[001 || Video]

[serving_love]

[The video flickers on, at first giving you nothing but a lovely view of some grass and the tip of a black shoe. The image is shaky as the picture swings from one side to the other, and a man's voice can be heard muttering.]

"The hell is this shitty thing...?"

[Eventually the screen gets flipped around with more dizzying momentum, showing a brief shot of the sky before lowering to take in a very confused face that is definitely looking worse for wear. He stares for a moment before sighing, and then drags his eyes away and instead gives his surroundings a scrutinizing look. As the camera pans back slightly, you're able to take in the torn and dirty clothes, the bruises and dried blood, and the general air of exhaustion the man has about him.]

"...Wonder where that bastard sent me." [He scrubs a hand over his face and through his hair, still muttering.] "Nami-san and Robin-chan better be alright, I swear—" [There's another sigh, slightly wistful this time, before the man looks curiously back to the screen again. Some faint beeping can be heard as he messes around with various buttons, and then the picture cuts out as he grumbles one last thing.]

"Fuck, I need a cigarette."

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[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

[clamps his mouth shut at that, because yeah, there really isn't anything more to say, is there? Luffy doesn't make shit up, that's Usopp's job] ...Hn.

[sighs suddenly, bringing his free hand up to rub his forehead] This is really fucking weird. Also— [looks at the screen again and smirks juuuust a bit] You not knowing where you are pretty much defines your constant state of existence. Perpetual shitty lost boy, of course you don't know where this is. Another world, my ass. [ah, marimo-poking therapy, Sanji feels better already~]

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

You— [This other-world thing is NOT HIS IDEA, jackass. >8|] —Shut the hell up, I know exactly where I am, just like always. In our house by the lake. ['Our house', that's kind of fucking weird to say. They should have a ship. :|a] Where the hell are you?

[serving-love.livejournal.com]

[furrows his brow at the 'our house' bit, because it's wtf-inducing on several different levels, but doesn't comment on it] I'm...in a shitty field or something. There's some houses over there. [jerks his thumb over his shoulder, not that Zoro can really see anything he's pointing at]

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

Oh. [He's looked at maps of this place before, if there are fields that probably means...] You're in the...not-city part of this place. [He also knows there's a way to send one's location through these 'phone' things, but he has no clue how to go about doing it, and the only other person around is Luffy, who—yeaaah, not asking him how, either. >_>] Che. Guess we gotta come find you. [Heavily implying 'you're such a pain in the ass.' And...this will not end well. *__*]

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

...If I have to wait for you to find me, I'll be stuck out here forever. And I'd kind of like to get somewhere where I can figure this shit out sometime in the next decade, so. [heaves a huge sigh that very much implies 'you're an even BIGGER pain in the ass so nyah' and pushes himself to his feet with a grunt] Tell me which direction to go. And I'll go the opposite way. That should get me to wherever the hell you are.

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

...How about you go to hell, dartboard brow? [Except this would be irritable shuffling as he gets up and makes to head out the door anyway. orz M-maybe he'll stumble across you through some miracle? Eventually?] Or head for those damn houses and ask people how to find the lake, I don't know where the hell you are.

[Another glance.] Or a hospital, if you're still fucked up.

[serving-love.livejournal.com]

Already there, remember? [Oh Zoro. Or you'll just walk in circles for hours.]

I'm gonna go find a road, see if I can find anyone to talk to along the way. And I don't need a goddamn hospital. [punctuates this statement with a glare, then heads off in the direction of the houses] Is there some kinda main street or something in this shitty town?

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

...Hn. Suit yourself. [At least he can see you're in one piece, which is more than he could say he knew before. Not that he cares.]

Didn't see one flying over it. Lotta zig-zagging paths.

[serving-love.livejournal.com]

Oh good, zig-zagging paths. This'll be easy, then. [Sarcasm, it's every grumpy person's best friend.]

[Still walking along, eventually he gets close enough to the buildings he was moving towards that he can make out what they actually are.] Hey. Think I found a bar or something. You laid claim to this place yet?

