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Swordswoman, huh. Bet that caught your interest.

Yeah. George-san says we should just do turkey, but...I like ham. So both. Anything in particular YOU want?

Mm-hm. Knew there had to be more of 'em out there...

Seems like everybody wants both. You know as long as there's booze, I'll be good.

She pretty?

...Yeah, way to be predictable, marimo.

...I guess? Very distinguished, and some beautifully spare swordwork. Think her blade's a Meitou.

Whatever, simple needs, cook.

...I ask about her looks and you tell me about her sword. Typical.

Yeah, no kidding. You gotta come with us tonight, by the way.

Huh? What the hell do her looks matter? She's aged well, I suppose, but as a sensei it's more important that her swordplay is impressive.

No, I don't. I've been out practically every night we've been here.

They don't matter, I was just curious! And -- what do you mean, aged well?

Because we're at an island that's actually got places WORTH going to. Anyway, people want you to come for some reason I can't really fathom. So just come.

Always the women and the looks with you. And Takei-sensei must be near sixty, but she's in great shape; still whupping everyone here without breaking a sweat.

They'll get over it. There's this training challenge, the Thousand Year Journey of Pain, that I wanna try. I figure I could do it in a week, at most.

......Near sixty. Right, not interested anymore.

And just what the hell is that?

So shallow, cook.

Think it's a kind of obstacle course around the whole circuit of the island. Climbing the mountain, fording rivers, crossing the desert, etc etc.

She's sixty, man. That ain't me being shallow.

...You really think you can do that?

Uh-huh. So what, older women don't get special treatment at all from you? What about ugly ones?

Sure, why not? I mean, obviously I don't know the island, so I'd have a guide, and Takei-sensei would be setting traps and ambushes on the way.

Special treatment, sure, all ladies deserve that - but I'm not gonna be interested in someone forty years my senior.

Oh, you'll have a guide? That's...better, I guess. You'd just be running around like a chicken with your head cut off otherwise, it really WOULD take you a thousand years.

Mm. Reasonable, I suppose.

Whatever, cook. I'm aiming for four days; don't let the Sunny leave before then.

[ooc: he doesn't realize that there's a holiday and PARTY in two days, haha. Or that Michiko is planning to leave about then, too...]

And LOGICAL.

Yeah, yeah -- wait. WAIT. You're doing this now???

Yeah, I'm planning t'spend the night here and start out in the morning. Have fun with your dancing and shipboard drama.

What the hell, you can't just take off, you gotta BE here on Thursday! And Michiko-chan is talking about stealing a ship or something on Friday and she says she's good at it but fuck knows the marines or someone will notice so we might be making a quick exit outta here and then what'll you do?!

Huh? What's the big deal about Thursday?

...Great, Michiko. What a pain, this is interfering with my training.

Thursday is the Thanksgiving thing!

You could try to convince her to wait or something. That, or just do the Thousand Years of Doom and Gloom race around the island whatever at the next place we go to.

Oh, some kind of...turkey holiday. Che, whatever, guess if I have to make that, I can wait to see if Michiko makes it out the next day.

Still not going dancing, though.

Yeah, turkey and eight million other dishes apparently. It's a holiday from George-san's world. I guess after that we can hang around for a few more days. Usopp was talking about taking George-san out on a date, anyway.

The hell do I care, Usopp's the one who wanted to see it. And Mashiro-san, I think.

They seem to have a hell of a lot of holidays.

...Things less weird on board now, then?

Whatever, I'm not gonna be their entertainment. S'different when there's less people.

Some of them are pretty good, though. This one and Christmas.

Eh...not really. I think everyone's just pretending stuff ain't weird anymore. Could be worse, I guess.

You're not embarrassed, are you, marimo~?

The one with all the presents? Eh, I think they're just basically more excuses to have big feasts.

Pretending hard enough will make it so?...Don't think that'll work.

No. Shut up.

Yeah, they're all just an excuse to eat, but there's other mushy shit involved, too. Christmas just has cool decorations. Like MISTLETOE.

Tell that to them. I think they just don't know where to go from here.

Uh-huh. Marimo-chwan is just too shy to dance in front of people~~

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/pokes around reading about Thanksgiving

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