008 [Video]

[alwayscomeback]

Who: Sokka and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Blue Fish
When: Not too long after the shuffle

[When Sokka turns on the feed he looks a mixture of annoyed and miserable. It's hard to tell, but if you squint, it seems annoyance is winning out. He is SO DONE right now. There is a strange looking bird perched on the back of his captain's chair, which seems disinterested in everything. He also appears to be eating some weird goop out of a bowl? Maybe it's ice cream?

(Spoilers: it's not ice cream)]

So for those of you keeping track, my world still seems the favourite for Most People Leaving In The Shortest Time Possible award. Both Zuko and Toph have gone. I even checked to see if Zuko was off emo-ing somewhere, but nope, he's gone.

[He waves his spoon at the screen and some of the greeny-goop drops from it with a wet splot. Sokka doesn't care, though. He's going into Rant Mode.]

As you can see, though, I'm still here! YEP. I don't go anywhere. I'm stuck here, forever. Nooooo going home for me. Nope. But hey, there's a girl from the future who's the reincarnation of my someday-dead friend, so wooooooooooo, I'm not completely alone. That's swell. Isn't that swell?

[That might be a bitter and slightly crazy laugh as he slouches back into his captain's chair, swinging it back and forth a little. Hawky screeches and flaps his wings a little, trying to regain some balance. Sokka reaches up to absently pat his little hawk head.]

Now all I need is Azula coming back and it'll be the best month ever.

Comments

[sonofgold]

Uh huh. We have food and a warm bed here, even if that food is protein gel as a staple.

[alwayscomeback]

It's gross, but yeah. When we haven't got anything else it'll work. So you had no food there?

[sonofgold]

From the sounds of it, no, they didn't- resources were scarce. I can't imagine living like that- but then again, I also spent several years of my life not needing to eat... I've been lucky enough to never be hungry.

[alwayscomeback]

That is lucky. I've come across place like that, but people always found a way to get food somehow. Wed'd help, if we could.

[sonofgold]

It's got to be hard, not having enough food to eat. My body was starving when I reunited with it, so I had to be carefully fed to help regain fat and muscle, but we had the resources.

[alwayscomeback]

Oh..right. You're not supposed to overdo it or something, right? When you haven't had food for so long?

Well, it seems to have done you good!

[sonofgold]

Mmhmmm. But it was worth it, yes- just to be able to feel the rain on my face and smell Granny's cooking again. Little things like that.

[alwayscomeback]

I can bet. After being stuck as armour for so long, suddenly being yourself again must have been incredible.

[sonofgold]

It's amazing how many things I took for granted, yes. Of course, now I'm stuck back here eating protein mush instead of real food... but you all know the real me, too, so it's not ALL bad.

[alwayscomeback]

That's a real tragedy. If you ever want any real meat, we always have plenty on the Blue Fish, seriously.

[sonofgold]

Hmm, I may take you up on that some time. I DO need to learn how to cook for myself better, anyway.

[alwayscomeback]

There you go. We don't have a chef any more, but Belth comes and cooks for us, and he's great.

[sonofgold]

No chefs, huh? Didn't you have around 3 of them at one point?

[alwayscomeback]

Nah, only ever the one. But she was really good. We just keep getting wiiide gaps without any of them at all. It's tragic.

[sonofgold]

Well, then, if it turns out I'm handy with a frying pan, I'll be sure to share my skills with you all.

[alwayscomeback]

I'll wait for that day with baited breath, my friend.