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003↠ ACTION/VOICE -- Chibi free for all
[ooc note: Okay, here's the deal, folks. Rather than create two posts for chibi!Sanji and risk losing my tags (because it would happen, trust me), this is the only entry I'll put up. I'm going to leave it up to you what age Sanji will be when your character(s) run into him. I put out the scenarios, and you guys run with them. |D Don't be afraid to be creative, I don't mind. Just mention the age in the subject line. If you want more than one chance to tag, create another thread, and specify the new age. |D Easy, yes? Possible ages are 11 through 20. Possible dates are February 3 through the 12. I am fine with either voice or action, though if it's voiced, it'll be assumed your character contacted Sanji through the journals first.
Ladies who volunteered to be crushed on! The applicable ages for that are 14 and up. But of course, you can interact with a younger version of Sanji if you want.
And also, bear with me on the icon front. >> There are plenty pictures of Sanji as a child and an adult, but not much in-between. U-use your imagination? ;A;]
[Nights have been rough so far, with strange dreams lingering on after his eyes have opened. And it makes him feel... different, somehow, like his life has altered in leaps and bounds. Skills that weren't accessible before, come to him easily. There are recipes in his head that shouldn't be there. He almost wishes he could tell someone about them; maybe one of the crew, eventually. They're nice enough, and have been more than accommodating, taking him in like this.
These thoughts are heavy to carry, but he's still a young boy suddenly trapped in a weird town with weird things. His attention isn't meant to dwell on problems for long. The goal to find Zeff eventually lessens to a dull ache, and Sanji busies himself with exploration: this Seventh Heaven restaurant, for one, and maybe the grocery store. He visits the item shop on a the fickle whim of a curious child, and eventually finds his way to the forest. He won't run away, though. He promised himself he wouldn't try anymore.]
[And in just a few days, Sanji finds himself forced to leave adolescence behind. It's more than a little obvious that something isn't right. While the crew has probably mentioned the nature of experiments, all the explanations in the world aren't gonna make this any less awkward, as he speeds through growth spurts and into sore, lanky limbs. He's grumpy half the time, flustered as well... which seems to happen like clockwork, whenever a pretty girl is nearby. He spends the majority of these days as red as a tomato and resorting to petty insults if it will get people out of his hair. When it gets hard to control, he seeks solitude to practice stretching and single-sparring. Or perhaps Nami. She's going through the same thing, too.
House 6 and Seventh Heaven are still his main places of solace. He considers himself a worthy enough cook by now, though he will often yield to Yukito's directions. He's broadened his explorations, however; he heavily frequents the forestplains, and will use the teleporters to sneak off to the ocean, when he feels like it.]
[Given enough time, the strangest of circumstances stop being strange, and turn into a compromised status-quo. Sanji barely gives any attention to his nightly dreams now - they come and he changes, both mentally and physically. His temper is still hot as ever, but slowly being tempered by a knack for cunning and kindness. Even his initial anxiety around women has all but disappeared - he eagerly greets them now, with what the residents might note to be his usual enthusiasm. Still rough around the edges and prone to silliness (or hormone spikes), but that's Sanji for you.
He knows the entire village layout, and you can find him anywhere: item shop, grocery, clothing store, battle dome, forest, ocean... He finds a reason to visit them all because sometimes, it's easier walking blindly, even when you don't really have a place to go to.]
Ladies who volunteered to be crushed on! The applicable ages for that are 14 and up. But of course, you can interact with a younger version of Sanji if you want.
And also, bear with me on the icon front. >> There are plenty pictures of Sanji as a child and an adult, but not much in-between. U-use your imagination? ;A;]
These thoughts are heavy to carry, but he's still a young boy suddenly trapped in a weird town with weird things. His attention isn't meant to dwell on problems for long. The goal to find Zeff eventually lessens to a dull ache, and Sanji busies himself with exploration: this Seventh Heaven restaurant, for one, and maybe the grocery store. He visits the item shop on a the fickle whim of a curious child, and eventually finds his way to the forest. He won't run away, though. He promised himself he wouldn't try anymore.]
House 6 and Seventh Heaven are still his main places of solace. He considers himself a worthy enough cook by now, though he will often yield to Yukito's directions. He's broadened his explorations, however; he heavily frequents the forestplains, and will use the teleporters to sneak off to the ocean, when he feels like it.]
He knows the entire village layout, and you can find him anywhere: item shop, grocery, clothing store, battle dome, forest, ocean... He finds a reason to visit them all because sometimes, it's easier walking blindly, even when you don't really have a place to go to.]
[Beach - age 14]
Too bad it's only a sneaking suspicion, not enough to elicit a check behind his back, and Sanji realizes his mistake too late when a sharp pain erupts from his skull, dull and heavy and very familiar.
... It's precisely for that last reason that the teenager doesn't do anything more than stumble for about two seconds, hands clutched in hair that's suddenly sticky with blood. Vivi's aim is true, and her plan successful, but at the end of the day, a piece of driftwood just doesn't compare to the monstrous strength that is Zeff's foot. If nothing else, the ex-pirate has already taught his pupil (in dreams or otherwise) the value of a thick skull.
Maybe if he were aware of the fact, Sanji would lift his head and smirk in triumph, but no - jeered on by a voice that's not his, or Vivi's, but gruff and demanding and extremely unimpressed at his inexperience, Sanji grits his teeth and continues his sprint, expression more rigid and irritated than it's meant to be. He's running like he's got something to prove now.
Unless Vivi's got another trick up her sleeve, Sanji plans on closing the last of that distance between them and launching a side swipe at her upper arm.]
[Beach - age 14]
[She does her best to roll with the impact, following through in the same direction Sanji's sideswipe pushes her, diving to one side. Still, her teeth practically rattle, and she's sure she'll be sporting a large bruise for the next week. She doesn't expect him to give her much time to recover, so she goes into a tuck-and-roll, leaping back up the moment her feet again reach the ground. Her left arm is still stinging with the impact, and she drops the ring of that peacock slasher, knowing even if she could disentangle it from the driftwood, she won't be throwing anymore attacks with it any time soon. Instead she tugs hard on the other line, whirling it back out in a wide loop she hopes will buy her some time to get her bearings.]
[Beach - age 14]
--Woman.
He jerks up short, leg still extended and the word thudding a drum beat in his skull while the blood rapidly rushes out of his face - she's a girl - and Sanji sees that desperate move, can assume it's coming with her other slasher out of commission, and he needs to dodge instead of standing there poised like an idiot with his leg in the air - you hit a girl - and what saves him is blind autopilot, urging his body to duck out of the way before he's hit again - the hell is wrong with you shithead you hit a girl--
He doesn't stop, can't stop. Numb fear keeps him running from his own thoughts as he darts closer to Vivi again, prepared to kick her in the other arm.]
[Beach - age 14]
[Then he's almost upon her, and she automatically falls into a defensive posture, whirling her remaining Peacock Slasher in a tight circuit, ready to throw it at a moment's notice.]
[Beach - age 14]
[Beach - age 14]
[Vivi aims not at his right leg, however, but sends her Slasher winding tightly around his left ankle--their relative positions leaving him no way to defend against that without halting an attack already guaranteed to hit--and as soon as she feels it catch, she throws herself, following direction of Sanji's kick. It connects, as she expected, though her momentum lessens the blow somewhat, and as she falls she tugs the line taut--there may not be enough force there to topple him, but she can hope. At the very least, it should put him off balance.]
[She may have to concede this round to Sanji, though. She'll keep trying for a reversal, but at this point, it doesn't seem likely.]