markofthewise | Sokka the 68th

[This morning, Sokka received a message through his journal. One he hadn't quite been expecting after everything that had happened last week. After pondering over it a bit, he inevitably was drawn to the journals to talk about it.]

You have to give the Malnosso credit. They drop a moon on the village and then they expect us to go show up to work for them like nothing ever happened. And it's... Farm Security. So I don't even get to do anything exciting. I get to a place I've already been, to make sure that 'our' food supplies don't get attacked. Yeah. That's great, "CJ". I'm really appreciating that. [He groans.] Well anyway, looks like I report at nine in the morning tomorrow. Apparently I'll be gone for five days. I'll take my journal, but apparently it won't work while I'm there. Guess I'll find out.

... so, I'm not the only one who signed up, right?

Oh. And Hiccup... keep an eye on the smithy. [Normally he'd ask Winry to do that. But things are a little... different with them lately. So he's not exactly jumping at the chance to go and have a public conversation with her. Or private, really.

For anybody who wants to run into him, Sokka will be doing his normal stuff at the smithy. He's making some preparations for needing to fight, since at this point he has only the Malnosso's word that this is less dangerous than a draft. Even though it's starting to get too cold for it, he'll eat his lunch out in the plaza like he always does. Other than that, he'll be spending his day as normally as he can. Come home for a normal dinner, tell some bad jokes to his housemates, and spend some time with his gal. In the morning, he'll head out.]

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Let me know when you come back, okay? I want details and outlines.

Yeesh. Between you and everyone else, I'm going to have to go and write a big report, huh? [But he doesn't sound as annoyed as he's pretending to be. He likes the attention.]

Well yeah. You're one of the first ones to go. If you come back and deliver details, you'll be like a hero or something. Kinda like the ones who fought in the first draft.

They were only 'heroes' because they won. And I don't know if I'd call them 'heroes'. The first drafts were way easier than they have been lately.

Sokka...you're doing that logic thing again. Stop it. It's just an analogy.

... I like doing the logic thing.

I mean somebody's gotta do it but...don't you think sometimes it gets in the way?

It's second nature, I guess. I spent a year traveling with my sister and two kids where logic was the farthest thing from their minds.

But you're not now. You kind of sound like an old man sometimes.

Wow. That's a little harsh.

I mean it though...you take a lot of stuff really seriously and literal. I guess I'm not that used to it. [Then again, she lives with Beat and Haruhi.]

Well, considering who you live with? That's not surprising.

Neku was usually pretty logical, but he also usually got veto'd. And without him around now...things sometimes get out of hand. Like Beat and his egg-baby.

Oh yeah... exactly how is that uh, egg baby doing? [He doesn't quite get updated on that as much as he wants. The downside of no longer being Haruhi.]

...I had to cave and tell him it wasn't real. He started freaking out when I said he was a good dad and a good brother.

... oh. [Well then. So much for that.]

Probably for the best, right.

I found I feel guilty easily. Makes playing tricks a lot harder.

It's probably better this way anyway, right? I mean. You can't make a joke last forever.

With Beat? I'm sure you could if you really wanted to. But it was kind of fun.

Yeah. We- I mean, you and Haruhi really outdid yourselves with that one. I didn't know you had it in you!

'We', huh? ...but why wouldn't you think I had it in me?

[Ignoring that 'we' there.] I don't know. You don't seem the pranking type.

...probably because I've been on the other end a few times.

Not including the Malnosso every experiment?

Not including the Malnosso. It was a long time ago, it's not a big deal.

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