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[There’s such a depressed pall hanging over Luceti recently. Coming and goings from the village are common, but the disappearances have really taken their toll recently. So many in such a short period of time – mainstays and pillars of the community – just gone and the wave of them does not feel like it has subsided quite yet.

It sucks whatever joy there is to be had from a birthday. And Luceti? Today is one for Trafalgar Law.

He barely remembered. Not that he expects anyone else will. He’s told few and those few are all dealing with their own losses as he’s dealing with his. And with McCoy now gone, there isn’t much time to dwell on anything much as he takes over the other doctor’s share of shifts and sorts through whatever he left and was working on at the Battle Dome clinic.

Maybe it’s for the best no one will probably remember. He is in no mood for a party. But Law takes the day for himself anyway.

You can catch him in the morning around town fetching various things (namely booze), and from eleven thirty onwards into the afternoon at the docks, tending to the Shinonome so she’s ready to sail.

And before the afternoon is done, one 100% filtered message goes out over the journal to Uchiha Itachi:]

Care to join me down at the docks? Dress warmly and you might want to set out Amaya’s dinner for the night… and the next morning. There’s a nice wind tonight for a trip.

[He promised you a sail, remember?]

Oh, and Itachi? Would you bring along a bottle or two of your favorite drink? I figure it’s a night for it.

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[Itachi sips his a little more slowly, but still matches Law in finishing it at once.]

This month is worrisome in particular. But this isn't the time for fretting over that.

[He nods, and refills their saucers]

Halloween. The ghost festival. I know.

[He remembers telling Sanji a tale from the Grand Line about one of the more macabre ones for the dead.

He told it the night he arrived.]

I'd rather not think about those things tonight as well. [He nudges the tiller to slightly correct their course.] How about something else? Like Filial magic or even what Amaya's been up to recently?

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Those are both acceptable topics. I have continued my studies with both Eferin and Sona, elements I already had an affinity for.

[The corners of his lips turn up slightly at the next comment.]

Amaya has confiscated one of my better shirts for sleeping in.

Mm? How's that going? I've gotta say, fire's the element I have least affinity with... Eferin and I tend not to... get on well. I have too much of a water affinity for his liking. Says I'm gonna drown him. [You gotta wonder how the hell he even managed a pact.] Sounds like he's a hell of a lot more amicable to you.

[His own quirk at the next comment.]

Oh really? Little thief. [It's warmly amused and affectionate. Par for course for cat antics.] A favorite shirt of yours? She might be after it because of the scent. [Or it's warm and fuzzy. But you don't really seem like a fuzzy sweater guy.]

Members of the Uchiha clan have usually had a close affinity to fire. Our symbols is that of a fan, to help the flames rise. We also made our home in the land of fire.

...And I assume that's the case. Though she is free to the actual bed. I suppose she simply likes to create her own sense of comfort.

[Considering. Thoughtful.] Mine's water, wind, and lightning. [He has a sea storm for a soul. But that shouldn't be a surprise.] At least according to the spirits. Back home, we don't really have obvious affinities. [...] ... unless you're Logia, and that's a little different.

But that makes a lot of sense. [About a lot of things.] Do a lot of people in the Land of Fire have the same affinity as well?

[... she's got the run of the apartment, doesn't she? |D]

Heh. That sounds about right. It seems to be a thing common to all cats - to march to the beat of their own drum.

Where I come from, it's natural for a ninja to have a natural affinity for two elements, though they may not discover the latter for a while. Having more than that isn't unheard of, but very rare.

[Who else is going to run it if she doesn't?]

That's what made nin-cats particularly difficult to work with at times. A dog at least has a pack mentality.

Mmhm. [Sipping his sake and then putting it down so he can get a hold of the lines to adjust the sails for a gybe and work the tiller at once.] How do you figure it out, at least for the stronger element? Do you just know - watch your head, gybing [INCOMING BOOM GOING AT HOLY FUCK SPEED ACROSS THE DECK as the sails are readjusted and trimmed to their new direction] - or is there a process for figuring it out?

[Already got you whipped then. |3 Good girl.]

Sounds like you have plenty of nin-cat stories to share. [Which is an invitation to share them now.]

It will usually be something that's discovered naturally in the early years of a ninja's training.

[The sail is avoided expertly, though he doesn't so much as turn his head toward it.]

And I don't have as many stories as you'd think. I didn't do much training with them, but our clan used to work with them quite often. I remember catnip bribery was often involved.

[Picking up the saucer and taking a sip] Sounds pretty intense. Ninja training that is.

Catnip bribery? [Chuckling. Oh that sounds fun] I shall have to keep this in mind with Sumire when fish doesn't cut it.

Yeah... I heard you prefer birds.

Everyone learns at a different speed.

It's true... I do find them easier to train.

True. Though I bet you were a natural at it.

[Hmm... still would have given you a cat though. Cats are fuzzier and more affectionate in general, and he wasn't going to climb into any nests to find suitable ones. And they imprint. Gotta get them young to work.

Though some of the little owls around here are enchantingly fluffy. And very cute.]

That still sounds like a lot of work. You'd have to raise them from birth. [Yeah... he's still angling for a story.] Got any preferences?

Hm. [Let's not talk much about his ninja training.]

I'd think it wouldn't be too difficult to guess by now. Or will another genjutsu technique be necessary?

[Slight frown. Shrug.]

Only seen you with birds twice, man... so, I guess black? There was a variety around you both times. Your brother didn't give me any specifics either. So based on that...

[...

... why does that word feel a little ominous to him? He sips his sake to mask the feeling.]

Genjutsu? What is that?

[Itachi just nods.]

Ganjutsu is the illusionary type of ninja technique. It can make one believe -

[His form suddenly scatters into a mass of crows that go flying in all directions as he continues to speak.]

- that they're seeing things they truly aren't. The Sharingan makes these skills particularly strong in the Uchiha.

[The birds gather back into the seated figure of Itachi, as he hasn't really gone anywhere from the start.]

[As you've been saying this...

His face as remained like this.

But internally, as the explanation goes on...]

[It.]

[Is.]

[Like.]

[This.]

[He very briefly touches his throat and then takes another sip of sake. His mouth and throat feel suddenly dry.

And then reaches out with his sense of space to actually get a bead on if there was a man sitting there.]

... aa. Crows. I see.

[No hint of inner turmoil there.]

More than seeing... it affects all five senses, doesn't it.

[Because... he could hear the rustle of feathers and the flapping of of wings... and feel the disturbance of air from their passage.]

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Yes, it affects the mind, and can change the way one perceives time and space as well.

If my abilities weren't as restrained as they are, I could cause someone to experience 72 hours within a single second.

Does it affect the soul?

[That just slipped out, but it's a valid question. Haki is spiritual perception, not mental. He can feel the solidity of the man before him, but, could Devil Fruit powers be tricked as well? Haki?

There could be no defense. No warning. Not even awareness that it was happening.

72 hours. In a single second.

The possibilities are...

horrifying

infinite

... and this is what happened at their first meeting.

And he is being honest.]

...Possibly.

That's a gray area, I believe. Especially as different worlds and people may have different definitions on the subject.

[Which was true enough. His Sharingan sure wore out more than just someone's physical well-being.]

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