high_seas | fiery violent pirate babies

[Sorry, Thatch, but Ikki's not going to talk human language with people he knows speak bird language. It's too awesome to be able to use it and not be looked at strangely.]

How can I enjoy this? Most of the children are forgetting about us and most of the adults act as if they hadn't been in a ship with children up until now.

[If Thatch thought that Ikki was just shrunk in size now it's clear that's not the case.

He smiles, widely and noticeably -something that just doesn't happen with his adult self- at the comment about Marco.]

He's not cute. He's cool and awesome, even if he doesn't remember me. It's okay either way, him not knowing me doesn't stop me from learning from him to be a phoenix too.

[oh no! Bitty Ikki babbu bird! His heart can't take it. Birds have always been his weakness and babbu birds even more. He was like a fledgeling, too, which just hit all of Thatch's big brother feels squarely in the gut]

It's an odd time, aye. But everything will work out. [hair ruffle] You'll be a great phoenix, Ikkun.]

[Ikki groans a bit in protest at the hair ruffle but ends laughing a bit.]

Of course I will be. All I have to do is be like Marco, right? He's the best phoenix ever.

[NEVERMIND THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN A PHOENIX BEFORE.]

And I like that he can speak like this. And you and Leanne and Naesala. I always felt weird for being able to do it. Maybe it's because I will be a phoenix when I grow up?

[he wasn't a phoenix now? He'd have to ask him about it later when this whole thing blew over]

Sounds about right. And Marco's an awesome phoenix, you should hear him warble.

[the most beautiful horrible sound you'll ever hear. He pushes off wherever he's leaning and stubs out the cigarette, folding his hands in his pockets]

Well then, chickadee, wanna cause some trouble?

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[More like he doesn't know he is.]

Do you think he will show me if I ask him to?

[Because now he wants to hear it.

Ikki blinks at the question for a moment humming a bit.]

Sure, as long as it's not trouble to Ace. Or not too much at least.

[Because Ace is the captain and Ikki doesn't want to bother him. Even little Ikki is awfully loyal to Ace.]

What do we do?

He won't remember. [taps his temple and shrugs]

Nah, Ace'll get a kick out of it. [or maybe anyway. Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission.]

Let's set off some fireworks in the bathroom.

[So Marco doesn't remember how to warble? That sucks and Ikki's pout says it well.

Anyway his eyes go wide and a wide smile forms on his lips at the plan.]

Fire!!

[Wait.]

-Works! Fireworks! That's awesome!! Let's do it, please!

[This kid here doesn't have a small tendency to like fire, no.]

[heh. Little pyromaniac. How cute]

You got it! [jerks at his own shoulder] Care for a ride?

[Stare.

Stare.

More staring.

His eyes shining with an excitement that can't be denied.

And then...]

Can I really?

[Okay so, Marco picked him up and gave him a ride and all. But that was quite unique and he definitively wouldn't dare to dream to get another offer ever from anyone!!]

Aye. Of course, chickadee. [abububu moe chirpy babbu birdy. He lifts Ikki up and lets him clamber to his shoulder, waiting til he gets settled]

[The kid is basically about to burst with happiness and excitement. While to some it may be just a small ride and nothing special, for Ikki it is a whole world. He settles on Thatch's shoulder being a ball of nervousness and joy.]

Thank you, Thatch.

[He didn't mean for it to come out in avian, but it does because it's the way it shows how much this means for him.]

No problem, Sparrow-tan.

[Babbu birds even if they weren't birds quite yet. He can't resist them]

What's your favorite color?

Orange! Then red and third is green.

[Fire colours except the last one which is Shun color.]

What's yours?

Orange-gold... and blue...and white.

[his own colors, Marco's and Pops' respectively.]

We can make fireworks in those colors. ... I suppose you don't know how, do you?

Isn't orange-gold two colors?

[Or is there an actual color named that way? Ikki looks down at the question before he shakes his head.]

No, I don't. Sorry.

Don't think about if it's a real color or not, it exists in the spirit of the fourth division of the Whitebeard Pirates.

