Sokka the 30th - [Written]

[markofthewise]

[This has been brewing in his mind since yesterday. He decides to finally act on it. Katara, Toph, Zuko, Aang... they all had masters to learn their styles from. Sokka? He had fifteen years of pretending he was a warrior and a mere three days under a real master. Well, this was Luceti. He had nothing but time here. So after he's home for the night and dinner is done, he puts together the following filter]

[Filtered 100% against the Straw Hats, his friends (and anyone from his world), and your usual villainous suspects.]

I'm looking for someone with experience willing to teach fighting. I don't have any special powers, so if your style involves lifting ridiculously huge swords or shooting fire from your hands, forget it. I want someone who can fight for real. I'd prefer fighting with my own sword, but I'll try other styles. I can't offer much in return... but I can try to work out something in exchange.

Comments

[markofthewise]

Pretty much. [And Sokka would offer some encouragement, but dude, you're a turtle. It would probably be insulting.]

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Then there's another saying: Build a bridge and get the hell over it. That's the best advice you're gonna get from me.

[markofthewise]

Not quite how I've heard it said before.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well I'll say it how I wanna. You get the picture.

[markofthewise]

[Well anyway, this is getting into angry land. Let's go back to the original subject.]

So, if you could use magic, or super strength, or whatever... would you?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

[Hello, somewhat random subject change. Pause for an odd look at his journal.]

Strength, maybe. Though I ain't exactly lackin' in that department. [If he does say so himself.]

[markofthewise]

Me? I'd take bending, if I could get it. [He even asked the Malnosso for it.]

... although super strength wouldn't be bad either. Or some kind of super speed. [So his new 'master' won't be hitting him with a stick when they go running.]

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

I don't need none of that water splashin' crap. It's an insult to my trainin'.

Anybody who hides behind magic to do his dirty work is a weakling and a coward. Take away the superpowers and whaddya got? Nothing.

[markofthewise]

You know, bending isn't just chanting from memory or communing with nature. That girl Azula? When she lost her bending, she was still a match for me, Toph and Aang. The two of them both being benders themselves. They're just using water or fire or whatever as a weapon instead of a sword. You take away my sword, I can still fight. So can they.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Hm. [Still unimpressed and stubborn as an ox as always.] I'll see it when I believe it.

[markofthewise]

[Oh how tempted he is to say, "Lure Azula into the tunnels sometime." But he's not that much of a bastard.]

I don't know if we'll be getting any eclipses anytime soon.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Eclipses...right.

[markofthewise]

The firebenders get their power from the sun. Turn off the sun, they can't bend. If they hadn't known about our plans beforehand, we could have ended the war on the day of Black Sun.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

[At the risk of sounding stupid...]

...The sun turns off?

[markofthewise]

... well, not really turn it off. Just block the sun from reaching Earth.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

[He's really gotten used to the sun! He doesn't want somebody going around and turning it off on him!] If somebody tries to do that here, I'll break their friggin' neck.

[markofthewise]

... an eclipse is when the moon moves in front of the sun. Do you not have those in your world?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Oh. Ah, I dunno. Donnie might.

[markofthewise]

Well if requires the moon to be close enough to the planet to appear the same size or bigger than the sun in the sky. Scientifically speaking, it's an amazing coincidence that the heavenly bodies were aligned in such a way on our planet. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't like that in other places.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

...Yeah. [Oh god, geek speak.] We don't go out in daylight often, so I got no idea.

[markofthewise]

... oh. Are you guys nocturnal or something?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

I'm a giant talkin' turtle. [Duh.]

[markofthewise]

Well, in our world... we have turtle ducks and turtle seals... and apparently island-sized Lion Turtles. I don't even know what non-talking turtles are like.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Well turtles in my world are little and stupid an' ain't supposed to talk. People see somethin' like me and they either wanna kill it, dissect it, or put it in a zoo.

[markofthewise]

Why would they want to do that? I mean, sure. You're pretty scary. But that's just because you try to be. Your brothers don't seem to be, though.