Day 64: Waiting Room/Lobby 2 (Third Shift)

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Though Brook had been led the way towards the waiting rooms before, he hadn't been expecting to have another visit so soon. Not everyone seemed to get one after all, and with how upset Yorki's grandson had seemed to be after their last meeting, he'd thought the young man wouldn't have wanted anything more to do with him. Despite all that, he did think seeing Yohan again might be a nice change of pace. He liked making new friends even in places like this.

After entering the room, he looked around for anyone familiar before taking a seat to himself. Like last time he was ready to see what would come but wouldn't be so jumpy as to think his visitor was a ghost. That had been a shock before! But he should have known better. No ghost would have been floating around during the day time.

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Barry? Brook paused at the admittance before eventually realizing that Usopp was saying that was his name. By the way Brook took his meaning, it sounded as though Usopp was having to play along somehow. It was obviously true that claiming to be a pirate usually didn't end too well, particularly when it came to the World Government. Brook hadn't been too careful in telling others there of his profession, and while it hadn't ended badly yet, he was still stuck there. Usopp, or Barry meanwhile was visiting from outside of this place.

Was he on the run maybe?

"Ah... so it's Barry now? I suppose there could be worse names!" he joked with a laugh. Of all the names Usopp could have chosen, Brook would have thought he'd pick a more imposing name. Barry didn't sound too impressive from where he was sitting but then again, neither did Brook.

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[Sorry for the delay. DX]

Barry laughed. "Right? It's really not that bad of a name after all!" Giving a boyish grin, he rubbed the back of his neck. He'd spent so long running away from it that, in the end, he'd only caused himself more trouble than it was worth, going as far as to believe a lot of the lies he'd created. But now he comfortably wore it, and he didn't intend to have a repeat of everything that had happened before.

"Anyway, how've you been?" He gestured at the chairs, indicating that they should take a seat instead of awkwardly standing around. Barry had been kind of hoping that Florian would have been better by now, but maybe he just needed to see a few more familiar faces before he got better.

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[It's all right!]

"It's not!" Brook agreed before something came to mind. He tilted his head and wondered aloud at his friend, "Is it the only one you're using? You've had a few before, haven't you?"

While Brook hadn't heard Usopp using anything other than his own name, he'd heard enough about other times. Something about a sniper king came to mind, but there hadn't been a whole lot of elaboration during that conversation, and then there were all the stories the young man had told him! As much as he'd heard, there was the chance that Usopp wasn't even really his friend's name, but he would always give the benefit of the doubt. That's what friends did, after all.

"I've been doing well! That is, some strange things happen from time to time, but it's fine if you've got friends with you," Brook said cheerfully, following Usopp's cue towards the chairs, "Oh yes, we can sit if you'd rather not stand the whole time. Actually, I don't even know how long this visit is supposed to be for, do you?"

He didn't want Usopp to be worried that he was on his own at all. Those he knew from home weren't there, but he did have others. He'd recently made friends with Renji, and then young Anise was learning to play the recorder, and there were so many others. If he got the chance, he'd have to tell Usopp about them.

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"A-ahahah, yeah, I guess so!" he laughed, maybe a tad sheepishly. "But it's just Barry now. No need for anything fancy!" Man, he really hoped Florian still wasn't buying into any of that pirate stuff, but Barry didn't have the heart to just lay it flat for him to hear. That was the doctors' job, wasn't it?!

Thankfully, they made their way toward the seats, and Barry soon took a chair for himself. "Nah, I don't know how long they'll let me be here," Barry admitted. "I'll just stay until the nurses get sick of me! It's been too long since we last saw each other. Life just isn't the same without you around, you know?"

He had an idea of what kind of "strange" things Florian was talking about -- scary stories about the night that didn't actually happen. While Barry was a fan of wild tales, stuff like that hit a little close to home, so he was happy to avoid the topic altogether.