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"Sokka why did you have to recommend that?" groaned Katara as they all crashed down in the living room complaining about the play they had just witnessed.
"How was I supposed to know it was supposed to be so bad?" protested Sokka equally as miffed as the rest, how could they have gotten the characters so bad?
Even Aang wasn't up for defending their actions as he slouched against the couch the only one amused by the play was Toph who thought the Ember Island players were correct.
"I don't know about you guys but you guys were pretty spot on-" she started before getting flooded with outraged comments.
"I don't just break into speeches about hope!" yelled Katara as the others repressed mentioning a few instances.
"My scar was on the wrong side!"
"My jokes were humorless!"
"The intermissions were the best part of the whole play!"
"Everything was so dramatic!"
"I am not a woman!"
"And I am not always starving!"
"What are you talking about? Your a bottomless pit!" laughed Katara poking fun at her brother as he pouted, "Besides who ever heard of tearbending?!"
"Katara didn't you say to me at one point, remember what they say up there is the truth?" answered Toph as Katara realized how badly her comment backfired.
"You can't say the play was accurate though," said Aang in defense of Katara even if they were currently uh… on awkward terms, "You were a really buff guy! And you had a sonic wave!"
"I know! It was awesome!" grinned Toph putting her feet on the table, she was both amused by the fact that nobody had the guts to say her actual age and build and offended, she decided to focus on amused though.
"At least your character was a good portrayal, being all great and everything! They made me sound like I was obsessed with meat and told bad jokes! My jokes are way funnier than that right? Plus they left out Foofoocuddlypoops!"
"Really? That's what you're worried about?"
"Your character actually looked like you! Did you see my hair? It never got that long! And it wasn't gray!" scowled Zuko which he was rather good at, "And the play basically obsessed over my honor! My last words were literally, HONNNOOOOR!"
Crickets Chirping.
"What?!"
"I must capture the Avatar to restore my honor was probably the longest conversation we ever had before you joined us," pointed out Katara as the others nodded.
"Uncle didn't eat cake either! And I wasn't that stiff and humorless though," said Zuko defensively as the others just looked at him.
"Did anyone else see how badly they portrayed Jet? Why was his eyes moving around in a circle! He wasn't a zombie!" asked Sokka, trying to switch the subject before Zuko exploded though Zuko continued on.
"And I don't like Katara!" he ranted, making Aang give a short sigh of relief before he added, "I mean I do! She is nice and pretty but I don't like her in that way!"
Katara made a gesture like cut off as Aang was growing increasingly red though Zuko didn't notice as he continued on and on about the inaccuracies.
"The only ones they only got even vaguely right were Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee and that's because they got almost no screen time!"
"Zuko when you become Fire Lord please get your plays right!" begged Aang, "And make sure my actor isn't a woman!"
"I don't know, I think they got you pretty correct," chuckled Zuko trying to get on Aangs nerves possibly because Aang called him Sifu Hotman about 10 times earlier that day, "I might just keep that in."
"What!?"
"Well aren't you all flowery and love fun and games?" snorted Toph before proceeding to mock him, "I'm the Avatar here to spread joy and fun!"
"I don't look like a woman though!" protested Aang getting really hung up about that fact before adding, "And i'm not that bad! They make me act like- I don't know! An idiot and I was a girl!"
"Pretty much sums it up," said Toph laughing her head off as Aang sulked.
"Guys come on," said Suki trying to get them off of this topic as Aang, Toph, and Zuko kept arguing about how Aang acted exactly like his play counterpart, "They obviously didn't get it right, could you really expect them to? Anyways it's just a stupied play! Aang isn't a hyperactive child obsessed with pranks-"
"To be debated," snorted Toph to Zuko who nodded his head.
"I'm also not a girl!" said Aang trying to drive the point home still fuming.
"And Katara isn't over emotional," Suki continued as she tried to calm things down, "Nor is Toph a burly man that uses a sonic wave to see people,"
Eventually it worked and everyone went to bed well except for one person.
