Sokka the 40th - [Action/Accidental Voice]

[markofthewise]

[Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Nothing like being a real ladies man in a Barbie world. See, even with the sky looking hellish and like the end of the world, life goes on. Which meant he had gone out to go check on things. That had been the plan. He had, instead, found himself being chased by some vicious looking rabbits with axes. After realizing he couldn't escape them, he had been forced to fight them off blow to blow until they were dead. Tragically, being a cartoon character, he didn't even get any experience points for it. He did find a nifty uniform... and a statue of a peeing boy after finishing them off. In the end, he took a moment to put the costume over the naked statue's indignity and carried on. At which point he was hit in the head by a flying squirrel out of nowhere. He is unknowingly left with a red balloon attached to his head.

Attempting to traverse back to the village left him facing far deadlier skeletons armed with weapons. After making sure they weren't Brook's long lost relatives, he was forced to fight off what he could, discovering they were particularly vulnerable to Eferin's fire. Useful to know. What wasn't useful was when he was forced to start running away... and ran into a cold, frozen wall. Or rather, after he was on the ground looking up, he realized it was actually the leg of one tall, frozen lady. Sure, she was over twice his height, but she had to be reasonable, right? She had that sort of reasonable look about her, after all.

At the same time, he ends up dropping his journal, which opens and records as he tries to reason with this giant frozen lady.]

Hey, hey lady. You gotta get out of here. There's all kinds of crazy stuff out there. Giant spiders, walking skeletons, and I think I saw a menacing looking squirrel in a cape. So you better- hey! HEY! [There's the sound of stumbling as he avoids getting hit by a blast of ice.] Was that really necessary? I was just trying to warn you that- [And again! Sokka isn't so lucky this time, getting his leg frozen in place. A blast of fire fixes that.] That was just uncalled for. [At this point, he trips over the journal, turning it off. He'll answer it once he's dealt with this icy bitch.

... hours later, he'll be returning home with new friends in tow. Can he keep them, Katara?

ooc: feel free to run into him at any point. He'll reply to anyone on the journals once things are settled down for him.]

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[falenandawn]

[Frey had headed out as soon as the monsters started showing up, and he comes across Sokka right after the flying squirrel got him. He.... just stares.]

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[markofthewise]

[Sokka is too busy rubbing his poor, injured head. When he notices Frey standing there uselessly, he just gives him a weird look.] What?

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[falenandawn]

Why are they-..... Nevermind. [He continues to stare.] You might want to pop that.

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[markofthewise]

Pop... what? [... wait. WAIT. He starts patting his own face in sudden, horrific realization.]

Where is it? I was told all the greasy food in Luceti wasn't good for me, but I didn't think it would actually happen...

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[falenandawn]

No, um, above your head. [He points for good measure, a small smile on his face.] Luckily, it seems you haven't been hit more then once.

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[markofthewise]

[He blinks and then slowly follows his gaze upward... to see a shiny red balloon above his head.]

... whaaaa?

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[falenandawn]

[He chuckles a little.] You must have been hit by a rodent monster of some sort from my world. They leave those behind. It's really only a problem if you have three, but better safe then sorry.

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[markofthewise]

[You earn the most incredulous of looks at that. He reaches for the string and pulls it down. He attempts to simply snap the string in two, but that doesn't seem to work. So he grabs the balloon and squeezes it, hoping that will pop it. CLEARLY THIS IS A MAGICAL BALLOON.]

That thing... with the cape. The one that hit me on the head. That is from your world? The same world Hugo and the Silverbergs are from? That world?

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[falenandawn]

[Frey can't help but be amused by his attempts to pop it.] A flying squirrel? Well, yes, it is. Why?

And you might want to try a needle. Or maybe your sword, something pointed to pop it.

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[Where there are zombies there is a Katie, sword in hand. She's not particularly intent on fighting them, more searching their ranks to make sure they're not attacking a particular someone, but that doesn't mean they won't attack her.

Oh well. She can totally take zombies. No really. Watch her scowl as two of them break off and head in her direction.]

[markofthewise]

[You know, Sokka was trying to just having a relaxing time fighting undead abominations with a hellish sky above him. But no, now some little girl is getting herself in trouble. Where does that leave Sokka? Not leisurely fighting for his life, that's what! When those two break off to go after her, he has to cut through the ones he's fighting to go after her. Are you happy now? ARE YOU?]

