15. Homecoming [Video/Offline]

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[Sokka has been putting this off for too long already. There are precious few reasons and excuses good enough to keep him away anymore, so this young man has gathered his things from his temporary asylum at the forge and returned to #4 Queen Anne's Row. Home. For now.]

[Returning home is not without its own steps. Sokka is making an effort to clean

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HAVE A SECOND THREAD ( action )

[courageousrider]

[And it was later that evening that Hazel will make her way to the designated area for the patrol. She's still tentative on the matter, but, really, she lucked out so far...]

[So when she she sees him, she smiles.]

Hey, Sokka.

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[Just in time! Sokka sheathes his boomerang and smiles back.] Hey, Hazel, are you ready to go?

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[She arches an amused brow.] Just let me turn around and come back, maybe then I'll be ready. [A small laugh.] Gods, sorry... I shouldn't have. Of course I am.

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[He laughs.] Someone's spunky tonight. Excited to be up past your bedtime?

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[courageousrider]

Who's supposed to be the responsible one here?

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Oh, right, that's you. I guess you're excited to see me up past my bedtime, then. [He rests his club on his shoulder and starts a-walkin' ye olde familiar route.] Gonna chew me out? Give me the what-for? I see how it is. You give a girl an inch, she takes the whole dinner. [Or... something like that.]

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[She... Okay, she can't help it, she laughs.] I hope someone's told you you're silly. If you didn't want to go to bed, you wouldn't. [She does grin a bit.] Though, if you insist.

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[He holds his hands up innocently.] Nono, I'll be good, I promise. You're right, I probably wouldn't even be able to sleep if I tried.

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[courageousrider]

Promises are strong bounds, Sokka. [But curiosity killed the cat, and she leaned on the balls of her feet.] Why is that?

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[Ah, promises... Sokka principally understands keeping true to them is of the utmost importance, yes.] Love affair with the moon. My people tend to prefer nighttime.

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[courageousrider]

[That just makes her raise a brow higher.] Why? Are you from some place like Alaska? --Sorry, I shouldn't ask.

( action ) Aklasa, actually! ;)

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[He looks like he's about to answer, but then he laughs and shakes his head.] I don't know what Alaska's like so I can't really say. I'm from a place called the South Pole -- my village is there. It's cold, snowy, and we get big spans of all nighttime or all daytime depending on the time of the year. It's nothing like this, really.

( action ) and Oregone?

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People live in the South Pole where you're from? [That causes a bit of a shock.] So, like Alaska. I live there for a while, but we wouldn't have been as cold as the South Pole.

( action ) Exactly!

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Sounds nice. I can appreciate the cold, you know? I think it gets too hot here. [Thankfully, summer has passed. And none too soon.]

( action ) silly boy :| i reread her time in alaska just for this. thank you for making me cry

[courageousrider]

[Hazel's gaze drops. Sounds nice. She couldn't deny Alaska was beautiful. As a child from New Orleans, however, her six months there in the cold had been one of her least favorite parts. Aside from the constant near night and the Voice.

She wavered, forcing herself not to slip. Feeling the grasps of it, she spoke lightly.]

I prefer the heat and the day. [Trying to steel herself, now.] I-I guess that's where we differ.

( action ) ;_;

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[Sokka's eyebrows draw together at the sight of Hazel wobbling a little, but he doesn't immediately reach for her since she hasn't completely tipped over.] Yeah, some people, ah-- [Obviously he's not paying attention to what he's saying.] Some people, ah-- they-- Are-are you okay? Is something wrong?