Ninth invocation; video

[betel_geuse]

Betelgeuse floated above a bed. He didn't know who owned the bed, but he was borrowing it for a bit. He tended to switch which house he was haunting, whenever he got bored. A big danmaku event was coming up, but it was taking time. Idly, he flipped through the videophone, reading and playing people's messages and randomly throwing out comments. After a while, he began his own video.

"YO, GENESSIA...and well, the other places, too. How are you babes and fellas getting on? Gotta admit, your resident Ghost with the Most is a tad bit bored. NOW. I could just come up with some brilliant scheme to prank you all, because honestly, you need some shaking up. I've been listening in on some of your messages on this thing, which is the best gossip hotline I've ever seen, I gotta say.

Where was I?

Ah, yeah, yeah, anyways, it's just too damn quiet, know what I mean? SO, instead of pranking you, I'll give you a chance to distract me. I don't care how. JUST MAKE SOME DAMN NOISE ALREADY!"

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[betel_geuse]

"What, you don't like holidays? I love holidays, the more out there, the better! Doesn't your world have holidays?" Betelgeuse asked. He didn't really want to imagine a world without holidays.

[banishment]

"Of course we do," Zuko responded. "But I'm also heir to a throne, and being royalty means you usually sit there and observe and play centerpiece instead of actually taking part in the festivities. Sort of takes the fun out of it."

[betel_geuse]

"Ppffft," Betelgeuse scoffed. "I don't know who taught you that, but they need a good kick in the pants! Being royalty should mean making the rules, not being a stuffed doll in a fancy chair. Anyways, everyone needs to blow off steam every so often."

[banishment]

"When I'm Fire Lord, I'll be sure to do something to change that."

It felt odd saying that, for Zuko's been very adamant about not wanting to be Fire Lord. While he's considered the possibility that if he lives, he may need to take the throne if they can't find his uncle, for letting Azula rule wasn't the best of ideas, but he looked at it as something of a last resort. Zuko's spent the better part of his formative years away from his homeland and betrayed them in order to assist the Avatar and stop this war. Taking the throne would make for a difficult rule, and Zuko wasn't ready to deal with any of that.

[betel_geuse]

"That's the ticket! Be a cool, laid back ruler. There aren't enough of those."