Aunt- [... no.] Katie!

[flicker-flash.livejournal.com]

[She totally did it on purpose, you know. Though admittedly she might have been too busy gawking at them to realise they'd even pay attention right back, which means she doesn't have time to draw up a cantrip to hit multiple targets at once. She flicks a finger sharply at one of them-- and it goes flying fast, up and hurtling over forest to the orange glow that's seen in the distance. Fire should help, right?

And then she dives with a small shriek to get out of the other one's way.]

[markofthewise]

[That gives Sokka pause as he watches that one skeleton go flying into the distance. He blinks in surprise at Katie, before realizing that the other one is still attacking. Adding a bit of Eferin's fiery touch to his sword, he cleaves through the skeleton's weak shield with ease, before cutting its head off.

Not that beheading really has much of an effect on skeleton people.]

[flicker-flash.livejournal.com]

[On the ground and ...oh wow, that was impressive, Sokka. She spares a moment to :D! at him before she turns and stares at the other skeleton ...uh... stumbling around. That's hilarious. No, really.

...yeah, that one's getting flicked too. >.>]

[markofthewise]

[He watches that one go flying. Now that is a cool power.]

Did you just send those guys flying with your mind!? [Oh wait, her obligatory answer is "No". He rephrases:] Did you do anything other than not throw those skeleton baddies with your mind?

[flicker-flash.livejournal.com]

[Blink. Blinkblink. How does one answer that? So confusing.]

....

Yes?

[markofthewise]

[Good enough.]

That's awesome!

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[blessingone]

[Sadly, the balloon has probably already been popped after Frey's thread. She would have loved to have made fun of it. You know, rather than be forced to sprint out of her current hiding place when she gets overrun by a group of Holly Boys. She'd much rather have continued to stay hidden and try to find her way someplace safe, if such a place existed right now.

She's already pretty dirty and her journal is lost back near where she started. She's really not been enjoying this afternoon.

She's running in approximately Sokka's direction, but she hasn't noticed him yet.]

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[markofthewise]

[Well at this point, Sokka is too busy staring up at the sky, having thought he saw another one of those squirrels flying overhead. The last thing he wants is to end up with three balloons and go flying away, even though that would be impossible. Still, Frey's world is pretty nonsensical. It could actually happen. So there's a good chance he won't notice her unless she runs into him. Or is loud or something.]

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[blessingone]

[She's trying not to make too much noise, afraid to attract more monsters, although running isn't exactly stealthy.

Still, she does notice him as she gets closer and adjusts her course to be a bit closer to him. She doesn't yell at him, but her voice is rather urgent when she calls at a more controlled volume:] Sokka! [And then she's going to try to grab his arm or something as she passes by him to try to drag him into a run. She has no idea the comparative strength between Sokka and these holly things, so she's not going to just immediately send him after them.]

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[markofthewise]

[He snaps to attention when he hears his name. At first he doesn't budge, but seeing her urgency, he starts running too, not knowing exactly why. He glances behind him, seeing what looks like leaves being blown after them. Was it some kind of invisible ghost?]

Fenimore! What are we-- what are you running from?

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[blessingone]

Those things! Whatever they are! [She looks over her shoulder and points with her free hand. ...Yup, nothing is obviously chasing them besides the leaves. She's already forgotten in the rush how she hadn't realized they were monsters until they were on top of her.]

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[markofthewise]

[This leads Sokka to stop and look closer. One of the leaves makes it all the way to his foot... and bites at where his leg is exposed.]

Ow! [He vindictively squashes it, which has the effect of killing it.] I think there's bugs under those leaves.

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[blessingone]

[She stops not long after he does--if he's going to face these things, she's not going to go tearing through the woods to run into anything that's scarier than these. And there are quite a few things scarier than these.]

Is that it? [It had looked like the leaves had red eyes, which was a large part of what really spooked her in the first place. But maybe the bugs were red.... She shakes her head.] Whatever they are, there's a lot of them.

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[markofthewise]

[Sokka steps on another one that heads towards him.]

I guess so. They're aggressive bugs. [Only the other ones end up fleeing past them harmlessly.] You okay?