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Sokka the 73rd - [Action/Voice]

[The house was demolished. And apparently it didn't have the decency to start putting itself together again. Not to mention the whole town was soggy. Most of Sokka's stuff in his room had been damaged. Some of it was salvageable, much of it he had to just throw out. His important valuables were in the basement and though there was a few inches of water down there, his stuff was up high and out of reach. Still, another mess to clean. At least there were two waterbenders in the house to clean that up. For a lover of stuff, Sokka was pretty put out by it. He hadn't been able to sleep in his room because of it. In a way though, he couldn't be upset. It felt right. Like starting over.

And then there was the smithy. Or what was left of it. The whole thing was rubble now. He wasn't even sure if there was a point in trying to pick through it. Best to wait until the Malnosso fixed it, right? It was freeing up his schedule considerably, anyway. At least he was back to his normal practice schedule in the mornings. Even if two straight weeks of combat had left him... weary of it, to say the least. All the same. He found himself to be glad to be back in Luceti. Back in the library, studying his alchemy. Sure, he lost all his notes and would have to start over, but it would be easier since he already knew what needed to be done again. Still. There was so much to go over.]

A guy can't leave for a few weeks without the town getting demolished, huh? Anyway. So uh. A lot of stuff has happened this past week. If anyone wants to, you know, spare some of the good details? I'll be around. Interested. And if you want? I can tell you all about space. Which was pretty great.

[Very around. Like hanging out in the plaza around. No smithy kind of leaves him with no daytime hangout spot. Especially without Suki to spend time with. So besides his training and time at the library, he's very much a man with nothing to do. Evidenced by the fact he's sitting at a bench near the fountain, lazily sprawled out as he counts his one hundredth consecutive hit on a paddle ball. It's uncanny how good he actually is with it.]

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I know. First-hand, I know. I don't get back, the few people who are left there won't be safe and at least one of them has already been taken. The people here-- they're at least relatively safe. Whether I end up liking people here or not doesn't matter.

[He makes a silent nod of acknowledgement of that. But. He's not convinced. It was easier to think like that two years ago. So he changes the subject.]

So is that everything?

What else would there be?

[ Her tone says it as though it's a simple answer, almost flippant. She's a lot better at hiding things when she can cut herself off. But really? There's just protecting them, because she cares about them even if she never wanted to. Because she couldn't protect the last people she cared about. She was the only one who was always was left until the end, always getting saved when everyone else got hurt. It was exactly that she needed to protect them. That was something that Sokka definitely didn't need to know. ]

Well, maybe you might have found out more. [A shrug. Because we're back to business.] I guess you can ask me for anything else you want to know,

Did you see Yotsuba at all up there? [ There might be some asskickings if someone gave her a hard time okok no matter what side they were on ]

The other little girl, right? With the green hair? I saw her on the ship, but not after that.

{It got... hectic. And he didn't stray from his room much on the trip back.]

That's her. Alright, thanks. [ She's been thinking about it but.. ] After they assign people to the draft, can you volunteer? [ Like hell if she wants to leave certain people alone out there anymore. ]

[Head shake.]

No. They always say it's some kind of "Shift Incompatibility" thing. I don't know how it works, but they say it's supposed to be really bad. Though sometimes it's not as bad as others. Like... you might get sick on arriving. Or turn colors.

Well if they want to try it with me sometime, then I don't care. I'll get over it, that's the way it works. I'd rather not leave certain people up there to fend for themselves.

Well, the fights aren't always in the same place. So it might not be 'up there' next time.

Up there, down there, over there, roughly adjacent to over there. You got the idea.

Well. Chances are you'll see some action, if you stick around long enough. Most people do.

At the rate things are going I'm sure I'll be here at least a little while longer. I wonder if they take vacation requests? If I can get stuff done at home and come back here I wouldn't complain about it. [ She'd still be on task, of course, but.. she'd probably be able to focus a lot better. ]

Yeah, I kind of know the feeling. Sort of. I mean, everything's mostly done for me. But a month back home? I could go for that.

I just need a couple of days. Wonder what would happen if someone asked for just a few days?

Maybe they'd give you a nice consolation T-Shirt for making them laugh. That's what they did for Christmas, at least.

[Two years ago, the Malnosso gave them anything they could possibly want for Christmas. Or rather, Bil did. Last year, CJ gave them T-Shirts or coffee mugs with the Malnosso brand printed on them. Sokka had still never worn that shirt.]

They gave you t-shirts?

Yeah. Thanks to that guy who does the missions. I don't think he really... gets us.

Hmm.. Everyone could always start wearing them all the time. Everyone always lets their guard down around people that they think don't mean them harm. That's probably why they bother with gifts in the first place.

Good luck convincing people to do that. I think most people probably burned them or something.

Figures. Did you keep yours?

I put it somewhere. I don't know if it survived the storm though. [Since their house kind of got the worst of it.]

Oh well. I didn't really want to go with that plan anyway. They're probably not even comfortable.

I've probably grown out of it anyway.

Did you get here before you hit puberty or something?

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