voice - [mid-morning, January 7th] [open to everyone]

[abundantlove]

Good morning everyone!

To the crew of the Shepherds, I have good news! You all probably already know, but we've reached Green Breeze Island! With this, I have to say, my first voyage as your captain has been a great success! We wouldn't have made it this far without all of you!

But we can't take this as an excuse to sit around, no no! This island is just like any other! We have to vigilant! Make sure we take care of each other...

[with her next statement, Mana's voice becomes harsher, more demanding]

So my orders are... no one goes off the ship without Alice or I to accompany them. Furthermore, any requests to explore have to be approved by me, first. This is not up for debate.

Second, I feel I should address any other crews out there...

Any vessel that comes within sight of the Shepherd will be treated as hostile. I'm absolutely done not taking any of you seriously... I will protect my crew at any cost.

Let's all have fun on Green Breeze Island, everyone!

Comments

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[allendsmeat]

Why? Did you get attacked by someone?

voice

[abundantlove]

Hm? No... I'm just making sure you all know my policy! You're all a threat to my crew's safety. That's not a problem, is it?

voice

[allendsmeat]

No we're not. You've got Smokey with you. He can kick anyone's ass. [as captain you should definitely know that] And what if someone wants to come have a party?

[diamondlight]

Wha-!? Mana, what are you doing!? You're joking, right? I want to go down to the island... and why are we treating other ships as hostile?

[abundantlove]

Hm? Why? Because... they're dangerous, that's why! Silly, Rikka! You're the one who thinks things through!

And okay, you can go to the island! I'll be right there with you, making sure no one hurts you!

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[abundantlove]

Smoker-san will help us protect everyone! I'm sure of that! But we don't need to associate with people like you...

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[allendsmeat]

Haah okay. [nod] I'm still gonna visit Smokey when I want but you can fire on us if you want. We're pretty tough, though, so make sure you can handle it before we get there.

[thethundersaid]

If you're trying for that Santa voice again, this one is worse than the last time.

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[abundantlove]

Hm...?

No, no... I'm sorry Luffy-san, but I can't allow that...

[abundantlove]

I'm entirely serious, Sasuke-san. Please don't insult me.

voice

[allendsmeat]

Yeah I know. That's why we have to fight! But that's okay, I'm still having fun at the island right now and anyway we need shard first.

voice

[abundantlove]

You can't even honor a simple request or warning...?

Mn.

Maybe I was too easy on everyone...

voice

[allendsmeat]

I'm a pirate. I do what I want. Anyway Smokey is my friend. If I wanna see him I'm not gonna let anyone stop me.

[diamondlight]

We just fought alongside some of those ships a month ago! We have friends on those ships! I-!

[This wasn't right...! She had to get to the bottom of this, fast, or something was going to go horribly wrong...!]

[voice]

[yatteyanyo]

-Well that's certainly odd.- And here I thought your last captain was needlessly aggressive.

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[abundantlove]

I don't care who you think you're friends with. He's part of my crew.

[abundantlove]

Rikka...

[when Mana speaks next, her voice is more grave, emotional sounding, less sure of itself]

... you know very well that even friends can hurt you. Sometimes, you can even hurt yourself.

Or they can be taken away from you, by people who claim to love them...

I don't want that to happen to any of you.

Not like... not like it happened to her... Especially now that you, Alice, and I are together...

[voice]

[abundantlove]

This isn't needless at all! I'm very sure of it!

voice

[allendsmeat]

So what?

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[yatteyanyo]

Oh?

How sure, hm?

[diamondlight]

[Yes, she did know that. She knew it well, because that's exactly what Mana's doing, and she's not sure how to show her. But... hold on a second, what was that about-]

I'll be okay, Mana. I'm a big girl. I'm fourteen and I have magical powers that would probably stop anything this world can throw at me. Anything else, Alice can take care of. And nothing is going to take my precious people from me. I'll see to that myself, no matter what.

...um, who is her, though?

Voice;

[curries]

Wait, what? Why does it have to be you or Alice? And why do we have to make a formal request just to check the place out?

That's why we're here, isn't it?

[And what's wrong with other ships being around, anyway. He thought they were all supposed to be working together - as teammates if not friends.]

voice:

[hostclubshadowking]

Congratulations on your promotion.

Is Lady Maribelle still among you or has she joined the disappeared?

[All very calm, very polite, but he's curious. After all, the Shepherd's hard line against piracy hadn't been mentioned in quite some time, yet, there it was -- a threat against other ships.

Interesting, to say the least.]

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[abundantlove]

Why thank you, Kyouya-san! As far as I know, Maribelle-san is still here.

[she'd better be, because if she isn't she'd organize a search party and be very very cross]

[voice]

[abundantlove]

Well, any one of you could be a killer, right?