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lilmsmiraclegro July 9 2008, 11:11:19 UTC
Claire is holding on to Sokka's hand RILLY VERY TIGHTLY right now. This place gives her the creeps.

"OK, just so we're clear? This is not a standard place to take a girl on a date."

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lemur_sitter July 9 2008, 11:18:08 UTC
"I don't think I meant to take you here," Sokka says, frowning uncertainly. "It's, um.

"Are all your towns like this?"

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lilmsmiraclegro July 9 2008, 11:22:48 UTC
"No," says Claire.

Then, "Really, no. It's like some sort of ghost town or something. You have your sword, right?"

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lemur_sitter July 9 2008, 11:38:15 UTC
"Yeah. And my boomerang." He drops a hand to it for reassurance.

"Do you -- have anything?"

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lilmsmiraclegro July 9 2008, 11:43:22 UTC
"I have you?"

No, Claire doesn't have anything.

"And all my leet comnbat skills from training with Steph and Dinah...

"...yeah, I have you."

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lemur_sitter July 13 2008, 00:33:40 UTC
Sokka swallows, and nods.

He'll protect her. He has to.

"We have to get out of here. Which way did we come in?"

In the fog, it's confusing.

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lilmsmiraclegro July 13 2008, 09:02:06 UTC
"Uh," Claire says, looking over her shoulders in succession.

"That way, I think."

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lemur_sitter July 13 2008, 09:05:33 UTC
"Stay close to me," Sokka asks quietly, hand seeking hers in the cold foggy street.

Please don't let him fail Claire too.

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lilmsmiraclegro July 13 2008, 09:40:34 UTC
Claire squeezes his hand tightly.

"I'm not leaving you," she says. She's unnerved, but not in the slightest bit afraid.

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lemur_sitter July 13 2008, 09:48:02 UTC
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WORRIES HIM.

"...we'll try going this way, then."

They have got to get out of this.

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lilmsmiraclegro July 13 2008, 09:54:03 UTC
"OK," Claire says, following without protest.

Until the fog ahead of them seems to show a dark shape or two, and there's a dark, low growling.

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lemur_sitter July 13 2008, 10:08:22 UTC
Sokka's hand is out of hers and holding his sword in an instant, the other aiming his boomerang carefully through the fog.

"Stay back," he half-asks, half-orders.

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lilmsmiraclegro July 13 2008, 10:16:43 UTC
Now Claire's scared, but not for her.

She does, obediently, step behind Sokka, a hand on his shoulder.

"Be careful," she says, as the strange dog thing runs forward.

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lemur_sitter July 13 2008, 10:20:14 UTC
"They should be careful."

But ... it's just a dog, even if it's ugly. Sokka drops his boomerang back into its sling and brings the flat of his sword around, hard, at the dog's head.

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lilmsmiraclegro July 13 2008, 10:25:15 UTC
It sends the dog reeling, but not for long, as it turns around the next second and leaps at both teenagers again.

Claire lets go of Sokka and steps back.

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lemur_sitter July 13 2008, 10:26:58 UTC
Sokka hits it again.

Harder this time.

He glances back at Claire anxiously as it reels and turns around again. -- what should he do!?

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