[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.

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[seakingbait]

Mn. I'll be alright. My mannequins got a little messed up, but they'll be fine. I'm just glad everyone's back to normal.

[yourotherleft]

It wasn't Luffy, was it?

[because it would be just like that idiot to mess up their own ship before going and doing the same to the Sun and the Moon]

[seakingbait]

N-no.

...It was me.

[yourotherleft]

[uh oh] ...huh? Keimi?

[seakingbait]

D-don't worry, Zoro-chin! I'm totally fine now!

[She waves her hands defensively. She's not crazy, she swears!]

[yourotherleft]

Was it that one day? When everyone was a little weird? [except Luffy, oddly enough]

[seakingbait]

...Yeah.

[She looks down at her lap.]

It was so weird.

[yourotherleft]

[sob. He was so preoccupied with tea that day, he missed half the antics]

It's all right. It wasn't you. It's whatever loves screwing with us in this world.

[seakingbait]

That doesn't make me feel any better...

[Accountability is only half the problem. She still essentially lost control of her body for a day. That's not something that should happen.]

[yourotherleft]

[but it's all he's got...]

I'm going to keep looking for something to counteract it. Something to protect us.

[seakingbait]

Yeah. There's gotta be some way, right?

[Everybody's got a weakness. The same must be true for whoever is doing this stuff, right?]

[yourotherleft]

There's always a way. It's just a matter of finding it, no matter how impossible it seems.

[he speaks with the conviction of truly believing it. Whether someone with magic can do something, or they have to go to Davy Jones himself. You know, either/or.]

[seakingbait]

If anyone can do it, it's this crew.

[She sighs. This is awful, but she at least had someone to place her faith in.]

I'll do what I can to help.

[yourotherleft]

[he smiles - that's more like it. Chin up!]

Need any help straightening up your workroom?

[seakingbait]

No, I think I'll be okay. I'm sure you're not interested in mending canvas.

Besides, I'm running low on supplies again. There isn't much I can do until we restock.

[yourotherleft]

All right. [he was going to volunteer Luffy for it anyway] I don't even know when that'll be. Luffy's got another idea in his head.

[seakingbait]

Uh-oh. What does he want to do now?

[There is nothing more dangerous than a bored Luffy.]

[yourotherleft]

He swears there's a place called Candy Mountain somewhere. Not that he needs any more sugar.

[seakingbait]

He's been asking me to chart a course there for months.

I've been asking everyone we meet, but no one seems to have heard of it.

[yourotherleft]

That isn't stopping him. [sigh, not surprised that their captain is going ahead without consulting the navigator. So what else is new.]

[seakingbait]

[She's come to realize that Nami has the patience of a saint.]

I'm starting to think I should just pick a direction and start sailing. If we're lucky, we'll find something interesting.

[yourotherleft]

Might as well.