gavemyword | one // [accidental voice]

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one // [accidental voice]

--oes thi-- s work? Hello? [The journal turns off, then on again.] ... how the-- do you... [Frustrated noises. The sound of fumbling and a bit of static. Wind blows through, loud, before cutting off abruptly. When it finally, finally comes back on the sound is muffled, like someone's speaking a little too close to the journal.]

--re these wings on my back and where the hell are my swords...

[ooc: please note that this is backdated by about a day! it coincides with this, but if anyone wants him from a later point in time just let me know in the comments. :D]

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It's fine. [He pauses for a moment, wondering if he should say something. Instead, he just turns the journal off. He'll see Vivi soon enough.

It only occurs to him later to ask her about his swords. Ah, well.]

[ooc: action thread sounds good! dunno where the kid thread is going so it's probably the safest choice. bT_Tb]

[Much later, at House 6...]

[[ooc: haha, I'm not sure exactly how you wanna do this considering the kids, so I'll let you kind of start it off >.>]]

[After plopping the kids off at the front of the house (at least he knows the little bastards won't freeze to death now), Zoro enters in the hopes of finding something to wear. He needs to go search for his swords but his pants are in a right state and he's still shirtless and his toes have been numb for over an hour already.

So, clothes would be nice. Cautiously, he calls out:] Vivi?

[She's out of her bedroom in a flash, coming straight for him!]

Mr Bushido!

[Zoro, you are now being hugged.]

[He smiles, affectionately patting her on the back. It's not quite a hug, but it's close. He's a little bewildered finding Vivi here of all places but stranger things have happened and he's not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.

For the most part.] What are you doing here? I thought you were staying back home. [Not that he isn't happy to see you, because he totally is.]

[Once the hug quota has been met, she pulls back a little, so as to get a better look at him. Mm, yup, same old Zoro, not looking significantly older or changed, though he does seem to have picked up a fair few new wounds, just healing by the look of the fresh pink skin.] ...eheh. It's really a long story. Did you notice the-- [Here she taps her shoulder, pointing back to the wings she now sports.]

[But maybe more important than explanations, at least for Zoro, is this:] I think I know where your swords are. I can bring you. [And probably stop for clothes along the way, considering the state of his pants and utter lack of shoes.]

Yeah. Hard not to. [A grin. Ignorance really is bliss sometimes.

As happy as he was to have Vivi back, Zoro felt something nagging at him. Instinct, of a sort. The kids were one thing-- his thoughts went to the Marines back at the auction house, and to the tricks some of the other Supernovas were capable of-- but Vivi's presence meant that this couldn't have all been caused by that Kuma bastard. His mind running through the possibilities, he fully sobers at the mention of his swords.] Good, you can explain what's going on when we get there.

[Vivi's expression grows a touch more solemn, and she nods.] I'll explain while we walk.

[She pauses and drags her eyes down his ragged pants and bare feet.] ...first let me find you something to wear out in the cold.

It's fine. We can do that after. [There's a touch of impatience in his voice. The clothes had taken priority back when he had no idea where his swords were. Now that they were within reach, finding them and figuring out what was going on felt like the more pressing issue.

Besides, it's not like he can even feel the cold anymore. Surely that was a good sign? 8|a]

[Vivi sighs but doesn't protest. After all, this is the guy who went swimming in the icy water at Drum and later trekked through the snow with no protection from the elements. A little walk down the street shouldn't be that bad. She does, however, grab her own winter coat and pull on a knit cap before pulling open the front door.]

They should be at the smithy.

[A serious nod. He turns and walks out the door, confidently heading down the street. Smithy, smithy... shouldn't be too hard to find...

Vivi may want to catch him before he wanders back up the mountain.]

[For a moment, Vivi can only stand and marvel at Zoro's seeming uncanny ability to instinctively head the complete opposite direction from his intended destination.]

[Then she clears her head with a shake, and jogs to catch up with him.] Mr Bushido! [She'll just...slip her arm in his and gentle steer him around.]