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[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

If it's too hard for you, cook, you could just—

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

[Wait what? Booze??] A bar?? Shit, remember where it is, I've been looking for one for weeks—you must be somewhere really out of the way.

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

Who said anything about it being hard, asshole? [walks around to the front of the building, peering up at it] Yeah, it's a tavern. Thought this would've been the first shitty place you'd sniff out.

[He's halfway debating going in for a drink or ten himself, but one glance down at his torn and beat up clothes changes his mind right quick. Shit, he could really use a shower, too. And a bed. A bed would be fucking awesome.] ...Exactly how far out of the way?

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

Che. Not my fault this place was built with a messed up layout. [u__u AKA Zoro gets lost, to no one's surprise. Also he was laid out for a good while after he got here. :|a]

[scratching his head and adding after a moment] On the map it's shaped like a circle. The village place is in the middle, the lake is on the outer edge, somewhere near the top. [OMG he can sort of read a map!!! ...Of course it doesn't mean he can use it properly. :|a]

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

It could be a barren dump of land ten feet across and you'd still consider it a messed up layout. [Because the more lost Sanji feels, the more he rags on you -- it's totally logical. :|]

[lets out a quiet groan that's tinged with annoyance and leans back against the outside wall of that tavern] So pretty damn far, then. What the hell's in between?

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[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

...Babbling stupid shit, you must be normal.

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

And I don't know; a city, I think. Ask someone for directions, shithead. [heavy overtones of 'DUH']

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

[scowls] I was asking you, forgive the momentary lapse of judgment! Have you even left that shitty house since you got here?? [—then abruptly pauses and rewinds, flashing back to barely even an hour or two ago and the condition he'd last seen Zoro in, which means he probably turned up here in the same state...] Or did they have you on bed rest or something?

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

[Zoro's brows instantly draw downward in a matching scowl. Who is Sanji saying was an invalid??] I've been out plenty, moron. [Which neatly both does and doesn't answer the second question. Bed rest, pah.] Been all over the damn place, but it looks fucking different from the air.

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

[grumble grumble, almost inaudible] ...Probably shoulda been on bed rest, stupid shit-swordsman, could hardly fucking stand... [then louder] All over the damn place except for anywhere useful—wait, what the hell is this ‘from the air’ shit? And you said something about flying before...

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

[Zoro will never admit that he was on bed rest if he can possibly help it, so he just ignores that grumble, though his eye twitches uncomfortably. Insults aside, that could be mistaken for something close to concern, shit-cook.]

Hn. Last week this damn place pulled something weird and had me flying all over. [...] Lucky you missed that shit, really. Were about a million Luffy copies running around.

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

[Bah, concern, never.......well. Okay, maybe a little, but he's gonna join you in this never-admitting-EVER party you're having. :|]

...That sounds absolutely horrifying. [frowns in confusion] Was it some asshole with a Devil Fruit or something? I mean—I know this ain't the Grand Line, but what the hell?

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much.

You deaf or something, cook? I told you, it was something about this place. Some woman said it was because of...'dream energy' and the moon, I don't know, didn't make much sense to me.

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

Tch, yeah I heard you, but it didn't make any shitty sense. How can a place... This is fucking ridiculous, I ain't ever heard of shitty dream energy before, and the hell does the moon have to do with anythi—okay. You know what? Just. [drags a hand over his face and pushes off the wall finally, starting to walk again so he can get to this damn lake already] Nevermind. You're giving me a headache.

[strayswordsman.livejournal.com]

[Zoro blows out a breath.] Look. I don't know what's up with this shit, either, alright. Stop getting all pissy.

[His tone of voice is a lot less confrontational than his words]

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

I'm not pissy, I'm frustrated. [pretty much just sounds tired] Whatever, I'll figure all that crap out later.

[kind of goes quiet for a moment as he walks along before eventually speaking again] Hey, someone was saying... When you were—flying around or whatever. There was no ocean?