Rude Awakening | [Voice]

[theideaguy]

[[In the forest in the eastern outskirts of town, Sokka wakes up with a minor freakout.  He certainly had not gone to bed wearing these clothes (honestly, who in the four nations even wore white?), not to mention that the clothes he had been wearing are right next to him.  There is a major pain in his back that no amount of stretching would make go away.  And lastly, when he reaches up to pull Boomerang out, it isn't there.

Somewhere in the back of his head, he certainly feels wings where his club and boomerang should have been instead, but the loss of Boomerang is definitely the most pressing detail of this awkward awakening for at least a full minute.

Thus begins a very frantic search of the surrounding area to find said boomerang, but all he finds of note is a rather peculiar book lying beneath his folded clothing.  He reaches down to examine the book and as he opened it to the front, starts pressing a few buttons almost randomly.]]

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[[There are a few seconds of pause as he investigates it, before the wings dawn upon him.]]

Wait... wings?  Oh, ha ha, Aang!  Okay, okay, I'm sorry for being jealous and making fun of you and Katara for flying around together on your little air glider thingy going swooooooooosh swooooooooooosh.  Now will you please get over here and take these wi--

[[Sokka looks up and sees a bird perched in a tree overhead.]]

Oh you are so lucky that I don't have Boomerang with me, flying meat.  Otherwise, you would be breakfast.

[[The sound of some bird can be heard over the journal.]]

Huh, it can talk.  [[suddenly screaming]]  IT CAN TALK!  THE DEMON BIRD CAN TALK!  Aaaaaaahhhhhhh--

[[The entry ends abruptly as Sokka accidentally hits the Post button as he closes the book and runs.]]

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[ahappylie]

[He knows that voice. It doesn't have quite the same edge to it as it used to, but he knows that voice. It'd be hard not to after training the boy nearly every morning for years.]

Sokka-kun? Sokka-kun, can you hear me? Open the book again, tell me where you are.

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[theideaguy]

[[It's a few minutes before Sokka posts again, partially because he's making sure the demon birds aren't anywhere to be seen, partially because he spends a little time figuring out how his book thing actually works, and partially because he's repeating the word "Sokka-kun" in confusion several times before actually pressing the button.]]

Hello... book person.

Uhmmmm, I'm in the woods? Oh, and there's a stream nearby. And I guess there's a path on the other side it looks like?

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[ahappylie]

[No memory then... It hurts to know that he's been forgotten, but then this isn't the first time this has happened to him. He takes a moment to compose himself and then answers.]

Follow the path downstream and you'll find a village. Your friends are here - Aang-kun, your sister, and others.

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[theideaguy]

[[Sokka feels very confused; she seems to know all about him, and Sokka is drawing just one huge blank. And why is he pronouncing everyone's names wrong!?]]

Oh good, thanks.

[[He pauses over the send button for a brief moment before drawing his finger back. There's definitely some confusion in his voice now.]]

Wait, my sister is there? Like with you right now? Or... do I know you?

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[lordhotman]

[Well... Looks like another of their group decided to show up. Zuko would recognize that voice anywhere.]

Sokka, open the book!

[This said with the same tone as when he told him to get out of the bison's mouth.]

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[theideaguy]

[[Sokka's eyes perk up when he sees Zuko as he scans down the page.]]

Zuko!

Oh crud... Shhhhhhh... I don't think it's safe here. The birds talked to me.

Oh, and have you seen Boomerang anywhere?

[[Because, clearly... priorities, man.]]

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[lordhotman]

Sokka, all the animals talk here. Get use to it.

It might be in the weapons shop. That's where everyone's weapons show up eventually.

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[savedtheworld]

[That voice. It can't be.

He breathes quietly.]

Sokka?

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[theideaguy]

[[Sokka may have been distracted by the talking bird, but that doesn't mean he hasn't forgotten about everything else. His mind is like a steel trap.]]

Aang? Ha ha, you can come out of hiding now. That was a good joke you pulled. Really elaborate too with this talking book thing.

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[savedtheworld]

But.. I didn't pull a joke! And I'm not hiding anywhere. I'm in the book! Or, I mean... I'm talking through it!

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[onearmedexmerc]

[Ummmmmmmmm.]

Hey, you okay?

[Clearly someone is a liiiiittle high strung. Evan wonders if the kid will even see the messages on the journal, since he obviously closed it in panic.]

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[theideaguy]

[[Suddenly it dawns upon Sokka that this might not be a joke since it's not just Aang and Zuko talking to him, but... Sokka still tries to play it cool in case he really does know whoever this is.]]

Uhmm, never better? Slept like a log! Well, almost never better.

[[His back does hurt like the dickens.]]

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[onearmedexmerc]

[Amusement is clearly audible in Evan's voice as he replies.]

Clearly. The 'demon bird' giving you trouble?

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[tea_lover64]

[Well that was certainly one way to react]

Hello Sokka, do you know where you are?

[Clearly not the Sokka who was here before]

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[theideaguy]

Iroh, are you in on this with Aang too?

[[Sokka does sound a little dubious about this, but he's still not sure. He sees another message come in.]]

Of course I know where I am! I am... er... don't know where I am. Supposedly near a village though?

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[tea_lover64]

No, I am not in on this with Aang.

[It wasn't at all his style]

Yes, you are near the village in an enclosure called Luceti.

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[thefinaljedi]

[Well...huh. He'd seen this guy around a few times, and Aang had talked a lot about him. It's a safe to assume that he's probably got people looking out for him already, but all the same.]

Hey there. Relax. The bird isn't going to hurt you.

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[theideaguy]

[[Wow, everyone here is so helpful. Seems like such a nice place! So many complete strangers saying hello! Sokka could like it here.

Also, Sokka discovers this can do video too! This power shall be abused one day.]]

Yeah, I think I lost him anyway. He didn't seem too keen on following me.

So this seems like a nice and cozy place. I take it you live here too, mister...?

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[thefinaljedi]

Luke. You can call me Luke.

[The man smiles, giving the youth a nod.]

It's not too terrible, no. It has it's noisy moments, and troubles like everywhere else, but for the most part it is a nice place.


You're Sokka, right?

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[generalflirt]

[ Well that.

That's a weird voice he did not expect to hear on the journal. Really ]

Demon bird?

[ He keeps his voice flat for now, bit ]

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[theideaguy]

[[Sokka, if anything, is very easily excitable about the most random things.]]

Talking birds? Can you believe it? That's just crazy!

[[Then, much more mild-mannered.]]

But it's gone now. Out of sight, out of mind. So, I'm Sokka. Who would you be?

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[generalflirt]

[ He really doesn't know him. And he's also more excitable than Masaomi can ever recall seeing him. The little picture there doesn't put up a good image, but even so... This is amazing. ]

Eeeehhh.. hehe yeah it's pretty out there. I'm Masaomi Kida, and the pleasure's all mine.

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[breezing]

[ Wha...at.............It's been a while since she heard that voice, and it was older last time. There's a quiet moment as Ikki wonders who her grandparents will take this, but...she should say something, probably. ]

Uncle Sokka?

[Voice]

[theideaguy]

[Uncle? He blinked hard at that; he's much too young to be a proper uncle yet! But then it all starts to click in his mind as the facts connected one by one. Thankfully, Aang had given him a little heads-up. Better to be called uncle than gramp-uncle, he figures.]

You guessed right!

Uh, I take it you're Ikki?

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[breezing]

[ Well, it hadn't sounded like he remembered Luceti...but that confirms it. ]

Yep. Grandpa told you about me? What'd he say?