Sokka the 33rd - [Voice]

[markofthewise]

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.]

Comments

[Voice]

[all7seas]

Nahhh no. No. Don't do that, Thunderaxe. Let her talk. And agree with everything she says. Compliments. Be complimentary.

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Agree with everything she says? What if she's wrong?

[Voice]

[all7seas]

[There's a great deal of laughter at this. Hang on---hang on---okay:]

Lad-------they're never wrong, savvy?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

... they're actually wrong quite a bit. [What's so funny, Jack?]

[Voice]

[all7seas]

[More various snorts and laughs, before he clears his throat:]

But you never let on that you know they're wrong. Otherwise? No love, Thunderaxe. No love.

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Let's say hypothetically they know when you're lying.

[Voice] 1/2

[all7seas]

...

[Voice] 2/2

[all7seas]

Then it would appear you'd be up the hypothetical creek without the hypothetical oar. Hypothetically speakin'.

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Oh! Good idea! It wouldn't work if we were on a boat anyway.

[Voice]

[all7seas]

If you don't mind me askin'....how do she read minds?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Eh, it's not mind reading. And she's not the one I'm dating anyway. It was a hypothetical.

[Voice]

[all7seas]

Now, important bit: lake or river?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Why not both? You have to use the river to get to the lake anyway!

[Voice]

[all7seas]

Aye, aye....any rapids in that river? Scares the ladies; she'll grab onto you an' such. Heroics.

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

... kind of a tame river, really. [A SHAME. Because that would be- oh wait, this is a practice date. hnnngh.]

[Voice]

[all7seas]

Could knock a hole in the boat ahead of time; sinking?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

NO! [The boat is his BABY.]

[Voice]

[all7seas]

THESE ARE THE IDEAS, THUNDERAXE.

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

TERRIBLE IDEAS.

[Voice]

[all7seas]

But you liked the idea of the boat! MY idea of the boat.

...

Anyway, once the boat ride's over, what is your plan?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

I walk her back home. I guess. The boat ride would be after the dinner, I think.

[Voice]

[all7seas]

So that's your escape plan, then.

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Not an escape plan so much as... ending the date. I guess?

[Voice]

[all7seas]

When you're wooin' a girl, you need an escape plan! What if she holds you hostage the rest of the night, eh? Date--not going well. You, Thunderaxe: helpless, unable to end the evening and break away. You try to take flight, but she's a hold on your arm like barnacle on a sunken wreck and you realize that you might spend the rest of your natural life with the iron manacles of this ill-planned venture wrapped tightly around your heart, and all for want of an escape plan what could get you out of the date if it goes south.

Savvy?

[Private]

[markofthewise]

... I guess I should mention this isn't a real date, huh?