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[sea_king_bait]

[Hello, Luceti. Have a sad-looking mermaid standing on the shore of the snowy beach. In the background, a pile of soaking plywood and bits of fabric and clothes have washed onto the shore, with more floating in on each crashing wave.]

...It looks like my house floated away.

[She sighs, holding in a sniffle.] ...Again.

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[odastillhatesme]

[he's extremely tired (still with seemingly no end in sight), but he can't resist a reply]

Again, Keimi-chan? [This is the first he's heard of it]

[sea_king_bait]

Oh, uh... hi, Sanji-chin.

[Jeez, the Straw Hats are just about the last people she wanted to know about her failed construction skills.]

Y-yeah. I usually have to keep fixing it or the water breaks it up. It happened a few months ago, too...

[odastillhatesme]

Why didn't you let us know?

[His intent isn't to come off as cross; just worried, knowing she'd been struggling to keep her home together]

[sea_king_bait]

Because I didn't want you to worry about me...

[lists_to_port]

[voice]

Keimi? You're a homeless drifter, now, girl?

[OOC; This is kind of placeholdery, trying to deal with LJ fail. BEAR WITH ME orz]

[sea_king_bait]

I... think I'll be okay. I just need to build it again.

[Because clearly this plan is working.]

[lists_to_port]

Again? How many times has this happened, silly thing?!

[LJ IS NOT LETTING ME CHOOSE A USERPIC. Here, I'll just link to the one I want on the comment:

[sea_king_bait]

((/kicks LJ forever D<))

It happened before... about six months ago. [She sighs, sinking back into her wheelchair.]

[sea_king_bait]

Thanks, Daisy-chin, you really are the best~. But... I don't think I'm going to build it again. Just... too much work.

[sea_king_bait]

Sanji-chin invited me to move into an extra room at the Straw Hat house. I haven't lived with them since I first arrived here.

[no_use_running]

Keimi! Are you alright? Do you need somewhere to go?

[sea_king_bait]

I think I'll be okay, Ami-chin... [She huffs.]

My house got broken up by the current... but Sanji-chin invited me to live with him and the Straw Hats.

[no_use_running]

As long as there's somewhere safe. Was anything ruined by the water? Do you need anything?

[sea_king_bait]

...A couple dresses I was working on, and a few designs. But it's not important. Most of my drawings and plans are safe, at least.

[video]

[insertsparkles]

[... what. Tamaki is so confused by that statement. How does a house float away?]

How did your house float away?

[sea_king_bait]

I think the current broke it up. I wasn't around to keep it fixed up.

[insertsparkles]

That must have been a very strong current if it had been able to do that! Is there anything I can do to help you fix it?

[sea_king_bait]

I... think it's a lost cause.

[As she watches another wave carry some of her clothes to shore.]