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[mikangirl]

[Nami comes home without fanfare, released into the tunnels.  She comes up straight into the fog and the sound of bats screeching and flapping somewhere and for a moment just stands there uncomprehending. 

Oh.  Right.

Well, whatever.

First she goes home.  Show Luffy she's alive, do whatever he needs.  Tell him why she's back early.  Tell him why Sanji and Vivi are not.  She leaves again when she can, and gets halfway to Good Spirits on automatic before she remembers that she's still on a leave of absence for sailing around with Law anyway; she doesn't need to tell them she won't be coming in for a while.  They already know.

So she turns and heads out into the forest instead.  It doesn't matter if the area is thick with fog.  Her feet already know the way, and it's not like she's bothering to pay attention to much else.  None of it's real, anyway. 

When she gets to the cottage, she digs out the bottles of sake and blue ale from her icebox and drinks herself into oblivion.  And somewhere in that process, she destroys the bedroom.  And goes to sleep with her face blotched with tears and her fingers clutching a letter written in March as if her life depended on it.

And on the morning of the 30th, she gets up and takes a basket out of the shed and begins the harvest, one basket at a time.]

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[Action - 30th]

[savedtheworld]

[Aang had been detoxing his own angst since he returned through meditation and stuff. But he... possibly caught wind of what happened to Zoro? And so, before he goes on with the Halloween hijinks, he tries to make a stop by the mikan orchard early in the day to try to check up on Nami. If any of this paragraph makes sense.

He will start by quietly joining her to help fill the basket.]

[Action - 30th]

[mikangirl]

[It's not hard to hear of Zoro's eventual fate... if Aang misses Ace's broadcast, those he lives with didn't. Totally makes sense.

Aang gets slightly more reaction than Marco, because even with Nami's more self-centred grief, she remembers the trouble he had on the draft. There's a ghost of a smile, though it doesn't reach her eyes, and a barely audible thank you.

[Action - 30th]

[savedtheworld]

[Aang makes a quiet nod. He himself was grateful for Nami for looking out for him out there. He wishes had the words. That if they didn't exist he could make them. The words that could get people through pain like this, pain so raw. But it was hard. Especially in a place like Luceti.

Sometimes he found actions were more effective. That's why he slowly stepped towards Nami and tried to give her a hug. Sharing his body's warmth... that was something, wasn't it?]

[Action - 30th]

[mikangirl]

[Hugs are warm. She's even slower to respond than the last time, if only because her reflexes are so dulled right now. But eventually, she lifts an arm to return the hug, then the other, resting her chin gently on his shoulder.

It's not a particularly fierce hug, but it's...sort of comforting.]

'm okay.

[Action - 30th]

[savedtheworld]

[He's just trying to be gentle and easy with it, especially as her delayed reaction shows how down she must be, as his shoulder supports her head. He knows she's been through a lot. And what comfort he has to offer may not be a little. But he can't let that stop him from offering what little he has.]

It's okay. You don't have to tell me anything. I'm just being here for you.

[Action - 30th]

[mikangirl]

[Thank you.

She doesn't say anything, though.

But it might be a while before she pulls back and moves on.]