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"Sanji" Vinsmoke

Oi. Make it quick, will ya?

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[ "Use your nose more"? ]

How am I supposed to do that?

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Kinda hard to explain, but it's like you're sneezing out half the word while you speak it.

[A pause]

... I never said this shit was easy.

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... You make it sound so appealing.

[ Hwwwworf. ]

I thought it was supposed to be considered one of the most romantic languages in the world?

[ That you sneeze out, apparently. Ooh la la. ]

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Only if you say it fast enough. Then everyone's too confused to say otherwise.

[No one shits on the French like Sanji does.]

Not bad, though. You didn't completely cock it up.

[You get a C+, Yuusk]

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Oh, that's the secret then. I see.

[ Con artists, the lot of you. ]

I will take that as a compliment then. But now it's your turn.

[ .｡*ﾟ+.*.｡(❁´◡`❁)｡.｡:+* ]

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... You realize I haven't spoken a word of Japanese besides my name, right?

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I will give points for enthusiasm and trying, fullstop.

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[ooooh there is gonna be some Regret in a second.]

Tch, fine.







... U-- ah? U-tsu---

Wait, I forgot how to---

[He's scrolling through his messages, finds the word]

Uuu...tsu...Kushi.

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[ Isn't regret his middle name? ]

...

[ An Attempt Was Made. He definitely sounds amused though. ]

Hold the last syllable - utsukushii.

[ That's how you say it, Sanji. You're welcome. ]

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Oh.

Utsukushii.

[A... surprisingly quick study, actually.

However, there is no hiding that French accent.

Like at all.]

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[ That is a much better attempt, yes. ]

Better, yes.

[ He's not going to rib him for the accent. ]

「 I suppose they would be equally difficult to learn. Japanese, with its entirely new language system and sentence structure, and French has that thing with labelling objects as "masculine" or "feminine"... 」

[ Sorry, not sorry. ]

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[You did not.

Oh you sassy ass.]

Connard. Tu sais bien que je ne peux pas comprendre cette merde.

[spoilers: Sanji is not amused.]

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[ He's helping him understand how Japanese sounds. ]

「 It is probably counterproductive that we're purposely speaking languages the other doesn't understand. Although I see you used a swear word there. 」

[ This is going well. ]

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Ne s'arrêtera pas.

Pas à moins que vous le fassiez en premier.

Croyez-moi, je pourrais continuer comme ça toute la nuit... Yusuke.

[As I casually butcher French with google translate BUT LET'S SEE WHO OUTLASTS WHO.

And yes, Sanji did use the smarmiest French accent to pronounce that man's poor name]

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「 Oh, that's my name? It sounds like you emphasised it more -- Haru doesn't say it so... Frenchly?

Was that on purpose, perhaps?

...

I hope this isn't using up too many of my phone minutes. I'm not sure if I even have phone minutes anymore, maybe I'm on unlimited minutes now. Either way, this would be a strange way use them up. 」

[ Yet, still he persists. ]

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[Okay because I finally hit max lazy PRETEND HE'S STILL SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

Oh, oh! You said French!

... Don't know why. Is it because I said your name like an asshole? Well you'd be correct on that shit. I'm not sorry, either.

[NEVER GONNA GIVE IT UP.]

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[ That's fair.

Well, if Yusuke could understand he, he'd probably be proud that Sanji has learned how to recognise "French" in Japanese. Well done. ]

「I sort of want to stop this, but I also I have a feeling you will be unbearably smug if I do.

And there's something nice about speaking in your mother tongue. A lot of my friends speak Japanese, but we do seem to default to English. 」

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[Sanji would be agreeing if he knew what the fuck Yusuke was saying, that's for sure.]

Heh, I want you to know this is the dumbest shit I've done in while.

Don't tell Baren, alright? He'll give me hell and start singing some bullshit like "Yusuke and Sanji sitting in a tree".

[yes, he says that last part in singsong, and yes, if Yusuke knows Baren by name, he'd be able to recognize that Sanji used it. Though honestly? Sanji hardly sounds annoyed. He pauses, waits for Yusuke to speak before jumping in, almost like they're having a real conversation. S'weird, but amusing.]

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[ Fun fact: no, Yusuke does not know Baren's name. Despite the fact the guy offloaded 5 dozen roses off on him a few months ago. Not even an introduction. So rude. ]

「I'm now concerned why you said my name, and in such a mocking tone as well...

Am I being insulted somehow?」

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[Good lord, that sounds like Baren. And as it sounds like Yusuke's asking a question, just based off the rising intonation of his voice, Sanji pauses before:]

No.

[Which sounds comparable to "No" in English]

Not that I know what you asked... unless you asked why we're still doing this.

In that case - Yes.

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「 No, and I know the other one is yes, which is it? 」

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... "Hi" right back at ya?

[Hai/Yes vs Hi... haha language puns]

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「 Why "hi"? 」

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The hell do you keep saying "hi" to me?

... "Bye"?

pretend i'm still doing those quotations

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Why do you keep saying "hi"? We're far past that in the conversation now.

[ "Conversation" ]

Unless that means something in French. Maybe I should be recording all of this to play to Haru later...