markofthewise | Sokka the 61st

[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.

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What, do you want someone to object to that or something?

Well... not exactly. I just figured you would, that's all.

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Of course it's a stupid idea in the current situation - one of you might poof, both of you might poof, if you go home neither remembers... if you make the leap and get hitched let alone have kids, that's even worse. It's not like you need to be told that though - sure you're a moron half the time, but you would have thought at least that much, right? And either she's a ditz or she's thought about it some too.

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Everyone wants to be loved, after all. I dunno if there's a point being married or not being married in Luceti, but if you guys feel like it helps, then we might as well congratulate you for it, right?

[Heh. That's exactly what he was expecting, really. He ends up laughing at her speech, despite the insults.]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I was expecting.

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Shut up! I knew you knew and that's why I didn't say it in the first place!

Right, maybe you just know me too well. [That's a scary thought.]

Anyway, that engagement necklace is kind of a symbol, right? It means we both know the person we want to be with. So... even if something does happen, it won't change anything.

[...]

Huh. So that's it? [...] Lucky for both of you to have that, really.

Yeah. Anyway, according to Xion, I've got another ten years here anyway.

[He doesn't believe that. Or he tries not to. Easier to dismiss it if he jokes about it. But that future version of Xion didn't tell him about his future, but she didn't act at all like she had been missing him. Some things don't need to be said to figure it out.]

Ten... what? How does Xion know that?

[There's an awkward chuckle here. Um?]

Just some experiment. She was replaced by a version of herself who had been in Luceti that long. It was probably fake, like what happened last week.

Oh. Huh...

So, apart from the engagement itself, you doing anything with that?

Er... what do you mean? I mean, what else is there to do, right?

[CERTAINLY NOT FOOLING AROUND, NO SIR.]

...Well if you're feeling the need to announce it like this, a shower or something comes to mind too.

Oh. Oh. You meant like that. Yeah... Buffy wants us to do that.

What the hell did you think I- actually, don't answer that. And what about you, you going through with it?

[Internal innocent whistling goes here. He needs to stop thinking people are trying to call him out.]

I don't know. Parties are cool, but we really weren't... planning anything.

But announcing to the world you're having her take that stupid last name was planned?

That? Nah, I just came up with that. I didn't plan on even mentioning it.

...Seriously if she doesn't hit you for that I hope Winry or Katara does.

It's a joke! She likes jokes. [She'd just about have to in order to put up with him.]

A joke in in engagement announcement and a girl would like it? Moron.

-...Well whatever, if she said yes, I guess she's resigned to it.

It's not that bad.

[... he's wondering, though.]

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