Edited by: Bieverdog AO3: GalavantingGoose
Book I
失衡
Chapter XII: Back to Square One
Music Suggestions:
Act 1: Atrium Carceri & Cities Last Broadcast - Prepare the Stage of Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YALJeN_JY5o
Act 2: Mizu, paniyolo / Home, Undertale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcGIvPG39Ek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_E_y1AWAfc
Act 3: Ashley no Dansho / Separated Ways Legend of Korra OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yxh9hSithM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0PoRgU1Gho
Act 4: At Sea, Spiritfarer/ Heledir Music — A New Dawn, A Better Tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZrvSMq3kiA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6sNpL4zreM
Act 5: An Impossible Crime, Legend of Korra OST / Dead Melodies & Beyond The Ghost - At The Foundry Gates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccm6fnlSURw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeH4yM9zORk
Act 6:Nagekino Okano Kiseki / Amon Legend of Korra OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN1y1HGMzw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPi_0kmooEw
Act 7: Pastorale Rondo / A Window to the Past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79uXZKUKFUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osTcYcYmf0o
Act 8: Blue Spirit ATLA / The Dai Li theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqYUvxLpvlA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz37OClF02k
Act 9: Fire Nation Theme / FMAB Anticipation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb9aousUn0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-W7xveVzUw
She opened her eyes, the unbearable cold piercing her skin like needles in every part of her body. Disoriented, she looked around, catching a glimpse of a blurry woman. As soon as the woman saw her move, she ran out of the room in panic. In her place came four guards who stood watching her.
Still half asleep, she could sense that she could not move, since her body was rigid, well supported. She could only feel the rattling of chains every time she moved. As her eyes focused on the blinding light, she could make out how small pieces fell everywhere. It looked like snow until some of it fell so near her face she could see it: ashes. Her eyelids felt heavier as she tried to stay awake, waking up to the sound of a finger snap behind her ears.
She cracked her eyes wide open, startled to see the doctor's face staring back at her with his cold eyes. "Good day. I see we meet again, though I wish it were under different circumstances." The man leaned back in his chair and took a notebook from a bag on his lap.
"We will begin with a few questions: What is your name?"
She gulped, her throat burning from the cold, still uncertain what the man was up to. She managed a whisper, "A-zu... la."
"Good enough. Now nod to answer. Are you aware of where you are?" Her head wobbled limply as she saw the blurred image of the doctor; she fluttered her eyes, struggling to stay awake.
She could hear the doctor standing as he murmured, "We might have to redo this later. Now sleep."
Azula felt only a slight pinch on her neck, then she could barely see the man leaving before her eyes drooped shut. When she opened her eyes again, she was underwater, drifting and sinking, holding her breath. There were no sounds. She was weightless, at peace, without a care in the world. She let go, for just like that all, her problems would float away. She welcomed the water in. Then, it all rushed in at once: the burning pain, the fear, desperation. She swam towards the surface, trying to escape; but no matter how hard she tried, the journey seemed endless.
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