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Character(s): Katara, Sokka
Location: All around Garden-- they're taking a walk.
Rating: G
Open/Closed/Finished: Closed
Summary: Team Watertribe needs some sibling bonding time!

After finding Sokka at lunch, Katara had been in high spirits-- even the brief blimp with Zuko in the cafeteria managed to slip away from her mind at the mere knowledge that her brother had somehow made his way to this world. When they finished their meal (which took longer than usual thanks to the mountain of food Sokka had managed to pile onto his plate), Katara insisted that they go for a walk to talk-- she had missed her brother during hertwo weeks in this strange wold.

"Have you had a chance to walk around this place? It's so different from anything I've seen back at home!" She commented as they made their way around the lobby, her eyes cast upwards to the domed ceiling.

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Katara gave a light laugh at Sokka's words, and nudged him again with her shoulder. "It's a weird place, but really interesting, as well. Have you looked at the kind of things they teach? Everyone here can use something called 'para-magics'-- it's like bending! Things like water, ice, fire, air, even earth-- think about it, Sokka; even you can bend!"

She knew that Sokka always found her ability to bend to be strange since she was a child, but hopefully seeing how useful it had been in their journey Sokka would consider attempting this 'para-magic' that the world provided them.

But Sokka shook his head. "Yeah I'll be able to do it here, but when I get home? Back to being..." I'm not the useless guy. "Just me. I'd rather stick with what I know, Katara. What I'm good at. Weapons. That's what I signed up for."

It just wasn't worth getting involved with. Magic--wasn't his thing. He'd never been able to do it, and he never would. That was okay though because he'd found something else. And now they had the elements AND steel, thanks to him and Suki.

Suki.

"I think I'll just stick with my sword."

That made sense-- even if he were able to 'bend' the elements in this world, there was no guarantee that the ability would be able to transition back to their world. It would make sense that he would want to stick with something within his comfort zone-- he was the weapons wielder of the group.

"Do you have your sword with you here?" She asked, curious. Katara noticed that she had only arrived to the world with the clothes on her back-- she didn't even have her waterskin within her possession. But thankfully her mother's necklace had been hidden in her pocket-- now that she didn't have to blend in with the Fire Nation, she had taken up wearing the piece of jewelry regularly again.

Sokka nodded. "It's in my room." He kept the boomerang on him--it was just a tad more inconspicious. "I'm in the beginner's class, I guess, but going over the basics won't hurt. Kinda seems like there's a lot of other fighters here."

He starts walking again, crossing his arms over his chest and dragging his feet in wide, swinging arcs. "I met a guy who reminded me of Piandao. That was strange. I'm taking Engineering."

Katara began to walk beside him again, and her eyes widened when he mentioned the Piandao doppelganger. "Is he a swordsmaster, as well? Maybe he can help you hone your skills some more! But it's nice that you're going to be in a class with other people who specialize in weapons, too-- maybe you can find a sparring partner. We need to keep our skills in tact, if we plan to go home and help Aang and Toph."

She gave a small sigh as she thought back to her friends, and her eyes drifted off into the distance. "I wonder what they're doing now... who's doing all the cooking and washing if I'm here? Who's going to make sure that everyone gets up on time to practice bending?" It seemed like the Time Compression didn't manage to suppress her motherhenning nature.

Sokka wouldn't have expected it to. He draped an arm around Katara's neck as they walked. "It's okay. Like I said, you were still there when I left so maybe we're both still there now! However that would work." He shrugged and tugged her hair fondly before dropping his arm.

"This place is a real opportunity to learn some things that could help us when we go home, Katara. We have to think about it like that." And NOT like the fact that people had been stuck here for months already. Sokka didn't mention that part to his sister, though he had a feeling she knew.

"What would really help is if Zuko and Azula weren't here, as well. We won't even have an advantage over them if we all get sent home! They'll learn the same things that we do. It'll just make the Fire Nation stronger." Her frustration was obvious in her voice. It seemed like no matter where they were, even after they were pitted through Time itself, the Fire Nation always managed to follow them.

"It'd be so much easier if we could just deal with Azula and Zuko here, but I don't want to cause any trouble in the school-- I mean, we already got into really big trouble for that fight."

"You shouldn't have fought Zuko," Sokka said under his breath. He knew his sister well enough to know that Zuko himself would have to prove his change of heart to her--and even then it would be tenuous, probably. "I know you think I hit my head or something being dragged through time, but Katara. He's one of us. Please. Just... ugh. I know you can't trust him. Just do me a favor and don't antagonize him, okay?"

Katara stared at Sokka for a long moment once he voiced his request. Her brows were drawn together-- was he really serious? She could hear the exasperation in his tone, and that was enough of a hint to tell her that he meant every word. She then gave a small huff before crossing her arms, chin turned up a fraction of an inch.

"Fine-- I won't do anything, only because you asked me not to." She aimed a finger at him, shaking it slightly as added on, "But if he starts anything with me, I'm not going to ignore it. Alright?"

Sokka grabbed the finger pointed at him--and pulled her into a hug. "Alright," he mumbled into her shoulder. "Alright. I'm going to try to fix it, Katara, but you'll have to give me a little time. Thank you."

The sudden hug surprised her, but Katara wrapped her free arm around his shoulders, returning the embrace.

"I'm only agreeing to this because I trust you, Sokka-- but I swear, if he breaks my trust again..." She steadied her voice. "I'm not going to give him any more chances."

"I don't know where he is right now, Katara, and I can't promise anything. Being here... it changes everything. But I know he's got good in him, even if it's way down deep." Sokka let go of her and sighed. "On Boiling Rock... I made a plan and--and things changed. Zuko had the chance to leave then, but he didn't. He stuck with me even though that was the only way out at the time. He trusted me. And I trust him. I do."

"I just hope you're right. But what about Azula? She's here now, and she's conniving. I don't think she's going to let you just waltz up to her brother and try to bring him over to our side." There was a sigh as she crossed her arms again. It seemed like nothing was ever easy for them.

Eh, what fun was anything if it was easy?At least, that's what he kept telling himself. Sokka rubbed the back of his neck--Azula definitely might be a problem. But he was fore-armed with the knowledge that Zuko had walked away from her once, so he could do it again.

Right??

Dropping his arm, Sokka shrugged. "Probably not. But she can't be at his side all the time. And she's not allowed in the guy's dorms--and I know his roommate. Nice guy. Can't talk. Anyway, the point is that... well, I'll find a way. Azula might be crazy, but I'm persistant." He flashed a broad grin at his sister.

"That," Katara flicked a finger against his forehead as he gave her that wide smile, "you are."

She turned around then and gave a heavy sigh, complete with a showy heave of her shoulders as she started to walk again. "So persistent that sometimes I don't know how I put up with you."

"Mmm-hmm," Sokka said, lacing his hands behind his neck and following in his sister's wake. "It must be that sisterly love, the bond of family that keeps us together. Birthright of the youngest to endure the stupendousness of the older, wiser sibling..."

"Stupendouness? More like stupidness!" Katara's shoulders shook as a fit of giggles overcame her. She had to clamp her hands over her mouth to suppress the noise, though the mirth didn't cease.

Sokka stuck out his tongue and lightly hip-checked Katara. "Har har. So glad to see this place hasn't changed your sense of humor." But he flashed her a smile--it was good to hear Katara's laugh; Sokka might have held a stiff upper lip for her, but that sound helped ease some of the worry he was trying not to show.

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