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piratejournal2014-08-26 05:15 am
fierybluebird) wrote in piratejournal2014-08-26 05:15 am
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Voice // Ready or not || Action for anyone on the Spades Ships, Marco's in the crow's nest
How many people want to go back to their own worlds? Especially during things like this.
My world often had storms in the New World like this, so I can't say this makes me homesick.
Then again, anyone who knows me well knows I don't intend to ever go back.
I hate when people tell me this isn't my world. I mentioned that at the start of this summer too, and that my world has no use for monsters like us, so why not go where I please? Maybe that's a side effect of being a bird. I'll go wherever I want. But then whose world is it if not mine? People born here? Who decides that? Clearly Davy Jones thinks otherwise, whether we're puppets and pawns or not.
Everything is too familiar lately. I hate it.
My world often had storms in the New World like this, so I can't say this makes me homesick.
Then again, anyone who knows me well knows I don't intend to ever go back.
I hate when people tell me this isn't my world. I mentioned that at the start of this summer too, and that my world has no use for monsters like us, so why not go where I please? Maybe that's a side effect of being a bird. I'll go wherever I want. But then whose world is it if not mine? People born here? Who decides that? Clearly Davy Jones thinks otherwise, whether we're puppets and pawns or not.
Everything is too familiar lately. I hate it.
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[Head tilt.] What were you doing?
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[Other than that... Whatever was between Xavier and Magneto was between them.]
As fer what I was doin'? That was when I was under Mesmero's control an' collectin' all the powers needed t' wake Apocalypse.
Took Magneto tellin' the Professor -- who I live with, who's s'posed t' be watchin' out for us -- for him t' notice I wasn' the one controllin' what I was doin'.
That an' a lotta other shit? [She can't be bothered to not swear right now.] I needed th' time away. Even if kidnappin' ain' exactly how'd I'd've chose t' get it.
...Needed t' know they'd come after me, too. An' they did.
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Jeez, I notice ten minutes when one of my nakama are missing...
[Drinks.] But I'm paranoid... fuck it, let's be real, clingy. You lose a few to death, a few more to going home, and then some to slavery, and it'll really mess with your head, yoi.
But maybe they just wanted to give you space? Even if I've always got one eye out for Ace, if he takes off without a word, I'll only come after him when he's in trouble. Otherwise he'd just run more to make me work for it.
Mind you, that's how Namur, Thatch, and Leanne all got kidnapped. Namur is usually able to take care of himself, Thatch went looking for him, and the minute I let Leanne put me to sleep... [Snaps his fingers.] She took off too.
Ikki's been off lately too, but luckily since he's just a hair younger than Ace, he looks up to him, and he's as loyal to Ace as Ace is to Pops, so he's stuck around.
[Looks up around at the sky and gives a whistle.] The booze will probably lure him out too. I really shouldn't have given him his first cup. [Oops. To be fair, there was a lot with Ikki he shouldn't have done.]
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[She knows that. She might not always want to say it, but she knows it. They care about her in their own way, but she will always be "other."]
It was jus'...
The guy I liked? Had a thing for another girl. An' I always had t' watch 'em. Touchin', kissin', things I couldn' do even if he did like me.
An'... None of 'em ever held it 'gainst me, really, but I was with th' Brotherhood first. I was an enemy. Then changed sides.
Then I... had some problems m'self. Personal stuff.
Then that all happened.
Then more personal stuff...
Then Gambit decided I needed a vacation. Had his own reasons, of course. Things he needed me t' help with an' he figured he needed t' con me t' get me t' help.
So he used me same as th' rest of 'em. 'Cept he had good intentions. Just a lot of bad methods.
Still. Least he pretended t' give me a choice. An' I had th' final say, an' I went back with the X-Men. 'Cause we're family. We are.
Jus'... Guess I jus' know I ain' ever gonna be Jean.
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[She really reminds him of a younger Shakki. Which is a mixed feeling. Both a reminder of how it's been forty years since Shakki sailed, until she showed up -- only to disappear again. And the fact that neither Marco nor her look their ages. They'll never get over that headache.]
[At the end though, Marco just chokes slightly.]
You like Logan?
[Boy did he read that wrong.]
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[Rubs his face with the opposite hand, thinking and trying to remember. Logan himself said things had always been messy with Jean because phoenix or not, she had someone else. Also the phoenix thing. Marco mostly latched onto the phoenix thing.]
Summers? Scott, right?
[Ah l'amore.] Sorry kiddo.
For what it's worth, I'd bet this entire ship on two things. One, that you'll find a decent... well -- [Heh "decent" + Rayleigh are a weird concept together. Not that she'd get the reference anyway.] Mostly decent guy who either treats you well, or gets stabbed in the thigh by Logan. And two, this also stays just between us, but you're a lot cuter than her. And I say this with an obvious bias to phoenixes, eh?
Besides, you're way more adventurous. And that is always more fun.
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Her eyes widen, lips press together, and she shakes her head.]
Ew. No. No, no. No. Ew.
Logan's way too old. Ew. No.
He's like my dad. Not-- Ew.
[Which is, actually, the first time she's admitted that. That she sees Logan as the closest thing to a father she's got.]
Gonna just--
Yeah. No. Gonna just forget I ever heard that. Ew.
[Sure, she'd figured out from things Logan had said that, here, Jean had been different. Older. And that he'd been... Nope. Not following that thought any further. But she wasn't thinking about that Jean.
She was thinking about the one she knew. The one a year older than her. So Logan--
No. Nope. Rejecting that thought outright. Not happening.]
Ew.
[But Marco keeps talking (her remarks might have just been an undercurrent) and she hears something that makes her scoff.
The disgust is gone, the bitterness pooling back in.]
Ain' much of a catch, y'know. Not a lot of guys are gonna be wantin' a girlfriend they can' even touch. Let alone kiss.
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[He trails off and gives her a soft look.]
[Brace yourself for a jolt of memories and blue sparkles Rogue, because Marco gently kisses her forehead.]
You'll find one, I promise. Either someone who can survive it, or someone who'll find other ways to make you enjoy it.
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But, oh, they cycle through nonetheless. Blue and yellow flames erupt from her skin, consuming her clothes. For a moment, the shape is very apparent: wings. Then, it flickers away and she slumps down, bowing her head.]
Wow.
[Powers she's borrowed in the past? Nothing like that.
She breathes in, bracing herself.]
Migh'... wanna warn me next time. That's... Wow.
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More fun my way.
You all right at least? [Ahhhh he feels a little woozy like giving blood to Natsuno, but he shrugs it off all the same. Totally nothing. Even if anything, now Rogue might be more sober than him. Oops.]
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[Though, she has to smile a bit, realizing that the feeling of intoxication is mostly gone.]
Y' got... some good metabolism, huh?
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Just be careful how much meat you eat as me. It can make you murderous. [No, but really, it will.]
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[Rogue smiles a bit.]
'Less I know it's comin' and think 'bout keepin' it? It only lasts a couple minutes.
You... feelin' okay? It's kinda a blow. If y' don' know what t' expect.
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[Sobered up? Her self-esteem issues and want of a boyfriend are not topics she's talking about.
So, she just forces a little smile.]