"I'm still not a girl," muttered Aang, "And i'll show them flowery,"
After figuring out his course of action he knocked on Sokka's door which he yelled, "Whoever it is go back to sleep! I was just having this great dream about a bunch of floating meat-"
"Sokka psst I need your help, stop shouting," said Aang trying not to wake the whole house.
After a few minutes of clattering and groaning Sokka answered the door still half asleep "What is it, Aang?"
Aang eagerly explained his plan, as Sokka half listened and half slept, "That's great, now can I go back to bed…"
Aang sighed but realized he was going to have to do this himself
Zuko decided that today was a good day, any day was good compared to that awful play, that was until he was drenched from head to toe with water which was hanging from a bucket from outside his room with a string attaching it to the doorknob.
Zuko's mind instantly thought of who did this, he guessed it was Sokka or Toph until he heard.
"Avatar state yip yip!"
He clutched his head groaning not expecting the play to be running this early already, he swore if he ever heard another one of those-
"Hi!" chirped a giggly voice as he groaned.
"Aang not now,"
"Ok! Avatar State Yip Yip!" he said all too happily for even Aang and Zuko's closed eyes opened immediately…
"Did you just say-" he started in disbelief, slightly worried this was a dream but Aang had already propelled himself away.
Toph came running out her face a mess and she sort of looked like a clown as Zuko repressed a laugh knowing that if he did it would be the last, "Alright who put makeup on my face? Katara!?"
Katara gave a dumbfounded look before asking, "How can you even tell if there is makeup on your face?"
"I spent my entire life almost always having make up on, I know how it feels, except this makeup is all globby," she said matter-a-factly.
"Yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck!" screamed Sokka from his room as they walked down the hallway as they ran over to see what was the matter.
"What Sokka?" asked Zuko puzzled as there seemed to be nothing wrong but Sokka was freaking out trying to get something off his tongue.
"Those oreos! They- there's something wrong with them!" yelled Sokka before running to the bathroom and gurgling his mouth out with water.
Katara went closer to investigate the cookies before popping one into her mouth almost immediately spitting it out, "Toothpaste!? And Orange Juice!?"
"Ew," was all Toph said, she knew full well how disgusting that tasted. No that will not be elaborated on.
"So if you are not doing the pranks, and you're not doing the pranks who is?" asked Toph who had suspected that Sokka or Katara had done it.
Zuko slouched a bit remembering earlier, "I think I have an idea of who is doing this…"
"Who?" asked Sokka, not figuring it out.
Before Zuko could explain, Aang came by giggling, "Here I am, the Avatar ready to bring joy and fun!"
They all started to groan realizing what had happened.
"Aang why are you acting like well this?" asked Zuko though he had a sinking feeling he knew the answer.
"Because it's what I always do! I'm always up for a good prank! Because this is the only and best version of me right? Also very accurate!" responded Aang though every word sounded like he was giggling much like his Ember Island counterpart.
Toph's mouth dropped open, "D-did Twinkle Toes just use sarcasm?"
"What no why would you say that! Let's go play fetch! Avatar State Yip Yip!"
"This is amazing!" yelled Toph though judging from the others expressions they were not amused in the slightest.
"Come on Aang, you have firebending to practice!" scoffed Zuko as Aang was still giggling and basically being a bigger nuisance than usual.
"No day just play!" he giggled forming an airball and began spinning around everyone.
"Hmm that's actually not a bad idea," said Toph oblivious to everyone else as she dragged Twinkle Toes away and said she wanted in on the idea.
About an hour later both Toph and Aang returned with all new pranks to play.
"Aang you need to do your fire squats!" scolded Zuko with a roll of his eyes at Aang's antics.
"You should lighten up more Zuko! Have some fun! Hehehe!"
"We don't have time for having fun!" yelled Zuko getting increasingly frustrated.
"There is always time for fun!"
"Katara can you please talk some sense into Aang?" he shouted though the waterbender was currently engaged in a battle with Toph.
"I am not a whiny cry baby who constantly breaks into speeches about hope!"
"Haha I bet if you became your Ember Island form nobody would even notice!" laughed Toph, you see this "discussion" started when Toph compared Katara to her Ember Island counterpart.
