006 - Rip Van Sokka

[alwayscomeback]

Who: Sokka and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Blue Fish
When: Right now!

[Sokka has finally awoken from cryosleep. He looks a little older (which, of course, he is, he's a whole 19 years now) and his hair is in disarray, but awake he is. His communicator catches him sitting upright, blinking confusedly around him as he tries to sort through three years worth of memories and try to work out where the hell he is.

After a few moments, the pieces fall into place, and he lets out a low groan, flopping back on his bed.]

Ugh. I thought I was done with this place.

[Then, he gets up, reluctantly, ties his hair back up in a pony tail, and heads up the hatch and out into the Blue Fish himself. It's like going back to a dream. Or maybe a nightmare. The familiarity is fuzzy and off, but it's slowly creeping back to him. ]

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[KATARA DON'T WASTE FOOD.

He gives a frightened 'belaugh!!!', before turning around and returning the hug. Oh wow. Yeah. The whole gang's here, too. ]

What, you were expecting the Cabbage Guy?

[kyasdaughter]

[ are you seriously calling that junk food



seriously ]

No, but - you've been asleep for ages.

[ not that she was worried or anything. bluh. ]

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[YES. ]

That was...weird. I was home. Like...home home. For three years. I'd almost forgotten about this place.

[Of course not, he wouldn't dare suggest she was, gosh. ]

[kyasdaughter]

[ and this is the part where she leans back, her hands clasped on his shoulders. ]

You're older.

[ UNFAIR... seems to be the common reaction around here... ]

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Yeah. Three years, Katara. It's not like I lived in an ageless bubble.

[He'll SMILE.]

And you haven't got older at all. [Oh no, wait, smile is gone. ]

And you never told me about you and Aang!!!!!

[kyasdaughter]

It hasn't been three years for the rest of us, it's been a week-

[ she will go scarlet, though. ]

What about me and Aang?

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...Just a week? Seriously? Just a week?

[Oh, there is pointing. So much pointing.]

That you two got together and made everything all- all oogie.

[kyasdaughter]

That hasn't happened for me yet back home!

[ back home. baaack home. she'll qualify it... for now... mostly she's just defending herself here, alright. ]

The last thing I remember is Zuko's coronation, remember?

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And yet you don't seem that surprised!

[Squinting, dear sister, SQUINTING. ]

That happened during the coronation! You guys went outside on the balcony and I walked in on you- belguh, it grosses me out to think about it.

[kyasdaughter]

Because I met the Avatar who comes after Aang when I was in Paradisa and learned a lot of that stuff a long time ago.

[ katara takes a breath, then presses her hand briefly to her face. ]

... besides, we didn't want to say anything while you were upset about Suki.

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So you did know about it!

[Oh. OH NO. Nooo. ]

But that happened he...re. Are you two being oogie here?!!

[kyasdaughter]

What does that even mean!?

[ wow she could not possibly be more embarrassed right now ]

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[He pulls SUCH A FACE. ]

By being gross and cuddly and oogie.

[kyasdaughter]

[ for some reason she's like 50000x more bothered by this than she usually would just because he's so much taller. >(

and, really, she's also still on eggshells about... whatever it is between her and aang. she feels like she's rushing and dragging her feet at the same time, which shouldn't even be possible. ]

We're not - we won't - ugh! Just go find Allen and Beverly, they've been worried about you.

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[He is so much taller. He is still pulling all the faces. He's had to put up with three years of this and it isn't getting any less GROSS. ]

Ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh.

Fine. It's not like you two will stop anyway. Ughh.

[kyasdaughter]

There's no way we're as bad as you and Toph are making it out to be.

[ is she getting self-conscious?

she's getting self-conscious. ]

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Ya-huh. I spent a while with Toph in her metalbending school to get away from all the oogie.

[kyasdaughter]

[ and she was so glad to see you awake forty-five seconds ago. mortified, she just crosses her arms and whirls on her foot to march back to the kitchen. BYE SOKKA. >( ]

[alwayscomeback]

[FINE BE LIKE THAT YOU WEIRDO!!!!]

Katara. Ugh.

[kyasdaughter]

Find me when you feel like being less of a jerk!

[ stomp stomp stomp ]

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How about you find me when you're being less...less... weird!!!.