twenty-second breath ✧ voice/action

[musubi]

((ooc: backdated to morning))

[Someone is in your kitchen, Sanji.

That same someone is nursing a third cup of coffee and is far more jittery than normal after a certain event from the day before. And by jittery I mean his shaking hands come close to spilling the contents of his mug on more than one occasion.

His voice (still feminine since he's still stuck as a girl) isn't exactly steady, either.]

[filtered from Naoki and Richard]

Has it... e-ever really been this bad before? I-It's like they're hitting us with the whole year at once.

[The fact that he seems to have some abilities now doesn't even make him feel more secure. Maybe he can blame it on these female hormones later...]

Comments

[mikanchibi.livejournal.com]

[There is a little girl glaring at you from the doorway, Isamu. WHAT DO.]

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

[Wat. He's not making a mess or touching stuff aside from coffee fixings!

Isamu notices someone is nearby and blinks at her. Right. De-aged Nami.]

What do you want?

[mikanchibi.livejournal.com]

[Maybe she just likes glaring. Or...possibly it's because she has no idea who you are. Let's fix that.]

Who are you?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Sanji's noticed the intrusion upon his sacred kitchen, but he remains a silent sort of thoughtful upon entering.

The first thing he notes is the poor guy (girl?) looks near to shaking himself to pieces]

... Oi. [He slides into a seat, gaze assessing] Shouldn't you try sleeping?

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

Isamu.

I'm a friend of Sanji's.

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

[Isamu relaxes a bit as he notices who's joined him.

He shakes his head and answers as if it should be obvious..] No.

[mikan-chibi.livejournal.com]

[Oh, the chef. Well, he's nice. ...and she's a brat. >>]

Are you his girlfriend?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Ah, he supposes he should've figured as much, and leans back with a sigh]

Usopp told me a little of what happened.

[That he was attacked, but that's about it]

Who was it?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Isamu chokes on his coffee.]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't know?]

Richard and... N-Naoki.

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Oh, he suspected Naoki only. But Richard? No, that's not a name he expected to hear. He utters a soft grunt and closes his eye briefly]

Do you know the chances of them trying to find you? [It's a frank question at best, but in the case they might get visitors knocking... Naoki knows where the Straw Hats live, after all. As much as Sanji would like to think his friend-turned-evil would know better than to knock on the door of powerful pirates, he's not gonna assume either]

[mikanchibi.livejournal.com]

[Innocent blinking. That totally wasn't on purpose. (...only half.)] Are you okay?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.] I don't. They didn't f-follow Usopp.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Cough.] Yeah. F-fine.

I'm definitely not Sanji's girlfriend. No way in hell.

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Sanji wishes he could take comfort in that. But presently, he nods]

Alright... but stick around the house until this shitty experiment's over. [he stands up, only to walk to the stove]

You can stay in my room.

[saidontmatter.livejournal.com]

[Donnie told him about these talking books, but he's been to shy and stubborn to check it out for himself until now. Curiosity finally gets the best of him when he hits Isamu's entry. This girl sounds scared. Maybe as scared as he is, and he feels like he knows her somehow.

Raphie peeks into the little window and watches her through the camera for a while, frowning thoughtfully. He never knew humans could be scared. It's a little fascinating.]

A-are you scared?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[There are so many comments Isamu could have followed up that statement with, but as it is he just nods and takes another sip from the mug.

If he's with Sanji he might stand a chance.]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[It's not like he can really lie at this point. Who's this little kid anyway? Some other inhabitant de-aged, no doubt.]

Who's this?

[saidontmatter.livejournal.com]

Why?

[And why do you think he'd give you his name, silly human?]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Because something scared me. I-isn't that usually the reason?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[That Isamu doesn't follow up with anything, especially when Sanji knows how odd that last comment must seem... Naoki and Richard must've done a number on the guy.]

You hungry? [he needs to cook for the crew anyway, and isn't above making an extra plate]

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

[Yes. Very.]

...N-no.

[saidontmatter.livejournal.com]

Yeah...b-b-b...but you're a human

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't think humans don't ever get scared, because that's bullshit. We get scared all the d-damn time. M-mostly from things that aren't human.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[He thinks a beat.]

You...you scared 'a me?