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Who: Nami and anyone
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Bloodsport/Waystations
When: 6th December

[So she hasn't actually used these to make an announcement of her own since she first got here. She doesn't think Luffy even knew many people, he wasn't here long enough, but. You know. Just in case.

Besides she has another question which she's just gonna focus on.]

If anyone met Luffy, I'm pretty sure he's gone home, or... wherever people go when they vanish. I guess he didn't meet with approval or something. [So flat. To be honest, if she was sure he was going home instead of back to wherever he'd been stuck, she'd just be relieved. But there's nothing she can do about it either way.]

He left me a gift, though. Ah. [She holds up her palm and opens it to show a small scattering of seeds.] I grew up on an orchard back home, and these are... well. They're from my favourite fruit. So I'd like to grow it, but that's really kind of difficult in space. You need a lot of soil for a mikan tree to grow in, y'know? So if anyone has any advice or shortcuts or magical interventions, let me know. I can try a few different ways. Asteffiel, I don't... can you work from seeds? So that's one option.

I don't even know if I'll be here long enough to watch them grow, but it'll give me something to do.

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[If anyone wants to hit her up on the Bloodsport, she's just lurking in her room and feeling sorry for herself. For like a few hours. Then she'll just say hell with it and go shopping - she takes the distraction option and hit up the nearby waystation. She hasn't had a chance to shop yet, and it's great therapy. Besides, she can think of at least one idiot who could use some new clothes.]

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[It's hard for people, when they lose a friend. Allen's seen it far too many times...]

Like Ino said, her and Beverly are making a garden on the Iskaulit. If any ship had room to grow a tree, it'd be that one.

What's a mikan tree like?

That's good to know. I guess I'll be visiting the Iskaulit a lot from now on.

It's a pretty small tree. They usually only grow up to six, maybe seven feet. The fruit's delicious. Ever tried it?

Yeah. I'm sure they'd be happy to help grow it.

And hmmm, no. I can't recall anything like that.

{She gives a soft laugh.]

Sadly it'll be at least a year before it might even start to bear fruit, normally. I'd kind of hope you wouldn't still be here by then.

[HE SHRUGS]

That's fine. The last place I got stuck I was there for seven years, so I'm kind of used to being in places awhile!

[...okay yes, that's kind of uh. Distracting. Good job, Allen.]

Seven years?

[You don't look that old...]

Ha...yeah, I haven't been home since I was sixteen.

That's a long time to be trapped in places like this.

[...

...okay, she has to ask.] You're uh... still pretty young. Looking. Young-- did nobody age there?

[...]

No, they didn't. I'm actually nearly twenty-four.

Well, that sucks. I'm sorry. [Nobody wants to be sixteen forever.]

Adstring was the same. We weren't really there long enough for it to be a problem, but you noticed it with the kids.

Thanks...I'm mostly used to it?

[Mostly]

Ah that's terrible. Kids certainly have it the worst in these places.

Well... I guess some of them might find it really exciting to begin with. Not so much as time goes by.

Eh? You mean there's children that don't want to grow up?

[Allen has absolutely no conception of this, he couldn't WAIT to grow up]

Ah-- no! Sorry, I meant finding these places exciting to explore, that kind of thing.

[She's the same. Who wants to be a kid?]

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