[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

All Spades, Straw Hats, and those invited, we need a full crew meeting immediately, off the ships.

To all other crews, my name is Marco. Do not touch a certain fireball named Ace. If you can avoid him, please do, but consider him extremely temperamental and volatile. That is not a challenge, it's a warning. He's not in his usual state of mind, and if confronted, he will try to kill you. And if you lay a hand on my baby brother, I'll kill you. So just leave him alone, and if you need help dealing with him, contact me here.

Are any other crew's members acting out of sorts?

Comments

voice:

[hostclubshadowking]

I've noticed at least one aberration. Not on my crew, though.

[Thankfully.

Though, needless to say, he's concerned. Watching closely.]

voice:

[fierybluebird]

Mind if I ask who? Or any details you feel comfortable sharing.

[thatched]

[is one of the first to meet up with him, standing tall and looking passive, waving over any of the crew or Straw Hat crew that decide to come over. Casually whistles in Phoenix:]

The hell is going on?

[fierybluebird]

[Whistles right back, rather glad that no one else is around who knows it.]

Ace is seeing things.

I thought he was just trying to pick a fight, but his haki is wrong. In his last moment of clarity he took his skiff and left.

Did he say anything to you?

[voice]

[yourotherleft]

Huh? What's wrong with Ace?

[all he heard was the complaining about the ships being poorly maintained, and Zoro could understand a captain's irritation with that. Made sense. And who's this Marco guy anyway?]

And who are you to be demanding a meeting with our crew?

[voice] 1/2

[fierybluebird]

Marco the Phoenix, previous first division commander, right hand man of Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, the strongest man in the world, and current shoulder parrot to my best friend and little brother, Portgas D. Ace, strongest man in the world in training.

You're welcome for all the help I gave your crew when you were lacking in even a mermaid for a navigator, and for doing your job in protecting him at Marineford, yoi.

[voice] 2/2

[fierybluebird]

[And then Marco gets control of his temper enough to remember that this guy is the one he was stuffed into the haramaki of.......]

[Fucking Straw Hat.]

[Fucking Ace.]

[Fucking Ace's family.]

[Fuck fuck fuck.]

Ace is having a bad day. Ask his brother for more details or encode it so I don't have to tell crew business so openly. Or you can find out at the meeting like everyone else.

voice;

[watchesthesea]

Crew meeting? Is something wrong?

voice;

[fierybluebird]

Aye. I'll explain it off the ship. For now, consider the ships infected, and I wanted to see everyone in person to make sure they aren't infected.

Don't go on the ships. And if you're on it, get off.

[reaction]

[donthithimintheballs]

[he heard the call for the Spades, Hatters and who ever else to show up, off the ship, but unless someone drags his ass out of his cabin right now, you'll have one less person there for now.]

[Logan has no intentions of following the voice from his book. He had other ...things to deal with. Or so he felt. Which left him in hiding for the moment. Sorry mate.]

[For anyone who needs to know, he's been more grouchy then normal, but that could be from the fact that a few of those slashes he got from the Spar with Zoro were slow to heal, and that pissed him off anyhow.]

[Action]

[fierybluebird]

I said off the ship, Logan.

[YEAH HE HUNTED YOU DOWN. Mainly because Marco thinks the infection is from the ships and he's not taking chances. He's dealt with Chameleone -- a shape-shifter, and enough New World nonsense to distrust everything except his family. And given Blackbeard, even that has exceptions.]

[gokai_red]

Well.

Guess this is spreading like wildfire now, huh.

This is Captain Marvelous of the Charming Murderess.

I think most of my crew is in their right mind. I think.

[There may be suspicions, but nothing he can yet pin down.]

But most of them I'm sure are. Mostly because half of them would have stabbed me in my sleep if they had cracked by now.

[fierybluebird]

Ace is wildfire.

Oh? How charming. [All the deadpan. And dude. One backstabber among 1600 has Marco nearly paranoid. How do you sleep at night?]

voice

[allendsmeat]

They can do what they want. I'm going to go after Ace.

[he's worried. Ace is weirdly mad and Luffy doesn't want to let him go off like that. It feels like he won't see him again if he does and he already risked everything to go after him once so he's going to do it again. He trusts in the strength of those who want to stay behind and won't ask them to come with him]

voice

[fierybluebird]

No, little brother.

