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Sokka the 12th - [Written/Action]

[Filtered to his friends at 80%. You know who you are, people.]

Since my sister arrived, me, Toph, and Zuko have moved to House 56. Right next to Building 5, hard to miss. Just thought I'd filter this though, what with evil demons going around destroying houses and stuff. So feel free to update your address book!

[And that's all Sokka is writing for now. Right now he's working on getting his room set up if his housemates want to bother him. Just about everything is moved over now, not that there was a whole lot to take. Sokka will miss those purple walls back home, though. He's a little bummed out since he recently discovered that his old 'boss' Elisa stopped showing up to give him sandwiches at the smithy and seems to be gone altogether. Sure, he's his own boss now, but he was getting rather fond of jalapenos...]

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... you have to meet him. Anyways, wanna head to the store?

Can you call it a store if you don't actually have to buy anything? [OK. Even she knows that dodging attempt was fail.] All right, fine. I could use some stuff for my room anyway.

Great. I'll show you my smithy too. [Sokka grabs his coat, sword, and boomerang. BAM, he's ready to get a move on.]

I would like to see that. [She'll go back into her room and grab her coat and canteen.] Ready when you are!

[And out the door they'll go!]

Man, it's been so long since we ever went shopping with just the two of us. [He pauses and thinks.] Wait, did we ever go shopping just the two of us?

Not unless you count fishing. Or that time I followed you out when you were hunting. You tried to send me back, though, so that definitely doesn't count.

[She'll follow along beside him, close enough to not get separated in case there's a crowd but far enough away so they can both move if they have to. It's instinctive by now. Meanwhile, she's looking around, trying to get the lay of the land.]

Yeah. You know what? We really should get a boat to go fishing in. Besides, fish can't talk if they're out of water. But that's not exactly shopping.

[Sokka doesn't notice the fact she's trying to walk away from him like she's embarrassed or something. GEEZ, KATARA.]

Do they sell boats, or would we have to make one?

[...wait this is the animal talking thing again. Does this mean that they'll be eating talking things, even if they buy them in the store?] So they really... talk? All of them?

I haven't seen any, so I guess we'd have to make one. Also, it's not fair waterbending the fish into a bucket. It's not sporting!

... but yes. They all talk. Or at least I think they do. I don't know if the bugs talk, but they are pretty tiny, so it'd be hard to tell.

What's not sporting about fishing is that we have a brain this big [hand gestures] and fish have a brain this big [holds up her fingers] and yet we still are the ones waiting for them to come close enough for you to spear!

[Ha! She's been wanting to use that one on you for a while, Sokka. And... she doesn't really want to think about talking food, so moving right along.] How far is it until the grocery store?

Hey, it's not the size of your brain, it's how you use it! Besides, fishing with a line is a lot more relaxing than spear fishing.

[And up ahead is the bridge.] Just across that bridge and on the other side of the plaza.

I wonder if they have any planks we could use to make a ship, or if we'd have to cut down a tree...

[And she's looking around, trying to take in everything.] This place is pretty big. It's like a village in the earth kingdom, with the way everything is set up.

It's no Ba Sing Se, though. But, I guess it's bigger than where we grew up...

[Quietly] I guess we should be glad it's not that big, huh?

You said you were back home when you were taken? What was it like? Was Dad back too?

At least the walls of Ba Sing Se could be crossed. Not like the invisible one here.

After the war was over, we all went back. You, me, dad, Gramp-Gramp. It was starting to get back to the way it was when we were little.

Gramp-Gramp?

Oh yeah. Pakku married Gran Gran. Did I not mention that? He's also a member of a secret society of super tough grandpas.

[Facepalm. When her hand drops she's grinning.] That's great news! Aww! He must have really loved her all this time. Who'd have thought that such a sour old man could be so romantic.

...secret society of super tough grandpas? You're not getting a fever again, are you, Sokka?

I know! He was a big softy all along.

Remember when Piandao gave me that Pai Sho tile? Well, it's because he was a member of the Order of the White Lotus. So was Iroh, Bumi, Jeong Jeong, and Pakku... and a bunch of other people, I guess.

A secret society... wow. Jeong Jeon and Bumi were in the same club? Iroh too? ...they've got to have some strange club meetings.

Does this mean that you were invited to join?

I don't know. Maybe? I might have to be really old first.

Well then I guess we'll find out! [Assuming we ever get out of here, which of course we will. We have to.]

Are we going to the smithy first, or the grocery?

The smithy is closer. [In fact, they're almost there.]

And here it is! [He opens the door and heads on in, sitting on a big nice comfy couch out front. The store isn't that much different than the one they were at in the Fire Nation, though there's a lot more exotic weapons on display. The forge is further in the back.] So what do you think?

Wow, Sokka! Nice... couch. [She's teasing, mostly.] Did you set this up yourself?

[And she'll be walking around, looking at the strange weapons]

Eh, for the most part. It was already here, but I've cleaned it up and moved some stuff around.

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