markofthewise | Sokka the 22nd

[Time to do some pen pushing! Sokka is back at the smithy, on the couch, working through several filters, as well as adjusting the work schedule after discovering that Winry had apparently been kidnapped by the Malnosso. Just another thing to do.]

[Filtered 50% to Longshot]

We should talk.

[Filtered 100% to Caesar Silverberg, Lilly Pendragon, Jacques, and Viki.]

I have a few questions I'd like to ask you.

[Filtered 100% against all known villains]

(if you're on this list, as the B3, Major, Lesser, or Personal, you're out!)

Attention White Lotus members! If you recall, Toph announced the formation of the group about a month ago to try and put together a loosely affiliated group of members who could be called upon in times of trouble. All of you should already have the tiles that Toph gave you. If you could just answer back with your name so we know who is in the group, that would be great.

[And added as an afterthought, since he has the filter open still]

To anyone who is Winry's friend, she was taken by the Malnosso from the smithy an hour ago.

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... yeah? What kind of proposition? [He's pretty sure he doesn't like where this is going.]

[...THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME-]

[Got it.] Quality paperweights.

Let me get this straight.

... you're upset that Winry is gone... because she was going to make paperweights for you.

[...that does sound flimsy doesn't it but he can't back down!!] Well- ...yeah! Quality ones! With- with good designs and stuff! You can't just find things like that laying around here.

... right. Maybe you should provide me with something more specific about what you're looking for. Some sketches would be helpful.

Right, if you think you can handle something like this!

[And then, relatively quickly a surprisingly good, surprisingly detailed sketch of something close to this (http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7228/lobsterpaperweight09.jpg) (which is the first excuse he thought of) begins to appear on the pages of the journal]

[... what.]

You do realize this is a smithy, not a ceramics shop. Why would Winry even offer to do that?

You can handle this much though, right? Just make it out of metal or figure out how to blow glass or something.

You know what, I'm going to pass.

Wouldn't you rather just have the one she already made for you?

[...Tch] Yeah, yeah. It'll be better with her work anyway, so I'll wait on that.

Are you sure? It's already finished. In fact let me just

[Long pause and a distant voice.]

Where did it go?

[...Somehow he feels like he's being made fun of. He doesn't answer, but he does stay on the line so to speak to see if Sokka will indeed come back into focus]

[He comes back soon enough.]

Someone stole Winry's project... thing! Your paperweight!

[OBJECTION!

The project never existed in the first place, so it cannot have been stolen!]

[-But he can't say that, it would blow his cover!

So instead he settles for-] It was probably just on her person when she was abducted or something.

No, because I found it after she was abducted. I left it on her workbench and everything.

Then you probably just lost it! Or forgot where you set it down! [Ignoring that it never existed]

I don't think so.

I'm not sure why anyone would want it, though. The design was pretty weird looking.

I do. [...!!!] Hah! Shows you you know though. That design was perfect for this sort of thing.

... what did it look like? [He's starting to doubt you were the intended recipient.]

A lobster, obviously.

... no. Not at all. Not even close. It was like this.

[And although sloppily drawn for Sokka, what he draws is very identifiable as a Batarang, the good old Batman symbol.]