one.

[busies.livejournal.com]

[Ken's little tired from his nightmare from last night. Logically, spending a night in a strange room in a strange place would do that to him...probably. However, that's not what he's really bothered by it much, he's just dragging his feet a little more on his way to class.]

I thought I was done with school.

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[fierybluebird]

It's a long story.

[busies.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry.

[fierybluebird]

Don't worry about it. Part of life. If you can't accept the bad, you never get to experience the good either, and that's not really living.

[busies.livejournal.com]

... that's a really nice way of looking at it. [He really likes that saying. Someone close to him said something like that once]

I'm Ken Amada, by the way. And you are mister?

[fierybluebird]

[Same for Marco.]

Marco. Just Marco.

Is Amada your surname or vice versa?

[busies.livejournal.com]

Amada's my surname. You can call me by whichever you feel comfortable, Marco.

[fierybluebird]

Whichever you prefer.

I spend most of my life on the Grand Line, so it seemed like everyone had a different tradition or preference, eh.

[busies.livejournal.com]

Then Ken works.

...Grand Line?

[fierybluebird]

Ken it is then.

It's a pirate ocean in my world. Home. Of a sorts.

[busies.livejournal.com]

So you're a pirate?

[fierybluebird]

Yup. Whitebeard pirates.

I used to be first division commander.

[busies.livejournal.com]

That's... really cool!

[fierybluebird]

Thanks, eh.

It never ceases to surprise me how many people here feel that way.

[busies.livejournal.com]

Well, pirates only exist in history books and stories where I'm from!

[this happy face can't even begin to truly express how amazed he is to meet a REAL PIRATE.]

[fierybluebird]

[Wait till he finds out more XD.]

Ah, same with magic in my world. Not the way it's taken for granted here at least. There's supposedly even phoenixes and dragons here.

[busies.livejournal.com]

[the kid's gonna want to know more]

Really? ...so, as a pirate...did you plunder and do all of those kinds of things?

[fierybluebird]

Not really, eh. It's more civil in my crew than that. Usually.

[busies.livejournal.com]

...so, you were good pirates?

[fierybluebird]

Eh. We were on the opposite side of justice.

Good versus evil; it's not really my thing. We're outlaws on another level, but it's not like we ran around helping people. I'm sure if you wanted a detail list of my misdeeds, Ace would probably happily go on about it. It's almost flattering really.

[busies.livejournal.com]

Oh.

To me, you don't really look like the kind of person who would do things that were wrong without a good reason for them.

[fierybluebird]

Thanks, eh. I just don't really give a damn if they're "wrong" or "right" or who's coming up with the definitions. I just want to protect my family.

[busies.livejournal.com]

Protecting your family would be in the "right" for me. Definitely.

[fierybluebird]

Ah, but my family are criminals. Even doing so is an illegal act you see.

[busies.livejournal.com]

...but you just can't let people get hurt just because of they're criminals, and sometimes the "right" thing to do isn't always what should be done.

[fierybluebird]

Could be. But just try telling that to them.