He Talks Like A Gentleman

[redbrunja]

Okay, I have become worried that I can no longer writer dialogue. Thus, meme-age:

Give me a character, or a pair of characters, or a group of characters, and a situation, and I'll write a snippet of their (verbal) response to the situation. 

Comments

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

Yes, you can still write dialogue.

Uhmm..Hakkai,Iroh, and Zuko.

ready go!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Situation, please?

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

Hakkai gets lost and wanders into a tea shop.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm so sorry-" Hakkai said, realizing where he had arrived at in his preoccupation. He laughed, "I didn't realize this wasn't the jeweler's shot."

The server made a barely-audible, I-don't-give-a-damn-just-leave noise in the back of his throat, his scowl drawing attention to the shiny pink tissue around his left eye.

"Buying something for a special lady friend?" another server materialized behind the boy, grinning broadly, his eyes crinkling at the corners.

"Am I that transparent?" Hakkai ruffled his hair, "but to be honest... well, I don't know if 'special lady friend' is quite what I'd call her... although this phrase isn't inaccurate..."

"Ah," the white-haired man said, "please, sit, let yourself gather your thoughts. I myself find a nice white ginsing promotes cognitive clarity. Two cups please, Lee."

Lee clenched his jaw, looked like he wanted to say something, and then walked away.

"So, tell me," the man said when Hakkai was sipping a nicely strong cup of tea, "what would you call her?"

Hakkai paused, deciding how much would be appropriate to share, and then, with the knowledge that he was rather far from anyone who might be working for Koshu, or bring the information to the ears of any of the Sanzo-ikkou, decided to indulge in rather more honesty than was his norm. "It's complicated," he said, voice low and serious, "but I believe the best phrase would be 'beloved enemy.'"

Two tables over, Lee dropped a tray of dishes on the floor with a loud crash.

~~~

And still, so much description to go with the dialogue! What is wrong with me?

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

Still, it worked so much...Sometimes you don't need alot of dialogue to make something good.

Even still, why do I think Hakkai fits there..?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Because he totally does.

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

Also, would your post title be from The Killers song "While You Were Young"? because if it is,

Hot damn, they're amazing <3

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yes it is. Good recognition.

I love their lyrics, but I really have to be in the right mood, because the sound of the music doesn't always work for me.

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

I adore the Sam's Town (live at Abbey Road) song. It's my Dresden song like Woah...

but it has to be the Live one. I can't stand the regular.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Really? I actually see that as a Zuko/Toph song, honestly.

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

Well, see, I can't see Zuko/Toph beyond Big Brother/Little Sister...It changes the way I pertain things =3

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

No, same here, although I seem to read a decent amount of it, because no one really writes them as brother/sister, or if they do, it's rarely. But they have such nice sibling dynamics!

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

Since no one else has commented, How about Katara and Yaone? (My, I'm in quite the Saiyuki Avatar cross mode...but hey, is it my fault that the characters can go together so easily?)

Situation: Yaone's bathing in the same river Katara's bending in.


Haha..Katara's never seen a demon before..

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

"You're very easy to talk too," the violent haired women said sweetly, "I hope you don't mind me chatting with you."

The two women dangled their feet in the river, the water running smooth past their ankles.

"Oh, not at all," Katara said, her mind reeling under the influx of information: youkai, advice on healing herbs, talk about boys... "So, you really tried to kill you're... uh... paramour the first time you met him?"

She blushed and nodded. "Honestly... sometimes we still try." She giggled. "I have to admit," she leaned close and whispered, "sometimes that just makes the things we do after we fight that much better."

"Oh," Katara said.

[chomiji]

We talked about this briefly once:

Sabriel runs into Sanzo, who's watching Hazel do his "raise from the dead" trick.

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

Sabriel...as in..Mogget and Touchstone...? (Squee!)

See? I Fail At Dialogue.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

There was a crowd around the young blonde lying on the ground, Hazel leaning over her, fingers already glowing.

A young dark haired women brushed past Sanzo, hand at the her breast, a heavy bell in her hand.

There was the sound of a gun being cocked, and she froze.

Sanzo looked over to see that Gat had the barrel of his gun pressed into the temple of a young man with apologetic brown eyes and a cat clinging to his shoulder. He smiled an 'I'm sorry' at the girl, and she lowered her hand, white-knuckled and flinched as the young dead women rose up, gasping and laughing and joyous.

The black haired girl looked revolted, her pale skin going even whiter.

Hazel walked over. "Well, now," he said slowly, dragging out the words. "What do we have here?"

Her lips peeled back from her teeth, and the white cat hissed.

"Necromancer," she said, the word sounded like a curse, like a mantra, and then she flicked her wrist forward.

The bell rang.

Re: See? I Fail At Dialogue.

[chomiji]

Well, first off, you don't fail at dialog. So stop dissing my friend Red that way.

But now I'm curious as to what happens ... does Hazel get exorcised? And what Sanzo makes of the situation!

Re: See? I Fail At Dialogue.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Well, Sabriel brings the pwnage, they fight, Hazel slips away due to Gat's mad skillz, and Sanzo could care less, but it would be hard.

[marbles-chan.livejournal.com]

<sub>A tad late, but I wandered over here from the Zutara comm and chanced upon the existence of your joint fandom of Saiyuki and Avatar.

That being said, is a drabble concerning Aang, Momo, and a hungry Goku (with an eye on a certain flying lemur) too much to ask? With or without Sokka (I realize episode 1.3 dealt with a similar plot XD)</sub>

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're not late at all. Also, that icon is awesome.

~~~

"Wow, it looks yummy... and it's not Hakaryu.... and I'm hungry...."

Sokka didn't need his (let's be honest, highly-honed) warrior's instincts to see where this was going. He leaned down and clapped a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"Let me give you a little advice," he said, and the messy-haired boy looked up at him. Sokka realized that his eyes were bright firebender gold. For a minute the breath froze in his lungs, and then he exhaled, deciding that even a junior Fire Nation kid didn't deserve to have to face Aang all glowy, or worse, Katara in a mood because Aang's lemur got eaten.

"...Just go buy a meatbun or something."

[marbles-chan.livejournal.com]

_{No, *your* icon is awesome,if only because of its truth.}

Goku being misread as a "junior firebender" (wasn't he sixteen in the anime? manga? both?) makes me lol way too loud XD Especially since he's either older than (or is the same age as) Sokka.

Also: One can never go wrong with meatbuns. <3

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

No, meatbuns are pretty much always awesome. And Goku just acts so young (he's eighteen in the manga) that I'm sure Sokka would think he's Aang's age.