Appointments Post

[markofthewise]

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[Action, January 3rd]
[Voice, March 8th]
[Written, June 11th]

Comments

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

I... I understand that. [He remembers how troubled Katara was, initially, the other night. He remembers how Sokka was when Suki left.] There's enough difficulties in this world, already. But... we're still in the present. The future isn't here yet. We all still have choices.

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

[A nod. He's thinking of his conversation with Katara last night...]

Don't forget that. Just because she's here... nothing's been decided yet.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

I know that. I've been trying to make this as easy for Katara as I can. I know she doesn't... feel the same as back home, and I can't expect it after all the time she's been apart from me. But I'm... sorry you had to find out this way.

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

[... that, yeah. Aang and Katara, together.]

It doesn't bother me. [A surprising confession maybe. Mentally, it gave him the oogies. But emotionally, not so much.]

It kind of seems right, the two of you. Back in our own world, anyway.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

I'm glad. [He hasn't changed that much.] You did get a little angry back home, but it was the funny kind of angry. [A wistful pause.] Things were so much simpler.

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

Yeah? Well, if you start making out or something, I'd probably get angry again. [He so does not need to see that.]

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

[He laughs.]

There, that's it!

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

[It's worse now! Sokka he still thinks of as a kid. But Katara... well, she's a woman. He does smirk, at first. But not quite laughing, because once the moment passes, he adds:]

She'll be seventeen tomorrow, you know.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

Yeah... I-I know. She has an extra year here. She was a little shorter than me back home.

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

You'll get there again, eventually.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

Yeah, of course. My girlfriend will be waiting for me back home. So it's not so bad. Especially when all my friends are nearby.

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

[And mine... she might not be. Underneath the table, his fist tightens for just a moment. But he merely nods.]

Yeah. You just have to wait for your turn to go back.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

[Even though he's realized the signs Sokka and Suki might not be the same home as in Luceti... he's been in denial, thinking they'll pick up sometime down the line. Any of the good parts of being here have to be possible back home. There has to be only one world for all of them.]

Yeah, whenever that is. Whenever any of our times will be. [But new fears are cropping up. He doesn't want to forget Ikki's smile.]

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

[He gives a silent nod of acknowledgement. There's a lot to think about now. Everything is happening all at once and sometimes it feels like being caught in a storm.]

She might just be the first.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

You're right. New Feather season's practically just started. And... she's mentioned a lot of people who could show up. But... she could also be the only one from her time, like Roku. [Or that's just because not even the Malnosso care for Sozin.]

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

Could be. Either way, there might be things in the future we won't like. We should decide how much we want to find out.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

[I already know things I don't want to know.]

Y-yeah. Things like... not asking if we're still alive or anything would be good places to start. If there's older people, we can explain stuff like that to them, and they'll understand.

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

Yeah. That kind of stuff.

[Like. What happens to him and Suki.]

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

[Of course, there isn't really a way to restrain Ikki even if she coincidentally tends to avoid unestablished things, but they'll have to manage with that.]

Yeah, I'm pretty good with what I know already. [Trying to avoid slipping any of the darker things he learned, he puts on a light grin.] So, Sokka... you ready to be a great uncle?

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

Believe it or not? I've already got practice at it. Sort of. [A pause.] It's complicated.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

Something tells me that the only explanation you need is saying the word "experiment".

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

[A nod.] I was Toph's dad.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

Well... that's a new level of weird.

[Action - July 4th]

[markofthewise]

You think that's weird? Katara's son was a few years older than her.

[Action - July 4th]

[savedtheworld]

That... is really weird. They made someone else her son? She didn't... have a husband too, did she?