Log 001 [Drawn]

[toujoursfluer]

[she sits on a small chair made of hands interlocking fingers. The trees rise around her large and anonymous and the journal sits open in her lap. Though the small camera is covered with a thumb that she has blossomed from the page.]

[She has read it three, four, five times now but nothing changes. There is no new clue to unravel, it is as real as

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[lunarities]

[ Usagi just stares a bit curiously at the image for a few moments.. but she's curious enough to actually go reply to the feed. ]

What's that?

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[toujoursfluer]

[That voice is not at all familiar...but there are many others besides those from home, here. Robin debates for a moment on whether to say anything.]

A skull with a hat.

[No point in revealing too much at the outset.]

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[lunarities]

Geez, I can see that much too from the drawing, I'm not stupid.. [ Her voice sounds a little pouty. ]

But why would you draw something like that?

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[toujoursfluer]

Why do you think?

[It's an honest question. People have always used their own interpretations of mysterious symbols and she wonders what this one might mean to someone who obviously doesn't know the connotation.]

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[lunarities]

Hmm..

[ For a few moments she goes quiet, as if staring intensely at it will help her decipher it. ]

What I see is a skull during its spare time, when it winds down and wears a hat and goes out fishing or something like that!

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[toujoursfluer]

[Robin is amused for the first time since she's arrived. Her voice might sound a bit more pleasant.]

Exactly that.

[After all it seems a very Luffy thing to do.]

Or perhaps he spent too much time fishing, wasted away, and is now only bones.

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[lunarities]

[ Usagi sounds rather happy too at being praised on her answer, judging from her rather enthusiastic tone. ]

Poor guy..! In that case, maybe someone should have told him fishing is a hazard like that!

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[toujoursfluer]

I suppose he just charged in without reading the signs. That can be dangerous.

[Unless it's Luffy and then signs don't mean much. Or anything for that matter.]

[ voice ]

[lunarities]

That's very dangerous indeed! Mama always tells me to make sure to read a sign whenever you pass one or otherwise you might end up being run over by a car or worse!

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[toujoursfluer]

A car?

[Like a train car or something else?]

It's always wise to listen.

[To your mother, she wants to say, but those memories have come skimming too close to the surface lately and with everything else happening she'd rather not deal with them right now.]

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[lunarities]

Hmm, if you won't listen then Santa Claus will definitely skip your house that year. So I always make sure to do my best!

[ Yes, Usagi is still rather childish for a fourteen year old. But she seems happy. ]

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[toujoursfluer]

[who to the what now? Robin has vague images of an Elbaff Giant picking up a house, foundation and all, and sending it skipping across the sea. However, she knows that is not what this girl meant. Pity.]

Who is that?

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[lunarities]

.. E.. eh? Do you mean you don't even know who Santa Claus is?

[ She sounds very surprised - apparently it hasn't struck her yet that Santa Claus might not exist in all worlds. ]

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[toujoursfluer]

I'm afraid not. Who is it?

[Whoever or whatever this Santa Claus is, it sounds more like a mythological creature than an actual living person. Especially given he skips a house if someone isn't good.]

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[lunarities]

Santa Claus is the guy who brings presents to everyone on the world during Christmas! But you only get presents when you've been good, you see, otherwise he will just skip your house and give you nothing at all!

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[toujoursfluer]

[So some kind of beneficial spirit then. She can't imagine a human being able to do such a thing.]

Has he ever skipped your house?

[She's just teasing. You sound too cute.]