Sokka the 42nd - [Action/Written]

[markofthewise]

[Changing back suddenly had been something of a shock. His counterpart had a tendency to stay up late and while in the middle of making a sandwich for lunch, he gradually became aware something had changed as he blanked out for a moment. He felt shorter, younger, and there was less hair on his chin. His hair was still down, but he soon fixed that. After enough time, things started to catch up with him. All the horrible things he said, did, and thought... they were firmly in his mind. Maybe it wasn't really him who did all that stuff, but he remembered it like it was.

He spends a few hours not even sleeping, just going over everything he could remember, His first priority was his sister. After quietly peeking in on her, he could see she was back to her old self. They really, really needed to talk. But for now, he takes out his journal and writes out a message.]

I'm back to my old self. To anyone I talked to this last week, I'm sorry for everything. It wasn't me, it was... someone else. Kind of. Especially you, Winry.

[Of course, writing that in the middle of the night likely won't get noticed until the morning. By that time, Sokka will be on the roof of his house, temporarily covering up the damage left there by a certain incident yesterday. It's a good excuse for not having to face what happened the last week.]

Comments

[markofthewise]

[Whew, she bought it.]

Fire is very dangerous. There's no limit to how much destruction it can cause. [Said from someone who knows firsthand.]

[greaterdays.livejournal.com]

If you smell smoke, get out of the house and call the fire department! [she knows this stuff too, Sokka. Just not as firsthand.]

[markofthewise]

Uh, yeah. [A pause.] Why would you call a fire department? Wouldn't a water department make more sense?

[greaterdays.livejournal.com]

The fire department puts out fires. [don't you know basic saftey sokka.]

[markofthewise]

... but if they're called a fire department, wouldn't they want to spread fire.

[greaterdays.livejournal.com]

No, they stop it with water and that foamy stuff.

[markofthewise]

... so, they should be the water department, because they use water to put out fires.

[greaterdays.livejournal.com]

Um... [you are confusing her] But water's used for other things too.

[markofthewise]

Well, sure. At the very least, they could be called the Anti-Fire Department. Just 'Fire Department' sounds so ominous, like they go around setting stuff on fire.

[greaterdays.livejournal.com]

But if they do that they're an "arsonist." And my Dad catches them.

[markofthewise]

Huh. I guess our dads have something in common.

[greaterdays.livejournal.com]

Your dad's a detective too?

[markofthewise]

Huh? No. He fights firebenders. Although I have been known to do some detective work.

[greaterdays.livejournal.com]

[let's pass on the 'firebender thing'] Really? Did you catch lots of bad guys?

[markofthewise]

Well, it was only the one time, really. I had to solve a mystery that was two hundred years old. And I got to wear a cool hat while doing it.

[greaterdays.livejournal.com]

[that is impressive Sokka. Though she doubts your hat is as cool as Naoto's] Wow... What was the mystery?

[markofthewise]

[And she would be right.] Well, we were in a village where Chin the Conqueror was from. The people there believed Avatar Kyoshi had intentionally killed him when he attempted to take over the Earth Kingdom. I was able to prove that it was impossible to have had happened.

[... except Kyoshi then appeared and confessed she would have killed Chin regardless, even if it was an accident. So that kind of made the investigation moot.]

[greaterdays.livejournal.com]

So who was the real bad guy?

[markofthewise]

Chin was. He tried to conquer the Earth Kingdom. Alternatively, it could be the Rough Rhinos who invaded the village during the court proceeding, forcing me, my sister, and Aang to fight them off.