Feeling Peckish

[gomu_ningen]

Characters: Luffy, SOLDIER BOY and You~!
Setting: Cafeteria Entrance and possibly in the Cafeteria (Nightime)
Format: I'll match whatever you send my way!
Summary: Luffy is TOTALLY not sneaking into the Cafeteria late at night!
Warnings: Possible break-ins and tomfoolery

[It was late, far past the hour to be awake for fear of the monsters and the other horrors of the Tower seeking out those foolish enough to be wanderinf about. Sadly, an unsatisfied appetite was enough to pull Luffy from his bed and head towards the only known source of food.

He wasn't stealthy, save for the lack of noise his stretching limbs made as they crept around corners to move along. If you happen to be awake and hear him moving through the halls, and you're brave enough to follow, he'll arrive at his destination: the Mess Hall.

He will however meet with opposition, as the Cafeteria is locked up for the night. He will struggle, and pull, and punch, but with no success. Perhaps you're willing to offer a helping hand?]

Comments

[gomu_ningen]

So?

[Yeah, he says it as if there was no good reason to not approach this guy.]

[swordofzero]

So. Nothing good will come out of it.

[gomu_ningen]

You don't think I could kick his ass?

[swordofzero]

No. I don't. [This is his deadly serious face Luffy. Though it's not much different to his normal face. He doesn't really do not serious]

[gomu_ningen]

Waa~h?! [Such little faith Suzaku has in the young King-to-be! However, the intensity in his roomie's eyes are a sure sign that this was nothing to joke about. Hopefully, Suzaku had counted on Luffy's stubborness.] Where can I find him?

[swordofzero]

He's in the administrative levels, you can't get there normally.

[He shook his head.] It's not worth it, they have absolute power. He could kill us in a press of a button.

[gomu_ningen]

Won't know until we try now, will we?

[Luffy's knuckles crack as he clenches them into fists, keeping his eyes upon Suzaku as them begin to intensify with anger.]

If I'm not going there normally, how would I get there?

[swordofzero]

I've been there three times, and twice I died.

The time I lived was because of Dax, who died because of his efforts in getting us down there.

[gomu_ningen]

. . . You've.. DIED?!

[Luffy's dealt with death before, but not in the way one would think. Having bested the efforts ot a "Zombie King", Luffy was now assuming the worst.]

Suzaku.. Y-You're a zombie?!

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku blinked, surprised at Luffy's reaction, he was glad the boy had not found out for himself, but it surprised him that there were people that did not know that death was not real here.]

No I'm not a zombie... Death is not permanent here.

[gomu_ningen]

Ahh~! Everyone here has eaten the Devil's Fruit, haven't they?!

[swordofzero]

I'm not sure what that is. [He blinks] Can you remember what I told you about souls?

[gomu_ningen]

Hrrnn.. Maybe?

[Luffy would do his best, but no promises, Suzaku. Most of that brain is occupied with keeping track of what he's eaten, when, and how (from almost three months ago up to this point). Gotta' remember the important stuff, ya' know.]

[swordofzero]

[It's a good job he has patience.] We discovered that we are only souls, and our bodies are just one's made by the administrators. That's how we can come back from the dead, our souls are held here. [He pointed at Luffy's collar] So really we don't truly die, or souls are just put in new bodies.

[gomu_ningen]

[This was a lot for the simpleton to take in.]

So.. I'm.. I'm not "me"?! This isn't my body? B-But how can I stretch if this isn't my body?!

[swordofzero]

No you're not, except you are, it's just your body that is not your own. [He pointed at the collar again] Your powers are held in there as well, that's why you can stretch.

[gomu_ningen]

EHHHH?!! I'm just some collar?!

[Luffy, in a dread-filled panic, raises his arms and hands to his eyes to inspect them closely.]

H-How isn't this my body?!

[swordofzero]

No it's... [Suzaku frowned, a little confused at how to describe it.] Like a computer... you had those in your world right?

[gomu_ningen]

[Oh, Suzaku. Why did you have to get such a complicated yet adventerous room mate?]

Nope. Don't know what a "computer" is. Is it like a DenDenMushi? We've got those! They're snails that you speak into and then they communicate across big distances so you can talk to people across the world!

[swordofzero]

[Blinking... snails... that they spoke into...

More blinking] You speak to people over the other side of the world through snails?

[Just checking that he's not hearing things]

[gomu_ningen]

Yeah.. I've got a snail on my ship that has a tiny straw hat, so that way when I have to call my crew, they know it's me. Why? What do you speak into?

[He says this completely straight-faced. These are the facts Luffy lives by, and the notion of NOT speaking into a snail's shell makes no sense to him.]

[swordofzero]

Oh. Well we speak into communication devices, or telephones. I've never heard of snails being used that way.

[gomu_ningen]

Yeah! We use them for phones and for showing movies and videos, too!

[swordofzero]

Showing movies?

[Okay snails as communication he could sort of go with...] Where do they get the movies from?

[gomu_ningen]

You just change the shells out..

[Luffy gives Suzaku a very concerned stare. This kind of thing was elementary in his world, or at least Luffy felt it was. There was a slight feeling of intellectual superiority, but only just a little. It wouldn't be long before Luffy was back to feeling clueless again.]