[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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[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

[a sharp nod]

Right.

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

[nods right back]

Then that's all that matters.

[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

Where are you now?

[serving-love.livejournal.com]

Hell if I know—some kind of village, I think. Zoro said it’s the not-city part of this place. [says this in a tone that heavily implies the idiot is utterly unhelpful] He also said something about a shitty house and a lake... Look, just tell me where to go and I’ll get there. If he comes looking it’ll just take fucking hours.

[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

[nods] Yeah, it's really close to the lake. You'll know which one it is when you see it!

[serving-love.livejournal.com]

[sighs] I don't know where the lake is, Luffy. There's some kind of...pub up ahead, is it anywhere around there? And you still haven't told me what the hell this thing is, you know. [shakes the dreamberry a bit, like that'll help Luffy see what he's talking about]

[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

[headtilt] Oh, that's a Dream-thingy. They let you talk to people and look at dreams and stuff. There's also a map somewhere, I think... [not that Luffy's ever been able to find or use the map function] ...but the lake is north of the village, so just go where it feels colder!

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

[rolls his eyes, but can't help chuckling in a fond way] Yeah, alright. North. And what do you mean, you can look at dreams?

[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

The weird stuff people see when they sleep. You can see it all on these. [pokes his own Dreamberry's screen]

[serving-love.livejournal.com]

That's...disconcerting. [Sanji's note to self: holy shit, TRY TO CONTROL WHAT YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS COMES UP WITH WHEN YOU'RE NOT LOOKING] ...Hey. You've got a kitchen at this shitty house of yours, yeah?

[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

[Now you've got him grinning again -- FOOD.]

Yeah! It's got lots of stuff, too! I dunno what any of it does, but it looks cool!!

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

[goes a little bit starry-eyed at that]

Lots of stuff, huh. [kitchen appliancesss *_______* -- and then a terrifying thought enters his mind] ...You haven't been doing your own cooking, have you?

[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

Ace and I tried that, but we kept lighting stuff on fire... so we cooked outside instead.

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

...

[Deep breaths, Sanji, deep breaths—] Yeah, you're not allowed in there anymore. Does the fridge come with a lock? 'Cause there ain't no way in hell I'm putting up with your shitty monkey fingers stealing all my—wait, Ace is here??

[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

Uhh, nope, no lock.

[Lies.]

Ace was here for a while, but then he left.

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

[Peering closely at the screen and dammit, he can't tell if you're lying or not.] I'm buying one, then.

[He still has NIGHTMARES about waking up to find that his idiot captain had eaten the rest of the ham that was supposed to be part of the filling of his two lovely ladies' breakfast omelets, after all.]

...Oh. Well shit, I wouldn't have minded getting to see him again.

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[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

[Noooo, not his midnight snacks HE NEEDS THOSE ;_;]

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[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

He might still come back. You and Zoro did!

[serving-looove.livejournal.com]

[SORRY LUFFY, Sanji's totally commandeering your kitchen~]

Guess so. So it's just you and Zoro there now?

[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

[ :'( ]

We had another person staying with us, but he left a few days ago.

[serving-love.livejournal.com]

[heaves an overly dramatic long-suffering sigh] Back to living with all shitty guys again, huh. Great. Alright, well—lake up north. Got it. I'll be there soon.

[noodlearrms.livejournal.com]

[ignores that first part]

Just call us if you get lost!

[And he ends the transmission... without telling Sanji how to call people. Hopefully, he can figure that out on his own.]