thesecondringbearer

     At first Sokka was just really confused because he didn't have a door. Then he realized that the animal furs stretched across the doorway had frozen in place and that whoever was at the door was knocking on them. Or—he raised an eyebrow—possibly viciously kicking them.      "Open up, Sokka!"      Sokka blinked. "Toph?" He jumped to his feet, pried away the furs, and a huge smile spread across his face. "Toph!" Sokka held out his arms for a hug.      "Sokka," Toph said in a much less excited tone and poked him in the eye. 

Yes, Sokka decided. I'm going.     It had taken him all afternoon and most of the evening to make the decision, but in the end he decided the projected profit of the trip would be worth it. He could lay aside his airplane plans for a few days… or he realized I can just bring them with me. Sokka could work on the plans during any free time, in between bites at meals, or even work at night instead of going to sleep!     "Perfect!" Sokka said to himself. He decided to go to bed early-ish. If he was going to borrow Appa from Aang before the Moon Festival hubbub started, Sokka would have to rise before the sun—figuratively, at least.

     Sokka was counting his money.      He had a lot of money. A very small portion consisted of the blue beads of the Water Tribes, but most of it was in Earth Kingdom currency and Fire Nation coins—Sokka's business was international. Due to his wide array of customers, inventing was very profitable—not as profitable as the last business he'd been involved with, but that one had been a lot more dangerous. It was lucky he'd gotten out of that business while he still had the chance. Though recently… well, at least he had plenty of money for all the shopping sprees he went on. Or