[ hey it's zuko here ]

[recrowns]

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[cuedoves]

[ yeah, zuko reluctantly parted as well.... but he makes zero hesitation in grabbing his hand back. ]

... I missed you.

[ slightly sulkily. ]

[recrowns]

[he

looks way too excited about this]

Eh? Really?

[ZUKO THAT'S SO CUTE]

[cuedoves]

[ i love his faces ]

Don't take so long next time.

[ now he's embarrassed!!! ]

[recrowns]

[there's just

a laugh at that, gentle and amused. his free hand moves to cup zuko's cheek so that it's easier for soo-won to lean down and press their lips together.]

You know how busy Sundays are...

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to keep you waiting.

[even though he still looks very amused like a jerk]

[cuedoves]

[ the kiss is well-timed as he was about to become even grouchier!!! but some of the tension melts as he leans up into the kiss ]

I'll let it go just this once.

[ a ghost of a smirk. ]

[recrowns]

[zuko accepting bribes so easily is also incredibly funny. if only soo-won realized what all this kissing could mean, but he doesn't!]

Fufu, I'll consider myself quite lucky then.

Though speaking of Sunday business.... I wouldn't suppose your PHS icon might've blinked today at all?

[cuedoves]

[ they can talk business and hold hands!! ]

No. But none of them blinked last week, as far as I know.

... Did yours?

[recrowns]

No, mine didn't. And in the previous week, you're right that they didn't - but my theory is that is to protect Emet-Selch's team. I've been notified of one possible team's blinking...

[a beat.]

... though I realize I still don't know yours.

[cuedoves]

.... I don't know. There were two killers.

[ worth considering, though ]

Yeah, can we swap already?

[ he's so impatient!!! ]

[recrowns]

[sdflkjsdflj

that makes him laugh a bit and then:]

Goat.

[cuedoves]

[ soo-won is allowed to laugh......... ]

Oh, good.

[ ????? ok zuko. ]

Tiger. Now I'm just missing Fox.

[recrowns]

[he

sighs gently]

There's so many of you Tigers....

There are also a few Foxes running around.

[cuedoves]

To everyone but you, we're hard to find.

[ or so he's heard. soo-won is just blessed, clearly??? ]

Well, they're good at hiding from me, whoever they are.

[recrowns]

Really? [he tilts his head] Have you all been able to meet together?

[because if not, he's apparently willing to help out]

Hm... I can't say much - but like their Leader, the Foxes are a bit slow to trust.

If that helps.

[cuedoves]

Yeah, we got the gang all together. I'd ask how you're doing, but knowing you, you've probably found all of them.

[ yeah, that tracks. ]

I guess I'll just have to prove myself to them.

[recrowns]

[there's just a bit of a laugh at that]

We're endeavoring to do our best, but I think we have some catching up to do. How many of you all remain then?

[of the Tigers]

Well, given that it's you, I'm sure you'll be able to manage it.

[he's very fond of zuko]

[cuedoves]

Five. [ and yet they only climbed out of the bottom two this week.... ] You?

[ god he makes the dorkiest smile at that comment.... ]

Thanks. I think I'm doing okay with Fox himself, even though he's still always making fun of me.

[recrowns]

Ah, I delegated the task to looking to someone else on my team... so I'm afraid that I don't know our number in total yet.

[though he does look apologetic for not being able to give zuko an answer, and chooses to just press a kiss to his temple as if to make it better]

Fufu, is that so? I still don't know if he likes me much, but I keep talking to him anyway.

[cuedoves]

I hope you all find each other.

[ he is appeased by the kiss...... ]

You should tease him.

[ avenge zuko!! ]

[recrowns]

Supposedly there's quite the nova bonus when you do! So I'll hope so too. For now though, I've been trying to make sure my information is up to date.

[lucky for him, it very much is!]

Oh? Do you think I'm much good at teasing people?

[he literally teases zuko so easily]

[cuedoves]

Guess that explains why we're doing better..... Can you tell me what you learned?

[ zuko is definitely assuming soo-won knows more than he does. ]

You tease me all the time!

[recrowns]

Hmm...

Based on what I've spoken to your team about - has it reached your ears that in order to revive the removed, two kills need to be orchestrated by the team?

It seems that we have a deadline.

[as for teasing zuko

he just smiles briefly before giving him another peck. yea he does.]

[cuedoves]

Yeah... I heard about both of those things. I meant to tell you.

[ but other stuff came up. but it's hard to brood when soo-won keeps kissing him wtf. ]

I don't know if we're all going to be able to pull it off. Apparently Wolf and Fox are at 2, and I know Tiger's at 1.... Rabbit and Swan are still 1, I think. Did anyone else kill on your team?

[recrowns]

[yea he's cheating

but he hums thoughtfully at that]

Oh? Then Tiger, Wolf, and Fox's additional kills that I wasn't aware of would account for Hajime, Kasumi, and Shiro, correct? Thank you for the updated standings.

Swan got at least one kill this past week, but I have yet to hear of another PHS team notification going off, so they may have gotten two.

Rabbit and Goat remain at one - but I anticipate that should Goat be called upon to deal with nova splintering, I will be asking him to task me with it.

[cuedoves]

Swan's only got one. So.... if we're up to date, that means we need to each do one in the next two weeks.

[ honestly? zuko can't fault soo-won for that because he also asked tiger to call on him for nova-splintering. so. ]

Are you sure, Soo-Won? That's a big risk.