follow me into the rain

There will most likely be less frequent posts here in the near future, as I just today signed a contract to work as an archival assistent for ten months. Assuming I pass the security background check - and I can see no reason why I shouldn't; there aren't really any skeletons in my closet far as I know - I begin work in two weeks. The salary's pretty low, a good deal lower than my last one which wasn't particulaly high either; and it's paid on an hourly basis, thus different each month. That kinda sucks. But it's enough to live on, and better than unemployment pay. (And I've grown very tired of being unemployed after several months of it.)

Speaking of skeletons, I finished another OP pic yesterday:

( Luffy & Brook )

Now for some silly stuff inspired by a detail in the dialogue in One Piece chapter 495:

( It's nothing, really... )

Just finished a two-part fic centered on Brook though not from his POV. It basically boils down to "me trying to figure out Brook and enlisting Robin and Usopp to help me out". Don't know how well it worked. The parts are actually pretty stand-alone and kinda say the same thing twice, in part. They probably don’t have to be read in order, either, since there’s nothing that says part one is chronologically before part two. But I didn’t want to leave either of them out.

These turned out rather long and rambling. This first one in particular is, I think, a tad too reductive, tending towards “this is what Brook is like”. Of course constructive criticism and other comments would be much appreciated, as always.

Title: Bagatelles
Word Count: 1575 in this part
Rating: G (or maybe PG for mentions of death)
Characters: Robin, Brook
Setting/spoilers: Set right after the ending of Thriller Bark, during the several days’ worth of sea-journey alluded to in chapter 490
Genre: No clue
Disclaimer: The characters of One Piece were and are owned by Eiichiro Oda: they are used here without permission. This fanfic is for entertainment only and may not be used for profit.
Summary: Brook considered from Robin’s POV

( Part One: B Minor (Robin) )

The second part will probably be posted tomorrow.
Edit: Link to Part Two