[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

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

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

[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.

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Written]

[yourotherleft]

you sure about that? might want to ask Dog, she seems to be the only one who knows things about Davy Jones.

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

I find that odd, too. For someone who has made such an impact, there seems to be very little information about him available to us. Even Scurvey Dog manufactures ways to get out of answering our questions.

[Written]

[yourotherleft]

might be worth looking into, then.

[for somebody who likes research, aka Not Him. He might mention it to Robin though]

[Written]

[breakfastmetaphors]

I'm working on it, but progress is minimal.

[Written]

[yourotherleft]

well, there you go.