49 → Action/Voice

[oda_hates_me]

[She's planned on surprising her favorite navigator with breakfast-in-bed - no real reason, either, besides Sanji has woken up early and feels in oddly high spirits despite the awkward these last few days have been. And what a breakfast it turns out to be: an omelette with cheese scattered on top, pieces of bacon, fresh slices of apples,

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[Action]

[tanukipoint]

[There aren't many places Chopper is at more than home and the clinic. Today he's at the latter, dutifully sorting through some papers on a desk.]

[Action]

[allbluebreasts]

[There's a string of guilt that accompanies her all the way to the clinic; why does it always seems she and Chopper have their worst conversations there?

She knocks lightly against a wall before approaching him, and there's no hiding that she bears Serious News]

[Action]

[tanukipoint]

[Chopper catches her scent just before she knocks, looking up from the desk. She doesn't look or smell sick again...and he knows that grim look on her face, a mirror image of a similar circumstance. Hopefully nothing so grave this time.]

Did something happen?

[Action]

[allbluebreasts]

[Her mouth opens... and then shuts it. She doesn't want to do this. How can she do this? There's no easy way and, shit, this is Chopper--]

Yeah. [She approaches the desk, leans on it, and keeps her near-fidgeting hands away from the cigarettes in her pocket]

Chopper. Nami-san's gone home.

[Action] [1/4]

[tanukipoint]

Nami's -

[gone home?]

[Action] [2/4]

[tanukipoint]

[But that's not - right, is it? She's been here longer than he has - Zoro, too, but he came back, and so did Robin]

[No. He's not supposed to hope she'll come back. He's supposed to hope that she went home, and found them there, and had lots of fun adventures and will never come back again. Because that's what they want for her, right? Some place better than Luceti.]

[He's supposed to think-]

[Action] [3/4]

[tanukipoint]

["It's good."]

["But we don't have to like it."]

[Action]

[tanukipoint]

That's...great.

[His voice is trembling and he doesn't mean his smile. But it's what he's supposed to do.]

[Action]

[allbluebreasts]

... Is it?

[Sanji's smiling too, one that doesn't reach her eyes, and stares hard at the floor]

[Action]

[tanukipoint]

[They both know the answer to that one.]

[But couldn't you have played along?]

I don't know.

[Action]

[allbluebreasts]

[Maybe if their captain had done the same, then maybe. Instead, she's just tired of playing along to anything]

... Y'know, our captain said it's fine if we want her back.

[Action]

[tanukipoint]

...Luffy did? [He looks up again, at least, trying to make sense of this information. Their captain had been here the longest. He should know better than anyone...]

[...maybe he does. Maybe they're the ones that are wrong. The only thing Chopper knows for sure is that it hurts every time.]

It's not like...I want her to come back to Luceti, but...

[Action]

[allbluebreasts]

[She finishes for him]

But she should be with her crew.

[Action]

[tanukipoint]

[Chopper only drops his head. Even if she's back home...all they've been through, here they're all their own.]

Do you think they'll bring her back?

[Action]

[allbluebreasts]

I dunno. It's hard to tell with this place.

But they did bring Zoro and Robin-chan back... maybe it'll be the same here.

[Action]

[tanukipoint]

I...could study memory loss some more. If they come back...Zoro and Robin still don't remember being here, either, so it might help them, too.

[Anything. Busywork. Anything to fill in the time until they come back. Now that he's allowed to hope, he hopes.]