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Who: Anyone! Everyone!
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: On the FLOOT LOOP stations! Or the planet!
When: WHENEVER time is an illusion.

[you know the drill! this is a mingle for the stations floating around the bizarre forest planet, or the forest planet itself!

want to get away from the forest illusions? are you stopping for supplies? were you just really craving a bowl of Floot Loops for some reason? whether you are backdating for pre-planet shenanigans or just want to mess around, this is the post for you!]

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[Secret tunnel, in the mountain.]

[Maybe you decided to travel with Sokka against your best reasoning. Maybe Sokka cares about you enough to trail along with you in the forest, to try and keep you safe. No matter what, you are all now in a massive tunnel under the mountain, with pretty much no way to see through the winding paths through it. This is why travelling with Sokka is a bad idea: the universe kind of has it out for him.]

I should have known this'd happen! It was right there in the song and everything!!!

[The clearing]

[Once he gets to the clearing, his horrible experience done with, suddenly a bladed boomerang appears in his hands. Sokka stares at it in numb surprise for a moment, before a wide grin crosses his face. Like he's been licked by a million puppies or something.]

BOOMERANG!!!!

[He's just going to hug the thing now. Yep. That's what's happening.] You came back to me!!!

Edited 2015-01-18 21:32 (UTC)

[So Allen has been listening to god knows how long to Sokka's complaint about the tunnels. And the Forest. And essentially everything else in the world. Who the hell knows actually, Allen stopped listening an hour ago.]

[And now they are finally free of the forest and the tunnel, and he's not sure what's going on- but Sokka seems elated. Allen on the other hand, doesn't even notice the item appear for him.]

Good. Wonderful.

[And excuse him as he drops to sit in the grass, exhausted and done with everything. God his head was killing him]

[Sokka is too happy about being reunited with his most favourite weapon ever. He's hugging and kissing it and laughing like a lunatic.]

I shoulda know you'd come back. You ALWAYS do!

[Oh hey, Allen is here.]

What've you got?

[God he is actually kissing his boomerang. He is actually kidding a goddamn boomerang. He knows he'd get emotional if he saw Timcanpy again, but at least Timcanpy was alive. ...Sorta. he rubs his forehead, too weirded out to interfere with the reunion]

[But then Sokka pays attention to him, like he exists again, and is asking a question. Now that he thinks about it there was something that felt painfully spikey in his coat pocket. That feeling wasn't there before]

[So digging in and pulling out a silver cross thingy, small enough to fit on his hand- like a badge of something. Allen's eyes widen in surprise]

Eh? What's this-

[How did this get all the way out here in space?]

[Boomerang is totally alive, it is the best buddy a boy could ask for.

Sokka hasn't got a clue what that is, but hey, it's spiky.]

Wow, is that a fancy dagger or something?

Huh? No-

[He shakes his head, he shifts his hand to hold it properly, with the etchings facing up in the palm of his hand]

It's an emblem. [Erm-] For a group I worked for back in my world.

[They, of course, mean nothing to Sokka. Not even the SHAPE means anything to him. Such is life.]

So it's like...a totem, or something?

More...like a symbol, or a badge - to tell people who we are. I wore it whenever I went on field missions.

Oh!

[Sokka beams, nodding in understanding. ]

We have a special helmet we wear to battle. It's a wolf's head. People see the wolf head on a battlefield, and they know the Southern Water Tribe are out there.

[He smiles]

Yes! Like that!

Though...a wolf head does sound like a bit of a cooler symbol.

They are really cool.

[A pause.] Also kinda heavy.

I'm pretty sure most armour's heavy, Sokka. It's made to protect the wearer.

Well, yeah, that's a given. I bet I could make something lightweight and sturdy, though.

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[A look of major despair on Ludger's face. This is not what he wished for when he wanted to helpfully follow his captain into the forest.

No.]

[Ludger slaps his hands over his ears as if he expects the song to start at any second now. A terrible tunnel is one thing, BUT WHAT IF THE SINGING STARTS]

[Allen meanwhile is standing next to Ludger, glancing down at him with a bit of pity before he tries smiling at Sokka (it's a forced smile, but whatever!). Sure, he too is really regretting his choice of following Sokka into the forest- but they can't give up! They can't give into despair! If they do, they'll be stuck in here forever!]

I suppose that's true...but it's okay! I'm sure we'll find a way out of here!

[FORCED SHONEN OPTIMISM GO]

Edited 2015-01-19 18:53 (UTC)

[Sokka turns to point at Allen.]

NO! No optimism is a terrible idea. It won't get us outta here. We need badgermoles, but I don't see any badgermoles. Do you guys see any badgermoles?!!!

[Your captain might be having a mini breakdown. Following him was the worst idea ever.]

[He shakes his head, but Sokka's distress moves him. He steps over to Sokka, expression serious, and claps his hand on Sokka's shoulder.

It will be okay, Captain. Trust him. He has done tunnel quests before.

Then he crouches down beside the cat that is with him because this is Ludger Will Kresnik, do you really think he'd do this without a cat on hand (her name is Alicia) and looks in her eyes.]

Can you lead us out of here?

[There is a short meow, and then the cat starts to trot off. Ludger gestures for Sokka and Allen to follow Alicia to safety.]

[Wow. That sure is a mental breakdown! He was about to try to tell Sokka in a maybe delicate fashion to snap out of it (maybe delicate) when Ludger does his....thing...]

[....]

[....Okay, he's seen some weird shit in his life, but this...]

...Ludger. Is that a magical cat? Please tell me it's a magical cat.

[And that you're not just fricking nuts]

[Sokka was about to wail unto the heavens how screwed they were when...Ludger starts talking to the cat. He peers, curious. Maybe it IS a magical cat?]

...I guess it's no weirder than following a badgermole. Less chance of being eaten, too.

[He shrugs at Allen and starts to follow the cat. He's followed more insane things in his life. Like Aang.]

[Ludger gives Allen a sharp look for doubting Alicia, and so he takes to following the cat through the paths. Forward they go, through twists and turns . . .

Until there is a meowing in the distance.

Ludger straightens up and dashes over. Alicia wanders off the path behind some rocks and meows. When she returns, it is with a second cat.

Ludger looks just so happy as he takes from his pocket a kitty treat (guess who sponsored it) and hands it to the new cat. Now there are two cats patiently waiting at Ludger's side to see what they should do next.]

[Wait that didn't...answer his question at all. But oh well too late for that since the other two seem to be following the cat anyway! So he trails behind them, trying to remind himself to be OPTIMISTIC- while also wondering about the mental state of his two companions.]

[When Alicia returns with a second cat, he well...he doesn't know what to think]

Another cat? How did it get down here?

[Sokka was actually hoping this might work. Doing crazy stuff sometimes works best for them, after all. But this...this is not an exit to the tunnel.]

That's...not what we wanted, Ludger.

The cat needed to be rescued.

[Are you saying Alicia should have ignored a cat in need? Are you? Are you?? And now they now have two cats!]

Edited 2015-01-20 19:53 (UTC)

[Allen, who holds no great love for cats, can't help but mentally note that second cat didn't look undernourished nor in to be dire straits- which makes him really question Ludger's claim that it needed to be rescued]

[But. He knows not to argue with an animal lover. If it was a dog, he'd probably be the one vouching to save it.]

That's....all well and good, I suppose, but all of us don't find a way out of here soon enough, we'll be the ones who need rescuing.

[In Sokka's opinion, if an animal can't be of any use, it is FOOD. Cats aren't really good either way. Not on a space ship, anyway.]

We need a way out. We don't need more cats. [He waggles a finger at Ludger.] No. More. Cats.