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Sokka the 62nd - [Voice/Action]

{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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My schedule is pretty much free today. So sure, let's get started.

Cool. I'll drop by the smithy in half an hour.

Seeya then.

[When Leon does make it, Sokka is taking it pretty easy today. He's got his stuff to work on already sitting out, so he's just on the couch, drinking a soda and staring at the ceiling.]

[When Leon pokes his head into the smithy about half an hour later, he spends a minute looking for Sokka before trotting on over.]

Let me guess. Really slow day?

[Sokka looks up lazily from his spot, then shrugs.]

Hey, it's not like I get paid to do this stuff. I'm allowed to relax.

Sure. I guess you could just close the shop today if you really wanted to. [He sets his bag down, pulling out the small sack of gems he's brought with him.]

I could. But I live with five other people. I get more alone time here than at home.

[Don't mind him as he sits up a bit to peer at that sack.]

[Leon has several diamonds, made during that reality-changing experiment, plus some other gems -- most of them of lesser value and alchemical effort, like rubies and sapphires.]

So here's what I've got. Was there a particular element you wanted to aim for in a weapon?

We should start with something easy.

[He considers one of the swords he has sitting out and stands up to inspect it.]

What would a water element do?

[Leon picks up one of the sapphires, inspecting it before answering.] In a weapon, water would translate more into an ice effect. So, if you can imagine someone with a blade, it would leave a slight freezing effect in the wound.

Freezing... that would be cool. [Pun intended.]

[It would be very Water Tribe and a good place to start.]

Maybe we should try that first.

Sure, let's do it, then. [He's a little excited. It's been a long time since he's done anything like this.] I already told you that you'd have to break down the weapon, right? What's going to happen is that you'll have to fold the sapphire into what you're working, and it'll integrate into the core of the new weapon.

[He pauses. That probably sounds weird.] If everything goes well, it won't ruin its structural integrity. That's part of the reason there's a chance of failure.

Right... [He's not entirely sure he gets it, but it's worth a shot. He can certainly break it down.]

Guess we'll get started then.

Just choose which weapon you wanted to work with and we'll go from there.

[He flexes his fingers together, heading towards Sokka's work area. This'll be an experience.]

[He takes one of the swords then.]

Alright, let's get started.

[TINK TINK TINK, CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK. Weapon upgrade!]

[Leon inspects the weapon as the work winds down, nodding in approval when he senses the crest embedded inside the blade.]

Seems good. The water crest took.

Wow, not bad for our first work together.

[He takes the blade and after looking at the length of the blade, turns to give it a few experimental jabs into open air.]

So how do we test to see if it works?

You have a wood dummy or anything you can safely hit nearby? That would be the easiest way to see how potent the crest is.

There's one behind the smithy. Come on.

[Taking the sword, he'll just lead Leon on back there. He takes the sword in hand and then gives the dummy a good whack, embedding the blade into the wood just a bit. Fortunately it's not so sharp that it has Cut-Anything physics applied.]

Well? [He's trying to pull the sword out, so he can't see the results just yet.]

[Once Sokka struck the dummy, Leon went around to get a good look at where the blade had been embedded. He points at where the sword had made contact with the wood, where a significant line of thick frost, spreading half an inch around the cut, can be seen.]

There. Can you see that?

Hey... that's pretty awesome.

[He pulls the rest of the sword out and presses a finger to the frost. It is, indeed, cold.]

You know, maybe a better application than giving people frostbite when you stab them, we could embed these in tin cups. Your drink would never get cold!

I bet the bar would love you if you went that route. [But he's definitely not buying it.]

You should also get a similar effect if you hit something with the flat of the blade, so you an see how this would apply with other kinds of weapons.

[He just wants to make the best thermos ever, okay.]

It's neat, definitely. And while it is technically fitting given my background, I'm not convinced it's all that practical for a sword.

[He considers the sword a bit... hmmm.]

A club or hammer, maybe. One hit to freeze something, a second one to shatter it.

Yeah, something where there's a lot of potential impact. Or maybe a weapon built for piercing? [There weren't really many who messed with water-crest metalcraft, so he doesn't have that much experience there.]

But you can see what I was getting at. There's a lot of ways to improve weapons around here.

[A good point. A spear would work just as well.]

You're right. This could be really big. It's more work, but definitely worth it.

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[action] /so... how much of this we wanna thread out, or shall we timeskip?

[action] timeskipping from here works!

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