The Craze

[jadekitty777.livejournal.com]

Title: The Craze
Rating: PG (Just because it's slightly... insane?)
Media: Fic
Characters: Usopp, all Strawhats mentioned
Word Count: 298
Prompt: Hunger

Usopp felt it overcome him the moment he stepped through the door; the walls of willpower he had constructed over the past two years didn’t even stand a chance. As if made of twigs, they crumbled the minute he got whiff of the succulent scent of – of all things! - smoked pike. It was only Franky’s enthusiastic grip on his shoulders as he chattered on about some new invention of theirs – had they been making something? – that kept him from pouncing on the table before even Luffy.

And then the craze overtook him.

It was like heat under his skin and dizziness in his brain. His vision tunneled to only see plate after plate before him, taunting him and his ears could only echo the most awful and wonderful suggestions on how to get each piece of china into his grasp:

Tell Chopper you’re sick and need it.

Give Nami your savings.

Hide Brook’s guitar, then request a song.

Kick Zoro and say Sanji did it.

Drain the aquarium into the library.

Destroy Sunny’s rudder.

Burn that straw ha-

“Usopp? You alright?”

As if he had been plunged into the sea, Usopp came back to sanity with a chilled start as the world righted itself abruptly. He found himself seated at the table. Cautiously, he turned to Sanji, the cook trying to play his concern with indifference, and lied with a big, bright smile.

“Yeah, just fine.”

And under the shelter of the table, no one could see how his shaking fingers – his shaking fingers – curled against the stomach sending signals of starvation through him as if it had not had nourishment in weeks, when in truth it had been but four hours ago.

This is why one should never eat the food in Bowin’s Forest of Gluttony.

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Hunger is like a prompt meant for Sanji - so what do I do? 
I write a Usopp fic. Lol.
Okay - to be fair, this drabble is actually a prologue to a longer one-shot of mine because I ironically wrote something similar to this idea a couple months back and that WAS in Sanji's POV at least (still about Usopp though because I fail and am an obsessive fangirl). So when this prompt came up this was the only idea I had but I made sure it could also be read alone of course haha.
Anyways, I'm rambling. Totally done now.

Comments

[printfogey.livejournal.com]

Oh, my! What a predicament, but it makes sense! Such is the terrible consequence of his timeskip experience plus Sanji's cooking. :D Terrific! May I trouble you for a link to your earlier story?

[jadekitty777.livejournal.com]

That icon pffffff <3333

Anyways, hehe, I'm glad you enjoyed Usopp's descent into madness here! I am beginning to worry I like torturing him too much.

And certainly! It would be here:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8491073/1/Compulsive

Warning: It is not as insane as this drabble is LOL

[aestover.livejournal.com]

What a frightening side-affect! I wonder if he'd be able to contest Luffy in eating now, haha!

But this is a very interesting thing you've brought up! I don't know if this side-effect is canon, but it totally should! Great job, and a wonderful drabble! :)

[jadekitty777.livejournal.com]

Why thank you for the lovely comment! I'm glad I could entertain (scare?) you xD As far as him beating Luffy goes, probably not xD but he might be able to bridge the gap more than ever before haha.

The side-effect isn't canon (to my knowledge at least) but I feel honored you think it should be!