Sokka the 61st - [Action/Voice]

[markofthewise]

[When Sokka opens the journal, he does it with a very specific purpose and yeah, maybe it's New Feather season and the aftermath of some dumb experiment, but he has some news that he's been sitting on for awhile. News that only two or three people outside of the Avatar house are even aware of. So today, around lunch period at school, Sokka heads around the building, facing the playground, to make an announcement he'd been putting off for a bit. Not because he didn't want to make it, but it was hard to do it with people being all ragey with the Malnosso. Maybe a few days of New Feathers will have cooled them off?]

Hey everyone. So... this is actually a few weeks late, but uh, that experiment kind of got in the way and New Feathers showing up and... anyway. Forget all that.

If you guys happen to see Suki around town, say hi to her for me. After all, she's the future Missus Thunderaxe. [He allows that to sink in a bit.] Because, you know, we're engaged now. Just saying. Nice pretty necklace and everything. One of my best works, if I do say so myself.

[Yeah, yeah. He's feeling good about that, okay. Like, solid. Whatever that means. Anyway, he decided that tonight he is making dinner. That means he's going to the grocery and stocking up on steaks. He wants to make steak burgers, because he's heard about them (somewhere) and they sounded awesome. From Luceti he had decided he liked steak and he liked hamburgers, so a combination? Gotta be a winner. Nevermind that he's just getting regular old steaks and plans to just put those on a hamburger bun. He'll realize the bones are gonna be a problem later on.

He'll make his customary appearance at the smithy to help New Feathers with weapons. He'll also be around school during the appropriate times for that. In the evening, after his dinner fiasco, he'll be down by the river, on the southern end of town, making some modifications to see if he can't make it sea worthy. Like adding a sail. He's pretty unsatisfied with the results though. Looks like he may need to just make a new boat from scratch. Which necessitates another voice post in the evening. But only after excluding a certain pirate. No offense, Jack, but he wants his own boat.]

[Filtered from Jack Sparrow]

So... ship building. Anyone want to help make one? A big one. Not huge, just... sea worthy with a nice strong sail. And good for bringing in lots of fish, too. Any help would be good. Just materials would go a long way.

Comments

[fourteen]

[ not surprised in the least over here. she should, by all rights, be a little bitter, considering her own failed engagement, but it's Sokka. she really just feels happy for him. ]

Hehe. Congratulations, Sokka. I knew everything would work out for the best.

[markofthewise]

Thanks, Xion. [It means a lot, really, that his closest friends have so far backed him on this.]

[fourteen]

When did you ask her? I didn't know you were planning on it... though it doesn't surprise me. [ tiny grin. ]

[markofthewise]

Uh, a while ago, actually. The thirteenth. [... yeah, he should have let her know. He feels bad about that.]

[fourteen]

.... wow! So it's been kind of a while already, huh? [ yeah, she's wise to that, hence the mock indignation in her tone. ]

[markofthewise]

Well there was an experiment! I would have done this sooner, otherwise.

[fourteen]

[ laughs. ]

I'm just teasing. I'm really happy for you, Sokka. So I guess a necklace is traditional where you're from? I haven't heard of anything like that before.

[markofthewise]

[He would be INDIGNANT, but eh, he lets it go easily.]

Yeah. It's more of a Northern Tribe thing, but it's not a bad tradition to have. [As long as the lady isn't doing it for political reasons...] But I guess they do rings where you're from?

[fourteen]

[ ... ]

I don't think there ever was any tradition. At least ... I don't know. I'm not sure. I never asked... [ she trails off, uncertain how to continue. Even Axel barely talked about his life as a human back in the Organization, and marriage certainly never came up. If rings were common on the Islands ... she doesn't have the info in her memories.

Really, it's a topic she'd prefer to avoid altogether. ]

[markofthewise]

Oh. Well, it seems pretty common? Gelda and Regal... they're from different worlds, I think. And that's how they did it. And it's what I've heard from other people.

[Unfortunately he's not quite picking up the vibes that she's not comfortable with it.]

Maybe Riku or Kairi would know. [They represent the only people from her world he actually knows.]

[fourteen]

[ ... yes. Riku did seem to know, didn't he? When he got that look on his face, and snarled, when she showed him Luke's ring ... after the experiment ended.

... dammit. No, this is Sokka's day. He's engaged! He should be happy. He shouldn't have to deal with her suddenly feeling like ... like ...

But she doesn't know what to say. How to pass it off like it's fine, because it's not.

In the end, she just gently shuts the journal without saying another word. She'll apologize to him later... ]

[markofthewise]

[After a good long pause of silence...]

Xion?

[Was it something he said?]