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Sokka the 33rd - [Voice]

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.]

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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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Drag--? [It takes her a moment, but already trying to remember when she last saw snowdrop flowers prompts her memory of that statue.] Oh, right.

...My favourite flower? [She has one, but it's embarrassing to admit, so:] Er. Water lilies.

Water lilies! [That's PERFECT! Shirley would love that. A whole bunch of water lilies. Yeah. A perfect plan. Yeeeeah.] Yeah, I could get some of those.

...Well, you could, sure. But I don't know whether the flower shop would have them.

Maybe I could find them on the lake or something.

That might work. I guess you could get points for effort, at least.

Anything else you can think of? I won't get to do it again, probably.

Let me think...I know you said that dinner was amateur stuff, but it would be a good way to start if you're planning to go in the even--

--won't get to do it again?

Well, you never know, right? [CAN'T TELL HER. It's for her birthday, after all.] I could blow it. Or be sent home. Or who knows, right?

You're planning on blowing it? What was this about wanting to "nail it?"

No no! I am gonna nail it! I just don't want to count my possum chickens before they hatch, you know?

...Your whats?

Possum chickens. It's part of a swampbender saying.

A swa-- [...you know what? That's not the important part. Time to topic jump back with a shrug.] ...I don't suppose you can cook, can you?

Uh. Sometimes. Kind of... not so much. And there's no one at Seventh Heaven it looks like, so...

...Maybe not a dinner, then. You could get away with something simple if it was a lunch or a meal like that, but unless you can ask someone who can cook to take over Seventh Heaven for the day, it probably won't work out.

[Unfortunately the only person would do something like that is someone Sokka refuses to talk to.]

What about a picnic. With sandwiches. [A beat.] How do yo feel about hot peppers?

Hot peppers are disgusting. [This is said with a vehemence that may imply she's only encountered them on the wrong end of a practical joke.] I'm only glad that they were so rare at my village.

[But returning to the topic at hand, returning to a normal tone fairly quickly:] A picnic would be a good idea normally, but that's normally not something you do in the evening. It'd be a pretty light dinner, too.

[Man. Fenimore doesn't like peppers? Alas for the poor man she ends up with.] Yeah, I guess you have a point there. Man. I have no idea what to do for dinner now!

You could trade in a favour with some girl and get her to make the dinner. But I really don't recommend it. If your date found out that you had a girl cook for the two of you...well, only losing the chance at the second date would be the best you could hope for.

[Man oh man, why did you have to be such an asshole Sanji. You'd be so useful right now.] Maybe I should just... cook something meaty. And then go simple with everything else. I'm really good wish fish.

A meat dish for a girl? [The skepticism is just pouring out from the slow way she says this question, even though Fenimore probably eats a reasonable amount of meat herself. But, after a beat's pause:] Fish should be okay. You can't go wrong with fish.

Well it's even better if it's a fish I caught, right? [Still. You have him doubting that and he's not so sure. Dammit, who knew this was so hard?]

[She considers this for a moment.] That's a good idea. Don't regale her with stories of how you caught it, though. That would be boring to listen to. As long as you do have a few simple dishes besides that, that should go over well. She'll appreciate the effort, too.

Be careful about her serving size, though.

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