A/N: Wow. So. This is just a quick sort of not-real update to say: I had desperately hoped to get a new episode up by no later than this weekend, but I'm having computer problems AGAIN (APPLE YOU HAVE FAILED ME. I TRUSTED YOU.), so I have NO IDEA when my real update's going to be. I feel just awful about this. I had a whole bunch of other things I needed to say, but I have forgotten them. Hopefully, next time.
So, once again, I'm very sorry. I really didn't expect this to happen and it's come at an awful time, what with school starting and all. I have to drive from Anaheim to Costa Mesa tomorrow morning to take it in, then drive from Costa Mesa to Long Beach in time to buy my books and get to class... SIGH. Sometimes I truly hate technology.
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"Blackbirds, blackbirds,
Sitting on a wire,
What do you do there?
May we inquire?
We just sit to see the day,
Then we flock and fly away,
By one, two, three, four, five, six, seven..."
"No! No! Stop! You tripped! Now it's my turn!"
"No way! I did not trip! My foot did not touch the rope."
"Yes, it did. I saw it. I felt it."
"You felt nothing."
"Hey--didn't he trip?"
"I didn't notice."
"I did! He tripped."
"Uh. Zoro? Sanji? Usopp? Luffy?"
The people in question stopped their heated argument and turned to look at the new arrivals, Nami, Robin, and Chopper, who were watching them, nonplussed.
"Are you... jumping rope?" Nami asked.
"...No," said Zoro, after a long pause.
Nobody said anything for a moment. Finally, Nami, Robin, and Chopper decided it was in their bests interests to leave.
As soon as they were gone, Sanji turned back to Zoro. "Now, as I was saying, you tripped. Now you have to hold the rope, and it's my turn to jump."
"And I said, like hell, you stupid cook...!"