[Video] Sam, Stop Being High Maintenance

[namisan]

Who:  Nami and anyone
Broadcast:  Fleetwide
Action:  SS Bloodsport
When:  24th Feb

[Well, it's been two days.  Pretty sure she can rule out roofies by this point, and other potential illnesses given nothing changes.  Pulse is still fine, breathing's regular, all that jazz.  That leaves one likely possibility she can think of, given they've already proven Fleet passengers can be turned on and off at will.

Which irritates her.  But who knows.  Maybe the space orgy was just too much for their delicate viewers.  HAH.]

Hey, so question.  I know the augments are known to malfunction sometimes.  What kind of malfunctions are we talking about?  Have they ever... dropped anyone into a coma without warning?

...is there any way of countering it, if so?

[She bets this question has probably been asked a million times, but she can't find anything recent.  Save her some reading material, guys.]

Comments

[namisan]

Either way, you wouldn't be out here with an augment to go haywire if it weren't for them messing around where they shouldn't, so... if anything goes wrong with it, you should lay the blame squarely at their feet where it belongs.

[Not yours. Which she suspects you are.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda smiles a little at that. She certainly wasn't in complete disagreement with Nami on that one. However, there had been a little more to it. The way the augment affected her powers... she couldn't disconnect herself completely from feeling ashamed of her inability to control them.]

May I ask... why the interest in augments? The glitches with them?

[It's not that it was unusual for people in the fleet, especially newcomers, to be asking questions about the augments, or even to be concerned about what they can do. Yet, Wanda was curious to see if there was something more to Nami's interest.]

[namisan]

Ah... well I've always been a little worried about them. But a couple days ago, my friend passed out and hasn't woken up since. I'm just trying to find a cause.

From what people are saying, I guess I'm on the money. It's the augment messing with him.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

{Wanda looks visibly concerned at Nami's words. She may not know this person, but that doesn't stop her from being worried about them.]

I am sorry. You must be worried about him.

[namisan]

[She smiles wearily at that.]

Just a little. But he'll be okay. I'll just pretend he's getting some rest.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda realizes that she might be pressing it a bit here with this next question.]

And when he does wake up... if he is not quite himself, what will you do?

[namisan]

[She gives Wanda a sharp look because that is an interesting question. But--]

"Not quite himself" could cover a huge range of things. But he's my friend. I can't see that I wouldn't just try to help.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda nods and smiles knowingly. She is aware how her question must have sounded; however, she seems satisfied with Nami's answer.]

Know that even if he may not seem the same at first, he is still your friend, too.

[namisan]

Of course he is. [There's mild surprise there. Nami would never consider any other option.] It's all right. Even if he wakes up half crazy, I'll just sit on him until he feels better.

[Which is... pretty much how it goes, in the end.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda smiles again, seemingly satisfied with Nami's answer. Although, her smile seems just a bit forlorn.]

He is lucky then, to have a friend like you.

[namisan]

Well, he's a crewmate. We look after our own.

You don't have anyone like that here?

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda considers for a moment.]

A few.

[She noticeably grows sadder.]

Less now than there used to be.

[namisan]

That... happens in places like this.

I had a few of my friends here, but now there's just this idiot.

[Sam we're talking about you.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

It never gets easy, does it? The ebb and flow of faces...

[... especially the ones you grow close to. She finishes the sentence in her head.]

[namisan]

No. I mean, I'm lucky in a way-- I'm a pirate, we travel our world's ocean. I have to say goodbye to people I've grown to care for on a regular basis.

But back home, at least I know I'll probably see them again when we next come back to port. Here, not so much.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

A pirate?

[That catches Wanda a bit by surprise. Wanda has had very little exposure to someone identifying themselves as a pirate, and thus her perception on what one looks like had been rather limited.]

[namisan]

Yeah. I know, I hardly look the type. But I guess it depends what pirates are like in your world, huh. Some places, they're just stories.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

In my world, pirates would be more associated with history and stories.

[It was always so interesting to her, the kinds of people Wanda has met while a member of the Fleet.]

So you do pirate things then? Back home? You sail the oceans and hunt for buried treasure?

[She does not sound condescending, rather she means to come off as genuinely interested in what Nami's life must be like back home.]

[namisan]

Ahhh, I wish~! Seems we do everything but hunt for buried treasure. But we've certainly run away with a lot anyway!

...we might do more piratical things if our captain would stop getting himself into trouble with every island we land on.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

So not very successful pirates then?

[namisan]

[There's a sound somewhere between a snort and surprised laughter. Guaranteed if she'd been drinking she'd have probably spat it across the room.]

Oh no. No, we're very successful pirates, if the bounties on our heads are anything to go by.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

How could you have bounties on your head if-

[Wanda stops herself, as Nami's words about her "captain" constantly getting her into trouble.]

When you said your captain was troublesome, you meant...

[She lets her voice trail off, opening the door for Nami to answer.]

[namisan]

He makes friends easily. And then he'll defend those friends to the death. Even if that friend's enemies are, say, the World Government, or a warlord, or... you get the idea.

We do get a bunch of treasure on the side a lot of the time. I just think digging for it in a nice, calm location would be better for my heart some days.

[Which...hasn't stopped her from stepping up to the plate every single time. Luffy's a moron, but he's a lovable one, and he's always right besides.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

Sounds far more exciting your captain's way, but I can also see why you might way a break from that kind of pattern every once and a while.

[namisan]

Once in a while is all I'm asking. I don't think Luffy believes in doing anything the safe and easy way.

I guess I'll just have to make do. [Long-suffering navigator, that's what she is. Loyal, though. She's just allowed to complain, right?]