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[curiouseyes]

Is anyone good with mathematics? I'm in the remedial class and I still don't know if I'm getting it. It's a lot of information that I never had to learn before. I really would like to know if I am understanding it. - Kory

Also, no offense to the teachers, but I'm so bored in some of my classes.

Comments

[curiouseyes]

I hope so.

Your father... he captured islands? [She's not quite getting the connection or how he can do that]

[fierybluebird]

[Laughs, though it can't be seen.]

It's a little tricky I guess.

My father was close friends with the King of Fishman Island, King Neptune. When we came back through the island after Roger's death, a lot of pirates were kidnapping merfolk or fishmen and selling them as slaves to the World Government nobility.

Slavery is outlawed in every country in the world, but the tenryuubito, the World Government nobility are "above" that law and can do whatever they want. So the marines are forced to look the other way and the tenryuubito are allowed to own slaves of ex-pirates or anyone considered sub-human.

My father was the strongest man in the world. He declared Fishman Island under his protection and said if any pirate was going to interfere with that then they had to come challenge him personally. Hand Island, Samba Island, Foodvalten, we protected all those too under similar reasons.

After my old man's success with that, the other pirate emperors started doing that too. In the New World, the second half of the Grand Line, the World Government has a pretty flimsy hold. A lot the islands are too remote for them to reach, places like Wano Island were completely able to shut them out. But after Roger's death, the pirates all sail in that direction because they want to reach Raftel to find One Piece, Gol D. Roger's treasure at the end of the world.

And not all pirates are like my Pops.

[curiouseyes]

Wow, that's amazing. It sounds like an interesting world. And I'm very glad you father was protecting those people. He sounds like a wonderful person.

[At least from that stand point that he was protecting people who would have been taken advantage of]

[fierybluebird]

He was the best man to ever live, eh.

He was the strongest man in the world -- that part's not just foolish talk from a loving son, the whole world recognized him as such. So he had a lot of attempts on his head, so people could try to take his place, but it wasn't his goal to do anything extraordinary like that. All he ever wanted was to protect his family. He had the biggest heart of anyone I've ever even heard of, eh? That's why he was the best in my opinion.

[curiouseyes]

Wow... he does sound like such a wonderful person. Except for the fact we are from different worlds, I'd like to meet him.

[fierybluebird]

You still might get to see him again if he comes here again.

But you wouldn't be able to back in my world. He died there.

[curiouseyes]

I'm so sorry to hear. That you lost him.

He was here before?

[fierybluebird]

Thank you. [Rubs the back of his neck. It feels like a really long time since he was hearing condolences for it, and he's still not sure how to respond correctly or explain the situation.]

For a little bit. He officiated my wedding here.

[curiouseyes]

[She just felt like she had to say that]

That must have been nice. Who is your wife?

[fierybluebird]

Grell Sutcliff. You can't miss her. She's got flaming red hair and she likes to threaten with her chainsaw.

[curiouseyes]

I met her once.

Chainsaw?

[fierybluebird]

Eh, she uses it less now, since I made her put it away except for special occasions.

[curiouseyes]

[That's not very comforting...]

It's good she doesn't threaten people as much with it.

[fierybluebird]

She wouldn't kill anyone anyway... too much paperwork.

[Ahahahaha just a morbid joke.... mostly.]

[curiouseyes]

[Sorry, too literal alien girl]

I would hope there would be.

[fierybluebird]

And she has other reasons to avoid that, matey. Don't worry, she has a lot more self control than anyone seems to realize.

[curiouseyes]

That's good that she does. She just seemed bossy to me.

[fierybluebird]

Oh? Mind if I ask what she was being bossy about?

[curiouseyes]

Maybe I was reading too much into it. It was right after the attack and everyone was working to help clean up so maybe I came across her at a bad time.

[She's very forgiving this one]

[fierybluebird]

[Laughs.] No, that sounds like her all right. If she knows what has to be done and how she's good at making sure other people know it too, it's one of the many things I like about her.

Just make sure if you disagree you can back it up, she likes to fight.

[curiouseyes]

It does? Well, having someone so confident to be able to do that is always good.

I hope that I don't then.

[fierybluebird]

Aye, though like you said, she can be a bit bossy about it.

[curiouseyes]

Some people are just like that. But what's important is that at heart she is a good person.

[fierybluebird]

Good. Sure.

[ALL THE DEADPAN.]

[curiouseyes]

Well, it was very nice talking with you and I look forward to the help with math.