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[thethundersaid]

[With all the commotion of Konoha-nin showing up and then disgusting mind-controlling candy showing up directly after them, Sasuke has nearly forgotten about the other encounter he had on Empieza the day he met his former teammates -- but there's finally been a lull, and he's perched as high in the rigging as he can go without the journal blowing out of his hands when he remembers.]

Has anyone seen this?



[Believe it or not, he has actually put effort into this drawing, but a dragon is not a battle diagram.]

It was looking for a skinny kid with brown hair.

Comments

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

... what 'those' are you talking about? [Limited to only one? It didn't sound like he was talking about the shards.]

Do you know many children with dragons?

[Voice]

[crackpotcrocker]

Huh? The Devil's Fruit.

From where I'm from. Only one but considering the possibilities of this place -

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

You say that like you expect me to know what you're talking about.

Most of what's out of the ordinary here seems to come from elsewhere. The locals wouldn't be so terrified otherwise.

[Voice]

[crackpotcrocker]

I'm not 'exactly' sure what the locals consider ordinary.

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

The ones on Empieza are just normal civilians. Anything they can't do is out of the ordinary to them.

What is the Devil's Fruit?

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[crackpotcrocker]

It's a 'forbidden' fruit that gives you extraordinary and apparently there's many kinds and each type gives you a different power.

^{But apparently you're limited to only having one...}

Re: [Voice]

[thethundersaid]

... right. [He sounds skeptical, because -- yeah, that sounds about as realistic as a ruby that has the power to bring people across worlds when assembled. This fruit stuff isn't widely distributed information, though.]

Where did you hear about this forbidden fruit?

[Voice]

[crackpotcrocker]

That's a plain silly question - MARCO!

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

[What the -- he waits to see if that'll make more sense, but when no answer seems forthcoming:]

Did you have some kind of fit just now, or is Marco the person who told you?

[Voice]

[crackpotcrocker]

The one who told me... [Crocker sounds a bit confused. What fit?]

[Voice]

[thethundersaid]

[Maybe it's normal for people in this guy's world to suddenly shout. In any case, more importantly:]

Is Marco another pirate?