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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Really? Did the people running it get sent home then?

...I thought you said you couldn't cook.

Or they're on an extra long vacation, maybe.

I make really good sandwiches!

...Sandwi-

Sokka, are you an idiot?! You don't take a girl out on a dinner date and serve a sandwich!

Hey, how am I supposed to know that? There weren't any dating options back in my tribe... and during the war, there wasn't any time to take Yue or Suki on real dates.

Yue and Suki. You had two girlfriends and you didn't know this?!

...Ugh, you need to learn a lot of things before you go on a date, Sokka. Not everyone is from your world after all.

Hey, like I said. We never had time to go on dates. The closest thing to one was when Suki and I saw a play about our travels performed by horrible actors who got everything wrong.

So what else do I need to know?

Sounded like a fun night.

Well first of all, no sandwiches. You don't need to be fancy, but please don't serve her a sandwich for all things. Remember to be polite, be mindful of what you say, make her feel special, pay attention to what she wants to do as well - there's some more, but that's the basic stuff. I'm not a dating adviser after all. Maybe there's someone like that in Luceti.

That sounds pretty easy to do. Be polite, careful what I say, she's special, and listen to her. That's pretty easy to do. I'm practically like that all the time anyway.

Practically doesn't work. Dating a girl and being friends with a girl are two different things. It sounds simple, but it's a lot harder than you might think.

[He never knew this was so complicated! Good thing this is just practice.]

Alright, alright. I'll try extra hard, then.

[girls = always complicated]

Good. You seem to have a likable personality, so I'm sure you'll do fine.

Oh - one more thing. No kissing on the first date! It makes you look sleazy. Hugging is okay, but never kiss on the first date.

Hey, that's fine. I wasn't planning on it anyway. [Besides, girls always kiss him first. Before they even date. It's weird like that.]

Very good. Don't be nervous either, it shows when someone is nervous and tense. Just don't think about the fact that she's a girl that you might consider marrying one day.

Me? Nervous! Ha! [Sokka is surprisingly chill around ladies, Mayoi. Probably because the only girl around his age for the last several years was his sister.]

It's okay to be nervous a little bit of course. A date is a much bigger deal than hanging out. Just don't get too cocky either - nobody likes a show off.

... Mayoi, you're starting to make this too complicated.

[she giggles] It is, Sokka. Like I said - you're going out with a girl that you may consider marrying one day. People get very serious about dates and girls especially like being treated by someone else.

I really don't think I need to worry about marrying her.

Yeah, you are young for that aren't you. Still my point is you need to treat this as a serious matter. If you don't take the date seriously then you'll come off as a bad person to her.

Hey, hey. I'll have you know I'm old enough to get married. If I was from my sister tribe, I would already have a betrothed by now.

... but yeah. I'll take it serious. [As serious as a fake date can be.]

Really? That doesn't sound too different from how my world was back in older days. Arranged marriages and all.

Good. Nobody likes to be treated badly on a date!

Not like that anymore? It's not like that in our tribe now. Although it might have been once, I guess.

I wonder if she knows about all this stuff.

I know some traditional families still do arranged marriages, but not as much as before.

Unless she comes from a world like yours, I'm sure she will.

Yeah, well- HEY! [Don't be dissing his world!]

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