[ He's trying to get together a picture considering their pirate life and all. Is his brother also a pirate, I ask, while OOCly looking into the camera. ]
[ HELP he supposes he can maybe think of it as like. Treasure Hunter. Those people who think they can get by in life by striking gold. Crypto-farming but on the seas? ]
[ Pirate King sounds goofy and incredibly RPG-y but in his puppy crush-addled mind the idea of Ace being the Pirate King is like. Unfathomably cool. Oh my God. ]
[ for some mysterious reason his answering smirk is a little dark... and mysterious... ]
No way. To get it, you need to find the treasure the first one left behind. Getting the title and treasure leftovers of some dead guy? Never been interested.
[ his grin softens a little as he looks at ryuki because ryuki's :o face is real cute to him right now ]
I'm sailing as a pirate because I want to be free.
[ If he had a nickel for every shoulder bump he got here... he is bumped, stutters unexpectedly, and clams up for a short second before trying to KEEP COOL.
Though the question makes him somber anyways, honestly. ]
I just... have duties I can't abandon. It doesn't feel right.
[ Your lawless world where crime just never stops... ]
Tama believes in me a little too much sometimes. I think.
But yeah... I think so. After all, I'm just picking up after his dream. I've given it my best shot, but I always end up wondering how he would've done things different.
[ Pause... ]
Sorry, this turned pretty heavy. It was supposed to just be a nice walk.
[ the shoulder nudges are continuing, though this time it's accompanied with a little grin ]
Don't worry about it. No matter the subject, it's a nice walk since I'm having it with you. [ stares in love curse. anyway. ] Besides... I get it. I've felt the same way about Sabo. He was a way better brother than me for Luffy. A better person, too. It's hard not to compare yourself in those circumstances, huh?
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Date: 2023-10-12 01:50 am (UTC)[ He's trying to get together a picture considering their pirate life and all. Is his brother also a pirate, I ask, while OOCly looking into the camera. ]
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Date: 2023-10-12 02:06 am (UTC)[ shockingly... luffy is a pirate........ ]
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Date: 2023-10-12 02:15 am (UTC)You don't travel together?
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Date: 2023-10-12 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-12 04:13 am (UTC)[ Is being a pirate captain basically his equivalent of 'land a good job and make money'? ]
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Date: 2023-10-12 04:18 am (UTC)No, it's definitely not. But there's a lot of pirates out at sea right now.
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Date: 2023-10-12 05:01 am (UTC)[ HELP he supposes he can maybe think of it as like. Treasure Hunter. Those people who think they can get by in life by striking gold. Crypto-farming but on the seas? ]
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Date: 2023-10-12 05:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-12 05:16 am (UTC)[ Pirate King sounds goofy and incredibly RPG-y but in his puppy crush-addled mind the idea of Ace being the Pirate King is like. Unfathomably cool. Oh my God. ]
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Date: 2023-10-12 05:21 am (UTC)No way. To get it, you need to find the treasure the first one left behind. Getting the title and treasure leftovers of some dead guy? Never been interested.
[ his grin softens a little as he looks at ryuki because ryuki's :o face is real cute to him right now ]
I'm sailing as a pirate because I want to be free.
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Date: 2023-10-12 05:25 am (UTC)That's such a good motivation... how are you so cool?
[ Being a pirate is also suddenly completely acceptable to him as long as the plundering is out of his view. ]
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Date: 2023-10-12 05:46 am (UTC)Ha, thanks. But it's what we promised for Sabo after he died. That we'd be the freest people in the world and live without regrets.
[ it's SENTIMENTAL is that still cool!!! ]
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Date: 2023-10-12 06:13 am (UTC)Without regrets... yeah, that'd be the dream.
I hope you're getting to live that life. Get right back to it, I guess, once we get out of this city...
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Date: 2023-10-12 06:23 am (UTC)Yeah. I've got no regrets. [ shoulder bump ] What makes it so hard for you not to live like that, then?
[ since he called it living the dream ]
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Date: 2023-10-12 06:30 am (UTC)Though the question makes him somber anyways, honestly. ]
I just... have duties I can't abandon. It doesn't feel right.
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Date: 2023-10-12 06:45 am (UTC)But you regret having to do them?
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Date: 2023-10-12 10:25 am (UTC)It's more that I'm just not enough at it.
[ Self-consciousness hit him full turbo suddenly. ]
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Date: 2023-10-12 03:39 pm (UTC)What do you mean, not enough?
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Date: 2023-10-13 12:16 am (UTC)But I'm not really doing a good job. Not as much as I want to. Um, it was my brother's dream, initially, and I wanted to carry it through.
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Date: 2023-10-13 04:51 am (UTC)Tama seems to think you do a good job. [ there's a pause ] Is it that you think he'd have been better at it than you?
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Date: 2023-10-13 09:21 am (UTC)Tama believes in me a little too much sometimes. I think.
But yeah... I think so. After all, I'm just picking up after his dream. I've given it my best shot, but I always end up wondering how he would've done things different.
[ Pause... ]
Sorry, this turned pretty heavy. It was supposed to just be a nice walk.
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Date: 2023-10-13 03:15 pm (UTC)Don't worry about it. No matter the subject, it's a nice walk since I'm having it with you. [ stares in love curse. anyway. ] Besides... I get it. I've felt the same way about Sabo. He was a way better brother than me for Luffy. A better person, too. It's hard not to compare yourself in those circumstances, huh?