Lupus Campfire, Sunday Evening

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka had no idea what any of the cabin names meant, so he'd (handwavily) done some reasearch. And was left wondering why everyone else got cabins named after constellations, and he was stuck in the cabin named after a degenerative disease. So he'd done some MORE research and discovered he was in the BEST CABIN EVAR.

Which is why he had "Hungry Like the Wolf" looping in the background while he got the fire going.

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[gameknowsgame.livejournal.com]

Blair was attempting to get the lay of the land - such as who was worth her time and who wasn't - which was why she happened to be passing by a cabin that was not her own.

She stopped when she heard the music. "Very retro," she said. It was impossible to tell if she meant it as a compliment.

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Ella had placed her things neatly in her alcove, then came out to see who else might be around.

An unfamiliar song was playing. "What is this music?" she asked, intrigued.

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Ella gave the girl a puzzled look. "Is it old, then? I don't know it."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka grimaced, suddenly feeling uncool. "...But in a good way, right? I'm from another universe entirely; I don't know these things."

[gameknowsgame.livejournal.com]

Blair looked the girl over. "Just a little," she said, with a false sweetness. "What do you know?"

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"Well, my favorite is Ayorthaian music," Ella began, spreading her skirts over her legs. "My dearest friend would sing it to me and her voice was like a bell. But of course I like all the old folk ballads, and piano music as well."

[gameknowsgame.livejournal.com]

"And what universe is that?" Blair asked. She had a few answers of her own, but she'd wait to see what the boy said first. The key thing was that she thought he was speaking metaphorically.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka waved. "It's by Duran, or something like that. I figured that since 'Lupus' means wolf, we deserved some wolf music for our pack. Hi, I'm Sokka. How are you liking Fandom so far?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka shrugged. "A different one. It's not like we bothered to name it. Where are YOU from?"

[gameknowsgame.livejournal.com]

"No one bothers with Ayorthaian where I'm from," Blair said, figuring Ayorthaian was the name of some indie band she hadn't heard of and therefore could be dismissed as not worth her time. "Piano is good, if it's the right concert at the Met. Do you play?"

It always helped to know how many extra-cirriculars your classmates had compared to your own.

[gameknowsgame.livejournal.com]

"New York City?" Blair replied. "Perhaps you've heard of it?"

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

After a rather interesting (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhighdorms/1370856.html?thread=113069800#t113069800) conversation with one of the new kids, Katara stalked over to where she'd spotted her brother.

"Sokka! I'm going to kill you!" she snapped as soon as she was within earshot.

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"It's much better than home," Ella decided, then recognized the name. "Sokka? Oh, are you Katara's Sokka? She's my big sister. I'm Ella." Her smile probably showed how pleased she was by that arrangement.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka jumped up, nearly burning himself. "What?!?!?! What did I do???"

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"A bit, not much. Music Mistress taught us the basics at my last school," Ella said, slightly miffed by the dismissal. "You're the first person I've met here who's heard of Ayortha at all. Where are you from?"

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Yep!" Sokka replied, with a grin. "Except... not quite? Sort of? Fandom's weird." He scratched his head, trying to figure out how best to explain it. "...Never mind. So, does that make you my little sister, too? I can help you out whenever she's not around."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"You offered me to MATE with that new kid!" she said, coming to a stop and just glaring at him. "

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka nodded. "Of COURSE I've heard of it. Half the shows on TV are set there! Also, there are a few people around here who are from New York. Me, I'm from the South Pole. Not yours, a different one."

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"She mentioned that, that her Sokka was at home but you were somehow here," Ella remembered. "I shan't pretend to understand that just yet, but a helping hand is always good."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka stared at her. "...Huh?"

He blinked a few times. "OHHHHHHH, the guy with the forehead! No, it's not like that -- he's just got a worse sense of humor than Zuko!"

[gameknowsgame.livejournal.com]

"New York City," Blair said. "But of course my family does a lot of traveling. My mother has to, for her business, but it's also important to experience other cultures personally."

[gameknowsgame.livejournal.com]

That was somewhat interesting. There could be a good college essay out of this. "Are your parents scientists?" Blair guessed.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka nodded. "Oh, good. ...Yeah. Okay. Well, the number one thing to know about this place is that weird things happen a lot. It's just Fandom."

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka facepalmed. "No, NOT your South Pole. A different one, in a different universe. On MY world, my dad's the chief of our tribe, who live there."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"And now he thinks that you want us to mate!" she snapped.