Sokka the 50th - [Action/Voice]

[markofthewise]

When do we start getting some real snow around here? I've seen a little here and there, but the stuff practically melts by the time it hits the ground! My real birthday is in November, but not, you know, the one it is in Luceti. I won't actually be, you know, seventeen this month. That's not the point. But back home, we have some pretty good blizzards this time of year. I mean, sure, there's snow all the time back home, but November snow is... special? Kind of? I'm just hoping we don't have to wait until December for the real stuff. Sunshine and flowers are great and all, but it's getting kind of old by now, you know?

[Filtered to Poland and Shikamaru]

I have your orders ready. Sorry they're a bit late. But, you know how it is. Throw in some super strength, stupid costumes, and hallucinations and you get a little behind. But they're good to pick up.

[Filtered to Katie]

I finished the sword you wanted. You know, the one you were going to make? But never did? At two in the morning? Yeah, I have it. You should come pick it up.

[Having let everyone know his feelings about the weather, as well as work related updates, Sokka settles into the smithy to get some work done and meet anyone coming to pick up their orders. Afterward, he decides to have some fun in the Battle Dome. He can either be stopped on his way there from the smithy, or someone can meet up with him there.]

Comments

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Yeah, I guess that's true. [He'd argue about how useful they really are, but he's seen Mai in action. The effectiveness of thrown darts like that is undeniable.] Exactly how good with them are you?

[Action]

[endgames]

Good enough. [Ninjas just don't give that stuff away, man. Unless you actually fight them, at which point they'll happily take ten minutes to tell you just how good they are.]

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Yeah? I knew this girl Mai. She was pretty good. She never actually, you know, hit anyone. She hit around them. Pin their sleeves to stuff, or knock the weapons out of their hands, and that kind of stuff. Which, I guess, is pretty cool too. Kind of creepy though, with how many different things she carried on her at all times.

[Action]

[endgames]

Yeah? [That actually does ping him - Sokka and Katara's world sounds very interesting.] Sounds like she knew what she was doing and was prepared. She must not have wanted anyone dead.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Or she just missed a lot. [He doesn't actually believe that, granted. But Azula did manage to pick some incredibly nonlethal sidekicks.]

[Action]

[endgames]

Only when she was going for a kill? It takes more skill to hit a sleeve than it does to hit the body. [He thinks very carefully about what he just said, then recalls what he knows about dangerous women.] Or maybe she was showing off.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

[Oh Shikamaru, you take things way too seriously.] I just think it's more scary to think she actually missed all those times and was trying to kill people.

[Action]

[endgames]

Any woman with something sharp and pointy is scary. [Doesn't matter if she misses or not.]

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Yeeeeah, pretty much. I feel sorry for her boyfriend, really.

[Action]

[endgames]

Friend of yours?

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Yeah, friend. Well, he is now. When she was throwing knives at us, he wasn't a friend.

[Action]

[endgames]

Was he afraid of getting missed too?

[Action]

[markofthewise]

No, they just were both part of the same nation that was out to kill us.

[Action]

[endgames]

Aa. War thing? Your sister mentioned something about that.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Yeah, long story short, Zuko wanted to redeem his honor by capturing the Avatar, who me and my sister were traveling with. Eventually he realized that doing that wouldn't restore his honor and so on, he changed sides and helped us out. And his girlfriend helped him out as a result. The end.

[Action]

[endgames]

Yay for a happy ending? [He's getting the super condensed version, he knows, but he also knows not to nose around more than necessary.]

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Pretty much. Of course, that's not including all the awesome stuff I did. [But those stores are for the laaaadies.]

[Action]

[endgames]

I'm fine with the abrdiged version.

[He takes to spinning the kunai again, trying to get used to the feel of it as he talks.] So is it just you and your sister here from your world? No bad guys, I take it.

[Action]

[markofthewise]

There's also Zuko, Toph, and my girlfriend Suki. So, the five of us. And Jet, but he's not what you'd call a friend or enemy.

[Action]

[endgames]

[He nods, pretty sure he's heard one or two of those names, though not the last one.]

So he's a jerk. Shame there's not a list for those.

[markofthewise]

You can't really make a list for people who just happen to be unlikable. It's not like he's done anything evil... here. [He almost destroyed a village once, true. But that was the old Jet, right?]

[endgames]

Luceti doesn't provide the same motives as our home worlds do. Most of the time.

[markofthewise]

Yeah. No money, no borders, and we've got everything in supply. The only 'bad guys' around here are just the insane ones.

[endgames]

Hn. Speaking of those. Did your sister tell you what she and I talked about? [He suspects Katara probably would have said something, so he wouldn't be surprised if she beat him to the punch. Still, he did say he would bring it up.]

[markofthewise]

She mentioned something about this guy from your world... but I didn't exactly get all the details. [Frankly there's been a lot more important stuff going on.]