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[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Title: It comes but once a year but usually less than that.
Word Count: 299
Spoiler(s): only to the unitiated in the ways of Garp.
Media: Fic
Rating: gen.
Character(s): Garp, Sengoku, Marines.
Prompt: Vacation.

 

Ideally, it would have happened every year but that infernal man was a contrary workaholic who did whatever he damn well felt like doing so it was unexpected, unusual and all the more sweet for its’ rarity.

Once it was confirmed though, it was definitely going to happen.

Recruits marched through their drills with a certain air of anticipation. The bureaucrats in the offices whistled merrily as they processed reports, accounts and requisition forms. Officers breathed a certain sigh of relief and relaxed just that little bit more in their bases. Even the prisoners in transit had a sense of ‘at least it could be worse’. 

Impel Down didn’t notice except for a moment when glancing over the reports of new prisoners Magellan briefly wondered if they were receiving less wards than in the previous months.

Hidden deep in some barracks (and in certain offices) was a small calendar counting down until the promised day. Each night they crossed off another day until they finally reached the date circled boldly in red, decorated cheerfully with fireworks and balloons.

He sailed off home, utterly ignorant of the ruckus he was causing (but that was just par for the course) and the marines celebrated. They had a break and they were damn well going to appreciate it!! Several covert parties were planned but even more plans to finally catch up on the sleep that was oh so frequently interrupted by the man in question.

Sengoku put his feet up on his desk and breathed a sigh of relief before relaxing with a good cup of tea. God knows the man had ignored it for some time but he had finally decided to take some of his holiday days for which everyones’ sanity was most thankful.

Monkey D. Garp was on vacation.

 

Comments

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you. :)

[dandywonderous.livejournal.com]

Yes!
This is great! I love how everyone can breath easy now that Garp is gone!
Too funny! Great job. ^^

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!
Yes, Garp is awesome but god knows he is more than a human being can take at one time and they seriously need a break. XD

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

Yes! Let´s celebrate, Garp is on vacation!

(...of course, as soon as the pirates figure it out, there´ll be a sudden rise in raids and general pirate activity. When Garp comes back, everyone is so overworked that they can hardly remember why they wanted him to go in the first place. And for a few months Garp is really busy and everyone´s happy. But then it´s back to normal again and the Marines are taking hopeful bets on when he´ll take his next vacation. Right? ^^)

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Precisely. :)

......XD Those poor sods!!

[slowsunrise.livejournal.com]

Ohohoooo XDD So. Damn. Good.

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Oh mai. Thank you very much. C:

(Side note: Icon love for disheveled Sanji up there. XD)

[catiprojectc.livejournal.com]

LMAO. XD BYE GARP ENJOY YOUR VACATION! XD *pffft *
poor garp if only he knew the influence he has on people, it would...

scratch that, it wouldn't change a damn thing. -fist of love! XD -

they will miss him though, wihtout his fist of love pirate raids will double and all that. XD they'll be calling him back from his vacation within no time. XD

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

The core problem is that Garp is too much manliness and awesomeness for anyone to take. They need a break to recover their faculties.