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1. what do you know about job interviews?
i didnt know you have to interview to get jobs. even if it's just at a restaurant!! regardless of whether the job itself involves talking to people at all!!? stupid

[ Guess who's been bombing interviews as a part-time busboy all over town. And who's only bothering to ask about proper employment beyond random quests, um, now, after several months of just getting by...? He must be getting tired of stealing hotchips from the cornerstore. ]

2. what do you know about going to school as a full-time student here?
i heard you can make a living like this
insight about going to school in other worlds could be useful too. i was homeschooled....

[ But at least he's thinking in terms of solutions. ]

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You're better off going to school, maybe picking up a few more marketable skills?

[Azul you are sixteen.]

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i have plenty of skills!! they just dont translate directly.. not for normal jobs at least. but i'm tired of relying on quests, not without full use of all my magics
but the school can help with that which is really what i care about most
i don't actually want to work in a restaurant again after all it's a shitty job

[ Maybe employers can, uh, tell that you think that, you're highness? ]

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And that's probably why no one will hire you. We know you probably don't want to work for us. You just have to act like it.

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but wouldn't employers rather hire someone who's honest and transparent

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You're not being paid to be honest and transparent.

So. No.

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but i'm not being paid to talk either
i'm being paid to clear tables
shouldn't they just do an assessment of my demonstration of the actual job

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You would think, but that's not how society works. Wonderful, isn't it?

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doesnt seem fair

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It's not.

[And if he had his magic here he would absolutely be offering to make a deal with Zuko. Alas.]

We get paid for attending school, at least.

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i think school sounds like the better option at this point....
my sister went to school back home but i never did. but i'm not afraid of a challenge. if it helps me improve my magic, even if it doesn't pay well, that's all i really care about.

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Any pay is good pay! And it's more reliable than quests.

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i don't know that "any pay is good pay" but it'd be nice to anticipate exactly what i'm earning at least. relying on only quests is too random. the more i can better my magic the more quests i can do on the side when i'm not in school too

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A good plan. Personally, I'm just saving up until I can open my own business here, but until then school works fine.

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what kind of business are you trying to open

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A restaurant, of course.

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i see. is that what you did in your world too

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Yes! Between classes, of course.

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so you're speaking from personal experience on all accounts here... great..

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I am!

So when I say that attitude is virtually unemployable, especially as a busboy, I mean it.

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so school it is, i guess.......
glad to know i'm "virtually unemployable" thanks

[ He is, though. Someone had to tell him. ]

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[Azul lives to serve.]

At least as a busboy. You might find a more suitable job elsewhere.

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but ive never had any other kind of job
technically

like i said i have other skills but i dont know what i could apply them to without any official work experience to back it up??
im a trained swordsman and combatant in many martial art forms, even without full use of my native fire magic, plus i know a lot about naval ships and navigation, skilled in stealth and infiltration, and i can do calligraphy, paint, do rock gardening, and play tsungi horn
i also know how ride an ostrich-horse, a komodo-rhino, a sky bison, and even a dragon now if you count my familiar.....
but these aren't skills that make money.... just useful skills.
well except the tsungi horn thats not really useful either

[ Oh my god why is he clinging to the busboy idea he's failing at with all this under his belt apparently, talk about duality in his half-cocky/half-dismissive perception of his own abilities, who even is this kid ]

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[Azul would love to know what is this kid's damage, and also how the hell did he get this deeply involved.]

Have you considered becoming a martial arts teacher?

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yeah..... i thought about it. but im a pretty strict teacher..... i had to train someone very important back home in firebending, and even he was soft sometimes and he's the most powerful person in our world?? id probably lose my temper with students who didn't care about it as much as they should. my friend at home had to care more than anything else and still goofed off anyway.

[ read: Zuko held unrealistic expectations of working Aang as hard as he'd work himself. Which is unrealistic... even for himself. ]

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[Hells. Zuko, for the love of god, take a break..]

Then I honestly can't help you. Maybe offer to do calligraphy commissions?