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Rude Awakening | [Voice]

[[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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[[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.

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!

Wellllll, y...yeah, I finally figured that out. Sorry, Aang.

[[Besides, if anyone could've pulled off a practical joke this big, it'd have been Toph.]]

Zuko is already on his way here though, so I guess I'll see you soon. This place is sure weird though.

He is? I'll wait around here for you, then! And, I'd like to say it gets less weird, but it's actually the opposite?

Great. Juuuuuuust great. Next thing you know, something terrible will happen, and we all find out that this world is doomed.

Oh great, now I'm starting to sound like The Dark One. Euuugh.

Wellll, it might not be doomed, but it's hard to say at this point...

[Then something in what he said clicks in Aang's mind.]

Wait! You know The Dark One? [But Sokka's supposed to always be stuck in the past! Yet still be older because of Luceti. Aang still isn't realizing how different this will be.]

Of course I know The Dark One! Unfortunately, he's kind of hard to forget really.

I mean, really, you call that poetry?

And- and you heard his poetry? Sokka... Did you make it to my time?

Do you even hear yourself? What does that even mean?

[[Let's face it. That is a pretty weird question.]]

Because... You know! Last time you were here, you were from the past! And you were older than you were back home! [Surely this is only making even more sense.]

Edited 2014-05-23 03:58 (UTC)

[[There is a long pause after he hits the button. Clearly the gears are turning, but not fast enough to get words out.

When he does talk, his voice is about an octave higher than normal.]]

I've... been... here... before?

Wait, wait, wait, no. I don't remember this place. I don't remember these wings. I don't remember these... demon birds. Look, one minute Zuko, you, Katara, and I are finding Zuko's mom, the next... I'm being chased by talking birds and being told I'm from the past. This isn't happening. This must be some kind of dream, right? I'M IN A DREAM! IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE!

Edited 2014-05-23 04:17 (UTC)

Sokka, try pinching yourself.

[While Aang tries to work himself out of denial.]

[[Sokka and Aang can help each other out of denial.]]

Ouch!

[[There's a soft thud and some muffled sounds as the book is dropped to the ground.]]

That smarts. Nope, still here.

Okay, so this isn't a dream and I'm actually here. And I'm not crazy like Azula. But if I've been here before, how come I don't remember it? Then again... people I've never met do seem to know me...

Oh! Like the Dai Li! They made Joo Dee forget what happened to her! Are they here too?

[[Yes, Sokka, work this out. You've got a good head on your shoulders. You're almost there.]]

[Aang can breathe now in relief. This didn't all turn out to just be Sokka's dream.]

Nope! And I hope they don't show up here. In some ways, the Malnosso's kind of like them, but that's beside the point.

But you have been here before! This place is just tricky with memories. You just... didn't get your back yet, that's it! Do you have a beard right now?

[[Sokka is going to spend an entire vacation at the library the moment he gets settled. Or maybe just a lot of reading of this book since that wouldn't be too helpful.]]

Malnos-- wait, just never mind, I don't want to know right now.

A beard? Nope. Only time I had a beard would be when I dressed up as Wang Fire. [[And then obviously, in Mr. Fire's voice:]] Young man, do you know how long it took to grow this beard? One day you're going to have a beard of your own, and you're going to like it!

Actually a beard isn't a bad idea. I wonder if Suki would like it?

I already know I'm gonna have a beard someday, and I think I'll like it a lot! Does that mean you know the future, Sokka?

And, um, I can't remember if she liked it or not. You never shaved it, so I guess she must have.

What? Oh no, I... wasn't really... actually... being serious. [[Sigh. But he does snicker a little bit at the thought of Aang with a beard considering how much Aang wanted a haircut while in the Fire Nation.]]

Suki's here too though?

[[There's a fair bit of hope in his voice all of a sudden.]]

But you were right anyway! Maybe you're starting to get your memories back. [Clearly Future Aang's beard is cool enough that it's the first memory Sokka regains. Of course, a beard isn't hair that messes with his arrow, so Aang's more all about that.

He goes into a sadder tone as he thinks of Suki. He misses her.]

S-sorry, but... Suki's not here. She got sent back home a little while after you did.

Oh... that's...

[[His first girlfriend turned into the moon. His second girlfriend got sent away by the Malnosso Nation. Regaining future memories kind of pales in comparison.

Don't worry, Aang. Sokka really is happy to see you though.]]

So who all is here from our... world? [[He says that dubiously, as if he's still not sure that it's all true.]] I know Katara, Zuko, and you are here.

Sorry. [He says again, quickly.]

They're here, and so's Toph and Iroh, and Ikki. And I guess that Varrick guy's from our world too, but I don't think any of us really know him... [He just kind of assumes that Sokka will remember who Ikki is. He's more concerned about how to break it to him that Katara's been mallynapped.]

[[Aang should probably feel more worried that he'd have to explain exactly what "mallynapped" meant. Thankfully, Sokka isn't feeling too upset at the moment.]]

Oh yeah, Iroh, I'd almost forgotten about him. He's already said hello. Haven't heard from Toph. Ikki? Who's Ikki?

[[Clearly Ikki isn't as awesome as future!Aang's beard.]]

Ikki! You know, she's my granddaughter! [That'll jog his memory!]

You have grandkids?!

[[Cough.]]

I mean, of course you have grandkids. Because if you didn't, there eventually wouldn't be any airbenders in the world. I don't know if I have grandkids, but of course you have grandkids.

[[Did he buy it? Did he buy it? Did he buy it?]]

I don't know if you have grandkids either! [Try asking Bryke.] But I'm glad you understand, Sokka. That must be your memories starting to remember! My grandkids' are gonna be airbenders and everything!

Well, of course they're going to be airbenders! ... Well, unless one of them turned out to be a waterbender; at least that's how I'd guess it'd work.

[[Wait, Sokka, back out, back out! You're entering into oogy territory!!]]