Sanji is... not looking for her, especially, so much as when they cross paths, he'll at least nod his head in quiet acknowledgement. The trial seems to have taken some of his energy given how somber he looks]
I'm holding up fine. Don't worry about me, haha. ♪
[ it's both somewhat plastic and very natural sounding somehow. just a little too convincingly cheery, maybe, in a situation where everyone should be tired, frustrated, annoyed at best.
anyway she's probably hanging around the bonfire, staring up at the stars. ]
... Sanji's also not the kind of guy whose gonna tell anyone how to process their emotions, if they're upset at all. Instead he will take a seat across from her and glance upward himself, a more realistic smile appearing on his face]
[ she doesn't miss a beat in answering the questions, grabbing a couple of chairs of her own to add to what he's got. ]
Most of the time? No. Once we'd been there for longer, some people managed to obtain some items that could have helped, but for the most part anyone who was attacked by a monster would have been easily overwhelmed. There were weapons there, of course, but...
[ agni is probably the only person in the mansion who came out of not one but two monster encounters not-dead, huh, and even he needed several items to come out of the second encounter alive. ]
It seemed your best chances were trying to delay until the sunrise, somehow, or hoping the monster would be distracted by a different victim.
blinks down at the platter. she kind of just ate it as quickly as possible to confirm that she's not getting any energy or satiation out of it but...
picks up another one and more delicately eats it this time. just to savor it and provide a more accurate opinion. hm. ]
... They're great, actually. ... Though maybe I haven't eaten enough to be sure yet, but I don't think I'm feeling much more full at all either. It almost seems like a waste...
[Well. Damn. His eyebrows hike up his forehead at her recollection. Not to say this is the pity olympics, but Grimm didn't have quite the same level of ... danger to it. Not in this way.]
Shit, no wonder you guys from the mansion are paranoid.
[HM HIS FACE IMMEDIATELY SETS INTO A GRIN, we wonder why.]
No no, you don't need to push yourself! I'd just wondered if maybe I made them a little too acidic with the fresh lemons, especially since I added a key lime in there for flavor.
[Never mind that he's also a bottomless pit of hunger, Sanji still beams at the prospect of a well-cooked dish]
[Offering her an apologetic grin as he finally pushes the first of many chairs in place, only wincing slightly when the movement rubs his skin against all of those goddamn knives in his shirt]
But you were quick to point out the similarities of the camp to your mansion, and adjust accordingly.
[So "Paranoid" wasn't the best word on his part... more like "well shit, here we go again" mentality at its finest]
Well, just let us know if one of us starts acting strange. We'll try to keep each other in line or verify if someone's particularly out of character, especially with the powers here...
[ She does send him a quick glance when he winces. You good there, Sanji? Not going to take a moment to unknife yourself? But she is also not going to say anything about it, still, so you do you, my guy.
Hmmm, let's start trying to fold up one of those tables and bring them over... ]
Still, that's just pattern recognition. And I think we're all pretty much just fresh out of whatever place we were stuck at before this happened, so it's not too much of a leap to fall back into our previous habits?
No, no, they're fine. I guess that goes to show what cooking with fresh ingredients can do for something...
[ anyway she's probably going to stop just so that other people, who can actually benefit from eating delicious lemon squares, have a chance because boy. that empty feeling sure isn't going away. ]
... If it's like the mansion, it'll be gone by trial tomorrow. I wouldn't count on it, but just in case.
-- So these... I dunno, "punishments" don't stick around for long, huh?
[Not that he completely agrees with the word he just used, but he can't think of any other way to describe what has happened to his body besides this place smacking the back of his hand for exploring camp grounds after curfew]
And as 45 seems to have accidentally designated herself as the girl Sanji will immediately talk shop to instead of flirt with (FOR NOW), he just offers her a dull wave at her approach, on his cigarette break after Dick's announcement]
Shit just keeps getting better and better around here, eh?
I don't know if I'd call them that, exactly. Most of us just got used to calling them curfew effects if we needed to name them. They're sometimes helpful, usually just... somewhat distracting, or irritating.
[ like being smacked on the back of their hands for not sleeping in their beds, yes. ]
They don't tend to be too dangerous that I can recall, but- sometimes they can be unsettling.
I could have announced it in a way that wouldn't have caused quite so much commotion.
[ a bit of a shrug. lili, at least, made her disapproval quite clear; whether she thinks of it as deserved or not doesn't mean that others might not think similarly in private. ]
And admittedly I didn't actually expect people to panic. There are enough level-headed types among us that I figured we'd manage to all rein ourselves in fairly readily even if a few of us got spooked.
But yes, if nothing else- they would like for us to know that the stakes have risen.
[ whether or not that's the truth, on the other hand... ]
... I get Lili's point, of course, but given the shit we've been expected to deal with, we're past the point of holding people's hands through their shitty trauma. If this is enough to break some spirits, then they can go take a nap and let the rest of us handle this.
[It's almost cruel in its callousness, but Sanji's expression doesn't falter. He said what he said]
Lemme get this straight, though -- from what you were told, everyone's happy endings is on the line, and the team who wins will get to save theirs?
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W0 || TRIAL DAY, I'm just making this our PC, can't be stopped!!
Date: 2020-06-14 02:41 am (UTC)Sanji is... not looking for her, especially, so much as when they cross paths, he'll at least nod his head in quiet acknowledgement. The trial seems to have taken some of his energy given how somber he looks]
Oi, how you holdin' up?
