So pointless.

[chibi_trillian]

paxnirvana wanted something non-angsty. Ha ha ha FAIL from random. No angst, but not much of anything else either.

Title: Humid
Series: One Piece.
One Piece: Not mine.
Rating: G.
Summary: Wooden sailing vessels are sadly lacking in the air conditioning department.


It’s humid today.

The air is thick and sticky, but still a few degrees short of truly miserable. Later in the day, it might become unbearable, might turn into the kind of day that makes tempers short and whining prevalent and makes Sanji tire his arms out crushing ice for drinks. But for now, it’s just damply uncomfortable.

Nami is watching the clouds on the horizon, chewing her lower lip in thought. Sanji is next to her, tie already at half mast, fanning himself slowly with one hand and asking his Nami-san if there’s anything he can bring her—her weather-glass, a drink, some sunscreen, his heart, anything at all.

Zoro is also looking at the sky, but only for long enough to settle himself into an area that promises to remain shaded through the hottest part of the day before dropping off to sleep. He’s miscalculated, of course—the sun doesn’t move from west to east.

Robin is helping Usopp with his hair. On soggily warm days like this, Usopp’s hair takes on a life of its own, frizzing and curling and snarling viciously until Usopp can tell the tale of How Great Captain Usopp Was Attacked By The Terrible Hair-Beast From The Muggy Isles with a completely straight face. As proud as Usopp is of his hair most times, he’s threatened three times already this morning to shave it all off. Robin soothes him gently and sends another pair of hands to work on the younger boy’s tangled bangs.

Luffy is crouching over the prostrate brown puffball that normally calls itself Tony Tony Chopper, poking the reindeer to reassure himself that his doctor is only overheated and not dead. Thus encouraged, he proceeds to upend an entire bowl of pilfered crushed ice over Chopper’s limp form, and Sanji’s half-hearted bellows are easily drowned out by Chopper’s happy sighs.

Sanji drags Luffy into the kitchen by his ear and puts him to work pulverizing more ice for Chopper. Zoro’s nose starts to sunburn while he dozes in the sharpening late morning sun. The Terrible Hair-Beast is finally vanquished by the Lady Robin and her Thousand Flying Combs. Things quiet down, except for occasional shouts of “Gomu Gomu no Yuki!” in the galley and Sanji yelling about his kitchen being sprayed by ice chips.

After a while, Nami tells them that there will be rain, not storms, this afternoon. Her announcement is followed by a chorus of ragged cheers, because damn, it’s humid today.

Comments

[denimjo.livejournal.com]

Was this possibly inspired by Real Life (tm) weather? Because I'm sensing a little familiarity in the reactions of the characters.

But that was really sweet. I particularly enjoyed Robin doing Usopp's hair and Chopper being called a 'puffball.' ^-^

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

The familiarity is because I, ex-hick that I am, did not live in an abode with air conditioning until I was eighteen. XD I got a refresher course during Otakon, which was situated at the tail end of a godawful heat wave. The weather here is actually phenomenal now.

[ptps.livejournal.com]

XDDD Sooooo much love for the Robin/Usopp and the Luffy/Chopperrrrr omg ♥ ♥ ♥

the prostrate brown puffball that normally calls itself Tony Tony Chopper IT'S LIKE THIS COTTONBALL THING LYING FLOOFILY IN THE MIDDLE OF DECK. LIKE A BROWN BUT DEFLATED MARIMO. XDDD

yjkdtul.feasrha so nakamashippy it owns my souuuuuuul T__T

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Humidity + Chopper's fur = MEGAFLUFF. Like Guard Point, but with a miserable Chopper in the middle. XD

Well, if it came off nakamashippy, I didn't fail too badly. XD

[kaizoku-shinobi.livejournal.com]

They act like me when I'm in Shanghai. Seriously, especially the Chopper mega-fluffball of doom.

...DOOM!!!

..*goes away*

[paxnirvana.livejournal.com]

*happysquee*

Usopp's Hair of DooOOOooom! Robin taming it. ^_^ Zoro judging the sun wrong (BWAHAHAH!). Chopper-heat-misery. Luffy HELPING, yes he is shut up. And Sanji aiding and abetting.

Lovely. Perfect. THANK YOU.

Nothing beats happy One Piece nakama-fluff. Nothing.

*basks*

(except maybe hawt sweaty ZoSan manpr0n... or a little SmoZeff. *snerks, drools*)

[dethorats]

Love Usopp's unmanagable hair beast and the image of Robin helping. Also, Luffy being useful in his own way and Zoro getting a sunburn. Very sweet, slice-of-life story.

[kotszok.livejournal.com]

So peaceful. EEEE A pleasure to read.

ALSO CAN I REQUEST MY FICART EXCHANGE FIC NOW? I WANT SUPER BADLY SUNBURNED ZORO. LOL

[creamy-twilight.livejournal.com]

Stories like those are the best ones ^.^ And I find it so amusing that Lady Robin beat the ferocious hair beast o^.^o

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Ah, but do you have a Luffy about to pour ice on you? XD

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. Truth be told, this was a picture before it was a story, and it all started off with Usopp's hair. Poor Usopp. XD

(SmoZeff may be forthcoming soon. >>;)

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I think Chopper slaps zinc oxide or some such on Zoro's face normally, but he's a bit out of it right now. XD

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I-I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. I betcha he looks at it as more training, though--the Test of the Sun! He will get really godawfully sunburnt, and then manfully not bitch about it. So brave!

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Robin's the only one with enough handpower to tame hair that nappy. Poor Usopp. XD

[kaizoku-shinobi.livejournal.com]

No, but I have friends who throw water ballons at me. XD

[stalkerbunny.livejournal.com]

(happy sigh...)This story is so touching because...maybe it's the sense of time passing while nothing particular happens, just people being...being a family, I suppose? It's lovely.