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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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[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.

[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.]

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

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]

[Oh, thank god. Perona heaves out the largest sigh of relief she could possibly make, and slumps forward. Ah, that's...that's good. She's alive. That brute didn't throw her off into the ocean somewhere to sink to her death or something. In fact, it seems she was doing fairly well for herself, if she made it to Sabaody. Is that where Kuma tossed her off to? It didn't seem the place she's even bother going to for very long... More unfavorable things and people than that which she likes.]

Zoro and San--oh, your cook? Is that his name? [She's just been calling him Eyebrow-kun this whole time. 8|a He never did correct her, so...] Why would I be anywhere near Sabaody? And helping you people? I have nothing against you Straw Hats here...but you all are nothing more than a troublesome bunch, I don't want to get into any more danger involving myself with you all!

I didn't mention anything about helping, did I? I just said you were there. For all I know, you could have been bored that day.

Mrrmn...you people need all the help you can get.

[Grumble, mumble. But this does open up a lot of questions for Perona to puzzle over. Why was she at Sabaody? It's possible that she was sent there by Kuma (even if it wasn't anything like what she asked for), but it didn't make much sense. Two years? There's no way she'd spend two years there, of all places. Sabaody was close enough to the Florian triangle that she could just sail back. Stealing a ship would be easy, too, with her ability...so why?]

What else can you tell me? If you know anything in regards to me, I want to know.

Edited (HAHA DIDN'T MEAN TO POST THAT 8Da;;) 2012-05-02 21:15 (UTC)

That's all I know! [She ponders.] I'd say you could ask Zoro, because he knew something about it, I think. But our Zoro doesn't seem to remember anything, so there's not much point.

I don't like that man. [Said quickly, honestly, and flatly.] If I can help it, I'd like to see his face as few times as I can. Here especially.

[Blink. Blinkblink.]

Did Zoro do something I should be aware of?

I just don't like him! He's rude, and ugly, and stupid, and yells at me, and doesn't listen even when I try and say something useful! [Though "useful" can be defined in an array of different ways.]

I can't see how you put up with such a distasteful person.

He has his good points!

Somewhere.

[Zoro: still a sensitive point.]

You can't change my mind, I won't ever like him, or treat him differently.

[Besides, you don't sound very sure of yourself, Pirate Woman.]

I'm sure he'll be crushed.

[Yyyeah, Nami's totally okay with you not liking one of her crew, really.]

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