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[This is a very comfy forest, really.  The sunlight's warm, and Katie curls up near a fallen branch and near faceplants into a patch of new spring flowers and waits for Snow White to maybe come dancing through her dreams, or Bambi, or maybe a couple rebel fighters on an awesome speeder bike chase that she can help with.  Ewoks, even.  Look, it's her dream, okay.   She'll will one of these things into existence if she can manage it.

It takes her a long while to realise she's not actually sleeping, and that's ... a little concerning.  Because to her knowledge she doesn't make a habit of going to sleep anywhere other than her very cozy bed, and she doesn't remember why she'd be out here. 

Sleepwalking.  All the way out here?  Kidnapped.  Her parents aren't rich.  By aliens.  That's a little better, but still kind of worrying.  There's a distinct level of nervous settling over her now because she's entirely alone in the middle of a place she doesn't recognise, and she's just not adventurous enough to want to be out here without any obvious way of getting home.

It's not her fault, is it?   She can't get into trouble if it's not her fault.  (Is today a school day?)

It's when she staggers upright, still yawning, that her foot catches on the edge of something and she thumps back down to earth with a startled sound, turning to glare at whatever she'd touched (why are her feet bare?), and stares at the journal lying in the grass with her name stencilled on the front.  And Katie reaches for it, because if it has her name maybe it has an explanation, and... the sight of it touches off muzzy memories of its own.  Familiar, somehow.

So she opens it.

Oh.  She knows what this is.]

[Voice]

...hello?

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[By this time Katie's been through the teleporter for the first time in history. 8|a So she's assuming he'll use that.]

Okay! I'll see you soon.

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[Excellent. Then Sanji will skip his merry way over to this beach house, a covered plate in hand. He decides in the interest of saving energy to use the teleporter, and Katie will soon hear a knock on the door if she's inside]

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[She shall throw open the door just as he does so. Hope she doesn't knock him over. 8|]

Hello!

[Fish? :D?]

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[No worries. B| You just almost lobbed off his arm with a door, but he dodged!]

Hello there~! I've got a special delivery for one Katie-chan~! [He found a recipe for Japanese grilled fish and sorta ran with it. There's also some skewered fried potatoes on the side.]

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[jksdfasdf that smells mouth-wateringly delicious, and Katie will just peer under that covering to inhale all that wonderful aroma.] And it's still hot. That's amazing!

[She'll just try and tug that plate away from you now. |D]

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Careful! Don't wanna burn yourself. [he lets her have it a second after the warning, though.

... You are gonna at least take it to a table, right? B|]

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[Yes, yes. She'll latch onto your wrist and tug you through the front door on a path to the kitchen table. |D] Did you make some for yourself, too?

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... Iiiieee might've forgotten that step. [Whoops]

But it's no trouble, Katie-chan. I'm not that hungry.

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Okay! [Half a second of etiquette and concern! Immediately turned over by hunger and FISH. She'll just find some cutlery (if Sanji didn't already bring some with him) and dig in.

...at least it's more dainty eating than usual. >> She even makes sure she swallows before she asks a question, like a well brought up child.] Did you use the teleporter to get here?

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Yeah, it seemed simpler than Sky Walk.

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[Blink. That sounded like a carnival ride. 8|a]

What's a Sky Walk?

[/nom nom nom. Sanji, this fish is delicious. *_*]

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["What's a Sky Walk?", she asks. 8)]

How about I show you after you finish eating?

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Okay!

[WELL THEN. Her well brought up manners kind of devolve into a shovelling technique that is...probably still more polite than Brook, really. But still. Devouring fish at a rate of knots. B| Please stand by.]

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[... How about Sanji get you some water, kiddo? Just in case]

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[I-it's okay, she's an old hand at wolving down food? 8D? Especially fish. But she'll happily take that water anyway.]

Thank you very much.

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No problem~!

And I take it the fish meets your approval?

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Mmmhm! Very much! [Just polishing it off now.] I wish you worked in the restaurants at home. I'd come visit every day.

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I guess this just means that Katie-chan will have to visit Seventh Heaven a lot while she's here~!!

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I already do. You have the best strawberry icecream.

[And she's finished. 8|a This is a hopeful look. You mentioned Sky Walks.]

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Is strawberry your favorite flavor?

[He sees that hopeful look and stands up, nodding toward the front door. Sky Walks are best explained outside... where there is sky.]

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The best. [She lays her cutlery neatly on the plate, before standing and tucking her chair in.] Though I like chocolate, too! But strawberry's pink.

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Yeah, pink's a much better color than that shitty brown. [He tucks in his chair too before leading them outside.

And once they're out, he bends down, hunched over his knees] Alright, Katie-chan. I'm gonna need you to climb on my back and hold on tight.

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[Oh...okay. Well, beyond her general mystification, Katie will never turn down a piggyback. Her small hands latch onto his shoulders a second later.] Where are we going?

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[He scoops her up so she's settled on his forearms, offering only one word and a nod at the sky:] Up!

[Just in case her grip is too lax, their lift-off is as gentle as he can make it, and soon he has both of them hopping along their merry way, higher and higher into the air]

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[Her grip isn't so much lax as it is suddenly a deathgrip, and Katie squeaks and hides her face, before risking a peek down. ...

jksasfa you're actually flying--] How are you doing that?

[BEST VIEW. OH GOD DON'T LET ME GO D8 /cling]