Sokka the 7th | [Action]

[markofthewise]

[You might notice something unusual today. The smithy now has smoke rising from it once again. If you go inside, you'll find Sokka inside, working on various items with one hand while holding a yellow book entitled "Smithing For Dummies" in the other. A few other books about smithing and metallurgy in general are scattered about as well.

If you caught Sokka earlier in the day, you would've seen him dragging a large amount of weapons back to the smithy, all of which he had previously purloined at the weapon shop when he arrived. He'll also be attempting to drag a few couches from the furniture shop towards the smithy too, so feel free to help him out.]

Comments

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[markofthewise]

[Sokka doesn't even turn around. He just keeps hammering.]

Nope. Sokka.

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[knightofratatosk]

O-oh. You haven't... you haven't seen Lloyd around, have you?

[There's not much chance of that, but it can't hurt to ask, right?]

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[markofthewise]

[He'll stop for now and turn around.]

I never even met Lloyd. Or Edward either, sorry pal. I'm just making use of the place, since no one else is.

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[knightofratatosk]

...

[He'd thought as much, but he'd still been holding out a tiny hope.]

... Lloyd would be glad to see someone putting it to good use. He wouldn't want it to stay closed forever just because he isn't here anymore.

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[markofthewise]

[Sokka feels a smidge guilty now. Clearly this Lloyd must have been a friend or something.]

Well, Elisa and I will do our best to keep it up. I even added a couch, see?

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[knightofratatosk]

Elisa?

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[markofthewise]

She's just this... woman. Apparently I'm working for here. Or something. I don't even get paid. I also do all the work.

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[knightofratatosk]

That... doesn't sound very fair at all.

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[markofthewise]

I know! Just because she found this place empty first, somehow that makes her the person in charge here. Even though I'm the one who brought the couch in here and actually started working on stuff.

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[knightofratatosk]

Then maybe you should ask her if she could do something to help you out, like cut firewood for the forge or something.

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[markofthewise]

You know what, I like the way you think. She's going to have to pull her weight around here too. Especially if she's going to enforce a couch quota on me.

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[knightofratatosk]

A couch quota? What does that even mean?

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[markofthewise]

It means we can only have one couch in the smithy. Pretty lame, right?

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[knightofratatosk]

What would you do with more than one couch anyway? I didn't think the smithy was all that busy most of the time; wouldn't one couch be enough for people to sit on while they're waiting?

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[markofthewise]

It's not like Luceti is the most interesting place around. I thought it'd be nice if people could just come in, sit down, talk about weapons in a nice comfortable environment. If Elisa hadn't shown up, I was going to get someone to serve drinks here too.

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[knightofratatosk]

Why can't she serve the drinks?

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[markofthewise]

An intriguing idea. I'm not convinced she'll go for it, though.

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[knightofratatosk]

You said you wanted her to do something to help, right?

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[markofthewise]

Oh, I do, sure. I just don't know if she wants to do something to help.

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[knightofratatosk]

You could always ask over the journals and see if anyone else would be willing to help.

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[markofthewise]

I just have to make sure Elisa doesn't find out and it'll be great.

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[knightofratatosk]

You could just filter it from her. But, um, I'm probably not the best person to ask about that. My filters usually don't work.

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[markofthewise]

I've... never actually done a filter. Is it hard or something?

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[knightofratatosk]

You have to use certain symbols to make it work, and if you don't draw them right, anyone else can read it.

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[markofthewise]

So it's an art thing, then?