markofthewise | Sokka the 74th

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Sokka the 74th - [Action/Voice]

[THE FIRST DAY.]

[Two weeks. It's a long time to be on a mission, but Sokka has no regrets. The mess with Kin'cora had gotten to him and he found a kind of relief in working with other people from other enclosures. There was a lot of talk among him and the others. He spread the word. Maybe it wouldn't do Luceti much good, given he learned very little, but the more the others knew, the better. But boy was he glad to be back in Luceti. When he emerges from the tunnels at around 6PM, he's tired out from a hard day of work, but it's a good kind of tired. He makes going home his first priority. He'll miss dinner, inevitably, but with any luck there's leftovers. Catching up with the others takes a few hours before he ever breaks away to wander the village.

What's on the agenda? Hitting up the smithy to see where things are at. He never got to find out how much was lost after the Kin'corans left, so it's time to see if one of his ~~minions~~ smithy buddies took an inventory. And you know, he wants to check in on them too. That's cool. Also, he heads to Good Spirits because he was informed very sternly by one of his buddies on the mission that the only proper way to end a hard day's work is a good stiff drink. Sokka, the adult that he is, was inclined to agree. THAT IS HIS ENTIRE DAY.

But there is another.]

[DAWN OF THE NEXT DAY]

[Sokka wakes up and does his usual morning routine and goes to NOT the smithy, but the BATTLE DOME. That's right. Record scratch. After talking to the main console for awhile, he heads into one of the rooms and in something that takes some finagling at first, he starts... building a sub. A holographic sub. One that is small enough to fit into his hand, but can expand if he gives the command, so he can work on specific details. It's like working on a blueprint, but in 3D. His nights on his mission had been spent trying to recreate the submarine made by the Mechanist. He's been steadily improving on the design, specifically built to be powered by waterbending, but done in a way to streamline the process and make it faster. And sturdier. He's not sure it will be easy to build with Luceti's technology, but...

Well, Haruhi got him excited. And he spends the better half of the day on this. Because of the Dome time limit, he's constantly seen going in and out to restart the program or grab a snack. For those hoping to fight, this is probably annoying, since there's only six chambers that tend to get used a lot. At one point during the day, he loses the dome to some short and grumpy guy, so Sokka turns to the journal.]

Has anyone really tried the stuff in these vending machines before? I mean, I usually just get a soda or something, but this stuff is amazing. Like... look at these. [He lifts up an oreo to the camera.] It's two cookies, but with some kind of paste between them. But the paste tastes like sugar! And then there's these! [Sokka lifts up an red lump of candy.] Apple gels. They're great, although I don't think they taste like real apples. There's something unusually refreshing about them. I had about ten just now and it made my fingers all tingly. Actually, I'm kind of feeling tingly all over and-- [Sokka looks away and spots something else] Oh! And check this out! [He pulls out a WORM. A multicolored worm.] It's a CANDY worm. I was thinking I could use it for fishing, but it's actually kind of tasty. Oh, and then there's these fished shape crackers...

[He'll go on like this for awhile. People can listen or ignore him, but he'll be casually highlighting the awesome contents of the Battle Dome vending machines.

He'll be coming home later with the stomach ache from hell.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Okay wow Ikki listened to the entire list of vending machine contents without saying a word because look at all of that but once he's finished she's pretty much going to answer with way too much volume and energy as per usual. ]

Sugar paste? Is that allowed? Are the apple gels like the fruit gummis Katara gets? Ewwwwwwwwww, is it a real worm covered in candy or is it shaped like that? Why would you shape a candy like a worm?? What do the fish crackers taste like do you think you could like put them in pudding and it would be like the ocean and they'd be the little fishies and then you could add like - like - those loooooong fruit strips for kelp and that would be delicious right? Do the two cookies count as one cookie or two cookie why aren't all cookies two cookies can I have one maybe it looks delicious I've never ever tried a vending machine was it fun?

[Oh god. What has he done. WHAT HAS HE DONE. For as happy as he was to see Ikki last night, suddenly...

He's so unsure.]

No. No it is not fun. In fact, I should probably never do this again.

[ Failed to filter a candy demonstration from the youngest member of his household. This answer is suspicious, Uncle Sokka! ]

You looked like you were having fun! And you said the gummis were refreshing! Even if you did break snack rules 'cause that's a lot of snacks!

Yes. I did break it. And I am regretting it. Uuuuuugh. Ewwww. I feel a stomach ache coming.

[He will later. This one is merely improvised.]

[ What really? Sudden actual concern. ]

You should drink water! And lay down! Oh, or tea! Tea is good! I can make some?? An' maybe blankets?

[There is a disbelieving pause here.]

You know how to make tea?

Add a teabag to hot water? An' then let it sit a lot. Which is kinda boring.

[ is this a trick question ]

... well, when you put it like that, it's pretty simple. [Still. He's not sure he trusts Ikki to do it.]

Is it supposed to be really hard? I don't know any ceremony stuff, if that's what you mean. [ like she could sit still that long. ]

I'm not allowed to use the stove on my own, though, but there's lots of people who could do that.

Aha! You can't make tea without the stove.

[See! He knew she couldn't do it.]

Yeah, so I'd ask Katara or grandpa to do that part! And then I'd do allllllllll the rest!

Well, if you can make the tea, maybe I can get you one thing.

[From the grocery, unfortunately. He couldn't bring stuff from the Dome.]

[ Oh she'd almost forgotten about that in this discussion. But not quite, since Ikki beams at her favourite Uncle. He has probably gotten more sugar into her system than anyone else. ]

I can make it!! It'll be really really good!