high_seas | A Water Park with Hammers

[Early morning on Sanji's birthday, before the sun is even up, breakfast is on the table. Mostly it has fruits and stuff on it that Luffy had found around. Coconuts and bananas and sour little pears and melons he'd stolen from a garden and some berries that he didn't know the name of. But there were also cooked foods there. Mostly on a stick and only some of them chewed. Like lizards and birds and crabs.

Luffy scatters from ship to shore as he brings in all the bounty he can find and spends a lot of time waving up the fire over a large fish he caught. Feel free to help him if you wish or just watch him go about his task as seriously as if he were preparing for a fight]

[Sanji is awake at his usual time, stifling a yawn as he wanders into the galley and then scuffing a hand through his hair. He walks right past the table, only to abruptly pause a few feet after it and then backtrack to give it a confused look.

Huh.

He glances around the galley like he expects an explanation to be written on a wall somewhere, before quite abruptly remembering that today is his birthday.

...Oh yeah.

That prompts him to look over the table again, grinning a little this time. He can guess whose handiwork this is. B'awwww. He needs tea to go with all this, though -- so he snatches up a banana and heads over to the counter to make himself a cup.]

[Luffy is approaching. Though the first thing you might see of him is a gigantic cooked fish head as he tries to get it and the rest of the cooked fish through the door of the galley]

[Does, indeed, see that! And just kinda watches in quiet amusement until Luffy manages to squeeze the giant shitty thing through the door. He's leaning back against the counter, cup of tea beside him as he pops pieces of banana into his mouth.]

Yo, Luffy. Mornin'.

[You know, in case he didn't notice Sanji was there.]

Oh Sanji!

[he had to eat some of it off but he manages]

It's breakfast. [watches him hopefully] Do you like it?

[Nods with a grin.]

'Course. It's a lot of food -- you did all this? The hell time did you get up?

I didn't sleep yet. [but he's okay for now] I wanted to make it special. [he's still absently chewing on the fish he brought in] I wanted to make you a cake but I couldn't figure out how.

Heh, this is plenty. I wasn't expecting anything.

[Moves to grab a plate and piles more fruit from the table onto it.]

Thanks... And don't worry about a shitty cake, I'll make my own. [As he do.] You gonna put that fish down or stand there eating all of it?

.... [he looks at the fish and back to Sanji and back to the fish and back to Sanji]

Um... [is that trick question?] Can I put it down and eat it?

[Arches an eyebrow.]

Yes? On a shitty plate. I know that's a novel idea and all, but...

[Slides into a seat at the table.]

Come on, sit and eat with me.

Okay! [sets the fish on the table on some other stuff and grabs a banana himself] I wanted to get some of your favorite food but I didn't know what it was.

[Grins at him.]

It ain't anything you're gonna just find somewhere.

[Reaches across the table to cut off some fish for himself -- away from where Luffy's teeth marks are.]

That pasta I make sometimes. Spicy seafood pasta.

That stuff is good! [he remembers that!] Na, can we make it for lunch?

[if it's not meat he won't eat as much from it and he'll try not to get in the way but he really just wants to hang out with Sanji today]

[Shakes his head.]

Dinner. I already got all the ingredients and everything.

[It's like he had this planned already or something.]

We can do whatever you want for lunch. Maybe some kinda barbecue -- or pulled pork sandwiches?

I'll definitely help with that! shishishi

[noms at an already been chewed lizard happily]

Lets have both! Too bad they don't have tasty boars here.

[Reaches for one of the melons and grabs a knife to slice it down the middle. He absently starts cutting the flesh inside into cubes without even really paying attention to what he's doing as he talks to Luffy.]

We could always swing by shitty Empieza sometime soon, been awhile since we've been there. Maybe have a boar feast?

BOAR FEAST!

Oh but I have this feast right now. [and he eats some more of his fantastic Sanji birthday breakfast and snatching at the cubes as quick as Sanji cuts them]

Let's have a big party again sometime and invite everyone to it. Maybe one of them has figured out how to beat up ghosts.

This feast is pretty damn good, yeah.

[Grabs another melon, so Luffy can have as many cubes as he wants.]

...I really appreciate it, you know. [Grins at him.] But hey, that ain't a bad idea. There's gotta be new people here by now, too, right? Couldn't hurt to ask 'em all what they know.

[He just grins happily at Sanji's appreciation and eats more cubes. They are so tasty cubed up. Why does everything taste better if it looks cool?]

Yeah... but even if not... [chews some more thoughtfully] Maybe we should get a little stronger then try out the nightmare place again. That was like his home, right?

[Pauses in his cubing for a moment, looking thoughtful, and then sighs and sets the knife down. He pops a piece of melon into his mouth, though he's still a bit frowny as he thinks.]

Mm...probably wouldn't hurt to explore that place some more, see what answers we might find. But I don't know that it was his shitty home. I thought that other Navy asshole just got mixed up in things and kinda took over the place. But maybe not? I dunno, I wasn't actually there very long, remember?

[Humm. He eats another cube then takes a handful of the fish]

Yeah, that was my nightmare. [he remembers] But if I wanna be Pirate King I gotta be stronger than even that, right?

And maybe someone can find something. But we definitely have to get stronger first or we'll just be scattered again.

[Nods.]

They beat the Navy shithead, though, yeah? The nightmares...it's a different kinda stronger to be able to take those on.

[Taps his finger against his temple.]

That's a mental thing.

So we gotta train our minds up.

... [he rests his chin on his fist]

Na, Sanji... Do you think-- I should try to get used to...being alone?

[he really doesn't want to at all. More than anything. And he was kind of when he was training at that one island after Ray left, but he had animals there and his nakama weren't there and it'd be even harder when they were so close but...

but...]

[The question takes him by surprise, and he takes a moment to serve himself some more fish before trying to answer.]

...I don't think there's a world where you'd ever be truly alone, Luffy. I can't say what's gonna happen here, but even if...something happened. With the rest of us. You know people on other crews, right? The Spades would take you on in a heartbeat. Probably others, too.

[He doesn't know, though. Maybe that wouldn't help? Maybe it's being without his nakama that makes Luffy feel alone in the first place?]

Do you feel alone?

Edited 2015-03-16 04:23 (UTC)

Yeah I know. Marco's a really good guy. [and even if Marco weren't here he knew he'd find someone. He had to. He couldn't be completely by himself but... He draws his knees up to his chest absently and chews on more fish, considering Sanji's question]

Sometimes. But that's easy to get over I just fish or steal underwear if I get mad. [grin which fades into something serious]

And I've never been good with that kind of tricky nightmare stuff. But maybe that's what the ghost guy fights with. So I have to find a way to not be effected by it no matter what. We all have to figure it out or we're never gonna be able to beat him.

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