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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[ Just missed her. That's still a little disappointing, in a vague way; Nojiko's been used to the idea of not seeing her younger sister for long stretches of time since they were children and Nami joined Arlong's crew. After she left that crew she'd joined another, and what news Nojiko got came in the form of official bounties.

She misses Nami, of course, but Nojiko's used to that.

The voice is female, and she does know the name of another crew member she'd never met, so Nojiko hazards a guess. ]

Would this be Nico Robin?

[Sob. AWKWARD.]

Ah...no. My name is Vivi. Nefertari Vivi. I'm also one of your sister's nakama, though.

[ ...Yeah now that she examines it the picture is way off. Whoops.

Processing. That name's been mentioned twice now. Princess, right? ]

Ah, sorry. You weren't in the last bounty update we had, and that's really the only way I have of knowing who joined after they left Cocoyasi.

It's nice to meet you, Vivi-san. [ Since she was using honorifics. ]

You too, Nojiko-san. Nami-san's told me a bit about you. [Vivi smiles, but then looks somewhat apologetic.]

Ah, no; I don't have a bounty myself. I'm perhaps more of an honorary crew member back home.

[ Honorary crew is still crew, so Nojiko smiles. ]

I see. I hope they were all good things she said...

Nothing but. [Welp. Nami may not be here any longer, but there's no question in Vivi's mind that Nojiko should stay with them, provided she hasn't already made other arrangements. Heck, even if she has...]

Nojiko-san? You haven't found a place to stay yet, have you? We've got plenty of room here, and I know it's what Nami-san would want. ...if you like, you could even stay in her old room.

[Hopefully that's not too abrupt an invitation.]

Ah, no. I've just been sorting out the wheres and whys, really. And...that would be nice.

[ Not the old room part, probably, but. Staying with people who know Nami is preferable to the alternatives, and she might be able to get some news out of them. ]

[It's a bit of a relief how readily the offer is accepted.] Then shall I come and meet you? Where are you now, Nojiko-san?

[By now, Vivi's mostly recovered from her ordeal on the draft--still a bit weak, but as long as Nojiko's in the village or close by, she knows she can manage the walk. Really, it'll be good for her to do more again while she gets her strength back.]

The bakery, corner booth.

[ So, not too far away. ]

first harvest. video. saturday afternoon.

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