Working on a ship had built up Usopp's muscle tone quite a bit, though he remained generally wiry in build (when putting it politely; scrawny might also be appropriate) especially when not actually straining any muscles. And so the happily smiling and freshly cleaned young pirate looked pretty funny with a burly guard on either side, when each one of them looked as though they could easily wrestle the kid to the ground and hold him there should he start anything.
Usopp had no intentions of starting anything other than dinner, fortunately. Barbecue was practically 'party food' in Usopp's book, and although this tasted a little different from the way he'd always had it cooked it was good. It also sounded from the intercom as though Dr. Landel was going to be coming back for the night. In a weird way, that pleased him; it was strange to have the nurse talking instead, especially at night, when he had seen what the nurses became. He'd never seen Dr. Landel himself but could imagine him as some unassuming evil man in a labcoat at a speaker. Much less disturbing. If he'd just had his bandanna to keep his hair out of his eyes, he'd have had nothing to complain about. And that after running over a table and giving someone a bloody nose! This place really was different in the daytime.
... Unless the punishment would come at night. Suddenly Usopp didn't feel quite as cheerful.
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Working on a ship had built up Usopp's muscle tone quite a bit, though he remained generally wiry in build (when putting it politely; scrawny might also be appropriate) especially when not actually straining any muscles. And so the happily smiling and freshly cleaned young pirate looked pretty funny with a burly guard on either side, when each one of them looked as though they could easily wrestle the kid to the ground and hold him there should he start anything.
Usopp had no intentions of starting anything other than dinner, fortunately. Barbecue was practically 'party food' in Usopp's book, and although this tasted a little different from the way he'd always had it cooked it was good. It also sounded from the intercom as though Dr. Landel was going to be coming back for the night. In a weird way, that pleased him; it was strange to have the nurse talking instead, especially at night, when he had seen what the nurses became. He'd never seen Dr. Landel himself but could imagine him as some unassuming evil man in a labcoat at a speaker. Much less disturbing. If he'd just had his bandanna to keep his hair out of his eyes, he'd have had nothing to complain about. And that after running over a table and giving someone a bloody nose! This place really was different in the daytime.
... Unless the punishment would come at night. Suddenly Usopp didn't feel quite as cheerful.