I've met a few people who can actually make this look quite convincing!
Title: Things Aren't Always What They Seem
Theme: Set #03, #7 Illusion
Claim: Zoro + Chopper
Words: 608
Rating: G
Warnings: Sap, fluff, and excessive sweetness! Mild spoilers for Little Garden and Enies Lobby.
Disclaimers: Nothing you recognize in here is mine in any way. All rights belong to Eiichiro Oda and all the multitude of people involved in production of the One Piece manga and anime.
The crew had arrived during a local festival on a small island and unanimously voted to enjoy the festivities, since most of the shops where they could purchase supplies were closed for the day.
A small mob of children had been fascinated by the unusual pirate crew. Luffy was more or less a big kid himself, so many of the younger children took to him immediately. Usopp also had quite a following that were currently listening intently to some of the adventures of the Great Captain Usopp. Even Zoro had been surrounded by a small group that thought his swords were very cool.
Chopper had been listening to one of Usopp's stories himself when he heard loud giggling from over where he had last seen Zoro.
"Do it again!" a voice cried.
"Again! Again!" several others agreed.
"Okay, fine." Zoro rolled his eyes. He was acting like it was a terrible annoyance, but Chopper could tell by the twinkle in the swordsman's eye that he was actually enjoying himself. "This is the last time, though, okay?"
Chopper moved closer and watched as Zoro held up his right hand with the palm toward himself, grasping the thumb with the first two fingers of his left hand. The doctor was taken completely by surprise when Zoro moved his left hand to the side and pulled off his thumb!
"Ah!" Chopper wailed. "Somebody call a doctor! Find some ice! Maybe we can reattach it!" He was running around in a small circle, panic having set in full force.
"Chopper!" Zoro called to him. "Calm down, I'm fine!"
"It's just a trick," a little girl explained. "Look!"
Sure enough, when he paused to look, Zoro was holding up both hands, palms facing out and all digits in their proper locations. He sighed in relief.
The group of children around Zoro wandered off back into the crowd, trying to perfect the illusion themselves. Zoro walked over and rested a hand on Chopper's shoulder. The doctor was still trembling slightly.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Zoro's brow was furrowed in concern. "That trick isn't supposed to be scary..."
Chopper laughed loudly, the tone slightly hysterical. He took a few deep breaths. The situation really was ridiculous, now that he thought about it.
"I'm sorry," he apologized. "It's just that you're prone to trying to cut off parts of yourself..."
"I am?" Zoro was still eying him like he feared for the reindeer's sanity.
"I heard about when you tried to cut your legs off to get out of Mr. Three's wax trap, and Usopp told me that you wanted to cut a hand off to get out of the seastone cuffs in Enies Lobby!" Chopper frowned at him. "How was I supposed to know this was any different?"
"Those were emergency situations!" Zoro countered defensively. "I wouldn't cut off one of my thumbs just for fun!" Chopper still didn't look fully convinced.
"You never take your personal safety seriously! That's very troubling for me, as your doctor!"
"Wow..." Chopper watched as realization dawned on his older crew mate. "You think about this a lot, don't you?" The doctor nodded.
"I know it's probably silly..."
"Tell you what," Zoro offered with a small smile, "I promise to do my best to keep all self-mutilation to a minimum in the future."
"A bare minimum," Chopper amended. "Even in emergencies!"
"Are we good now?"
"One more thing." Chopper shifted to heavy point and held out his hands. "Can you show me how to do that?"
Zoro laughed. "Sure."
Theme: Set #03, #7 Illusion
Claim: Zoro + Chopper
Words: 608
Rating: G
Warnings: Sap, fluff, and excessive sweetness! Mild spoilers for Little Garden and Enies Lobby.
Disclaimers: Nothing you recognize in here is mine in any way. All rights belong to Eiichiro Oda and all the multitude of people involved in production of the One Piece manga and anime.
The crew had arrived during a local festival on a small island and unanimously voted to enjoy the festivities, since most of the shops where they could purchase supplies were closed for the day.
A small mob of children had been fascinated by the unusual pirate crew. Luffy was more or less a big kid himself, so many of the younger children took to him immediately. Usopp also had quite a following that were currently listening intently to some of the adventures of the Great Captain Usopp. Even Zoro had been surrounded by a small group that thought his swords were very cool.
Chopper had been listening to one of Usopp's stories himself when he heard loud giggling from over where he had last seen Zoro.
"Do it again!" a voice cried.
"Again! Again!" several others agreed.
"Okay, fine." Zoro rolled his eyes. He was acting like it was a terrible annoyance, but Chopper could tell by the twinkle in the swordsman's eye that he was actually enjoying himself. "This is the last time, though, okay?"
Chopper moved closer and watched as Zoro held up his right hand with the palm toward himself, grasping the thumb with the first two fingers of his left hand. The doctor was taken completely by surprise when Zoro moved his left hand to the side and pulled off his thumb!
"Ah!" Chopper wailed. "Somebody call a doctor! Find some ice! Maybe we can reattach it!" He was running around in a small circle, panic having set in full force.
"Chopper!" Zoro called to him. "Calm down, I'm fine!"
"It's just a trick," a little girl explained. "Look!"
Sure enough, when he paused to look, Zoro was holding up both hands, palms facing out and all digits in their proper locations. He sighed in relief.
The group of children around Zoro wandered off back into the crowd, trying to perfect the illusion themselves. Zoro walked over and rested a hand on Chopper's shoulder. The doctor was still trembling slightly.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Zoro's brow was furrowed in concern. "That trick isn't supposed to be scary..."
Chopper laughed loudly, the tone slightly hysterical. He took a few deep breaths. The situation really was ridiculous, now that he thought about it.
"I'm sorry," he apologized. "It's just that you're prone to trying to cut off parts of yourself..."
"I am?" Zoro was still eying him like he feared for the reindeer's sanity.
"I heard about when you tried to cut your legs off to get out of Mr. Three's wax trap, and Usopp told me that you wanted to cut a hand off to get out of the seastone cuffs in Enies Lobby!" Chopper frowned at him. "How was I supposed to know this was any different?"
"Those were emergency situations!" Zoro countered defensively. "I wouldn't cut off one of my thumbs just for fun!" Chopper still didn't look fully convinced.
"You never take your personal safety seriously! That's very troubling for me, as your doctor!"
"Wow..." Chopper watched as realization dawned on his older crew mate. "You think about this a lot, don't you?" The doctor nodded.
"I know it's probably silly..."
"Tell you what," Zoro offered with a small smile, "I promise to do my best to keep all self-mutilation to a minimum in the future."
"A bare minimum," Chopper amended. "Even in emergencies!"
"Are we good now?"
"One more thing." Chopper shifted to heavy point and held out his hands. "Can you show me how to do that?"
Zoro laughed. "Sure."