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[thethundersaid]

[With all the commotion of Konoha-nin showing up and then disgusting mind-controlling candy showing up directly after them, Sasuke has nearly forgotten about the other encounter he had on Empieza the day he met his former teammates -- but there's finally been a lull, and he's perched as high in the rigging as he can go without the journal blowing out of his hands when he remembers.]

Has anyone seen this?



[Believe it or not, he has actually put effort into this drawing, but a dragon is not a battle diagram.]

It was looking for a skinny kid with brown hair.

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[thethundersaid]

[Why is she laughing? Sure not at his ART SKILLS.]

A dragon. Or at least I can't think of any other name for it.

I ran into it on my way to meet you and Naruto.

voice

[slugly]

[NO NEVER

She's laughing because Sasuke drew something.]

A dragon? [Hums thoughtfully.] It's sort of cute, if it really looks like that.

[That's Sakura saying your drawing is cute, Sasuke.]

I wonder if he found who he was looking for.

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[thethundersaid]

How exactly would a dragon be cute?

[Though even Sasuke has to admit that if he were the kind of person to use 'cute' as a descriptor, the way the dragon had acted like a very large, scaly version of a friendly stray cat probably would match. But as it is, he's not sure how Sakura got that out of his drawing.]

Did you see any kids turning up at the fountain when you arrived?

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[slugly]

You drew it pretty cute.

[MOVING ON]

No. I mean, people came and went as far as I could tell but I don't remember anybody like that.

But... how do you know it was looking for a boy?

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[thethundersaid]

What? I didn't draw it cute. [Definitely believes this.]

I modified a clone until it seemed to agree with how it looked. [But he does pause, thoughtfully.] I suppose it could be a skinny girl.

voice; WOW SELF HE NEVER SAID IT WAS A BOY SLOW CLAPS

[slugly]

[IT'S CUTE, just not going to say anything more about it because she just smiles and CAN'T SEE IT ANYWAY. Savoring this forever.

That's sort of ingenious.]

Oh, so it doesn't talk?

IT'S OK IT HAPPENS

[thethundersaid]

Not that I could tell. [It's not a regular animal, though, that much had been clear.] It seemed to understand most of what I said, if it was simple.

so kind

[slugly]

[Definitely not any normal animal.]

It might be shy.

A dragon though... those are only in myths and stories.

[thethundersaid]

No, the noises it made didn't sound like it could make words.

... we're in a different world. Our myths and stories don't apply here.

[slugly]

[she's joking, BEING PLAYFUL IS HARD WITH SASUKE]

It's not the only thing.

[thethundersaid]

[TONE-DEAF IN MANY WAYS]

What are you talking about?

[slugly]

Logic doesn't apply here.

[thethundersaid]

Obviously not.

It doesn't apply in most of the other worlds people are from, either.

[slugly]

You mean things are as strange in other worlds as this one?

[thethundersaid]

Stranger, if you've spent any time talking to them.

[There's conviction in his voice on this topic. There is, after all, a world out there populated by horses.]

[slugly]

[lamfkldkgj

If only she knew. She would find out some day

some day]

Everyone I've talked to seems fairly normal.

[Fairly. Besides an oddity here or there. A host club. A dragon. A high school yearbook quote.]

[thethundersaid]

It might take a while, but you'll find out. Every world is completely unlike the others.

[slugly]

That's not so hard to believe.

[But she won't expect ponies.]

This world is wildly different from our own.

[thethundersaid]

[He's kind of wondering if he should warn her about ponies or just let her find out on her own.

He's kind of tempted to let her find out, just to see what her reaction will be.]

And the worlds of everyone on the crew. Marvelous and Luka are apparently from space.

[slugly]

[please let her find out on her own PLEASE]

... How exactly... [Doesn't even know how to articulate her question because there's so many problems with that.] do you live in space?

[thethundersaid]

[Yeah, with that reaction, he's definitely going to let her find out about talking ponies with magical powers on her own.]

On a ship, apparently.

[slugly]

[A long moment of thought and general confusion.]

Like the ones in the harbor?

[Thinking of a ship in space and is EVEN MORE CONFUSED]

There wouldn't be any wind for the sail...

[?????????]

[thethundersaid]

You can ask them how it works. [Though his voice says quite clearly that he doesn't expect her to get much information from them, given that they seem perfectly content to work with weapons that work 'somehow'.]

[slugly]

Either way it's definitely one of the more weird worlds I've heard about.

[thethundersaid]

[HE'S SO TEMPTED BUT.]

There are weirder.