[voice]

A Queen. Her Gardens?

Are we prisoners, guests, friends?

I cannot tell by now. All I know is that I breathe again.

[She's not paying attention at all at first]

[Hands on her hips] Okay so I'm definitely not in Mexico. Well, I guess I could be, maybe some secret garden hideaway in a hotel, but it's not as... dry as I thought it'd be. Weird. And where's McGee? [Frustrated hand movements] He should be here, especially at a time like this.

Not digging this little white dress. I paid good money for those clothes, so unless I was processing hallucinogens for that symposium and wandered out here... [She spins slowly, finally noticing the little flower that's been staring at her]

Woah! Wicked Fauna Optica going on here... [She tries to poke at it] Hola, como éstas? Uh... Oh maybe there's no audio! [Her hands move dramatically differently than up until now, for those who don't know American Sign Language. She signs out: 'Hello, does anyone sign?']

[ voice ]

I think I could get used to this place. Don't you?

Ah...that works better with the video on.

[ video ]

[A goodly-sized chunk of the front of a chimera is held up: a lion's head, with the start of a goat's neck rising up from its back. Blood drips down onto the mirror, helpfully. Teresa's voice comes from off-screen.]

Hmmm.

I wonder if they're edible? I don't think anybody here has had real meat for a while.

Finally, we have a source of entertainment.

Seeing as I am bored and not suicidal, would anyone like the honor of accompanying me on a lovely walk into foreboding caves to do some idle monster-slaying? I would be oh, so lonely if I were to do it alone.

[And I always ensure to have a useful meatshield at the ready.

Being the dainty and refined princess she is, Azula will likely be more than happy to go into the caves multiple times with multiple people to sate her blood-lust and mind-numbing boredom--assuming something terrible doesn't happen, making the caves more trouble than they're worth, anyway.]