[Audio] ALL THE DRAMATICS! A cry for anarchy! This is war!

[fierybluebird]

Pirates of the world, RISE UP I say!

This world claims we do not belong here! The people of this world say we have no home, no place on these seas, in this world! I disagree! [Oh lord, Marco's going full steam here.] My world had no use for monsters like us either! My world made it a sin and a crime for some of us to even be born. Well, to hell with that, say I! ARE WE PIRATES OR ARE WE COWARDS?!

I FOR ONE, BEAR THE FLAG OF MY FATHER AND BROTHERS! LET US TAKE OVER THESE SEAS, AND CLAIM OUR PLACE IN A WORLD ONCE AND FOR ALL! LET US SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE WILL NOT BE DENIED OR IGNORED!

Let us show the world that this era is OURS!

[AND WITH THAT: he lets out a huge phoenix cry of victory.] SCRAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

[We now return you to your daily journal entries of everything else completely different.]

Comments

Re: [voice]

[fierybluebird]

I see.

Mine came from Dylan Thomas, a poet, but I'm sure he'd appreciate the sentiment too.

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[yatteyanyo]

Mine... came from my son.

Re: [voice]

[fierybluebird]

I take it was quite the poet too, eh?

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

He was... One of my few regrets is that I never had the chance to hear him recite.

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

No? Why not?

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

-Heavy topic, but... Given Mother's Day, she can't seem to get her mind off of it.-

He was only three years old before I died.

Re: [voice]

[fierybluebird]

I'm sorry.

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[yatteyanyo]

It's alright... Recently, I've come to something of a realization. The tragedy that is my past, while it will never go away and will never lessen, should not define how I exist in the here and now. My son grew up and became a beloved poet... -Under a pen name, but eh, who's keeping score here?- I can be proud of that, even if I didn't get to watch him become a man. I'm not going to waste time mourning what could have been.

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[fierybluebird]

I see.

If you don't mind my asking, how did you come to find out about his works?

Re: [voice]

[yatteyanyo]

His poetry, or at least the waka he wrote, were collected into many books throughout the ages. I found some at a curio store on the outskirts of the human village in Gensokyo.