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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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[And Nami has an extended conversation on that very same link, before stepping back to glance at Law.]

So this is a mess.

[All of it.]

[Shock and awe. Perona may even forget all the horrible things you did during her first few hours in Luceti. B|]

Eeh?! The barrier still--[She groans, pouting a second after.] They can't even give us an ocean to sail on?! As much as I like staying here on land where everything is free, I want to go back out to sea. I'm still a pirate! ...But you are right, something is better than nothing. Even if it's not that good.

[A little laugh at that.] Yeah. Well, provided he's willing to give some straight answers.

The more samples of it that can be collected, the better! I can compare them to the symbols we found in the temple before that was submerged.

[He aims to please.] Like what?

[Hey YOU STARTED IT B|]

It's a taste of home. There's enough to sail on at least. Charting it still took a couple weeks.

[Vivi waves that away.] I won't be able to go back to sleep now anyway.

[Later, perhaps, she'll manage to sleep, but she knows to stay in bed now would only end in restless tossing and turning.]

Yeah.

...if he gives any, I'll let you know.

Oh, there were symbols out there? [Her interest is piqued.] I have to admit, I didn't know much about that ruin. [All of her sketches are surrendered into Raine's care.]

You know how much money I've made just because I can outdrink everyone else in the bar?

[Wow. Why isn't he surprised that this was the answer? Don't mind the fact that he looks like he never wants to drink alcohol again as he speaks up.]

Why am I not surprised? [What? He speaks his mind.]

...

[Heh.] Okay. Let's go check on Luffy. Hopefully he's normal.

[A chuckle.] Thanks, Nami.

[It's not the full story. She gives a snort at that response.] Or how many fights I've avoided just by challenging the other party to drinks? I've had a lot of call to find less violent ways out of things, you know. Nobody believes a dainty little girl can outdrink a beefy seasoned pirate, after all.

All right. Just a second... [Once out of bed, she pauses to shrug into her robe and belt it loosely. There we go. She nods.]

Ready!

[DID NOT. B|]

You've charted this ocean? Mm....it almost sounds like you've been here a very long time, pirate woman. Is that why you and some of the others look so...strange? [Yeah, Perona has certainly noticed the physical changes between a few of you Straw Hats.]

Great! [Plushie therapy is the best therapy ;u; Alas, he must eventually break it off to slip out of her grasp.] I'd better go tell them I'm back, then.

Okay. [One last ruffle on the top of his hat, and she steps away from the door.] Seventh Heaven for dinner tonight, okay?

[God knows Sanji won't be around to cook. Nami sets off. /o/]

...you could say that. Though some of us are here from a good two years in your future. [All of us, except Zoro, now.]

[He's been listening. And staring hard at his journal and the name on it. Trafalgar... not Toshio. Once she is out of the room, he pockets the sphere he set into the console earlier.]

Apparently.

[Something subtly disturbed is working its way through his eyes. Trafalgar.]

It was a temple that was used for sacrificial rituals, that we are certain of. Most of the artifacts had been swept through and removed before we were able to explore it, however. [Blegh, ocean.] But we did what we could when the opportunities were there. There's certainly enough left for comparison, if nothing else.

T-Two years?! [WHAT.] How is that even--...if that's true, then what became of me? I...I-I didn't land in the ocean, right?! I'm still alive a-and safe, right?! And Moria-sama, and Thriller Bark! What became of everything if you're really from that far ahead?!

[The swordsman said it was still standing from what he could recall, so...so maybe the ship didn't sink. Maybe all her possessions were still intact! Maybe, then, she could go back there one day, and retrieve her possessions, and...and B-Bearsy--]

[Oh, man. Given how Nami felt at the time she first turned up in Luceti, she actually has sympathy for you here.]

You're fine. [We're just assuming Perona has at least come up in the past, okay.] At least, Sanji-kun and Zoro ran into you at Sabaody just before we left again. That was years after Kuma.

[...she doesn't know you spent two years with Zoro, though |D]

[She can't help but note the staring, and Nami catches his gaze.] You know you're affected, don't you?

[O-oh. Sacrificial rituals; she had heard about that a while ago. Nami shifts on her seat uncomfortably ~~she totally sat down at some point~~ and shakes her head.] Kinda glad it's not being used now, then. If I get sent back at any point, I'll take as many samples as I can.

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