04: [sort of slowly passing out audio] (backdated to the Spectacular Disaster)

[withanokka]

[Sokka's voice is ragged when he comes on the communicator. It's low, exhausted, sobbing occasionally as he speaks. He's very, very obviously in pain.]

Where, wh-where, how do you get a, a medic? I think Toph's hu-urt, hurt worse than I am and I, I, I-I don't know how...

She's... I can't hear. Breathing.

[He heaves a sob, somewhat involuntarily

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[electroniccrane]

Deck 2.

[withanokka]

I'll try to get there.

[He sounds outright exhausted. Everything's finally hitting him.]

[electroniccrane]

Tch. Do you need help?

[He wouldn't be getting this much from her, except he sounds like a kid.]

[withanokka]

I-- some doctor? Just said they were, they were coming.

[He closes his eyes.]

Just, after you. Seconds.

[electroniccrane]

Glaukir.

[She certainly doesn't stalk the comms or anything. Which is why how she knows his name is a ~mystery~. *ahem*]

Sokka? If your friend has something she values dearly--jewelry, a keepsake--take it and hold it for her.

[withanokka]

G-glaukir? How do-- nevermind.

[It doesn't matter, crazy psycho lady from beyond the comms, he's looking at Toph. Bloody, bloody Toph. He's got a hand on her shoulder.]

Why? Do I need to do that?

[electroniccrane]

[Even Kusanagi's not far enough gone to tell the traumatized teenager that the lack of breathing means Toph is dead.]

If the worst happens, it means she won't lose it. If not, no harm done.

[withanokka]

The worst.

[He repeats it, almost dumbly. He leans a little bit and fumbles awkwardly with her headband, pulls it off, and holds it close to his chest.]

I, I got that.

[electroniccrane]

[And if she doesn't come back, it means he has something to remember her by.]

Good. Hold it together, Sokka. She needs you to.

[It's not the first time she's had to talk a panicked rookie down in a crisis, so she knows what to say, even though it's a well-meaning lie in this case. While Kusanagi's not good at reassurance, she's excellent at command, and her voice carries that firmness.]

[withanokka]

Mmn. She'll punch me if I don't.

[Someone's approaching.]

He's here. Gotta go.

[electroniccrane]

All right.

[She doesn't hang up yet, because if it's not Glaukir Sokka's hearing, she might have to go rip someone's head off for attacking a hurt kid.

Yes, Kusanagi pretty much always thinks the worst until shown differently.]

[withanokka]

[Sokka couldn't have told you if it was the real guy or not, but there is a transmission of someone saying, "I'm Father Khidamun," before the communicator is shoved back into its pocket, muted.]