7/6: steph

[randori]

[ NOBODY DIED-- good, good, good

With that relief in place, Natsuo breathes a little easier, waiting for people to stop running back and forth checking all the rooms just in case, and he can grab what he needs from where he needs them, and eventually settles back in the kitchen, where he'd set up camp for much of this week already. If asked what he's doing before he's done, he puts a finger to his lips and says ]

Secret!

[ but it's clear from the simple ingredients laid out, it's some sort of mochi.

That's not important.

What's important is you :) dear friend :) poor soul who happens to be in the kitchen when he finishes, whose wrist he grabs before you can escape. ]

Hey! I need a huuuuuuuge favor, okay? Please?

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[vigilantics]

[ for some reason natsuo asking for a huge favor brings an indescribable fear. maybe because she's witnessed him tackle people several times. ]

Ssssuuuure?

[ she. she can't get very far even if he does let go. ]

[randori]

[ Hey, tackling only happens when people refuse. At least he's not doing what he did with most other people he needed trapped in the kitchen, aka shoving the fridge over to block the way out.

He's glad, though, that it's Steph, because she lost all lecturing privileges. ]

Okay! It's super easy, I just need you to stand right there, and hold this-- [ He grabs a glass from the counter and hands her a what... looks... like water ] While I eat.

[ a gesture towards the finished product, just one of these cute rabbit things ]

[vigilantics]

Uh. Okay?

[ she'll take the glass, squinting a little suspiciously because she's not entirely sure why something like this qualifies as a "huge favor" ]

This seems... simple enough.

[randori]

[ It's a huge favor because she's literally going to save his life in two seconds. ]

Alright! Do not drop it, and make sure I drink all of it.

[ And then it's do or die time, in which he picks up the little rabbit sweet, tilts his head back to swallow the entire thing whole, and makes a blind grab for the glass. ]

[vigilantics]

[ what the fuck

well, with how he's aiming to grab it, the only thing he'll do is spill the water all over the both of them. steph grabs his hand to steady it so she can place the glass in it with her other hand.

she also won't actually let go?? just in case?? so she can help direct said glass to his mouth. ]

[randori]

[ Bless Steph, she knows what to do. He gulps down half the glass before he nudges Steph away and promptly



throws up all over the floor ]

[vigilantics]

Oh my god oh my god.

[ this is........... disgusting.

but he also said to make sure he drinks?? all of it?? so she's going to take a very careful step around. that mess. to hold it back to him even though her expression is mostly ???????????????? ]

[randori]

[ He made sure not to eat anything else all day, so it's at least mostly water that he throws up... and also that carefully crafted mochi of his that sort of splats on the floor.

The other half of the drink also gets downed and immediately thrown back up, Natsuo clutching the counter top and coughing the rest of it out until it's just dry retches.

Okay

it's fine

breathe.

He straightens up and clears his voice, turning to Steph like he isn't an absolute mess right now. ]

That's it. Thanks for your help, Summer!

[vigilantics]

Natsuo.

What.

[ what. what the fuck. what???? ]

[randori]

It's, um. An ob—-

[ ... ]

You're not allowed to lecture me, okay?

[vigilantics]

[ she makes a clearly displeased face but ]

... yeah, fair. [ she knows she can't argue against that. ] So. What.

[randori]

[ So... it's his own gross spat-up food, so he steps around the puddle of vomit and picks up the soggy mochi, stretching it until it breaks open and something falls out— something tiny, wrapped in copious amounts of plastic wrap. ]

It's an objective, see? I'm supposed to get somebody to eat poison.

[vigilantics]

[ stephanie has to close her eyes

and count to ten. and then she counts again.

hm. ]

So you ate it.

[randori]

[ Twenty seconds to await judgement goes by painfully slow ]

Ha, yeah.

[ yeah ]

[vigilantics]

[ she takes a deep breath. you can practically see her attempting to fight the urge to lecture. every molecule in her body is telling her to tell him how dumb this is.

she has never regretted getting her leg cut off more than in this exact moment. ]

Okay. Natsuo. Were you allowed to have it be you?

[randori]

[ He can see that and he's just going to... go grab a dishcloth to wipe this mess up before Steph throttles him and/or Sanji finds him and kills him. ]

"Allow a poisoned food item to be consumed."

Those were the exact words. I allowed it, it was poisoned, and I consumed it. So it's got to count! ...right?

[vigilantics]

I am not... completely sure...?

[ she rubs at her face. why didn't she just ask someone else to get her a snack instead of insisting on doing it herself. ]

Mine is vague like that, but apparently I can't do it to myself. And someone else I know has something like this, but when he asked they told him it can't be him either. So I don't know if all of them are like that or just some?

[randori]

Why would I ask them if they're going to say no? [ why would he even give them the chance? no, he's going to eat poison, that was clearly the safer way to do things ]

It's their fault for being vague! I'll make them accept it- I'll talk to Tiger and- ...or maybe she's still in a bad mood...

[vigilantics]

[ if natsuo just ate poison for no reason then steph is going to just lay down and die from stress. ]

Oh my god... what is even in those?

[randori]

[ He thought he was being smart...... this was him trying his best ]

Uh. I just grabbed whatever from the clinic room. It didn't matter what it was, 'cause I made sure to wrap it up real well so there's no chance of it actually doing anything.

[vigilantics]

That was smart.

[ she has to admit that it was a good idea to at least take that precaution. give praise for the good while shaking your head for the bad, or whatever. ]

... I'm really not sure if it's going to count because you did it to yourself though...

[randori]

Hey, don't jinx it!!

[ let him believe it'll work! ]

If it doesn't, will you do it for me? Then nobody has to know I screwed up! -—I'll do your objective in return!

[vigilantics]

My objective is to get someone to stay out all night during curfew so that they might potentially become a target.

[ she says it in a "don't offer to do something before knowing what it is" tone. ]

[randori]

I can do that.

[ ... ]

YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED THAT YESTERDAY! NOBODY WOULD'VE DIED SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE!!

[vigilantics]

STOP YELLING! THAT IS TOO OBVIOUS OF A LOOPHOLE!