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[fierybluebird]

[Along the Dollet Beach students from the academy seem to have set up a small little beach party. There are blankets, coolers, Grell in a bikini, and even Marco is just hanging out in his beach shorts (although you won't ever see him go in the water.) There's even a beach volleyball area set up. Purely for the viewing pleasure of the guys watching. Seeing the scene you would never expect lots of violence that was about to befall.]

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[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[At your question, her hand goes to her neck, fiddling with something that appears to be a pale green shell.]

... yeah.

[fierybluebird]

[A small breathy sigh.]

Think you can tell me something good about them?

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

Practically nothing. [Have a sigh as she rolls her eyes.] They're hot-headed, self-centered and irrational, prone to arguing at the slightest provocation, often leaving themselves and the entire party open to attack.

[fierybluebird]

[Bursts out laughing.] That sounds like Ace. There must be something you like about them though, eh?

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[Have a rueful smile as her hand fists about the shell before slowly letting go.]

I'm an adventurer, which means spending a lot of time traveling alone and working with strangers. But because of them... I never got scared at night at the campfire, or lonely when I was walking through the plateau with nobody else in sight for miles. And because most of us serve the same nation, when I'd finally come back to the kingdom... they'd make it feel like I was coming home.

[fierybluebird]

Sounds like great nakama, eh.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

Nakama?

[fierybluebird]

Friends, traveling companions, so close they might as well be family. You work with them day in and day out, and you wouldn't automatically call them friends because sometimes they get on your nerves and as friends you wouldn't choose them. So they become almost like family. People you accept as they are no matter what and you've always got each other's backs.

I guess they should come up with another word for it since no one seems to recognize that one, but I can't think of a better one, eh.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

... no, that sounds fine. I'll remember it.

[fierybluebird]

My entire crew counted for my nakama back home, eh. And a few others like Oars Jr.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

You keep mentioning a crew, did you work on a ship?

[fierybluebird]

I was a pirate. Whitebeard Crew. [Shows off his tattoo.]

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[Right, the pirate bit. She rather forgot. Have her glance politely at the tattoo and... she blinks.]

... do you, by chance, have a connection to a large blue bird wreathed in a blue flame?

[fierybluebird]

[Coats his arm in the phoenix blue flames, COMPLETELY deadpan.]

Flames like this?

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[Is a bit startled, but starts chuckling.]

I'll take that as a yes. Is it a friend?

[fierybluebird]

Long yellow tail feathers and ridiculously long neck? [So not ready to end the game obviously.]

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[Raises an eyebrow, but nods.]

[fierybluebird]

Sounds sort of like this? [Tweets.]

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[Blink.]

[Blink Blink.]

[No way.]

Marco, you're not...?

[fierybluebird]

Looks exactly like this? [Changes to phoenix and back and completely deadpans.] Nope, don't know him at all, eh. Sorry.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[Throws a blanket at you going beet red.]

I take it back, you're not cute at all.

[fierybluebird]

[Chuckles and wraps an arm around her shoulders.]

There there, I was very grateful, eh. And completely out of my mind to be fair. I haven't gone that fully into bird-brain mode since before I met Pops.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[Have a disapproving look, Marco. At least until she sighs.]

You couldn't sleep?

[fierybluebird]

[Shrugs.] I went two weeks without it and then my devil fruit took over.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

... your devil fruit? [Still, despite the joke played on her, she looks concerned.]