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[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[It's lunch time in the cafeteria and Akiela is currently sitting by her lonesome at a table with several books sprawled across the surface.  Clearly, classes have hit her hard.

Very hard.  She's practically slumped over the table in a dead faint.  You might even think she's sleeping... if it weren't for the tiny fact that she seems to be talking to herself.]

... inally I need you morons and you're not around.  You know what this reminds me of?  That one time we were in Ballista and Refie and Drazen decided it'd be hilarious not to pull through with the pincer attack.  That was a saaaad day for San d'Oria.  [A sigh.]  I still think Meryl should have made you guys pay for our infirmary fees...

[Come talk to the possibly snapped Elvaan?]

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[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

Really. [She gives Marco a mysteriously vague but amused smile.]

[fierybluebird]

Sparky must have rubbed off on him.

Or he likes you better than most.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

Sparky?

[WE ARE DELIBERATELY AVOIDING THAT LATTER STATEMENT.]

[fierybluebird]

Damn. I did it again, eh? [Sighs and emphasizes.] The Commodore, rather.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

... you must be very good friends with him. [She's trying to fight back a rather large grin... and failing at it.]

[fierybluebird]

Yes... and no.

He says we come from two different versions of the same world. In my world Ace was a pirate in my crew and one of my best friends. In his world he was a marine who hates pirates like me and wants us all to burn. So, I'll always consider him a friend, and he would rather I just burn.

[Despite the proclamation that one of his best friends ever wants to burn him into ash and rot in hell, Marco remains ever deadpan.]

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

... I'm sure that won't deter you. [The smile she gives you is a gentle one, meant to be comforting in some way but she's more than aware this is something the two of them will have to work out alone.] You are friends in one world, so I'm sure it can happen in another.

[fierybluebird]

I think so. I'm more worried that I push him away even by trying. When I first met Ace in my world he was trying to kill Pops, eh. We just had bets for how long it would take. So Ace hating me just for my connections is nothing new.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

You will find a way, Marco. You're strong and I'm sure once you've put your mind to it, he won't know what hit him.

... if it helps, I'm sure food would be a good start. He seemed fond of eating.

[fierybluebird]

If I don't fail him and he just winds up back in his own world. Or maybe that would be a good thing.

Yeah, he's a D. Blackbeard used to eat 50 cherry pies in one sitting. Practically inhale them I swear.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

Do you really think that?

A "D?"

[fierybluebird]

Yes. At least he's alive in his.

It's a family name. More or less. They're all big eaters though.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

Marco... [That's a statement with a terrible implication.]

[fierybluebird]

Hm?

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[After a moment's pause, she sighs.]

Your strength never ceases to amaze me.

[fierybluebird]

It's not that I'm strong.

I just don't have a choice. Someone has to carry on for the others and if it wasn't me it'd be disrespectful to him and Pops.

It's small consolation, but I did make sure his will was carried out.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

Doing what you must despite your personal emotions is what some might call strength, don't you think?

[fierybluebird]

Most people call it highly repressed and warily suggest I should blow off constant steam lest I explode and kill people.

Then I remind them that I do; anyone who hurts my crew.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[Hello unpleasant reminder that Marco is a pirate and speaks of pillaging and plundering like it's nothing. She sighs softly.]

Everyone must deal with their emotions in their own way. Whatever your solution, I am in no position to question it.

[fierybluebird]

[Yup.]

If it counts for anything, I don't actually kill as often as my reputation leads people on. Simply being me usually warned people off. [Quiet evil laugh.]

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

[She'll send up a tiny prayer to the Goddess that these differences never amount to anything.]

I suppose, though I have to wonder at what you did to gain such a reputation in the first place.

[fierybluebird]

Be the adopted son of the Strongest Man in the world, help him financially uphold his crew since he just views us all as family, and have a devil fruit that lets me turn into a phoenix.

It's not hard. People see what they want to see and once that happens, it's very hard to change that view.

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

True enough. [Her face might darken a little at that. At least until she sighs and it vanishes.] Your world seems so different from mine.

[fierybluebird]

Oh?

[vanadiel-knight.livejournal.com]

Yes. I wish I could see it, I'm sure it would be more than worthwhile.