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[serving_love]

[There's just some absentminded humming at first, as Sanji had been casually flipping through the journal, checking up on the recent onslaught of entries while messing around in the kitchen at the same time. After a moment he cuts himself off, suddenly going quiet, before there's this skeptical outburst:]

...What the fuck?

[Cue some banging around, the sound of cabinets being opened and closed, and then Sanji snatches up the journal and realizes it was recording. So he just rolls with it, though he sounds grumpy now.]

Eh...Straw Hats, there's some shitty cake in the galley. If anyone wants an afternoon snack.

[Pause.]

But LADIES FIRST, assholes! Got it?

[His usual enthusiasm is somewhat...lacking. There's the sound of a lighter clicking, before Sanji grumbles around a cigarette:]

I'm taking the next watch.

[Anyone on the ship, he'll just be up in the crow's nest for awhile! And if you're gonna go steal some cake, don't question the shitty green frosting, alright? It ain't moldy or anything. Just eat the damn cake. >\]

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[elementofcupcakes]

YOU MADE CAKE WITHOUT ME, SANJI?!

[She thought they were friends... ;; ]

[voice]

[serving_love]

...Ah. No, of course not, Pinkie-chan!

[Pause.]

Well, no, okay, I did—but it was a shitty accident, I promise!

[voice]

[elementofcupcakes]

CAKES ARE NEVER ACCIDENTS! YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!

[voice]

[serving_love]

[MY THAT IS A LOUD VOICE. Sanji winces a bit, holding the journal slightly away from him.]

Alright, alright, I'm sorry, Pinkie-chan! But seriously, that one just kinda happened. I can make another one with you! And it won't have such stupid frosting!

[voice]

[elementofcupcakes]

You have to apologize to the cake, too!

[CAKE IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!]

Voice

[just_a_minute]

[Speaking of ladies...]

Weren't you suppose to invite me over to your ship sometime...?

[Actually.... Ban was supposed to contact Sanji after he completed this one job but he's totally going to put the blame on you. At least there's no serious edge in his tone so Ban very well may be joking]

Voice

[serving_love]

[Well there's a familiar voice he hasn't heard in awhile!]

Oh, you're not dead.

[aka HI NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN.]

You're still interested in that?

Voice

[just_a_minute]

[Heh heh yeah... being stranded on a distant island without his journal had made it difficult to keep up communications]

Dead? Ha! As if anything could kill the great Midou Ban-sama.

[Overconfident-much?]

You're not trying to back out are you?

[There was supposed to be food. And girls.. and food.... And girls..... and I guess Sanji would be there too or something. LOL]

Of course I am.

Voice

[serving_love]

Hell no, I ain't backing out. You wanted to meet the ladies, right?

[Just grinning away, he probably sounds suspiciously cheerful.]

We picked up a princess since you and I last talked.

Voice

[just_a_minute]

Heh you know it.

[And the free food. Don't forget the free food XD]

[He grimaced. How did their ship keep attracting women? What was their secret.] A princess, huh? [That could go one of two ways..] She's not the type that expects everyone else to do everything for her, is she? [A high maintenance princess wouldn't be such a good thing.. and just because she was a princess it didn't automatically mean she'd be attractive.]

I guess.. we should set some kind of date. [With these navs having a limited use it was difficult to be spontaneous...]

[action]

[letteropener]

[No sooner does Sanji declare a cake to be made than Celestia teleports right the heck in in a flash of golden light to grab a slice.]

[A moment later, her head pops up over the rim of the crow's nest.]

Thank you for the cake, Sanji!

[She sounds downright happy -- even her voice has lost that calm serenity. She sounds downright normal.]

[action]

[serving_love]

[Blinks at her for that reaction, then gives her a warm smile.]

Heh, you're welcome, Celestia-san! Guessing you liked it?

[action]

[letteropener]

[pretty sure the immortal physical god princess is a -sama, dude Celestia smiles brightly.]

Don't tell anypony, but I've got a bit of a sweet tooth.

[action]

[serving_love]

[YOU WILL GET -SAN OR -CHAN AND LIKE IT. Sanji raises an eyebrow.]

H'ohhh? You should've said, I would've baked you something sooner! Got a favorite dessert?

[action]

[letteropener]

Conveniently enough -- cake. [Her voice is slipping back into its accustomed formal tones, as she speaks.] Of course, a princess who indulges in cake is often the subject of tabloid gossip, so I get the opportunity fairly infrequently.

voice;

[seakingbait]

[Only a day into her trip aboard the Shepherd, Keimi can't help but be intrigued by Sanji's apparent shock.]

...Is everything okay, Sanji-chin?

voice;

[serving_love]

[That voice! It's been 27 hours and 34 minutes since he last heard that lovely sound~! TOO LONG.]

Keimi-chan!! How are you?? Are you enjoying your visit? I miss you! Come back soon!

...And everything is—fine. Why do you ask?

voice;

[seakingbait]

I'm doing fine! But... you don't seem very proud of your cake.

voice;

[serving_love]

Eh, well. It's just shitty cake. Nothing special about it, I didn't make it for any particular reason or anything like that, it just happened, nothing really to be proud about! Specifically. Cake is cake.

[seakingbait]

Well... I'm sure it's delicious, Sanji-chin.

[But a bit strange that a cake just "happens", isn't it?]

Maybe you should take a break from the kitchen? Get some rest, or something.

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[thetruehistorian]

[Robin has successfully managed to save not one, but two pieces of cake from the masses, and makes her way up to the crow's nest with both, a bit of silverware, and a tall green bottle of the cheapest swill she could find at the first store on the last island they visited which had a store. She sits next to him without a word at first, shoulder to shoulder if he were just a touch taller, and holds out one of the slices toward him with her fleur.]

Now that I see it in the sunlight, I think it could have used a touch more blue.

[Action]

[serving_love]

[Offers her a bright grin at first, but he falters and it falls a bit when he sees she brought the cake. With a sigh, he accepts the piece she hands him, glowering down at it.]

Should've made the whole damn thing blue. Not really sure what happened.

[Action]

[thetruehistorian]

[Robin giggles.]

It's hard to be apart.

[She opens the bottle and takes a long drink. It isn't nearly as impressive a chug as... certain people may have taken, but it's the spirit of the thing, then holds it over for Sanji as well.]

I thought I'd only have to do this twice.

[Action]

[serving_love]

[Just going to stubbornly pretend he has no idea what she's referring to, but he's not surprised she figured it out that quickly. Robin-chan is so smart~! ...And also he baked a fucking marimo cake, it was pretty blatantly obvious.]

I didn't know I'd have to do it at all.

[Takes the bottle and peers down at the label for a moment, before taking a swig of his own. He cringes almost immediately after and laughs a little while trying not to cough.]

Shit, Robin-chan, what'd you do, find a bottle of turpentine and slap a new label on it?

[...Chugs some more, because probably somewhere in the universe there's a dumbass swordsman mocking his fancy pants taste in booze.]

[Action]

[thetruehistorian]

[She grins, wide and appropriately sharklike.]

It wouldn't surprise me.

[Robin takes the bottle, takes another less-than-impressive-but-good-enough-for-her chug, and hands it back again.]

Against all odds, he was the first to make it back to Sabaody.

[And she starts to giggle, because it must sound impossibly ridiculous.]