[voice, mostly] and always action to Straw Hats

[yourotherleft]

Out of curiosity, has anybody figured out a...I don't know, an antidote or something to protect people from losing their damn minds every other month? By now I've seen enough bizarre behavior, it'd be nice to find some kind of immunity to that.

...not that we can predict when it happens.

Which reminds me. Ace, you ever send Luffy something like that again and I'll come over there next. You don't want me to come over there.

[some time later, he adds, scrawled on the bottom of the page as if he forgot that he can't write notes to himself on this journal...]

Needs more treasure. I need those weights.

Comments

[action]

[yourotherleft]

Pervert.

Voice

[yourotherleft]

Good to know.

Hopefully there's nothing else waiting for us this month, but it'd be nice to give it a shot.

[action]

[serving_love]

[SCOWL.]

Old maid.

[action]

[yourotherleft]

[scowls back]

Princess of idiots.

[action]

[serving_love]

Quit it with the princess shit, asshole!

[...Damn.]

I mean— Stupid directionless brainless sexless swordsman!

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

There is no antidote. The only way of stopping it is to neutralize the source.

[action]

[yourotherleft]

[GTJKAHDLKJHADHF!]

Stupid damn shit cook with his brain in his pants!

[getting right into Sanji's face with that one]

[Written]

[yourotherleft]

then why isn't anybody looking for the source?

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

Because they're preoccupied with looking for shards.

[Written]

[yourotherleft]

not that that's not important too

but if your entire crew slaughters each other because of some curse, fat lot of good the shards are gonna do you.

[action]

[serving_love]

[Gets in his face right back!!]

EXCUSE ME FOR BEING FUCKING NORMAL FOR MY AGE. Not all of us can just sit around polishing our damn swords forever!

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

I agree. I wonder if we should be looking for them at all.

[action]

[yourotherleft]

[yes. Polishing swords. Yes.]

Normal? You're the opposite of normal! You're un-normal!

[...okay that one didn't come out right]

[Written]

[yourotherleft]

if we want to go home, we have to. but I feel like this thing is important too. and rather than shrug and accept it, I want to fight back.

[action]

[serving_love]

I'm un-normal?! The hell I am! YOU'RE un—

[Realizes all at once just how up in Zoro's personal space he is actually is and pulls back sharply, hands clenched by his sides. He's breathing harder than is really necessary considering they're just shouting at each other, and he tries to cover it with a scoff.]

...That isn't even a shitty word! [There's a beat, and then for good measure:] Dumbass.

[action]

[yourotherleft]

[he doesn't even realize until Sanji jerks back that they've been nose-to-nose way too long. But shouting at him feels so good, so right, like everything really is back to normal.]

Jerkface.

[okay he can do way better than that]

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

There's another way to return to our worlds that doesn't require the gem. If we can figure out what it is, the shards won't be necessary.

[action]

[serving_love]

[Snorts.]

Tch. Weak.

[Fans absently at his face. What, it's warm suddenly.]

[action]

[yourotherleft]

I thought that was you.

[peering] What's the matter?

[Written]

[yourotherleft]

wait what? why did nobody tell me this??

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

Several people have left and returned. I assume the people who disappear and don't return have gone back as well.

[action]

[serving_love]

[Glowers.]

You thought wrong.

[Then he blinks.]

Hah?

[Notices what he's doing suddenly.

Pauses.

...Forces his hand down somewhat awkwardly and clears his throat.]

S'nothing. Just hot.

[Written]

[yourotherleft]

oh, that. I thought there was absolutely no control over it.

unless it's true that Davy Jones is the one doing that, in which case, he's the target anyway.

[action]

[yourotherleft]

Don't get all worked up just yelling at me. You'll hurt yourself.

[folding his arms again, feeling all smug]

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

No control on the part of the one who leaves, but there seems to be intent behind it. It seems to be an ability of Davy Jones, but it's unlikely to be an ability only one person has. Even if no one else knows how it's done, it should be possible for someone else to learn.