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[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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Make a fist like this.

[Okay, he's seen her do that before. Precision punching, that's all it is. He mimics her action, although his fingers might not be outstretched as much as they need to be.]

Like this, right?

That's pretty good. When you're actually going for a pressure point, you want it to be a quick jab, like this. Now, I'll show you where they are.

This is a pressure point that can really mess someone up. Stay away from it.

[He nods at that.]

Right. That really would cause some problems... [And is sort of worrying to think about. What if Ty Lee had used that on them in their past battles?]

This is another really dangerous one. If you paralyze someone's throat...

[Then they can't breathe. This is definitely more dangerous than he initially suspected.]

So stay away from the temples and throat. Okay.

Okay, now that that stuff's out of the way-- This is the main pressure point for the shoulder. There's one on the opposite side, too.

[This is getting a little bit awkward tracing his hand all over her like this, but he does his best not to show it.]

So what happens if I hit these? You can't use your arms anymore?

Sort of. It's more like I can't lift them. I could still move my hands and bend my elbows. if you want to keep someone from moving their arms, That's here.

[Okay, right. He's pretty sure she actually used that one on him. Then again, he's pretty sure she used all of them on him except for the temples and throat.]

Between those two, that's usually enough to stop someone's bending, right? If you can't move, you can't bend as well. [Unless you're friggin Bumi.]

If you're going up against an amateur bender, sure. But some people can bend without their arms, so that's only going to delay them.

[Which would probably include Azula, who can breathe fire and make rocket feet. Oi.]

Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

So what's important are the pressure points on their back. These can really disrupt someone's chi.

[Okay Sokka, this is just a demonstration. No big deal.]

This is where a bender gets most of their chi, right? [At least it seems to make sense to him. After all, Aang was hit in the back and that 'locked' his chakra. At the very least that made it impossible for him to go into the Avatar state.]

Well, it's where everyone gets most of their chi. You can also use these pressure points to give really great massages.

[He thinks about that.]

If someone blocked your chi back there, would a uh, chi massage fix it?

Yeah, if you knew the right places to re-stimulate the flow of the chi.

[Hmm, maybe Sokka will have to look into becoming a masseuse too? Oh, but one step at a time.]

Alright, that's great. So what next?

The points on the leg are harder to hit when you're fighting someone.

[This is Sokka trying to not be awkward about this at all. So he's not looking at all.]

... right. So it probably won't come up that often, I bet.

Right. But it's still useful to know.

I guess you're right. If you already had someone blocked in the other parts, you might want to make sure they can't run away either.

Okay, pop quiz! Keep me from using my left arm.

[He stares for a bit. Oh right, let's see... he remembered this, right? Shoulder and bicep.]

Okay, first... I'll go here. [He taps her shoulder. Probably not in the exact right spot, but in the right area.] That should be easier to hit. With your upper arm disabled, I'll have an easier time going for this. [And then he taps her bicep with about the same amount of accuracy.]

Well, at least you have the right idea. But if we were fighting, you wouldn't have done much of anything. Precision is really important for this. If you don't hit it exactly right, you're going to look stupid.

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[Action] you keep Solid Snakeing his sister. :(

[Action] it's the only appropriate icon I have ;____;

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