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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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If they did, I think we can know for sure that the Malnosso have always been lying when they say they can't send us home.

And if that's so, they're probably hiding the way how somewhere. [Then again, take everything the Malnosso say with a grain of salt. Naoki's never been sure how to regard them.]

Yeah. I don't know what to think. I'll ask Catherine directly.

Catherine... [Inquiry laced in his voice. He has a feeling he knows who that is, but--]

[..oh that's right. He just got back. She has no clue how much he knew before that.] That's the name the blue guy goes by. Have you ever met him? Old eccentric guy with a preference for blondes.

... Oh! The blue guy-- I think I remember him. [Because he was just. Odd and those kinds of people stick in the head, even if you don't want them to.]

Yeah. He was in charge for a while. But I think he's been hiding out here for the last year or so.

What? [Incredulous.] Here as in...in the village here?

Yeah. Below the battledome. He confessed to hiding out here after the huge Luceti Valley experiment he ran last year.

Eh--? Somehow, that doesn't sound like the best plan, does it? Unless he was really sure he was safe down there.

[So then... Going off of that... His eyes narrow in thought as his thoughts settle on the wreckage of the battledome Nami's picking through.]

Catherine's never struck me as the sort of person to think things through properly. Though it might have been that the battledome was the safest in comparison. [She nudges a piece of rubble with her foot. Another option has occurred to her, but that she won't bring up on the journals.] I guess we can ask him if he shows his face again.

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

Yeah.

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

[A chuckle.] Thanks, Nami.

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