Ruffy blinked at the skeleton that was slurping from it's tea cup loudly, watching as nothing spilled out the jaw; the steamy liquid just disappeared as it went through the teeth.
Ruffy's mind shouted at him, telling him that something like this was meant to be feared and that he should run away. Another part was saying this was interesting and wanting to know more; somewhere deep deep within him was screaming. This voice he could he make out.
Instead he listened to the voice that sounded strangely like his doctor, chosen to fear the moving skeleton.
"Ah?" The skull slightly turned his way, "Luffy-san..." It spoke, causing the voice that told Ruffy he should ran away to act.
"I'm going to ran away and scream now." Ruffy said almost dully, as he slowly closed the doors.
"Ahhh...Yoho..."The moving skeleton said, as the closet started becoming darker inside, "Please do, I will not stop you."
Ruffy shut the doors right up and looked to his door, blinking he moved fast for it and swung it open, running at full speed down the hallway for his Dorm Manager. Ruffy remembered that he was meant to be screaming, so he opened his mouth and let out a screaming alerting any,
On the way down the hallway Ruffy got blank stares, surprised faces, pointing fingers and angry look. Some popped their head out their doors, trying to see what was happens or who was going mad this time.
"RUFFY!" A voice came, followed by an arm, someone had grabbed him by his middle causing him to fly backwards, "What is the matter, way are you so frighten?"
Ruffy fell back onto the floor and blinked up and looked at the Dorm Manager named Nacht, kneeing over him.
"Skeleton." Ruffy said as he stared with wide eyes, "I have a skeleton in my closet."
Nacht face relaxed and he started climbing to his feet, once there he offered a hand to Ruffy. Taking the hand, he pulled himself up and looked at Nacht with those same wide eyes.
"Ruffy you were dreaming again," Nacht said gently, as if talking to a young child. "Do you remember when you thought the flower was talking to you." He place a hand upon Ruffy shoulder and turned him around facing the way he came. "Come on, show me where this skeleton was."
Ruffy began to walk stiffly, glancing toward the man who looked after the people of this dorm. He was only slightly older than Ruffy, his muscles could be seen through his clothes. A long face with a long broken nose, brown hair was cut close to his scalp.
They reached his room, Nacht strolled in first going right for the closet he opened it wide. Ruffy leaned against the door frame waiting for an reaction, Nacht smiling and waved for him to come over.
"Here is you skeleton!" Nacht said with a laugh, "See everything is alright!"
Ruffy slowly peeled himself off the frame and hurried over, gazing inside the dark closet he saw some bed covers piled up making it look like a person. He frowned at this, even if the closet was a little dark there was no way he could mistake some cover for a skeleton drinking a cup of tea.
'Afro.' Ruffy's mind whispered to him, 'He had an afro.'
"Ruffy, you going to be okay now?" Nacht asked as he bent down a bit, to see the other's face, "You can always stay in the main lobby for the night, any are doing the same. You are not the only one to see things."
"I'll be alright." Ruffy answered as he started grinning, and then laughed fully. "No skeleton!"
"That's right," Nacht agreed with a firm nod to the head, "No skeleton. Dinner is in an hour, settle yourself as best you can and get your new clothes on." Nacht patted Ruffy on his back and began making his way out of the room.
'No skeleton...' Ruffy thought as he looked closer at the pile of covers.
