#hiii look at my guy. holding zephyr up proudly

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2 + zephyr (stares at your op ocs with my big eyes (or a sauces guy as substitution!!))

2. a casual touch on the shoulder to acknowledge them

"so what," turning to lean aer back against the railing, zephyr raises an eyebrow, "you're the crew wizard now?"

"i'll always be the strawhats navigator, first and foremost -" she winks, twirling the collapsed climatact between nimble fingers without even looking.

"- but weather wizard does has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?"

"more like weather witch." zoro grumbles from behind her, not even faltering as he ducks the swing nami aims at his head. he touches the back of zephyr's shoulder as he moves past, briefly, before brushing a hand down nami's arm in much the same manner, fleeting but reassuring all the same.

with a nod to them both, he forgoes the stairs and hops right over the railing to land on the lawn below, which naturally draws sanji over and soon enough the two are tussling across the deck with luffy egging them on from the sidelines, damn brat. zephyr can see the smiles on their faces though, when zoro flips the cook over his shoulder and gets a kick to the knee for his efforts. beside aer nami shakes her head, fond.

"some things never change." with mock exasperation, zephyr sighs in agreement and settles in for the long haul.