Sokka the 25th - [Accidental Thoughts]

[markofthewise]

[Sokka is busy sitting in the smithy. There's not much work to do lately, now that the New Feather cycle is winding to a close, so he's trying his hardest to get comfortable on the new couch. It's not working. His journal is lying next to him and happily recording his thoughts for all to hear.]

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[meanandgreen]

[Raph's just standing in the doorway to the workshop, his own thought bubble an ever-present storm cloud over his head, flashes of thoughts appearing through the haze.]

{He thought those stains were from me?. For somebody who thinks he's so damn smart, he sure is fucking dense. Never even thanked me for cleanin' up that blood. Why do I even try association' with these ingrates? Never know how good they have it.}

[He snorts his disapproval.] Next time, get your own damn couch.

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[markofthewise]

[Oh shit, of all the people to catch him... but hey, reading thought bubbles if fair play.]

Wait, wait. You mean the stains were blood!? [He never actually saw the couch after taking Winry to the clinic, so he had assumed...]

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[meanandgreen]

[The cloud above him darkens as his glare sharpens.]

Hey look, you ain't so dumb after all.

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[markofthewise]

... you could have said something. [And an image even more engrossed in his mind than a naked android? It's seeing Winry in the process of tearing at her own arm with her fingers. Here's your chance to finally see that for yourself, Raph.]

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[meanandgreen]

[He looks at the wall instead.]

{I couldn't let her see it. She shouldn't be forced to go through somethin' like that. She doesn't deserve to go through somethin' like that. Should've been somebody else. Anybody else.

But it's over now. It's done. I got rid of all the evidence.}

Doesn't matter.

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[markofthewise]

... thanks for taking care of it, Raph. And Winry too.

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[meanandgreen]

Whatever. Somebody's gotta do it.

[He glares up at his thought bubble and tries to wave it away like a cloud of smoke.]

{Hate these things. Change the subject.}

You know anythin' about makin' shocks?

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[markofthewise]

[Good. He'll take that over this subject.]

I'd have to know what they are first.

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[meanandgreen]

Figures. My bro's got me makin' them for some kid's skateboard.

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[markofthewise]

... I'd have to know what a skateboard is too.

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[meanandgreen]

It's...[A picture of Mikey on his skateboard pops into his thought bubble.] a board with wheels kids roll around on.

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[markofthewise]

Oh. That doesn't look like it would be too hard to make.

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[meanandgreen]

I can do the axles no problem, just the shocks're gonna be tricky. I was gonna ask Winry but...[The next image is Winry and Haruki gardening - which quickly turns into Raph kicking the shit out of Haruki and enjoying it all too much.] I'll catch her later.

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[markofthewise]

[Completely derailed by amusing imagery.]

... wait, wait. Go back, I want to see that one again.

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[meanandgreen]

[Raph just grins, then concentrates on putting more detail into the thought. Now it's a close up of Haruki getting repeatedly punched in the face, nose bloodied and front teeth knocked out.]

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[markofthewise]

You know, I could really get used to these bubbles things.