[Action/Video] Day 5 onwards

[mikangirl]

[And on the first four days of this experiment, lo, the navigator was completely unaffected and oblivious, casually making use of Trafalgar Law's coated ship to pretend Luceti doesn't exist explore the ruins beneath the water.  She'd have invited Raine, only you know.  Under the surface and all.  S'all good.  It's not like the rest of the village is going nuts or anything, is it?

...

...and on day 5, there is a lot of screaming, lost to the depths of the sea.  Luckily, her journal is off for that part, or she'd never live it down.  However.]

[Panicked Voice] 

Zoro!!  Katara?  Someone get me off of this thing!!   Why is it always a boat?

[Ship, Nami.  But hey.   Feel free to drop in on her for a rescue or a random teleport or whatever floats your...boat... /shot


From day 7 onward Nami will be afflicted by the teleporting bug herself, turning up in all sorts of awkward places.  Not always fully dressed.  Beware:  she will charge you for the privilege,   8|  Throughout, though, she really kind of believes she's someone else, married with three children.  Ahahaha.  She may kill someone when this is over.]



((ooc:  Please note the first portion of this takes place before Alexei's post about pinwheels.))

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[gavemyword]

Or I could cut our way out. [Yes, this plan is still on the table. B|b

Zoro pulls Shuusui out of its sheathe, destructive intent rolling off him in waves.]

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[mikangirl]

[SJDKfhSDFA just gonna kinda lunge forward and wrap both arms around that swordarm DX] Much as I love you, Zoro, I will happily murder you if you drown us both-- [Logic. B| Also, she loves you, have fun with that.] Just think for a second!

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[gavemyword]

[He lifts his arm, towing Nami upward until they're pretty much face to face.] We won't drown! We just need to swim to the surface! It's not like it's............

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[gavemyword]

... wait, what did you say?

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[mikangirl]

[Okay fine so she'll stand on tippytoes and shout in your face. Good plan. :|b]

I said think for a moment! [Sorry were you referring to something else.] We're at the very bottom! I can't hold my breath for that long. I can't even see what's out there, and there are sharks out there!

[Also, the weather calendar says there's a thunderstorm. 8|]

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[gavemyword]

No, not that! [Never mind that none of your reasons make sense to him. Sharks? Really, Nami?] That other... [He colors a little and is, for once, lost for words.]

Never mind. [He drops Nami back to her feet (gently) and re-sheathes his sword.] I'll find us another way out.

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[mikangirl]

[Oh thank god. She knew there was common sense in there somewhere.] Thank you.

...someone's coming out here, they said. Or-- look, you're the second guy who's just appeared out here and he vanished. Maybe it'll happen again. [She hops up to sit on a nearby barrel.]

Is everyone else okay?

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[gavemyword]

[He shuffles around the deck, neck straining as he stares up at the surrounding water. That bubble doesn't look too hard to cut through...]

As far as I know. [Which is Zoro-speak for Who Knows? Sorry, Nami. He barely knows what time it is.] I'm sure they're fine.

[In the meantime, Zoro's gonna go stand in that corner over there. Just... checking for a way out. Really. No need to pay attention to him or anything. >_>a]

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[mikangirl]

[...totally paying attention. Wow, your wife was panicking and you're being antisocial in the corner. What even. B|

So Nami just watches him for a few seconds and tries not to get huffy about this, because he's got a good reason, right? So she'll try and treat this lightly.]

What, was it something I said?

[Nami used Cajoling Tone! Sup, everything's normal here.]

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[gavemyword]

[He turns his head slightly to shoot her a look. That tone just triggers all sorts of Pavlovian responses in him, not a single one of them comforting.

But instead of running for the hills (or the surrounding ocean, as it were), Zoro just shakes his head in response. There's something wrong here but he can't quite put his finger on it...] It's nothing.

[He walks over to Nami, eying her carefully.] Are you ok?

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[mikangirl]

[Relaxing a little, now. That's more like it.] I'm about as good as I can be for waking up in a place like this. It's better with compan--

[She blinks as he approaches and tilts her head to the side.] Did you and Katara have a fight?

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[gavemyword]

[Up goes one eyebrow.] No, why?

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[mikangirl]

[Nami reaches out with a hand as he gets closer... to totally invade his personal space and lift his earrings gently on her fingertips.]

You've got all three. [Kinda worried, man. 8|]

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[gavemyword]

[Wat.]

What does that have to do with anything? You're not making any sense. [Also he's looking a bit uncomfortable here, Nami. Can you... not do that... Zoro's hand comes up to catch her fingers. He lets them hang there for a moment, confusion caught on his face.]

[action] lmao /watches trainwreck begin

[mikangirl]

What do you mean I'm-- [See, now Nami's confused. And she has a momentary thought of panic that maybe he's been Shifted and is therefore different, but then he catches her fingers like that so maybe not and-- uh. She's just gonna blink at him for a few seconds, before asking hesitantly.]

You do remember who I am, right?

[gavemyword]

... Nami, are you sure you're feeling ok? [He drops her hand to awkwardly scratch the back of his head.]

[mikangirl]

You mean, apart from waking up on a random boat under the water? [Definitely she's getting nervous now.] I should ask you the same question. You wanted to cut it! Do you remember who I am?

[gavemyword]

[He doesn't think any of that stuff is particularly strange considering their lifestyle but is at least smart enough to realize that this wasn't the time get into an argument about it. He looks her in the eye, slow and steady.]

You're Nami, our navigator. You like mikan and money and manipulating that idiot love-cook into doing things for you. [Your village was taken over by Arlong and you steal without reservation. You have a sister with purple hair, a weapon that manipulates weather, and a dream as big as my own.

In short, nakama. Zoro's gaze turns suspicious.] ... what's this about?

[mikangirl]

[Navigator. The part after that is true enough (though she's never heard love cook, she's pretty sure she knows who that describes), but 'navigator' is definitely. Wrong. Very wrong. Dammit.]

You don't remember running a dojo? Or the fact that Jack Sparrow stole all my money? The mikan festivals? The fact we're--

[...she doesn't quite have the courage to finish that. But she does look kind of hurt.]

[gavemyword]

The fact that we're... what? [The confusion on his face should be answer enough to the rest of those questions. He doesn't like where this discussion is going but they're already too far down the rabbit hole; he needs to figure out how bad the experiment's effects are, and to try mitigating it if possible.

Being stuck underwater doesn't help any. He knew he should've sliced his way out when he still had the chance.]

[mikangirl]

[She supposes it was only a matter of time before she lost her husband to a Shift. She wasn't expecting to feel so stung by it, though.

...she shouldn't say anything. It will only freak him out. Nami takes a deliberate step away from him so they're at a less intimate distance to each other.]

Nothing. It doesn't matter. It'll wear off eventually.

[gavemyword]

[Zoro... doesn't look pleased. Not by a long shot.] Tell me.

[It occurs to him to just let it go but a small voice inside him thinks he might stand to learn something from all of this.

Damn if he knew what, though.]

[mikangirl]

[...just. How is she meant to tell him this? Because if he doesn't remember, he's just gonna look at her funny and probably be revolted and think she's some kind of crazy idiot...]

You really don't want to know. Trust me.

[Maybe she'll just head into the cabin and try closing the door in his face. >>]

[gavemyword]

[Zoro's having none of that door-face closing business, and he's making that clear by trailing after Nami as closely as possible.]

What's it about?

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[mikangirl]

[Good grief, well at least this part of him is the same. Nami makes a face, but she already knows he's going to out-stubborn her, and it's not like she can just take off somewhere.]