markofthebrave | [ Action, Voice ] .022

[Today, Katara is on a mission. There are people she has to thank for giving her presents, and to that purpose she has prepared small pressed impressions of dried goldenrods in glass (thank you, Usopp and the item shop) or pressed into paper with the words 'Thank You' written on it, depending on what she thinks you'll like more. Yes, this has taken her all week.

She will either be dropping them off at your house, or meeting with you personally to touch base with you. There are a few other people she's on the look out for in particular, and several side missions she also hopes to accomplish. Feel free to bump into her at any point as she goes about her business, whether or not there is a dried flower for you!]

[Courtesy 15 percent filter to the people addressed, so as to not spam your journals if you don't want to see it.]

Ginko, where are you today?

Allen - are you busy today? I'd like to stop by.

Brook... [there is some hesitation here] can I ask you a question?

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[And sometime after the conversation with Sanji, you'd better believe that she's hunting her brother down. Where will she find him? Will she have to hold his dinner hostage?]

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[He was annoyed at the Azula thing, but really, that was only a minor thing for him. Because it didn't surprise him at all.]

No. It isn't.

[She crosses her arms and stares him down.]

Then what is it about?

[Sokka groans and stares up at the forest canopy.]

What does it matter? I know you might think Sanji is this great, wonderful guy. Well, that's fine. If you want to think that, I'm not going to stop you.

[Her eyes narrow.]

You don't know what I think about Sanji, or why. So why don't we start with what your problem is -- when I first got here, you guys were friends!

And we're not now, okay? [He really wishes he could drop it and leave it at that. But he knows she won't let up. She never lets up on anything.] I was mad at him about the Aku thing, okay? He asked you to go help save Nami. It was bad enough he wanted you to go up against a monster you couldn't even scratch, but he didn't even bother to let me know. Or bring me along. He could have gotten you killed and I wouldn't have even known.

Don't be an idiot! It's not like he went behind your back - I told him I was telling you, he knew you'd be coming with me. Just because he wasn't the one to ask you didn't mean that he didn't want you along. He let you fight with Robin, one of his own crew members - and you're upset because you think he didn't want you to go?

And don't you dare be mad because he asked me along. You know I would have gone all by myself, without an invitation if I had to.

[For a moment, Sokka has to process that. Because that is not how Sanji put it to him. At all.]

I know you would have gone up there alone! Because that's what you do. And it's not wrong, but... [... it's not the point here. There's a bigger point. But he doesn't want to admit it. Not after he's passed it off as not being a big deal in the past.] I'm sorry, alright? I was wrong about that.

Wrong about what? [The question is cautious, and still challenging.]

[He's still trying to pass this off as not being a big deal. Because it's not. It's not like Sokka is hurting for friends and Sanji isn't the nicest guy around, so it's no big loss regardless.]

Because when I talked to Sanji, it sounded like he didn't want me there. I guess I heard him wrong or something.

Or something. [Stare.] So that's it.

[So tempting to leave it at that. But he already told himself he wouldn't lie to her.]

That's not everything.

[She just looks at him. Then she relents because - it's Sokka. And because she has some idea from Sanji what's really bothering him. And though her stare doesn't soften, her tone does.]

So what else is it? You don't just go from being friends with someone to not wanting anything to do with them. That's just not who you are, Sokka.

[Sokka lets out a sigh. How much will he be able to avoid saying? Should he even bother?]

Sanji just isn't the kind of person I thought he was. [He thought of him as someone to look up to.] I thought we were friends. But I don't think we ever were. So it's not like anything was lost.

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[It's on the tip of her tongue to move to defend Sanji, but - she has a feeling he's not going to listen to her. Besides, there's something about this that just - seems wrong.]

So he's not the person you thought he was. But you're okay with me being friends with him? [Does. Not. Compute. What happened to him getting in her face when he thought she was making a bad choice?]

You're not making any sense.

[No. He's not okay with it. At all. But it's not like she'd listen. And Sanji might be a creep, but he's... a harmless one at least.]

Have you ever noticed how Sanji talks to people when they're not some pretty girl he can act stupid in front of?

[Thank you, Zoro, for showing her the vast, vast difference between Sanji the Pervert and Sanji the Regular Spewing Hearts and Sparkles person.]

...you think that he talks to girls like that just because they're pretty. Then why does he talk to me like that? You don't think he's trying to flirt with me do you?

No! Of course not. [He wouldn't be nearly like this if he thought that.] I don't get why he acts like that. But I know how he is around me. So he might be willing to be nice to you, but it's not the same with me.

[Ah, here we go.]

What do you mean?

It's like being around Jet. Only without the creatively tailored insults.

[And she completely misses the main part of his comparison, because the mention of Jet is a sore spot with her.]

Sanji is nothing like Jet! He'd never do what Jet did!

[He lets out an exasperated sigh.]

I didn't say that.

Then why don't you explain it to me. [Glare. Come on, Sokka. Back up what you're saying, or drop it.]

I'm tired of being referred to as some 'shit'. So there it is. [And maybe he can leave it all right there and be done with it.] When I want to be insulted, I'll be sure to go talk to him again.

...I don't blame you for being upset about that. [What's this - actually seeing reason? ...not quite.] I wouldn't like it either. But you should hear how he talks to Zoro and Usopp - and even Luffy!

And that's not enough to make it so that you'd think he wasn't your friend.

[Why won't she just accept his shaky reasoning for everything. Jeez.]

Okay. It isn't. Why does it matter anyway? Why do I have to be friends with him?

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