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We're more than carbon and chemicals

Who: All Draftees
What: Fighting Third Party
When: 26th, 27th, 28th, 1st, and 2nd
Where: The Southern Farmlands
Summary: See here for overall details.
Rating: Probably gonna be gorey in places :|a

DOESN'T NEED A CUT. People should know how this works, if not, just follow other people's lead. I'm gonna set up some strategist threads at the top, for the four strategists to use if they want to, otherwise people should start their own threads.

((Mod Note: Since this has been asked a few times, just fyi, the livestock do not talk. Happy hunting!))

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[Honestly, Nami's doing her best to avoid Vash. It's easier to not lose patience with him that way. She'll be sticking close to Sanji on the first day-- blind? are you kidding her, you bastards?-- and doing whatever's asked of her.]

[Oh, hi there blind buddy.

A small person seems to have blundered into you. A very strong small person, as she has latched onto Nami almost automatically with a bit of a vice grip.

Quite like a lost child.]

[Nami's not the one who's blind-- that'd be Sanji over there. Still, sudden blundering does tend to take one by surprise and she stumbles before looking down.

...more children on the battlefield, huh.]

...hey. [Putting a hand on her shoulder.] You okay?

[Flandre flinches away from the hand slightly with a small squeak. She didn't see that coming! ...and didn't recognize the voice, either.]

I can't see.

[...A blind child. Even better. She crouches down slowly, coming more down to Flandre's level.] My friend can't see, either. He lost his sight when he came here. Was it the same for you? [Hell, for all she knows, this kid could have been blind to begin with. Which...would suck even more.]

I could, before...

[Finally she blinks one eye open, then the other. Said irises are starkly red, though no longer glowing; the catlike sliver of pupil in each does not expand or contract in response to light or shadow.]

...are my eyes open? I think they're open.

[Good thing she's used to strange eye colours by now. She'll just give that shoulder a gentle squeeze.] Yeah, they are. What's your name?

[The little vampire makes a surprised chirp, and reaches up to put her hands on the one zqueezing her shoulder. It was comforting. She wanted it to stay there, please.]

Flandre. What's yours?

[Pause.]

...though I can't see your face.

[She laughs.] It's Nami. And I've got long orange hair and brown eyes, so when you see again you'll be able to recognise me. [And she won't remove her hand, then.] It's just temporary, Flandre.

[Well, Sanji's got nowhere to go, so Nami can stick away. Unfortunately, he's not the best for conversation - his mouth is caught in a perpetual grimace as battle roar of battle, both distant and nearby, rings in his now-sensitive ears.

When he moves, he moves slow, unsure of his steps unless Nami's there to guide him, and his eyes never open. Ever. They haven't, not since the first two attempts, and his stare met nothing but inky black. But he doesn't have the time to be afraid, or feel anything besides the controlled anger and frustration filling his chest.

He thinks back to yesterday, everyone offering a helping hand should that dreaded incompatibility issue arise.

...Heh. Not much they can do this time around. Shitty Malnosso bastards.]

[For her part, Nami will make sure he knows she's there, but she won't hover; she's always close by, but asking him even ten minutes how he's doing isn't going to help, and Nami swallows her worry and anger and carries on.

If they'd known this was what was going to happen, they could have tried making some kind of contingencies last night and maybe been a little better braced for the shock. Maybe tonight they can calm down and plan better, but for now...

For now, her footsteps are heavy and obvious when she finally comes to sit down next to him, voice soft.]

I've got sandwiches.

[Ah, Nami. He knows what she's doing and appreciates the gesture to give him some space. Her offer is met with a small, weak smile - but it's there, all the same.]

Thank you, Nami-san. [Not that he's very hungry, but damn if he won't eat something to keep his mind off other things. So he reaches... then halts the automatic gesture upon remembering that, ha, you kinda need sight to know where things are. Gotta wait for her to give it to him.

Jeez. If it were anyone but her or the crew, this would be so... and even still, his pride.]

How's it going so far? [Just cover it up. Don't think about it right now. They're in battle, even if away from most of the action]

[She'll catch his wrist in one fluid movement and turn his hand over gently, depositing a sandwich half in his palm.] So far, so good. Of course, it's the first day, and the fighting will be a lot heavier elsewhere. [So casual.] We've had a couple of injured come back, but nothing too serious.

Sayo's coping okay. [Because she knows he'd worry. Excuse her, taking a bite out of her own sandwich.]

[A small, relieved nod. It's stupid, he knows, but the thought of anyone dying out there when he should be able to help... This blindness thing is weighing on him more than he wants to admit.

But he can't help but brighten at the news that Sayo is doing well.] That's good to hear. She was worried about getting in the way. [A careful bite of his sandwich. Bless repetition for making this part easy.]

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Well, she's certainly keeping busy. I won't say she's not nervous, but...those are her sandwiches we're eating. [Nom. When he's done with the first half, she'll give him the second.]

...how are you doing?

[She has to ask once.]

[They are? Well then. Sanji eats with a little more gusto and pep, obviously warmed by the news. He can't waste the food Sayo-san so painstakingly made.

It's the question that wipes some of his good mood away. Mmm.

Nami's got a right to ask, though. And so he smiles at her, stronger than before but still weary] Honestly? Been better. [Turning his head back to the half-finished sandwich in his hands]

But you're right. This'll probably be temporary. Maybe when we get back to our rooms, it'll come back. [And he'll have to go through this again, until they're sent home. Even still, it won't last. He's just got to keep telling himself so he won't forget]

[Hey, at least it's an honest answer. He can't see the returning smile, and...she probably shouldn't reach out and touch his arm again, should she? But she keeps her voice warm. Firm, to boot.] Maybe we can find a few better ways of working around it when we go back for the night. You'll at least have more warning for tomorrow.

Aa. [Slowly gathering back some of his usual expression] Though it looks like I'll be stuck to the defense post.

[Not a bad thing, necessarily, but jeez. Good job, Malnosso, fucking up your task force.]

[Good. It's better seeing some of the old Sanji back there.] For a while. There's a few faces who'd be relieved to see you here in any case.

Could've been worse. [So deliberately teasing now, just a little.] You could have been a horrible shade of green, as well.

[A low chuckle] Like I told Xion-chan, I think blue's more our color. Leave the green to the shithead. [or not turn any color at all; that works, too.

... Jeez. Even making a joke at Zoro's expense is just another reminder how much he hates these Malnosso bastards. And how apparently, he'll have to give Catherine a tad more credit - the guy hadn't been lying about the incompatibility]

... Have you heard of anyone getting better, yet? [On the off-chance]

No. [She glances up.] There's people here with the flu, people who are blind, people who've got suddenly broken limbs and injuries... they blinded a kid. And of course, all the colours of the rainbow.

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Sorry this took me so long D|

It's okay :3

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