Log 002

[justicereigns]

[She slowly drifts to awareness, feeling slightly heavy. The scent of tobacco lingering in the air. Has she been teleported to Sanji's bed again? She raises a hand to her forehead and stops. Her hand is too big. Her arm moves in a different way, a strange way and there is something...... off. Very off. Her body is not her body. Robin opens her eyes and finds herself in Zoro. ...Or, maybe not, though it certainly looks like Zoro minus the scars. Hmm. Pulling back the blankets she lifts the hem of her boxers and checks. Not Zoro then. Unless he has a very interesting dye job. The boxers themselves are white with a Marine logo on them.]

Interesting.

[Was that her voice? No...no of course not, it was his. Smoker, obviously. Who else? She can't seem to access any of his memories though, pity. Though on the other hand.... She concentrates for a moment and feels the changes, as if she has hands that can feel every square inch of air, sensitive to movement, air pressure, incredible power. Though it takes more effort to reform herself, himself? And when she does she finds she has left the boxers behind and it is another interesting sensation all together.]

Well, then.

[A moment later she is dressed and with practice acquired from a similar event, lights one cigar and then, remembering, the other, as she stares at the mirror and Smoker grimaces back at her.]

[This should be interesting.]

[Ooc: Robin will be everywhere today trying to see what trouble she can get into.]

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Day 5

[redjacketthief]

[The first few days of this Shift were a mess for the thief--not only was he a woman, but he was anchored to a completely different world. Some of his habits were maintained, others werent--like training with Smoker on a semi regular basis. Red's first order of business, after getting his information straight, was to try to maintain some of Lupin's usual habits after he booted the third party from their collective system.

He was the result of a Shift as well, but it was evident from the beginning that he was a more stable effect.

Still in the body of a woman, another semi-stable effect, Red arrives at the Barracks for self defense training like Smoker and Lupin agreed upon months ago. He was wearing form fitting work-out clothes, and his uncommonly long hair was pulled back into a ponytail.

It was odd for Smoker to not be there on time...but there was a Shift in play. Red was content to wait for a while longer for the Marine to appear.]

[justicefluers]

[That is because Smoker is there, but in the wrong body. Nico Robin is carrying a jitte though. After a couple of days, Smoker's adjusted to the fact that he's in Nico Robin's body, and while in general he's trying to pretend to be her in order to obtain information, it's extremely hard for Smoker to keep up a bluff that long. And practicing jitte in this body makes him feel more comfortable with it. And he sprouts less hands or feet accidentally this way. He's not using the seastone jitte though, because Robin is not someone he wants building up a tolerance to it the way he tries to do to himself.]

All right, I'm not sure which one you are, but with the Shift going on, anyone could be anyone at this point.

[redjacketthief]

...Robin.

[It took him a minute to sort out the name of a recent acquaintance of Lupin's, but Red continues sailing smoothly with it.]

No--Captain, is that you?

[ooor not. Smoker, meet Red. The two of you never actually met.]

[justicefluers]

Right. Do me a favor and don't let on though. I'm pretty sure I can find out a lot more information from being like this than she can.

[.... Still doesn't know who you are yet. At all.]

[redjacketthief]

...I understand you entirely on that, Captain. Very few people actually recognize me this week. It has it's advantages.

[He chuckles, which comes closer to a giggle to his embarrassment.]

It's Lupin, by the way. Well, Red. You probably caught a few echoes of me during the last time there was an 'anchoring adjustment.' We probably should be wearing nametags, huh?

[justicefluers]

Exactly.

Heh... Maybe. But I think for now I can handle remembering you're Lupin. I have to admit, I'm a little surprised you're this dedicated. [Since Lupin's probably one of the few students going to show up during this shift.]

[redjacketthief]

Almost. It's Red right now, remember? I just thought that Lupin would like things to be as normal as possible after I booted the other guy out--not your Lupin, a different one. The Malnosso really were jerks this time.

...besides, I'm a little curious to see your manner of fighting myself.

[justicefluers]

[Pinches the bridge between Robin's eyes and reaches out a third and fourth hand to trip up Lupin-- no Red's feet.]

My fighting style is a little off right now.

[redjacketthief]

[Red isn't fast enough to react to the new appendages, and trips before he can yelp in surprise. It's only by fast thinking and luck that he ends up in the dirt and not on his face.]

...I forgot that she could do that.

[justicefluers]

I don't find it as handy as her unfortunately.

Then again she's probably not a big fan of my devil fruit either.

[redjacketthief]

[Was that a pun? That was a pun. Red doesn't fight the laughter that bubbles from him and picks himself up.]

She's not a natural smoker. You haven't been smoking like that, have you? All of those cigars aren't healthy for people that aren't like you.

[justicefluers]

[Rolls those blue eyes in exasperation.]

Don't tell me what to do. I'm sure she's doing weird things with my body too. And she's a pirate. [Robin's smoked before so her body wasn't completely incapable of handling it, but he's cut back to one cigar at a time at least, same as he did as Tashigi in canon.]

[redjacketthief]

...that still doesn't give you the right to mess around with her body too much, especially with something that could damage her health!

[justicefluers]

Shut up. I'm saying, she'll be fine.

[redjacketthief]

And I'm just saying that she's probably going to be mad if you damage her body.

[justicefluers]

I don't really give a damn if she is or not.

[Don't even get him started.]

[redjacketthief]

What. Was it really so much to ask?

[justicefluers]

Yes, actually.

[redjacketthief]

Okay, fine. Just don't smoke too many when you're like that, okay?

[He sighs, and stretches.] Anyway. Enough chat--I'm here to use this body. What do you say, Captain?

ooc: what date is day 5?? The math is tripping me up /fails life

[justicefluers]

Yeah yeah.

Sounds like a good plan to me. [Starts running through the basic exercises... severely modified.]

5/31. There's a 31 in May, right?

[redjacketthief]

[No worries--Red is having his troubles too. He's used to working with a cybernetic leg, among other things.]

...since I'm out now for however long this Shift lasts, I want to thank you for being reasonable. Lupin needs more reasonable people around him. He trusts you, you know.

5/31. YUP!

[justicefluers]

Hn. [Gah that's embarrassing so he can't really say much to it...]

I actually wanted to ask him a favor, though I'm not sure if it would work at this point.

5/31.

[redjacketthief]

He trusts you--I just said that. You can ask him anytime and he will try.

...you can even ask me, and I will try. What did you want?

5/31.

[justicefluers]

A movie screen. Something I could take Grell to see. I don't know the first thing about it though, since they don't have them in my world. The closest we have are video den den mushi and screens for that, but those are for news, not entertainment.

She loves theater though and I know she'd get a kick out of it.

5/31.

[redjacketthief]

[Red goes through the forms in silence for a moment as he thinks over the options and possibilities on how to make the request work. It wouldn't be terribly hard, but it would require borrowing space and equipment.]

...We would need to borrow the Rec Center for an evening, and get our hands on a king-sized solid white bedsheet, frame, and projector. It could be digital or analogue--doesn't matter. Donatello might know where to find those things, or any of the other movie buffs around here.

If you want it to be a proper date, we can make an event out of it. Do you have any idea of the stories or plays that she likes?