so_shik | Forty-Third Spool of Thread

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Forty-Third Spool of Thread - [Voice/Action]

[There's the sudden sound of a bunch of boxes falling to the ground, contents spilling everywhere as the journal's camera points up to the ceiling. It shifts suddenly to focus on a particular pink-haired girl who was unceremoniously dumped into the back room of her shop on top of said boxes.]

Ugh...thanks for the warning, jerks. [She begins to untangle herself from the boxes of ribbons and fabrics, moving the journal closer to speak. For the most part, she seems pretty unharmed.]

Hey...so what day is it anyway? Here's hoping I wasn't gone too long, totally bad for business. [There's a slight beat, suddenly remembering something. You know, her housemate that was alone for like a week.] Haruhi, report. [She works her way out from under the pile of materials and the door to the back room swings open, allowing her to enter the main part of the shop.]

Neku...you better have made it back. That was pretty low of them, keeping us sort of together and then sending you back first. Besides, I was right in the middle of designing a n--

[There's a long pause suddenly as she really takes a look at the shop. She's staring at a row of dresser dummies, counting them in her head.]

All right, which one of you broke into my shop when I was gone?!

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Definitely! I have a few of my friends who help out now and then, but I'm always willing to have new people come in.

I'm Shiki, by the way.

I'm Keimi. It's really nice to meet you~! I'll get right to work on making something to show you. You're gonna love it, promise!

Nice to meet you, too. I don't doubt it, I'm excited to see it. Let me know when you're done and we can meet up somewhere.

In the meantime...I'll just have to work on finding that dummy.

Hm... any idea where he might have hidden it?

If he's a pirate there's got to be a ship somewhere, right?

[She nods.]

There's a ship docked in the ocean not too far away from me, actually.

I might have to go check it out later, maybe call in a favorite from a friend.

...wait, what are you doing out at the ocean?

I... live here?

You live...in the ocean. [Girl say what.]

[She turns on the video feed. The top half of her body is floating in view as bubbles gently drift around her. A fish is seen in the background quietly going about its business. Guess what? She's been under water the whole time.]

...See?

...[Okay. Okay wait. This just may top the talking pony she met a few weeks ago.]

So you're a mermaid then? [She may or may not be enthralled by this.]

[She blinks. This is the first time in Luceti that someone has actually guessed that.]

Y-yes, actually. I am.

[She'll back a little to show off her tail, which is a brilliant shade of pink.]

[Shiki may or may not have spent a good portion of her childhood studying fairy tales for the fashion design. This includes things like The Little Mermaid <<;]

I...[Am speechless. Totally not sure what's appropriate to say here.] Whoa.

[She scratches the back of her head and gives an awkward laugh.]

D-don't worry. I breathe air too, and I have a wheelchair to get around on land. I can still work at the shop--

[She pauses. Her memories of back home pool in the back of her mind every time she talks to humans. They don't like merfolk back home. There's always a chance that someone new you meet won't either.]

...If you want, I mean.

Oh! No, I wasn't worried about any of that, I just...you know, I've never met a mermaid before. Is it really okay for you to be out of the water?

Y-yeah. We're pretty rare I guess. I'm the only one here. [She looks to the side from that. It gets a little lonely, being the only one out here and all.]

But I'll be fine. It just gets a little uncomfortable if my skin gets dry. But nothing a bath or a couple drinks won't fix~.

Kind of a bummer...are any of your other friends here? [It's better than asking if she DOES have other friends.]

If you say so. Sure then, I'd still love to see what you can do. Let me know and I'll be here. If it's easier I can always take a day-trip out there, too. I haven't seen the ocean yet.

Mhm. Have you met the Straw Hats? They're pirates, but they're really nice pirates. They won't go breaking into your store and stealing dummies.

Straw Hats? I think I've heard of them, but I've never met any of them. How many of them are there?

['Scuse her for a second as she counts on her fingers.]

...Five of them now. Two actually went home recently.

That's not a bad size of a group though. There're only three of us here from my world now. Have you known the Straw Hats long?

[Nod.]

They um... saved my life two years ago.

...I'm glad they did. [She's not sure she wants to ask how it happened, but at the same time...] They just found you?

W-well...they actually saved me a bunch of times [in the span of a couple days].

B-but um... they saved me from being s-sold at slave auction.

Wait, what?! Why would anybody try to sell you in a slave auction?

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[Video time.]

[Videoooo]

[Videoooo!!]

[Videooooooo...killed the radio star?]

[Video is such a jerk D<]

[Poor radio. It just wanted to fit in ;;]

[All he really wanted was friends ;;]

[But nooo...video had to be a bully and ruin everything. :|]

[He took all of Radio's friends. :|]

[Radio's friends are disloyal then =\]

[Video made him look pretty lame =/]

[Video's manipulative like that :|]

[Video really good at it =/]

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