her cover.

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"Then it's his fault for coming on to you," Mai rolled her eyes, "Why are you even telling me this?"

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"You asked!" Ruffnut called despite the truth being partially contrary. "And he was possessed or something. Anyway if you don't have any useful advice could you at least warn me if a blond with leather armor and an Axe comes through there? What are you doing hanging around here anyway it's boring and empty." The last bit came out so fast one had to question if Ruffnut even had a moment to breath inbetween words. She was getting frustrated not with Mai, but with herself really...and Tuffnut. But mostly the situation.

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"Yay," Mai droned, "And I'm hanging around here because everywhere on this stupid ship is boring. It's not like hanging out in the Sensoriums or down in the city would be any better. It's as good a place as any."

She shrugged and glanced toward the door. "Yeah. Sure. I'll warn you."

Not like it cost her anything.

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That perked Ruffnut's interest again, "Wait...everywhere is boring? What was your homeworld like then? More interesting then a magic room that can read your mind and take you anywhere or a huge area full of ruins?"

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"Everything's boring," Mai sighed. "Even home."

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Ruffnut's face fell, "So what's the point of anything then if you don't have any fun?" She asked trying to imagine a world where she couldn't live for the thrill of risking life and limb...to something that wasn't her best friend.

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"I don't know," Mai kept her gaze locked on the observation window. "I don't really care, either."

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Ruffnut tried to think about this. It looked like it hurt.

"Back home we lived for the moment. You never knew when it was gonna be your time to go and leave the world behind ya know? You fought hard, played hard, and hoped a dragon didn't eat you." Sounded alot better to her "Don't you do anything for fun?"

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"It's really none of your business, but I hang out with my boyfriend," Mai replied, shooting a little irritated look over her shoulder. "Any more stupid questions?"

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Ruffnut quirked an eyebrow, "Yeah, what crawled up your butt and died? Geeze you're acting like I stole your cow or something."

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"Nothing. I just don't like people."

An apt description of her attitude.

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"Do you like much of anything?" Ruffnut knew she was annoying. She'd be the first to admit upsetting people was a skill of hers...but something about someone so negative was rubbing her the wrong way.

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"No."

Ruffnut probably should've expected that one.

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Ruffnut let out an agonized scream of frustration and pulled on her own braids, "The why are you even alive? If everything is so pointless and you hate everything...why?!? What keeps you from like jumping off a cliff or something? Thor almighty that sounds like the most dreary existence!!!"

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Mai gave Ruffnut a long, slightly condescending, blank stare. She shrugged, sighed and finally replied, "...I don't think that's any of your business."

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Ruffnut crossed her arms in a huff, "Now you're just going out of your way to annoy me." She decided. But she wasn't moving from the sofa. Call her stubborn.

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"Why would I do that? I don't even care about you one way or the other."

Mai would never understand why people got quite so worked up about the fact that she just didn't care.

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"You are SO lucky I can't hit you up here without getting Shipsmacked." She called over in a huff. That was probably the root of the matter. Ruffnut didn't like things she didn't understand, and what she didn't like she wanted to lay the hurt on.

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"Whatever you say," Mai droned. She wasn't about to get into a pissing match about who could beat up who. She was reasonably sure that if it came down to a fight, she could stay out of reach long enough for her knives to do their work.