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witchesreign2012-08-11 12:44 pm
fierybluebird) wrote in witchesreign2012-08-11 12:44 pm
Daba Dee Daba Da
[Oh Marco is pissed. Aside from being a zoan who considers himself almost more phoenix than human, he's spent decades on the Grand Line fighting to protect fishmen and merfolk or okama who have to hide who and what they are from humans who can't handle the idea of someone being different or having more power than them. So you can bet that he'll be signing up for tons of missions to get his damn rank higher, and doing them all as a phoenix (as much as possible since talking requires human form or at least hybrid) in protest. Of course, since most people mistake him for a blue GF, this probably won't matter much, but it's the thought that counts.]
[He's still really furious though. He's never been able to adjust to taking orders from anyone other than his father, and really, he nearly came close to trying to kick Squall's ass on the principle of it. Now he's being restricted, and yeah, Mr. Phoenix doesn't do so great with that. He earned his place as the first division commander and 2nd in command to the Whitebeard pirates, and he kept it specifically because of Whitebeard's trust and respect in him. So this would do the exact opposite of cultivate loyalty and it undermined a lot Marco felt the Garden (or at least Headmaster Cid) had always been striving for.]
[Not to mention the sheer indignity of all of it. Rank 6? Rank 6?! Did they even know who he was or what he was capable of? That clearly had to be a clerical error. 26 maybe. Oh yes, his pride is rankled. Compound that with his purposeful hatred of hiding his phoenix side, his attempts to show to others it was okay to be yourself, and yeah, Marco was probably less furious when he was trying to chase down black holes and volcanoes he thought came from Blackbeard and Akainu respectively.]
Option A:
[And so it is that Marco is just kicking the shit out of anything in the Training Center... and finding that so less than satisfactory. He'll just have to go out on another mission just to kick things in the face.]
Option B:
[And true to his protest, unlike the human versions of his friends walking around the campus to try out the potion, Marco struts around in phoenix form. Purposely snagging attention. Normally he'll just laze about and read or sit in a tree and watch. Not this time. This time he's being downright impetuous, sneaking up on humans and stealing pens or scattering papers. Or he'll sit and stay for a pat on the head if you're nice. Still, if his non-human friends have to suffer, he'll make the humans suffer along with them! Hope you didn't want that tea, because he might just stolen it. Bonus: he can't recognize all the nonhumans in human form so he might just wind up antagonizing them too........ oops?]
Option C:
[And finally, finally when he's no longer being held back by his wife from kicking through the Commander's office and possibly rioting or at the minimum, mutinying; he'll post to the BBS.]
It seems there are a lot of phoenix feathers offered as rewards for the missions, so just where are the phoenixes that these feathers come from? They can't all be GFs. Has anyone even seen a phoenix before? I thought they were made of fire, how do they even shed feathers?
[Never mind that Marco himself goes through a horrible awkward shedding state each and every spring. Mm-hm.]
If the phoenixes are being held hostage, clearly they must be freed immediately.
Thank you.
- Marco
[He does NOT sign with his rank, because clearly that is a mistake they will go about fixing shortly. Or they will learn.]
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Oh? How do those apply?
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I'd like to speak to you in person about means for the Garden to acquire some more then.
[If they're that valuable, then he might have a solution for some of the Garden's financial troubles after all.]
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[Like. Literally. Just outside, knocking politely on the door.]
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I have something that might come in pretty handy, eh.
[And he doesn't completely trust the Commander to tell her directly. Though he's not 100% trusting of Slughorn either. At least the man seems to know what he's doing so if Marco can't get discretion, he doesn't have to help.]
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[He delivers a final chop with a knife, then with sure hands sweeps the entire contents of the board into the cauldron. The smoke promptly forms itself into a bright green circle, while Slughorn casually flicks his wand at the spoon, setting it to stirring. Satisfied with his work, he turns to face Marco properly.]
Phoenix-related, I'd take it?
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I am a phoenix.
Before you pluck me silly, they don't grow back that quickly, eh. Just around spring. When I err... [Rubs the back of his neck.] Molt.
My feathers just absorb damage in my world, eh? I can't save anyone's life with them or bring them back from the brink... so I don't know if they'll work like that, but it's worth a try, isn't it?
That said, I'd rather keep it just between us for now. My family knows of course, but I'm not sure it'll even work, and I'd rather not be hounded over this.
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[Slughorn is stunned by this revelation, but not skeptical -- after all, what's ever to be doubted here in Garden? And he rallies quickly.]
But a phoenix from your own world. Not the GF and not the sort I'm familiar with. But still! Powerfully magical in one way or another, all phoenixes are... yes, yes! Certainly you must be able to serve some purpose. We just need to discover it!
[No lie, Slughorn's kind of intrigued by the profit margin more than anything else...]
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And you might need to soak them in ocean, or a salt solution. They wouldn't still be on fire then, but I'm not sure they'd keep flaming off of me anyway... [Rubs his chin.] Not the flames burn but...
Ah this is weird. Sorry.
[Profit margin is also what Marco's looking at. For Cid's sake anyway.]
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No doubt, but that won't stop us from investigating, will it? Worry not, my boy, I'll find out what use these feathers of yours are. There must be some if not many!
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I'll ah, get you a package with a few of them tonight, okay? And for now, just keep it secret between the two of us. I don't need anyone hounding me over it. And half of the people don't even know I'm a phoenix and all.
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stacks and stacks of Gilchallenge of deciphering the secrets of these feathers.]no subject
[Heads out, though as promised a few fiery blue feathers will show up in a package slipped under the door later that night.]