You're not.

[heartismyown]

Is this about the sail? If it's my fault, I'm sorry!

[fierybluebird]

It's not the sail.

Ace has a short fuse, but he's broken more sails than any other idiot I've ever had the misfortune of working with. It's not the sail.

[Action]

[reluctantjinrou]

[He's not even going to respond first, just show up in the gathered crowd.]

[Action]

[fierybluebird]

[Thank god SOMEONE does as they're told.]

[Although to be honest.....]

[This is a first.]

[Marco isn't used to people actually listening and not talking about.]

[So new.]

[So weird.]

[Action]

[by_heart]

[Lea may not be the best at following orders, but he's pretty good at showing up for meetings. It can never hurt to stay informed, especially since it seems like something big is going on.

He finds himself a nice spot out of the way where he can hear, but not necessarily call attention to himself unless he needs to. It kind of hasn't occurred to him how much he stands out now that he's not wearing all black and lurking about in the shadows anymore.]

[Action]

[fierybluebird]

Thank you. [Just nods to him quietly.]

[He's not used to people actually doing as he says except in the heat of battle really. The rest of the time they're pirates and all brats who talk back and argue with him or downright ignore the common sense things he says for their own good.]

voice;

[rosettawall]

[Alice sounds... a lot lighter than before. Almost flighty. But clearly not all there.]

Ahahaha...

Mana-chan was right...

You people are quite dangerous...

voice;

[fierybluebird]

You have no idea.

How many people would you be willing to kill to keep Mana safe?

[voice; delayed a little while]

[diamondlight]

[The voice from the journal sounds tight, unsure, worried. If you've ever heard it, this is not normal.]

This is Rikka, aboard Shepherd. There are at least two on my ship... my best friends. Mana, the captain, has put the ship on lockdown - nobody leaves without her or Alice as a shadow - and has issued an open threat to the other ships and crews; that much, you've probably heard over the journals already. But she's also... when I ask her about it, she just keeps telling me it's all for my own protection, and the rest of the crew, to an extent. Alice is the same way, willing to do anything to protect me and Mana.

I'm trying to keep things under control, but it's not going well, and I'm exhausted. Physically and mentally. I haven't slept well the last two nights...

Please. Please, tell me you know something.

voice;

[gokai_red]

Good, one of you guys isn't insane.

All I know is... well, same as anyone else out here could. Basically, everything that Dog said.

[voice]

[maskedtyrant]

I've seen a few weird ones over the journals, yeah.

[Including one of her own, just recently...]

Any ideas on what it's about?

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

Possibly an overprotective virus?

I'm working on it.

What can you tell me so far?

[voice]

[booyaka_boom]

*No, she's not joined the others. But she does reply, quite interested in all the talk going back and forth. The first thing he'll hear is a giggle*

Aww, don't go killing anyone, Marco. That wouldn't be very nice, would it?

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[fierybluebird]

[The feeling down his spine can't even be described.]

Voice

[arcadiasailor]

I saw his last post. I take it is a good thing I didn't tell him he's micro managing and needs to trust the crew to pull their weight.

Voice

[fierybluebird]

Normally he would, yoi. He's picking fights, and while that's not unusual, this isn't his style.

[voice]

[vysecaptain]

[There's another Spade not showing up for the meeting, but he'll at least respond to the call.]

What do we need a meeting for?

[His tone is belligerent, which is unusual--he doesn't often backtalk whoever is in charge. He's not getting off of the ship, or out of his hiding spot--the cargo hold--so if he's needed, he'll have to be brought out by force.]

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

The attitude problem around here.

[action]

[serving_love]

[Sanji was on the island anyway, he'd gone out for groceries earlier and now he's on his way back when he comes upon some of their crew gathered together. He'd heard Marco's message in the journal, though he hadn't felt any particular need to listen him, but now that he's here...

Eh, what the hell.]

Something wrong?

[action]

[fierybluebird]

Is anyone from your crew acting insane yet, yoi?

[action]

[darknessinside]

[Look, another Spade is listening!

In fact, he's kind of relieved Marco's called a meeting though he seems a little distracted when he shows up. He'll just skip any kind of greeting and jump straight into it.]

We're got a problem.

[action]

[fierybluebird]

Tell me about it.

[Drags a palm down his face.]