sailedfirst | I. Video

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I. Video

[Hello, Luceti! Great day today, isn't it? The sky is blue and there's a good wind blowing... Perfect day to set sail and leave this weirdass island with its weirdass wings. Which is what this particular boy is planning to do today.

That is, once he figures out how exactly in hell this weird raft works.

Sabo had woken up in the shores of Luceti yesterday, in a state of panic and utter devastation. That's what happens when the last thing you remember is having a cannon ball that will kill you on impact flying straight towards you while you're trapped in a burning ship; that you're barely out of your prison, barely grasping your freedom, and you're going to die. Then he spent several long, long minutes agonizing whether he really did survive or this is some cruel, but real crazy dream he's having right before his death, before he finally shook his head and accepted the fact he'll get nowhere just by thinking about it.

That's when he began exploring this new island he landed in, starting by having a mild freak-out after discovering the wings on his back. His familiar blue coat was folded nearby, with a weird book on top of it. So next, he fiddled with his journal, read a bit of the guide, listened a bit to other people's broadcasts, and more or less gathered three important things:

1) he's in a different world (different island, he translated, or maybe the dream world?)
2) these Malnosso are assholes
3) there's no leaving this place

Fact number 3 is very much full of crap, Sabo decided. There's a whole ocean right in front of him, isn't there? He only needs a boat and then he's out of this weirdass place. But there's no port town in the map. This Luceti Village is too far inland, so they definitely won't have ships there. Maybe there's a dock? There has to be! Where else would they put their fishing boats and how else would the villagers travel to other islands? And so with the thought, Sabo begins walking along the empty beach in search for the docks. Luckily, he and his brothers spent so much time living outdoors that sleeping under a tree-root is no problem at all (he hasn't slept a wink though).

Early this morning, he finally reached the docks. But there's only a single vessel he could possibly use. He somehow managed to steal away the said vessel from the docks and navigate it farther down the beach. But that's the extent of the distance he can manage without using the raft's engines.]

[Video]
[The video opens with a stunning view of the sea and the clear blue sky. Almost immediately though, the screen is knocked sideways, and a blond boy in a blue coat and a New Feather pants appears in the screen, bending over the inside of the raft and the sound of tinkering and muted mutters can be heard.]

[Sabo pulls himself up, wiping sweat from his face, looking at the raft with a frown.] Looks like I won't be able to sail this thing far. Not without a power source, I guess. Dammit, why aren't there any normal fishing boats in this place?! [This complaint is followed by a few curse words no ten-year old should be using. Then he turns his sight on the "horizon", eyes narrowing. He heard something about a barrier, but Sabo's not ready to believe that yet. He's not ready to be told he's trapped again.

The next words are softly spoken, barely heard against the waves on the shore.] ...I can't stay here. I need to go out to the sea.

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[Ace had basically been ignoring his journal since he came back, but then this post showed up.

And like hell he can forget that voice.]

[Ace is just going to stare his journal for a while, replaying the post over and over. He can't stay. Why can't he stay? Did he already die? Or is he just stuck back in High Town? Ace is trembling as he looks down at the journal. It didn't really matter.

Sabo is here. He opened the journal to reply, voice a little shaky.]

H...

[He swallowed quickly, taking a few minutes to compose himself. Come on, you're the older brother! Keep a stiff upper lip, chin up, all that shit. He takes a deep breath, and his voice goes right back to confident.]

Hey, you cheater. You better not leave without me.

Well, too bad, Ace. I already left, so I'm taking this win. Didn't you get my letter?

[Wait. What?

Sabo whirls around in shock.] A-Ace?! [Nope, still an empty beach behind him.]

[Well of course Ace isn't here. He's in Mt. Corvo with Luffy, probably annoying Dadan. Sabo left them behind, didn't he? There's no way they could be in this same crazy island/dream as he is.

He sighs.] Great, now I'm starting to make stuff up. Damn weirdass place...

Yeah, I got your shitty letter! [IT MADE HIM CRY, YOU DUMBASS. Not that he will ever admit to this.

He just let's out a scoff, and grumbles a bit.] I'm really here, okay? And so're you.

[Okay, that grumble's too real, too familiar to be a hallucination. And it seems to be coming from that journal thing. Picking it up and glaring at it.]

Hey, it's not shitty, damn bastard. I gave it a lot of thought!

And where is here exactly? ...Wait, did I end up back in Dawn Island after all? [That'll explain Ace's presence at least.]