o42 [written -> forward dated to the day after the event ends]

[ahappylie]

[Filter to Sokka | 90% ]

Sokka-kun, I am afraid your training will be put on hold temporarily. I will contact you when I am able to resume. It should only be a few days.

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My beloved snow
Is slowly melting away
To a spring garden
-Hogyoku

Ayumu-san. I do not wish to be disturbed.

[With that, Okita locks him in his room and barricades the door because he knows you, Ayumu. The morning after the event ended, he went into Hijikata's room to check if the man was home and found the place completely empty. Having two of his friends leave one after another does bad things to Okita's psyche.]

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Are you a poet? Perhaps you can do better than I could.

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[markofthewise]

As it just so happens, I've been known to sling some slang on a whim. One of my many talents.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Oh? Will you grace me with one of your works then?

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[markofthewise]

[Without missing a beat, he goes straight into it. Sure, it's not the best haiku, but seeing as how it's spur of the moment...]

Beware housekeepers,
annoy them, they'll clean your house
or just clean your clock.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[Congratulations, Sokka. You got him to laugh for the first time since discovering his friends were gone.]

You do have a talent. Thank you. I'll have to show her this later.

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[markofthewise]

[It's just Sokka's special talent.]

Don't mention my name! Unless she likes it. If she doesn't, you don't know who it came from.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[Very special.]

Maybe you should take a pen name then.

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[markofthewise]

Another name....

[He could get behind this. He could use more aliases.]

I'll get back to you on that.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Please do. I'll need to put a name to this poem.

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[markofthewise]

For now it's just author unknown!

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Duly noted. It will be a mystery~

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[markofthewise]

I'll see again when you're up to it, Master Souji.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Thank you for understanding, Sokka-kun.