[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

[private]

[diamondlight]

...yeah. You're right. The top priority... is keeping Mana and Alice safe. And if I have to subdue them, to keep them from hurting other people, and being hurt worse in exchange... I'll do it. As their friend, it's my responsibility. They wouldn't want to hurt the rest of us... to hurt me.

And yes, I'm aware we don't want to really see the Navy. I'm just... everything's a mess in my head. I don't really know what's going on anymore. I just know that I need to save Mana and Alice, and protect the rest of the crew. Mana can't anymore... so that falls to me. Whatever happens, I just have to keep that in mind.

[private]

[gokai_red]

That's right. If you girls are anything like I got the impression from you helping us against the Navy, and what I've seen on these journals, then I don't think they'd ever want any of this. Do what you know you have to.

And remember you've got more crew than that.

Then, more than that... There's other people out there.

It's your responsibility.

But it's not just you.

[private]

[diamondlight]

I know... I know they wouldn't. I have to protect them, one way or another. [A hollow laugh.] When did I turn into Alice? She's been talking about killing everyone to protect me, and now I'm talking about fighting them to protect everyone. This is... no. I can't think like that. I... they need me, and I'm going to bring them back from this. And everything's going to be okay, and we're going to cry about it a while, and then it'll go back to how it was...

This is going to be the fight of my life. I'm going to have to pull out every trick in my book... and borrow all the help I can get.

[private]

[gokai_red]

[Look Rikka, the following is just between you and him. If you dare repeat a word, he will... do absolutely nothing about it, but be very cross with you.]

You'll get it if you need it. All you've got to do is ask. Not speaking for the Murderess, or even as a pirate there. That's the word of Gokai Red.

I know what it's like to have people you would do anything for to protect. Doesn't even matter what the reason for it is, just that you'd do it.

That's a dream worth defending.

If it were any of my Gokaigers, I know I'd kick down the gates of hell itself to drag them back. Hell, might even do it for some of the people on this boat, now.

I might not have been where you are, but trust me. I can understand it.