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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[Yeeeah, probably.]

I'll have to talk to Winry and Leon about it. What kind of crest are you wanting for it?

Not sure. Earth, maybe? Most of the alchemy I do is manipulating either ground or metals, so that might be the best.

Earth, huh? Add a little more force to your blows. Not a bad idea. That would work even without you transmuting your arm.

Yeah, I like the sound of that. Think you guys can pull it off?

I'll have to talk to Leon and Winry, but... sure, it sounds doable.

Sounds good. Let me know when you find out, then. [...Oh, right, he should probably express some decent kind of thanks. MAYBE A BONE COULD BE THROWN.] Did you try that alchemy yet?

[A nod and- oh. That. Hm.]

It was... a little pink on the outside. But the inside was perfect.

Wanna show me? I've got some meat here. [If it turned out that well, he's kind of curious about the outcome. Truth be told he was expecting a pile of vaguely edible muck.]

... you've got meat with you, really?

[Wow and Sokka thought he was the only one who did that kind of thing.]

Well, yeah. It's Meat Day. [...] Or it was yesterday, anyway. I was too busy to pick it up until now.

Well, I guess that makes- waitaseconddidyousaymeatday?

[That might very well be STARS in his eyes.]

Like I said, "Meat Day". February 9th, every year. It's... kind of a thing my alchemy teacher had at the shop she and her husband ran.

[Man, he should've figured that Sokka would be happy to hear it.]