Prompt: "Special"
Title: Call Alert
Genre: Action/Adventure; Humor
Words: 264
Character(s): Nami; Chopper; Zoro (mention of)
Prompt: Special
Summary: Nami's search to find a rare gem on an uncharted island is interrupted unexpectedly.
Note: Continuation of a previous drabble submission, which can be found: { FFN | LJ }
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A thundering sound rumbled through the forest.
Immediately, Nami whipped her head around to search for Zoro. He was some distance behind her, swallowed by the island's dense forest, and Nami had a feeling that the idiot swordsman was the cause of all this noise shaking up the forest.
“Nami.” Chopper was standing still and alert, as if anticipating the move of a hidden predator. “I think we should head back.”
Should they? Nami didn't want to. The allure of a rare, one-of-a-kind gem hiding somewhere on an uncharted island was almost enough to keep her pushing forward and ignore their lost swordsman, their tense doctor. The emerald would come in handy, she knew; the price it could sell for, the trades she could make - she could squeeze the crew out of marine hands in the future, if she played her cards right.
As if to shatter her plans, a boom exploded from the other side of the island. A familiar crackling made Nami turn in time to see a shower of red sparks rain down from the sky.
“That way... Nami! Our ship! That's-!”
Before Chopper could finish, an irate howl echoed over the island:
“You shitty piece of rubber! What did we tell you not to do?”
Nami and Chopper exchanged alarmed looks before bolting back to the ship. They could search for rare gems another day. Right now, they had to attend to a couple of rare gems of their own - their crew.
And, of course, the most important gem of all - their very “special” captain.
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Genre: Action/Adventure; Humor
Words: 264
Character(s): Nami; Chopper; Zoro (mention of)
Prompt: Special
Summary: Nami's search to find a rare gem on an uncharted island is interrupted unexpectedly.
Note: Continuation of a previous drabble submission, which can be found: { FFN | LJ }
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A thundering sound rumbled through the forest.
Immediately, Nami whipped her head around to search for Zoro. He was some distance behind her, swallowed by the island's dense forest, and Nami had a feeling that the idiot swordsman was the cause of all this noise shaking up the forest.
“Nami.” Chopper was standing still and alert, as if anticipating the move of a hidden predator. “I think we should head back.”
Should they? Nami didn't want to. The allure of a rare, one-of-a-kind gem hiding somewhere on an uncharted island was almost enough to keep her pushing forward and ignore their lost swordsman, their tense doctor. The emerald would come in handy, she knew; the price it could sell for, the trades she could make - she could squeeze the crew out of marine hands in the future, if she played her cards right.
As if to shatter her plans, a boom exploded from the other side of the island. A familiar crackling made Nami turn in time to see a shower of red sparks rain down from the sky.
“That way... Nami! Our ship! That's-!”
Before Chopper could finish, an irate howl echoed over the island:
“You shitty piece of rubber! What did we tell you not to do?”
Nami and Chopper exchanged alarmed looks before bolting back to the ship. They could search for rare gems another day. Right now, they had to attend to a couple of rare gems of their own - their crew.
And, of course, the most important gem of all - their very “special” captain.
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