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[arakhnes]

WHO: arakhnes & haki
WHERE: library
WHEN: wednesday afternoon
WARNINGS: stupid.
SUMMARY: JESS AND LUFFY SHONONOGONS. also she teaches him how to read.
FORMAT: QUICK FOREVER.

Comments

1/2

[haki]

d'Ehhhhhh?!!? That's a lot! I can't read that, you can't make me--

2/2

[haki]

Velve-teen... Rabbit? What's that?

[arakhnes]

You're gonna learn, dude.

[ dumping the books in front of him and picking up the rabbit one afjkl ]

Uhh. It's about a stuffed rabbit that wants to be real or something. I dunno; I've never read it.

[haki]

A stuffed bunny wants to be real? [ luffy moves to try and take a peek at the cover. PICTURES? ] How is it gonna do that?

[arakhnes]

[ PLOPS DOWN BESIDE HIM. ]

Wanna read and find out?

[haki]

[ wrinkles his nose a bit before staring at the moe bunny on the cover and it's not like the huge books robin reads.. ] Hmmmm, okay! I wanna find out what happens.

[arakhnes]

[ leans back in a BEAN BAG CHAIR and opens the book. IT IS A PICTURE OF A RABBIT IN A SOCK. ]

Ookaaay, let's see. "There once was a...."

[ LOOKS AT HIM EXPECTANTLY ]

[haki]

[ Luffy moves a bit closer and leans in to try and read the WERDS as best he can. ] "Velveteen rabbit... and in the beginning he was really--" [ a pause as luffy stumbles on the word 'splendid'. he gives it a few taps and tries going over it in his head, but skips it and continues ]

Hmm.. "He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be!" [ a laugh ] "His coat was spod'ed brown and white, he had real thread whis-kers, and his ears were lined with pink sat...een."

[arakhnes]

Good, good. Oookaay, you totally skipped a word. Splendid.

[ points. ]

Spotted.

[ points at that word ]

Aaand satin. [ POINTS ]

So all together it'd be, "there once was a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen." See? Not hard at all!

[ LEANS BACK INTO THE BEANBAG... sinks........... ]

[haki]

[ brings the book closer to his face after she points out his mistakes ] Ooooh, okay. That's kinda weird, but I still did good, right?

[ looks at jess before continuing ]

[arakhnes]

Yes, you did great. [ BEAMING AT. clearly teaching is her calling. ]

Hang on, hang on. Christmas. Say it with me -- Christ -- mas.

[haki]

"Christmas morning"? [ luffy repeats it before reading a read ] "When he sat we-djed in the top of the Boy's stocking, with a ssssprig of holly between his paws, the e-fffect was charming."

[ a small huff.... thinking is pain.. learning is hard. SWEATING A BIT, BUT HE KEEPS GOING ] "There were other things in the stocking, nuts and oranges and a toy engine, and chocolate ale-monds and a . . . clockwork mouse, but the Rabbit was quite the best of all."

[arakhnes]

Aaaaallmonds. Almonds. You know what those are, right? They're nuts. Funny tasting ones you eat with Christmas food.

[ still grinning as she turns the page. SO PROUD LUFFY ]

[haki]

[ laughs ] I think so! I think Sanji uses aaalllmonds, but Jess! What's Christmas?

[arakhnes]

Uhh.... It's a holiday where basically you give presents to people you like? It happens during winter. Uhm, there's this guy named Santa and he brings the presents usually.

He's like, this big, fat guy who dresses in a red suit and he comes down your chimney. Also, he has a beard.

[ yeah there's a lot of hand waving going on here ]

[haki]

Nahahahaha! But what if I don't have a chimney? Would he still give me presents and stuff? I never heard of him! [ turning the page to look at the next picture ]