"Oh really?" she challenged.
"Yeah really!"
Katara stormed off in the other direction huffing.
"Toph was that really necessary?" asked Suki who had been watching the whole exchange.
"Oh yes it is," grinned Toph deviously knowing that Katara wouldn't back down.
Sure enough she was right as Katara came back fake sobbing using her waterbending to fake cry as she dramatically called out, "We must stay strong against the threat of our enemies, for we are all we have!"
Toph instantly burst out laughing rolling on the ground as Katara continued bawling giving impassioned speeches about hope.
The sudden turn of events was so odd both Aang and Zuko stopped bickering for a moment to watch it unfold.
It only went downhill from there.
Toph went to challenge Sokka to become his Ember Island version.
Zuko was on the brink of burning the house down between Katara and Aang's acting.
Suki was laughing too. She would have changed to her Ember Island form too if she had any form to be spoken of and started to imagine what the Ember Island people would cast her as if she was in the play more.
"Aang will you stop your infernal giggling-"
"But I'm Avatar! It's what I do!" he said, making sure his giggling was extra loud as he said it, Zuko had, had enough as he ran towards Aang but before he could lay a hand on him he fell on his butt after slipping on water giving out an undignified screech.
"Did I mention I'm an incurable prankster?"
"Yes, yes you did," said Zuko through gritted teeth before he could get up again though Sokka came over.
"Where's the meat? Because i'm starving!" he laughed in a funny voice as Zuko closed his eyes and groaned loudly before slamming the door to his room hoping to get some time alone without crazy Ember Island whatever this was.
However the second he walked into his room everything was strapped to the ceiling, "AANG!" he roared realizing nobody else could get up there.
"Hehe! I sense I should probably go annoy Suki! Bye!" he said running away before Zuko got out of his room.
Toph currently was laughing her head off as everyone drove Zuko crazy, she just wished she could see expressions.
Zuko stormed out of his room and passed a bawling Katara who got up and kissed him on the cheek.
"What was that for!?" yelled Zuko disguising a sad sigh from somewhere.
"It just gave me so much hope!" she responded before bursting into tears again.
"Ugh!"
Suki walked into the room making strange signals with her hands, as Zuko stared at her puzzled until she pointed to her mouth.
"Are you seriously being mute?" he scowled.
She nodded her head.
"Oh come on now you can't laugh at my hilarious jokes!"
Zuko storms outside where Toph and Aang are laughing about something and he yells, "Aang!"
"Oh no…" he hears Aang mutter quietly before he puts a grin back on his face, which Zuko realized was his devious grin, "Wait wait wait! What's that?"
Zuko realized where he was going with this and didn't break his stride.
"I think it's your honor!"
"That's Azula's line,"
"Darn it!" he said, "I mean… wanna talk about feelings? And other mushy girly stuff? We can all sit in a circle and hold hands! Then we can pick flowers and braid each other's hair while we play pranks on each other!"
Zuko visibly gagged at that thought.
Toph watched this halfheartedly, she realized that unless she could turn herself into a buff man she couldent compete in this game.
Meanwhile Sokka was telling bad jokes as Suki air groaned too.
"Remeber we must never give up hope!" declared Katara loudly.
In short it was chaos.
"Im Toph, because it sounds like tough!" yelled Toph stomping in with rocks covering her body as Zuko's mouth opened and closed like a fish, but really what did Zuko expect?
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Toph blowing about everyones eardrums off.
"Toph! What the heck!? Thats it Zuko is out of here,"
As Zuko started to levae Toph earthebended him into the ground with a stomp of her foot before promptly screaming at him as loud as possible.
With Zuko safely detained Aang began poking his head with a stick, until Zuko started spitting sparks at him.
Sokka nearly hit Zuko's head with his trusty boomerang while aiming for a squirrel-bat, "I NEED MEAT!"
Suki was trying to mime something to Katara who was telling everyone not to give up.
Meanwhile Zuko was sitting in the middle unable to do anything. Why couldn't the day just be over already?