The task was black and white. Clear as crystal, and as simple as the phrase "The sky is blue."
Sent by the fire nation, you were to track the former son of Firelord Ozai, seduce him with the thought of redemption, if he even still cared about that anymore, and bring him back to the fire nation.
You knew he was exiled from the fire nation due to his inability to agree with general Bujing on his sick idea of callously sacrificing an army of fire nation soldiers...which wasn't exactly the best idea.
It was the whole reason he was in an Agni Kai and got that terrible burn scar. You almost felt a little bad for him.
But whenever you did, you remembered the consequences of not bringing him back. Death, imprisonment, public shame, etc. Maybe you would be put in an Agni Kai as punishment. Be just like him.
You started around the early Spring of 100 AG and the late Winter of 99 AG, now it is the Summer of 100 AG.
While walking through an isolated and lonely part of the woods somewhere near or in the fire nation, trying desperately to think of something, anything, that could help you track him down and get him.
Then, suddenly, you heard his voice. It was the same as it was when he was a younger person, but obviously slightly more matured since it was long ago when he was exiled...
The words in your head screamed to investigate, that it was him, that he was your ticket to avoid punishment.