high_seas | Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Da Da

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Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Da Da

Who: The Spade Pirates and anyone on the island.
Where: Deesuko Ballia
When: 9th-16th
What: Spade shenanigans, Valentines Day curse event shenanigans, and a super fly drag show
Warnings: the usual
Status: Open

Pls to be dating your threads.

New recruits! Welcome to Deesuko Ballia! A dome covered island that is a pirate paradise. Extra deets can be found in the Island Registry. To get here you can take the Nav from Backwater Brig to the Sun or Moon.

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[That earns an eye roll.]

Sounds like a certain eggplant I could name who was willing to give up his own life for some debt that he conjured up in his head.

I was much more selfish about it. I wanted all the vampires dead. No exceptions, not even me. Then I was taken here and I've found some sort of home here. It's a very strange thing for me. I'm not exactly the type of person people like.

I'm assuming your attitude towards dying's changed as a result, too?

Something like that, yeah. I made a promise to Riku that I wouldn't die before he did. I don't know how I'll feel by then, but...

[Natsuno pauses.]

Well permanently anyway. When you die here, you come back a few days later.

So I've heard. I'm not sure if that's convenient or just annoying.

[It's not right for the dead to rise. No offense.]

Depends really if you intended to die or not. I died unintentionally not that long ago. I'm not seeking death but if it happened...I'd be fine with it.

[So not offended.]

Believe me, the dead don't really want to come back to life anyway.

Good to know.

And your intentions? You hoping to find a way to die for good some day?

[Natsuno looks like he's thinking about it, giving his question careful consideration.]

I honestly can't say. Perhaps that would be the case, although I gave Riku my word not to do so before he did which is at least a lifetime's worth. I can't imagine living forever though, it would be a lot to contemplate. Life forever, looking like a sixteen year old.

[He frowns a little bit.]

Hmph. If I had to live forever, sixteen definitely isn't the age I'd want to be stuck at.

Then again, I plan to live another hundred years or so which should be forever enough for me.

[He rubs absently at his stump though the twinge of pain he feels is coming from lower than that.]

Just don't deliberately put yourself in an early grave. You're likely to die with more regrets that way.

Right? It would be hard to pass off as much older then that, although I'm only seventeen as of yet. Here they don't seem to care much about your age.

[He glances at Zeff and nods a little.]

I don't know when or how I'll die permanently...but I've already died with regrets originally. I would take care not to do so again. People think, when you're a child especially, that living forever seems like a fine idea, but when you're faced with it, it's really not a good thing. Doesn't feel like it is at any rate.

My world doesn't really have an age limit when it comes to who works on a ship either. If you have two working hands, can work hard, and can avoid getting washed overboard, it doesn't matter if you're five or fifty. 'Course you'll be closer to the bottom of the food change the younger you are.

[Zeff snorts.] And you just verified that living forever is a terrible wish to have. Me? I'm perfectly happy living longer than my enemies so I can gloat at their gravestones before it's my turn to go. I've got shipmates waiting for me when I finally kick the bucket, and I don't want to keep them longer than necessary.

In my world there's age limits for most things really. You can't work until middle school is over, so about fifteen. You can only work part-time if you're in school if your school permits you. You have to be eighteen to drive, and twenty to drink.

[It's a tight social construct, really.]

My plan for my enemy was to take him with me. Gloating would have been nice, but as long as he dead I think that will be enough for me. I didn't have much hope in beating him.

[He frowns a little, looking serious.]

If he appeared here, I wouldn't hesitate to kill him.

[Zeff snorts.] What a ridiculous system. Most people are already apprenticed by the time they're ten whether it be with their parents or in a shop or on a ship somewhere. Makes them much more knowledgeable about what they're doing and more prepared to go out and make something of themselves.

As long as it doesn't interfere with the captain's orders, it's your business what you do with your time. Even if it is to kill someone.

I didn't mind it that much for the most part, since my aspirations were academic anyway and there wasn't much of a way to fast track that.

[He nods.]

I don't think he'd mind.

[Zeff gives his head a disbelieving shake.] For the field you were talking about, it makes sense to have the extra schooling, but for anyone else? Seems a bit much.

You've been on his crew longer, so you'd know better than me. If that guy ever shows up here, I won't stand in your way to do what you have to.

I'm not entirely sure what the goal is honestly. It's not like the students enjoy school that much. Well, most of them. A lot of the job prospects are in office buildings with big companies. I guess there aren't a lot of trades jobs around anymore. Until I came here, I never gave much thought to fighting either. It's a very different life.

[Natsuno sighs.]

The only problem is that he'd come back. It'd be a wasted exercise. No matter how satisfying. I could always settle on the hope that I get him back home. I could ask Ozaki-sensei, but I don't know if he'd tell me. We haven't really talked about this stuff since he came. I want to ask about my dad.

You're all mostly salarymen now? [He scoffs at that.] Your world better hope nothing major happens with a lack of tradesmen like that.

I heard about that "death not being permanent" thing. Still can't wrap my head around it completely. It's not right for the dead to rise without some sort of Devil Fruit ability to do it.

I'd say if something major happened, most of the world would be in trouble, upon reflection. Yes, most people are salarymen. A lot of trades seem to have been replaced. Technology is fairly advanced compared to here. It's a bit interesting to sit and compare everything.

[Natsuno nods a little.]

I hear you there. The dead shouldn't rise at all. This place is very strange in that respect, that anyone comes back as though nothing happened..although I came here a vampire, so I suppose I can't talk much since I did die and everything before.

Technology only goes so far. I'd hate to see the state of the meals you get back home.

[Because nothing beats a good chef.]

Just because you died and came back before doesn't mean you can't be uncomfortable with the idea of it. You're still human at your core from what I can tell.

[Natsuno laughs softly.]

Actually, there are a lot of people who go into culinary training. A lot of restaurants with a lot of competition.. When I was in the city, there was a great yakiniku place that we used to go to from time to time. I hear in the West they have restaurants with cuisine from just about every country. I never cared that much about Western food though, and mostly we ate at home. My mother would cook meals every day. It's somewhat traditional that way. Then you grow up and find a wife to do that for you.

[He pauses a little bit.] I didn't really learn much about cooking myself. I probably would have eaten out a lot.

[Natsuno nods in agreement. At least, for now. He wonders how long it takes to lose one's humanity.]

I haven't been a vampire that long in the grand scheme of things. I died about a month before I came here, and it's been about five months so...six months. It's still very new to me and I'm not much like the other ones.

Well, at least there's some hope for your world.

Not necessarily a bad thing. At least you're not planning to hunt your shipmates. I don't take kindly to being sampled.

[And you'd both be discovering if Zeff's peg leg worked like a stake.]

The food here is strange to me, but it's not a terrible thing. It's just different from what I'm used to. The cook on the other ship, Sanji, put rice in his soup.

[At the statement, he shakes his head.]

I don't bite anyone on the crew unwillingly, but there are donors on board. I hunted before our last battle. I...really don't care for that.

There's quite a few recipes that have it as an ingredient. It helps make the soup more filling so the person who eats it doesn't get hungry again as quickly.

Good to know.

I'm certain of it, it's just unusual. In Japan we eat rice with most meals, but never combined in a soup like that. On the side of a soup, certainly.

Well then, you can expect to have a few new things to try.

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