driftfleet | Sixth ♠ Locked Text/Action

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allen walker,
sokka

Sixth ♠ Locked Text/Action

Who: Allen Walker & Sokka
Broadcast: Locked.
Action: SS. Blue Fish
When: February 28th

[Locked to Sokka: Text]

[At some point during the day, there's a text message waiting on Sokka's communicator]

Hello Sokka.

It's not urgent, but when you have a moment I'd like to speak to you. In private, preferably.

I'll be in the lab.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Sokka arches one eyebrow. ]

Following you to a creepy corner of your lab. This isn't suspicious at all.

[Still, his curiosity wins over his self preservation, as usual, and he heads over. ]

It's not the creepy corner. I don't even keep the blood here!

[But whatever at least there'll be no dying today! He picks up a controller and puts it into Sokka's hands before going to turn on the tv and stuff. When the screen comes on, it looks like it's some sort of cheerful Mario-like game.]

That's a controller. You use that to control what's happening on the screen by pushing the buttons. Mostly you're suppose to try to beat whatever objective the game has set out. Though this one is mostly...don't fall into cliffs or get attacked by turtles.

You keep blood?

[Okay but now he has a thing in his hands. Sokka stares at the screen, listening to that strange yet oddly catchy jingle, before looking back at the thing again. His engineer augment is kicking in, he could do this. Probably. ]

Why do the turtles want to kill the little red guy?

[Just gonna press a button. Boing ]

For transfusions. And vampires, if we ever get any. [Because that's a rational normal explanation]

[He meanwhile picks up his own controller and selects the two player option as he sits on the ground- a little green guy popping up]

I think because they work for the bigger turtle that kidnapped the princess. Or they're just jerks. This one's never very clear on its plot.

[And while he's chatting, he's just going to make his guy jump up and knock one of the blocks that contained a mushroom- whoo big green guy]

Vampires?!!!!! [No, wait. ] What's a transfusion?

So he's eating mushrooms and somehow that makes him bigger?

[He'll just...jump on a turtle and then get pasted by a shell.]

Is everything trying to kill you in this game?!!

[Sokka yelling in his ear startles him enough that he screws up his jump and falls down a cliff] - Ah! Sokka!

Not everything! Just most things!

[A huff as he waits for his character to respawn]

A transfusion is when someone loses a lot of blood, a medic put more blood into them so they don't die of blood loss. It saves a lot of lives.

And yes, vampires. They need to drink blood to survive, so in Paradisa, the clinic would supply them blood to drink so they wouldn't attack people. [a slight click of his tongue] It was usually just pig's blood though - much safer that way.

[If he knew how he'd screwed you over, he might crow about it, but he doesn't. ]

...How do they put blood in them? Is it like bloodbending?

That isn't creepy at all. Gee. So happy now I know those exist.

Don't worry, I haven't heard of any being brought into the fleet yet.

[Yet.]

And no, it's not bending or magic. To put it simply, a needle connected to a tube gets inserted into a vein, while the other side of the tube gets connected to a bag of blood! Then slowly, the blood in the bag drains into the patient's vein - replenishing the blood they lost.

But that doesn't mean it's impossible. Yeesh, that won't be a fun thing to deal with.

[Boing, boing, totally sucking at this game. ]

Huh.I didn't think people could do that. The marvels of modern science. I always knew it was better than magic.

No, it's not. But I'd take them over Yoma or Akuma. There's no peaceful solution with those.

Yeah.. Earth doesn't have much in the way of healing magics, so we found other ways. Sometimes it works even better. [Yeah you're sucks. He snorts] ...Perhaps it's good I didn't start you on a fighting game- I would've kicked your arse.

...I'm almost afraid to ask.

We usually have to do what we can, too. I mean, Katara can heal, lots of waterbenders can, but otherwise we're on our own.

[SCUSE YOU!!! ]

I happen to be an excellent fighter thank you very much. I would have kicked butt.

[No. No Sokka you wouldn't. ]

...Ah. Don't worry. I'll save them for another time. [There's been enough freaky shit for one day] Are waterbenders not common?

[He teases him, in a light tone]

Oh? So turtles are just your one weakness then?

Not as much as they used to be.

[His tone is quiet on that one, and he quickly moves onto another topic. It's not a fun one.]

They can really peck hard, y'know!

...I see.

[y-yeah. He remembers hearing mentions of the war in that world. So he will not. poke him about it for now.]

They move at snail's pace! [srsly Sokka] Here- hit the bottom of that box with the question mark. Maybe you'll get something to help you.

[Sokka is really glad for the lack of poking. He's still really worried about the outcome of it all. It's not like they're winning right now. ]

I don't think a anything labelled with a question mark could be helpful. It's more "what is this? who knowwwws! It's a mystery, hit the mystery box!!!"

[Still, he'll hit it anyway. He's curious. ]

Oh it's a mushroom.

[Mushy giant friend. ]

Of course it could be! It's a mystery box that helps you in surprise ways!

[Gosh Sokka]

Oh! Grab it! If you're big, it takes two hits to die.

See it's the 'surprise' part that concerns me. Not all surprises are good things.

[He'll grab it and watch as blep-blep-blep (or whatever sound it makes idek I was a Sega child) as his little plumber grows. ]

And Katara said nothing good ever came from eating weird plantlife.

Don't worry, this game doesn't have monsters in its boxes like some games do.

[Games made of pure evil that's what those are.]

Well...she's not wrong. You probably don't want to eat a strange mushroom that's moving around in real life.

So some games...actually have that?

[He'll go stomping on enemies. GO GIANT MAN, GO!!! ]

I'd give it a try. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Sometimes, if the creator is the vindictive sort.

[YES GO CRUSH THINGS]

...Please don't.

Huh, wouldn't that stop people from playing their games?

[Stamp stamp, OH NO TURTLE ATTACK. ]

It's ok, I got an iron stomach.

Of course not! It's part of the challenge!

[COMPETITION!!!] - Jump over the shell!

....I'm truly not reassured by that, Sokka.

People are weird.

[Slamming the jump button ] Why is it so slow?!!!

You can give me anything to eat and I'll be fine. Seriously. You should test it.

[Sokka, no.]

What? Are you saying you've never liked a good challenge?

Because you have to time it right!

[Sokka...]

...No. As your medic and first mate, I really don't think I will.

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