markofthewise | Sokka the 53rd

[Sokka is still out at the ocean, only with the Gaang and those Ferines ladies. It's a bit cold, but hell, it's the ocean and camping out in front of it is pretty awesome. Good thing he came crazy prepared for it. Except for, you know, a boat. So much for seafood. If for some reason you're in that vicinity, feel free to pester him. But as he gets a chance, he opens up the journal for catch up with people on the other side of the mountains.]

Well the ocean isn't going anywhere, I don't think. But it's not getting any bigger, so I guess Luceti won't be flooding. Good news? Now I just- [A lemur suddenly crowds the screen and Sokka has to shoo him off.] NO! Momo, the journal isn't for sitting on.

Yeesh.

Anyway! Now I just have some of my canoes over here... I wonder if that teleporter-building guy can get a new one out here or something? Or maybe if there was a railway over the mountains... or in the tunnels! Too bad there's no airships around here, that would make things easier. If Appa was still around, the trip back would be a lot easier...

So... how's things? Back in the village and stuff.

[ooc: backdated to the the 20th]

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[An ocean? Is he hearing that right?

...Well, that's not the important part, but...]

You want a shortcut ... to the ocean?

Edited 2010-12-21 16:12 (UTC)

It'd kind of out of the way. Like, "Walk two days to get there" kind of inconvenient - and that's only because we skipped there with the hot springs teleporter.

Well, I'd be happy to help if I had the proper materials. Which I don't. [He shakes his head.]

... you don't? Well how did you make the first one?

The bigger the transporter gets, the farther apart the transporters are, the more room for error there is in the teleporting process -- which means I would need to introduce more crests to strengthen all of the existing ones. Theoretically, the crests that I've set up already should be able to teleport across to the ... beach, but I haven't tested it. It's entirely possible the barrier will affect its strength.

And there's also the other matters of building something that big and getting it over there.

I see. Well getting it over there shouldn't be so bad. You just find one of our many people who are stupidly strong and have them carry it over. Or we could transport it through the tunnels, which would be the safest way to do it.

... as for materials, I don't exactly know what crests are. Not something I can make in the smithy, right?

No, the crests are magically affixed by a Heraldic mage. It's a certain kind of magic. I can handle that part.

I need an airtight receptacle to keep outside elements to a minimum, though. Still debating the pros and cons of having it made out of stone or metal; wood definitely won't work.

[Eh, magic. Figures.]

Metal or stone? I could do that. How big does it need to be?

[Stone would be easiest, except he doesn't know that Toph is going home soon.]

You're the one with the canoe. You tell me.

... I see. So bigger-than-canoe-sized. That's doable.

Right. I can get the actual measurements while you're building. And I'll find out a way to test the teleportation process. [He'll probably have to make another handheld teleporter and bring it to the beach himself.]

Great! We'll have to make sure this one gets a cool name. Something people can easily refer to, rather than "that hot springs teleporter thing". For instance, the "Cross-Mountain Dominator". We could call it CMD for short. Or "Command" for even shorter.

[... ... ...

You know, he's all for naming inventions in a symbolic way, but...]

Cross-Mountain Dominator?

It dominates the mountains by crossing them instantly. [See? It's CLEVER.]

[It sounds ridiculous.]

...We'll consider the name a work in progress.

Good enough!

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