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Sokka the 47th - [Voice/Action]

I guess that's it for the new people, unless it starts up again this month. Well, anyway, I'm Sokka. Or Sokka Thunderaxe as some have been known to call me. I'm fine with either one.

I run the smithy here in town, known as the Slash 'n Crash, along with Edward and Winry. They both work for me. [They don't, but this is some rather obvious trolling here.] So if you need any kind of weapons made, or sharpened, or you know... some other kind of odd job. I'm the go to guy for that. There isn't money, so... the stuff is free. But we do accept favors as payment! Or food. Or well, anything. Just ask for me, Sokka. That's with an okka. [Accept no substitutes.]

[Filtered to Raine]

Speaking of which, mind dropping by today?

[Filtered to Regal and Gelda]

Sooooo. [A beat.] How did it go?

[For you action lovers out there, Sokka can be found at his usual haunts. School, the smithy, eating lunch in the plaza, or generally hanging out around his house.]

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[She can hear the grinding of machinery as she makes her way over to the counter. She'll place her weapon on it and wait quietly for Sokka to finish. It was never a good idea to interrupt someone in the middle of an important task after all. She'll watch him work with an interested look on her face.]

[Eventually he gets finished, shuts it off, admires his work, and sets it aside to start on the next. Well, until he noticed he's not alone. He slides the earmuffs around his neck and slides his goggles up.]

Wow, already here, huh?

Well, I might've been in the area.

Convenient. So where's your weapon.

[Annnnnd she points down to the countertop. It's underneath your nose, silly boy.]

[He was too busy working to notice it was set there! :|]

Oh, right. [Picking it up now, he runs a finger along the edge.] I see what you mean. Pretty dull.

I gotta keep my skills sharp. There's no knowing what could happen.

However... I think I'd better find a basic nunchaku for training purposes. It'll be good to train with a different weight every now-and-again. How long do you think it'll take to get the Morning Star sharpened?

I've got some other stuff I'm doing right now. End of the day, probably?

... but I bet we could find you some nunchaku. [He walks off towards the weapon display part of the smithy.]

I'll come pick it up in the morning then.

[Selphie follows him toward the weapon displays and takes a good look at the variety of weapons with a deeply impressed look on her face. Some of the swords are bigger than she is and probably weigh just as much. How do people carry something that heavy?]

Hyne, those swords look heavy. Have they always been here?

[Totally with you on that one. Sokka is always bewildered at how people not only use them, but WHY.]

Most of them, yeah. Pretty ridiculous, aren't they? I guess some people prefer strength over speed.

I tried to pick up Squall Gunblade once and it weighs a ton! I prefer agility myself which is why nunchaku's are so awesome. I can't imagine using something that's heavier than its wielder but to each their own as they say.

[She spots the other displays and makes her way toward them once she spots the nunchaku. Something simple, that's all she needs.]

[... gunblade? Oh the nunchaku! Sokka picks up a pair. Hm.]

So you're pretty good at these, huh? [It's hard to imagine that. A weapon like this requires an extreme amount of concentration and skill. You have to know where the weapon is swinging and going to swing at all given times, or... well, you'll end up with a nice bump on your head like he did.]

It took a lot of practice to get up to the skill level that I'm at now though. I started learning how to use them early. [She purposefully forgets to mention that concussions she's had from whacking herself on the head with them. She grabs another set before placing it back down. That one's a bit too heavy for her.]

Well you know, I happen to be pretty decent at them too. [He has a natural propensity for weapons. Just not the concentration for it. Although he's probably better about that. Maybe.]

[She looks at Sokka with a curious look. She's only seen his boomerang in action so she's interested.]

Wanna spar some time then?

[Well, as fun as that sounds...]

You know, let's see how good you are first. [Sokka's skill with them is merely in natural talent. He has no experience using them.]

Have you got a training dummy out back then? It'd be kinda hard to show you without something or someone to spar with.

Really? [He thought you'd just do some... fancy spinning. ~~And then he'd shoot you Indiana Jones style.~~]

Yeah, sure. This way. [Now we're heading towards the back exit!]

[Wielding a nunchaku is more than just fancy spinning. ~~Although if he did try to shoot her Indiana Jones style, Sokka this little perky bundle will become a perky bundle of doom aimed at you.~~]

Okay.

[It's spinning with STYLE! ~~He wouldn't use a RPG bullet, but a real one. In an FMV. So she'd be dead. :(~~]

Here we go. [Behind the smithy and the house belonging to some doctor or something, is a training dummy Sokka may have stolen from the barracks.] Have at it!

Alrighty, here goes. [Selphie begins her morning training drills as she dips and darts around the dummy at a fast pace. The ends of the weapon fly out at random intervals with loud thuds and sickening cracks at various angles of the dummy's torso and its legs as chips of wood go flying before Selphie ends the drills and stands next to Sokka gulping in air.

She looks down at the nunchaku in her hands and nods.]

Looks like I found the one I want too. [She casts a sideways glance at him.] So, whatcha think?

[Just... staring.]

I'm thinking I don't want to spar with you.

[Ah well. Selphie shrugs.]

No worries.

I didn't realize you were so good at them.

[Or that she had any fighting talent at all. Maybe she's not such a ditz after all.]

[Selphie smiles confidently. There's more to her than meets the eye Sokka.]

You never asked. I'm one of the best in SeeD.

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