[video] Back with the chocobos / All the jokes

[fierybluebird]

[In a scene that might be familiar to some, Marco is back in the barn, with five baby chocobo. Not quite so baby now, he might be able to fit one of them in a bag on his back, but not all of them. He can't even fit them all under one wing, but that's all right, the others he's dealing with in different ways. It might not be immediately obvious, but the loss of Ace is hitting him hard. Normally he'd go into a rage to kill things, but he doesn't seem to feel it's worth it.]

Ace's name is up on the memorial wall. He might come back... I hope so.

[There's a much too long pause in which he looks a world away and scoops up a chocobo fitted with a Spade collar.]

Ah so how about some bird jokes, eh?

You've probably all heard this one: Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side.
Why didn't the turkey cross the road?
He didn't want to be a chicken.
Why did the ducks cross the road?
To prove they could do it better than the chicken.
Why did the chicken cross the road twice?
It was a double-crosser.
Why did the rooster cross the road?
To prove he wasn't a chicken.

A phoenix walks into a bar filled with a bunch of turkeys. He gives them a polite nod and then buys everyone a round of drinks. They crowd around their new friend and offer some peanuts. "Gobble gobble gobble?" they suggest. "No thanks," he politely declines, "I'm allergic." They offer him pretzels. "Gobble gobble gobble?" He takes a few of those and they continue on for hours. Eventually they run out, and just as he was about to leave, they look him up and down and ask, "Gobble gobble gobble?" He gives them a horrified look and explains, "No way! I'm not into that!"

Why did the marines arrest the turkey?
They brought it on suspicion of fowl play!

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[fierybluebird]

[Shrugs.] No one high-ranking or I'd know him. Kind of a brave kid though since he tried to stand up to Akainu and even your grandfather didn't do that. [Only because Sengoku stopped him, but okay.]

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[straw_hat]

Really!? [Shock.] Wonder who it was. Sounds like a good guy.

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[fierybluebird]

[Another shrug. He's not really a fan of marines.] Pink hair and short.

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[straw_hat]

[Oh, now THAT surprised him.] Wait, pink-- Coby!?! COBY stood up to Akainu!?

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[fierybluebird]

[Shakes his head slowly.]

I don't know? I'm not sure who that is, eh.

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[straw_hat]

He's a friend of mine! I met him when I was just starting out as a pirate. [He grins.]

He finally got braver, too! Shishishi....nice one, Coby.

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[fierybluebird]

You're friends with a marine?

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[straw_hat]

Mn! But he's a reaaaally nice guy! He's not like the rest of them.

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[fierybluebird]

I'll take your word on it. I guess he can't be too bad if he stood up to that bastard and all.

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[straw_hat]

He'd never let shit like that stand. When I first met Zoro, he helped me beat another marine, too.

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[fierybluebird]

And they didn't court martial him?

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[straw_hat]

Nope! They let him join instead! It was some corrupt bastard I beat, so I guess they were grateful or something.

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[fierybluebird]

Grateful marines. [Snorts.] That's a first.

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[straw_hat]

Well, Coby was grateful I helped him out. He saluted me and everything!

Ah, so did the other marines, too, actually.

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[fierybluebird]

They saluted a pirate!?

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[fierybluebird]

[Bursts out laughing.] You really are the second pirate king in the making.

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[straw_hat]

[He laughs, too. Because thinking back on it....well, yeah, it was funny.]

Damn straight! They had really good food there, too....shishishi! Maybe I'll go back someday!

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[fierybluebird]

You can go pay them a visit and terrify them.

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[straw_hat]

[.....Marco, don't. His face is lighting up at that idea.]

I should do that!

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[fierybluebird]

[Too late, Marco just chuckles.]

Excellent.

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[straw_hat]

You should come, too! And I bet Zoro will wanna see how that kid's doing, too.

[This is the happiest he's been all day.]

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[fierybluebird]

Where was this again?

[Marco going back to meet marines.... Not gonna happen.]

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[straw_hat]

Shells Town! [I'm pretty sure.

Not even for your little brother.....]

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[fierybluebird]

[Maybe.]

Where's that?

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[straw_hat]

[;3;]

It's in East Blue. I don't remember where exactly, but we'll find it!