Sending a Message

[fierybluebird]

Who: Spades & anyone who hops over
Where: The quickly ruining ashes of what once was a naval base + at sea with the Spades, Luffy, and anyone coming back with Logan and Rogue // AKA: THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS!
What: Coldly angry Marco lets all the navy men go free and makes sure they have enough supplies to sail with, but makes it clear he's burning the base down into the shape of a spade "to send a message"
Warnings: UH VIOLENCE? JUSTICE LECTURES? At least he's not feeling too bloody and murderous, but maybe that's worse, oops.
Status: Open!



See also this post and remember that Marco's usual reasons for holding in check (ie: Thatch, Nico Robin, Namur, Roxas) are gone or, in Marco's opinion more reasons to cut loose. Feel free to smack him upside the head, he won't retaliate.

Comments

[fierybluebird]

[Laughs.] No, I don't suppose you would.

I still wish I could get him and Fossa to meet. Fossa is one of our brothers in our old world. He's bad, smokes cigars, uses a sword. Except he douses the sword in chemicals and then uses the cigar to light it on fire.

I'd swear though, if it weren't for the chins and Logan actually having hair they could be twins.

[tactilelearner]

Sounds like Logan's kinda guy.

[Now that he's said it? She wants to see them meet.]

Your family sounds pretty big, huh?

[fierybluebird]

Huge.

Pops' dream was to have a very big family. He adopted all of us in his crew likes his sons and daughters, and all of the thousands of allies too. I've got sixteen hundred little brothers and sisters, and that's not counting the allies or fallen.

But Ace is the most like Pops. Even though he's the youngest of all of us from back there, his dream was much the same. It just took Ace longer to realize it.

And here? [Marco quietly taps a sandaled toe to the deck.] He's doing the same thing. Pops would be very proud of him. [Which has the sort of ring to it that Marco himself is bursting with pride for Ace.]

[tactilelearner]

An' I thought ten of us was a lot.

[She smiles as she says it, though. She can't imagine all those people, but it makes him happy, so she's glad he has them.]

I've just got one brother.

We're still... gettin' t' know each other.

[fierybluebird]

[Grins softly.]

It takes awhile.

I didn't want to share my Pops at first. And I'm still one of the more suspicious of us, believe it or not.

[tactilelearner]

We're both used t' bein' only children. He's all excited 'bout it.

[And her little smile says she's warming up to the idea.

Who their mother is... has caused problems.

But they're united now. On the same page about Mystique. At least for awhile.]

[fierybluebird]

[Even softer grin and he nods.]

It can take some getting used to, but it's always worth it.

And I say that as a phoenix, which I can safely now add means I'd normally be a very solitary creature otherwise.

As much as my Pops is still important to me, I wouldn't be me without my brothers.

[tactilelearner]

[Rogue smiles a little, leaning against the rail. The sea was calm enough for her bowl of half-eaten chowder to set on the rail.]

I'm not used t' havin' much of a family.

It was just me an' Irene for most of my life.

[fierybluebird]

Irene? Not a big sister, I take it. [Since she mentioned only recently having her brother after all.]

[tactilelearner]

She's...

[It's complicated.]

She raised me.

[fierybluebird]

I see.

If she threw you into the wilds or through and over mountaintops, you should probably tell Ace. You could bond with him. That's how his grandfather tried to raise him into being a strong robust marine.

[It's purely deadpan, and given the words, relatively dark! But he still meant it to lighten the mood more or less or cheer her up.]

[tactilelearner]

[Rogue smiles a little. It's good enough, and it seems like an indication to go for another topic.]

Sounds like a great grandpa.

[fierybluebird]

[Nod nod.]

He's infamous in the pirating world. Chased Shakki and Ray and all the older types out there.

[Rubs his jaw.] And knocked me flat out of the sky. I still can't hate him though, he really did go out of his way to protect Ace and risked a lot, eh?

[tactilelearner]

You'll have t' tell me 'bout 'im. Sounds pretty interestin', at least.

[And this world sounds so different than her own, so many stories to learn.]

[fierybluebird]

He's absolutely crazy.

You'll have to ask Ace for the more personal stories, but riding around tigers is something I know they all had in common.

[tactilelearner]

Ridin' tigers? Sounds amazin'.

[One thing she could say already: this place wasn't going to be dull.]

[fierybluebird]

[Grins.] Amazing, insane, one of those, aye.