33rd dish - voice;japanese

[baratiesbest]

[A dead frequency sparks back to life - at first there's nothing but static, interspersed by the scraping of heavy shoes against concrete as the owner slowly pushes himself up to sitting. Eventually the signal clears up but it's still uncertain whether or not he knows that all this is being recorded. He does reach out for the communicator once more

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{Voice; Japanese}

[dontcallmegol]

{Flipping through the daily frequencies and lets see... wh--

wait, that frequency. He KNOWS that frequency! He was gone and they friggin' brought him back. Ace was both happy and pissed about the whole ordeal. The straw hats should be together and he certainly missed the blonds company. But this wasn't their home, they couldn't continue their adventure here and Luffy needed him.

Damn.

He'd just switch this to voice and reach out to the blond, see if anyone got to him yet or if he needed help, he didn't sound so hot.}

Sanji?

Hey. You alright over there?

{Voice; Japanese}

[baratiesbest]

Ace..?

[Physically he's... okay. Far from good but a few broken ribs never managed to keep him down before. His current mental status is a whole different thing though, especially since he's still trying to process that he's here again and he doesn't even know if--

Well shit. Playing it cool for now, you don't need to worry about this shit.]

Yeah. Just fine.

{Voice; Japanese}

[dontcallmegol]

{Ah but the kicker here was that he already heard the pain and distress in your voice and honestly you just sounded worn thin despite trying to play cool.

Of course he won't point it out. He'll see for himself eventually.}

Where are you?

{Voice; Japanese}

[baratiesbest]

On my way down to the docks. I got some catching up to do.

Have you been playing nice while I've been away?

{Voice; Japanese}

[dontcallmegol]

Well, you're heading my way then so I can see for myself if you're as fine as you say you are. You know Chopper would be happy to see you. {was that a hint to get your ass to the hospital cause he knew better? Maybe. :|}

For now.

{Voice; Japanese}

[baratiesbest]

What, you don't believe me? Shit, that hurts... what the hell did I do to deserve that?

[Joking, of course. He knows perfectly well that the hospital would be the logical choice here but fucking hell there are other things that are more important right now. ]

Yeah... I'll be going to him as soon as I'm finished over there.

{Voice; Japanese}

[dontcallmegol]

You didn't give me a proper farewell~

{Was that a sultry purr to his voice? Maybe a slight pout? Yes, yes it was. Oh god, first Zoro now you, he's on a roll apparently. It's just too much fun messing with you guys. He'd chuckle here so you knew he was kidding.}

Good to know. If not, you'll have to deal with the good doctor coming to find you. {Would he tattle? Probably.}

Out to meet Zoro?

{Voice; Japanese}

[baratiesbest]

[hkdsfhfd okay, now he remembers that he was supposed to watch his mouth around the fire user. Well damn. No choice but to play along.]

What can I say? Charming guy like myself... it's impossible to avoid leaving a few broken hearts behind.

I've already talked to him, he's waiting at the hospital. It's really not that bad, you know. [Pause. Is this some hesitation creeping into his voice?] ...Yeah. Miss Umi was going too, so I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone.

{Voice; Japanese}

[dontcallmegol]

Huh, and here I thought we had something special. {Oi, it was special alright.}

{Sigh.} Fine, fine. Guess you wouldn't be so casual if it wasn't.

{...} I'll be joining you three in a bit here. Just need to finish up a few things I was working on.

{Voice; Japanese}

[baratiesbest]

Oh come on, you know how it is with us shitty pirates!

[oh dear. 'special' doesn't even begin to describe it.]

Alright. See you then.

{Voice; Japanese}

[dontcallmegol]

Stubborn, brash, fool-hardy and equal parts heart-throb and heart-breaker. Least that's how the shitty pirates are. The good ones however...

{OOooooh BURN.}

No doubt. {Aaaaand he was probably going to get kicked.}