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Well, exercise is good! I'm sure he needs it! That cage is kinda little for him...maybe we should make him a bigger one after we find him again.

Where did you see him last, anyway? Kitchen?

Guess I could ask Franky to make something...

Ah, yeah. I was baking. What if he got outside?? What if never comes back?!

Oi! A bug cage isn't hard; I could handle that without Franky!

Actually...you and me should make one for him together!!

He's gotta be CLOSE. Are you sure he didn't get into a cupboard or something in the kitchen?

...We should?

I already pulled out every drawer and cupboard in there, he ain't in any of 'em. Lucci's helping me look, though. We'll definitely find him!

Yeah! He's your pet, so you should help me! I bet you know what he'd want it to look like.

...do you think he got out on deck? Hm. Maybe I'll check by Nami's trees; he likes fruit, right? Maybe he wanted a snack.

Yeah, but...I don't build things. Hm. I guess I could help, though. Might be fun!

...Apparently he wanted a BIG snack. Lucci just found him trying to crawl into the apple barrel in the hold.

Oh, come on. It's a BUG CAGE. That HARDLY counts as building. You can at least...decorate it or something.

Oh, good! That you found him, I mean!!

It's artsy-craftsy shit, it's all the same! ...How about I just tell you what color to paint it?

He's all hyped up now. Guess he liked his little adventure.

Don't let Franky hear you compare crafts with carpentry unless you want a lecture. ...okay, how about I'll put it together, and YOU can paint it.

Hyped up how?

I've heard that lecture like five goddamn times already. Ugh. Alright, yeah, that'll work, I guess. Painting can't be too hard.

I dunno, like he doesn't wanna stay still. Keeps trying to take off again.

We can design it together too, okay? And I have lots of colors of paint, so you can make it look however you want!!

Huh. Maybe you should get him a leash.

Yeah, yeah, alright. It doesn't gotta be anything too huge, right? I mean, he's little. He just needs a tad more space.

Do they make leashes for beetles?

Nah, just a little bigger, so he has more room to move around. ...do you think he's grown a little? He kinda seems bigger, doesn't he? A little?

Who knows? It can't be that hard to make one, though. You just need some string and...some kinda harness, I guess.

He's a couple centimeters longer, yeah. Not that I was keeping track or anything.

...I'm not gonna be that guy who walks his beetle.

Really? I KNEW it!! Jeez, he really IS the best beetle out of the ones we found! Aren't you glad me and Luffy let you have him?

Why not? He needs exercise sometimes! I guess you don't really have to WALK him, you could just tie him up when you're cooking or something, so he can explore without getting lost!

Yep. Totally thrilled. ...You know, I can pretty much hold him for as long as I want now without having a freak attack!

Hm. Yeah, I guess I could do that.

...What the hell are you talking to Mashiro-san about?

...so how long is that, exactly?

At least he won't get long again, right?

...nothing. You know how she is.

...I dunno - five, ten minutes? Sometimes longer!!

If by long you mean lost, then yeah, that IS a good point.

Do I? Exactly how is she, Usopp?

Seriously? You must have been practicing in secret or something!

...typo. But OBVIOUSLY it's a good point.

She's...Mashiro.

...I might have been. So what! He's mine, ain't he??

Fine, fine, keep your secrets. Hey, what do you think of Michiko-chan?

I didn't say it was a BAD thing.

...why do you assume this is about SECRETS? It's just nothing, that's all.

Uh. I haven't had a chance to talk to her much yet. She seems okay, I guess. What about her?

How are the other ones doing? ...How many do we even have anymore?

Okay, so it's nothing! I dunno, I was just curious.

She seems pretty fucking awesome to me so far, that's all. And she's a good dancer, too!

They're fine. Um. Like eleven, I think. It's too bad we haven't really had a CHANCE to enter any of them into wrestling matches lately. That Autumn island was too cold; none of the locals had their own and ours just got all slow and sleepy.

...right. I should've known it was something like that. You aren't acting too weird around her, are you? Is she putting up with you okay? Anyway, I guess she seems nice.

Are we ever gonna have a chance? I mean, how many just have huge bugs like that lying around?

Please, I NEVER act weird around girls, I don't know what you're talking about. And of course she's putting up with me, I'm awesome!

LOTS of people do! Beetle wrestling is popular, you know! Like I told you, it's men's romance!! LUFFY GETS IT!

.....riiight. So. You like her then. Is it--I mean...more than your usual?

Edited 2009-11-15 02:46 (UTC)