Okay, so everyone else
had NaNo, at this point, and I've still got "In My End Is My Beginning," thus:
Can I count "Full Constant Light" (formerly "Ursa's life story in drabbles" -- yay for title-emergence, and bonus English-major points to anyone who can identify the reference without Googling :-) as a mitigating circumstance?
If Azula and Iroh would just stop dancing around their moments and tell me what happens, I'd already be finished. Even Lu Ten was willing to share a risqué put-down with me, and he's [spoiler] ...
ETA: Iroh just explained to me that the reason he's been reticent is that he's in mourning for his wife. Now I feel like a heel, and Azula is smirking at me.