markofthewise | Sokka the 32nd

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Hey Captain! I've got something to show you.

[Filtered 80% to Housemates, Winry, Hugo, Caesar, Yellow, Paru, and... Gold.]

[This seems like a nice, ridiculous number of people to invite. For three canoes. Despite Yellow's suggestion, he doesn't include Red. He barely knows the guy, after all. Gold... well, he doesn't seem so bad.]

So some of you may have heard I was planning a little fishing trip soon. Not just going down the lake for the day, though! A few days camping under the stars, eating what we catch, living like real men! And uh, women! Just real living! It'll be great, trust me. There's even beach party opportunities, if you know what I mean. If all goes well, we leave this Sunday. So who's in?

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So uh.. I hope you guys don't mind if I miss training for a few days. I'll be taking some friends of mine on a big fishing trip for a few days. Unwind! Enjoy nature! That sort of thing. I'll try to keep up my practice on my own, but it would take a few hours to go meeting you guys back in the village, given where we're going.

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Hey, Edward. You okay with watching the smithy next week? I won't be around to run it. Oh and for everyone else, does anyone know any good creepy ghost stories for campfire situations? The creepier, the better!

[Once Sokka has made his messages sent out, he decides to enjoy the day off he scheduled himself from the smithy. So aside from attending school that day (and noting a specific lack of his sister, he decides to hang out on his roof practicing with a new flute he found. As it turns out, he's not very good with it just yet. Feel free to tell him to stop polluting the air with those horrible sounds. Hours later in the evening, he'll be off in the woods, deciding to enjoy some hunting. Anyone out in the woods at the time might find him skulking through the woods in his Water Tribe armor complete with wolf helmet. Because... he just likes an excuse to wear it.]

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Wolf.

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I'll have to do the rest by hand, then. It's going to take time. A very, very long time. Tools for this at the smithy?

Our tools are for working with metal. But I bet we could rig something up. I do have a chainsaw though!

[There's something sort of epic about the way two guys can contemplate a pile of wood. And power tools.]

Chainsaw? And yes, I imagine something could be rigged, although such things are not my specialty.

Set one of those logs out from the others. I'll show you what I mean. [Sokka is gonna take the short run over to his house, which is fortunately right beside the barracks.]

[Jack manages to wrestle a log away from the pile and roll it aside to a level, open bit of ground. He peels at the bark, examining the wood beneath, with a sense of satisfaction.]

[Sokka will return soon enough with a chainsaw in hand , a fearsome weapon indeed. Seeing the log in place, Sokka lowers the safety goggles he brought, pulls the ripcord, and the machine roars to life. After giing Jack adequate time to leave, he'll start cutting off just a msall part of the end of a log. No use wasting the whole thing on a demonstration.]

[Jack's eyes shine with complete adoration of this new machine. Maybe--just MAYBE--he even likes Luceti a little more. ]

Ho! Haha! MY TURN.

[Sokka shuts it off and after a moment's worry of what the hell Jack will do, he hands it over, providing brief and quick instructions on how to use it.]

... don't chop off your leg, Jack.

[Jack actually proves quite adept with the saw, after giving it a few manly practice-revs. He'll take a few turns with it on the log until he's satisfied with how awesome it is.]

I'm thinkin', Thunderaxe--or Thundersaw, now? I'm thinkin' that a chap could stand up a log, and take one of these "chain saws," and carve an interesting sculpture.

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A bear, perhaps? Or an eagle?

[Sokka considers this for a moment. Jack might be on to something. Too bad Sokka's sculpting is as bad as his art.] That might work, actually. Maybe make one of those figures you put on the front of a boat!

FIGUREHEAD!

[This is a fantastic idea. Jack's carving skills are legendary, but not in a good way. And of course, it's sort of putting the cart before the horse to make the figurehead before the boat.]

I'll make her beautiful, lad. Prettiest lass ever graced the prow of a mighty East Indiaman.

What kind of ship is an Indiaman?

Big one, lad. Lots of guns, lots of room for cargo. Passengers.

It's a title more than a type, really--named for that infernal company. I was once respectable, you know--sailed for the infernal company for quite some time.

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Can I keep this? [The chainsaw.]

[A merchant, then? He figured Jack was always a pirate.]

How about borrow? I won't be needing it anytime soon... but I might want to use it again some day.

[Some merchants redeem themselves through piracy.]

Aye. "Borrow." [HUGE GRIN]

I'll tell you, Thunderaxe--you've more than made up for completely scuttling every hope I had of building my vessel. Thank you. [He sticks out a hand of reconciliation.]

[Sokka takes Jack's hand warily. That grin is a worrying one.It could only be more worrisome if it belong to King Bumi.]

It's nothing! Least I could do. You won't try and kill me anymore, right?

I wasn't going to KILL you, Thunderaxe. But I promise you my behavior will always be warranted, depending on the situation. [A firm shake on that!]

... not exactly all that reassuring.

You need reassurance from me now?

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