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Date: 2020-06-14 03:14 am (UTC)[ it's both somewhat plastic and very natural sounding somehow. just a little too convincingly cheery, maybe, in a situation where everyone should be tired, frustrated, annoyed at best.
anyway she's probably hanging around the bonfire, staring up at the stars. ]
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Date: 2020-06-14 03:19 am (UTC)... Sanji's also not the kind of guy whose gonna tell anyone how to process their emotions, if they're upset at all. Instead he will take a seat across from her and glance upward himself, a more realistic smile appearing on his face]
You recognize any of em?
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Date: 2020-06-14 03:22 am (UTC)[ It's almost a novelty, but it's also somewhat jarring. Less so, though, after 8 weeks of this bullshit. ]
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Date: 2020-06-14 04:43 am (UTC)[That last part is met with some wistfulness.]
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Date: 2020-06-14 03:36 pm (UTC)Most of the time? No. Once we'd been there for longer, some people managed to obtain some items that could have helped, but for the most part anyone who was attacked by a monster would have been easily overwhelmed. There were weapons there, of course, but...
[ agni is probably the only person in the mansion who came out of not one but two monster encounters not-dead, huh, and even he needed several items to come out of the second encounter alive. ]
It seemed your best chances were trying to delay until the sunrise, somehow, or hoping the monster would be distracted by a different victim.
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Date: 2020-06-14 03:41 pm (UTC)blinks down at the platter. she kind of just ate it as quickly as possible to confirm that she's not getting any energy or satiation out of it but...
picks up another one and more delicately eats it this time. just to savor it and provide a more accurate opinion. hm. ]
... They're great, actually. ... Though maybe I haven't eaten enough to be sure yet, but I don't think I'm feeling much more full at all either. It almost seems like a waste...
[ back to business in a moment. ]
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Date: 2020-06-14 03:42 pm (UTC)I've never seen it, so I wouldn't know. Not in person, I mean. It'd be nice to one day, though.
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Date: 2020-06-15 12:30 am (UTC)Shit, no wonder you guys from the mansion are paranoid.
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Date: 2020-06-15 12:30 am (UTC)No no, you don't need to push yourself! I'd just wondered if maybe I made them a little too acidic with the fresh lemons, especially since I added a key lime in there for flavor.
[Never mind that he's also a bottomless pit of hunger, Sanji still beams at the prospect of a well-cooked dish]
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Date: 2020-06-15 12:30 am (UTC)[face falling into a grin]
There's nothing like being on the open sea. It's always moving, always alive...
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Date: 2020-06-15 02:24 am (UTC)[ are they less well-adjusted than she thought. do they noticeably appear that way. ]
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Date: 2020-06-15 02:49 am (UTC)[Offering her an apologetic grin as he finally pushes the first of many chairs in place, only wincing slightly when the movement rubs his skin against all of those goddamn knives in his shirt]
But you were quick to point out the similarities of the camp to your mansion, and adjust accordingly.
[So "Paranoid" wasn't the best word on his part... more like "well shit, here we go again" mentality at its finest]
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Date: 2020-06-15 05:47 am (UTC)[ She does send him a quick glance when he winces. You good there, Sanji? Not going to take a moment to unknife yourself? But she is also not going to say anything about it, still, so you do you, my guy.
Hmmm, let's start trying to fold up one of those tables and bring them over... ]
Still, that's just pattern recognition. And I think we're all pretty much just fresh out of whatever place we were stuck at before this happened, so it's not too much of a leap to fall back into our previous habits?
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Date: 2020-06-16 05:38 pm (UTC)[ anyway she's probably going to stop just so that other people, who can actually benefit from eating delicious lemon squares, have a chance because boy. that empty feeling sure isn't going away. ]
... If it's like the mansion, it'll be gone by trial tomorrow. I wouldn't count on it, but just in case.
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Date: 2020-06-16 06:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-06-17 02:45 am (UTC)[Not that he completely agrees with the word he just used, but he can't think of any other way to describe what has happened to his body besides this place smacking the back of his hand for exploring camp grounds after curfew]
W1 || Tuesday
Date: 2020-06-17 02:48 am (UTC)And as 45 seems to have accidentally designated herself as the girl Sanji will immediately talk shop to instead of flirt with (FOR NOW), he just offers her a dull wave at her approach, on his cigarette break after Dick's announcement]
Shit just keeps getting better and better around here, eh?
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Date: 2020-06-17 02:48 am (UTC)In this case? Nah.
[...]
It's something I grew up seeing everyday, so I guess it's... a comfort thing. I don't feel like myself if the sea isn't near.
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Date: 2020-06-17 02:49 am (UTC)[ like being smacked on the back of their hands for not sleeping in their beds, yes. ]
They don't tend to be too dangerous that I can recall, but- sometimes they can be unsettling.
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Date: 2020-06-17 02:52 am (UTC)Not going to tell me I did it too bluntly or carelessly, are you?
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Date: 2020-06-17 02:59 am (UTC)Why would I do that?
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Date: 2020-06-17 03:08 am (UTC)[ a bit of a shrug. lili, at least, made her disapproval quite clear; whether she thinks of it as deserved or not doesn't mean that others might not think similarly in private. ]
And admittedly I didn't actually expect people to panic. There are enough level-headed types among us that I figured we'd manage to all rein ourselves in fairly readily even if a few of us got spooked.
But yes, if nothing else- they would like for us to know that the stakes have risen.
[ whether or not that's the truth, on the other hand... ]
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Date: 2020-06-17 03:13 am (UTC)[It's almost cruel in its callousness, but Sanji's expression doesn't falter. He said what he said]
Lemme get this straight, though -- from what you were told, everyone's happy endings is on the line, and the team who wins will get to save theirs?
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Date: 2020-06-17 03:15 am (UTC)It's familiar, right? I suppose it'd only make sense that it's comforting to you. You'd know it intimately, and know what to expect.