high_seas | It's Raining Booze

[why, by the ping to my haki there must be a Luffy approaching...

Zoro pulls the trap door open just before he gets there.]

Those things still bothering you?

[clambers in to safety and rubs his butt] It's not supposed to hurt, I'm rubber. How come they don't like you?

Dunno! I don't mind, though. If it means not getting pinched, then I'm fine with not being liked.

[he peers around suspiciously one more time before closing the trap. He's been side-eyeing everyone since the rain started yesterday, certain they were pulling a prank since he can't see or sense anything, but by now he's pretty sure there's something there.]

C'mon, it's dry in here, maybe they'll leave you alone.

[he grumbles and sits by the window, sucking mint rain off his fingers] This place really like green. I bet that's why.

Green, huh? [if that's so, he has everything to be proud of, and grins accordingly] Good, I'm covered.

Wonder how much we collected in the barrels? I don't think we have any more empty ones to put out, if it keeps raining like this.

You got everything covered. [grins at Zoro and pats his hair. Then at the comment about the barrels looks out at them, pressing his nose against the window]

I dunno. We can get some bowls maybe if we fill up. [then looks out at the sea]

Do you think the fish'll get drunk, too?

[at least his hair is no longer sticky from booze-rain, but it might still smell minty. Like everything does right now.]

Dunno. It has been raining pretty hard for a whole day and night.

[that is a very deep question, and now he's looking down at the water, pondering it. Can the fish get drunk? Is there enough alcohol or is it diluted in the salt? How would salt and mint taste together anyway...?]

[watches and then after a while thunks his head against Zoro's shoulder with a deep sigh]

This place is too easy.

[man, does he feel that. He breathes a long, deep sigh.]

It sure ain't the New World, that's for sure. No emperors or warlords or nothing.

Think there might be more beyond the edges of the maps? Something nobody's tested, yet?

We should find out. There's gotta be something out there somewhere, Zoro. [he stands, restless and cracks his knuckles] We gotta find it.

But...

Mmm if we're trying to punch ghosts, then we should practice on them so we should find haunted places like old houses or something.

Haunted places. [turns to look at him] What about the island where we fought that guy? That was beyond haunted.

[probably a VERY BAD IDEA. But he doesn't know too much about others' nightmares]

Yeah I wanna go there, too. [nods] I gotta be able to fight off nightmares. But I want to be stronger first. I don't wanna hafta find everyone again or lose people.

I wonder if there's any way to train to fight nightmares. [musing aloud] I never have any, so I don't know.

Is that what you were seeing, there? You couldn't find us, again?

Never? Not even one? [wow Zoro was pretty strong. Or they got lost on the way to his head. Luffy nods at Zoro's question]

It was like before. I couldn't find anyone and I was alone... Except... I felt like I would always be alone even though I knew you guys would be there waiting for me.

[shakes his head again] I don't remember any of the dreams I have, when I wake up. Good or bad.

[though yes, being nearly fearless and putting his one fear far enough behind him that it's hard for anything to touch...that helps]

Hm. But you know we will be. Nothing has been able to keep us apart, not even death would stop me. Obviously, that nightmare island doesn't want you to believe in that.

[that's kind of sad in a way. Dreams can be another kind of adventure when they're good ones and he's done so much in his dreams that he can't even do in real life.

He smiles at Zoro's words but...]

Here it's okay to take death a little lightly, I think. [because it wasn't really death. Not if you could come back. Ace would never come back at home though. And Zoro wouldn't either. But he was too strong to die]

I know you'll be there but when I'm there I know you won't. How do you make your mind believe what it doesn't wanna?

Dunno. [seriously. Because this is a problem he wants to solve, for Luffy's sake. Giant spiders are nothing compared to that.] I don't even know how to train for something like that. You want to say 'just don't think about it' but that doesn't seem to be enough.

[he folds his arms. He can't really think about this kind of thing because when he tries to think, his brain becomes overheated. Except that just going in ended badly because he kept forgetting the others were there]

I guess we just gotta go there and train a lot.

[which is not something he is looking forward to]

Maybe. After everyone gets some rest and feels like they can handle it.

[what other choice do they have? Davy Jones probably hangs out in someplace even worse, they have to steel themselves for whatever he could possibly throw at them.

Shame he didn't notice anything to do with the shards, he has no idea that unlocking one might be useful.]

Finding all the shards is taking too long, I'm with you. We should go after Jones and make him send us back.

[he nods, and then looks up at him. Sounding fond]

Are you homesick, Zoro?

[meets his gaze for a moment and then looks away]

Yeah.

[it's hard, because he likes what he has with the cook and doesn't want to lose that, but everything else is back home. His dream. Luffy's dream. Sunny.]

Zoro...

[he knew it but to hear it makes him frown a little. Yeah, they have to get home. But he'll work hard. They all will. He can't figure out any other way to make Zoro feel better than by clambering up onto his back and resting his chin on Zoro's minty hair, so that's what he does, puffing out a sigh and watching the rain]

Wanna do something?

[he's all right, really. Huffs and tips his head slightly as if to look up at the Monkey on his back]

Like what? Could go laugh at the cook some more. The rain turned his hair green.

[he knows, Zoro. But this is still nice anyway]

Haha yeah lets do it. Hey, we can both pretend to be him! That'll really get him mad.

[snerks. Yes, that sounds like fun.]

All right, then. Let's see how fast you can shimmy down the mast.

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meatthefuture - 2015-03-31 22:14 (UTC) - Expand