[07] move along, move along just to make it through

[judicialassistant]

Who: Susato and anyone
Which: Open catch-all log for September + network option
Where: The Wild Harvest garden, but open to other locations.
What: Yujin Mikotoba has left Songerein.
Warnings: Will add if needed.

🌸 A. an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Sender: Susato Mikotoba
To: Everyone
Subject: Reverein's clinic

[ It's short, and to the point. Susato doesn't use the journal often to broadcast like this, but now that she is, she feels it prudent to be as direct as possible. ]

To whom it may concern:

For the past couple weeks, the Reverein communal clinic has been without a proper doctor to run it. If you are in need of aid, please be patient, as the volunteers are doing the very best they can.

If you have medical experience and would like to help, please let me know. Thank you.

Regards,
Susato Mikotoba

🌸 B. move along, move along, like i know you do.

[ Within the garden of the Wild Harvest, among the faint hissing of snakes and the lull of the waterfalls, Susato closes her journal and tucks away her pen. She takes a deep breath as she moves to stand from her favorite bench, and she walks with purpose into an area littered with stars that look like stepping stones upon the ground.

For a moment, she stops and simply stares. There it is. A blank star, waiting for a name. Perhaps it appeared some time ago. Perhaps she simply ignored it, but after digesting recent events, she has no time to wallow in the remaining stages of grief. He's not even dead, but she wonders if that doesn't make things worse.

Either way, she doesn't even need a pen. She slowly bends down, spending another moment feeling the rough surface of the starfish with her hand before she commits with her pointer finger.

The strokes appear in a glow, and the end result looks engraved. ]

御琴羽 悠仁

🌸 C. wild card.

[ If neither of these fit! ]

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Comments

[judicialassistant]

H- He is a real man!

[ Susato protests, that outburst coming automatically in Kazuma's defense. ]

We have been through the best and the worst of what this world has to offer, I assure you. We do not need the paopu to tell us how intertwined our destinies are... but we will enjoy one together regardless, at our own leisure and no one else's.

Every day, if we so please!

1/2

[chefalier]

[He's slightly startled by Susato's outburst and Sanji finds himself growing quiet as he listens to her. She really cares about this lucky bastard, huh?]

[chefalier]

[As she finishes defending her unnamed boyfriend, Sanji looks quite apologetic, with the cook rubbing the back of his head. The last thing he'd ever want to do is upset a lady and he might've done so. While he still doesn't know much about this other guy, it's definitely clear that they've been through a lot together.

He offers a small smile, his tone taking on a softer voice.]

Ah, Susato-chan... I'm sorry. You must love him a lot.

1/2

[judicialassistant]

...!

[ Oops. That may have come off more strongly than she intended, though she will stand by those feelings regardless. She does clear her throat, however, shrinking slightly in turn. Somehow she's still holding that fried rice, and shockingly, it hasn't spilled any.

She takes a breath, and reels in those emotions. ]

For as long as I can remember.

[judicialassistant]

[ An awkward silence follows. She doesn't know how else she can follow up to that, so... So she just verbally turns things around. ]

Wh, What about you?

[chefalier]

[Sanji blames himself for the sudden shift in mood. He can see the slight discomfort in Susato and it's easy to see how she's doing her best to keep things from getting too awkward. She's so strong and kind...!

He wants to make the mood lighthearted once more, but also it's not hard for Sanji to be... Sanji.]

I don't have a girlfriend, but I'm a lover to all ladies. Whatever they want, they only need to ask this love cook~~ I live to serve...!

[judicialassistant]

[ He is... admittedly... very good at lightening the mood. She looks at him with playful suspicion. ]

Did you become a cook solely to win the hearts of women?

[chefalier]

[The bombastic behavior lightens at her question, but he's still relaxed and pleased, because cooking is truly the most important thing to him.]

While I love each and every lady, I didn't become a cook for them. [...] I always wanted to cook, since I was young. Just wanted to make something delicious with my own hands and have others enjoy it.

