002; Video

[alwayscomeback]

Who: Sokka and you!
Broadcast: Network
Action: SS Blue Fish
When: Shuffle day!

[He's been designated Captain of his ship. Sokka is used to leadership, he's lead his motley gang around the world, after all. It's something he has quite literally been born to do. After the flub before the Day of Black Sun, though, he knows public speaking is not his Thing. But not this time. No, this time he is going to inspire his crew and give them complete and utter faith in his leadership.]

So, uh, hi. It looks like I've been made Captain.

...Of the SS Blue Fish, I mean. Not like, the Captain of Everything, because that would be dumb. [A nervous laugh.] Could you even believe that? Captain of Everything. Ha...ha.

Anyway, I want my crew to know I've totally got this. I'm a leader back home, too. I make sure Team Avatar gets to where we need to go. Except none of you know who Team Avatar is, do you? Okay! Team who's responsible for saving the world. We're a big deal. So I lead those guys, and I've led two invasion forces.

...Okay the first one failed terribly but the second one seems to be going pretty well. Except for the fact I'm probably about to die. But! Uh. Yeah! I really do know what I'm doing and I promise to be the best Captain I can be.

[...]

Sokka! My name's Sokka. Though...you probably already got that in the announcement.

I'm gonna turn off the communicator now.

Comments

[ladiesss]

Haha. Yeah. Me too.

[alwayscomeback]

But hey, we can use that to our advantage. Incompetent enemies are easier to beat than the competent ones.

[ladiesss]

I like your thinking. Now we just have to find the damn guys...

[alwayscomeback]

Thaaat's where we're going to have to work a little harder.

[ladiesss]

I'd, uh, put money on the big egg-looking spaceship out there...

[alwayscomeback]

The Marsiva? [Sokka makes a face.] I checked that whole place out when I arrived there, and I couldn't find anything useful at all. There are ways inside into the deeper parts of the ship, I'm sure, but we'd need schematics or something to really get inside.

1/2

[ladiesss]

That's what I was thinking, too... Maybe someone could hack their way in!

[ladiesss]

--Like, with computers. If that wasn't clear. I don't mean like with an ax, or something.

[alwayscomeback]

...

I wasn't thinking about axes either.



Nope.

Definitely your thing.

[ladiesss]

...Actually not my thing. I'm okay at computers, but I'm no hacker.

I guess I'll have to expand my network of people who know how to do cool stuff.

[alwayscomeback]

You have a network? That's pretty neat!

[ladiesss]

Well, it's, ah--pretty small right now. Room to expand, and all that.

[alwayscomeback]

Well, yeah. But it's good groundwork. I got something like that too. It's more...uh rag tag than network, but it still works.

[ladiesss]

Yeah, but you get great story points! The rag tag group of heroes always comes out on top.

[alwayscomeback]

[There's a delicate pause here.] Not always.

[ladiesss]

Oh... [a pause...] I hit another bad topic, didn't I.

[alwayscomeback]

It's okay, I guess I've just had a crummy time of it lately. Not your fault.

[ladiesss]

Nah, I... Think I'm also really good at managing to say the worst thing possible, so, uh...

[she remembers getting really excited about seeing a real, live dragon, only for Headmaster Thorne to berate her for acting amazed about something that's murdered dozens of innocent people. she hasn't gotten over that one yet, either.]

I'm still going to say, though, that statistically we've got good chances.

[alwayscomeback]

Trust me, you're not as bad as I used to be. Still am, sometimes.

[He makes a softly amuse sound.]

You better believe it, you've got me on our side.

[ladiesss]

That's way better. All right. Team "bad at talking" has it covered.

[alwayscomeback]

And we'll beat every obstacle we cross, with our terrible conversations skills.