Open log!! Pirates, ninja, and random flashbacks!

[santoryu_marimo]

Who: Roronoa Zoro and YOU!
What: Pirate/ninja dinner show + memory scenes
When: Backdated to Saturday the 14th
Where: The dinner theater!
Warnings: Some nice, good ol' swordfighting violence.

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[santoryu_marimo]

Oh, great. Of all the people to see Zoro in this ridiculous getup... He really did not appreciate getting laughed at in the first place, and those flashbacks certainly didn't help the situation at all. Any hope that this dinner show would continue as planned was completely lost by now, but that's not to say the audience wouldn't get some kind of a show. In fact, most of them probably assumed this was all staged, anyway.

"She was older than me, you idiot!!" Zoro shouted, not caring that he was still on stage. "And besides, I lost two thousand and one times!"

Admitting so many losses in front of everybody like this only served to make Zoro even angrier, but he was still only at the yelling stage. Just a little push further, though, and he really did mean to use that ridiculous plastic saber as a weapon.

[santoryu_marimo]

"That's got nothing to do with anything!!" Zoro shouted as he swiped the plastic sword at Sanji, not caring that his prop was far from an effective weapon.

The fact that he was quick to get so defensive about that was an easy indication that Sanji was pretty much spot-on with that accusation. Though, Zoro felt mostly unsettled by Tashigi's resemblance to Kuina, but then again, if he were "into" anybody, the swordsman would be as clueless as ever.

[supahighbeams]

He'd seen the sign about pirates and decided that maybe more of his crewmates would show up here.

He sat down at a table, ordered and extra large cola, and waited for the show to start.

When Zoro came on stage, Franky almost stood up to call to him. But then, the memories started to play.

Before long, the sound of an enormous cyborg bawling like a baby eclipsed any other sound in the audience.

"Y-You guys! You guys are too much! I'm gonna write you a song, right now!!"

He's already reaching for his pink guitar, stowed away in one of his forearms.

[santoryu_marimo]

Seeing some familiar faces in the crowd was not as much of a relief as Zoro would expect. He was wearing an absolutely ridiculous costume, and he just wanted to forget about this incident. If his crewmates saw, there was a chance they'd bring it up again later on down the line, and that's something he'd prefer to avoid.

"Oi, Franky!" he called out to the cyborg. "Forget it. I don't need a song."

Not that he was ungrateful for the sentiment, but the last thing he needed was tales of his 2001 losses to be repeated through the lyrics of a song. Franky may not have been a famous singer like Brooke or anything, but the flashback was enough of a reminder for Zoro.

[supahighbeams]

"I-Idiot! I'm not crying! I've got something in my eye!"

He pulls the guitar out...and it looks hilariously small in his giant robotic hands. That is, until the smaller, more articulate hands extend from the palms and start to strum.

It's quite apparent that he's not even paying attention.

[santoryu_marimo]

"I didn't say anything about that!" Zoro yelled out to Franky. "Just forget it and watch the dinner show!"

At first, the swordsman was pretty reluctant to participate in a performance like this, but now, he would welcome anything to take the focus away from himself and those flashbacks. He wasn't sure why he was supposed to be fighting ninja (after all, marines would make much more sense), but fighting anything right now would really help blow off some steam.

Mind if I join in?

[kin_slayer]

Itachi was, ironically enough, one of the pirate actors. The job was no better or worse, in his opinion, than any other job. At least so he thought. The fact that he now stood in an outfit remarkably similar to Zoro's didn't' bother him, watching what looked suspiciously like something personal torn from the man's past was more unsettling.

But as long as Zoro remained the star of this show, Itachi was content to remain in the background, arms crossed, playing the role of pirate on the side lines. The whole unscripted nature of the production had him glancing around for the so-called ninjas, just in case it became some undisciplined melee involving fake weapons.

It wouldn't do to be so absorbed in Zoro's display that he accidentally hurt someone.

Not at all! 8D

[santoryu_marimo]

As much as Zoro loved a good fight, he wouldn't hurt anyone unless he was provoked. However, he did happen to be in a pretty bad mood because of those flashbacks, so provoking him would be a pretty easy task at the moment. Plus, because that portal decided to show a couple fights that Zoro was unable to win, he was just looking for an excuse to fight and prove his strength. Fortunately, he was planning to save that anger for whoever was responsible for this incident.

He did not volunteer to be the center of attention like this. The idea of a dinner show like this didn't seem too great at first, but now, Zoro just wanted to get the show going and be done with it. Taking Itachi's example, he folded his arms over his chest and took a few steps back, trying to be less obvious.

"Tch, where the hell are those shitty ninja...?" he grumbled to no one in particular.

[sound_council]

[Kabuto had meant to stop by and encourage his housemate, or perhaps offer medical assistance, given the frustrating nature of the jobs in this place, but the portal scene made him pause and wait in the shadows for a bit longer. There were certain scenes in his past he could not chance being revealed to a wide audience...and certainly not to a potential new ally, and it would be best to be cautious until the nature of the portal was revealed.]