Ozai Mini-Meme

[beckyh2112]

I am in a mood to write Ozai. One request per person, two requests for my usual people. If I'm not interested in your request, I'm just going to ignore it.

MEME IS CLOSED.

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Ozai, sometimes I'd stay up all night / wishing to God that I was the one who'd died

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Prince Ozai sees his father when a state occasion calls for it. The rest of the time, he has his own floor of the Palace as well as the gardens and training grounds. There is no need for him to attend formal court, and Father has hired the best tutors for him and has his own cupbearer.

For a long time, this is what the prince thinks fathers are supposed to be like.

Then his brother comes home when Lu Ten is old enough for Ozai to find him interesting, and-

and-

'Is Iroh doing it wrong?' he wants to ask, but instead he asks Li and Lo about their father, and the question changes to 'Is Father doing it wrong?'

Two isn't enough to make a pattern, or so his mathematics tutor reminded him back when he was still learning theory rather than how to apply it. So he musters up the courage to ask Lady Zolena and newly-appointed Captain Mazao and old Seneschal Jinzai.

Five is enough for a pattern.

"Why does Father ignore me?" He asks Li and Lo. They exchange looks and say nothing, but that night there is a record book by his bed with a painted silk bookmark in a certain place.

Mother's death-day is the same as his birthday.