http://misterprince.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] misterprince.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2008-09-04 07:31 am

Day 35: Bus 1

Sanji woke up groggily to find his nurse already in his room. He gave a sleepy and half-hearted "Buh?" before realizing that nurse meant dayshift, and he'd fallen asleep after dinner.

"Shit!" He sat up abruptly, which gave his nurse a start. "Nami-swan!" How had he allowed himself to sleep through an entire night? What if she'd tried to return to the basement? What if she'd been waiting for him to appear and protect her? He'd let her down!

"There, there. Calm down." His nurse set a familiar flannel shirt down on the bed and Sanji eyed it with confusion. The last time he'd worn that had been... "Sorry I didn't knock or anything, but I was so excited~!" A pair of jeans followed the shirt. "Today is the field trip into town! Aren't you looking forward to it?"

The chef had to admit, the town had been an interesting enough place the last time he'd been. If he could find Nami early on he might even be able to lead her around... So he didn't complain too much as he changed into the other outfit (which he really wished they'd let him keep - anything was better than the regular gray) and was led out to the first of the buses.

He took a seat near the front, hopefully easily visible to any of his crew - especially to a certain member of his crew.

[for Usopp!]

[identity profile] usoppsenchou.livejournal.com 2008-09-07 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Did we have it bad?!" Usopp paused to stare, as though Sanji had just said he didn't want cigarettes or Luffy was refusing food or... something. He knew Sanji had been in the Institute by then, so why--oh. Hadn't he been acting strange that night? A little out of it?

"There were monsters on the buses, patients scrambling all over each other to get out, and outside, giant birds trying to eat people, Sanji!" He gestured widely, flapping his arms to demonstrate and nearly hitting Sanji in the process. "It was only a good thing I managed to distract the birds with my expert imitation-calls and voice projection, making them think there was a flock of lady birds in the woods off to the side, or we'd have all been eaten. Then everyone cheered how great it was to have the amazingly talented Captain Usopp on your crew, and after that..." We all went to the kitchen and my best Institute friend beat us up. "We went inside and explored a while."