It's this way.

[Zoro just follows her with a kind of baffled look in his eye. It seemed fair enough that she should know where to go.]

Oh... Ok.

So. I suppose I should explain... [And as they walk, she gives him the basic run-down of Luceti, and tells him he's been here before, to boot.] ...but I guess you don't remember any of that. [To which he might detect a subtle note of disappointment in her voice.]

[She pauses in case he has questions.]

[He would if he knew where to start. Zoro felt strangely disconnected from the information, like the idea of being here before was wrong simply because his memories of Kuma were still so fresh. But he supposed that was part of it.]

What about th-[brats] Nami and curly brow? That happen a lot, people getting turned into kids?

[For a moment, she just blinks at him in confusion. Then, slowly, comprehension dawns.] You saw Nami-san and Sanji-san? They were taken a few days ago...

[Which means they're back now! And...kids?] They're children? [You know what, she's gonna ignore his question, because there are more pressing concerns right now.] But where did you see them? Where are they?

Found them in the mountains and brought them with me when I came down. Didn't seem like they remembered anything but I'm pretty sure it was them. [He thinks about it for a second.] I dropped them off at the house. Seemed like they were looking for something.

[...so for the sake of this thread, Vivi will apparently assume they are safely with Bellemere instead of marching you right back to the house, because really, Zoro? Really? They didn't remember anything and you just left them there?]

[But yes. Bellemere. >.>]

[Vivi gives a sigh of relief.] I'm glad they're back. Ah. They'll go back to their right ages after a while. Just...these things happen here sometimes. Strange effects. They don't usually last too long; generally a week or so at most.

[Aaaand here they are, at the weapon shop/smithy. Vivi tugs him inside, already scanning the place for a sight of familiar blades.] Your swords should be here. We may just have to look a bit.

[Sorry, was he supposed to be playing responsible adult? Oops. Thank you for being awesome and sort of naive, Vivi. B|b

He doesn't say anything about the 'strange effects', whatever those were. It was comforting to hear the relief in Vivi's voice because at least that meant Nami and Sanji wouldn't be stuck in their horrible nightmare forms for much longer. A small, distant part of Zoro cheered and maybe sobbed a little at the thought.] I'll check over there.

[Zoro had a more refined sense for this kind of thing and it took him no time at all to locate Wado Ichimonji. Lacking a proper sash to put it though, he just gripped it tightly in one hand as he searched through another pile of swords.]

Edited 2012-02-07 20:42 (UTC)

[Vivi mills around to the other side of the shop, keeping her eyes peeled for any of Zoro's swords. Of course, she doesn't realize that he no longer has Yubashiri. Then, on a display rack, she spots a sword that she's pretty sure belongs to Zoro: Sandai Kitetsu, in fact. Clutching it carefully in both hands, she hurries over to Zoro to confirm.]

Mr Bushido! This one belongs to you, doesn't it? [She holds it up for his inspection.]

[He finds Shusui around the same time Vivi comes up with Sandai Kitetsu. Tucking Shusui under his arm, he gently takes it from her. Stupid, he should have gone to find that one first.] Yeah, thanks.

[Now that he has all three back together, he can't help but notice something was off. Like their tempers and curses and even Wado's steady presence were... muffled? Hrm. He would have inspected them more thoroughly if his arms weren't so full of swords. He did not think this through.] Er-- can I borrow your scarf?

[It strikes her as a strange request, but maybe the cold is finally catching up to him. Vivi nods, and begins unwinding the scarf wrapped around her neck.] Of course!

[She hands the scarf over to him, taking a look over the swords in his arms.] Is that one new?

Yeah. The last one [rusted?] broke. [It takes him some maneuvering-- swords of this caliber were not meant to be handled this way B|-- but he somehow manages to wind her scarf around his waist. He slips the swords in one by one and is notably more relieved by the end of it.

Zoro pats them, grinning cheekily at Vivi.] So. Clothes?

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