chicken fight pool scene my beloved…
utilities included, chapter 3 (as always, mind the tags and rating)
(readmore for full alt text)
a 6 page one piece fancomic.
page 1.
panel 1: an opening shot of usopp, vivi, nami, zoro, helmeppo, and koby in a resort pool. sanji stands on the side, removing his shirt near the cubbies. nami asks, “that again? how many times do we have to beat you before you accept defeat?” zoro replies, “you didn’t beat ME. you beat usopp. if he would let me be on top for once—“
panel 2: usopp stops leaning on the pool edge and interjects, “are you kidding me! do you have any idea how heavy you are? i’d break something—“ zoro, crossing his arms, interrupts him, “better a few broken bones than losing again.”
panel 3: vivi says, “sounds like someone’s missing his boot.” nami high-fives her for cutting zoro down to size.
panel 4: sanji places his cigarettes and lighter into a cubby for safekeeping. offscreen koby says, “everyone knows the base decides who wins.”
page 2.
panel 1: sanji quietly turns from the cubby
panel 2: sanji’s legs are in the foreground as he walks toward the pool, where the others are floating near the edge. koby continues, “you can’t lose if you have good balance and a good grip.” zoro says, “easy to say when you’ve never had to hold usopp.”
panel 3: sanji slips into the pool, content to listen to the banter. zoro continues his rant, saying, “all nami has to do is look at him, and he starts flopping around like a fish out of water.”
panel 4: usopp and nami yell, “HEY!” usopp says, “that’s called DEFENSIVE MANEUVERING, thank you very much!” while nami shouts, “you make it sound like i didn’t work hard for those wins!” they furiously splash zoro, who holds up his arms to protect himself.
page 3. a double-page spread. a short time later, the actual pool chicken fighting begins. there is a small panel of usopp toppling backward off the shoulders of an irritated zoro, his upper body hidden in a violent splash.
in another panel, helmeppo sits astride koby’s shoulders with a pool noodle as a weapon. unfortunately, poor koby’s head is submerged below the water, as the bubbling from his mouth and his raised hands indicate his struggle.
the main image, spanning across the full page, features a confident vivi holding a pool noodle and sitting on the shoulders of a wildly grinning zoro. her opponent is an equally prepared nami, who is holding her own noodle and sitting on sanji’s shoulders. he is glancing up and back at her, besotted, and his eyebrow has formed a heart.
there is another small panel showing sanji’s heart eye and wobbly mouth at his chance to team up with nami.
two more panels show vivi and nami smacking each other with the pool noodles before they wear themselves out and pant and wheeze with exhaustion.
in the final small panel, koby and usopp declare, “TIE!”
page 4.
panel 1: zoro furiously slaps the water’s surface with his fists, shouting, “luffy’s gonna kick your ass for that when he gets back! we don’t DO ties!” in the background, helmeppo watches blankly and koby raises his hands placatingly. nami’s unamused face is half-submerged as she bubbles a complaint, “my arms feel like noodles.” vivi drifts limply next to her and adds, “i think he’d let us off the hook this time.”
panel 2: zoro tetchily says, “yeah right.” and offscreen, vivi replies, “spoilsport!” zoro starts wading to the edge of the pool, running a wet hand through his hair and clearly sulking.
panel 3: a close up of zoro’s hand in his hair, indicating what sanji is looking at. offscreen, the others continue talking, though the rest of the dialogue on the page takes place offscreen. the speech bubbles gets fainter and fainter as sanji stops paying attention to the conversation. helmeppo asks, “when IS luffy coming back? he’s been away longer than usual this time.” nami says, “you can thank his brothers for that.”
panel 4: zoro hefts himself out of the pool, his muscles are flexing with the motion and he’s dripping pool water. offscreen, nami continues, “last i heard, they booked some crazy cruise up north. he was really excited about it.”
panel 5: offscreen, koby says, “it’s great that you were able to take over his lease, sanji. zoro’s really lucky he found you!” sanji is not listening. he is clinging pathetically to the pool edge, his visible eye wide. his face and the ground are cast in shadow as zoro presumably stalks by.
page 5.
panel 1: nami’s speech is still faded out as she says, “lucky I found him. but that’s true.” the back of sanji’s head is in the foreground as he watches zoro climb into the hot-tub.
panel 2: nami continues, her speech fading back in as sanji hears HER saying his name, “you’ve been a real life-saver, sanji. zoro told me all about the meals you’ve been making for him, especially when he was on bed rest.” sanji turns quickly to look at her. he looks a little dazed as he mentally catches up with the conversation.
panel 3: a close up of sanji, damp with either pool water or nervous sweat. he says, “it’s nothing. i was cooking for myself anyway. it’s never a problem to add a little something extra for someone else.”
panel 4: usopp jokes, “‘a little,’ he says. like we don’t know what a zoro-sized portion looks like.” he is reclined with one arm resting on the pool edge. the artist is very pleased with the “boyfriend of the people” way they drew him here. beside him, koby listens with a placid smile. there is water on the glasses he is still wearing in the pool. helmeppo also stands there quietly, looking peeved about sanji’s good looks and generous spirit. vivi, who is floating with her arms crossed on a pool noodle, adds to sanji, “you don’t have to be so humble.”
page 6.
panel 1: vivi has a sincere smile as she says, “you did a really nice thing for him. you’re a good friend.”
panel 2: sanji is shocked. stunned. he’s even blushing a bit. vivi’s word-choice of “friend” echoes behind him, and in his mind, he questions, “friend?” the interpretation is left up to the viewer, but the true meaning has to do with sanji’s genuine surprise at being included fully into this friend group, despite just being zoro’s roommate.
1K notes
·
View notes