PSA

[stopbleeding]

WANTED!!
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN??
ARMED, DANGEROUS AND HIDEOUS!
IF SEEN, BE CAUTIOUS.



(i'm not paying that reward)

anyway don't go into the subway tunnels or whatever. they suck. there's 50 foot pits and flying babies and nurses with hooks down there. also ten of everything. don't care what's down there they suck. everyone should know that before you all go down anyway. you're welcome.

yeah. that's it.

p.s. fuck jim

[ooc: 30 minutes to an hour after this post goes up, photocopies of sanji's wanted poster will be mysteriously plastered all around the city. enjoy that.]

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[stopbleeding]

[some mechanic's place run by guys he knows or something]

why are you picking me up? i'm not going in the tunnels.

[crudest]

we're going to the photocopy place

[5 minutes later - ]

and then the tunnels

[stopbleeding]

i said no tunnels.

[crudest]

ok
that's cute

i say i'm going
and you're coming with me

[stopbleeding]

you're old enough to fend for yourself.

[he says that but he's still not letting baren go alone and they both know]

[crudest]

yeah no shit

[what does that have to do with anything, silly zoro.

but regardless zoro will find that baren has arrived because he's going to honk incessantly.]

You brought your motorcycle?

[stopbleeding]

[zoro sticks his head out of the garage. phantom of the opera is blaring in the bg.]

Does it matter?! You brought a car!

[crudest]

[and because i realized that stopping by the photocopy place sounds like a boring thread, we're saying baren just took the image zoro put on retrospec and photocopied that on his own

he waves a stack of flyers

the rest are tied up in the passenger's seat]

Mobility is important.

[stopbleeding]

[oh. shit. zoro grins, screams at his pals in the garage to turn phantom of the opera down and get his bike out.]

Should'a led with that, idiot.

[a few minutes later, a few guys come wheeling out a chrome as fuq bike. zoro nods at it.]

Let's go.

[crudest]

[Perfect.

Baren's hopping out of the car and throws his keys over to the guys, assuming that they'll catch it and handle his car until they get back. There's no hesitation before he takes a bunch of the flyers and hops onto the bike, grinning as he does.

Happily parroting:]

Let's go, let's go, let's gooooo!

[stopbleeding]

[the other guys look confused. zoro waves to tell them it's okay, watch the car. it seems to do the trick. seems like zoro knew it would too, because he's climbing onto the bike and starting it up without looking back.]

Where should we start?

[crudest]

[nice. it's probably going to involve some sort of ridiculous balancing act for baren to settle in the back with all the flyers but luckily he's anime enough for that]

Wherever the most foot traffic is.

[terrible...]

The plaza?

[stopbleeding]

Think the police will come after us if we drive through it?

[this is rhetorical. he knows the answer.]

[crudest]

Isn't that half the fun?

[terrible.]

[stopbleeding]

That's what I like to hear.

[and he revs up the bike or whatever and nyooms to the plaza and... on... the plaza. if baren needs height to slap some signs, you can best bet he's pulling wheelies.]

[crudest]

[nice.

bless baren's sense of anime balance though because he's not hesitating to just stick sanji's wanted posters against every flat surface. maybe some non-flat surfaces. those street lamps will shine right on sanji's wanted poster whenever they turn on.

is there a walking bridge by the plaza??? now there is!! baren's eyes light up as he moves to stand on the back of the bike - ]

Keep driving, I'll meet you on the other side!

[this is just pointlessly reckless???]

[stopbleeding]

[a sensible person would object at least a tiny bit to this daring-don't of stuntsmanship but not zoro. he just grins, nods, and pulls another wheelie. the bike's nearly vertical as he takes off.]

Don't make me wait!

[a pretty unreasonable demand considering zoro's going at like. seventy.]

[crudest]

Don't let me become roadkill!

[but it's okay, unreasonable demands are baren's favorite. it's just another challenge that he needs to meet. hence why he's gonna go ahead and jump with a stack of wanted posters tucked under his arm, grabbing onto the bridge and flipping himself over onto it and letting a bunch of posters fly in the wind

and then he'll keep running so he can catch up to zoro on the other side]

[stopbleeding]

You just tossed them?! Lazy!

[not that he really gives a shit. zoro slows down to keep pace with baren but not to make it easier for him to hop on. no, he's got to be a pain in the ass and just start weaving around him. because that's what good friends do.]

You gonna get on or what?

[fucking asshole.]

[crudest]

It'll be a surprise when people realize what they're stepping on!

[Look, he's shameless about it. He'll run to keep up with Zoro and - just laugh when he realizes the weaving. He jumps once he runs out of bridge space and here's hoping that he somehow manages to guess where Zoro's gonna be steering so he lands easily at the back.]

You're such a fucker!

[but he sounds so happy about it]