Sokka the 49th - [Action/Written]

[markofthewise]

[It was another day at the Avatar house. Well, minus the lack of Katara. Which meant a quiet breakfast. Too quiet. Suki and Zuko were quiet on their own. But Aang? That wasn't like him. So after cleaning up, he decides to go check on the weird bald monk. Only when he opens up Aang's room... it's an all too familiar sight. It's been emptied out

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[Private//Voice]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash doesn't write back, it's hard to write with that claw. And by the way? Red coat - his thing. He'd like to switch outfits please.]

Puncture to the head? Is it a small opening?

...has someone died?

[Private//Voice]

[markofthewise]

[Not noticing Vash's portrait just yet...]

Small. About the width of my finger, actually. It's how this deer died.

[Private//Voice]

[goldenglasses]

[Alright, he feels a bit better that it's a deer, but not much.]

Is that the only injury?

[Private//Voice]

[markofthewise]

That I can find, yeah.

[ voice ]

[one_green_eye]

A few, that I know of. But it would have to be pretty large-- and the prey comparatively smaller.

[blissfully unaware of Katara, he's mostly concerned about a possible correlation with whatever the birds are fleeing from]

[ voice ]

[markofthewise]

It was a deer. Why?

[... maybe it will come up.]

[ voice ]

[one_green_eye]

Ahh.

...

I thought [was hoping] it was a rabbit. Or a squirrel.

[ voice ]

[markofthewise]

[Sokka is also trying to avoid sounding frustrated and depressed while talking since the mun didn't realize this was voice.]

No, it's a buck.

[Action]

[sokkafangirl]

[You rang?

Suki has been trying to deal with the rather uncomfortable lack of enthusiasm in the house herself, though she's not as good at it as Sokka usually is. When she sees him stomping off, though, she follows him outside, huddling in a coat to avoid freezing or overexposing herself. The costumes still suck.]

Sokka, wait! What is it?

[Action]

[markofthewise]

[Sokka stops at her voice, but he doesn't turn around. He just goes rigid, closing his eyes and trying his best not to crush the staff he's holding.]

Aang. He's gone. Again. Just vanished, like he was never here to begin with!

[Action]

[sokkafangirl]

[Oh... it figures. No wonder people often dislike this place... it loves to separate people from one another. Suki steps over to Sokka, resting a hand on his shoulder.]

I'm sorry, Sokka...

[Action]

[markofthewise]

[For a moment, he wants to pull away. But the feeling fades quickly.]

... what am I supposed to tell Katara?

[loyal_arrows]

Punctures....? How many?

Off the top of my head, I'd say some type of snake. A really big one.

[markofthewise]

Three. Irregular placed along the skull of this deer. So it's not a snake.

[loyal_arrows]

Huh. I've never heard of a monster with teeth like that.

[markofthewise]

If it was teeth, it would be the weirdest looking jaw I've ever seen.

[Voice]

[its_troublesome]

[He doesn't really feel like looking for his pen right now, especially not when he's preoccupied with something else.]

Not your typical predator if it doesn't finish the job.

[In another part of the forest, Shikamaru uses a stick to turn over a fox. Unlike the rabbit he passed earlier, he can't even find a wound on this one.]

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

[... fine, voice. He goes with it. His tone is obviously sullen.]

The kill wasn't for food, that's for sure.

[Voice]

[its_troublesome]

[He notes it, but doesn't ask for now.]

Which is even more troublesome. The good thing about animals is that they usually eat whatever they take the energy to kill. [He's quiet for a moment, considering.] Where'd you find it at?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

[Yeah, he knows that much. If it was at least half eaten, he wouldn't have bothered to make a message.] Half a mile west of the village.