Sokka the 52nd - [Action/Voice]

[markofthewise]

Hard to believe it's December here again. Looks like the snow is letting up from the snowstorm yesterday. [It was snowing... just like, a year ago.]

[Filtered to Winry]

Hey, I've got something for you. Drop by my house later, okay?

[Today is his one year anniversary in Luceti. It's not exactly something to be happy about, as far as he's concerned. The only bright spot is him dwelling on the future he heard about from his 'future sister'. It's nice knowing that, eventually, he will get back home and have the kind of life he's been looking forward to. On the other hand, he can't help but wonder at the future painted by Xion. He never found out what his future was like for her... but he had a feeling he was in it. And the idea of being in Luceti after that long was just disturbing.

So it's with these thoughts that Sokka is busy hauling his canoes back to his house from the river bank, preparing them for winter storage where they won't get too damaged. Even though he could take them out for ice fishing, there's no point in damaging them. Once he's finished up with that, he decides to just take a walk around town. He's mostly taking note of how much has changed... or hasn't. In particular, he stops in front of House 2 and watches it a bit. He knows someone lives there. But he wonders if the walls are still purple from when he painted them. He thinks back to the party he had there with Toph. Some of the first people he ever talked to were gone now. Nash, Mayoi... and a lot more since he first arrived. After making some other stops at places that used to be important to him, mostly due to their old occupants, he heads on home.

... or at least that was the plan. He detours into the woods, to go hunting again after a month of not doing so. It's late in the season and there isn't much game to be had, but this is what he would be doing if he was home, in the South Pole, where he belonged. So he'll be taking his dinner under the tree canopy, slowly cooking a rabbit he brought down. Sure, Katara is probably making something tastier for dinner, but this... this feels more right. He'll make it back home before Zuko and the girls have time to start worrying.]

Comments

[Voice | Filtered]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

How much later?

[Voice | Filtered]

[markofthewise]

Um, evening later? [he doesn't know how long he'll be out]

[Voice | Filtered]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll be there.

[Voice | Filtered]

[markofthewise]

Okay! Seeya then, Winry.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[The smell of cooking rabbit brings a predator to the edges of Sokka's resting spot. There's the hint of rustling in the bushes, maybe a brief shadow out in the leaves, and then the forest settles again.

Derek's come to see who's roaming the trees.]

[markofthewise]

[When he hears the rustling, his hand immediately goes to his sword, as he peers behind him carefully.]

Who's out there?

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Good catch.

[It's a few seconds before Derek follows his own voice into the clearing across from Sokka. He looks like he might have been roughing it for a while.]

...Odd to see you out here.

[markofthebrave]

[Shortly after Sokka returns home...]

Hey. You missed dinner.

[Which means that she would have Appreciated a Warning and the amount of trouble you're in is relative to your explanation.]

[markofthewise]

[He did, didn't he? As he walks in, he starts pulling off his parka, stomping the snow off his boots as he does.]

Sorry... I was hunting. [He should have sent home a warning, but it was rather spontaneous. Very, very spontaneous, given he hasn't actually been out hunting for a few months now.]

[markofthebrave]

You were hunting. [Eyebrow.] Why were you hunting?

[Written]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[December 10th for her, or at least that's what her journal suggests.]

[Written]

[markofthewise]

Same day, huh? Go figure.

Re: [Written]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[im-the-cute-one.livejournal.com]

Why is that so hard to believe? It comes after November.

[markofthewise]

Time just seems to fly. [Not much in the mood for trolling, alas, so his tone is flat.]

[im-the-cute-one.livejournal.com]

[She's not trolling! She honestly thought Sokka was stupid there for a second. 8D]

Oh. Well, if you stopped having fun, the time would drag on. Maybe you should do that.

[blessingone]

[It's only a day before Fenimore's own anniversary well, it's only a few hours short of a year by the time I actually make this comment, but by this post's time it's a day short. But, while she has occasionally noted that she's been here for a year, it's not really on her mind when she comes across Sokka hauling the canoes. It's enough to draw her interest, as outside of memes she's never seen Sokka's canoes. Or possibly any canoes.

She approaches.] You're back to normal now, huh?

[markofthewise]

[He doesn't quite stop as she approaches, being busy now wrapping a tarp over it.]

Yeah, I am. I take it you're not Fynmore now?

[blessingone]

[She looks away, turning just a little red.]

Yeah. And I hope that I won't have a reason to remember that anytime soon.

[forestpride.livejournal.com]

[San has been avoiding the village since becoming her wolf self again. But she's tracked Sokka through his hunt, and stands in his line of vision now.

She's still wearing the human-girl snow boots, too]

[markofthewise]

[For part of it, he was aware he was being followed. But now that he's brought the animal down, he kneels down and gets to work, even as San watches.]

No comment about it being too small?

[forestpride.livejournal.com]

Why would I? Smart hunters only kill what they can eat.

[Action] two days without threading, die of shock now

[kyoshi]

[Suki's hanging out in the main area of the house when he gets back, giving her fans a thorough cleaning. She's worried while trying not to look worried, even if he thinks she won't be. 8| That's what good girlfriends do.

Might be an aftermath of the last few days, though. It's hard to tell.]

[Action] already dead, man, already dead

[markofthewise]

[Gosh, he only missed dinner. He could have been staying out late working on your fans. But Suki is one of those reasons why being in Luceti isn't so bad. No matter how attached his is to her, she's one person he never has to lose when his time in Luceti is over. So after unloading his gear at the door and talking to Katara, he decides to just... sneak up on her from behind. Quietly. Maaaaybe she won't notice.\

[Action]

[kyoshi]

[Maybe. Maybe he can sneak up on his girlfriend- the one trained for years in the art of stealth.

Or maybe she's just indulging him because she's glad he's finally home safe.]