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

[doubleppk]

Anytime~!

Oh and good luck with your boat too, hm?

[markofthewise]

Oh, right. Yeah. Hopefully it can be done before summer's over.

[doubleppk]

Sweet! Just for fishing though?

[markofthewise]

And apparently for deep sea exploring.

[doubleppk]

Wow, really? You know how to make a ship that can handle that?

[markofthewise]

Well... technically, maybe? [They have talked about him 'inventing' submarines.] But that's not exactly what I meant here. It's a special project Don is working on.

[doubleppk]

[Inventing yes. Inventing with less supplies though... just means she'll want to steal it.]

Ohhh Donatello? Really? Hm. Robert too then? He seems pretty adept with technology.

[markofthewise]

Robert? Who's that? [This sort of, you know, didn't actually come up.]

[doubleppk]

Super nerdy smart guy with glasses. He's tight with Don. And his world is futuristic even compared to mine.

[markofthewise]

Oh. Never met him. What we're doing isn't really all that uh, high tech.

[doubleppk]

Mm. You did mention inventing some pretty big things yourself after all. Well I'm sure you'll handle it, but you hardly need wood for those, ne?

[markofthewise]

.... well, I kind of do for the, you know, boat. There's not enough metal or tools for anything else.

[doubleppk]

Submarines don't use wood. At least not the kind I know. Hm. I suppose there isn't really the right kind of metal for it here either though. Tsk.

[markofthewise]

Well I'm not building a submarine. [Siiigh, okay.] Don is making a diving bell.

[doubleppk]

Diving bell?

[markofthewise]

It's a bell. That goes underwater. It's shape carries air, so you can go deep underwater and still have air. [Shrug.]

[doubleppk]

Weird... I've never heard of something like that. I guess it would make sense, but it seems so... primitive.

[markofthewise]

... yeah, well, welcome to Luceti. [Where EVERYTHING is super science for Sokka.]

[doubleppk]

Hey, whatever works, you know?