bluemikan | first harvest. video. saturday afternoon.

[ This seems like it's working now. Nojiko is already out of the New Feather dress, having managed to get directions to the Welcome Center, where she got a run-down of what was going on. That took most of the morning. The rest of the morning was spent finding her clothing, changing, and then sitting at a corner table in the bakery reading through the entirety of the new arrival guide.

She also had breakfast. A muffin. It was a blessedly normal muffin.

The breakfast was the only remotely normal part of the morning. Now that she feels educated (although...skeptical and still trying to hold all of this information in), it looks like it's time to attempt using the journal, as was suggested to her earlier. She's still at her little table in the bakery, the journal held open in front of her. ]

Hello. [ just getting that greeting out of the way, before plunging onward. ] So, I understand that this is a way of talking to people here. [ The guide explained that, and she's sort of been checking out the last two or three entries, just figuring out how it works. ] And I'm also given to understand that there are people here from many worlds?

I'm not asking for that explanation again. I'm just not sure how I'm meant to find anyone from my own world. [ ...Or if she wants to. It's not like being from her world automatically makes someone excellent company or someone she wants anything to do with. But. ] How do you know if you're from this world or that one? If there were a list of possibilities, I guess I might have a chance of picking home out.

So I suppose I'm really just asking to be found. [ Dry laughter. Well, she's taken care of everything else, so...of course, there might not be anyone else. That had been covered, too. ] If you know Cocoyasi Village or the Conomi Islands, I'd be grateful for a quick word. [ Presumably anyone familiar with geography from home would be from home, right?

A pause. Wow, she forgot something important, didn't she? ] My name is Nojiko, by the way. Thanks. [ Okay she'll just end that there, then, and see what's what. ]

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That would explain why the newsfeeds didn't mention it.

Are you the only marine in town?

They will.

Unfortunately, yes. Actually, that might be fortunately for you, given the rest of the pirates here.

[Hesitant again because well Bellemere was a marine and she was cool. Meh.] Not everyone is like Bellemere. These days, few are. [He's a lot more jaded about marines and corruption lately okay. Two years of G-5 will do that to a man.]

[ ...There's a name that startles her. Why does this Marine know it? But then, he seems to have guessed her connection to at least a few of the pirates here. ]

You knew my mother, then?

[Nods slowly.] You're her other daughter then?

I am. [ Well, obviously Bellemere knew marines at some point, having been a marine. ] The older daughter.

Welcome to Luceti, then. If you find a Princess Nefetiri she can probably fill you in a little more too.

Princess? [ Huh. ]

And thank you. [ ...she supposes, anyway. 8|a ]

Right, she's from Alabasta.

[What. Everyone else from their world is openly a pirate in their world. Well, except for one more:]

There's also Keimi, the mermaid. She's my daughter here, she works at a tailor shop in town.

[ The civilians should clearly just start a club, man. ]

Hmm. I suppose the only people I really know are my sister's crew, then. Still, that can change.

[Yup.]

Couldn't hurt to meet a few others. I think.

[Honestly, he's not sure. Meeting people... :| It's not really his thing. As you might be able to guess from how dang chatty he is right now. So chatty.]

[ seriously she's not sure what to say now. ]

So what do you do here?

I teach self defense, kickboxing, and jitte over at the barracks.

[And stalks the pirates. :|]

[ at least he knows better than to admit the last part ]

That seems fairly productive.

If you'd like to learn, I could teach you too.

There are drafts here and they take even noncombatants.

The guide mentioned those.

[ This new feather did her homework before contacting anyone. ...Hey, it happens sometimes! ]

I'll consider it.

Let me know. They're open to everyone.

[Except pirates, but whatever. Pirates don't want to learn from him anyway.]

[ He must be so irked when all the civilians who come through are inevitably on good terms with the Straw Hats. ]

I will. It'd be good to learn, anyway. Anything I learned was from Bellemere. [ Years ago, now. ]

[Every single time.]

Then our styles might be similar. Seeing as I'm also from the East Blue and generally use a basic marine hand to hand combat style.

[He actually looks kind of... happy? about this. At the very least, intrigued and maybe vaguely hopeful. It's hard to tell through the general grumpiness, but he does perk up quite a bit.]

[ Hey at least she has a good reason! Little sisters are important.

And Nojiko is seriously considering taking him up on the offer, since...well, it's not like she has any better plans. ]

Ah, is that so? In that case, I may have to take you up on it.

Couldn't hurt. You never know when a draft might happen here.

[She should totally come learn from him. If nothing else she can pretend to be spying on him for Nami and the Straw Hat's sake.]

Ah...sign me up, then.

[ That was decisive, at least. ]

[Nods!]

Can do. Drop by the barracks anytime for a once through so I can get a good idea of your strengths and where you're starting from.

I'll try to do that sometime in the next few days, then.

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