Bubble Trouble

[meatthefuture]

Who: The Straw Hats
Where: Sailing log en route to Gamboller's Berth With a pitstop at Empieza.
When: March 30th-April 7th: Sailing, April 8th-11th Empieza
What: Bubbling and other shenanigans
Warnings: The usual




Have at. :3

Comments

[yourotherleft]

Hmm, you got a point there. [stroking his chin thoughtfully like he's actually contemplating doing it]

[serving_love]

Mah, well, not like we can really prepare for it anyway, even if we didn't forget it could happen.

[He does frown at that, though, making a soft, annoyed sound under his breath.]

But yeah, that'd be a fuckin' problem... It's one thing to be...not a guy, I mean, I could still fight in that form. But if we were all kids or something? I'd have zero range in a shitty brat's body, not to mention a total lack of strength.

[...That would really be a sad sight to see, ahah.]

[letteropener]

I am academically curious about which of you, Luffy, or Sanji is the strongest fighter on this crew, you know.

[yourotherleft]

Oh? That's easy. It's Luffy, hands down.

[now, between him and the cook, that they'd have to settle by fighting it out. Like they do.]

[yourotherleft]

Yeah, exactly. [and it is sort of his job to worry about those kinds of things - or find ways around them]

I know, you're right, we can't stop it or even brace ourselves before that shit happens. But I'm not about to let this crew get wiped out because Jones or whoever is pulling that on us decides to get funny at just the wrong moment.

[letteropener]

I'm a little surprised would would say that without hesitation. What makes you so certain?

[The whole 'water' thing would seem to be a glaring weakness another combatant could easily support.]

[yourotherleft]

I can tell. [okay, maybe that's not explanation enough. He taps his chest briefly over his heart] Those of us who can use haki can feel other people's strength. I don't even have to see him fight to know he's stronger than I am.

[three_swords_stronger]

Aww but it's fun being Zoro. [he'd probably freak out though] I wanted to fight with you and see what it's like. They didn't give me swords though. [thinks. Then fist palms] Hey! Can I use the thing you squish stuff with?

[judgementscythe]

I'll hold you to that.

[judgementscythe]

[She buries her face in her hands. Both in annoyance and embarrassment]

Dammit Luffy. Fuck I hate this world.

[lettucebefree]

I wanna salad! Make it a big one!

[starts for the galley so she can get first dibs, but stops and blinks at the face slap]

What's wrong? Did you get bit by a bug? [tries to pry Sanji's hand away to peer at it]

[vivelarevolution]

Eh? Why? Isn't it fun to be a mermaid? I bet you can swim really great now.

[starswirl_the_awesome]

[tries to catch it with his teeth because he doesn't have hands and it doesn't occur to him to try anything else]

[judgementscythe]

Maybe? I don't know I haven't really tried yet. I'm having enough trouble getting around here. Learning to swim with a fish tail? The last thing I want to do is slow the ship down.

[vivelarevolution]

It's okay. We anchor for the night anyway. You should do it if

[he absently pops another bubble]

[lazyjustice]

[after the foam clears...]

You want...

...

Hey, you got shorter!

[judgementscythe]

DAMMIT LUFFY!

[She looks back down at her tail]

Maybe I'll try to learn to swim tonight.

[lazyjustice]

Oh I'm this guy. [makes a face.] He's annoying. [pokes at himself and finds he's still rubbery which is a lot better than ice]

Yeah you should. I'll help. Hey pick a bubble for me to pop!

[letteropener]

And in this respect, technique and tactics count for nothing? Or are they built in to the assessment?

[Celestia is honestly very curious what sense Zoro gets from her, too...]

[letteropener]

[Well, it's just light. That isn't going to work.]

...Clearly, you have not picked up much in the way of pony reflexes. Try to pick it up, but not with your body. Think about lifting it, the way you 'think' about moving your leg.

[serving_love]

We're not gonna get wiped out.

[Starts to lean back against the counter, before abruptly remembering -- oh yeah, breakfast. So he goes back to getting things ready.]

Something would work out somehow... The best thing we can do is have a good mindset about it, I guess. It'd just be a shitty inconvenience.

[Well, it'd be more than that, but why go there. Kid Sanji might well be useless but he'd do his damnedest either way.]

[yourotherleft]

Depends on the difference in strength. Me fighting the cook? Yeah, our techniques matter. Luffy's a cut above, so I'd have to get really lucky if I ever wanted to actually stop him. Or throw him in the ocean, but that'd mean getting close enough to grab him in the first place.

[he's so casual about it, even though there's almost no chance he'd ever have to fight Luffy that way. Not unless another sea witch came along to possess him or something.]

[yourotherleft]

Mm. [it's an acceptable idea for now. As long as it's somewhere in the back of their minds, Zoro is fine with it.

He watches Sanji fiddle around with the rest of breakfast, just sort of lingering near, but then figures he's probably in the way and brushes against him before he goes to sit at the table]

Instead of our usual sparring session, after breakfast, want to go have a nap? I didn't get much sleep last night.

[well, he'll probably nap regardless, but it would go a long way toward patching things up if he had a cook in his hammock.]

[serving_lovely]

[Blinks a little owlishly, tipping his head to the side.]

The thing I squish stuff with?

[serving_lovely]

[Busy cursing everything about these shitty bubbles, and probably he would've resisted more, but Luffy's demand takes him by surprise. So instead he just lets Luffy easily tug his hand away and ends up giving him a wide-eyed look.]

A big salad? Are you shittin' me?