mikangirl | [Voice/Action]

[At 17, Nami will be out and about per usual, though not trying out her newly discovered thieving ways. She learned all she needed to the day before (a year ago), and by now she knows enough of what's going on. Her mood isn't the best for a variety of reasons, so at some point in the afternoon she vanishes off to the sea and just watches the waves from the desert fort until she can't see anything at all. She'll creep home late.

At 18, on the other hand... she wakes up in tears. Again. But it's okay. This time she doesn't mind at all. She doesn't so much sleep in this morning as curl around her pillow and rake over her memories until they all make sense, so if anyone wants her before 10 that's where she'll be. When she finally gets up, she spends most of the day in the house because ksfasf she finally remembers all of you sorry pirates. She just doesn't remember anyone else. And the Arlong brand is gone this morning, replaced with her familiar pinwheel-and-mikan tattoo.

At 19, she makes a post, a little paler than usual. She's regained all the way to her nineteenth birthday, but the events before that were kinda nasty. 8|]

[Voice]

So I finally remember enough to work out what's been going on this week. But as I understand it, I still have a couple years to go, so. Don't hold it against me if I don't remember you for another day, or whatever.

So... am I cute at 21?

[Private to Noel]

Um. [She remembers you saying two people went home a few days ago. That, and according to her memories, you're supposedly missing.] Are you there?

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Annulling my wedding to a hideous lion-man with a few thousand volts of electricity.

[Such a straight face.]

[Vivi opens her mouth to ask about that, but on second thought...maybe she'd rather not know. It must have happened before the crew was separated, at any rate.]

[Nami just grins at the face Vivi's making.] Aaah, seems I only attract the weirdos. Whatever shall I do?

[U-unsure if being trolled.]

I'm sure you'll find someone nice eventually.

Heh. Maybe. If that's what I was really looking for.

What about you? Things have got to be looking brighter on your end.

[Urm. Vivi's not sure now if Nami's question is still about 'meeting someone nice' or another topic entirely.]

Brighter..?

Well, you're a princess surrounded by lots of rich men, right? [Eheh. Note she said 'rich' and not 'cute'. Looks, who needs 'em.] Anyone interesting?

N-Nami-san! That isn't-- [She breaks off to quickly shake her head.]

There's no one like that!

[Teehee.]

Just checking! Besides, it's just as well.

[Carefully:] Why's that?

No reason. [So innocent.]

[So suspicious.] ...if you say so.

I do!

[Munch munch.]

Not even Kohza?

Kohza? What? No, he's--

[...]

What about him? [Surely she's not asking if there's any romantic interest there. Vivi must have misunderstood.]

Well, how's he doing these days? [See, it was a totally innocent question! She's not serious, in any case. Nami's just trolling because she finally remembers how much fun it is. >>]

[Oh. Cue a slightly embarrassed look before she answers.]

He's doing well! He's not in Alubarna often, but he's helping with restoration, so we've spent more time together recently than we have in years.

I'm glad to hear it. It's good you finally get a chance to catch up with the people you had to leave behind.

[Vivi's smile is a little wistful. It's been nearly a year now since she's seen anyone from Alabasta, but the trade off being reunited with her crew here in Luceti--of course, once she returns, she won't even remember her time here, and that's the thing that strikes her as most unfair.]

Yes; it was great to be back home, though I still wish... [She trails off, suddenly self-conscious.]

[Nope. Nami won't let you get away with that.]

You wish what?

[Vivi drums her fingers absently against her thigh.] I wonder sometimes, what things would be like if I'd gone with you. That's selfish of me, I know, and I'm sure if I had, I'd regret not staying in Alabasta...but even in Alabasta, there were times I regretted not leaving with you.

[She shakes her head with a mild laugh.]

I probably just sound like a child who can't make up her mind. Staying behind was the right choice, I know. The only problem is that home doesn't have all of you.

Edited 2012-04-24 05:40 (UTC)

Mmm. We miss you a lot as well, you know. You should've seen all the long faces after we left Alabasta.

[...she grins.] Zoro said we should have just forced you to come on board. Everyone called him names.

[She giggles fondly.] I almost wish you had, except that would've made more trouble for all of you.

Oh trust me, we can't possibly get into even more trouble than we already are. You've heard about Enies Lobby?

[...pardon Vivi while she laughs at that question. Even if she didn't make an extra effort to follow news of her friends when it appeared in the papers, the incident at Enies Lobby had been huge.]

It would have been hard to miss.

Then I shouldn't think a princess would have been any extra trouble.

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