asobouyo | 34th Teddy Bear [Voice]

[An hour or so after bed, Elicia hears something creak. It's harmless and probably something like a tree scratching something, or a mouse finding its way. But it sparks a barrage of images within this small child's brain that would probably make a therapist shake their heads. Things like floating objects and scary figures and things under her bed oh god. Acute paranoia tonight, this one. So she speaks in a really low whisper as though she's on a secret mission, hidden up to her ears in blanket. Must be a nice windy winter night.]

Um....

Are ghosts real? They aren't, right? But—But I guess good ghosts are okay! Do those count? Are they real either?

[Her eyes dart from one side of the room to the other, and she's totally expecting something scary to happen on one side or the other. Any minute now. No, no, be brave, there's nothing going on. Nothing at aaaaall. ;~;

Gulp.]

Oh! New Feathers are here, too... huh...

I'm Elicia, and I'm six years o—

[rustle rustle]

Meep!

[...And back under the sheets. Yup.]

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THESE ADVENTURES, I WANT THEM]

A hammer?? What was the sound from, sis??

Well, he went to see like the brave warrior he is. [Elicia may or may not be old enough by now to hear the amusement on those two words.]

And what he saw was a small, shadowy figure in the mist, standing by our ship out of the water hammering slowly at its side. Bang... bang... bang.

...

W-who was it?

[Don't leave me in suspense, man.]

Usopp didn't know at first, because he ran back to camp as fast as his legs could carry him. [Which ...wasn't exactly right, but hey. The art of storytelling. >>] And we all thought he was making it up, so we didn't know at first.

But when we went back to the ship the very next day, we found that someone had come and repaired it in the night-- but there was nobody else around, and none of us were responsible.

... Then...

Who was doing all that?? Was it a ghost?

Mmhmm. Or rather, you could say it was the spirit of the Going Merry - Merry himself, creeping out in the middle of the night, to make repairs so we could continue sailing together forever. Or...as long as possible, anyway.

The ship was fixing itself? Even though it didn't have any arms??

That's right. Because the ghost of the ship had arms. He was a shadowy human figure, and pretty young, too.

He looked after us really well.

You weren't... scared of him? Because he was actually nice, even though he looked like that...

Well, we were scared at first. Some of us were, anyway. Your big brother wasn't. [Grin.] But that's because we didn't know what was going on. Once we knew, it was just... a really good thing to know. And we wanted to do right by him.

[We really did. But there was only so much they could do, in the end.]

Then you're right! He's a good example of a good ghost, huh?

That's right! And he's also a good example that sometimes things are frightening, but that's just because we don't quite understand them properly. If we don't know why there's a weird noise, it's a little creepy.

[Coming to you from a woman who still shrieks if something goes bump in the night. DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE OKAY BY YOU, RIGHT.]

Edited 2012-02-13 12:41 (UTC)

Okay... Then I'll make sure it's something that's really actually scary, before I get real scared! Right?

Sounds good. I mean, it's always a good idea to be careful, just in case!

Oh, yeah! Then maybe I should keep lots of lights nearby; papa says ghosts are scared of lights, too!

Ahh, well he might be on to something! And the good ghosts might like having a light on too, because who knows. They could be really frightened of the dark too.

Do you have a night light, Elicia?

Oh... a night light? I have a lamp in here, but I don't turn it on cause it'd be too bright!

You think I should get a night light?

Only if you really want one. I guess it's hard to find one that's not too bright.

But you know, I'm going shopping tomorrow. Want me to keep an eye out?

Yeah!!

... Do you think they have a whole lot of different kinds?

I don't know. I've never looked. I bet they've got at least a few, though.

If you find pretty ones, could you tell me what they are?

I sure can. I'll call you up on the journals and show them to you.

Alright! Thanks, big sis!

Any time.

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[voice] A weird nose... '_'

[voice] are you insulting my nose madam

[voice] Damn right. THAT ICON HAS NO NOSE.

[voice] oh yeah well you have a WEIRD WAIST!!

[voice] It's not bad. It's just drawn that way. '_'

[voice] .... heheh. |D

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