[handwritting kinda sloppy, but legible]

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

Hey, so for the guys who drug me into were in the cafeteria last night, I got one of the swords like we were supposed to. No one saw heard I didn't do it on purpose No one saw me hit the wall, right? No one got hurt after I got it, did they? I couldn't see anything in that fog...

[lots of hesitation marks before signed as]

~Not-A-Fire-Ninja

Comments

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

What kind of ninja are you then? Sand? Mist? That's pretty vague.

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

I'm just not one! I think the guys I was with will get it. I hope

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

I'm just curious, calm down. I happen to know a lot of really great ninjas from the fire country.

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

Only fire nation guys I know are either psychotic or really need a hug.

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

Well, we're not, okay? Most of us. I think.

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

Oh, that makes me feel so much better...

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

Hey! Everyone has problems sometimes, okay?! That doesn't mean we're ALL psychos!

[strikeouts barely legible]

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

You haven't met these girls! Or Zuko, but he's kind of the exception...

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

Girls aren't the only ones who can be psycho, you know. I know just as many guys who're guilty of it!

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

It runs in their whole family!

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

I'm confused. It's a family? I thought we were talking about an entire country?

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

It's the Fire Lord's Family! They're all crazy. Except for Zuko. He's all right... still moody, but I think it'd be too weird if he wasn't. Anyway, his Dad and sister are pretty much the definition of crazy-lunatics. Then Azula has these other two girls who are just as bad.

[arrow to Azula] That's Zuko's sister's name

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

I think I get it. They're a pain in the ass because they're crazy and sounds like they have power too. Not a good combination I guess.

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

It's a terrible combination! If you spent days on end running away from the crazy girls shooting fireballs at you, you'd see just how insane they can be.

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

I thought you were supposed to be a ninja.

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

Didn't I say I wasn't one? [arrows to where he put "Not-A-Fire-Ninja] I am a warrior though.

[strikes only partially visible]

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

You said you weren't a fire ninja. I thought that meant you were from another village. So... you still fight, but you aren't good with fireballs and you whine a lot?

Re: [strikes only partially visible]

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

I said I wasn't a fire ninja because the guys I was with were, so they'd be able to understand what that meant! I didn't know there were all kinds of ninja! Isn't a ninja just a ninja anyway? I get that you're from some different fire nation and all, but a ninja's a ninja where I'm from. Now if you're talking stuff like what nation you're from, I'm from the Water Tribe, all right? So yes, that's cause for not being 'good with fireballs'.

Oh, and there's the fact that the Fire Nation just happens to be on a power-trip for world-domination right now. That might have something to do with it.

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

I'm not just a ninja. Anyway, there's different ninja in our world, depending on where they're from. But the basics are the same. Just like yours, someone from the Mist Country probably wouldn't have much luck if they tried a fireball jutsu, but in our village, well, I know at least one person who uses that kind of attack. But not all jutsu are elemental, it's just convenient in some situations. Make sense?

So if you're from Water Tribe, does that mean you use all water-based jutsu and attacks? Or is it different if you're a "warrior?"

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

Oh right, Shika did say stuff about that...

There... aren't all that many ninja where I'm from... and I just use a boomerang and a space!sword...

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

Space!sword?

[nearly illegible, multiple strikeouts]

[toobothersome.livejournal.com]

I told you this stuff already.

We have to talk about last night but not now. Later maybe.

Women are crazy everywhere. If you argue with her, don't blame me when you're unconscious.

Re: [nearly illegible, multiple strikeouts]

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

UNCONSCIOUS?!

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE HECK I'M TALKING TO HERE!

.... I'm guessing a girl though. Makes sense...

[still nearly illegible]

[toobothersome.livejournal.com]

Just avoid pissing off any of them. It's more of a hassle than it's worth.



[added at the bottom, as an afterthought]

and find some people to go with tonight so you don't get yourself killed.

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

If women are crazy, men are thick-headed IDIOTS!

Geez! Don't make me out to be some kind of monster!

[nearly illegible]

[toobothersome.livejournal.com]

I'm just giving him fair warning.

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

Is that a reply or a scribble? I can't even read it!

[toobothersome.livejournal.com]

[a few more messy attempts have been crossed out before he gave up]

[lostonlifesroad.livejournal.com]

He's from a different world than ours. I don't think he likes his Fire Country as much.

[Scarecrow pic]

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

What's the scarecrow fo...

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

A world with banana-ninjas? Huh. Are you sure he's reliable?

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

I SAID IT'S NOT A BANANA! What's with you fire people?!

[see-my-back.livejournal.com]

Whatever you say.

[lostonlifesroad.livejournal.com]

["I got one of the swords" has been thoroughly blacked out.]

Nothing too bad. What about you? That sounded like a pretty bad stumble.

Also, if you'd like, you can pick a symbol for yourself to sign your name with. That's what most of us have been doing.

See?

[A picture of a scarecrow, this one with a mask clearly over part of his face]

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh, so that's what the scarecrow's for! Ok, then I've got a good one!

[picture of a boomerang, one that could be mistaken for a banana, probably. Sokka + Art = UBER!FAIL]

How's that?

Wait, YOU HEARD IT?! I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE!

[lostonlifesroad.livejournal.com]

...okay, I guess. So. Why a banana?

I'd be more concerned if you had done it on purpose. And I don't know why you're so surprised. Everyone in that fight probably heard it.

[alwayscomesback.livejournal.com]

IT'S NOT A BANANA, IT'S A BOOMERANG!

[drawn again, now with little designs. Looks like a festive banana! One end is a little squarer than the other]

SEE! BOOMERANG!

[lots of marks and some indentations from where Sokka repeatedly whacked his head against the board] I would not do it on purpose.

[lostonlifesroad.livejournal.com]

Well, if that's what you want to call it. Art must be very interesting where you come from.

I had guessed that.

You know, I can't say I know everything that your fire nation has done to you. But whatever it is? We aren't them.

Try to keep that in mind. Just some friendly advice.