[judicialassistant]

[ She can definitely sense that importance by his demeanor and the way he speaks about it. Her playful teasing fades somewhat, replaced by a continued curiosity: ]

I see... Then, what was your first ever dish? Did it come easily to you?

[chefalier]

[Memories of his time at Germa prop up, but Sanji shoves them to the side, because he really only started to really cook when he found Zeff. Or Zeff found him. It's a lot easier talking about that shitty old man anyway.]

You're eating it, Susato-chan. [He says that softly.] I consider it the first successful dish I made... and I had a lot of training from a shit--grumpy old man. Of course, the ingredients and spices aren't 100% the same as back home, but it's close.

[judicialassistant]

[ ...The fact that Sanji censored himself may have escaped Susato's notice. It does earn him a slight tilt of her head though as she tries to process everything; and she finds herself staring down at what remains in her container. ]

Ah. I had no idea you had fallen back to your roots.

...I'm sure he would be proud, even if he is grumpy.

[chefalier]

It's a comfort, cooking one of your favorites.

[He's been getting the urge to make his nakama's favorite food lately. It feels like it's been a while since he's done that.]

Heh, I hope the old man is. Although, he wouldn't admit it even if he was. We just had that sort of relationship.

[Sanji remains quiet for a moment, before noticing that she's mostly eaten the fried rice, causing him to smile brightly at her.] Was the food good?

[judicialassistant]

[ Susato is totally ready to ask more about this man. His name at least, perhaps, though since Sanji seems to move on, she does, too. She looks down at the container; perhaps she hadn't realized she'd eaten that fast, but it definitely happens. ]

It was delicious.

[ It would be rude of her not to wash it before giving the container back to him, though. She replaces the lid, placing her hand atop it gingerly, satisfied. ]

...Someone I know once told me, actually, that... where he is from, it is customary to bring food to someone as a form of comfort, when something unfortunate has happened.

[chefalier]

[His smile turns into worry as her words slowly sink in.]

Ah, Susato-chan... has something happened to you?

[Maybe he's mistaken her words and she's just speaking generally, but Sanji wants to make sure. He figures it's better to ask than not, especially for a lady friend!! She doesn't look hurt or anything, but that's only the surface!]

[judicialassistant]

[ She certainly looks to be in one piece. She could tell Sanji all about almost drowning beneath a lake, one that nearly turned to ice, no less; but that's not something she can bring herself to bring up so casually. She takes a breath, however, knowing that she can at least be open about something else. ]

I've lost someone important to me. [ Though she is quick to add, almost too defensively: ] He hasn't died, but it is a loss all the same.

...My father.

[chefalier]

[Sanji puts two and two together, realizing that she's referring to her father's disappearance from this world. He's fine, physically, but the loss must be hard nonetheless. He imagines he'd feel the same if Zeff was here, even if he would never admit such a thing to the old geezer.]

I'm sorry. Never gets easier being separated, even if you know you'll see them again.

[Plus, he doubts that she had the chance to say good-bye to him.]

[judicialassistant]

[ She sure didn't. The sigh that escapes her lips next probably confirms as much, and she lightly shrugs, trying to appear unbothered. ]

Well, when I do see him, I'm going to give him an earful.

[ ......She pauses. ]

But... thank you. You may not have known, but this was just what I needed.

[chefalier]

[He chuckles lightly at that, sensing that Susato's mood has lightened. Or maybe he's just hoping, but Sanji intends to at least keep her company until she's either feeling better or tires of him.]

I'm glad that I was able to help. Want me to swing by some time and make you more food? I'll bring your favorite.

🎀

[judicialassistant]

[ Well, she certainly won't be kicking him out. It may not be so bad to have him around, either--what if both she and 76 get sick (or worse) at the same time, for example? Not that she should be speaking of Sanji as if he were some stray dog--

She laughs. ]

You are welcome anytime you'd like.