9 x 3 = 27
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onepieceyaoi100Hmm, this community's not very active right now, is it?
Well, here's a sequel to my previous drabble. It doesn't feature Zoro dreaming (or not dreaming), but it takes place after the events in Bloody and refers to a scene all you MP&theHG fans will recognize, which I did not cut-and-paste this time. Non-fans will hopefully find it amusing, too.
Title: 9 x 3 = 27
Topic: Follow Up/Through
Rating: PG (I can't seem to get a clear grasp of this system)
Word Count: 300
Pairing: None in this particular piece (refer to previous drabbles for the vague yaoi hints)
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The town was filled with filth, but we managed to secure and clean the inside of a house. Returning to the ship would've been better, but we had followed that enchanter too far inland.
I felt a bit guilty for what happened. The prospect of getting a clue that would lead to treasure had excited me. Personally, I wasn't interested in this “Holy Grail,” but it was obviously priceless among collectors.
Wait, why should I alone feel guilty? Almost everyone else was eager to get to that cave, too. Luffy, to fight a monster. Zoro, because Luffy said so. Robin, to get a look at the Grail. And Sanji-kun, because Robin and I said so. The only blameless ones were Usopp and Chopper.
*knock* *knock*
Being closest, I got up and opened the door. There stood a smelly man wearing nastier-smelling rags.
"What do you want?"
"Nine beli for each dead guy."
"Excuse me?"
"Town's death-rate's so high that we have weekly carcass-pickup rounds. Saw you come in with some."
"They're not dead."
"Yet. Since you're new here, I'll bend regulations a bit and take the soon-to-die ones right now for you."
"They're not dying!"
"You're not fooling anyone, you know. Those were obviously fatal injuries."
"They'll be fine in two days flat."
"Look, next round's not until Thursday. It's against the law to litter the streets or countryside with carcasses. Three corpses indoors will stink up quickly, especially during this season."
"Leave!"
"Jeeze lady, I'm just trying to do you a favor. No need to get nasty."
"Leave NOW!!"
"I'm going, I'm going. Bet you're a witch."
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
I went back inside to prove the bastard wrong. Twenty-seven beli? Crook. As the door closed, I heard him hollering, “Bring out your dead!” to those outside.
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Don't get me wrong. I like Nami and her money-grubbing ways. (^_^)
Also, I'll be gone from Tuesday to Friday of this week. So, if by some ill-timed miracle I win this week (<-hahaha!! I laugh at myself), I'd like the next topic to be: One-sided love of the ?->Sanji variation.
Well, here's a sequel to my previous drabble. It doesn't feature Zoro dreaming (or not dreaming), but it takes place after the events in Bloody and refers to a scene all you MP&theHG fans will recognize, which I did not cut-and-paste this time. Non-fans will hopefully find it amusing, too.
Title: 9 x 3 = 27
Topic: Follow Up/Through
Rating: PG (I can't seem to get a clear grasp of this system)
Word Count: 300
Pairing: None in this particular piece (refer to previous drabbles for the vague yaoi hints)
*******************************
The town was filled with filth, but we managed to secure and clean the inside of a house. Returning to the ship would've been better, but we had followed that enchanter too far inland.
I felt a bit guilty for what happened. The prospect of getting a clue that would lead to treasure had excited me. Personally, I wasn't interested in this “Holy Grail,” but it was obviously priceless among collectors.
Wait, why should I alone feel guilty? Almost everyone else was eager to get to that cave, too. Luffy, to fight a monster. Zoro, because Luffy said so. Robin, to get a look at the Grail. And Sanji-kun, because Robin and I said so. The only blameless ones were Usopp and Chopper.
*knock* *knock*
Being closest, I got up and opened the door. There stood a smelly man wearing nastier-smelling rags.
"What do you want?"
"Nine beli for each dead guy."
"Excuse me?"
"Town's death-rate's so high that we have weekly carcass-pickup rounds. Saw you come in with some."
"They're not dead."
"Yet. Since you're new here, I'll bend regulations a bit and take the soon-to-die ones right now for you."
"They're not dying!"
"You're not fooling anyone, you know. Those were obviously fatal injuries."
"They'll be fine in two days flat."
"Look, next round's not until Thursday. It's against the law to litter the streets or countryside with carcasses. Three corpses indoors will stink up quickly, especially during this season."
"Leave!"
"Jeeze lady, I'm just trying to do you a favor. No need to get nasty."
"Leave NOW!!"
"I'm going, I'm going. Bet you're a witch."
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
I went back inside to prove the bastard wrong. Twenty-seven beli? Crook. As the door closed, I heard him hollering, “Bring out your dead!” to those outside.
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Don't get me wrong. I like Nami and her money-grubbing ways. (^_^)
Also, I'll be gone from Tuesday to Friday of this week. So, if by some ill-timed miracle I win this week (<-hahaha!! I laugh at myself), I'd like the next topic to be: One-sided love of the ?->Sanji variation.
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Date: 2005-04-04 05:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-04 04:25 pm (UTC)You right...the community has been dead. I've been so busy working on my contest fic I haven't writen anything this week.
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Date: 2005-04-04 09:01 pm (UTC)I was afraid this misunderstanding would occur (*shakes fist at word count*). The cleanup guy meant that it would cost Nami nine beli to take away each dead body.
Nami's insistence that her crewmates aren't dead (and subsequent determination to not let them die, i.e. prove the guy wrong) can be taken as either her outrage at being told her friends will die, or she doesn't want to pay the money to get rid of the bodies.
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Date: 2005-04-05 02:31 am (UTC)