[Action] > backdated to yesterday afternoon for pacing's sake.

[vermified]

[If you happen to be out and about in the village today, you might find find a strange sight. There is a scattered trail of brightly coloured candies in the snow, in various locations throughout the village. Where a tree or a bush might have once been, there is now nothing but candy. In the smithy, what was once a sword is now candy. The broom that might have been useful in cleaning up such a mess is also gone. Certain spots in the grocery store are full of candy as well- as if someone had taken something off of a shelf and replaced it with a handful of sweets. The entire tomato and pepper sections have been completely cleared out, inside transformed into bins of candy.

And in the plaza, sitting on the edge of the fountain, is Edward, his face buried in his arms. It's hard to tell if he's annoyed or just downright depressed. And the fountain itself, instead of being filled with the normal flowing water or even seasonal ice?

Full. Of. Candy.]


[ooc: Edward has the superpower of the SKITTLES MAN. May children everywhere now love him. Just don't let him shake their hands...]

Comments

[markofthewise]

Oh. Oh. Well good. Still, I'm not sure she's going to forget that quickly. In fact, that just means I have to prove myself sooner. If I wait, she won't be able to remember well enough to compare and just always assume that girl Sokka was better!

[vermified]

Why not just ask her?

[markofthewise]

I don't think that will work, Edward.

[vermified]

Why not? It's the easiest way to clear things up.

[markofthewise]

Because then she'll be like, "Oh poor Sokka, I should just tell him he's the best so he'll feel better." And do you know what that means? I'd be living a lie, Edward. A lie.

[vermified]

...You're being melodramatic.

[markofthewise]

It's not being melodramatic! What if you had a girlfriend doing the same thing!

[vermified]

I have no idea, I've never had one. If I did I'd make sure she knows better. [And that's why he doesn't have one. ...Well, in part.]

[markofthewise]

"Make sure she knows better"... right. And this is why you don't have a girlfriend.

[vermified]

Th-that's not what I meant! [Gah, how in the world did it come out so wrong!?]

[markofthewise]

So what did you mean?

[vermified]

I- I'd tell her that such behaviour is rude! You shouldn't be comparing people.

[markofthewise]

Oh wow, you'll sure show her, Edward. [Shaking his head now.] Have you ever even met a girl before?

[vermified]

What kind of a question is that!? Of course I have! I see Winry nearly every day, don't I!?

[markofthewise]

Winry, of course. How did I know that she... or Katie, was going to be the example you used?

[vermified]

I only mentioned her because she was the most obvious! Of course she's not the only one!

[markofthewise]

[He waits for a bit, then asks the inevitable:]

Well?

[vermified]

[...Oh, he wants more examples? Geez B|] It so happens that the Liberation Force includes a number of women. Aya, Michelle, Dominica, Komachi, and most recently Seraphina. Isn't that enough?

[markofthewise]

Fine, fine. Sorry. You're clearly an expert at women. [Only you don't have a girlfriend, dude. And seem oddly against the idea. So your advice is highly questionable.]

[vermified]

Hmph. I told you. [JUST. IGNORING THE SARCASM. Because he seriously doubts Sokka really believes him.]

[markofthewise]

Yeah... by the way. Hungry? [He pulls out an apple from his pack and stares at it. Really, really, really hard. And then it turns into meat. Bacon, in fact. With a nice burnt apple taste to it.]

[vermified]

[Edward kinda just. Stares. Because what the hell.]

...We appear to have a similar problem.

[markofthewise]

Is that so? [Sokka suddenly tosses the meat-apple over to Edward.]

[vermified]

[Edward blinks, reaching out to catch it, then fumbles as the meat dissolves into Skittles. Shit, shit he's been caught.]

[markofthewise]

[Grin of satisfaction.]

I knew it!