1|| Bringing Unsexy Back

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[This is a very annoyed-looking young man wandering down the corridors, grumbling about 'make-up classes' and 'stupid temporal-screw-ups'. You might recognise him from a couple of months back, but to Ace, it feels like he was only gone for a day. Which is why it really sucks to get yanked back to find that so long has passed, he has to re-start lessons . Feel free to torment him. ♥]

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[Sokka grins.] Nope.

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Has someone been putting up bounty pictures of me?

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Is there a bounty on your head? THAT IS SO COOL!! [Wait. Focus. Sokka fists his eyes.]

I'm Sokka. [Have a hand shake whether you want it or not.]

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Oh, yes. Marine. Right. Not a pirate cos pirates aren't cool. Even when they're really friendly pirate who don't hurt anybody and really care about their friends and man Marco was like heartbroken when you left!

[Clearly this means that Sokka should hug Marco.]

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Marco? Never heard the name.

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[Yeah, he's hugging you anyway.]

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There is something seriously wrong with you.

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There is-- !!!

[Sokka gives a little bit of a (NOT GIRLY AT ALL) scream and then slumps over Ace's shoulder. This is... really embarrasing.] I have legs! I walked all the way here! I promise! Marco really, really missed you!

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Yes, you have legs. I'm very proud of you.

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[Sokka is very good at being a lump of potatoes.] Yup. A guy. Named Marco. He was in bad shape.

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He sounds annoying. And ugly.

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Um... I dunno, I guess he's okay looking. I'd never seen blonde hair before I got here but you know I'm more of a ladies' man so I wouldn't really know hey you know I feel that I should ask where you're taking me.

[Sokka tries to push up a little against Marco's back so he can look at him--not that it works so well.]... And he's not annoying. He's one of my best friends. And he's one of yours too even if you don't know it.

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To the Doc. Seeing as you can't even walk. Seriously, you've never seen blond hair before?

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I can too walk, most of the time, and no, I haven't seen blonde hair before. Don't have any where I come from, we're all sort of...

Well. Brunette.

And anyway. He is. Lemme tell ya, because I know. I have a friend? Who used to be my enemy. His dad and granpa and GREATgranpa, they basically destroyed my entire village. It was kinda in his genetics, I guess. Water and Fire and all of that. Anyway. So he was hunting me and my sister and our other friend down because see, Aang's the Avatar and he's gonna restore balance to our world once we figure out how because we missed our chance on the day of the eclipse because Azula knew about our plans to attack and

[several hallways later, hope you know the plot summary because he just gave it to you]

so that's how I know that what you're supposed to be isn't what you have to be. Zuko was Fire Nation, so he should have been an evil killer--but he's one of my best friends! Because he's a good guy even if he wears too much red.

Marco's a good guy too, even if he's got that big tattoo.

See?

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[This is Sokka looking back. This is his 'I don't believe you' face.] You know how long it took Zuko to figure out that his family was crazy? Like forever. But fine. Lets say you have a point. [wiggle wiggle sag] Okay. So what's he done that's so evil? ASIDE from just being a pirate.

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And maybe if the Phoenix suddenly quits piracy, then I might rethink my position.

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[Hey, man, watch the delicate skin.

Yeah, and Sokka's just gonna snort at that.] Yeah, and all Fire Nation Princes are supposed to want like, world domination. But Zuko saved us, he helped me rescue my dad from prison--he even freed our flying bison!

Point is. It's stupid to hate somebody for what you think they should be.

Has Marco ever murdered or raped or looted? [Sokka doesn't think so.] And I can name a ton of good things about him. He was one of the first people here who was nice to me. And he looks out for me. And he told me he'd find me a messenger hawk so I could send a note to my girlfriend. And he's taught me a LOT about girls...

I could go on.

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... Flying bi-

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[And Sokka just lets himself go limp again. He's like a otter-penguin, playing dead.]

I murdered someone.

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Well he was trying to kill me and my friends. I threw Boomerang at him and hit him in the third eye and so when he tried to shoot his laser beam out of his forehead he blew himself up. And he was on a cliff. That blew up too.

Have you ever killed anyone?

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Sounds more like self-defense to me.