Sokka the 21st - [Action/Voice]

[markofthewise]

[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.

Comments

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

Oh, not a bad idea, but I don't think we have to worry about that too much in Luceti.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

You never know. We could get swept downriver and be stranded at the lake for months.

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

Couldn't we swim to shore?

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Maybe the lake is full of piranha eels!

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

Are those... bad?

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Razor sharp teeth!

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

O-oh!

...I'm assuming not vegetarian then.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Not unless you're made out of vegetable, Vash.

Re: [Action]

[goldenglasses]

...A-ha.

Piranha eels - bad. I got it. Don't suppose there are nice fish.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Of course. The nice fish are the ones we're going to eat. Kind of twisted, isn't it?

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

You can't eat Piranha eels?

[Action]

[markofthewise]

I've never tried.

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

Oh. Well, I guess you wouldn't really want to catch something that would try to eat you.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Exactly!

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

[Goes back to staring at the gear.] I always thought a net would be used.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

A net helps.

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

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

[Action]

[markofthewise]

[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!

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

That sounds... painful.

[Action] late? this isn't late

[markofthewise]

Well the worm is generally going to be eaten by the fish anyway, so...

[Action] Pfft, like they're doing anything overly important

[goldenglasses]

...I don't think I like fishing.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

... are you a vegetarian or something?

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

[And thus we come to a rather large flaw in Vash's thinking.] Well... no.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

But you don't believe in killing anything.

[Action]

[goldenglasses]

[Makes a soft agreeing sound.]