Sokka the 54th - [Voice/Action]

[markofthewise]

[Sokka's day will involve a few things. One of them won't include shoveling all the snow out of the way of his house. It's not that he's lazy, but when his sister can take care of that in less than a minute, why even bother? Later his day will involve working on important things at the smithy, like the metal casing for a certain teleporter. And maybe some weapons or the key-shaped variety. Or helping New Feathers find their weapons so they can go about being dangerous. He'll also do lunch in the plaza... maybe do some shopping.

But why dwell on the bad parts? Before his kidnapping, Sokka is available for running into. Also, in light of the fact the snow is coming down pretty hardcore today and is, frankly, almost a blizzard, he feels inclined to make a voice post in the middle of the day.]

You know, we had that big blizzard about the same time last year. Well, not big big. I've seen bigger. But we had a lot of people get stranded out in that stuff. Actually, I met a lot of people being stranded at the Straw Hat's place... Uh, anyway. Yeah, blizzards. Bad stuff. Better make sure you got a lot of food at home, just in case.

[Hours later, on his way home, he'll meet some delightful metal men who will proceed to knock him out and drag him off, being nice enough to leave his sword and boomerang in the snow.]

Comments

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[See this Mercury? This is Mercury who will argue with you.]

But not everyone comes from places where they'd have learned how to prepare. What about giving them more information?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Yeah, I guess that's true.

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

[Sigh.]

I doubt it, too. Bastards. It's bad enough that they dump the New Feathers here without sufficiently warm clothing....

[markofthewise]

Look, unless you've got some kind of special not-freezing magic, a blizzard is deadly.

[markofthewise]

I wasn't trying to organize some big thing. It was just a friendly warning!

[Why you gotta make it so complicated.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I think it was a good idea.

[Voice]

[oracleofdeath.livejournal.com]

I think that is about the only thing we can depend on here, is that the Malnosso will always find some new way to harm us.

[voice]

[herotypical]

Yes. Definitely bad stuff. I don't know how you manage living somewhere with perma-snow.

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

You've been here awhile right? [Longer than Sokka anyway.] Any New Feathers ever froze to death without reaching town?

[markofthewise]

Yeah, but a good idea for someone else. [A pause.] Why are you uh, doing the whole Mercury thing over the journals?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

A little cynical, but true.

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

I don't know, but I don't intend to see it happen while I'm here. The Welcome Center is well-stocked, as are the watch stations, and we've been listening over the journals, just in case.

[voice]

[markofthewise]

It's just how it was. I used to have a hard time imagining places where it never snowed.

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

Eh? What do you mean?

[markofthewise]

Well you're not fighting anyone, right? So why not be your regular self?

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[Because you're not supposed to know that. :| Dangit. This isn't the first time, either. What is going ON in this place?]

I'm Sailor Mercury.

[But she seems just nervous enough to notice it; she's still not a good liar at all.]

[Voice]

[oracleofdeath.livejournal.com]

It doesn't have much of a point to try and deny what they are like. At least this year we have some advantages over last year.

[markofthewise]

[He's totally not noticing that she's older or anything.]

Yeah. I know that. That's your uh... alterego thing.

[voice]

[herotypical]

Whenever I try and imagine it -- all the snow, I mean? All I'm left thinking about is how very many clothes everyone must have to wear always.

[falenandawn]

Stranded....?!

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I don't know what you mean.

[Nervouser and nervouser.]

[markofthewise]

Yeah. Stuck out in the snow... or just in your home. Enough snow could even block your doors and windows...

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Yeah, the electric heat is nice.

[falenandawn]

Truly....? [He's trying to imagine it.... now that he's seen snow, it isn't as hard as it could be.] Can you not just melt it away....?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Always good to see you guys on top of things! [Sokka just... doesn't do the New Feather thing, unless he runs into them in person. There's so many other people with nothing to do, so why bother? Someone else can do the hero thing.]