markofthewise | Sokka the 74th

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Sokka the 74th - [Action/Voice]

[THE FIRST DAY.]

[Two weeks. It's a long time to be on a mission, but Sokka has no regrets. The mess with Kin'cora had gotten to him and he found a kind of relief in working with other people from other enclosures. There was a lot of talk among him and the others. He spread the word. Maybe it wouldn't do Luceti much good, given he learned very little, but the more the others knew, the better. But boy was he glad to be back in Luceti. When he emerges from the tunnels at around 6PM, he's tired out from a hard day of work, but it's a good kind of tired. He makes going home his first priority. He'll miss dinner, inevitably, but with any luck there's leftovers. Catching up with the others takes a few hours before he ever breaks away to wander the village.

What's on the agenda? Hitting up the smithy to see where things are at. He never got to find out how much was lost after the Kin'corans left, so it's time to see if one of his ~~minions~~ smithy buddies took an inventory. And you know, he wants to check in on them too. That's cool. Also, he heads to Good Spirits because he was informed very sternly by one of his buddies on the mission that the only proper way to end a hard day's work is a good stiff drink. Sokka, the adult that he is, was inclined to agree. THAT IS HIS ENTIRE DAY.

But there is another.]

[DAWN OF THE NEXT DAY]

[Sokka wakes up and does his usual morning routine and goes to NOT the smithy, but the BATTLE DOME. That's right. Record scratch. After talking to the main console for awhile, he heads into one of the rooms and in something that takes some finagling at first, he starts... building a sub. A holographic sub. One that is small enough to fit into his hand, but can expand if he gives the command, so he can work on specific details. It's like working on a blueprint, but in 3D. His nights on his mission had been spent trying to recreate the submarine made by the Mechanist. He's been steadily improving on the design, specifically built to be powered by waterbending, but done in a way to streamline the process and make it faster. And sturdier. He's not sure it will be easy to build with Luceti's technology, but...

Well, Haruhi got him excited. And he spends the better half of the day on this. Because of the Dome time limit, he's constantly seen going in and out to restart the program or grab a snack. For those hoping to fight, this is probably annoying, since there's only six chambers that tend to get used a lot. At one point during the day, he loses the dome to some short and grumpy guy, so Sokka turns to the journal.]

Has anyone really tried the stuff in these vending machines before? I mean, I usually just get a soda or something, but this stuff is amazing. Like... look at these. [He lifts up an oreo to the camera.] It's two cookies, but with some kind of paste between them. But the paste tastes like sugar! And then there's these! [Sokka lifts up an red lump of candy.] Apple gels. They're great, although I don't think they taste like real apples. There's something unusually refreshing about them. I had about ten just now and it made my fingers all tingly. Actually, I'm kind of feeling tingly all over and-- [Sokka looks away and spots something else] Oh! And check this out! [He pulls out a WORM. A multicolored worm.] It's a CANDY worm. I was thinking I could use it for fishing, but it's actually kind of tasty. Oh, and then there's these fished shape crackers...

[He'll go on like this for awhile. People can listen or ignore him, but he'll be casually highlighting the awesome contents of the Battle Dome vending machines.

He'll be coming home later with the stomach ache from hell.]

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[Aha. Going back to that. Sokka nods, sipping some more tea.]

You're right. But it's been Zuko's fault four different times.

Edited 2012-09-23 04:42 (UTC)

[ Cue a suitably shocked look. Seriously, Uncle Zuko?? ]

Four times? What were they???

Edited 2012-09-23 04:43 (UTC)

[As much as he'd like to make Zuko look bad by recounting them, each time was pretty terrible. Zuko had some pretty rotten luck.]

Firebending accidents. It's why you should always be careful bending around the house.

I've never really broken anything with bending, but Korra burned down our airbending gates! [ Actually Korra has bent a lot of things into destruction now that Ikki's thinking about it ]

Tsk, tsk. It looks like she takes after Zuko, doesn't she? [He wonders about this though. Korra does seem to be prone to... well, not being very smart about things.]

Maaaaybe! She's really good at firebending an' stuff. [ Air...took a little longer. And was hilarious. ]

It's kinda weird for her to be so good at firebending. You know, with the waterbending.

I think she's just good at stuff that lets her hit other stuff really hard! [ you know, the opposite of avoidance airbending ]

... how specific. [He just shakes his head.] Though I guess that works for me too. Only, you know, without the bending.

Edited 2012-09-30 01:24 (UTC)

Well, I like that about her! She's funny, y'know? I don't mind getting launched in the air buuuuuut I did sorta mind when she slammed a door in my face. [ GRUDGE WHAT GRUDGE no seriously what grudge she's already moving on to the next topic ] Daddy talked to her about Grandpa having trouble with one bending type, too, y'know? I guess they're all reaaaaaaally different but there's always one that's the most differentest.

I only haveta know the one, though, so I dunno! I like being an airbender.

I don't even have to know one. We non-benders have it easy. It's very relaxing, not having to train to move things with your mind.

[Okay actually it kinda sucks, but whatever.]

But you haveta train for lots of other things, don't you? Like with your boomerang and sword and making things at the blacksmith!

Yeah, but I got to choose it. Unfortunately you're just stuck with airbending.

Maaaaaybe! But I like it! I really really really like the wind! Although someeeeeetimes I wish we didn't have to meditate as much. Meelo falls asleep, y'know.

Meelo... he's your brother, right? But not the baby one.

Yep, he's the one who's only two years younger than me!

I'm almost two years older than my sister now. [A beat.] So, is he annoying?

Ummmmmm. [ He's never really annoyed her specifically. Meelo tends to do his own thing, while Ikki spends more time with Jinora than her brother, and then again sometimes they'll all be all over the place. He's fun in a way Jinora isn't always, too. ] We normally get along! Meelo does things by himself a lot, though.

... he does? That doesn't seem right.

He likes to fartbend and burpbend. [ IT'S NOT SOMETHING IKKI GENERALLY JOINS IN ON. ] Oh! And he thinks Asami's hair is really pretty. Aaaaaaaand I guess normally he spends more time bothering daddy while I'm doing whatever with Jinora. He chews on daddy's head a lot.

... chews on his head?

[Are we sure Meelo isn't descended from Toph somehow?]

Yep! He's never chewed on mine, though, so I don't mind.

I guess he doesn't like hair in his mouth.

I've never actually asked. I guess I could've, but I didn't really care. [ MEELO IS MEELO. Ikki will never be able to explain him, probably.

Anyway, she has a more important topic. ] Was the tea good enough for the surprise?

Oh, right. The surprise!

[Sokka sits up and holds his stomach. He's still a little sick, but not as bad as before...]

I think we can do it. But you'll have to close your eyes.

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