Hey, now... why isn't 'Straw Hat Crew' a character option? Other than the obvious I mean. There are plenty of stories about the whole crew(?) that end up getting labeled as being about one or two characters... Or is that not the case? I think that's the case... On that note, there will definitely be more to this one, just updated irregularly. Why irregularly? Because I have a single document on my computer with *double checks*... Ah, yes. Six variations of hundred themes lists, a fifty-prompt one sentence challenge, and exactly one two hundred themes list... Oh yeah, plus one that I typed up for myself at school for 'recreation'. (What are the others for, you ask, if not recreation? Heh... those are for whatever, stories or vignettes (which I do a lot of, as you will see) or poetry... But all for OP. The other one is for me original creations.)

This is, again, a One Piece fanfiction written by a fan for fans, and I own the story, but not the characters. I also don't own the quote I am so brutally ripping off.

Tagline (because it really isn't a summary...): A single vignette about Luffy's... immaculate... uh, logic. Because it really does make sense. OR: She should have known better than to quote abstracts around Luffy...

Anyway, inspiration knocked on my door again, but this time when I opened it, inspiration was looking the other way and kept knocking, so I now have a headache because it hit me...

Enjoy!

Dogs

When her semi-new captain had bounded over, as rubber a bundle of excitement as ever, he had grabbed the top of her book, pushing it down and moving his face almost kiss-close to hers. Not pulling back at all, Robin noticed out of the corner of her eye that the blond cook had immediately begun fuming—red in the face, steam from his ears, the whole nine yards.

The woman raised one dark brow. "Yes?"

"Watcha doin'?"

She lifted the book slightly, pressing it against his hand as a reminder. "I'm reading."

"Oh." He looked so crestfallen, pulling back to his knees with a pout so adorable that she almost smiled. Then he looked up. "Why?" he insisted. "There's plenty of other fun things to do... like Sanji and Zoro imitations, or watching them fight, or Chopper imitations—you're good at those!—and... Usopp's stories—ooh, ooh, and his inventions and... Uhh..." he trailed off, seemingly unable to come up with anything else to do on a peaceful day at sea, though her list was plenty long.

Humoring him, she closed her book and leaned forward, resting one elbow on her crossed knees and propping the other under her chin. "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend," she quoted easily. "That's why I'm reading."

Luffy nodded seriously and began to push to his feet. "That makes sense," he said solemnly, shocking the peanut gallery. Then he continued, nodding again and staring out over the blue sea, the sun beating pleasantly down upon them, for an entire minute as he chewed his bottom lip, clearly thinking quite hard on a matter of some (comparative, as it was Luffy after all) importance.

Seeming to have come to a conclusion he turned away, moving towards the stairs even as he stated quite firmly, "Because inside of a dog it'd be too dark to read."

!OMAKE!

"... Did he just say that?"

The question was asked, sounding strangled, by a dumbstruck Sanji as he stared at the rubber boy who was now running to the aft deck, presumably to bother Zoro.

Robin's smile was unusually broad when she looked over to the blond man; that really had been too funny. "Yes, Cook-san, I think he did. Wouldn't you agree, Navigator-san?" she prompted, eyes flickering over to the girl... rather, to where she had been. The redhead had sunk to her knees, one hand clinging to the railing as she sobbed in frustration, one hand pressed tightly over her mouth muffling the noise. Standing, the historian set aside her book and walked over to the pained girl while Sanji began shouting obsceneties at the boy for making Nami cry.

Patting the orange head gently, she answered her own question. "That would be a yes."

... Do I really need to say anything? Oh, something in my defense? Okay... Sorry...?

...the blond cook...

I, personally, see this as happening not too long after they leave Arabastan waters, so she isn't very familiar with the crew members identities. Or it can be any time before Water 7. Oh, but not on Sky Island...

I don't usually do Omake anything (thus the question mark there). But I also saw no reason to resist. The story, such as it is, was over, but something vaguely amusing happened afterwards—why not mention it? It's no punchline, to be sure; Luffy took care of that quite nicely.

Ja na!