Backdated to Tuesday; Voice/text In which phoenixes plot revenge

[fierybluebird]

Hello New Feathers! My name is Marco. I hope you're all settling in all right! If you're still having problems getting lost in the middle of nowhere, give me a call and I'll be right over to guide you back to town.

For everyone else, I have a friend about my size who's in some desperate need of costumes. I'll take anything you've got. Nurse's uniforms, maid uniforms, marines, chicken costumes, bunny ears, literally anything.

Bonus points if it looks sexy on a guy.

[Believe it or not these really aren't meant for him personally, but feel free to think that.]

All right, thanks in advance!

Comments

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[kingofwaste]

You're tryin' to get him a girlfriend by dressing him up like a nurse with bunny ears?

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[fierybluebird]

Yes. Also humiliate him, but that's just bonus.

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[kingofwaste]

Here's some advice from a guy who has 420 kids: Crossdressing isn't the way to go when you wanna impress a girl.

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[fierybluebird]

Izou would beg to disagree.

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[kingofwaste]

... Broads are seriously into that sort of thing?

[He can't imagine what Ortensia's response would be if he ever showed up in a skirt.]

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[fierybluebird]

Some of them!

You have to know your audience, but I already found him a suit, and he generally doesn't wear a lot of clothes to begin with, so this way it'll cover all my bases.

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[kingofwaste]

... And ya really couldn't get him something a little more fashionable? Like a nice tuxedo?

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[fierybluebird]

Like I said, I found him a suit. But he barely wears shirts. I think the more ridiculous might be easier to con him into.

And it gets attention, right? So that's what counts.

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[kingofwaste]

Hmm... How about a superhero costume? I'm pretty sure girls would fall for that sort of thing.

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[fierybluebird]

Definitely not. No heroes.

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[kingofwaste]

........... What's wrong with heroes?

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[fierybluebird]

What's right with them?

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[kingofwaste]

[What.]

They save people. You sure you ain't thinking of villains?

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[fierybluebird]

Maybe our worlds do things differently, but heroes in my world stand by to stop people trying to rescue their family. Or let their own family be killed in the name of justice.

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[kingofwaste]

...

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[kingofwaste]

Hnn... Hrm...

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[kingofwaste]

You sure you ain't thinking of villains?

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[fierybluebird]

[Well, he's not going to say Marco himself is a villain after all. Besides, he considers Blackbeard or Crocodile truly villainous.]

Quite sure. I said they stood by, not that they did the killing themselves.

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[kingofwaste]

Hmm... Sounds like some other 'hero' I know. Did the heroes from your world even know all that stuff was happening in the first place?

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[fierybluebird]

Yes. When I say stood by, I mean they were right there. And also stopped the people trying to do the rescuing.

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[kingofwaste]

Whuh?

[But. But but but...]

Whuuuuh?

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[fierybluebird]

That's what being a hero is. Making selfless sacrifices against what you really want for what you think is "right" or whatever.

I'd rather not be surrounded by such.

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[kingofwaste]

Sheesh! The heroes from your world didn't think it was "right" to save people who were in danger? That doesn't make sense! How's it a selfless sacrifice if you just stand there and ignore the people you're supposed to save? The real sacrifice would be to rush in there, get hurt yourself, but rest easy knowin' that at least all those other guys made it out okay.

[Yes, he's picturing a burning building and people trapped inside, now.]

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[fierybluebird]

Yeah, well, that's what I was trying to do.

It was a war though, so the straight-forward options weren't really there.

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[kingofwaste]

Lemme tell you about real heroes. The good kind, not the losers from your world.

They're the kinda people who build happiness outta nothing. They do whatever they can to make stranded people feel at home. And they're the kinda people who would give their lives to make sure their loved ones don't get hurt. And... Real heroes know that if they make a mess of things, it's their responsibility to fix that mess. And in the end, they do what's right, instead of what they want.

[Yup, he just went from thinking about himself, to thinking about Ortensia, to thinking about Mickey, to thinking about himself again.]