week 7 | saturday

[concasse]

[He was dead for all of five hours but you best believe Sanji's first act upon returning to the living is holing up in the kitchen with a bottle of wine and just... smiling to himself.

He'd still like to nap for a couple more hours, truth be told. He probably shouldn't. The goodbyes are gonna come quick, and he doesn't know what he's gonna do yet]

And I thought I'd be less stressed getting back...

[Muttered to himself, but he'll lift his eyes and meet Belph with a grin]

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[axilium]

... Well, there's still room for things to go wrong. Hard to completely relax like this.

[belph is a cynical asshole, but also—]

Besides, it's getting cramped with everyone getting all mushy.

[concasse]

Not the sentimental type, eh?

[This does not surprise him at all.]

You can hide out here for a while, I won't rat you out.

[axilium]

Jae-ha did criticize me for it in his letters.

{he grins.]

Thanks, you're a pal. At the very least, anyone who comes to the kitchen'll probably be distracted with you, right?

[concasse]

He criticizes everyone, the dumbass.

[SIGH. Though it is obvious Sanji is pleased all the same]

Heh, probably. I should've picked a better hiding spot.

[axilium]

What, you not looking forward to all the mush either?

[concasse]

I can deal with mush fine.

I'm just fuckin exhausted.

[axilium]

Oh, come on. At least you got to be dead for, like, ten seconds.

[concasse]

True.

[NO REGRETS. SORRY BELPH, HE BEAT YOU TO THE FINISH LINE]

Shit, but it barely counted. Didn't even feel that much different. Just kinda cold.

[axilium]

Well, now you can say you know what it's like to die and be brought back to life. [...] What are your plans now, anyway?

[concasse]

... Don't know yet.

Technically I'm slated to die when I get back, so...

[axilium]

... Ah.

That's awkward.

[concasse]

Ain't it?

[He doesn't look super sad, however]

Of course, Jae-Ha wants to drag me to his sea, so I got a place to go... just don't think I could leave my crew behind without making sure they never look for me.

[And that kinda hurts, heh]

[axilium]

... If you want, you could send them a letter. That's what I plan on doing, anyway.

[concasse]

... Yeah, I could do that.

[It's something to mull over, isn't it?]

So you're not going back to your world then?

[axilium]

... No. There's nothing left for me back there.

[he smiles, shrugging.]

Honestly, if we weren't allowed to go to other people's places, I was just planning on dying after this war.