It sucks that you can't do it now, but I can't say I'm not limited to not be the only one with my powers on the fritz. Usually, I could set this whole city ablaze, you know? [ a little wistful. MISSES BEING DESTRUCTION SO BAD!! ] What kind of things can you turn into here?
[a little fox grin, at that first bit. and then, a little quieter:]
Yeah. It feels like - it's like being in a cage. [it's not fun! it sucks! but.] ... Sorry you're limited too. Uh - right now, I've been able to do a cat, a rhino, an armadillo, a horse, a bird, and this. But nobody has seen me as a bird or a fox.
Except me. [ huh. interesting. ] There's this item people can use back home, that inhibits powers like mine--but it stops them entirely. Never had a partial cage.
[ he thinks the metaphor is apt. also he kind of wants to scritchy the fox behind the ear by reflex so he ... holds out his hand listen he likes animals ]
[she tilts her head to the side, ear flicking. when he holds out his hand, she gives him a flat look like please i am not a dog
and then butts her head forward so he can pet her if he wants. sheesh. humans (?).]
You do? [???] Just a bird? Or other things too? [...] Is that - you said you have that fruit thing, is it like that? The devil fruit. Jeeze, what an evil sounding name.
A phoenix, technically. He can turn into one, or just change partially, and he can't get killed, since he heals instantly. It's pretty cool. [ calling devil fruits evil makes him laugh again, also. ] Yeah. Devil Fruits. It's 'cause eating them is making a deal with the devil, so they say. Every fruit gives a different power--only way to know is if you've done a lot of research into what the one you'd want looks like. You get whatever power the fruit gives you... but in exchange, you can no longer swim. The sea hates you and it takes away all your strength.
Yep! [ DON'T SOUND SO CASUAL ABOUT IT ] Our entire world's mostly sea--anyone eating a Devil Fruit better be sure they're worth it. My little brother ate one as a kid by accident! He's rubber. It's a pretty useless power, but he makes it work.
Rubber! He can stretch, and he couldn't control it worth anything for the longest time! [ please. say something nice about luffy once. ] Mine makes me immune to most attacks, so it was a pretty lucky find.
Yeah. I don't really feel anything, so same. [her ear flicks.] Are they rare? The fruits, I mean. Maybe not since your brother just accidentally found one and put it in his mouth.
They're pretty rare. You can get hundreds of millions just by selling some. [ laughs because; ] The way Luffy tells it out, he was hanging out with a pirate crew in town and just gobbled up the one they had! He's lucky the captain was a nice guy.
I don't know if he's ever done a parachute, but he's gotten really good at being a human balloon last I saw. And he's immune to anything that wouldn't cut him, for the most part. That was a load off my mind.
[ a beat ]
And probably how he survived being eaten by alligators.
I think he just bounced right in? I dunno, I didn't think of the logistics, I just beat up the animal.
[ i meant to write snake but it's fine don't question it. anyway he shrugs ]
We've got different crews and different goals. I left about three years before he did, but I got to meet his crew not too long ago. They seemed like a good bunch.
[SNAKES ALSO HAVE TEETH its fine she doesn't really care to argue that much about it]
Huh. [she nudges against his hand again as a very subtle hint to scratch behind her ears.] What are you trying to do that's different from him?
[he doesn't have to answer any of these questions, she's just fascinated by pirates and the devil fruits and like, everything about one piece i guess.]
Sorry, sorry. [ scritch scritch!!!! it's important to pet your local furries. ] He wants to be King of the Pirates! So that meant he had to be the captain of his own crew. First problem there--I wasn't about to get bossed around by my stupid little brother. [ every insult is said so fondly. it's gross. ] To get that title you've got to find a specific treasure--I've never been interested in that junk. I just wanted to spread my name across the seas.
It's "Fire Fist", but I guess if I can't do the technique it doesn't matter... [ he's annoyed!! his moniker!! oh right actual question ] That was my old goal, I guess. All I want to do now is help Whitebeard with his goals.
