ZW 2012 Day 5: Heartstrings

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Sokka Travels Alone (At First)

When Sokka sets off for the Earth Kingdom a few years after the war to recover his Space Sword, he finds himself stuck in the nomad camp. He does not have a good time.

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Chong plucks at the pipa, contemplating. The Fire Lord has married a Water Tribe girl, and that's songworthy. "There once was a man named Sokka," he croons.

Sokka groans. He regrets everything about this road trip. Should have asked Toph to come.

"His sister hit him on the head with a rockaaaaa…"

"Not really-" he protests.

"Ooooh it was a rockin' little story and it got real gory when Sokka found out she was sha-ckin' up with the Fire Looordy…"

"You're really tugging at my heartstrings here, Nomad Guy."

Encouraged, Chong begins to strum. "Sokka had a sister, a real A-lister, fell in love with a grum-py fiiiiirebender. Then she said dear Zuko let's make Sokka puke-o, and you come loooove me teeendeeerrrrr." He finishes with a glamourous flourish on the pipa.

Sokka strokes his beard, and a beat passes in silence. "You know, that's not bad."

Chong throws his fists in the air, nearly throwing the pipa across the campsite. "So we can sing it at the next Summit?"

Sokka blanches. "Um. Maybe if you add another verse?"

That's a fair condition. Chong loves a good, sappy, forbidden love story.

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A/N: Weeellll the heartstrings aspect here is small. But I mostly wanted Chong to write a song, so he did. I have a tune for it in my head that I tried to establish with punctuation, but I probably wasn't successful so interpret it any way you like :).