#001 - VIDEO
[It's night time. Anyone sane wouldn't be caught outside. Sanji isn't anyone sane, though, and as his face appears on the NV screen, he looks downright pissed. He doesn't even know he's on video, he's basically just punching the buttons on this thing that at least looks to him like your every day phone snail, except it's made of gold.]
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S-Sanji?!
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[What kind of day has this been...]
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But he is a little excited, don't get him wrong.]
Of course it's really me, and- the mermaids, Nami-san! They were right here, all around us, and now it's just me in this dark place! Where are you, where's Luffy, where's Robin-chan?!
[...That's odd, did Nami change her hairstyle in the last couple minutes?]
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[Her expression dropped to something a little more flat. There was no way in hell she could explain any of this to him like this. It never went well, no matter how many times he had been here.]
We're somewhere else. It's hard to explain but trust me! Get inside somewhere until I can come get you. Don't mess with the stuff outside until you know what you're dealing with!
[Damn it, she didn't want to have to deal with this... again. Still, it was good to see him (even if he looked different? huh...) She? Yeah, shorter hair then he knows, but it is longer then 'normal' even for her. Older but... not. She's been away for a year and through a lot]
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But, but how?! We were just deep underwater, at Fishman Island- we're on the surface now? How did that happen? Why aren't we down there, fighting those evil guys? Shirahoshi-chan is in danger! Robin-chan is danger!
[...He assumes Nami is safe, since she has the time to talk to him. Which doesn't make any sense either, she should be mid-fight! What the hell is this madness?]
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Wait-- We made it to Fishman Island? [She draws away from the video, a muffled cheer might have been heard as she repeated it again with more cheer! Then she came back, serious again]
Right. Fishman Island. It's a different Port. Something pulled us here. Not all of us though but... [she shook her head. If he didn't remember anything this was going to be harder to explain.]
Damn it, just get somewhere safe. There were apartments near where you came in. Are you far from there?
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Of course we did, don't you remember anything? We're fightin' Hody Jones now, we need to hurry and get back! [Really, Nami, did you hit your head? Does Sanji need to deliver some healing in the form of... uhh probably muffins.]
A different- wait, wait. Wait. We're not on Fishman Island anymore. Shirahoshi-chan, and all those other mermaids, they're-
[Oh. Oh no. NO. Yeah yeah she warned him to get somewhere safe, but he's too sad now to do anything but stop running, come to a halt, and look thunderstruck.]
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It's hard to explain. [Hody Jones? Who was that? Geeze, she must really be behind this one. Sighing, she was moving, the video (recording from her wrist) stayed fairly level as she walked. Leaving an office and grabbing keys]
You're in Siren's Port, not Fishman Island. It's in some other... place. No one know the Grand Line here. No one knows anything about home but us. Now stop running around and figure out where you are so I can get you.
[It was always hard to convince Sanji of where he was when he was here. Perhaps because he was smart... it was a good thing, but still... such a headache. She was out the door, stepping into a dark room, her video going darkish for a bit...]
You're not going to believe half of what you hear.
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I-I'll listen for your explanation, Nami-san! Please, just tell me there's somethin' we can do to get away from this island and back where we need to be! [Oh, she's going somewhere. Maybe to come get him! Yes, he could stand to see Nami again, several minutes apart is much too long.]
No one's even heard of... what kind of messed up island is this? Do they not get any news from the outside world or something? [Okay okay he's slowed down and stopped, still close to just... puking... from the shock of losing all them gawgeous mermaids. Just thinking about Shirahoshi getting squished by giant boat makes his legs twitch again.]
I'll believe anything you tell me! But... it's all so crazy, how'd this even work?
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[Info. You asked for it...]
It's a different planet, it seems. Different location. You've been here twice before but you never come back remembering anything, and never very fast. Zoro is here, and Vivi. Luffy, Brooke, Marco and... [She wavered a bit with the last name. She had gotten close to:] Ace recently disappeared again. Gone home, we suppose. We don't know how to get home however.
[And backing out of a protected storage, she's on the street, headed for sector four. Your Nami has been through a lot in the last year and a half. That might show in her actions.]
What's important right now is that you need to keep an eye out for the creatures outside. [Speaking of which, the car just jerked, very hard, swerved, and if you didn't blink there might have been a ( ... )
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A different- what? [Far be it from him to call Nami insane, but clearly she's either messing with him or parroting someone messing with her.] I'd never forget comin' here, I can tell you that much. Freakin' shrimp-cat monster tried clawing my leg off just a minute ago... [Okay, Zoro's here, that's great, but what's really important is-] Vivi-chan's here?!
[And who's Marco? Name barely rings a bell. Luffy and Brooke having come and gone, though... that's sobering enough that his joy over seeing Vivi can't even last very long.]
I don't see nothin'. Or hear- oi, what's going on there? What're you even doing?
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It's complicated. Trust me, I've been here for over a year. Nothing in this place is right. [Here for a year? Yep. Somewhere else too, but she wouldn't worry him with those morbid details] Mmmhm! Vivi will be glad to see you too.
[and there goes a squeal of tires the road, turning a corner fast to miss something that just roared at her... what was she doing?:]
Coming to get you! Run back to where you showed up. I can be there in five minutes. If you are lost so help me... [she cut that off, mentally cursing the amazing ability to get LOST that Zoro has, and hoping Sanji wont be as bad right now.]
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A year? Couldn't be, I just saw ya a couple minutes ago! [What are timelines. He doesn't understand. Also, why does Nami look so different than she did a few minutes ago, seriously!] I'll be glad to see her... gotta find out how she got here so fast, too.
[Oh, those are so not good sounds coming over the receiver there. Sanji puts on an ACTION FACE and goes into ACTION STANCE!]
O-oi, Nami-san! Don't take any risks for me! Just get somewhere safe, and I'll come make sure you an' whatever you're inside get home! [Yeah, he's dashing back to that stupid baseball diamond. He can still see the lights.]
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I'm telling you. I've been here over a year. You've been here before too. Vivi got here the same way you just did. [Yeah, might as well toss that one out as well] We come and go. Or... you guys do.
[She didn't see the action stance. She couldn't see him just yet. But give her a moment, because her car was getting closer. She liked driving at night, oddly enough. No one was on the road but critters and she didn't have to worry about local law enforcement.]
[she should worry about death and speeding though, but this was Nami] I'm more safe inside this then not. Just get somewhere I can find you. [He might not have picked it up but she did mutter darkly 'always at night. Why does he always show up at night']
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I guess ya needed to do something those two years we were all apart, but... you never mentioned this place! [It isn't clicking yet. Give him a little.] I shoulda guessed about Vivi-chan. S'confusing, that's all it is.
[It's okay, he relaxed when he realized his beloved Nami-swan isn't about to die. He may worry for her like a crazy fox, but she's a tough one!]
I'm- I'm headin' back to that place I landed at! I'll meet you there, alright? [Yup, running fast- except running isn't fast enough, it's time to sky walk. Too bad the surroundings are so dark she can't really see him fly, but the wooshing is probably cool.]
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