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

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Selphie giggles before dropping back to a normal "indoor voice" volume.]

Were you expecting anything less?

[voice]

[markofthewise]

In general, yeah. At least a notch below deafening.

[Okay so it wasn't that bad, but still. Selphie's got a big pair of lungs in that tiny body.]

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Well someone's gotta make sure you're still awake right?

[voice]

[markofthewise]

I was already awake.

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Wide awake, then.

[voice]

[markofthewise]

Consider me wide awake. [Heh...] But thanks, anyway.

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! So! When's the big day?

[voice]

[markofthewise]

Umm... eventually? Yeah, we kind of pinned it down to 'eventually'. It seemed like a good, flexible date.

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Well if you wanna wait a little while, that's okay.

[voice]

[markofthewise]

Besides... no need to rush things here.

[Getting engaged is one thing. It's a promise to do something, no matter what. But getting married? Here? That's going to take... more time.]

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with taking your time, Sokka.

[voice]

[markofthewise]

Exactly. I mean, you're doing the same thing, right?

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Mhmm!

[voice]

[markofthewise]

Hm... you think Ceodore will ever do the same thing?

[He knows it's kind of different because... aren't they from different worlds?]

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Propose? Uh...

[Considering Ceodore asked her to marry him back during the February experiments...]

He... already did.

[voice]

[markofthewise]

... he already did? Really? When?

[Why is he only now hearing about his!]

[voice/filtered 50% unhackable]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[A wild filter is suddenly put up because Sokka's the first person to find out about this little tidbit of info.]

Remember that experiment from February? Back then. But neither of us is ready for that so nothing happened from it.

[voice/filtered 100% unhackable]

[markofthewise]

[... ouch. He suddenly feels bad for asking because... that is so not the time for that.]

... oh. That must've been awkward, huh. [...] What happened when he asked?

[voice/filtered 100% unhackable] - hooray for filter boosting! xD

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

It was awkward and we kinda...

[Got sidetracked by teenage hormones.]

[voice/filtered 100% unhackable] - he does his part B)

[markofthewise]

Kinda what? [Got married already?]

[voice/filtered 100% unhackable] - B) she appreciates it!

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Selphie takes a deep breath before continuing.]

Talked about it after the experiment was over and agreed that we weren't ready for that.

[voice/filtered 100% unhackable]

[markofthewise]

Oh... well, that's good. Better than if you had said yes, right?

[At least this way things happen the way they're supposed to?]

[voice/filtered 100% unhackable]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Definitely better than if I'd said yes.

[She wouldn't be able to live with herself if she'd said yes and then changed her mind.]

[voice/filtered 100% unhackable]

[markofthewise]

Good! So when it happens, it'll happen right. And under non-experiment conditions, hopefully. [Well, you never know, but this is the kind of thing where... tampering is just best not to think about.]

[voice/filtered 100% unhackable]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Right!