markofthewise | Sokka the 26th

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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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[For a second he considers grumbling about reading the guide, but opts for showing off instead.]

It's what lets me do this. [And with a snap of his finger, he produces a tiny flame above his thumb.]

Woah! I didn't know you could firebend!

No, it's not firebending. It's filial magic. See? [He sends a weak gust of air her direction, possibly messing up her hair.]

Hey!

Maybe you're the next Avatar.

Oh, sorry. [He should be more careful with that one.]

But you can learn this stuff too. It takes awhile, but I bet you'd be good at it.

You think so?

[Oh, wow. She looks a lot different with her hair down. Like a whole different person. It's kind of distracting.]

Huh? Oh yeah, definitely. I could help, too.

I'd like that.

And maybe you could teach me some of your moves in return! A fair exchange of talent, right?

Sure! You showed a lot of potential with that headstand.

Great!

[He scratches at the back of his head for a second, feeling kind of awkward. Uh, what to say?] I uh, I like your hair. Like that. I mean, it's nice with the braid, but... it's nice like that too, ya know?

Thanks. I'd wear it down more often, but it gets in my way.

Did you want to learn like, more acrobatics, or stuff about chi blocking?

Yeah. Same way with my hair.

[And if he knew, he would thank her for that.]

Mostly chi blocking, but I guess acrobatics could come in handy too. [He's seen how you handle yourself in battle. That kind of agility could be very handy. If Sokka lacks one thing, it's balance.]

Do you know how chi works?

[He kind of did. Well, it's how he figured out how to take down the drill.]

I guess it's kind of like the pressure points of the body. When you hit the right spot, you stop a person's chi from flowing to that part of the body, right?

That's right. And people that can bend manipulate their chi in special ways. Lots of other skills need your chi to be flowing the right way, too.

So what the most important thing to learn is how chi flows through your body.

[He nods at that.]

Right, I think Aang told me there was like... six or seven chakorates or something.

There're seven Chakras, they go down in a line like this.

Your third eye is very well protected.

[He glances up at her finger on his forehead and grins.]

My third eye, huh? [He never knew he had one. Just like Combustion Man.] Is that the one that lets you shoot lasers from your head?

Uh, yeah, but that's not a realistic goal for you.

[He laughs a little at her reaction.]

Yeah, probably. Just a thought.

What you need to focus is on is learning how chi moves through a person's body.

Right. [He sits up and folds his legs beneath him to face her, but nearly rolls off the roof in the process before catching himself.]

... maybe we should do this on the ground.

Sure. See you there.

[... well he does have a ladder by the roof. But he can't let that stand, so he jumps off the roof himself. No somersault and he lands on his feet, but it hurts a bit and he goes trotting a bit before he slows himself down.

Right, acrobatics. He had to work on that too.] Here, let's go over here. [He picks a nice spot between the barracks and his house, near a tree and close enough to one of the street lamps for them to see. He sits back down, this time without any falling.]