17. The Light of Truth [Video] [Backdated]

[angle_on_it]

[The network feed clicks on accidentally, transmitting darkness and a quiet but insistent voice whispering conspiratorially.]

...proof, proof... They want proof and I can give them proof. I can give them proof and then they'll see... We can't be treated-- they can't make us go through i-if they have proof...

[After the sound of stirring, the scene

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[courageousrider]

...Sokka?

[video]?

[angle_on_it]

Hazel! Have you-- you've got it, right? Your proof? S-since you're so new, you've got to have it, got to have it still, right? Keep it close!

[video]?

[courageousrider]

Sokka? I'm afraid---What are you talking about?

[video]

[angle_on_it]

You proof of the truth. I-I've got mine here, see? [He holds up some papers and shuffles through them.] See?

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[angle_on_it]

Mm. I've got it: my proof. I've got it and they can't take it here as long as I-- [Sokka pauses.] You won't tell, will you?

[offline]

[angle_on_it]

Some people-- some people don't want the proof. Th-they think it doesn't matter, but it matters. It matters.

[Video]

[supermistfrog]

...

Ah, more people are going crazy. What a surprise.

Or maybe they're figuring out the truth.

[Video]

[angle_on_it]

[Oh-ho, Fran you said one of the magic words!]

The truth? Wha-what have you heard? C-Can you tell me something or do I have to show you my proof?

[Video]

[supermistfrog]

What do you think the truth is?

[It's simple and blunt. He seems to be ignoring what Sokka just said.]

[Video]

[angle_on_it]

Th-that they can keep us if we don't-- if we don't have proof! Is-isn't it obvious?!

video; /placeholding like a boss

[fn_rebel]

Hey...Sokka, where are you?

[Because his voice is a little uneven and he's really concerned for you, bro.]

video; /loving you like a boss

[angle_on_it]

Jet! I'm safe-- n-not too safe, none of us are too safe, but I'm somewhere safe...

[Sokka leans in and whispers.] I have proof for you, a-and I saved it. I-it's exactly what you need to keep them from keeping you here...

[In his efforts to show off, though, he accidentally hits that yellow button, inadvertently sending his super secret coordinates Jet's way. Of course, Sokka doesn't notice and instead holds up a drawing of... well, Jet. He's extra-tall, and the only real way to tell its Jet is the hook swords. It's signed by Sokka.] C-Can you see?

video; / offline;

[fn_rebel]

Yeah...I can see it. Sokka, we're in Adstring-- we'll always be in Adstring just-- just calm down, okay? You're not...just calm down.

[But he's already sheathed his swords and headed out, his anxiousness getting the better of him. He refuses to look at the drawing or even Sokka right now, focusing on where he's going.

Until he gets there.]

...nobody's gonna get you.

offline;

[angle_on_it]

[Oh, hai thar, Jet. Sokka is not expecting you, but since you're here, he's not going to complain...much.]

They've got us-- they've already got us, but if we don't keep our proof... [Speaking of, the tribesman shoves his drawing at Jet and then goes to look out the door of his little food bunker.] ...shouldn't have come-- now they'll find it. Gonna have to move everything-- gotta move, gotta change it...

[the13tharcana]

Sokka-kun, are you alright? [He sounds both a bit freaked out and worried there.]

[angle_on_it]

What? Wh-who? Me? [He nods emphatically at the PCD camera.] I-I can see now and-and all I need is my proof and your proof and their proof and e-everyone's proof. We'll all be free, see? Fr-free and able to go home...

[Sokka rubs his forehead and looks around, bleary-eyed.] Someday... one day...