markofthewise | Sokka the 33rd

To everyone who was asking yesterday, Katara is just fine now. So... yeah, thanks Ginko. We owe you one.

[With that settled, Sokka moves on to the next order of business.]

Master Souji, sorry I missed our lesson yesterday. [The previous message should explain why he missed it.]

[And then because Sokka is feeling a lot better in spite of a crappy day yesterday (because he bounces back so fast), he decides to start preparing for the future. Which means he needs a filter.]

[Filtered from Shirley and Sanji 100%]

So hey, I kind of have a date I need to prepare for. Anyone got any good ideas about what exactly I should do? I know there's typical stuff like a dinner or flowers and stuff like that. But that's kind of amateur stuff, isn't it? I want to go all out! Sure, Luceti is kind of a boring place at times, but I want to really nail this one good. [Of course Sokka means the actual date (which is merely a practice one), not the person he's dating. Feel free to get that wrong, though.]

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[Well, hell... He completely missed any reference to Katara while he was watching the journals, but he had his own issues to deal with there for awhile.]

Katara was infected?

Yeah, but it wasn't anything Ginko couldn't handle. [He's TOTALLY downplaying the whole thing. He was never even worried.]

Which one was it? [Yeah, yeah. Downplaying. Because it's not like Hitsugaya freaked out or anything.]

Uh, it was the Magabo no yummymush. Or something. [Ginko sucks at names, okay.] She couldn't see.

Uh-huh. That one. [Granted, he doesn't know much about mushi other than what he's been able to glean from the journals, but that doesn't sound... quite right to him. Really.] Good to know she's all right. [These mushi things never freaked him out. At all.]

I'll let her know you were concerned, Your name was... Hitsu....gobamfum... somthing.

...

... Hitsugaya.

... I was close.

... Not really.

I had the first part!

Doesn't really count unless you've got all of it. It's only four syllables.

That's twice as long as my name!

Well, then, if it's too difficult for you, it's too difficult for you.

Hey, hey. I've got it this time. Hitsugaya. See?

Not that hard, is it?

Well we've only talked once before now. And I had other 'customers'.

Edited 2010-06-17 03:43 (UTC)

Could have just asked my name again, instead of mangling it beyond recognition.

I thought I had it at first. I kind of lost it halfway through.

Yeah, figured that out.

Anyway, I'll tell Katara you were worried.

... I wasn't worried. I didn't know she'd been infected.

Fine, fine. I will tell her you weren't concerned, then.

[Bristling.] Tell her... [Oh, damn. Now what to say?] Tell her to watch herself while those damned mushi are around.

Sure. I think she's already figured that part out, but I'll let her know.

If anyone hasn't figured it out by now, they might deserve the infection. [Except, you know, he just told Sokka to tell Katara to keep her eyes open. And it wasn't like Hitsugaya was trying to get infected by mushi or anything. Shut up, Sokka. He's just trying to find something say without saying Watch your sister's back.]