weakahoshi | Adventure 3- Back to Zero

[Shirahoshi's been having bad dreams. Scary dreams. Dreams of being hurt and people talking and doing things to her and it makes her feel sick to her stomach. In the dreams, she wonders if she's losing something of herself, or betraying some sort of trust she'd been given. But now, waking up, she isn't sure what that trust would even be, or why she's even wondering about it.

The feeling lingers though. It makes her uncomfortable even as she blinks open her eyes.

And the world around her is HUGE. She must have been taken somewhere else again, because Luceti did not tower over her like this even though it was intimidating at first. There are massive houses, bigger than the castle in some ways. And the people! They must be giants! Some of them even tower over her, and no one has ever done that before.

But if she's been moved, that means she isn't where Luffy-sama and the others are anymore either. Even the new friends she met, who knows where they'd be? She's all alone again, though she has her journal and the bubbly coral. Shirahoshi doesn't think to check on them yet. She's too busy panicking to notice that the fountain behind her looks just the same as the one in Luceti, or that the buildings have exactly the same facades.

Someone please come comfort her as she breaks down in normal, human-sized mermaid tears.]

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[One thing Yoh doesn't like to see is someone crying. Specially someone he knows.]

Hey, calm down. It's okay, why are you crying?

Y- Yoh-sama? You're here too?

[Does that mean she's still in Luceti after all?]

Um. That is... were the buildings always this big, before..?

Too? Where do you think you are, Shirahoshi?

[Yoh talks with a small amused laugh knitted with his words, he's not mocking her and it's a natural and casual tone, it's just a bit amusing because for him everything is normal. It's not nice that she's scared, confused and crying but... It's one of those things that time later will seem funny, or so he thinks.]

Unless I've gotten bigger, yes, they have always been this big. If they seem bigger to you, maybe you have become smaller. Or everything else has become bigger, ahahaha I guess that's going to be hard to figure out.

I um... there was... this place...

[Stiff men with cold fingers and shiny skin the wrong color for a human... People in white masks that covered their noses and mouths, injecting her through long needles... Fire coursing through her body and pressure, so much pressure...

But those were just the dreams, weren't they?]

I guess if everyone else is the same then it was probably me that they changed.

[What place? The question doesn't make it past his lips as he looks at her seriously, focusing in her expression and tone, the way her eyes shift and look, basically her whole body language. He can feel and see it easily, confusion over her current situation and what happened to her, maybe even a bit of fear but that's pretty hard to tell. One thing he is clear on is that what has happened to her wasn't intentional on her part, it was disturbing and done in a way so she wouldn't be even sure what had happened. He has yet to be kidnapped but he has heard enough of them to figure out that it's a very likely explanation.

With a sign he smiles at her again, trying to be reassuring.]

Well, that's good, isn't it? If it's just you who changed then it probably will get fixed soon. Why don't you take advantage of it while it lasts? Now you can enter the shops and houses without trouble and you can see how the village looks for us from our perspective.

[That is probably the one thing that could have been said to make Shirahoshi actually happy about this. Her entire being brightens considerably.]

You're right! I can go visit Sanji's restaurant now!

[It's honestly the only place she's really ever heard of.]

[Yoh laughs a bit, glad he made a good guess at what could cheer her up.]

See? Everything is going to be alright.

[His smile fades a bit, though as he looks at her.]

Uhm... Did you find a, how was it? Bubbly coral? If not I will go and try to find a way to help you move around.

[Shirahoshi gasps. She hadn't thought of checking for Bubbly Coral.

Sure enough it's right where she keeps it, tucked in to the band of her skirt, scaled down the same as she is. She presses the button and the coral forms a large, thick bubble that floats at about waist height off the ground. Shirahoshi sits on it, then carefully stabs one end of the coral into the bubble and presses the button again. This time she guides the bubble over her lap and carefully joins the other two ends, creating a donut around her waist. It functions the same way an inflated inner tube works in the water.]

Ready! Do you know where it is?

[Yoh watches with curiosity and slight amazement as she gets ready.]

That Bubbly Coral certainly is useful! Far better than a wheelchair... You won't happen to know how it's made, right?

[He can't help to think of Faust, sure the man gets around with using his dog as legs when he has to and a wheelchair, but maybe this would be better. Not that he has much expectations, even if she knows how to make them it may be something that can only be made in her world, and he will probably forget it once he returns home so...]

If the place you want to go is the same I'm thinking about, yes, I know where it is. In fact, it's right over there. My house is right behind it.

[He points casually in the direction of the Seventh Heaven.]

Adventure 3- Back to Zero

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