markofthewise | Sokka the 70th

Okay, I just need everyone's attention for a minute. At least, those of you who, you know, like weapons.

I'm Sokka and I guess you could say I'm in charge of the weapon shop and smithy. I've been working with Leon Geeste, who is a kind of master alchemist guy, to make even better weapons. With his crests and my weapons, we can add a kind of magical element to them now. For instance, a sword can be given a fire element and that will make the blade burn and make it deadlier. Or a spear could be given an ice element that will freeze around the target a little. And, you know, other stuff. There's earth, air, and lightning elements too.

Anyway, these aren't always the easiest things to make, but... if it's a thing you want, we can do it. We've got stuff already made, but we can do something custom too. But just be practical, right? Sure, we might be able to figure out how to put crests into a hundred arrows. But we might also decide to, you know, have social lives too. These crests work best with a single weapon that you'll keep reusing. I can uh, explain it better, if you need me to.

[With that announcement out of the way, Sokka will hang out at the smithy until dinner time. He wants to be there and ready in case anyone wants these cool new unique weapons. Unless, of course, no one shows up. In which case he'll be at his work desk converting his alchemy notes into code, which is proving to be his least favorite thing to do ever. He kind of hates Ed now for telling him he had to do this. But it's what he has to do if he wants to prevent the secrets of meat alchemy from falling into the wrong hands. Who knows what people could do with that kind of power!

After closing up shop and doing his usual dinner at home, Sokka will be unusually taking a walk around the village in the evening. He's actually got a lot on his mind and without smithing or alchemy to occupy his thoughts, he's stuck on the Masaomi problem. He's half hoping that he'll run into the guy on the streets, but he's still not entirely sure how to approach the problem. Before the evening's over, he'll end up at Good Spirits, concerned and drowning his thoughts into a nice tall glass of... hot chocolate. Because that's what men do. Drink tall cups of hot chocolate with tiny marshmallows and whipped cream.]

((ooc: Some more details on the crafted weapons can be found over here.))

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[It's less 'advanced' and more Sokka has managed to form a circle that works, but he could never perform on the fly and he only has the most basic understanding of how it works. BUT HICCUP NEED NOT KNOW THAT.]

You can't be too careful. Besides, this is a thing alchemists do.

I...see.

[No, he doesn't really see, but whatever floats your boat, man. If it's an alchemist thing, he can get why you're doing it.]

So...have you transmuted something yet? Or are you just learning the theories first?

Oh. I've transmuted. And it was delicious.

[...Not the first thing he expected you to say.]

...You ate something you transmuted?

Well, some of it. I mean, it wasn't cooked all the way through. I'll need to make some adjustments.

...Whaaaat did you transmute?

[Don't tell him it was meat.

It was meat, wasn't it.]

Meat. [What else?]

That seems...kind of risky, isn't it? Meat is really easy to cook wrong. I'd imagine the risk is the same with transmutation.

[Stands to reason, at least.]

[Oh Hiccup. Sokka stands up and shakes his head, amused.]

Hiccup. It's me. If anyone is going to know meat is bad, it's me. That's why it's perfect!

Soooo, you're going to be a meat alchemist, huh.

[Wow, way to apply yourself there, buddy.]

I'm starting simple, Hiccup. If you want to learn to fight, you learn to throw punches first, you don't start with mid-air flying kick-a-pows. After I get this down, I'll move on to explosives.

[He knows meat. He knows explosives. It's a good plan.]

[Kick...a-pows...]

...Right. That's, um. The next logical step, of course.

I know meat and I know explosives. Stick with what you know, right?

[They do go hand in hand!]

Right, right, fair enough. If you create something truly awful, let me know. We can keep it for next year's Snoggletog.

... I'm not sure where you're going with that.

[It's Sokka. He loved everything about Snoggletog. Even the questionable meat.]

Well, just--if any of your meat transmutations go wrong, we can keep it for a few months and let mold grow on it and it'd be a perfect centerpiece.

[It may even put the Trial Meatloaf to shame.]

Moldy meat as a centerpiece? Your culture just gets weirder and weirder.

What can I say. Vikings like things that are...kind of the opposite of pretty.

... you guys must have really attractive dragons, then.

Oh, absolutely. I should show you my sketches. They're real lookers, let me tell you.

Right. Because Toothless isn't nearly enough already.

Hey, as far as the Berk dragons go, Toothless is as sleek as they come. The others are...pretty grisly, actually.

Huh. Go figure. So you picked out the pretty one.

[That's why your dad was so pissed, Hiccup. Your dragon was too pretty.]

Well--I wouldn't say picked out. No one even knew what a Night Fury looked like before I found Toothless.

And yet he doesn't seem shy at all.

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