markofthewise | Sokka the 35th

[It had been an unusually quiet day at the ~~Walton~~ Avatar house. Last night they had all exchanged their good nights. This morning they had all had breakfast together. But when dinner came around, one of their number was conspicuously absent. Electing himself to go yell at their time-dislocated buddy to come and eat. He didn't suspect anything, after all. Roku's staff was sitting off in a corner from when he came in earlier. But when Sokka knocked on the door and received no answer, he proceeded to push the door open...

And saw a sight he had seen before. An empty room. Back to the way it was when they first moved in, save for the paint on the walls. With a sigh, Sokka steps aside so Katara can see. This... this isn't going to be easy.

Hours later, Sokka will leave a message on the journals about it, opting to stick with writing to make things easier.]

Hey everyone. It looks like Roku lucked out and went home. Since he didn't get a chance to say it himself, thanks to everyone who was there for his birthday and stuff. You don't have to worry about him, though. He's got a big important future and is going to live to be an old man with kids. He'll even have statues in his honor. So yeah. ~~Still gonna miss him though.~~

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Sure.

...is Katara home?

[He nods.] I don't think she left.

I'll come say hi just for a bit then. If that's okay.

Alright. [He goes ahead and hops off the roof. It's okay, because all of the cool people in town do it, so Sokka has to do it too. He heads to the door to go inside, waiting on Nami.]

[And Nami will hop off the roof just the same, for she is a Shounen Heroine and they do it on a regular basis. Following in your wake, Sokka.]

[Damn you Shounen heroes, stealing all the good jobs. Since Katara isn't out in the open, he goes over to her door and gives the door a knock.]

[The worst part about breaking things is cleaning them up. And then wondering how you're going to explain needing a new stool. It's not like her to be so wasteful, especially with wood, and she can hear herself lecturing herself in the back of her mind as she carefully cleans up the splinters of wood. It's almost soothing to be doing something brainless and productive.]

Come in.

[Sokka pushes the door open and his eyes dart around, taking note of the mess and Katara herself.]

... Nami dropped by. She wanted to say hi.

[...and she couldn't have stayed outside a little longer? Cornered. But she can't help but be warmed at the fact that Nami came. She runs a hand through her hair.]

All right. [Small smile.] Thanks, Sokka.

[Sokka feels a little relieved to at least see something of a smile there. But with that, he steps back, gives a nod to Nami, and heads off into the kitchen to poke around for something to eat. You ladies have at it.]

[And Nami gives Sokka a friendly wave and steps into the room. And doesn't look around at the mess, but instead leans on the door as she shuts it behind her, giving Katara a warm smile.]

[The mess is currently limited to the busted stool for the vanity, which is in a pile in the middle of the floor, leaving Katara's sparse room without any place to sit except the bed. There's a small, neat pile of presents in the corner, the largest of which is Winry's fountain, because she hasn't found a nightstand for it yet. It rests on top the stone box she had Toph make, to hold the more precious gifts in a place where they'd be safe from fire, is rooted to the ground - also at her request.]

Hey, Nami. Come on in. Sorry about the mess. You can sit on the bed, if you like. [Her voice is pleasant, and tired.]

All right. [And she hesitates briefly before crossing to the bed, sitting down casually with one foot hooked up into her lap. She's familiar with this kind of temper tantrum-- honestly, Katara, you remind her of herself more with every passing day. :| So that being said:]

I won't stay long. Not unless you'd like me to.

[Katara shrugs.] I'm a little tired.

[Mildly.] I can see why.

[She crosses her arms defensively at the mildness in Nami's tone. Yes, she destroyed a stool. No, she's not sorry.]

Was there something that you needed?

[Pfft, why would you need to be sorry? Furniture breakage is something Nami can easily understand. So the grin she gives Katara is openly warm with just a slight hint of amused, and she tilts her head.]

I can't just come and see how you are?

[She sighs.]

Thanks.

[Well, now you see. You can go now, right?]

[No. For she is nosy. And a pest. And understands how much this hurts.]

...way back when I first got here, the only one of my crew here was Luffy. He got sent home a week later.

[...Oh.

She moves forward then, the first step a little jerky, to go and sit next to Nami on the bed. There's a long silence where she doesn't say 'I'm sorry' or 'That must have been so hard.']

I'm never going to see him again. He's already forgotten all about us - and gone back to a world without war. He grows up, and gets married to the girl he loves his whole life... and then he's betrayed by his best friend, and left to die in the middle of a volcano. Sozin starts the war... and nothing we could do, even though we met him would change it.

He knew about it, and he still made Sozin a birthday present while he was here. [She trails off, shakes her head, her throat tight.]

[She could try and give Katara a hope to hang onto - that sometimes they come back, like Luffy and Zoro did.

But most times, they don't. And she won't hold out what could turn into an empty promise. Instead, Nami just sits by Katara comfortably and looks down at her hands.]

It must have hurt him to find that out.

...I don't know if Zuko told him that part. I hope not. Just leaving someone - I don't know if that's even worse than killing them personally. But it's just as bad.

[She sighs and shakes her head.] Anyway, that's what set him off so he burned our house, that one time.

I can't blame him. It'd be a lot to take in. [Heh. A trifle wearily.] Happens to a lot of people. Luceti likes to overload us.

Nope, I'm pretty sure that was all Zuko's fault. [See? She can totally say his name without pain and everything!

Edited 2010-07-16 14:48 (UTC)

[Even more people gone from this house. And Aang before that.

...oh well. At least Azula is gone, right?]

Does Zuko make a habit of upsetting people to that extent?

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