A/N: Look, another update! And so soon! I'm sure that, by reading the variaty in sentences, you can tell that most of these aren't related? Sometimes they are, often they aren't. This is me, just trying to get a good grasp on Usopp's character. Enjoy!
1. Need - For the longest time, Usopp worried that he would need to prove himself to his new crew, but, as time went by, he realized that they had accepted him from the start.
2. Vision - Some days, Usopp wonders what things would be like if he still had his vision - things like whether he would also be popping back pills, whether he would still be haunted by nightmares of water stained red, and whether or not he would still be their sniper.
3. Attention - He is a social person, yes, has always been one and always will be, but he does not crave attention and he does not need affection - he just needs trust.
4. Soul - Every person has a story to tell, each one part of a larger chapter, but it's only when no one believes in them or what they say that their soul starts to waver - and often, it's too late to be fixed.
5. Picture - They aren't just pictures, not to Usopp, no, the drawings that he makes are his life and his being and his very memories themselves.
6. Fool - People think that he's a fool for telling his stories, for telling his lies, they don't see the spark of truth and hope that is laced in each word.
7. Mad - "Get out! Just - just get out! Now!" Usopp shouts, and there is anger in his voice and betrayal in his eyes and, when he pitches something small and glass at the doorway, he knows only anger.
8. Child - When his father left, Usopp was nothing but a child; one year later, when his mother passed away, he had become an adult.
9. Fire - It's unnatural, really, for someone so afraid of everything to be so enamored with fire.
10. Shoulder - Chopper did his to set it but, after using the self-damaging impact dial so often, Usopp knows that his shoulder will never be the same.
11. Drugs - Usopp is not a doctor, far from it, but he knows drugs well - the kind to take away the pain, to numb the body, numb the mind, to save you when you're on Death's doorstep; last hopes when all else has failed, and he hates this knowledge more every day.
12. Compete - They are Devil Fruit users and power-houses, honed killers and trained fighters - yet, somehow, Usopp still feels that he has a chance to compete.
13. Play - Though he knows that it happened, somedays it feels like years have passed since the days when he played pirate on the beach.
14. Carnival - Carnivals are supposed to be fun, free places - but this, Usopp thinks with disgust, this is nothing more than a blood-bath.
15. Family - For years, Usopp had no family to speak of; no mother, no father, no aunt or uncle or cousin, no family willing to take him in - then, one day, he set foot on the beach and met, not just a crew, but a nakama all of his own.