markofthewise | Sokka the 77th

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Sokka the 77th - [Action/Voice]

[On February Twenty-Fifth, Sokka turned nineteen. On the Twenty-Sixth, he left on a routine mission to work as a mechanic on one of the Malnosso's three space vessels high up in orbit. There was no battle, this time. Just good honest work, people to relate to, and a small bunk to call his own. Seven days, just like that.

On March Fourth, one of the mechanics triggered a malfunction on the hangar doors. The crew quickly fled, just as the power went down. They needed to close the hatch leading to the hallway. But without power, it could only be closed from one side. The one about to be opened up into space. The hero, the stupid hero, closed the door. In those brief moments, he thought that maybe if he reached a Tyr Fighter, he could climb in one of those. He ran. Hard.

He didn't make it.

Today, he fell into the sea, nearly drowning, and was saved by the Avatar. It distracted him from what happened, but now that she was off exploring town, he had the chance to go in his room, get dressed, and collect his weapons. It was a good thing he chose not to bring them. They'd be out floating in space right now, otherwise. One thing was strange, though. He wasn't upset. He wasn't distressed. He could only look back on it and regret that it even happened. That was a week's worth of points he wouldn't be getting. Damn Malnosso cheapskates.

After a bit of cleaning up, he went to go approach this new day. He'd be gone from Luceti for two weeks. People would probably miss him. But his first destination was the smithy.

The only problem was that once he got to the smithy, he found himself looking at the walls. They were barer than he left them. People had been picking up some of the weapons he'd made. Well, that wasn't going to do. He wasn't running a charity here.]

Hey Luceti. Looks like I got back in time for the new feathers to roll in. I'm Sokka. Hope you guys are settling in fine! I run the Slash 'n Crash, the local smithy and weapon shop. I make most of the weapons here. I do take commissions if people want stuff. But since there's no money, just talk to me and we can work out a trade. No point in breaking your back for nothing, right?

Anyway, did I miss anything important?

[For the rest of the day, Sokka can be found at the smithy. Later he does about an hour of catch up work at the library, before going home to dinner. Remarkably enough, he doesn't feel like drinking today.

Today is a good day.]

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Shouldn't I be asking you that?

[The joy in her voice faded. She was a bit worried on when he'd be coming back.] I was worried about you. Are you doing alright?

I'm fine! Really, the worst thing that happened to me was that I got a little bored.

Well, I'm glad you're safe. [And she means it.

This is slightly awkward though. She's not sure how to talk to him, but she's trying really hard to be friendly.] Are you really going to go straight back to work though? You're not going to take a break?

Well, that was the plan. [Maybe he's reading too much into this, but it sounds like she wants to see him, so...] But I don't have to. I just wanted to get some things cleaned up first.

[She kinda does. But there's no way she'll admit that, not even to herself.]

I guess it's better than sitting around and doing nothing. Maybe I should start working somewhere.

Is there anything you'd like to do? The shops are always having new openings. Kind of the downside of Luceti.

Oh! Well, I'm going to be working for Sheena.

Edited 2013-03-12 04:28 (UTC)

At the tea shop? You make tea now?

I'm not Iroh-good, but I did make tea at home.

Hey, no one is Iroh-good! I'm just surprised. I never saw you as the, you know, waitress type.

[She chuckles.] Neither did I, but it's something to do, right? And Sheena has been kind enough to let me stay in house, so helping her seems like the right thing to do.

What's it been like? Living with her?

[Maybe he should invite her back. It's been long enough.]

It's been really nice actually. She's been great. [Even though it's weird lving in a house with only two people instead of five.]

Have you thought about coming back at all?

[That was a complete surprise.]

Did you want me to come back?

I never wanted you to leave.

I don't know. I don't know if I'm ready or not, and I can't just leave Sheena.

Sheena will be fine. Besides, you're one of the gang. Remember?

I know I am, but what if I don't want to leave? I don't even know if I can handle being around you for that long. I do want to try and be friends, but you're still the guy who broke my heart.

Okay. Okay, that's fair. [He should probably insist a little more. But hey, if that's how she feels, that's how she feels.] Maybe I'll drop in for some tea sometime. If you're alright with that.

That would be fine. And I wouldn't mind catching up.

Well, I could drop by in an hour.

I'll be here. See you soon, Sokka.

As promised, Sokka does show up there about an hour later. He put his stuff away, cleaned himself up a bit at the sink in the workshop, and did his best to make himself look good. Yeah, he looked pretty alright.

Once he made it to the tea shop, he did his best to ninja his way in and take a seat. That way he could patiently wait for Suki to notice him.

For awhile, Suki regretted inviting Sokka. She was nervous and wasn't sure if she was ready. But their last interaction wasn't that bad, so she didn't have anything to worry about. Or at least she hoped not.

Though she noticed Sokka right away, it took some time for her to approach him.

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