Sokka the 15th - [Voice/Action]

[markofthewise]

[Filtered 90% to the Strawhats, the Gaang, Nash, and Vash.]

Alright, it's that time. Be here today, lunchtime. Feel free to bring bring food, if you like.

If you have a special friend that you really think should be here, then drag them along too.

[/Filter]

[And that's all Sokka is saying. Everyone invited will likely know this isn't some pitch-in lunch (well, it is kinda) but actually a SEEKRET MEETING to discuss the three main threats and the trap Sokka has been planning. Also that special friends are meant to be those who really should hear this and could be useful to the mission. Not boyfriends. He's talking about you Katara.

Whenever they arrive, the front room will have been set up with multiple chairs and the couches arranged in a circle, all directed to the back of the room where an easel with charts is set up.]

((ooc: For ease of things, Sokka will lay out his plan all at once and have questions and discussion afterwards. Due to the number of people present, threadhopping, threadjacking, and threadbranching is fine. Feel free to mingle outside of the main Plan thread. Bring a snack!))

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The Plan

[markofthewise]

[After the mingling has taken place and everyone has arrived, Sokka will call everyone into place and head back to the chart.]

Alright everyone, I'm glad you were able to come. There's a good reason we're all here besides the food. Which was good, by the way! Everyone did a great job. Except those who didn't make food, but they're here, so it's okay! Now then, before we move on to talk about Aku and Kefka, today's target is Yuber. Because he's a bad guy, but you guys knew that, or you wouldn't be here! Ha... anyways! I have a chart!

[He flips back a page.]



This is Yuber. A man dressed in black with a long yellow braid. Notice if you will his twin swords and the evil that radiates around him. More importantly, notice where he's standing. Those are the tunnels. As some of you may know, there is a long tunnel that runs from the village all the way to the desert. Once inside this tunnel, special abilities are nullified. This means that Yuber's primary tactic, teleporting away, will be completely nullified.

[Chart flip.]



Note the tunnel clearly indicated here! We will be setting a trap for Yuber, above the tunnels. We'll be doing it just outside of the village, where it is still forested and we'll have plenty of cover to hide with. Now you might be asking yourselves, "Sokka, isn't the entrance to the tunnel in the VILLAGE?"

You would be right. However, a friend of mine named Sheena was clever enough to discover that despite the power limit, these tunnels can be penetrated. After the blizzard, there was so much snow that the combined weight of it and her caused a snow-in. Naturally I was there to rescue her, but that's not the point. The point is that we can do the same thing. Or rather, Toph can.

Our first step will be to bait Yuber out there. Given his animosity towards some of us here already, this should not be difficult. All we have to do is lure him to a spot over the tunnels that will have been weakened in advance... and with a little earhbending... [Chart flip.]



Yuber will fall in! By the time he realizes what's happened, he'll be in the tunnel and can't teleport. However, the plan doesn't end there. Because waiting for him in the tunnel.... [Chart flip.]



Will be a cage! Once he falls inside of it, we'll have people waiting down there ready to take him on, remove his weapons, and fix him with restraints to prevent him from trying to escape or possibly even kill himself. With Yuber restrained, all we'll have to do from then on is keep a watch out on him, assigning people to take turns guarding him and making sure no one tries to let him out.

And thus, Operation Get Yuber will have been completed. Questions, anyone?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

... [not bad, Sokka, though Sanji does have one point to make]

There's always the chance the shithead will teleport before he falls in too deep. Whatevers nulling the magic might be a little weaker at the top.

[markofthewise]

That's why we need to have a hole set up first, so when Toph activates the trap, there's as little delay as possible. Of course, it wouldn't hurt if the person playing bait could speed his fall up a bit.

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

Can Toph-chan close up the hole immediately after he falls?

[markofthebrave]

[After listening to the others, Katara has a question.]

...Sokka, you said this guy could teleport, right? So why would he just walk up to the spot of our choosing if someone called him out? It's not like Azula would ever let us pick where we would fight her, and if this guy is as crazy as she is, what's to stop him from seeming to ignore the challenge and then picking his own place and time?

[markofthewise]

There isn't anything. If he doesn't take the bait, there's no plan. That's why we have to make sure it's somebody he'll underestimate and allow them to choose the location and time. More to the point, he has to think it's random and the plan has to take place immediately after the challenge is made.

[markofthebrave]

I don't know, Sokka. It doesn't seem like this part of the plan is very reliable.

[earthrumblegod.livejournal.com]

I'm here.

[markofthebrave]

[Ffff, Sokka. Projecting much? Katara briefly considered inviting that Caesar guy she'd had lunch with who said he was a strategist, but then remembered that he said in his world that they worked alone. If by the time Sokka's done presenting the plan, she thinks it needs another chef to check the flavor, she might ask Sokka to talk to him anyway.

Speaking of chefs, since they were hosting Katara felt responsible to make at least a basic lunch. She kept it simple, as even though it's two days later she's still a little worn out from her encounter with Aku. Soup, bread (purchased from the store), and packaged thinly sliced meat and cheese make up the fare.

She's standing over by the table set up on the opposite side of the charts, making sure everything is set up.]

[Voice]

[gomugomunopwn.livejournal.com]

Time for what?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

For the thing Sanji was supposed to tell you about.

... just bring your crew over, alright?

[Voice]

[gomugomunopwn.livejournal.com]

....

Oh, that! Okay.

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Great! See you guys soon.

[goldenglasses]

[Vash shows up, but doesn't bring donuts for once. He's also wearing his sunglasses because he's expecting serious business, but there's a small smile on his face for now before the serious talk starts up.] Hey there Sokka.

[markofthewise]

Hey Vash! Glad you could make it! [Sokka peers curiously. No food? You are such a mooch!] I'm not sure if you know everyone here or not. My sister, Katara, is around here somewhere. Nash should be showing up too.

[goldenglasses]

[Not a mooch when you don't plan on eating anything!] You're sister, huh? No, I haven't met her yet.

[markofthewise]

Oh well in that case- [He turns.] HEY KATARA!

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[ Well. Usopp is here and like hell he's bringing food when Sanji is the chef.

Nope. Not sorry about it. Though he could always offer some tobasco to the more daring. And only semi-suspicious of meeting strangers today, go him. ]

[markofthewise]

[Well you're LATE. And no food. Way to go, Usopp.]

Hey! Usopp! Glad you could make it.

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[ He had to rescue orphans from a burning school building.

And then he had to feed them. GAWD. ]

Ah- hi! Sorry I'm late.

[markofthewise]

Hey, no worries at all. You just got to miss Katara freaking out over Katara. Nothing big.

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Sanji shows up fashionably late... actually he was cooking for Katara-chan and Toph-chan and maybe you people with no breasts. Either way he's bearing a few gifts when he walks through the door]

[markofthewise]

[... huh. Presents?]

Hi Sanji. What's with... the gifts?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

Idiot, you said bring food.

[markofthewise]

Well in any case, I think that's everyone... except Nami and Nash. Any idea where Nami is?