[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

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[fierybluebird]

[alksjdlaskjdaslkjd]

[That 'hn' tips Marco off that Ikki sees it as a brother thing. Normally he wouldn't tell ANYONE, even a brother, but it's one of the things that all his brothers know so it's not fair that Ikki doesn't. And he wants Ikki to feel on the same level always.]

Shanks is always asking me to join his crew, just to be annoying, eh. And he's very big on diplomacy and avoiding fights wherever possible, which makes all the fights he sparks with being god damn annoying that much worse, eh?

He's not a bad guy per se, and hell, he'll do anything for a friend. He got Ace and Pops' bodies back from the marines and then helped me bury them and everything, eh? And he kept Kaidou off our backs so we could escape the marines.

But he's still damned annoying. And I can't help remembering when he was twelve whenever I see him. And yet he runs around acting like such a bigshot. All my loathing of redheads, Grell notwithstanding, is because of him. And even Grell makes me nervous when she reminds me of him.

Vista and Yassopp, Shanks' sniper, have bad blood between them too. But he saved Ace's little brother's life a long time ago and gave him that straw hat he's so famous for. Ace left one hell of an impression on him too. When we sent Ace chasing Blackbeard, Shanks risked a war with us and the marines just to ask us to draw him back. Which is part of why I don't like him. Unmitigated arrogance, yoi. He thought Ace was too young to handle Blackbeard. Mah, well Shanks himself is famous for these three scars over his eye, given to him by Blackbeard back when we were kids.

But at least he stuck around to help out when we all heard that Teach had turned Ace over to the marines for the trap, eh.

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[uccellodifuoco]

[Ikki blinks and slowly looks at Marco, on his face the question "why are you telling me, I thought you didn't want to or that it was a private thing with your brothers" clearly written there. Seriously, he was fine with not being told, didn't he made that clear? Anyway he listens because he's not going to openly complain about being told anything about Marco.]

You're right, he sounds annoying. A good guy, but annoying.

[Diplomacy and avoiding fights aren't things Ikki digs, to be honest.]

Don't answer if you don't want to, but is part of the annoyance you have with him the idea that he was "right" when he wanted you to call Ace back?

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[fierybluebird]

[Ikkkkkkiiiii you are so cute.]

[Marco shakes his head sadly.]

We couldn't call Ace back. We could only trust and hope Ace could do it where we couldn't.

Shanks couldn't have known that, but he didn't stop to ask either. He's still acting like a rookie even though he's a pirate emperor now.]

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[uccellodifuoco]

I see... Is he as bad as the ones we have here?

[Regarding his rookie behavior, that is.]