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[march 4] [one piece] the quietest wish
Title: The Quietest Wish
Day/Theme: 03/04, "however you live, there's a part of you always standing by, mapping out the sky"
Series: One Piece
Character/Pairing: Nojiko, Nami
Rating: G
notes: Spoilers through Arlong Park
Who knew? that when I picked you up from the rubble - because you were crying, because you sounded exactly as lonely and scared as I felt - who knew I was saving the life of a genius?
That's what you are: a genius. You think it's nothing special, that everyone who likes maps and the wind and water can do what you do, but we know better. Bellemere and me and Gen and Arlong, oh, especially Arlong. A thousand men with a thousand books and ten thousand miles of experience can't hold a candle to what you can do.
Someday soon you're going to find out. You're quick and clever like that. I already see you staring at your maps, the ones of places we've never heard of, tracing your finger around their shores. You're wondering what they're like, how their foods taste, how the people there dress. Soon you'll ask Arlong to let you take a trip - for research, or supplies, or anything. And he'll let you go, because he knows you'll come back. I can justsee you walking down other streets on other islands, tasting new foods, buying strange trinkets from people who have not known you your whole life. You're the curious one in the family, so you'll ask questions of everyone you meet; before the trip is out it'll dawn on you that you are the smartest person in these waters. There is no one like you, no one you can't beat. You'll discover that you are beautiful. People will turn their heads to follow your bright hair, the flash of your eyes, the way your smile can light up the sky - we already do. You'll use that to your advantage. You're too smart not to.
When you come back, this place will seem like a prison more than ever before. And you'll want, more than ever, to leave.
Fly away, my darling. See the world and make it your own. Ordinary me, I'm not worth the ransom. If our first town had survived, I would have grown up and stayed there my whole life. Now that I'm here, I'll stay on this island forever and be happy. You're the one with talent; you deserve all the attention that comes your way. I could be anybody.
There was only one time I did something brave. This tattoo makes my body strange to me. It's something you would do. But it's pretty, I think, all hearts and swirls, not like the awful one you have. It makes me stand out a little, don't you think? When you leave us for those far-off lands, I'll pretend I'm not the Nojiko that harvests tangerines and keeps the house clean. I'll be Nojiko the exotic island queen, every tattoo a record of my heroic deeds. Maybe, when you're far away, the sight of yours in a mirror will remind you - not of Arlong - but of me, tending the tangerine trees.
That'll be nice, won't it? I'll be you and you'll be me.
You'll be my adventure.
(I can be your home.)
Day/Theme: 03/04, "however you live, there's a part of you always standing by, mapping out the sky"
Series: One Piece
Character/Pairing: Nojiko, Nami
Rating: G
notes: Spoilers through Arlong Park
Who knew? that when I picked you up from the rubble - because you were crying, because you sounded exactly as lonely and scared as I felt - who knew I was saving the life of a genius?
That's what you are: a genius. You think it's nothing special, that everyone who likes maps and the wind and water can do what you do, but we know better. Bellemere and me and Gen and Arlong, oh, especially Arlong. A thousand men with a thousand books and ten thousand miles of experience can't hold a candle to what you can do.
Someday soon you're going to find out. You're quick and clever like that. I already see you staring at your maps, the ones of places we've never heard of, tracing your finger around their shores. You're wondering what they're like, how their foods taste, how the people there dress. Soon you'll ask Arlong to let you take a trip - for research, or supplies, or anything. And he'll let you go, because he knows you'll come back. I can justsee you walking down other streets on other islands, tasting new foods, buying strange trinkets from people who have not known you your whole life. You're the curious one in the family, so you'll ask questions of everyone you meet; before the trip is out it'll dawn on you that you are the smartest person in these waters. There is no one like you, no one you can't beat. You'll discover that you are beautiful. People will turn their heads to follow your bright hair, the flash of your eyes, the way your smile can light up the sky - we already do. You'll use that to your advantage. You're too smart not to.
When you come back, this place will seem like a prison more than ever before. And you'll want, more than ever, to leave.
Fly away, my darling. See the world and make it your own. Ordinary me, I'm not worth the ransom. If our first town had survived, I would have grown up and stayed there my whole life. Now that I'm here, I'll stay on this island forever and be happy. You're the one with talent; you deserve all the attention that comes your way. I could be anybody.
There was only one time I did something brave. This tattoo makes my body strange to me. It's something you would do. But it's pretty, I think, all hearts and swirls, not like the awful one you have. It makes me stand out a little, don't you think? When you leave us for those far-off lands, I'll pretend I'm not the Nojiko that harvests tangerines and keeps the house clean. I'll be Nojiko the exotic island queen, every tattoo a record of my heroic deeds. Maybe, when you're far away, the sight of yours in a mirror will remind you - not of Arlong - but of me, tending the tangerine trees.
That'll be nice, won't it? I'll be you and you'll be me.
You'll be my adventure.
(I can be your home.)