Banana Log
Who: Paulie and Iceburg
What: Iceburg's banana is slapped, and Fruits are temporarily banned from W7
When: May 6th Afternoon
Where: Water 7
Paulie hated the Internet
He wanted nothing to do with it ever again. He wanted it to drop off the edge of the Earth. And yet, nearly every day he found himself going back to it again and again to see what sort things were going on.
"Fucking LiveJournal." He grumbled under his breath as he trudged through Dock One. Paulie was convinced he had been perfectly fine before he came across that stupid site. He had been perfectly fine not knowing what had become of those two. Perfectly fine not knowing that maybe they actually almost died a pretty painful death. Perfectly fine not seeing them apologize to him.
Perfectly fine not knowing those two freaks got married.
But things rarely seemed to go as Paulie wanted them to, particularly when it concerned Lucci and Kaku. Not like he was about to whine about it like a snotty nosed kid, anyway.
The Galley La workers could be found scattered about the shipyard on their lunch breaks, lounging here and there on pieces of lumber and half-built ships. A few of them enthusiastically called out to Paulie-san, waving at him, and Paulie waved and called back as he went along his way.
Not too far ahead of Paulie's current path sat Iceburg, eating outside to enjoy the nice day. It had been a while now since he had last sat and ate in the shipyard.
'Yes, it's been a while, since then.' Iceburg thought fondly to himself as memories of building The Thousand Sunny along side Franky and his friends were recalled.
Paulie paused as he caught sight of Iceburg outside eating. The tension that had been building at such brooding thoughts that he had been thinking eased away as he stood there, watching his mentor looking so content and at ease. Without his realizing it, a smile had crept onto his face.
Nearly finished with his meal, Iceburg retrieved his favourite piece of his lunch box - a nice, ripe banana. Cheerfully he peeled it, listening to the excited squeaks of the small mouse in his pocket.
Paulie's smile, however, was only brief as he watched Iceburg draw out a banana from his lunch. Paulie had not forgotten the warning from that guy on the internet a few days ago..
'Don't eat any fruits.'
In a moment of desperation and horror Paulie ran like he hadn't in a long time, screaming on the top of his lungs, "ICEBURG-SAN, NO!!" and slapped the banana out of Iceburg's hand.
Iceburg looked around quickly, stunned and slightly dazed from Paulie's sudden actions. His first thought was that the fruit had been poisoned some how.
"Paulie? What's wrong?" He asked concernedly, now looking back down at the dirt covered banana on the floor.
"I should have told you sooner, Iceburg-san! You can't eat any of these fruits, there's something wrong with some of them!"
Iceburg watched Paulie for a moment before standing, "Alright, let's go to my office so we can talk about this." He said quietly, not wanting to talk about something concerning in the shipyard in the case that they might be over heard.
Paulie eagerly followed Iceburg through the shipyard. Men who had heard Paulie's very loud warning wanted to know what was going on, but Paulie only watched on in awe as Iceburg skillfully put their concern at ease.
It didn't take very long for them to reach Iceburg's office and soon Iceburg was sitting at his desk while Paulie stood on the opposite side.
"What's all this about there being something wrong with the fruits, Paulie?"
"Well, the other day I was talkin to this guy and he said he ate some fruit that wasn't a Devil Fruit - just a normal fruit - and it turned him into a woman!" Paulie explained, fidgeting with his cigar, and running his hand through his hair, "Even if that's not something so serious.. I still don't think you should take any chances, Iceburg-san."
Iceburg sat up straighter, in a bit of shock at what Paulie had just said, "Who was this person? Are you sure they were telling the truth?"
Paulie nodded eagerly, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're tellin' the truth! I saw that it was happening to a few other people, too. I don't really remember who that guy was, though. I think his name was Kyo or something."
"And this was a few days ago? Nma, I should have been told about this sooner!" Iceburg mildly scolded Paulie, "You should have gotten his name."
Iceburg was oblivious to the fact that Paulie was, indeed, talking about people on the internet. He hadn't spent much time online, despite the fact that he had joined the same community Paulie was in not too long ago. His main interest as far as LiveJournal was concerned was seeing what Franky was up to and to make sure Paulie didn't make too many drunken posts.
"I'm sorry I didn't get his name, Iceburg-san - I don't know why I didn't tell you about it sooner." Now Paulie felt like an idiot, and worse that he had let Iceburg down - even if it was only a little bit.
