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

[markofthewise]

Well, it's all part of the world saving thing. You don't go around saving people without actually going to where they live.

[blessingone]

World sav--huh? What are you talking about? Isn't that something out of a story?

[markofthewise]

Well, okay, maybe it wasn't the whole world. But most of it.

[blessingone]

...You travelled with someone like that?

[markofthewise]

Not just traveled, I did part of the world saving too, you know!

[blessingone]

You're kidding me.

[markofthewise]

Hey, why's that so hard to believe? I do heroic stuff.

[blessingone]

There's a difference between fighting off killer rabbits and saving the world.

[markofthewise]

Well, okay, it was more just one country. But it's the biggest one in my world.

[blessingone]

[That was more at a level she was willing to believe. Though, really, if she was talking about people who looked like they would be able to save the world, Shirley didn't look like the saviour of an entire species at first glance, either.]

So that's why you're so comfortable with fighting, huh? Well, even so, you wouldn't have been my first guess.

[markofthewise]

[Fenimore, you are a master of flattery.]

Oh gee, thanks.

[blessingone]

[Well, she could say that it explains why she thinks he seems reliable, even when he can be goofy at times. But like she's ever going to say something like that.]

Don't take it so hard. Were you trying to act like a hero for me?

[markofthewise]

What? No! I mean, even if I wanted to, kind of hard to be heroic around here. The good-to-bad ratio is pretty skewed towards good here.

[He just figured by now he just projected a kind of heroic aura...]

[blessingone]

That's one thing that this village has going for it.

You did try during that draft, though...even if you didn't go through with it in the end. [Yes, she still remembers his promise to look after Shirley during that draft and then his subsequent assignment to a different group.]

[markofthewise]

... yeah. I'm just glad Shirley ended up okay. [Despite his failure.]

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[blessingone]

Mm. If she hadn't.... [...She doesn't even want to think about that.]

[blessingone]

[So instead she will distract herself from such thoughts by getting huffy.] You would have been in so much trouble, you wouldn't even be able to imagine it! You should count yourself lucky!

[markofthewise]

Hey, hey! I didn't have a lot of options! [Okay, maybe he could have insisted a little more. But he's just being defensive, since Fenimore is yelling at him now.]

[blessingone]

That's not the same as having no options! But...if you say that you couldn't help it, I guess I can believe you. But you should be more careful the next time you promise a girl something. If you make a promise, you have to go through with it!

[markofthewise]

Fine! I'll be more careful. [Never promising you nuthin, Fenimore.]

[blessingone]

Good. A hero should be a man of his word. [It might be better to not look at the video right now, Sokka, because she's waggling a finger in a "tsk-tsk, you should know better" kind of motion.]

[markofthewise]

Yeah... yeah, you're right. [He'll have to remember to do that. Be more heroic. Keep his word. Protect the innocent. Not lie to pushy girls.]

[blessingone]

Geez, I can understand you coming to me for dating advice, but hero advice, too? [It's clear from her tone that she's just teasing him, though.]

[markofthewise]

Please! You're the last one I'd go for that. [You were assaulted by BUNNIES for crying out loud.] I'd go to Batman or something.

[blessingone]

Eh? You say that now, but isn't that what you just did?