markofthewise | Sokka the 50th

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.]

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We could always do one of those rain-dances, I guess. But in reverse, so we get sun instead of rain. A sun dance?

A dance. For sun. Right, yeah. I don't think a silly dace for the sun is going to work like that. [They're for firebending moves, you dumb blonde lady.]

Well, I kinda suspect there was probably a wicked powerful spell to go with the dance.

So now you're a Slayer and a magician?

Hey, I don't have magic. I just hang with people who do.

Yeah. Don't we all?

Probably? There are all kinds of magic users here and I never claimed it was something sparklingly unique.

Hey, I never said it was either! At least not here, it isn't.

Then...yeah, never mind. I see only one big fat cul-de-sac on this conversational road.

Big fat cul-de-what?

A cul-de-sac. It's, like, French for you can't go anywhere on this road. Basically it's like when a path just kinda loops back on itself.

... so why didn't you just say that in the first place?

Because the French went and invented a perfectly useful set of three words to replace those seven.

Yeah, but you spent like, a dozen extra words just explaining those three words.

That only happens when I meet someone so woefully unintroduced to twenty-first century wordage.

Twenty-first century 'wordage' on your world.

Face it, Sokka. My world is Earth and Earth is a pretty darn popular world to have in these parts.

So you're saying we all have to adapt and go with what's most popular? That seems kind of tyrannical, Buffy.

Wh-what? [Verbal backpedaling, now.] I didn't mean that! I just mean that--God, you complicate things most of the time. Besides, I was totally chill with explaining the meaning.

[Never mind that it was far from a literal translation.]

All I'm saying is, you make it sound like everyone should be familiar with Earth stuff just because there's more of you than everyone else.

And all I'm saying is that maybe it sounded like that but it wasn't what I meant.

You know, maybe it would've been more clear if you said it in French. [Now he's just giving her a hard time.]

I would if I could but a pretty much practically flunked French. [And she falls into the hard time trap.]

I guess that leaves you with just Pig Latin. Too bad, huh?

...And English. And the odd piece of ancient Sumarian.

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