17th Confession [Video][Daytime]

[notabluesbro]

[The feed seems abrupt, from black-to-color in an instant as it falls and flips open to show a... snow-drenched area...? No trees showing—just an expanse of bright blue sky and white off the edges. And then a noise nearby, off-screen—]

THUD.

[Something falls across the screen, and it's not quiet for much after that, because this is a stunned-turned-angry preacherman appearing in the video feed, back turned to the camera as he grabs the side of his head in complete shock. Or maybe it's rage. Or maybe, just maybe, it's both. One may be able to figure out from the snow, whipping winds, and barren area that Wolfwood is in fact on a mountainside somewhere.]

WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?!

[Last he remembered... he was just walking around town, same ol' same ol'... and then some brown-haired kid glared funny at him and he was gone. WHY DID THIS HAPPEN WHAT DID HE DO—]



Ah—Achtoo!



[ ..... Thanks, Katie. |D]

Comments

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

... Oi oi, that doesn't sound like nothing. [Who you calling a grumpy little girl? 8| EVERY GIRL IS A LITTLE PRINCESS]

[notabluesbro]

I'm s-serious! [Getting colder, must have cigarette for inner peace—] I was walking to the store, and there was a kid in front of me walking in my direction—then she just stopped and glared daggers at me.

And before I-I knew it, it felt like I was flying off against my will...!

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

Kids rarely get pissy unless you do something to them first... [He doesn't sound accusing this time around, though, but thoughtful]

... You didn't recognize the kid either?

[notabluesbro]

[Turning this on voice and tucking it in his belt; time to climb down the side of a mountain!]

No—well. Wait. I think she'd talked to Vash in his last entry... Didn't filter her reply. A—[grunt; rocks really shouldn't crumble when you grab them for leverage]—brown-haired kid with green eyes.

1/2

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[He'll eye your progress in a minute, Wolfwood. But first, surprise]

Katie-chan?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[And then:]

You pissed off Katie-chan?!

[notabluesbro]

[DSFKJSDLFKJ

GRUMBLE!!]

Dammit, Sanji, I already told you: I'd never even spoken to the kid.

She took one look at me and seemed pissed off at something—at first I thought... that she was looking at someone behind me, or something...

[Hmm. I need to swing from this rock to another. :|a]

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

Oi. Speaking to her and pissing her off are two different things. You just need to figure out how you managed the latter.

[As he says that, Sanji starts flipping back to the Vash entry, hoping he might find some type of clue]

[notabluesbro]

[My fingers hurt. :(]

You know her, why don't you—[HNNGH slipping a few feet down.]—ask her for me?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Suck it up, priest. Sanji doesn't even look at the window]

... Yeah, about that...

[notabluesbro]

[We can't all be shounen like you, y'know. :'(]

What about it??

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

Katie-chan's a bit...

It's best not to ask the truth from her directly.

[notabluesbro]

...

What's that supposed to mean...?

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

I don't think there's anyone who could get the straight truth out of her, in this village. It's just not how she does things.

[AKA: chronic liar of the 10th degree]

[notabluesbro]

...

Well, I wouldn't have much luck, if she wants to just toss me to mountains...

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Flipping some pages back now... and nope, still hasn't found a damn thing]

I'll give it a shot later. Gotta be some reason...

This really isn't like her.

[notabluesbro]

[He frowns a little.]

I'm not usually so prone to having kids hate me.

How's she do that, anyway? Fling people places??

[filtered]

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Damn, but he should've filtered some of this before. Kicking himself for that and will probably go back to cover what he can]

Dunno. Just an ability of hers. [among other things]

I doubt she'd use it unless she felt she had to. [Would some type of grudge suffice... against a guy she probably doesn't know well? This really is odd]

Re: [filtered]

[notabluesbro]

[Sigh.]

I don't think I'm that dangerous looking of a guy... I mean, I know I'm a little scruffy, but that doesn't mean I'll try and mug you or something.

[Really, he's just muttering to himself, while he's on his way down.]

Sure, the cross looks a bit much sometimes, but still, there's a lot of people around Luceti who don't look entirely friendly...

[filtered]

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[This would be the perfect time for Sanji to realize Katie's aversion to priests.

Unfortunately, he has no clue]

Maybe Brook's got an idea. [Except he's out playing hookey with the shithead and Chopper.]

Re: [filtered]

[notabluesbro]

Oh! The talking skeleton, right?

[...kind of weird, that one.]

[filtered]

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

That's the one.

He's pretty close to Katie-chan... but the damn shithead's not around, either.

Re: [filtered]

[notabluesbro]

Damn... Looks like I'll be in the dark about this for a while, then...

[how frustrating :(]

[filtered]

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

[Welcome to the world of little girls. 8D

With nothing to gain from this current conversation now, Sanji just lets it go and focuses on the priest... in the mountains... who is probably freezing his ass off]

Broom Head found you yet? [He doesn't even need to see the convo. He knows]

Re: [filtered]

[notabluesbro]

Should be on his way. Nami has a map for it.

[Shorter sentences, because he is too manry to admit that his tone is humming from the cold. While he would normally cast his +1 man card out of a window and complain about things, he finds freezing to death too possible of an outcome to be openly bitching about... well, freezing to death.]