48 [Audio; Japanese]

[threesword]

... Luffy! Where the hell are you? I need to talk to you.

Shit, what else was th-- Oh.

Anyone got a couple of blankets to spare?

Oh. Umi. I wanted to talk to you too.

Comments

[ihasastrawhat]

[Here, have a groggy, congested, and very hoarse-sounding captain.]

Hnnnh...? Wha's'it? [Cough.] 'm having a good dream...

[threesword]

Shit. You too?

I'll wait til you wake up.

[ihasastrawhat]

Nah, I'm up.

[Cough cough. Well, he's up for a little bit.]

What is it?

[threesword]

[Zoro's been out and about doing other stuff so.]

Where are you right now? I'm not talking about crap using these things.

[ihasastrawhat]

At the Lights.

[Uh-oh. Something's up. He'll try to stay awake for you.]

[threesword]

I'll be there soon.

[And by soon... Well. You know.]

Voice >> Comment Loggie Doggie

[ihasastrawhat]

Okay. I'm in the back.

[Luffy's not paying attention to how long it takes. He's huddled up in a blanket on his makeshift bed in the back of the bar, feverish and cold and apparently trying to cough his lungs out. Having never been sick before--at least, not to his conscious knowledge--Luffy's having a miserable time adjusting to this new feeling.

But whatever Zoro wants to talk to him about, it sounds important so he tries to keep himself awake. He tugs the blankets tighter around him and sits up, trying to stare around the small room at anything that didn't leave him feeling dizzy and tired. He focuses on his pillow, but it's only a matter of seconds before he's burying his face against it again. It's a soft pillow.]

commentlog!

[threesword]

[It took a while, definitely long enough for Luffy to get more sleep. Getting around Discedo had grown easy enough for a while, but being away for the span of two months completely negated everything else. A vague idea of how to get places, yes, but not after much confusion.

Eventually, he made his way to the bar though. His frustration had only increased in that time, swinging the door open to the back with force. He stood there, waiting -- although it looked pretty obvious he was out could.]

...Oi. Wake up!

commentlog!

[ihasastrawhat]

[And sleep was definitely what Luffy had done. He was drooling on his pillow and wheezing softly, curled up in his blanket by the time Zoro had burst in. But holy hell, what a wake-up call, and Luffy bolted up, looking around and wondering what where the marines were when he realized, orite, this wasn't the Thousand Sunny.

Oh yeah... Zoro wanted to talk to him. He rubbed his eyes and stared up sleepily at his first mate. The move made him dizzy and he wanted to go back to sleep but Zoro didn't look all too pleased. It must be pretty serious then.]

I'm up, I'm up... what is it?

commentlog!

[threesword]

[Sure, there was a little bit a sympathy - anyone in the crew being sick was undesirable, though knowing Luffy, it was his own fault. The quicker they got this over with, the better.

He folded his arms, still standing the doorway with the stern expression firmly planted on his face.]

Something needs to change.

commentlog!

[ihasastrawhat]

[It wasn't like he meant to almost drown, but he'd get over it eventually. But oh well, serious chat time was now. He pulled the blanket closer and looked as attentive as possible.]

Change? What happened?

commentlog!

[threesword]

You can't tell me you haven't noticed it. [There's a slight pause as his eyes narrow.] This crew is a shitty mess.

It's been like that since I got here - even though you weren't. Split up and just full of holes. Hell... I don't know if leaving had something to do with it, but this isn't our damn crew.

Our crew... nakama, right? Practically spend every goddamn waking moment around each other back home. Now look at us.

[He stops, pulling out Wadou Ichimonji. He's waving it, calculated, but seemingly aimless - almost as if he's just looking for a way to keep his hands busy.]

Oi... We're separated most of the damn time. Hell. That shitty cook spends more time here than anywhere else, and Nami's living in a different building completely! What the hell kind of crew are we here? Just because we're not sailing the damn Grand Line... Just because the shit we're trying to do won't happen when we're here... That's not supposed to make us stop being a crew.

[And then there it is. He spins the sword once, and then slams the tip of the blade

commentlog!

[ihasastrawhat]

[It took Luffy a few moments to fully comprehend what Zoro was saying. He blinked away the haze his mind was trying to form in order to fully understand what the swordsman was trying to say.

His nakama, a mess... It wasn't that Luffy hadn't noticed, but he hadn't paid much attention to it. He had been too distracted by the new location, the boat, their trip. Nakama coming and going. Just so much constant movement, but...

He hadn't thought it was this bad.

His head tilted, eyes turning to the floor as he thought quietly. As long as he was captain, as long as he was here... he couldn't let this continue. Especially while on the ship. They needed to find that unity that had been holding them together on the Grand Line. Just because they were landlocked and had more room to roam, that didn't mean they needed to constantly split and fall apart.]

It won't happen. Nobody's dying in my crew.

[As Captain, he wasn't going to let anyone die. But how to fix this problem before it got any worse... Obviously, they needed to go back to the

commentlog!

[threesword]

[Zoro was silent for a second before he finally just lifted his arm, placing the sword back in its sheath. His arms folded, but he relaxed a little, leaning into the doorway and sighing.]

Sit back down.

[He handed intended on Luffy getting so worked up -- It wasn't a bad thing though. It was a reminder, for both of them. There was so much passion and heart that went into being a member of this crew, and Luffy's reaction, that realization, had put things in perspective.]

Running around when you're sick's not gonna help.

[There was another sigh as the swordsman pushed himself off the door frame and took a seat on the floor, leaning against the wall.]

I'll just stick around here for now.

commentlog!

[ihasastrawhat]

[He had gained a bit of an adrenaline boost from the sudden decision, but he planned on using it while he still had it. However, when Zoro sheathed his katana, Luffy tilted his head in confusion. They weren't going?

...oh, later. Well, that worked too. It gave him something to think on, more for all of them to watch out for. That sense of unity that came with being nakama. They just had to be sure not to lose sight of that. Luffy couldn't help but feel rather glad that he had Zoro there. His back-up brain, or at least enough to remember the important things when they slipped past Luffy's mind.]

I'll talk to her next time she comes by if we don't go over there first.

[Alright, a plan. But this was too much thinking now. He sat back down, crossing his lets and pulling the blanket around him tightly. He smiled at his first mate... and then sneezed at him. Whoops, sorry about that.]

commentlog!

[threesword]

[Folding his arms and keeping his legs crossed, Zoro tilted his head forward and closing his eyes. Hearing the words come out of Luffy's mouth was a relief of sorts, without a doubt. It was good in its sense - Zoro had been pretty irritated with the situation for a while. And Nami's post over the network was the last straw as far as he was concerned.

Seeing Luffy take it so seriously when it was brought up was undoubtedly a good sign. His lips curved upwards into the slightest smirk as his head nodded.]

Good.

[His ears picked up the sounds of the room - including Luffy going back into some semblance of a resting position. Well, he figured... If he was gonna be there for a while, he may as well take a nap.

Well, until the sneeze quickly disturbed that.]

...Oi!