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[alwayscomeback]

Who: Sokka and YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Blue Fish
When: Before the current event

[Sokka looks a little older than when he last appeared on the feed. He's working on his ageing upgrades, but boy does it take its sweet time getting there. He also looks considerably tired, he hasn't been sleeping well for the past week- for a very specific reason.]

Okay. I'm just gonna make this quick. This is me, Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe, sincerely apologising publicly to Katie for doubting her dream catchers and how they work.

Is that enough? Please tell me it's enough I am really done with the weird cat dreams.

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[alwayscomeback]

Thank you, thank you. I thought long an hard about the perfect name.

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[ladybro]

Oh. No. Not that kind of funny. More like...

[ a huff of breath. ] People call me Hawkeye. For a second, there, that's what I thought you'd said.

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[alwayscomeback]

Ohhhh.

[He laughs. ]

Okay, that actually is pretty funny. Hawkeye, huh?

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[ladybro]

Yep. It's an aiming thing. [ ... ] But hawks! Hawks are cool. Is he well-trained?

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[alwayscomeback]

Ohhh, like hitting a bullseye, right?

Um- yes and no? I mean, he doesn't wreck anything but he's kind of bad at...actually sending messages.

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[ladybro]

That's like a retriever who doesn't...retrieve.

[ no shade, buddy. and yet. ]

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[alwayscomeback]

I know, I used up so much of my gold on him too. He wouldn't even send messages on our home world, so I haven't got a sniff here. Honestly, he's just a decorative piece to my captain's chair at this point. And yet, I still love him.

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[ladybro]

[ that's the thing about pets, right? they do do a great job of drawing out the unconditional positive regard in a person.

usually. let's not talk about lucky's original owners. ]

Pretty bitchin' decorative piece, though.

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[alwayscomeback]

Oh yeah, he's really cool looking at least. And he might come in handy one day. Maybe.

...If we had like. A rodent problem. Maybe.

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[ladybro]

That's two whole maybes. Come on. Have a little faith.

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[alwayscomeback]

I don't know. He's really got great at a lot of things.

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[ladybro]

...Maybe he's a late bloomer.

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[alwayscomeback]

Like...quite a few years late at this point. I got him when I was sixteen.

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[ladybro]

And how old are you now?

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[alwayscomeback]

Twenty two at the end of the month.

[There's a pause, because he knows he doesn't look it. ]

I'm uh...working on my age upgrades. I mean, I didn't have him my entire time here, so I guess I can knock like a year and a half off his learning time.

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[ladybro]

Gee, I'm grateful I'm gonna look early-twenties for the rest of my days here. Really helps me save on cold creams.

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[alwayscomeback]

See, that's the good thing, coming here looking that age. You can just settle into it and it'll serve you for years. It sucks looking like a teenager when you already skipped past that milestone, believe me.

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[ladybro]

...It's hard to get taken seriously as a teen. That much I do remember.

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[alwayscomeback]

The weird looks I've been given by newbies when I tell them I'm a captain- I'm telling you. But at least Atroma gave us a way to deal with that- some of these other kidnapping worlds sure don't.

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[ladybro]

...Well-versed in them, are you?

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[alwayscomeback]

I've never been to others myself, but my best friend here was in one of those for years. He was in his mid twenties and looked about fifteen for YEARS. He hated it.

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[ladybro]

Oh my God. Just imagine getting carded at the bars...

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[alwayscomeback]

That was essentially his life for a while. Poor guy, I really felt for him.

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[ladybro]

...These upgrades, though. Do you think you get to choose how you 'grow up'? Or is it just predictive?

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[alwayscomeback]

You know, I'm not sure, maybe it's a little of both?

[He grins, rubbing his chin a little. ]

I am thinking of growing a beard though, what'd you think?