He calls us his children. And he means it, you know? He'd go to war for any one of us. [ there's something very sure in ace's tone ] When the great pirate age started, twenty two years ago... There's this island everyone has to pass through to find the One Piece. It's got fishmen, and mermaids, and the rush through-- pirates ransacked the place. Stole people as slaves. And then one day Whitebeard came, and he put that island under his protection. And just his name was enough to get people to stay away from them.
He's got tons of islands like that. Government doesn't do squat for these people, but Pops takes care of 'em. He even took in a hopeless idiot like me, despite...
[ stops abruptly and laughs, a little sheepish and sudden ]
this like... it kind of hurts. in that good way, maybe, in a way that she's not used to. like listening to him talk about luffy, this feels like twisting a knife that she's been twisting herself for years and years. it'd choke her up if she wasn't so used to swallowing it down.]
Yeah, jeeze. Talk about sappy. [she teases, her tail coming in close. she wraps it around her feet tightly.] So you've got brand loyalty, then. Always out there buying the Whitebeard Wheaties.
The brand loyalty's already on my back, you know. Don't need to buy anything. [ he moves to scratch the scruff of her neck a bit as he hesitates ] Powers aren't common where you're from, right? That's why you got worried I'd freak out at you.
[she leans up into it a little - and he hesitates, which is fine because she does too. there's something that struggles. don't let people see you. you know what happened the last time. it's a fresh wound, metaphorically, she's still bleeding from it. and like any wild animal, she does her best to hide it.]
Eh. Maybe they are. I wouldn't know! I don't usually get to know people before I murderize them. [and she turns her head to lightly bite his arm. not enough to hurt him, just a little chomp.]
Oh yeah? What about if someone does this? [ you know that thing where you kind of roll a cat or dog on their tummy and forcefully tummy rub despite the dangers.
that's ace right now this is the animal equivalent of petting ]
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Date: 2023-09-18 01:13 am (UTC)[ he sounds like he genuinely means that too ]
It sucks that you can't do it now, but I can't say I'm not limited to not be the only one with my powers on the fritz. Usually, I could set this whole city ablaze, you know? [ a little wistful. MISSES BEING DESTRUCTION SO BAD!! ] What kind of things can you turn into here?
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Date: 2023-09-18 01:17 am (UTC)Yeah. It feels like - it's like being in a cage. [it's not fun! it sucks! but.] ... Sorry you're limited too. Uh - right now, I've been able to do a cat, a rhino, an armadillo, a horse, a bird, and this. But nobody has seen me as a bird or a fox.
Except you.
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Date: 2023-09-18 01:26 am (UTC)[ he thinks the metaphor is apt. also he kind of wants to scritchy the fox behind the ear by reflex so he ... holds out his hand listen he likes animals ]
I've got a friend who can turn into a bird, too.
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Date: 2023-09-18 01:34 am (UTC)and then butts her head forward so he can pet her if he wants. sheesh. humans (?).]
You do? [???] Just a bird? Or other things too? [...] Is that - you said you have that fruit thing, is it like that? The devil fruit. Jeeze, what an evil sounding name.
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Date: 2023-09-18 01:39 am (UTC)A phoenix, technically. He can turn into one, or just change partially, and he can't get killed, since he heals instantly. It's pretty cool. [ calling devil fruits evil makes him laugh again, also. ] Yeah. Devil Fruits. It's 'cause eating them is making a deal with the devil, so they say. Every fruit gives a different power--only way to know is if you've done a lot of research into what the one you'd want looks like. You get whatever power the fruit gives you... but in exchange, you can no longer swim. The sea hates you and it takes away all your strength.
[ dramatic. ]
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Date: 2023-09-18 01:43 am (UTC)she stores the phoenix information in the back of her mind. wow that's relevant even though she doesn't know it yet. anyway.]
-- You're a pirate. [she blurts this out, laughing.] You're a pirate and you ate one?
[YOU LIVE ON THE SEA]
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Date: 2023-09-18 02:03 am (UTC)[she laughs again, and it sounds a little like gekkering.] He sounds like fun. Man, you guys have got guts, being out on the ocean with that.
