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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If there was money here, I'd be rich by now.

[He was after all, moderately wealthy during that experiment.]

[So were this actually the end of May she'd probably make a joke about having to rely on the allowance he gave her as her dad, but at the actual date this is going on it is still a little too recent for her to bring up as a joke. So instead:]

I think we're all glad that there isn't, then.

[Such is the joys of backtagging.]

I don't know about that. It was nice being able to just pay people to do work for stuff. And it wasn't weird going to order food from people either. [He wouldn't have gone bothering Smoker with that pickle thing if he couldn't pay him for it, after all.]

But then I'd have to get a job. [She's only half-joking.]

Would that be so bad? I'm sure there's something you'd be good at.

Of course there'd be something I could do! [Even if she's...drawing a bit of a blank of the top of her head. She never got any job training growing up.] But that doesn't mean I'd want to.

Right... I get you. So Luceti? Perfect place for you. Free everything and you never have to work.

Well, I'm not going to complain about that part, at least.

Personally, I'm glad I've got a job here. I don't spend as much time thinking about being in this place. [though Katara might think it's made him too complacent.]

I can find enough to occupy myself without having to resort to a job. [Though less so now that Shirley's gone, which is a part of the reason she had been willing to take Sokka up on his fighting tips offer.]

Right... what exactly do you do on a normal day? [Sokka has kind of made it his purpose to always have stuff to do, after all. But he knows other people tend to go bored out of their skulls.]

...A lot of things? [She shrugs.] There's always housework, especially with a child around the house, and that dumb bird to look after. And Walter's not around to do any of the yardwork, either -- I help with the weeding, some of the time. Grune's been doing better than usual when it comes to the gardens, but she needs someone to keep an eye on her sometimes. I go for walks, and I swim when I can, now that it's warm enough. I read, sometimes, though I don't really go to the library that often. [It's mostly comics -- shoujo manga's a favourite.

She smirks a little.] And, of course, there's talking to people. [Like they're doing right now!]

Though... [she rests her chin in her hands] there's not really as much to do these days, now that Shirley's gone.

... right. Sorry.

[He knows good and well by now how important Shirley is to Fenimore.]

But... hey, you're not bored at least, right?

[She rolls her eyes, dropping the downcast expression.]

What's the apology for? You weren't the one to bring her up. I'm fine.

[Which is true. She might miss Shirley a lot, but she's adjusted. Not to say that she's always fine with it, but she does well enough.]

I find enough to do to keep me from being bored. Though, now that I have a little more time, I can afford to waste it on things like learning fighting tips from someone who doesn't know how to teach. [Though she's not in a rush to get to it.]

[He's just used to doling out the apologies, okay. Don't make a big deal out of it!]

So we'll both learn something, then.

[She will make a big deal out of whatever she wants and you will like it, mister. :| ]

I guess it will be good for both of us, then. But that can wait for another day -- I'll bet you're busy enough with wellwishers.

Oh, right, sure. Seeya later, Fenimore.

See you. [And journal closed.]

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