I don't know how to make them either but I have a book.

[wild grin]

Let's try not to blow ourselves up, aye?

I like the color of the spirit of the fourth division of the Whitebeard Pirates.

[Because it has orange on it and he likes that color a lot. Ikki nods, seeing no problem in just learning to do them through a book.]

Okay! But even if we did so I wouldn't die from something like that, just so you know.

[He would, but Ikki is of the firm belief that nothing can kill him until he says so. And he's not saying "I want to die" anytime soon.]

Do we have all we need for them?

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[laughs]

Won't die from something like that, eh?

[he drags Ikki down to give him a noogie, that doubles as a hug around his middle because

oh.

his.

Pops.

It's so adorable he can't--]

Alright then I'll be counting on you then!

I'm pretty sure we have everything! But if not we can probably swap things out.

[what was the worst that could happen]

[There's a surprised yelp on Ikki's part on being dragged down so suddenly and for a brief moment the child actually panics. Panics that he has said something wrong and has messed up and made Thatch angry. Or that he has made Thatch hate him. Panic that he left his guard down and was tricked once more. That he's going to be kicked or something worse, not abandoned because that would actually be good for him, would give him freedom again. And adults never grant anyone freedom. It's just a single second, but for the wounded animal that Ikki is deep inside, it's enough to kick back in.

So for a moment, a very brief moment, he tenses completely, waiting for the hit, for the kick, to be thrown down on the floor. But it never comes. Instead, he gets a noogie and what could be a hug. And... Is it really okay? Are things really still okay? Ikki's not going to question it so just after that brief second of terror pases he hugs Thatch's middle, basically clinging to him. He likes Thatch, he can speak bird language and he wants to do something with Ikki, he even lets him sit on his shoulder. He doesn't want this to be a lie or a trick or a trap.]

I'll do my best. And that's okay, I'm sure nothing bad will happen even if we swap things out.

[So long as Thatch doesn't get angry with him and does what all adults like to do, nothing that could possibly happen when making the fireworks will be bad enough in Ikki's opinion.]

[he can feel the tension even without his haki and has dealt with it enough to guess near enough what it means. He shifts Ikki, supporting him with an arm and ruffling his hair]

Don't worry, Ikkun. We're brothers. That means you're mine, yoi. There's nothing to worry about.

[Ikki was trying hard to not let his moment of fear show, but when Thatch speaks and it's clear that he knows, the kid lets out a shaky breath and actually trembles a bit. It's silly, it's weak, but he was really scared. He hadn't been scared like that for a long time, there's always the worry of being betrayed, of being caught, but it was mostly that: a worry. Even when he learned that Shun was sent to a worse place than the one he would be, the fear he had felt had been covered by a blanket of worry. But when Thatch moved him like that so suddenly, it had been pure panic.

Maybe he's weak, because he allows himself to like Thatch and Marco and Ace and Namur, he allows himself to love this crew. And that opens a weakness if they betray him. But he can't help it and he really wants to trust them. Blue eyes stare at Thatch as if he spoke in a language he can't understand for a moment, before the kid dares to reply.]

Really? There's nothing to worry about?

And I'm yours? So you're my big brother? Is it okay if I have a little bit of you too? Like a hair?

[Just a tiny little bit, because he doesn't dare to want more from anyone except Shun. He doesn't deserve it if he's not strong enough to protect it.]

[he hesitates, if only for a second because this is no light thing. He smiles and shifts Ikki a bit on his arm]

Aye. But it's very important, you understand. I'll give you some hair now-- but in a week, if you're still committed, ask again.

[since the curse will have worn off by then. At least he hopes so]

[For Ikki it makes no difference to ask now or after a week, he won't change his mind and he's a man, child, that doesn't back off from his word. His pride wouldn't allow him to make a promise he isn't intended to keep at all costs. Especially when it's about other people, Ikki knows well even at his age, how important and big it is to trust someone with something from yourself, no matter how small that part may be. So he nods, confidently and serious to show that he understands.]

Okay. I'll ask again in a week. And then in a month if you want, until you're convinced that I'm committed and serious!

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