GamblingDementor

Of all the moments in his life when Varrick felt awkward and uneasy, he would definitely put his reunion with Zhu Li very high up the list. At first, when Bolin and the Beifongs had barged into the room, shouting and warning about Kuvira attacking in two weeks, he had been worried sick about what they should do and had listened carefully, trying to think up a strategy, but at some point during the discussion, he had noticed Zhu Li and every thought had fled his mind except her. At first he was submerged by a feeling of intense relief. She had made it. She was back here in Republic City, safe and sound, with no apparent wound or anything life

The engine of the boat was already roaring by the time Varrick's date even noticed that he was gone. She was a beautiful young woman and had kept him distracted for a while, but after the third mention of marriage in half an hour, he felt he had heard enough. He had given his assistant the silent gesture that meant he wanted to sail away and Zhu Li had prepared the ship almost instantly without them being noticed. He was always most thankful for her presence, especially when she helped rescue him from his less fortunate evenings. She was an excellent helmsman and had been steering ships for him more times than he could remember. His assistant

Varrick always rented the probending arena every time he wanted to see one of his movers. Zhu Li had got used to booking the stadium every time he simply felt like having a mover night. He said that he wanted to make some side money with ticket sales. And Zhu Li had to admit that people were indeed rushing to the doors every time, even when the mover had already been projected dozens of times. It was also true that the arena held the biggest screen in the world and that it really made watching any mover much more enjoyable. Finally, but that part might only be her own analytical mind at work, being surrounded by the mover in full helped to fo

Crashing through the metal roof of the laboratory in which they had locked up Varrick, a huge metallic hand came grabbing him right by the back of his shirt. He had barely had time to realize what was happening and begun struggling against the machine when he was dropped from its grasp and fell clumsily through an opening. The opening to the cabin of a mechatank, he noted. A mechatank controlled by... "Zhu Li?!" He tried to put decent distance between them when he noticed he was pretty much sitting on her lap, although his limbs were as tangled as noodles. The cabin was so small that he could do no such thing, though, and he coughed to hide h

She had been given Varrick's room. What could Kuvira mean by that? Probably that she was above Varrick now. Above him she might be, but certainly not over him. She would never be over Varrick, at least in the romantic sense. Her mind fluttered back to a very special moment that very morning when she had certainly been all over him physically... She closed her eyes, counted to ten, breathed. The thought was gone. But it wasn't. She had thought he would kiss her, she really had, and for a moment she had been the happiest woman on earth. But he hadn't, he had yelled at her as he always did and she had felt unwanted and pathetic, as usual these