Sokka the 62nd - [Voice/Action]

[markofthewise]

{So Sokka is in a dilemma. Here he is, his usual lunch spot sitting on the stony edge of the fountain, eating his sandwich, when it occurs to him that he's had a ham-and-turkey--and-roast-beef-with-cheese-and-jalapeno sandwich for three week consecutively. And that's only because three weeks ago Hawky flew away with his sandwich before he could eat it. As he realizes he has little to no desire to finish this half eaten sandwich, he realizes his life needs a CHANGE. Something different. Exciting. A way to make his mundane existence in Luceti worthwhile again. Naturally he turns to the journals.]

Okay, so, I'm sick of eating the same old stuff for lunch. Sandwiches are great, really, but I've been eating them for a year now. I think I need more variety in my lunches. Any ideas? It can't be... complicated or anything. Believe it or not, cooking is not exactly my thing. So, anyone got any ideas that don't include visiting Seventh Heaven every day? Or the other restaurants, either. No offense to them, but... I dunno. No offense, either way.

{Unless it's for something special, Sokka just doesn't buy into making people work for him without recompensation.

He chews on his sandwich a bit more, then decides to add:]

Anybody like fishing? I mean... maybe not so much the net fishing. Just line fishing. Or spear fishing, I'm good with that too. It's actually been awhile since I caught my own dinner, now that I think about it.

[For you action folks, catch Sokka at his usual haunts. The smithy, around House 56, around the plaza, or beside the barracks, working on the lumber Moro provided into usable material for his boat. LOUD POWER TOOL SOUNDS, RAR HAR HAR.]

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[markofthewise]

[Well, Sokka has been studying metallurgy for about a year now, so it comes to him pretty quickly.]

Hmmm... a titanium alloy, maybe. But a hammer? For fighting? [It's not unheard of, but it's not the kind of weapon he'd peg Hiccup using.]

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[dragoneer]

Titanium alloy. Right. [He jots it down, and he'll head to the library later to spend some time researching it.]

Y-yeah. I know it's a little...unusual. But that was one of our main weapons back home. Hammers, axes, halberds, spears, bows...swords, too, but those were less common on my island. They're, um. Less useful against dragons, I guess.

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[markofthewise]

So... you want a weapon that won't make your dragon, uh, Toothless, nervous. [Or he assumes anyway.] How big of a hammer are you making?

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[dragoneer]

Welllll, it takes a lot to make Toothless nervous. [He wasn't even intimidated by that other dragon. Just pissed off.] But...yeah. Nooot the size of your average nailing-things-together hammer. More something good for...well. Knocking...blocks...off.

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[markofthewise]

So... on the bigger side of things. Uh, no offense, but are you sure you can handle that?

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[dragoneer]

Uhhh, well...if it's light enough...o-or did you mean the knocking-off-of-blocks itself?

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[markofthewise]

[......... well.]

Uh, the latter, I guess? I mean, it's not something I'd use either.

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[dragoneer]

W-well...you know? Growing up in a village where the top honor is killing dragons...

Yeah, Iiiii've seen my fair share of...yeah. N-not that I really enjoy the idea, b-but if I got drafted and needed to fight...

Iiii'd just rather be safe than sorry, you know?

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[markofthewise]

[... drafted. It could happen to anyone, really.]

Good point. You got anyone to give you lessons on using it? I mean, beyond just swinging it at stuff.

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[dragoneer]

Wellllll...no. I guess I'm just hoping I saw enough of it at home that I can figure it out. I don't know that there's much to, you know...swinging around a giant block of metal.

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[markofthewise]

... you might want to get some practice, all the same. Fighting is more than that. Like, for instance, what you do about the fact you leave a lot of yourself exposed when you're swinging something big like that around.

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[dragoneer]

...Yeah. Good point. [That wasn't something a viking facing one giant dragon often had to think about.] I'm going to look more into armor, too, I just thought...a weapon was a good place to start.

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[markofthewise]

Talk to Edward about the armor. He does good stuff, trust me. Do vikings use chainmail where you're from?

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[dragoneer]

R-right. [Great. The guy that super intimidates him. Just...great.] Iiiii'll be sure to do that.

Chain mail is pretty frequent, but my tribe isn't especially known for, well, using it. Guess we...live on the wild side.

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[markofthewise]

[You just gotta know how to talk to Ed! The trick is to intimidate him with your verbal superiority.]

Well, I'm usually the leather armor kind of guy myself. Buut... I had the chainmail made for training and I use it for when I get sent out. It's saved my life more than once. And the best part is, it's not too heavy. Edward's a real pro at making it.

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[dragoneer]

[...Yeah, Hiccup's doomed.]

Y-yeah? I'll...yeah. I'll ask him about it, then. [Even if it makes him terribly nervous.] Thanks, Sokka.

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[markofthewise]

Don't mention it.

[Oh! Something occurs to him.] How much do you know about anchors? And... wood stoves.

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[dragoneer]

Ahhhh...that'd be pretty much zilch. I mean, we had them--seafaring folk, a-and, you know--but as for their actual construction? I never helped out. Same with stoves. We...didn't even have those, actually.

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[markofthewise]

I haven't exactly made any of those myself. [Not that he thinks he can't do it, but he figured if anyone would know, it would be Hiccup.]

I have two anchors to make and a wood stove. Weird orders, I know. Still... want to help out?

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[dragoneer]

Y-yeah, Iiii...sure. I could use the anchor knowledge, in any case.

[But then...]

W-wait a second, are you...building boats for Haruhi, too?

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[markofthewise]

... Haruhi's boat? Are you serious? [He's serious, isn't he.]

Yeah, no. I'm making it for me. Brave Vesperia, I guess.

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[dragoneer]

Iiiii guess this would be a good time to mention that I'm, ahhhh....helping her build boats?

[HE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS BAD BLOOD HERE, HONESTLY.]

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[markofthewise]

[... why does she even NEED a boat!? But... whatever.]

... well, the more boats the better, I guess. Having a bunch of them isn't a bad thing.

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[dragoneer]

[Hiccup isn't even really sure. But he wanted to be useful, so...]

...Do you think there's, you know...something out there? Not just more barrier?

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[markofthewise]

Maybe... it's not a way to escape, but there could be something out there.

[Then again... they'd have heard about it by now, right?]