"Do you at least remember where he was?" Iceburg tried to keep his voice from sounding too cross, knowing that being angry with Paulie wasn't going to do anything but make himself feel bad later.
"Yeah!" Paulie said a little too eagerly, running around Iceburg's desk, happy to be able to do something right, "Here, lemme bring up the post for you!"
Iceburg realized there was something off. As Paulie started to fiddle about clumsily on his computer, he began to relax with the realization that Paulie was talking about someone on the internet. He reached up idly to pet Rex on the head, glancing down at the little mouse who was obviously worked up over the excitement.
What Iceburg did not know is that the real reason behind Rex's upset behavior was that he thought he was going to get a bite of that banana Paulie trashed.
Paulie quickly scampered back out of the way to give Iceburg room as he had Kyon's gender-bent post on the screen, "There, that's the guy."
Iceburg took several minutes to read through Kyon's post, as well as a few other posts concerning the gender-bender fruitings. Though he realized that it was some particular sort of fruit that was causing these people to go through their... changes, he felt that it wasn't worth it to take any chances until he got anymore information.
Without a word to Paulie of what his impulsive decision was, Iceburg picked up the receiver of the Den Den on his desk that was connected to his Secretary.
"Nma, Kiyoshi? I want you to have all imports of fruits from the neighboring islands stopped and all businesses in Water 7 to put a hold on distributing fruit for the time being."
"W-what? When do you want this done by?" The nervous secretary asked in disbelief.
"Today."
"Iceburg-san, don't you think that's a little unreasonable? There's a shipment of bananas scheduled to dock tomorrow morning." She pressed.
Paulie stomped next to Iceburg's chair, leaning over to scream into the receiver, "DO YOUR DAMNED JOB, SHAMELESS WOMAN!! Have more confidence in Iceburg-san's decisions when it comes to the Company and the City!"
Iceburg leaned back a little to save his ear drums from Paulie's booming voice, but did nothing to hinder him or stop him from reprimanding the Secretary. He paid little attention as she stuttered an apology to both Iceburg and Paulie-san. Paulie wasn't alone in his aggravation at her, after all. Kiyoshi wasn't nearly as efficient as Califa had been.
Then again, that was a part of his life that Iceburg was most certainly trying to forget.
What: Iceburg's banana is slapped, and Fruits are temporarily banned from W7
When: May 6th Afternoon
Where: Water 7
Paulie hated the Internet
He wanted nothing to do with it ever again. He wanted it to drop off the edge of the Earth. And yet, nearly every day he found himself going back to it again and again to see what sort things were going on.
"Fucking LiveJournal." He grumbled under his breath as he trudged through Dock One. Paulie was convinced he had been perfectly fine before he came across that stupid site. He had been perfectly fine not knowing what had become of those two. Perfectly fine not knowing that maybe they actually almost died a pretty painful death. Perfectly fine not seeing them apologize to him.
Perfectly fine not knowing those two freaks got married.
But things rarely seemed to go as Paulie wanted them to, particularly when it concerned Lucci and Kaku. Not like he was about to whine about it like a snotty nosed kid, anyway.
The Galley La workers could be found scattered about the shipyard on their lunch breaks, lounging here and there on pieces of lumber and half-built ships. A few of them enthusiastically called out to Paulie-san, waving at him, and Paulie waved and called back as he went along his way.
Not too far ahead of Paulie's current path sat Iceburg, eating outside to enjoy the nice day. It had been a while now since he had last sat and ate in the shipyard.
'Yes, it's been a while, since then.' Iceburg thought fondly to himself as memories of building The Thousand Sunny along side Franky and his friends were recalled.
Paulie paused as he caught sight of Iceburg outside eating. The tension that had been building at such brooding thoughts that he had been thinking eased away as he stood there, watching his mentor looking so content and at ease. Without his realizing it, a smile had crept onto his face.
Nearly finished with his meal, Iceburg retrieved his favourite piece of his lunch box - a nice, ripe banana. Cheerfully he peeled it, listening to the excited squeaks of the small mouse in his pocket.
Paulie's smile, however, was only brief as he watched Iceburg draw out a banana from his lunch. Paulie had not forgotten the warning from that guy on the internet a few days ago..
'Don't eat any fruits.'
In a moment of desperation and horror Paulie ran like he hadn't in a long time, screaming on the top of his lungs, "ICEBURG-SAN, NO!!" and slapped the banana out of Iceburg's hand.
