markofthewise | Sokka the 23rd

[After some more healing sessions, Sokka is almost back to feeling one hundred percent again. Which means he's going back to the smithy today, even if he can't do his usual share of the work, he can at least direct New Feathers with what they need. Besides, after seeing Zuko as a invalid for a few weeks, the last thing Sokka wants to do is spend too much time at home healing, even if it means using a staff to balance on in spite of that injured leg. One of the first things he'll be doing though is looking for Winry. If he can't find her at the smithy or clinic, he'll be making a trip to her house.

Later in the day he opens up his journal to make a voice message. He briefly considers making it filtered, but he's not going to talk about anything considered confidential anyway. Besides, he's feeling to tired to draw up a complicated anti-villain filter now that he has to change his usual pattern to include Azula.]

Just a reminder to any of you New Feathers around, the Slash 'n Crash is here for your weapon needs. We've got an overload of stuff coming in and we're running out of space to put this stuff, so if you haven't already, come down here and grab your junk before we have to melt it down.

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I heard her yelp and drop her stuff. She doesn't tend to do that often. [And when he saw two turtles in the doorway, that didn't help much. You're a little different looking in real life.]

[He's positive it has something to do with his appearance. Mostly he's testing the waters here. He still has a hard time believing that the people around here can just accept him without at least a little fear.]

Think we startled her. Didn't mean to, just happens.

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[He offers a shrug.] Winry's not a fighter. But fighters come into smithy all the time. [There's a hint of concern in his voice about that. He regrets asking her to work at the smithy because the wrong kind of customer could come in at any time.]

[He knows the feeling.] Nothin's gonna happen on my watch. You got my word.

[He nods at that. He appreciates that, but he's got nothing else to say about it.]

Well you're going to have to get Edward or one of your brothers to help bring another couch in here. No way I'm hauling one of those around with this leg.

Was plannin' on it. I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Good, good. Because without the couch, we're just the Slash and.

That what it's supposed to mean?

Sorry man, but that's pretty retarded.

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Sorry Raph, but that's just part of our motto. "Stop at the Slash & Crash for all those baddies you need to bash." I was thinking of putting it to music. Or a haiku.

Sounds like a bad used car salesman gimmick. All ya need is a cheesy suit and a bad comb over.

.... what's a used car?

It's...Dammit. Some of you people live in the frickin' stone age! Seriously.

[Hey! They have trucks in his time for some reason. He probably helped design them, too.] Hey! I can't help that.

Yeah, yeah. I know.

Anyways. Cars is just a mode 'a transportation. Runs with a gas engine, gets you where you need to go. Back at home we got all sorts 'a neat toys like that. Like my bike. Way better than any car. You don't know what you're missin'.

[He thinks about that. It's not much to go off of, but...] Well, we've got those trucks I designed for the Mechanist. We just used them for carrying rocks that the Earthbenders could use. And airships. And the Fire Nation have these motorized boat... things for one person. I always wanted to ride one of those things.

Yeah, stuff like that. Trucks're just big cars. Slow, not as fun unless you got the missiles on 'em.

You ever seen a tank?

[... just not going to ask about missiles. One topic for now.]

Yup. The Mechanist invented those too.

[He snickers darkly.] Stole one once. Now that was badass, even though Leo got all mad at me 'cause it's too conspicuous. Shoulda seen the canon on that thing.

[He really wants to tell Sokka about the giant mecha he stole and tore a hole in the side of a building with too, but he thinks that might go over his head.]

Too bad there's none of that stuff around here. It'd even the odds for us normal guys against all these people with magic.

Tell me about it.

[Annnd now you popped his bubble.]

Hey, speakin' of magic, I gotta ask you somethin'.

Ask away. [He's nothing better to do today.]

What the hell is up with your sister? She came in here and freaked out at me the other day. I didn't even do nothin' to her!

[That earns a confused look.]

Katara was here? What did she say?

I don't even know what the hell it was about. Somethin' with me burnin' those spiderwebs with the blowtorch. She came in here freakin' out, accusin' me of burnin' people for fun.

She sick in the head or somethin'?

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[He goes quiet at that. He'd tell you the full story, but well, he's not that close to you just yet. This is like Zuko all over again, though.]

We lost a lot to Firebenders back home. It probably reminded her of all the destruction they caused seeing you being so reckless with that blowtorch.

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