week 3, saturday

[vigilantics]

[ it's long enough after trial that most people have scattered off to do their own separate thing. stephanie is, like presumably everyone else, tired. she would definitely prefer to go straight to bed, but there are a couple of people she wants to check on first.

sanji is one of them. she... does not know where he might run off to, so her first attempt to locate him is the most obvious location: the kitchen. ]

Hello? [ she pokes her head in. it's still crispy rip. ]

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[vigilantics]

We can try. If anything, we have to change things up from how we're currently doing it or else we're just going to mess up again.

[concasse]

... Yeah, you're right.

[That he can at least agree with.]

We can't afford to mess up after this, either. So anything different might give us an edge.

[Running a hand through his hair.]

[vigilantics]

... I can tell you're really beating yourself up over all of this, but a lot of people seem to put a lot of faith in you. So, I think you're doing okay? Overall, we're a mess, it's good that you're around.

[ look, she's noticed how many people seem to go to him in trials and how much he fusses. ]

[concasse]

[Secret's out, Sanji's the mother hen of the castle. No one escapes his aggressive concern.

... Still, he looks... almost sad.]

You think so?

[...]

I hope you're right. So long as I can be useful to you guys...

[vigilantics]

You're as useful as anyone can be in a situation like this. Even more-- you're obviously reaching out to people whose lives aren't tied to your own.

[ it would be very easy to care only about you and your partner, in this type of setup. ]

[concasse]

... Never thought of it like that.

[It's second nature to him; it's how his crew has always been, done for the simple reason of keeping the people they like alive and well]

Well, I'll do what I can.

[...]

And you take care of yourself, too, Stephanie-chan. The castle would feel a lot emptier without you here.

[vigilantics]

... I'll do my best!

[ she can't really say she'll do her best at staying alive, considering they seem to have less control over that than they would all like. ]

Thanks, Sanji.