sailedfirst | IV. [Event: Halloween]

[ACTION -- Oct 31]
[It's generally agreed by the residents of CH3, Room 40 that this month? is a very, very bad month. The sooner it ends, the better everyone will feel. Probably. But on the last day of said month, it's Sabo's turn to experience its ugliness firsthand.

All day long, right from the moment he wakes up, he's going to be surrounded by a ghostly entourage of a classic noble household, comprising of a butler, a housemaid, a valet, a cook and a chauffeur, all intent on calling him their "Young Master" and attending to his each and every need or whim.

Whether Sabo wants them or not. And Sabo sure as hell doesn't want them.

From dressing up (which involves a lot of fancy aristocratic clothes, "GAH! What the hell, these aren't mine!") ...To snacks ("No, I don't want your stupid Earl Gray tea and lemon chiffon cakes! Leave me alone!") From staying indoors ("Dammit, what have you done with my room?! Quit cleaning and go away! ...AND STOP CALLING ME THAT! I'm not your master!") ...To escaping outside ("...Really? You guys even brought a damn carriage with you? ...That's it, I'm done with you stupid ghosts. ... STOP FOLLOWING ME!")

So yes, Sabo can be seen around the village plagued by his ghostly servants, growing more and more irritable with each call of "Young Master!". To strangers, this might seem all well and good, as the ghosts really do make a good job of their services. But to a noble-born kid who doesn't want to be treated or known as such? This is one highly successful prank.

All this because he'd shut the door to the faces of some trick or treating ghosts last night.

Finally, he gives up and turns to the journal for help.]

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Do you guys have any idea how to drive the damn ghosts away? I... I could use some help here.

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...You're a skeleton. [Excuse him, Brook. Staring for a moment because skeleton drinking tea. And welp, he heard there's a cyborg in the Strawhat crew. Of a towering 8 foot tall gentleman skeleton musician? Nope, not yet.

But well, considering Sabo's lately been exposed to the various states of decay of his ghostly entourage, seeing a skeleton in the journal isn't as much shocking now. Maybe it's a Halloween shift thing?]

Well, they tried singing to me. And how would a song even help?! [You can tell he's desperate though.]

Yup. [Siiiiiip.] I'm also a rock star.

[He completely tosses off his gentlemanly getup, gulping his tea down, and switches into his Soul King persona. Complete with crown and electric guitar.]

And I can tell you the best way to get a ghost moving, is to sing them a song that hits them in their sooooul! Yohohoho!

[Are you confused yet Sabo?]

Trust me on this, as a writer of soul, rock and roll, and the greatest rock hits, I can tell you music can do wonders to the spirit. So it only makes sense that it could do wonders to deal with spirits! Yohohoho!

[... Yeah ok, what? He doesn't even know where to start pointing out the weird things in here.

A skeleton rock star? Singing to their soul??! Okay, maybe the "writer" part interested him kinda positively. And... okay, he can agree with music doing wonders to the spirit thing.]

...Are you saying you can talk to these guys? Er-- with songs? [Because so far, his ghostly servants only seemed to hear what they want to hear, and it's pissing Sabo off.]

Correct! Clearly they are intelligent enough to be able to pester you in creative enough ways that you wish to seek help? Surely then, they can be moved by just the right song! How's your singing voice by the way? I wonder if we may even be able to get the ghosts to join in for the choir. What a musical piece that would be! Yohohoho!

Eh, my voice-- uh, it's good enough for pirate songs? [Is that how you describe singing voices? Well, whatever. There are more important stuff here.] But y'know, I don't think me singing to them would do any good. They'd just cheer or something 'cause they hate me like that. [Pause.] You're a musician, right? Can I ask you to try?

[Maybe the influence of another undead can cancel the ghosts out.]

Well... I could... maybe. There's only one fatal flaw with this plan.

I'm scared of ghosts!!

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Eh?]

HAVE YOU EVEN SEEN YOURSELF?!!

[Sighs.] Oh well. Never mind, mister. I'm not gonna ask more, if you're really scared of 'em. Thanks for the help anyway.

I know... Ironic isn't it? Yohohoho!

[Staring incredulously for a few moments... and then bursting out laughing.]

You're an interesting guy, mister rockstar skeleton! D'you have a name? I'm Sabo.

Yohohoho! Brook, my dear boy, my name is Brook! At your service! I also go by Soul King, Brook the babbling Brook, the humming swordsman, dead bones Brook, that damned pervert skeleton, and the artist formerly known as Soul King. Pleased to meet you Sabo! Yohohoho!

Good to meet you, Brook! But, huh... Are all of those self-given titles or did anyone else gave 'em to you?

I swear to you, that all but one of them was given to me by someone else. Would you like to take a guess at which one? Yohohoho!

Uh... the Dead-Bones one? [Because he's a skeleton, and therefore should be dead. That's irony, and Sabo's noticing Brook has a penchant for them. So that's what he'll most likely call himself, right?]

A good guess, but actually it was the artist formerly know as Soul King.

Oh. [Wrong, huh. But this guy's only getting more intriguing.] Then, what made you choose that name? And why formerly? Did you pick a new title or something?

Well, you see my good Sabo, I am officially retired as Soul King. I played my last big hit, of my two year world tour, and now I must take to the seas as a pirate once more! Thus, I am simply Brook once more, or the artist formerly known as Soul King to those who still wish to call me Soul King.

You're a pirate?! [He's getting a weirdly excited feeling about this.] Say, Brook... Are the seas you're talking about are called the Grand Line?

EHHH?! What?! Oh! Didn't I tell you? ... But I must have!

...

I happen to be the musician of the straw hat pirates young man! Sailing under the fine leadership of the man in the straw hat himself, Captain Luffy. Yohohoho!

HAH. I knew it! You're a musician and a weird talking skeleton, it makes sense Luffy'll want you as a crew member! [All the proud/smug grinning at this.]

You're a good friend of his?

'Brother'. I'm Luffy's brother.

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