sailedfirst | II. [Event: Horoscopes]

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II. [Event: Horoscopes]

[Days 1-5]
[Being new in this place, it takes Sabo several hours browsing the journal to actually realize something weird is up. But since he doesn't really know anyone that much yet, and Ace and Luffy (although with more boobs) are more or less themselves, Sabo shrugs this off and spends his days in the forest, training by fighting wild animals trying to eat him or fishing by the river.]

[Day 6, Action]
[There is a rooster in Sabo's room today. It's nestled on his chest when he woke up so he and the chicken exchanged peaceful, post-sleep stares before Sabo's brain catches up to what's actually happening. This is followed by the sound of a young boy flailing and yelling, flapping wings and loud, indignant squawking. Several minutes and multiple scratches later, Sabo quickly flips his journal open to find a strange message: Adopt a chicken. ...Okay, he doesn't know what to make of that.]

[Video]
Uh, hey! Is anyone missing a pet? Er... A chicken? I--no, it's a rooster, actually. He might've wandered in my room and---Hey, stop that! [Said rooster now nudges its way into the screen, and just when it looks like it's going to crow like a normal rooster, it coos. Sabo manages to wrench the journal away.] So yeah, if this guy's yours, give me a call! I'll bring him back. [After that, Sabo goes outside to explore. And tagging persistently after him is a rooster.]

[Day 7, Action]
You have something in your teeth.

[Something's different about Sabo today, and those who know what he normally looks like would notice it at once. Perfect set of teeth. And this will last all week.]

[Day 8, Action]
You have a gay sibling. Shhh.

[Ace, Luffy... If you run into your little bro around, he'll be walking right up to you, give you a hug, and very solemnly say:] No matter what your choices in life are, you have my full support!

[Marco... he's going to be a little more weird to you. He'll actually bow his head while shaking your hand.] You're helping Ace all the time, right? Thank you very much for that. I guess he might get a bit shy for that kind of thing.

[Note: gay = okama in this kid's head. It explains Luffy's boobs, okay?]

[Day 9-10, Action]
[You will become illiterate as soon as you finish this sentence.

And sure enough, the once readable text is now a bunch of undecipherable squiggles. For someone who dreams of writing a book, this is one very horrible, horrible thing to happen. This day is going to be spent in frantic search of books, of any reading materials actually, and he'll end up making a bit of a mess in the library.]

[All throughout the week, the adopted rooster eventually named "Keloggs" after one particular cereal brand he saw in the food shop will be sticking by his side. Feel free to run into him everywhere!]

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[Hey, hey, you're just way smarter than the people he usually deals with. And it unnerves him to be found out that he's with a secret this early on. He himself doubts his heritage matters here, but after rejecting it for so long, denying it is second nature.]

... I guess. [And that should've been the end of it. Buuuuuut. Curious boy is curious, so...] What made you say that anyway?

I enjoy secrets. Or, more accurately picking out the truth. (It's als a good survival skill) Not everyone or everything is as it seems.

And.... just what is it that's 'not what it seems' with me?

[Oh gods, has he been unconsciously acting like a stuck up noble?!]

Why do you want to know?

I'm being myself all this time. So I'm wondering what is it that you saw weird in me.

Nothing weird. I just saw you. [she rests her chin on her hand]

If I told you what made you stand out from what you pretend to be, would you change it?

That depends on what is it. Because 's far as I know, I'm not pretending to be anything! I'm not about to change myself!

[Even if he does get found out by this guy, there's no way he'll start acting like the rest of the nobles.]

Then what is so important about being from the trash heap?

...You asked where I'm from, right? That's where I lived.

Perhaps, but not for very long. You speak well. You carry yourself with confidence. And a quick mind. The fact that you are here and so concerned with needing to write says that you're literate which is not something someone who lives in a trash heap has the luxury of.

[Just... looking stunned. Damn, this guy's good! But, no. He can still turn this around.

He raises his chin defiantly.] So what if I'm literate? Not everyone in the trash heap's satisfied with that kind of life, y'know! I wanna make something of myself so I taught myself how to read and write. And 'sides, you gotta have your wits with you when you live in a place like the Gray Terminal, or you'll just end up dead.

Is that so. [You're not fooling anyone but she'll just smile] And what do you want to make of yourself? What is your ambition?

Why should I tell you that? You haven't even told me your name yet!

[Shh, he's secretly enjoying the challenge. It's not often he can use his brain for anything other than survival.]

Fair enough. Nico Robin. Though this isn't my real body.

I'm Sabo. Good to meet you! Now that's out of the way, I--

[Wait, what.] Not your... Eh?! What do you mean?

Mm-mm [She shakes her head] It's my turn to get an answer.

Tch, that's unfair. That's too personal a question you're asking, and yet you won't even tell me who you really are!

You won't tell me who you really are either. [She smiles] I know your name and where you say you're from. [She thinks on this a minute] I am from Rougetown. [Which is technically true depending...]

[He blinks.] The Pirate King's home town...? So you're from my world too?!

[But hold it right there, mister. He narrows his eyes.] You... or that guy you're wearing?

Hmm. What do you think? [She cocks her head] If you can't read books, can you read me?

Even if I could, what use would that make?! I wouldn't know you if you return to normal!

[Still, he presses his lips together, starting to really scrutinize the man.]

When you're truly successful at reading someone, you would know them anywhere.

[Tch. Fine, challenge accepted.

But he has to tread carefully here because he just noticed that jacket. Marine jacket, which means bad news for him when the guy discovers he wants to be a pirate. His time with Garp taught him that.]

...You're looking for something to pass time in a library when there's other stuff you can do outside. And you care enough for books you have to tell me pointedly to clean them up. That makes you a book-lover? Or someone who deals with books a lot anyway.

[That's a good place to start, right?]

That's pretty obvious, ne? Is that all you can do?

[Scowls.] I'm just getting started. And y'know this is doubly hard since I'm trying not to base everything I know with that Marine guy!

[Think, think! ...Oh. Oh yeah, there's that thing he noticed before. Could it be...?] ...Hey, are you actually a woman?