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.]

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[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Another moment of silence.]

Can't tell you how to feel about it. But...if it were me...I'd cherish it, even if I knew I'd lose it some day.

[markofthewise]

Yeah, I guess that's about all we can do.

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Yeah, I guess that's about all we can do. <small.[Which <i>sucks</i>, but that's life in Luceti.]</small> At least by now, I've made some kind of mark by now, right? My name is mentioned in the guide now and everything.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Don't think you'll be forgotten.

[markofthewise]

I guess that counts for something.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

...so how's the rabbit this time of year?

[markofthewise]

Better than jackalope.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

You actually have those?

[markofthewise]

Yeah... why, have you heard of them?

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

They're....sort of a legendary...spoof...on my world. A combination of a jack rabbit and an antelope. Used to be a tall tale wilderness goers in old days would tell tenderfoots from the city when they'd show up in the wilds. Don't actually exist on my world, although there's plenty of pictures doctored up for cards and books and the like.

[markofthewise]

A spoof, huh? They're real where I'm from... and not very tasty. But what desert animal is?

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Rattlesnakes are.

[markofthewise]

Snakes, snakes... I've had something close enough to that before. It's okay, but there's other stuff I'd pick before it. [But really, Sokka will eat just about any meat. Mammal, bird, fish, reptile, even bug.]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. They're not exactly easy to catch, and their bite is poisonous, but they have a good taste to them.

[markofthewise]

You've been in the desert here before, right? Any of those snakes out there?

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

I didn't see any, but then I was looking for someone at the time. Suppose I cna go take a look.

[markofthewise]

Well I'm not exactly in anticipation for snake meat, so don't bother.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Up to you.

[Derek shifts his stance a little, glancing around the area. He can hear other creatures in the woods. and the woods themselves. Probably time to go, soon.]