~♥THIRTY-FOUR♥~

[generalflirt]

[Action]

[It's later than he expected to be back from his mountain sojourn, really, when he comes into the town on Wednesday night. Shikamaru, let alone Silver, probably came back before him, but he finally makes it back then, goes to his apartment for a much, much needed proper shower and goes to bed.

So it is on Thursday that Masaomi's properly back in down, Linda on his shoulder. He's skipped class for... well, a long while now, so when he gets up surprisingly early, one of the first thing he does is actually go to school, possibly with an ear to speak with the professors or anyone who missed him from that. After that, House 11 to see how all the people he knows from there are doing. Once that's done, he heads over to the Battle Dome for a few reasons. One of them is to try to see Law, one of them is to ... well he decides to test out the training in the Battle Dome, preferably with Silver or Gold or someone else who knows Pokemon to see if he can run them before going back to the plaza. In the plaza he has some intention of lurking around the Smithy and the library. But also just trying to integrate back into socializing with people, maybe break into some light flirting, if he can muster the gusto? Trying to normalize. And once that is done, well, if he didn't run into some people he's of the mind to run into after all that in order he'll be going to Mikado's apartment and then the Avatar House on the south end of town. And then, of course, back to his place at night.

tl;dr options in order:
A) School (also includes getting lunch in the break period)
B) House 11 (after school)
C) Battle Dome (either lurking in its clinic or fighting digital pokemon in the rooms or getting refreshments between bouts
D) Plaza (in particular smithy and library - will be chatting up people, might hit on girls)
E) Community Building 7 (in particular Mikado's apartment)
F) House 56
G) Community Building 1 (in particular his and Shikamaru's apartment and kitchen on that floor)

You can also run into him in transit for any of these locations, naturally. Oh, right, and he'll be wearing something akin to this, so no soulpatch or whatever he was wearing int he experiment. With a small bag and Linda's luridly yellow pokeball in his pants pocket]

Comments

[markofthewise]

Because... I don't want to get punched?

[generalflirt]

But you can't know how strong I am until I do!

[markofthewise]

Do you think I'm really that interested in your physical strength?

[generalflirt]

You just said I didn't have as much, I might as well test that!

[markofthewise]

Actually, nevermind. Forget everything I said. It's a waste of time.

[He turns around and goes to pick up his fishing rod so he can go back inside.]

[generalflirt]

[And then hand shoot out, taking hold of his shoulder]

So when you are introducing me?

[markofthewise]

[Sokka pulls his shoulder away, because sorry Masaomi, we're not that kind of close yet. He turns back to look at him, unhappy.]

I don't think I should.

[generalflirt]

I do. So when are you introducing me?

[Evenly - he pulls of the hand but keeps a level gaze there]

[markofthewise]

[Sokka is no longer convinced. So here's one last pointed question before he calls it off.]

How important is your strength to you?

[generalflirt]

...When I was thirteen, it was all I really had. I got mixed up in- no rather, I helped create something I thought of as a war at the time, and while we were trying to evade the hospital, it and my comrades were all I could count on. It was all I could count on to help those comrades.

[... He closes his eyes a moment, sighs, and then opens them again] I've grown since then, of course. But it sticks with me, you know? I'm not smart the way Shikamaru is and I don't have any sort of special powers, so if I'm going to be depended on, that's the- ah, one of the only ways people can depend on me.

[markofthewise]

[Ahh... that does sound familiar, doesn't it. He crosses his arms and gazes down at the grass.]

I've been there. Maybe not the first part, but when we were helping Aang save the world, I was the only one who couldn't bend. When we started on our journey, Katara could barely control her waterbending in any useful kind of way. Aang could do just about anything, but I thought of myself as pretty much the only fighter in the group. But it didn't take long before Katara was doing stuff I couldn't keep up with. And then Toph joined up and she was pretty much unstoppable. Me? I just had my boomerang. And my plans, which didn't always work out.

[generalflirt]

I've got my fists, a metal pole, and electric mouse.

[Sheepishly] And my charming personality.

[markofthewise]

[Charming in the most imaginative way possible.]

I'll talk to Master Souji. [Let's just leave it at that.]

[generalflirt]

Thank you.

[Because that's about what he can ask]