markofthewise | Sokka the 21st

[After a month of planning and a week of top secret work, Sokka has finished the final touches on the prototype canoe for the fleet that has yet to be built. And by finished, he of course made use of Usopp constantly. But what are across-town neighbors for anyway? So after getting his pride and joy finished, including a nice coat of paint (it's blue!) with the Water Tribe Emblem on both sides and in what is most likely a suicidal move, the Straw Hat flag mounted on the back.

An eager Sokka has already managed to pull it all the way past House #4 (with wheels obviously!) so he can test if its seaworthy (well, riverworthy) as he rides it down to the river all the way back towards his home next to the barracks. Even though he isn't planning on getting to it, he's brought along his fishing pole and some bait, just in case he gets swept down to the lake and has to survive on his own fishing and cooking skills for weeks on end while waiting for a rescue that might not ever come. So. Just in case. People may of course notice him sailing downstream and possibly try to drop things on him as he goes under the bridges.

Before he'll go though, he'll 'accidentally' leave his journal open for an 'accidental' voice post.]

This is Sokka. Casting off into the big, er, small blue... maybe kind of greenish brownish river in my vessel, The Insert Name Here. Wish me luck.

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A net helps.

Then, how does it work? Do you... drag it through the water and hope to catch something?

[Sokka pulls the fishing line up and points to the hook.]

You put some bait on here, like a worm or something, and then put it in the water. A fish will see it, come along and try to take it... but get hooked on instead. Then you just have to pull it in!

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...okay, then. Can't say I haven't seen stranger.

Everyone says that around here.

Not surprising. Guess we all just come from strange places. I mean, we've got squid at home that can be inflated and used as giant air balloons.

Okay. Your world is officially one of the weirder ones.

Trust me, that's weird even by our standards.

I would really hope so.

I stole some credit papers from the local shop, and used them to buy the ship used.

Yeah. They know a lot more than I do about him.

So anyway. How are you doing, Hugo? Anything... interesting?

Well, we're in the desert now, for one. It's a lot hotter out here than I expected.

And you? How have you been?

You've been keeping an eye on Toph, right?

Just... making boats.

Yeah, I have. We'll probably finish soon enough... [Maybe.]

Well, that's productive, at least.

... I should have went out with your guys.

Don't worry about it. Besides, you want to get those boats done as soon as you could, right?

That sounds... painful.

Maybe you should name the next one Insert Name Here Mark 2

The first one is going to have a name! We just haven't picked one yet.

Yeah, I guess that's true.

I think Toph has some other project she had to work on after that too. She knows how to keep busy.

How can you set sail without naming a boat?

The same way we did with all our boats back home. We don't name them at all.

You're meant to name boats Sokka. Before you sail them.

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