damned_institute | Day 29: Cafeteria, Brunch

Hitsugaya left the chapel no less frustrated than before. The head doctor once again had chosen not to hide his face, yet promised he would be making an appearance at some time in the near future. He didn't like being patient, but there wasn't much choice. Either the head doctor would show his face, or he wouldn't. Renji had already seen him, and knew how to find him. That was enough.

The thought of eating made him slightly nauseous as usual, but he knew he needed to get his strength up. He could either be weak and try to force his way through brunch without eating anything, or he could be smart and actually give himself something to eat. And there was rice. Rice and fruit. He took a heaping pile of rice, and grabbed as much watermelon as he could fit on his plate, then proceeded to an empty table. He scanned the room, watching for Momo. He wasn't exactly looking forward to their conversation, knowing how she'd acted yesterday; however, he knew he had to speak to her, and there was a good chance that she would show more restraint now that the drugs were out of her system.

Thoughtfully he consumed his rice and waited.

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"Yeah. Last time I asked a question, I only got smart-alec responses... it might just be the same thing this time." Usopp sighed, leaning against the table a bit. "Maybe I should post anonymously too."

Sai sure was smiling a lot. That probably wasn't a good sign. "Or maybe I should wait until we're both better armed ourselves. Announcing we have stuff to work with might invite people to try and rob us..."

"Waiting to give out your room number would probably be a wise precaution in that case." Sai hadn't even thought about that potential threat, but now that he did it seemed only logical. "You could post anonymously just to catch interest. There shouldn't be much harm with that."

Usopp's comment about getting themselves better equipped first had merit, and the ninja agreed with it. The pirate was doing such a good job of talking sense into himself, however, that he didn't even mention it.

Usopp could talk himself in and out of sense with remarkable agility, back and forth again. It went with storytelling under the gift of gab he specialized in.

"Mm, so how about I post this afternoon, we see what people say, and then tonight we can work on our own stuff. If by tomorrow there seems like there's interest, we can maybe open up a bit more and see what kinds of things people want other than proper sword-swords, and who else might be willing to help make them. Right?" Usopp laid out the current game plan piece by piece.

"That sounds fine." Sai's smile faded back into stoicness. "Will you want me to help with the post, or will you be fine doing it yourself?" He figured it was only polite to offer, even though the idea was Usopp's.

The remaining food on his plate had begun to get cold, but he finished it anyway before setting the tray aside.

"What, like write it? I can probably do okay... just saying maybe we should organize for making weapons alternative to the alchemist and metal shaping people. Ask if anyone else is good at that sort of thing, and if anyone's interested in stuff that's not swords." Usopp sighed, and idly picked his nose as he glanced around the room. "Anything else you can think of that I should add?"

Sai went over what Usopp had said in his head, translating the pirate's phrasing into something he could think through better. If he was going to write it out exactly like that, then perhaps he should take over. He couldn't, however, think of anything to add right off the bat. "No. That should cover it for now."

Almost automatically, he reached for a napkin as Usopp stuck his finger in his nose and handed it across to him. For his friend to resort to that he obviously didn't have one of his own.

Usopp blinked at the napkin offer, but took it and wiped his finger off on it. "Thanks."

The message itself would have to be worded more carefully, of course, but Usopp would take his time on that. This was just hammering out details on what the message should contain. "Say, do you know anyone who might be interested in this kind of thing? I know your, um, co-ninja would probably want some throwing stuff, could any of them help work on a project like this, you think? Or are they already working for the other groups?"

Co-ninja was a term Sai had never heard before, but it worked anyway. The matter of the others got a bit complicated, however.

"I'm unsure of the current whereabouts of some of my companions," he admitted. "My teammates especially. I haven't seen any of them in a couple days. As for those I have seen, Uchiha Sasuke often prefers not to work with others. Hatake Kakashi-san may be worth asking. There's also Haku and his master, but they aren't affiliated with my village and I know very little about them."

"That's funny. Everybody here I know from my home are all members of the same crew as me." Usopp commented. It was a good thing, really, because he didn't care for the idea of having some kind of internal pirate struggle to deal with on top of everything, or Marines to avoid, or... Sanji had mentioned Baroque Works.

Usopp thought this place was maybe a bit too baroque for them. Nobody with big numbers on their heads, for instance. "So, we can ask that Kakashi. And I know the last time I asked about building something on the boards, a couple of the responses sounded like people who'd be able to help with this sort of project. There was a Dr. Citan guy, for one. Maybe they're still around and free to help."

"Is that so?" Sai asked when Usopp mentioned everyone being from his crew. "That's interesting, and good to know." He leaned forward with his hands folded in front of him, trying to appear thoughtful. "When I was looking into everyone from my world, there seemed to be a common connection among them in that everyone knew Uzumaki Naruto, one of my teammates, and some were connected by no other means. It's possible that the connection for your world lies with someone in your crew?" It was still possible that there was no connection at all, and this was all just coincidence, but that was something to go on.

Usopp could do whatever he wanted with the bulletin post as long s the message got across, so the ninja just nodded to the last statement. He wouldn't be sure if Kakashi would have any interest, but there was a chance.

Day 29: Cafeteria, Brunch

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