[like, respect. also, she's going to go around telling everybody that she ate a devil fruit, so thanks ace.]
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Date: 2023-09-18 02:06 am (UTC)Rubber! He can stretch, and he couldn't control it worth anything for the longest time! [ please. say something nice about luffy once. ] Mine makes me immune to most attacks, so it was a pretty lucky find.
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Date: 2023-09-18 02:39 am (UTC)Yeah. I don't really feel anything, so same. [her ear flicks.] Are they rare? The fruits, I mean. Maybe not since your brother just accidentally found one and put it in his mouth.
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Date: 2023-09-18 02:44 am (UTC)They're pretty rare. You can get hundreds of millions just by selling some. [ laughs because; ] The way Luffy tells it out, he was hanging out with a pirate crew in town and just gobbled up the one they had! He's lucky the captain was a nice guy.
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Date: 2023-09-18 03:02 am (UTC)You just have to be creative with it! Turn into a human parachute and flip a ship!
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Date: 2023-09-18 03:06 am (UTC)[ a beat ]
And probably how he survived being eaten by alligators.
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Date: 2023-09-18 03:08 am (UTC)Wait, but... alligators have teeth? [she's trying to remember being an alligator for this reference point
also:] Have you not seen him in a while?
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Date: 2023-09-18 03:12 am (UTC)[ i meant to write snake but it's fine don't question it. anyway he shrugs ]
We've got different crews and different goals. I left about three years before he did, but I got to meet his crew not too long ago. They seemed like a good bunch.
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Date: 2023-09-18 03:18 am (UTC)Huh. [she nudges against his hand again as a very subtle hint to scratch behind her ears.] What are you trying to do that's different from him?
[he doesn't have to answer any of these questions, she's just fascinated by pirates and the devil fruits and like, everything about one piece i guess.]
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Date: 2023-09-18 03:29 am (UTC)And how's that going for you, Mr. Flame Ghost? [her tail is wagging again.]
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Date: 2023-09-18 03:34 am (UTC)It's "Fire Fist", but I guess if I can't do the technique it doesn't matter... [ he's annoyed!! his moniker!! oh right actual question ] That was my old goal, I guess. All I want to do now is help Whitebeard with his goals.
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Date: 2023-09-18 03:37 am (UTC)You really like that guy, huh. [she says, like it's weird to want to help people.]
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Date: 2023-09-18 03:45 am (UTC)He calls us his children. And he means it, you know? He'd go to war for any one of us. [ there's something very sure in ace's tone ] When the great pirate age started, twenty two years ago... There's this island everyone has to pass through to find the One Piece. It's got fishmen, and mermaids, and the rush through-- pirates ransacked the place. Stole people as slaves. And then one day Whitebeard came, and he put that island under his protection. And just his name was enough to get people to stay away from them.
He's got tons of islands like that. Government doesn't do squat for these people, but Pops takes care of 'em. He even took in a hopeless idiot like me, despite...
[ stops abruptly and laughs, a little sheepish and sudden ]
I'm talking your ears off. You get the idea.
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Date: 2023-09-18 04:06 am (UTC)this like... it kind of hurts. in that good way, maybe, in a way that she's not used to. like listening to him talk about luffy, this feels like twisting a knife that she's been twisting herself for years and years. it'd choke her up if she wasn't so used to swallowing it down.]
Yeah, jeeze. Talk about sappy. [she teases, her tail coming in close. she wraps it around her feet tightly.] So you've got brand loyalty, then. Always out there buying the Whitebeard Wheaties.
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Date: 2023-09-18 04:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-09-18 04:17 am (UTC)Eh. Maybe they are. I wouldn't know! I don't usually get to know people before I murderize them. [and she turns her head to lightly bite his arm. not enough to hurt him, just a little chomp.]
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Date: 2023-09-18 04:20 am (UTC)Oh yeah? What about if someone does this? [ you know that thing where you kind of roll a cat or dog on their tummy and forcefully tummy rub despite the dangers.
that's ace right now this is the animal equivalent of petting ]
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