Sokka the 49th - [Action/Written]

[markofthewise]

[It was another day at the Avatar house. Well, minus the lack of Katara. Which meant a quiet breakfast. Too quiet. Suki and Zuko were quiet on their own. But Aang? That wasn't like him. So after cleaning up, he decides to go check on the weird bald monk. Only when he opens up Aang's room... it's an all too familiar sight. It's been emptied out completely. All that's left is the bed, furniture... and Roku's air glider. Again. They sent Aang back again. Barely even two months and he was already gone. It wasn't enough they had to take Katara, but now this...

He lingers for a few seconds, then grabs the staff and storms out of the house. That is, unless, Zuko or Suki happen to stop him first. Either way, he'll end up in the forest later. He and Momo are trying to find Appa, who they can't find either. What they do find, however, is the unusual carcass of a deer. It doesn't take long for Sokka to note that the wounds that killed it don't match any animal in his world or this one. With Momo acting skittish, he gives themselves some distance before opening his journal and writing a message.]

What kind of predator kills its prey with punctures to the skull?

((ooc: Sokka can be found leaving his house or in the woods at any point, the latter scenario will be with Momo on hand. Sokka is still dressed up like this. No wig, but his hair is down, since it refuses to stay in a hairtie.))

Comments

[wanderer-jack.livejournal.com]

[Having gone into the woods to possibly track down what the birds had been fleeing from, Jack (http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb205/Spazzdude_pics/Candle_Jack.jpg) (with candle and rope in hand) stumbled upon the boy looking at the carcass.] What did you say? I could not quite hear you, sir.

[markofthewise]

[It was in fact Momo chattering, but Sokka doens't look up at first.]

Nothing. I was writing in the journal... [Momo scampers off in Jack's direction and Sokka turns his attention that way. He practically falls over as he sees who it is and grabs the nearest weapon nearby... Aang's glider. He holds it out in front of him, belatedly realizing that it looks just as unintimidating in his hands as it does Aang's.]

What do you want!?

[Written]

[wise_maiden]

[... What.]

Punctures to the skull?

[Written]

[markofthewise]

Yeah. I'm not even sure if you could call them teeth marks. The shape is all wrong.

[written]

[ratnavati.livejournal.com]

That doesn't sound familiar. Those would have to be some strong fangs or claws.

[written]

[markofthewise]

No kidding. It's only a deer, but... I haven't seen anything like it.

[written]

[all7seas]

Dear Thunderaxe,

An odd question, that. Cannibals?


Sincerely,

Jack

P.S.: I've noticed the birds have gone quiet. If we were at sea, I'd say there's a squall brewing.

[written]

[markofthewise]

[... sorry Jack, he's not in the mood for letters.]

Not cannibals. I noticed the birds all seemed to leave yesterday.

[ written ]

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

Not one that you want to piss off, that's for sure.

[ written ]

[markofthewise]

It would help to know what I should avoid making angry.

[Private//Voice]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash doesn't write back, it's hard to write with that claw. And by the way? Red coat - his thing. He'd like to switch outfits please.]

Puncture to the head? Is it a small opening?

...has someone died?

[Private//Voice]

[markofthewise]

[Not noticing Vash's portrait just yet...]

Small. About the width of my finger, actually. It's how this deer died.

[ voice ]

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

A few, that I know of. But it would have to be pretty large-- and the prey comparatively smaller.

[blissfully unaware of Katara, he's mostly concerned about a possible correlation with whatever the birds are fleeing from]

[ voice ]

[markofthewise]

It was a deer. Why?

[... maybe it will come up.]

[Action]

[kyoshi]

[You rang?

Suki has been trying to deal with the rather uncomfortable lack of enthusiasm in the house herself, though she's not as good at it as Sokka usually is. When she sees him stomping off, though, she follows him outside, huddling in a coat to avoid freezing or overexposing herself. The costumes still suck.]

Sokka, wait! What is it?

[Action]

[markofthewise]

[Sokka stops at her voice, but he doesn't turn around. He just goes rigid, closing his eyes and trying his best not to crush the staff he's holding.]

Aang. He's gone. Again. Just vanished, like he was never here to begin with!

[loyal-arrows.livejournal.com]

Punctures....? How many?

Off the top of my head, I'd say some type of snake. A really big one.

[markofthewise]

Three. Irregular placed along the skull of this deer. So it's not a snake.

[Voice]

[endgames]

[He doesn't really feel like looking for his pen right now, especially not when he's preoccupied with something else.]

Not your typical predator if it doesn't finish the job.

[In another part of the forest, Shikamaru uses a stick to turn over a fox. Unlike the rabbit he passed earlier, he can't even find a wound on this one.]

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

[... fine, voice. He goes with it. His tone is obviously sullen.]

The kill wasn't for food, that's for sure.

[Video]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Derek can;t quite manage to turn the video off when he answers, and his voice is muffled badly. But he does try to keep out of view of the camera. Whether he succeeds of not is up to his unsuspecting audience.]

...Felines, canines and bears sometimes will crunch their prey's skull if they can get their mouth around it. But they usually break it open enough to get at the brains. If that was done by an animal, it was either scared off the kill almost immediately, or it was sick.

Only other thing I can think of that would leave a killing wound like that would be a vampire, but they don't usually bite through the skull. Does the body still have blood?

[Video]

[markofthewise]

[He does his part not to sound as depressed and frustrated as he actually is.]

It's a deer. Three punctures on the head, into the skull. No blood loss except for there, where it's all dried now. There's not even any kind of pattern to it. Doesn't look it was done by teeth or claws either...

voice

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Can you describe the wounds?

voice

[markofthewise]

[Just trying to sound normal. Probably failing.]

Three hole... pretty small ones too. Doesn't look like it came from claws or teeth. Or a weapon, for that matter.

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

[...okay, that doesn't sound like the same guy as last year. And from Sokka, that's--]

How big's the animal you found?

written?

[markofthewise]

It's a deer. A buck, actually.

[forestpride.livejournal.com]

[He may well find San also studying that carcass. Not that he'll know it's her, dressed (http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/433674-LollyPop989/674/30/toadette725730_display.jpg) the way she is.]

[markofthewise]

[He looks up from writing in the journal when Momo suddenly scampers away, curiously wandering over to study the strange human dressed oddly. Sokka soon notices and stands up, regarding the stranger curiously.]

Before you say anything, I didn't kill it.

[Written]

[consultmybooks]

Punctures to the skull?

[There's a pause as Giles thinks on that, before writing more] Are the brains missing? Or the spinal fluid?

[Written]

[markofthewise]

[Man, what is wrong with you.] I haven't exactly dissected it. But from what I can tell, everything's still inside.

[Written]

[paishoplayer.livejournal.com]

With no such previous encounter of a kill like this one can figure this is a fairly new threat - and a dangerous one at that. If it does not kill for hunger that makes it all the more a problem. Could you tell me your location so that I could inspect the carcass?

[Written]

[markofthewise]

[Hngh, Zuko's uncle. Does he even want to talk to him right now?]

If you want to look at what's left of it. Someone else is about to cut it open to look. There probably won't be much left to look at.

[This is voice; writing is for losers! And people with better handwriting.]

[blessingone]

Well, if its teeth are large enough, anything can probably kill its prey any way it wa--

Wait. How...big are you talking about?

[Oh, and it's probably worth noting that her voice may sound just a little muffled. The picture on the journal would show a bedsheet with eyeholes that has Fenimore's hair sticking out the top.]

[SCREW YOU. Okay fine, voice]

[markofthewise]

A buck. [Man, these costumes are so annoying. He can't tell who he's talking to.]