markofthewise | Sokka the 60th

[Today? Sokka is at the smithy. Honestly, are we really surprised by this? Seriously, this is kind of his thing. He is waiting for Winry, though. He wants her input on a project.]

It's been two weeks since the equinox. And we're finally getting a break from all the rain. Funny how the new season just kind of Springs up on you like that, am I right?

[Oh Sokka, you are hi-lar-ious. He wipes a tear from his eye even, pleased that he managed to let such a well-seasoned joke be released into the wild. Oh, speaking of wild.]

No but seriously, now that it's getting that time of year, how many people out here hunt and fish? I know, I know. Boo hoo, the talking animals. I've heard it. But is there anyone here besides me who still does that kind of thing?

[Also, lately Sokka is keeping a new little trinket in one of his pockets. It's something he intends to give to someone at the right time. After the small blunder of forgetting to bring it on Suki's birthday, he's keeping it all the time on him now. So even as he's walking away from home, he'll often put his hand in his pocket to make sure it's still there. He probably won't show it to just anyone, though.]

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A place called New York, it's from Earth.

[...now why does that sound familiar?]

Oh, I think Alexis is from there!

So is Raphael and his brothers, I think. [At least that's what Winry said.]

[Raphael. -_-]

I wonder if it's the same New York...

It could be. That place was huge. Comparing Ba Sing Se to New York is like... well, comparing our village to Ba Sing Se.

...wow.

[And all done shopping!]

Ready to go? Or was there anything else you think we need?

Well...

[He shuffles the stuff he has into one arm, then grabs a box of sodas.]

Okay, now we're good.

[And off they go!]

So what have you been up to today?

I've been making a special wheel chair for Keimi. She's a mermaid. So getting around town is kind of a... thing she can't do.

Right, but... are you going to make it so that it somehow holds water?

[Because how else will she breathe? ;;]

[He stops in his tracks and blinks.]

... she never said anything about it needing to hold water. She just wanted this old, useless one to go on sand better.

Oh. Well, maybe she doesn't need water to breathe? I thought she did, but it's not like we talked about it. She just never came out of the river when we talked about it, so I assumed...

[Shrug.]

Well, either way, if she wants it to be filled with water, I'll have to scrap the whole thing. It will be way too heavy if it needs a tank of water.

She probably would have mentioned it if she needed water, Sokka. I don't think she would have forgotten about something that she needed to breathe.

Hey, you never know!

[But yes, she's probably right.]

But that's about all I've got to work on. I've been talking to some people about making a bigger boat, but that's about it... [Oh well, there is one other thing...]

A bigger boat? Oh, for the ocean?

Of course! Just think, an unlimited supply of fresh sea food. Not freshwater fish and not the frozen stuff in the store. I'm talking about stuff like at home.

[She laughs.]

Of course, it's all about the food.

Well, the sailing part is nice too. [And is the more predominant reason for it, but he feels the need for a project like that to have a more practical use than something to just play around with.]

If people keep making boats to go into the ocean, we'll probably need to make some kind of port for them, huh? Or at least a deck.

Sounds like something Toph could handle, right? She did it for dad's fleet when they met us in the Fire Nation.

[Katara brightens. It's so convenient to have Toph do these things.]

Yeah! And she probably wouldn't mind a trip on the teleporters.

[Honestly, what would they do without Toph to do these kind of things? It would be like WORK.]

Although she probably won't be thrilled at the idea of a boat ride.

It's not like she has to ride the boats.

True, true. [As they near the house, he eyes the shed behind the house.] I guess it's about time I pulled out the old boats.

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