Day 49: Morning - Bill's Hardware

[idontregret]

[from here]The room they entered was full of tools, and Heat was reminded for a moment of vendors he'd known in the past. The ones in the Junkyard had been far easier to sort through than this mess, though it helped that they'd had a better idea of what to look for then. This was just shelves and racks of various odds and ends, some which seemed

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[usoppsenchou]

[from here]

Usopp had seen some activity in the hardware store through the window, but not enough to recognize anyone. He was startled when he noticed Scourge, of all people, standing and talking with someone else. Hopefully that meant the former robot's hearing had come back. Usopp still owed him for helping pull Usopp back from whatever had been in the water, but drawing attention to the other patient might not be appreciated.

Besides, he'd also been partially Scourge's guide, so keeping Usopp in good shape made sense from a purely mercenary standpoint. There was another set of patients, too. Usopp had to wonder if they were all there for the same reasons. Scourge, at least, didn't seem to understand human tools very well beyond weapons (a lot like Zoro, really) but here he was. Maybe the other patients were here to look for something potentially dangerous to sneak off with. Or maybe they were like Usopp and just liked tools... no matter what Franky said about how Usopp held a hammer

[zack_fair]

Unlike Usopp, Zack didn't know any of the patients who were in the store, so they didn't get more than a cursory once-over from him. It wasn't that he was uninterested, but at the moment he was talking to Usopp, so wandering over to meet other people wasn't really in his plans. If nothing else, it was nice to be out of the rain for a bit. Zack drew his hands up to his hair and then ran them through the cluster of spikes, trying to shake some of the water out. At least it wasn't pouring... so far

[usoppsenchou]

Usopp had been examining one of the electric tools on display with more professional curiosity than real intent. It'd be hard to sneak an electric drill past the nurses under his shirt, even if he had been sure how to power and use it. The interchangeable bits were nice--if he'd been home, he might have used some of his shore allowance from Nami to buy it

[zack_fair]

Zack couldn't help blinking at the other patient when he mentioned that his ship (was it his, really?) had been on the verge of falling apart in the past. That couldn't be good. Even though any pirate was likely to be good at swimming, shipwrecks had to be pretty nasty. Zack was glad to hear that they'd found someone a bit more capable. Usopp didn't seem too self-deprecating, at least, especially if he had that nifty proverb to go by.

"Yeah, that sounds pretty good to me," he agreed, hands on his hips as he gave a firm nod. Zack had prided himself on what he was good at, but he knew there were other areas that he would not do as well in. Gardening, for instance. He could still remember the way Aerith had glared at him the second he'd gotten too close to her flowers. It was probably for the best, too