Wang Fire 2 - [Action/Voice]

[markofthewise]

[The recent arrival of Hawky has Sokka remembering the Fire Nation. The old days... when Sokka was another person. When he was a man. A man with a beard. Not only that, but it's a rather warm day for September. Sort of like... a Fire Nation summer. And it just so happens, he has a beard. He always has a beard. So he digs out his long neglected Fire Nation clothes (which are tighter than he remembered them being), moves his hair up into a top knot, uses some red dye on his wings, and applies a layer of glue to his face and eyebrows, applying his beard and busy brows. Wang Fire is back.

He sets up a booth in front of the plaza. Beside him, on a special stand, is Hawky. Cleverly disguised as well, with a small fez (with a Fire Nation emblem) strapped on his head. He is, of course, giving free advice today. He even leaves a voice post on the journal, using a very deep voice that sounds nothing like Sokka.]

Fellow citizens of Luceti. Do you need... advice? If you do, talk to the great Wang Fire. Troubled romance, missing home, family issues, or even trouble deciding what to eat for dinner. I can help!

((ooc: Will be answering tags with beardofthewise. And yes, canonically, this is actually a convincing disguise. >.>))

Comments

[beardofthewise.livejournal.com]

Sometimes helping others is itself the reward, itself. They would have your gratitude.

[all7seas]

"Gratitude" means different things to different folks, Man Who Occasionally Reminds Me of Thunderaxe...

[beardofthewise.livejournal.com]

The best kind of currency is the kind that is open to interpretation.

[all7seas]

So how do you interpret my debt to you for this advice, mate?

[beardofthewise.livejournal.com]

Tell me the name of this woman that "Will Turner" must meet and satisfy my curiosity, then our debt is settled.

[all7seas]

[The pirate leans in close, looking around him before imparting the following information in a whisper:]

Buffy Summers, mate. BUT LOOK--it ain't like that, I don't want to impress her with being BETTER than Will Turner. The very idea! Such a thing requires no proof at all. No, I want to impress upon her that Will Turner and myself are not in fact one and the same, but are different and highly individual separate persons what aren't the same bloke. Savvy?

[beardofthewise.livejournal.com]

[He almost chokes:] Buffy!? [But... composing himself. Sorry, he just can't see it at all.] Yes... I think I know of her. Blonde, on the short side. A barmaid, I believe?

[all7seas]

That's her, aye! And if she finds out I'm posing as William Turner, she'll...not be happy.

[beardofthewise.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't think you need to worry about that too much. [He assumes that Buffy is rather helpless, actually.]

[all7seas]

Really? Why? [Does this wise man know something he doesn't about the Slayer and her feelings?]