On the Rock

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Title: On the Rock
Rating: G
Media: Fic
Characters: Nami, Luffy
Word Count: 200
Prompt: Rope


Nami pulled Luffy's left arm until it stretched and then twisted it twice around the nearest tree trunk. "Hold on tight," she told him, turning his hand back on his arm.

"But can't we just...?"

"Hold on tight!" Nami repeated forcefully. "And don't let go!"

"Alright," Luffy said, shrugging with his free arm. He did as she said, but his head was tilted in a way that suggested he didn't understand a thing.

Satisfied, Nami grabbed Luffy's right shoulder and pulled it along the few steps to the edge of the precipice. The cliff was smooth, vertical, and very, very high. She blinked, trying to shake off the sense of vertigo that overcame her. There was nothing to it. She had to get down there.

Holding on to Luffy's shoulder, she slowly slid down the edge, falling for a short distance until the shoulder stopped stretching. Hanging on for her life, she gave herself more and more rubber arm, making a wobbly descent towards the distant ground.

"Nami," Luffy complained. "I still think it’d be much easier if I could just jump down with you!"

"No, it wouldn't!" Nami growled. Why oh why hadn't she thought to bring a rope?