gomu_ningenWho: Monkey D. Luffy, Yuffie, Yuna and Rikku.
What: Catching up, talking about the past, and the foreseeable future.
Where: Aboard the Chasing Joy Mk. II., formerly known as the Flying Dutchman.
When: Three days before April's event.
Warnings: Language, goofiness, possible feels.
The rise and fall of the ship in the shallow waves that approached the shore made for a relaxing rhythm, the sort of cradling that could lull a man to sleep if he were not careful. Like many of the pirate's mid-days, Luffy had taken to sitting atop the front of his boat while looking out beyond the crested waves that drew closer and closer with every passing minute. His eyes remained wide and open, looking out into the prospects of the ocean as thoughts flitted out of his head and into the sky above like gulls retreating with snatched refuse.
He'd put the Queen out of his thoughts, even with shouting the promise that he'd find her so many weeks ago in the company of his good friend Jack. This sort of stillness, this uneventful life, never sat well with him. The calm before the storm; knowing that when things had set to a plateau there was surely something approaching over the horizon. Again he watched the waves come in, seeing them become larger as the day went on, crashing and spreading foam and spraying salt alike along the side of the boat.
His chin found solace in the open hand that kept it propped up, his eyes looking out past the brim of his hat as it hid the Sun from his sight. The waves grew larger still, the wind pushing them along as if to rush them closer to the shore like a Mother doting children out the door, not wanting to waste a moment perchance they miss their ride. By now he had only been able to focus on the waves, the impending crash and echo before a silent reprieve to ease his ears, just before another crash transitioned into an echo.
Something would be coming soon. It had always been this way, since his arriving here in Aquares Ixen.
- - - - -
"Are you sure? It seems pretty vague to me" said the chubby moogle now plotting across the wooden deck towards his companion. "I'll send it if you want, but the last thing I think you should do is make them worry, don't you?"
"Aye.. They'll understand." Luffy plucked the straw hat from his head and gave it a shake, letting the hat and the top of his head breathe for a moment. "Usually I'd bother Bloom about this sort of thing but-"
Pakku raises a paw, holding the three sealed envelopes against his rotund stomach while a bright smile flashes across his maw. "No need to explain! Believe me, I know."
Luffy turned, giving his friend a nod of his head. Without words, he speaks to the moogle with his eyes, a moment of silence before the moogle nods in return. Spinning on his cushioned feet, the moogle turns about and flutters off with the pattering of his wings carrying over the small harbor.
Inside each letter, addressed to each girl individually, reads the following:
Meet me at the Chasing Joy as soon as you can. It's been too long since we've talked. About the past, being imprisoned, and what might happen next.
See you soon.
-- MDL