Fourth Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco decided to welcome all the new students in the true Fandom fashion: shock value. So there is an anteater sitting there, watching television. The remote control? Is hidden, as well Marco's clothes because he likes the first Fatal Rock Die Hard and doesn't like running around in underwear. There's also a bowl of popcorn, though any other food would have to be found in the kitchen.

[Open like a common room that is open.]

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[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka smiled and nodded. "Yup. I'm just going to pretend I've heard of Karse."

"I'm from the South Pole, by the way," he added.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Then I will pretend I've heard of the South Pole," he replied, laughing a little. "I actually have seen it on a map, but I did not know that anyone lived there. And Karse is in another world, very far away from here."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka shrugged. "I'm from a different South Pole, anyway," he pointed out. "And if you've seen Zuko around? His dad's the reason that not many people live there."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal was beyond grateful Molly had sort of explained how there could be two different versions of one place, or he'd have a headache right about now. "I have not met anyone named Zuko, but I could have seen him," he said, looking at Sokka curiously. "How is his father responsible for that?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you know, the usual way," Sokka said, trying to sound nonchalant. "He's an evil warlord, a hundred years of war, his army attacked my village, long story short my mom's dead." He smiled wanly at Karal.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Sokka, I am sorry," he said quietly, all amusement wiped away, and he looked at him with sympathy. "It must be very difficult," which, he suspected, was likely a significant understatement, "for you to be here, at the same school with Zuko."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Sokka replied, with a little bit more of an actual smile this time. "It's hard to talk to him without getting detention."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"I can understand that," he said, and he did have an inkling of how that must feel. Very hesitantly, he asked, "Does he know about what his father has done?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka raised an eyebrow at Karal. "He's proud of it."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Which just left Karal gaping at him. "He's proud of that?"