A quest gone wrong (but at least you're rich)

[bendless]

🧙 WHO: Sokka & You
⚔️️ WHAT: February Catch-All
🕒 WHEN: February
🗺️ WHERE: Bridge and Camelot
⚠️ WARNINGS: NPC death and post-quest angst


A: A Quest for the Pure of Heart: aftermath
(cw: NPC death)

[Of course Sokka would have gone for a quest that promised him so much money. Even if the task was very suspicious, it couldn't have been anything too dangerous, right?

Right?

Sokka is on his knees near the bridge after getting himself out of there challenge, cursing himself for being so stupid and falling for something like this. There was no one around to help him at the time so he couldn't even save the old man. He had waited and no one had arrived after Morgannas visit to pick up his crystal.

He contemplates on messaging someone to come meet him halfway, but instead he decides against it and starts walking. He feels awful, but he doesn't want to stay near the place any longer than he has to. So there's a very gloomy young man walking. Almost like he lost a part of himself back there.]



B: Training

[Once he's back in Camelot, Sokka heads for the training grounds to take out his frustration on the quest (and himself) on some training dummies. While he could just use a sword or any of his other weapons, but there was only one appropriate way for him to vent.

Fire was burning bright. With every kick or punch he made towards the dummies new flames ignited. Even sometimes when he didn't intend to make flames, they appeared. The fire was strong with him whenever he was angry, he had noticed.

Maybe it wasn't the healthiest way of coping, but he'd rather be angry than crying, really. And no one should have complaints because he's training his magic.]



C: Emotional Eating

[Though he does have to deal with the situation with another way. With a lot of ice cream, since he heard somewhere it's a good emotional food. Which he is definitely eating back at the inn common rooms. He'd do it in his room, but there's no freezer there so he'd have to walk back to fetch more or let them melt while he ate.

He'd already eaten two liters of ice cream so far and going through his third rather fast.

And yes, he's suffered at least two brain freezes already.]


D: Wildcard

Hit me up in PM's or sasageyo to plot something else.

Comments

B

[theskyaccepts]

[Tsuna doesn't often go to the training grounds. It's not usually in his style since he's always worried he'll cause trouble for others with his clumsiness or something else. He's a magnet for bad luck on the best of days. But today, he feels drawn there, and if nothing else, he's learned to trust his intuition.

He watches Sokka for a while, curious. He hasn't really seen elemental magic used like that before, and maybe he can learn something. But at the same time, he doesn't really want to interrupt. Maybe if he just leans on this training dummy? And no, it rotates, so down he goes!]

Waah!

[bendless]

[The noise distracts him enough to stop punching the air with fire and he looks to see Tsuna on the ground.]

... you okay?

[theskyaccepts]

Y-yeah...

[Tsuna half-replies, half-groans. He sits up, more embarrassed than anything else. Loser Tsuna strikes again.]

S-sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you, I was just curious.

C

[madcuriosity]

Mr. Sokka, you're going to make yourself sick.

[Alice had come to visit the hotel to meet with some of the... well, actually, she didn't know what they were called, visitors? Certainly not citizens of the realm. Well, was SHE a citizen of the realm? King Arthur WAS the once and future king of her home.

Well, that was neither here nor there. She had wanted to stop in for some tea when she saw the gentleman she had such pun with.]

You look so sad, what's wrong? [Ah children, always so straight to the point.]

[bendless]

[Sokka has to admit he's feeling a bit ill from eating so much ice cream, so maybe some distraction is... okay. He sighs and puts the ice cream down.]

I just had a rough quest, that's all. It didn't go as planned and... now I feel like an idiot.

[madcuriosity]

Oh... but, you're not an idiot, Mr. Sokka. I think you're very clever. [She looked around and hurried off to get a stool before bringing it next to Sokka's, wobbling, for just a moment, as she got on top of it and sat next to him.]

What went wrong?

c

[intrapid]

...I'm getting brain freeze just watching you.

[ What the fuck, Sokka. Karma wasn't originally going to get himself anything, but after Sokka's second pint, Karma can no longer fight the compulsion to grab himself a mug of hot chocolate, stirring it with a candy cane that, when he pulls it out, has been sucked to a sharp point. ]

Did you just get dumped, or what?

[bendless]

Then don't watch.

[That's a simple solution, isn't it. Though he doesn't say it rudely or anything, just kind of an advice... ish.]

No? I heard ice cream's a good food for when you're upset.

[intrapid]

It's like a trainwreck— kinda hard not to watch! Anyways, it's salt and carbs you want, if the ice cream isn't helping.

[ It's a girl thing, he wants to say, but what does he know about indulgence eating? He's a sulker when he's upset. ]

Siiiiiiince it's not working, I'll take that ice cream off your hands for you.

A

[corpsewarblade]

[Mukuro had declined Morgana's quest, but she still wandered to the bridge from time to time when she needed to think.

And it was there she saw a man a little younger than her on his knees near the bridge. It didn't look like he was injured, but from the way he got up and started staggering away in a daze, she couldn't be sure.

So, she found herself carefully wandering over to check on him.]

Woah...! Hey, are you okay?

