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[Nami gets home from her mission late evening on the 2nd and knows pretty must straight away that something is off. Having been gone nearly two weeks, running into Sanji the way she does puts a bad taste in her mouth. She was looking forward to seeing them.

Once Sanji leaves with his spooky darkness powers, she strides through the house in search of other nakama who are awake in search of answers. Don't worry, if nobody's awake she'll just shake someone awake. 8Db Maybe all of you!

...and that shows her quite plainly that the experiment going on isn't just affecting her chef.

FML.

In a temper the next morning, she heads through town, meets some very off-kilter people she knows, and at least thanks the powers that be that she's unaffected this time. It doesn't improve her mood any, so she heads for the battledome to try and work out some stress and try (yet again) to see if she can locate the way down to Catherine's lab.

Okay, yes. That was kind of easy. TOO BAD ABOUT THE MESS.]

[Irritated Voice]

Does someone want to explain to me what the hell happened in the battledome? If any of you are still sane, that is. [She flops down in the wreckage of Catherine's lab and pans the video across the rubble. Doesn't seem much need for secrecy. This has to have been noticed by now, right?] And if anyone is still sane, please tell me what the hell is going on today?

...preferably over alcohol.

[She'll vent her temper on killing a bunch of pirates at the battledome, drop by the battledome clinic on the way out, then swing past Raine's with a handful of papers in hand. And finally, she hits the bar to drink in moody silence.

Unless of course anyone wants to keep her company, because that'd be kind of cool. Worst homecoming ever. >E]

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Yeah. Some of them sounded really worthwhile to have.

[Though her heart's not quite in it. The rubble at the battledome means the reason she was saving up in the first place is now gone.]

[That expression and tone of voice don't go unnoticed, leaving Richard wondering about the use of the past tense in her sentence there.]

Is something wrong?

I'll do my best to steer you out of trouble. [She's only going to pour him a finger-width of the stuff. It'd be pretty rude to Noel if he died from alcohol poisoning, after all.]

Not really. [...well.] No more than usual. I guess this was kind of a really sour homecoming. You know Sanji-kun thinks he's someone else this week? And...

[...nnnng. Well, it really doesn't matter now.]

I was hoping to find a way to lift some shifting tech from Catherine. It's not gonna happen now.

I see... I'm sorry to hear that. Things never do seem to go the way we want them to here, especially when they're the things we want the most. But then again, I suppose that's true of the rest of the world as well.

...yeah, I can kinda guess who at least one of them is. [Not so sure about the other. Isamu...? Sadly she's not privy to all the drama that went down between the three of them way back when.] Give it time? Sometimes a whole lot of space can put some perspective on things.

[He smiles faintly; he figured she could've guessed. Even if he hadn't said. But then, he hadn't talked about it much. He reflects idly that Mikage had heard the most of it at the time, but he never did tell him how the talking thing went after the fact. orz.]

Yeah, that's what I've been thinking. I've been...keeping my distance, the last little while.

It's early days yet. [She smiles.] Any time you want to vent, feel free to look me up.

Yeah. Thanks, Nami, I appreciate it. [A woosh of breath, like a sound of relief, then he asks,] How are you doing?

[Because yes. That experiment.]

Hey. [Despite her mood, she smiles faintly.] Been a fun week?

Well, you've caught me on my lunch break, but I'll be home in a few hours. Did you want to meet?

It'll wear off. Just give him space for the week.

For real? Sounds like you know more than me, Nami, and I was there. Didn't stick, though.

Heh. I heard that from Law at the clinic. I guess he probably fought them.

Pretty much.

So's this mean you're taking up space in the bar a lot?

Well, let's see. He glared at me, then he was rude, then he vanished.

He did apologise. I think I hurt his feelings.

I didn't see anyone come from the clinic. Doubt it matters much, though. What happened to Old Blue?

Sounds fun. [Heh. Her smile is lopsided.] Care to share a drink and drown your sorrows?

[What, anyone would think this was weird-- okay fine, she puts him down. And flops down on the stairs in front of him to talk at his level.] You could say that. I just got back from a mission to find Sanji teleporting around the place. Everyone's kind of off this morning. Also, your captain thinks he's a ninja.

[...yup.]

Angry bartender. Uh huh.

Well, Vash, I gotta be off. Have a good day!

It happens.

...I'm used to Luceti pulling the rug out from under my feet. I'll just find another way.

Badly hurt. And his lab under the battledome was destroyed.

You off to look for Sanji? I'll let you know if I see him today!

I think I had enough boozing last time to last me this time around.

[Fine, but he'll likely go hunting for the cook later ~~when his handlers aren't around~~.] The only one I've seen. A lot of people missing yesterday, though. Luffy and Vivi were gone too.

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