Iceburg looked around quickly, stunned and slightly dazed from Paulie's sudden actions. His first thought was that the fruit had been poisoned some how.
"Paulie? What's wrong?" He asked concernedly, now looking back down at the dirt covered banana on the floor.
"I should have told you sooner, Iceburg-san! You can't eat any of these fruits, there's something wrong with some of them!"
Iceburg watched Paulie for a moment before standing, "Alright, let's go to my office so we can talk about this." He said quietly, not wanting to talk about something concerning in the shipyard in the case that they might be over heard.
Paulie eagerly followed Iceburg through the shipyard. Men who had heard Paulie's very loud warning wanted to know what was going on, but Paulie only watched on in awe as Iceburg skillfully put their concern at ease.
It didn't take very long for them to reach Iceburg's office and soon Iceburg was sitting at his desk while Paulie stood on the opposite side.
"What's all this about there being something wrong with the fruits, Paulie?"
"Well, the other day I was talkin to this guy and he said he ate some fruit that wasn't a Devil Fruit - just a normal fruit - and it turned him into a woman!" Paulie explained, fidgeting with his cigar, and running his hand through his hair, "Even if that's not something so serious.. I still don't think you should take any chances, Iceburg-san."
Iceburg sat up straighter, in a bit of shock at what Paulie had just said, "Who was this person? Are you sure they were telling the truth?"
Paulie nodded eagerly, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're tellin' the truth! I saw that it was happening to a few other people, too. I don't really remember who that guy was, though. I think his name was Kyo or something."
"And this was a few days ago? Nma, I should have been told about this sooner!" Iceburg mildly scolded Paulie, "You should have gotten his name."
Iceburg was oblivious to the fact that Paulie was, indeed, talking about people on the internet. He hadn't spent much time online, despite the fact that he had joined the same community Paulie was in not too long ago. His main interest as far as LiveJournal was concerned was seeing what Franky was up to and to make sure Paulie didn't make too many drunken posts.
"I'm sorry I didn't get his name, Iceburg-san - I don't know why I didn't tell you about it sooner." Now Paulie felt like an idiot, and worse that he had let Iceburg down - even if it was only a little bit.
"Do you at least remember where he was?" Iceburg tried to keep his voice from sounding too cross, knowing that being angry with Paulie wasn't going to do anything but make himself feel bad later.
"Yeah!" Paulie said a little too eagerly, running around Iceburg's desk, happy to be able to do something right, "Here, lemme bring up the post for you!"
Iceburg realized there was something off. As Paulie started to fiddle about clumsily on his computer, he began to relax with the realization that Paulie was talking about someone on the internet. He reached up idly to pet Rex on the head, glancing down at the little mouse who was obviously worked up over the excitement.
What Iceburg did not know is that the real reason behind Rex's upset behavior was that he thought he was going to get a bite of that banana Paulie trashed.
Paulie quickly scampered back out of the way to give Iceburg room as he had Kyon's gender-bent post on the screen, "There, that's the guy."
Iceburg took several minutes to read through Kyon's post, as well as a few other posts concerning the gender-bender fruitings. Though he realized that it was some particular sort of fruit that was causing these people to go through their... changes, he felt that it wasn't worth it to take any chances until he got anymore information.
Without a word to Paulie of what his impulsive decision was, Iceburg picked up the receiver of the Den Den on his desk that was connected to his Secretary.
"Nma, Kiyoshi? I want you to have all imports of fruits from the neighboring islands stopped and all businesses in Water 7 to put a hold on distributing fruit for the time being."
"W-what? When do you want this done by?" The nervous secretary asked in disbelief.
"Today."
"Iceburg-san, don't you think that's a little unreasonable? There's a shipment of bananas scheduled to dock tomorrow morning." She pressed.
Paulie stomped next to Iceburg's chair, leaning over to scream into the receiver, "DO YOUR DAMNED JOB, SHAMELESS WOMAN!! Have more confidence in Iceburg-san's decisions when it comes to the Company and the City!"
Iceburg leaned back a little to save his ear drums from Paulie's booming voice, but did nothing to hinder him or stop him from reprimanding the Secretary. He paid little attention as she stuttered an apology to both Iceburg and Paulie-san. Paulie wasn't alone in his aggravation at her, after all. Kiyoshi wasn't nearly as efficient as Califa had been.
Then again, that was a part of his life that Iceburg was most certainly trying to forget.