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Sokka the 26th - [Action]

[It's a busy couple of days at the smithy for Sokka. Aside from the huge playground order, which is keeping the place running all day long, he has a few other projects to work on. His own private supply of Batarangs (the boy has gotta have a hobby or twenty), Smoker's Jitte, and hey, he even finished off that saw he was supposed to finish a long time ago for Edward's client, the Medic. It's amazing how much work a guy can get done when he doesn't want to talk to Raphael, because he's a jerk, and Winry because of soap opera-esque brooding. Well, Edward, at least Sokka still has you, you freakish mountain of a teenage boy.

He'll be home later for awhile after work, but then he'll be heading to the roof of the house. Why? Because it's time he got rid of that spotlight with the Batman symbol on it before it causes any unwelcome attention. Or at least, he needs to get the metal bat piece on there off. Too bad it's welded there. All that work to pry it off might cause him to accidentally turn the thing on a few times and illuminate a certain emblem in the sky. Oops?

Naturally of course, feel free to get up in Sokka's business at any point in the day. He also has his journal open, so he'll certainly speak up if his name is mentioned.]

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[That's certainly more elegant than anything Sokka has worked on before. He's made armor before, but that kind of detail seemed like a waste of effort. Although he was certainly impressed.]

Wow, that's going to look good when you're done.

[In the IU world armor prettiness is totally a necessity. Even some of the NPCs look nice.

Edward pauses in his work to look up at the voice, then nods in greeting, examining the lines of the piece.]

I was hoping to be finished by now.

Looks like you will be soon. [Sokka leans in for a closer look.]

Who is it for? They're gonna ow you one heck of a favor after this.

[HAHAHA favour, what. Sokka you don't know this guy yet.]

...It's for Lord Sigmund. He owes me nothing.

Really? I usually don't ask for anything, but that seems like a lot of work, regardless of who it's for.

Is there no one you know who could command you to do anything? No one you take pleasure in serving?

Nope. Not really. I'd do something if my dad asked me to. Or if it was one of my friends. But I don't generally take commands.

[...He doesn't take commands. HOW CAN HE POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND. Oh well, he'll try.]

Lord Sigmund saved my life; in return, I pledged my own life to serving him. Forging a suit of armor at his request is the least of what I would do for him.

Oh. [He thinks about that.]

... I've saved lots of people's lives. Nobody ever pledged their life to me. I dunno, Ed. I think this Sigmund guy saw you coming. I'd be practically a king if I had every person I saved pledging themselves to me.

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He never required anything from me- it was a choice I made, of my own free will. I have no regrets, though. Serving him has been the greatest experience of my life.

Well, I guess it takes all kinds. [He moves away, leaning up against the wall.]

So how did he save you, anyway? Was your village going to get flooded, maybe? Or possible incinerated? Because I stopped that from happening to lots of places.

[Edward goes back to work as he talks; there's a lot left to be done, after all. Also Sokka you better not be trying to compare yourself to Sigmund because that just. Won't work. Not with Ed, anyway.]

My village was being ravaged by monsters, due to the giant chain the Order had affixed to the ground. Lord Sigmund cut it and saved us all. Before that, when I joined him, he personally saved me from being killed by an ogre. No one had ever done such a thing for me.

[Monsters... ogres. You people and your RPG worlds.]

Oh. I see. [Only not really. He's wondering if maybe your world is just full of a bunch of jerks who never help each other for ogres.]

[So sayeth the dude who can bend water.]

You seem unconvinced. [Ed was just out in the middle of nowhere. ....Actually, it's true, his world's full of useless NPCs who can't help themselves because they apparently suck.]

[That's his sister who does that. Sokka is Mr. Ordinary.]

Oh no, I believe it happened exactly like you described it. I just don't get the whole pledge thing. But, different worlds and all that. No big deal.

[What really. Boring |D]

Hm. As I said, I have no regrets. [Glind, grind, grind, scrape-] ...Is there a safe place I can keep the armor while I finish it? I don't want anyone else to take it, assuming it's available.

Eh, just put it on one of the shelves back in the workshop. I doubt Winry and Raph will mess with it, since they don't work with armor anyway.

I'll do that, then. [Hmm. A few more curves, and the back plate'll be done. the chest piece will probably be the worst of them. ...Hmm, hmm.]

...May I ask you a personal question?

Uh, sure. What is it?

When our thoughts were visible, I saw a white-haired girl when I mentioned the moon. Who was she? [It's been bothering him for a while, though he wasn't sure how to ask at the time. Still, it's a feeling.]

... oh. [He goes silent for a moment. It is pretty personal, but, well. He's dealt with it. Mostly.]

That was Princess Yue, from our sister tribe. It was kind of complicated, but we really liked each other. Her father asked me to be the one to protect her when the Fire Nation navy invaded, but in the end I failed her. When the Moon Spirit was killed by Admiral Zhao of the Fire Nation, she gave herself up to become the new Moon Spirit to save the world from going into chaos. It was the last time I ever saw her again.

[Oh, ouch. That can't have been easy to share. Edward pauses, then continues with it- may as well go all the way.]

How did you move on?

[He offers a shrug.]

I don't know. It didn't happen all at once. [And really, he's never completely got over it to begin with.] But... it's not like she died. She's still alive. We just can't be together, that's all.

[...That's even worse. Or rather, it's the same problem as him.] I'm sorry for asking.

Don't be. It's in the past, right? Besides, in the end, I found someone else.

Sokka the 26th - [Action]

[Action] It's cuz he hangs out in the coolest part of Luceti

[Action] it's totally true, blacksmiths are awesome |D

[Action] we're the smithy brigade, we should have parties and stuff

[Action] I'm trying to envision ed at a party and it boggles my mind

[Action] He can hover at the punch bowl the entire time

[Action] the obnoxious chaperone who prevents punch-spiking and tomfoolery

[Action] I'm sure Raph would manage to spike it anyway

[Action] the bastard strikes again 8|

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