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Log 009 [Video/Action]

[On Day One, Robin will open the journal and look faintly bemused... ~~Though she's been waiting for the distraction.~~]

Well then, this is interesting. There seems to be Alabasta outside my window. [~~how familiar~~]

I hear pyramids are often rigged with death traps, curses and murder. [An open invitation to go exploring with her]

Days 1-2

[Either by going into a pyramid or falling through an unseen pit of sand, you will find Robin in the tombs, investigating hieroglyphs, treasures or mutilated mummies.]

Day 3

[Robin will be on a ~~not really~~ tame Mammoth, exploring the chilly countryside and might offer rides to weary passersby or, then again, might ignore them completely]

Days 4-5

[Robin will be relaxing in the Shogunate, you may find her reading under a cherry tree, dressed in the local wear though she does have an eye (or several) open in case of ninja]

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From within, perhaps. And one at a time. [Though she ignores the jab at her power, stating matter of factly] I am also not a god who deals with such things.

As for the whys? Because the masters of Death can be bargained with. And because this place is unnatural. It breaks the very fabric of reality. That alone is reason enough.

[And, she adds mentally, because they are my kindred]

I've heard death can be bargained with. [It's been in many a tale and usually all of them ended badly]

Though who knows if the price is beyond paying. As for this being unnatural...

[she runs her hands through the grass]

I don't believe such a thing can exist.

He can be. You just have to know what he wants.

[Saori reaches up and fingers a small, mirrored locket on her throat. She knew what price he'd ask already.]

You don't? And why is that?

Unnatural seems to me a way of terming things people can't or won't understand. A way to dismiss it like a bad dream or a nightmare. An excuse to hunt it down.

If it exists, it's natural. If it doesn't. [she shrugs]

Miss Robin, there is a natural order to the world. A way things...should work. Being real has nothing to do with how it interferes with the flow of the great river. And a world where death and time are meaningless, and even the stars are false is...decidedly a rather large interference in the river.

But I doubt we'll agree on that. I mean you no slight, and I do understand your meaning. I just feel our definitions of what is and isn't differ greatly.

[Should work. Should do this. Shouldn't do that. A natural order? Perhaps a little but it it is more like natural chaos. Though that is rather beside the point and whether this place is natural or not, does not prevent the truth. But there is no use arguing with someone who feels they have all the answers]

I think everyone's definition is a little different. [She smiles faintly] What is reality but the illusion of the senses?

Robin, may I answer your question with a question?

[Saori returns that ghostly smile]

How do you see your world? And how do you see this one?

My world is freedom.

[And she misses it like she never thought she ever would. All that blue sea and adventure and nakama]

This world is a prison.

[Saori smiled genuinely at the simple, honest answer.]

An illusion to the senses, truly. The way people perceive the worlds around them. I think some might give the same answer as you, but not all. But you have the truth of it.

I see this world as opportunity. And my home as responsibility.

Not all. Nor do I expect it. Even some of my own...

[She looks away. If he left...and were to have memories of all he'd left behind... There would be no way to heal that. No way to heal him now. Luceti is like a wound that will never completely close.

She glances at Saori again]

Aren't opportunity and responsibility intertwined?

[She huffed out a gentle breath, smiling slightly at the question.]

They can be. But not always. Though here? I have considerably less responsibility. And considerably more opportunity in some ways.

And you don't mind the experiments?

[Perhaps, too, she doesn't have family to be torn apart-- to watch them suffer. But it is not in Robin to ask]

I've endured far worse. The Malnosso are hardly the darkest thing I've had to see.

[She'd probably lose her temper and do something they'd both regret if Robin dared ask something so inappropriate and insensitive.]

What they do to me and mine is enraging, but what can I do but try to mitigate the damage? The Malnosso will pay for their crimes in due course. With...as they say...interest. But for now I see no sense in allowing my wits to be overcome with anger.

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[Robin nods. It makes sense and she wishes she could be more calm about it. To just realize that the Malnosso will get what is coming to them. To view this as an opportunity--

And opportunity for what?

For Luffy and Marco and Ace... To hang on just a little longer to those who they've lost. But Ace doesn't even seem happy here. She sighs]

I wish the same was true for others.

[Saori nodded slowly. She'd waited centuries for a chance to make things right before, the small number of years that people had been here a drop in the bucket. And each indignity marked down.]

I understand that. Not everyone can play the long game, but I can. And will.

I wish you luck.

[Though can she succeed? Robin is not entirely convinced. Then again, she's been surprised before.]

I will help if I can...

[though the thought of being here years...]

Time will tell.

[Convinced or no, she likes you Robin]

Of course, you seem a reasonable and intelligent woman. I'm glad to have run into you.

Likewise.

[She is always glad to run into interesting people. Even when she is not sure about them in the end.]

Perhaps we should run into one another more often. I am mostly in the library. [But it would be nice to get out and talk to others more]

I wander in and out of there with some regularity.

Actually, my friend Belle and I were going to restart the book club, if you'd be interested in participating.

Perhaps. What kind of books do you read?

[She's not much one for fiction but perhaps if they're interesting...]

All sorts. The idea was to share books from our worlds, and perhaps play out scenes in them in the battle dome.

I might try it.

[Though she's not entirely sure if she would enjoy that sort of thing. It couldn't hurt to at least try]

Though acting is not exactly my forte. [At least not in that kind of way.]

I think it was more...observing them, seeing how other people saw the book through their mind's eye, like a film.

I'm not sure if I understand completely. But I imagine I'll get it as soon as I see it in person.

I hope so.

When Belle and I get it organized, I will make sure to contact you.

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