thatsnotcute | ☠ 1st Haunt ☠

[This is not what she had planned. Most certainly not. When Perona told Kuma where she wanted to go, she made it very clear that a dark, desolate castle would be the ideal place, not the middle of a frozen lake. Or, really, a half frozen lake. Not only that, but somehow she got booted so hard it...knocked her clothes off? Or something. There had to be some explanation for the flimsy piece of white cloth she was wearing instead of her usual ensemble. Oh, that big brute is going to pay for this.

...Once she gets to safety.

;A;]

This isn’t where I wanted to go to at all! What part of this place even remotely resembles where I told that horrible giant I wanted to go to?! I-I’m going to die here! I’ll really die! [Perona whimpers, laying herself flat on her pitiful ice slab, creeping as far as she could along the cold, icy surface. She lets out a blood-curdling scream when her whole arm submerges on a patch of thin ice, and scrambles to a thicker, sturdier spot, curling up onto herself. She hasn't yet noticed the journal recording her, nor the wings. There are other pressing matters to focus on.]

Waaah, Bearsy! Help me! Someone, please, help me! I don’t want to die for real this time! I don’t want to die! Bearsy! [She whimpers again, sniffling as well.] I-If it wasn’t for those stupid Straw Hats and that dumb Long-Nose, none of this would have happened! I would have never had to leave Thriller Bark, and I wouldn’t be stuck here, either! WHY AM I HERE?! AND WHERE AM I TO BEGIN WITH?! I WANT TO GO BACK TO THRILLER BARK!

Someone please help... [Uuuuu. ;~;]

[OOC: Kinda-sorta placeholder until tomorrow after class. I'll tag around for a bit, but then bed after that. /o/ Tags will resume tomorrow!]

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Mmh...all right. [So she's been told. But Perona's not quite so sure. For now, though, she will just have to trust the word of others, and trust that this Nami lady will come for her. That's all she can d--

Wait what? What did he mumble there~? H E H. Perona gives her journal a long look, peering into the tiny "icon" closely. He seems familiar. Very familiar, in fact.]

And whose name should I ask for if that pi--if Nami does not come?

I'm Ace. [He won't be surprised if she's heard of him.

He can't really think of anyone from their world who hadn't.] And you would be?

[Excuse her a sec, Perona just had a choking, sputtering episode and almost dropped her journal. Whoops.]

A-Ace?! Fire Fist Ace?! Se-Second Commander of Whitebeard's-- [This can't be happening, this can't be happening, this can't be happening!] What's someone like you doing here?!

[He doesn't even bat an eye at the reaction. He just sighs.]

Because this place is all I got left, okay? [He gets kinda tired of this...]

What are you talking about?

[What is he talking about? 8|a Whatever. A Whitebeard crew commander! F-Fire Fist Ace, no less. Urrgh...i-if she wasn't all on her own, maybe she could have caught him and--no. Goodness, no! Doing anything to someone with that high a terror status is just asking for trouble. Perona's not stupid. Without the shield of the marines and World Government at her side, she's not risking her neck over someone like this. Hell, even the Straw Hats aren't worth her time right now, let alone Ace.]

A-Are there...more of you here?

[Sounds like she doesn't know. That's fine, the less who know, the better. He'll just keep his mouth shut, and ignore that question for now. Focus on the second!.]

One of my nakama is here, and Luffy's got some of his. Trafalgar Law's here, too. Oh, Smoker's here, too.

[One of his nakama? Then that means there are TWO FREAKING WHITEBEARD PIRATES HERE. TWO. Perona lets out a low whine of complaint, scrunching up her shoulders and chewing her lip. As if the Straw Hats weren't bad enough! She has to deal with this one and--

Trafalgar Law? Was that one of the new rookies the Marines were eating their hats over? Hn, that could be a problem. Perona didn't know much about him yet. She'll have to have her hollows gather some serious intel once she's safe. This is way too dangerous a situation, regardless of these peoples' actions today.]

Smoker? The marine captain?

[This just gets better and better doesn't it? 8|]

Yeah, but don't worry. He doesn't seem that set on catching any of us. After all, what's he gonna do if he does? There's no jail here, and if he executes us, we'll just come back to life.

[You know, like you do. Totally chill, by the way.]

[No jail? R-Really?! That's kind of convenient, though pretty unsafe. At least Perona won't have to worry about Smoker, though. If he leaves her alone, that's just fine. Perfect, even.

But whoa, whoa, wait a minute there. Executed?!. No thank you. E-Even though he said something about...coming back. T-To life? Does he mean coming back to life once dead?]

What? C-Come back? N-No way...that's--

--wonderful. ♥

[Y E P.] I can have all my cute zommbie servants again! E-Even if they may not be animal zombies, I'm sure i could dress everyone up nice and cute, a-and make it so they listen to me. Aaah...maybe this place won't be so bad! I can finally live my dream at last!

... you do know they come back normally, right? They just come back to life as though they never died. But they usually lose something as a penalty.

[So yeah good luck with that.]

Eh?! Just like normal?! How can that be?! It's not possible! They have to decay, and...and have stitches! And bandages! You can't return to life as if you've never died, there have to be repercussions!

[Even Hogback wasn't that great, to be able to pull off life after death that way. It's impossible! No doctor could be able to pull off reviving the dead as if they've never died! And worst of all - there won't be any zombies. ;_;] What kind of place is this?!

Sorry, that's the way things are here. You'll have to cope with it.

[Your talk of zombies kinda creeps him out a bit, anyway. He just shrugs.]

Welcome to Luceti.

I don't like it here...

[And she doesn't want to be here, or welcomed here. It's not a good place - it's not her plush, cushy home, and doesn't have all the wonderful things she was used to. Hell, she got plopped into the most dangerous place she could get into on her first go! At least...a-at least if...she did die, she'd come back? Ah...ah, ah, no. No, no, that's bad. That's a bad thing.

Don't think of that. The pirate woman is coming. She said she'd come, and other people are offering to help, to! She's not going to...d-d-drown. No. No, no, no. Not going to die! So don't think about that.

...Sniff. ;^;]

Not a lot of people do. [He should probably do at least a little something to cheer her up. Hmmmmm but what.]

You'll probably find some of your personal things here. No zombies, but maybe clothes or items or something.

[Ace, you are so not helping right now. A little, but not nearly enough. Perona's glad she can at least get her clothes and a few things back, but she needs at least a half dozen cute servants to weight on her hand and foot to feel truly at home.]

But...but it won't be the same! I need my servants! Who'll wake me up with a toasty bagel sandwich and my favorite hot cocoa in the morning?! And who'll help me comb my hair?! [There's a lot of it, you know, it gets hard.] I need my servants to tend to me! My Bearsy, my...m-my--

--...duck?

[Aaaand then a bit of this conversation gets caught up by the journal as the camera goes black, and shifts somewhat.

A moment or two later, Perona lets out a blood-curdling scream, and the rushing of air is heard over the journal as well. Guess who just got rescued! 8Da]

[Whaaaaaaat the sh-- oh, it must have been Luffy.]

Oh, Luffy found you. You'll be fine now.

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