37th dish - voice;japanese

[baratiesbest]

[The post starts quite deliberately but before anything of value is said a loud BZZT interrupts this very important message. Cue a pained yelp and a long, elaborate string of curses. Someone's been neglecting his communicator. ]

Just one damn thing after another...

[Pause. Nothing but wind and the muffled clicks of a cheap lighter. Cigarettes are a

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[embracethewaves]

[...] It's getting pretty bad, huh.

[She states the obvious because she worries. 8|b]

[baratiesbest]

...Yeah. Really bad.

[And that proves just how bad he really thinks this is - not sugarcoating anything here.]

[embracethewaves]

[Yeah she's more worried about you with that tone of voice than about the supplies, because the Gohl Fortress is prepared for anything. Anyway, have a pause.]

...We're gonna figure something out. It'll be okay.

[baratiesbest]

[Well, he's been in this situation before so he knows exactly how much optimism is worth in the long run.]

...Yeah, it will. Nothing to worry about, right?

[bokuwadoctaaa]

It always just gets... [Worse. But he's kind of learned not to say it. Thank Usopp for that.]

Do you think we'll be alright?

[baratiesbest]

[Because once you say that it will inevitably take a turn for the worse...er. It's easy to tell how much this is really bothering him with that short tone of voice.]

We'll be fine.

[bokuwadoctaaa]

...it sounds different.

[baratiesbest]

We'll be fine. Don't worry about it.

[threesword]

Guess they found new toys to play with, huh.

[baratiesbest]

Sure looks that way. Shit.

[threesword]

You're startin' to think so too then. Tch.

[baratiesbest]

We're lucky to have lasted this fucking far.

Fuck, maybe this is just temporary... or we're in deep shit. Real deep shit.