week 7 | saturday

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[Honest to god, Sanji wants a nap above all other things, but you know how the saying goes -- he can sleep when he's dead which he kinda did but shhhh. Seeing as he's got some people he wants to see first, Sanji puts off the lure of sleep for a bit longer, and upon seeing Rebecca--

He'll give her a hug]

We did it~!

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[He died and he didn't even get a nap.

She'll allow the hug, hugging him back and burying her face in his chest for a moment. This is a lot better than the other ones they've had.]

We did it! We're done!

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[IT'S HIS LOT IN LIFE. But he's pleased when she hugs him, feeling like maybe this is forgiveness for all the shit he pulled.]

Finally, we get to sleep tonight without freaking out about tomorrow.

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[It's hard to hold onto anger when she was so fond of Sanji to begin with. Besides, he really was the one who drew the short end of the stick.]

No more bodies... Are you going to go back home? To your crew?

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... Maybe.

[It's not an immediate yes, is it? He's still smiling, but draws back a little bit]

I'm still slated to die when I get home and all that shit... but I guess I could use the ink to change my fate, couldn't I?

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[She hums softly.]

Yeah. There was a lot of it, wasn't there? I think you could rewrite something like that without too much of it.

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Then I'll have to try, yeah?

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What about you? Going home?

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You should. I'm sure there are people who miss you.

[... She's... not sure about that, actually. It it definitely comes through in her voice.]

I don't know. Maybe? I want to keep looking out for Akechi.

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Maybe go wherever him and Eichi are heading?

I assume those two wanna stick together.

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Yeah, I figured. They're pretty devoted to each other.

[Ah. That wasn't the language she spent four years studying though. She knows Mandarin.]

... I'm going to have to learn Japanese, aren't I?

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Speaking it isn't too bad, I promise.

... Writing it might be a pain in the ass, though.

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... Have you been speaking Japanese this whole time too?

[Jesus.]

I mean, I know some of it because Mandarin has a similar alphabet but that's going to be such a pain.