[bendless]

[Sokka looks up from the ground at Mukuro before looking away, mostly in shame.]

I'm not injured, if that's what you mean.

[corpsewarblade]

[On closer inspection...yeah, she couldn't see any injuries on him. Unlikely to be headstroke or something like that in this weather- maybe dehydration?

She'll just be getting a water bottle out her bag.]

Here, have some water, okay? You can still get dehydrated even if it's not that hot out you know?

B

[souris_keteer]

[ After a while, one can't help but notice all that... venting.

After a moment of hesitation. Mickey halts his own training to quietly and gently approach Sokka. ]

Hey, um... you okay there, pal?

[bendless]

[Sokka punches the air one more time before sighing and stopping, turning to look at Mickey.]

If I said I was, would you believe me?

[souris_keteer]

... Nuh-uh.

[ Mickey's no liar, no sir. ]

Do you wanna talk about it?

A

[sulit]

[Brave of soul? Pure of heart? Well, those qualities are questionable and not at all a quantitative measurement that can be readily assessed; but Klaudia is all too happy to help Morganna out. So when she ended up at the bridge with a black crystal in hand, it had turned out pretty alright for her. All's well that end's well.]

[Well. Except for this guy, apparently? She happens to notice the young man wandering in the same direction as her, since she was walking with more energy in her steps. She should probably leave him alone... But she doesn't. She catches up to him easily, and her head tilts as she peers at him.]

...What happened to you? Did you drop something off the bridge back there?

[That's clearly the only reason anyone would have for being sad right now.]

[bendless]

[Sokka glances over at the girl before looking away.]

Just my soul, that's all.

[That's a bit dramatic.]

[sulit]

That sounds highly unlikely.

[It'd be pretty impressive if he could drop his soul. Or pretty alarming. One of those two things.]

But if that is the case, then I could help fetch it for you. I'm sure we can stick it back in you somehow.

Wildcard-ish A

[waterdroplet]

[There is the quest, that promises A LOT of money! And Katara can't find her brother anywhere after seeing him looking at something related or unrelated to that--!

Oh no. Oh no. Oh nononononono! Luckily they have these devices!]

Hey!! Where are you?!

[Please answer! Hey, answer please! She has a really bad feeling about this...]

[bendless]

[Oh. Oh no.
Well, she's going to find out soon anyway.]

im headed back.
i screwed up.

[waterdroplet]

[Oh THANK spirits, he answers at least...]

Great! Do you want me to come meet you on the way? Or want anything to eat or drink?
What does that mean?

B;

[rediscovering]

[ Zuko was often at the training grounds, even at weird hours; it's no surprise to find him there. The staff had even sent him home before when he'd clearly overdone himself — which he didn't take kindly to. But right now, he's fine, even in good spirits, relatively... When he sees Sokka, though, he can tell the other boy is not. It's hard to miss the bright bursts of flames that erupt from his emotions, even across the training field. Zuko approaches him rather stealthily — not meaning to sneak up on him, just... being a stealthy kind of guy... But he does take a stab at trying to lighten the mood before he even says anything, which, uh, may or may not be successful or welcome. Sarcasm Guy, Jr-in-training is not the best at joking or reading the room, even after many months of practice with funny friends not so unlike Sokka. What he thinks might be a silly prank, a funny way to distract Sokka from whatever's on his mind, it's probably... not. He stands a few paces back from the boy, and when Sokka moves to strike his next fiery hit, a gust of unseen wind extinguishes his flame. But it's not windy out? It happens again next hit he tries. If he keeps trying after two failed bursts, though, he'll succeed just as he'd been before — just so Zuko can tease him by conjuring another third gust by surprise again, keep him on his toes, before stepping forward nonchalantly with a wave of his hand. That may or may not have been funny to Sokka, but y'know what, it was kind of funny to Zuko and Sokka'd laughed at Zuko plenty when he'd lost his firebending. Zuko can laugh at him a little too now that he's gained his, right? Fair's fair? ]

Hey.

[bendless]

[Such strange gusts of wind. Sokka is unfortunately rather stubborn so he keeps at it and basically gets trolled. Well, it serves him right all things considered, but he still gives Zuko a sour look when he makes his presence known.

Though part of it was to hide the fact he was embarrassed to have shown the emptional fire show in the first place.]

Hi. I'm not really in the mood for games.

[Oh. And that.]

C; cuz i want 27 sokka threads

[rediscovering]

[ Zuko looks on, somewhat disturbed, having only sat down beside his friend moments ago, finding him just after his second brain freeze, but already the worst kind of impressed at the sight. ]

...Sokka.

[ His voice is heavy with concern, judgment, admonition. Zuko's not the type to eat his feelings — in fact, quite the opposite, very much the type to starve them out — and he's also not one for a sweet tooth, and on top of that certainly not drawn to something frozen even if he were. This just looks bad to the fire prince. He's eating so fast... ]

Not only are you gonna get sick eating that much, that fast, but you're gonna make me sick watching you...

only 23 to go after I hit all of them

[bendless]

[Brain freezes hurt so much, but Sokka isn't about to give up just because of them when he feels like he needs to eat for his sorrows.]

Then don't watch? I know what I'm doing.