Preparing for War

[thatched]

Who: The Spade Crew of the Sun
Where: The Sun
When: Jan 18th-22nd
What: General sailing log/collecting coral/will be making a one day pit stop at Empieza to meet with the Moon on the 22nd and travel together from there
Warnings: Pg-13.
Status: Closed



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[reluctantjinrou]

We covered the basics so, hopefully I'll figure it out.

[He looks thoughtful.]

If I had these kinds of skills maybe things could have been different at home, but maybe not. It's hard to say. It's been alright so far, I don't mind sailing.

[formerabyssinian]

It'll get harder to remember the basics when you improve. Try to remember them. [Something on his own list of things to do.]

Sailing is a pretty primative way to travel, compared to planes. [He didn't get airsick, but he was pretty sure without Ace's intervention, he would be seasick all the time.] But who knows how things will be at home, if no one notices that we're gone.

[reluctantjinrou]

[Natsuno nods, that makes sense probably, but since he only knows the basics, it seems good for now.]

It is, it's not like I had done it before I came here. I'd been on a boat or two before for a tour or something, but nothing like this. I've never flown before. This is my first time out of the country. It's been a real adjustment. I think places tend to do things a lot differently just in their daily lives.

[Of all the strange things on his mind, but it's true. His manners drive Ace crazy and didn't please Sanji either.]

Being here for awhile, makes it difficult to want to go back home.

[formerabyssinian]

[Hearing that Yuuki is pretty fresh when it came to traveling is surprising. He thought more youths would be traveling instead of staying in one country, let alone not ever taking a plane.]

Compared to Japan, everyone else is rude and obnoxious. [Even in Japan there are that type of people, but the levels are different. What may be rude and obnoxious in Japan is the norm in the West.]

You don't want to go back home?

[reluctantjinrou]

[At that, he can't help but laugh a little.]

I can't argue with that, however here I'm the one that's different and I think it's annoying people. Last time I apologized, Ace put a bucket of water over my head and told me to knock it off.

[He exhales a little. That question though.]

I'm not sure. If Celestia is right and time has stopped and I will go back to when I came from then I still have my mission. Then again, I suppose I have no right to complain about that, but with everything I don't really want to die anymore. I still haven't come up with an alternative though.

[formerabyssinian]

Don't change your ways just because someone else doesn't like it. [Maybe it'll rub off on others.]

[Aya can agree with that. If time does stop, then they were back to square one. Would they even remember what went on here? What if Yuuki improves, only to forget everything upon returning? Or if they were sent back to a later point in time. It's frustrating to think about without definite answers.]

There are things that are unfinished back home, and if they're on hold, then I don't need to worry about one thing. However, where does that leave the others at home? What are they doing while we're gone?

[reluctantjinrou]

Maybe I can come up with some kind of compromise. [It's really unlikely Aya.]

I don't know. I figured time was continuing and hopefully they completed the mission. I'd go back to...I don't know what I'd be going back to. I think about home all the time. I had a role to play and I don't know, but I can hope, that they managed without my help.

[A wave of sadness flushes through him and he shakes his head a little, to banish it.]

[formerabyssinian]

[Aya is sure that he will fail, and will support that. Set the standard, Yuuki.]

If you keep thinking they'll fail, then they will. [He nudges him with his elbow.] So don't.

[reluctantjinrou]

It isn't like that, it just might be more difficult then if I was able to help. Especially now that I know more about how being a vampire works.

[formerabyssinian]

My statement still stands. There is the worry of whether or not we remember what we learned here if we get sent back home.

[reluctantjinrou]

I suppose that's true too.

[Natsuno closes his eyes, lost in thought.]

What if I didn't go back?

[formerabyssinian]

Do you think you'd be alright with not going back?

[reluctantjinrou]

Hypothetically speaking, say time isn't frozen. I can assume that Ozaki-sensei went ahead with plans, because believe me, waiting is a death sentence. I don't know what I would go back to. If we won, it spells death for me all the same. For safety's sake. If they won, Tatsumi would kill me, without question. If the humans did allow me to continue to live out my life, I don't know where I'd go. I can't go home, it's...it isn't good for my dad to have me around.

[He leans back on his hands a bit, looking contemplative.]

If time isn't frozen and I go home, if I forget everything here then it will mean I will still kill myself. It was the plan at any rate. Kill myself and take Tatsumi with me. Say I came up with some other plan, there's no guarantee that anyone would allow me to live. Most of my work was finished by the time I came here...it's hard to say.

[formerabyssinian]

[Listening carefully, Aya really couldn't find a break for Yuuki within his thoughts. It seems like things look dark for him either way.]

You'll probably have to end up choosing what's best in the end. [It's a lot to deal with, especially if the vampires are really strong.]

[reluctantjinrou]

Now that I've...hunted, I can say I'd rather not have to do that for the rest of my life. I'm not very comfortable with it.

[That's the problem, vampires are stronger than humans, and Tatsumi is something else altogether.]

[formerabyssinian]

Hunting, meaning seeking out a stranger to feed from?

[reluctantjinrou]

[Natsuno nods.]

Thatch made a good point that weakening the crew before going into a fight is a bad idea. I bit two people at the last island...two unwilling people. I don't recommend it.