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[fierybluebird]

AAAAACCCEEEE!!!!!

[Hark! It's the roar of an angry phoenix in pirate form.]

MY SHAMPOO?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?! Oh god it's even in my feathers! MY FEATHERS ACE!!! AHHH WHY'D YOU HAVE TO PICK RED?! Even raven black would have been better! I look like I hero-worship Shanks now! I swear when I find you Ace!

[For anyone getting a good look in the journal, Marco's hair has been badly dyed red, oh yeah and he looks every bit as ticked off as he sounds. Later on however, he'll be sporting a fedora to cover up that Akagami-wannabe look, and looking for hair dye remover. Or bleach. Or as a last resort, black hair dye. Anything's better than red with him. He will also be putting up posters: "Ever want to be a pirate? Join the Whitebeards! Limited time offer" though more on that later. And even more than that, a certain usually very blue bird will have a slightly red and purple tinge to his feathers for a little while. So not pleased. Still, he'll be around to help out any New Feathers or someone needing directions to town. And if anything, he arguably looks more like a traditional phoenix. Not that he wants that.]

[Later on that night when he stops trying to beat Ace to a pulp there will be a second very short post.]

Does anyone have hair dye remover, bleach, or something in black? I couldn't find any in the shop. Thanks, eh.

Comments

[mikangirl]

[You're getting a Marco pls look.]

I've been picking up dead bodies for the last week.

[fierybluebird]

So... no. Not so much.

[Epic fail.]

Draft?

[mikangirl]

Mission. [Okay, and she's exaggerating besides, so she relents.] That was a few days ago, granted. I came back from that mission and threw a birthday party out of self defence.

1/2

[fierybluebird]

I had no idea they were that bad.

[He's quiet toned. He'd somehow thought they were more like missions from Pops on the Moby Dick. Sure, Marco got tortured on a kidnapping, but it still wasn't Impel Down or anything close to what the World Government or even the other Pirate Emperors would have done if they'd caught him. And with the missions being voluntary...]

2/2

[fierybluebird]

[He chippers up though, not about to let a friend or even a friend of a friend stay down for long.]

Still looking for a distraction?

[mikangirl]

[Don't worry, Marco. It doesn't take much. She quirks a faint grin at that.] I'm looking at one right now.

They're usually not that bad, though. They vary.

[fierybluebird]

[Sticks his tongue out.] And I'm not even sparkling yet. [...] It'd probably clash a lot now though. At least they can't be dyed.

So have you ever been on a fun one?

[mikangirl]

[She grins. But that question--] I don't think any of them can be classed as 'fun', but there've been a couple I found interesting. There's been a couple of ones where I've had to sail! Being out on the ocean again was-- okay yeah, fun. And once they sent me to dig up artifacts in a ruin which was kind of a learning experience.

[fierybluebird]

Whoa, archaeology huh? I might have to sign up for something like that if they ever have it again.

What were you doing when sailing?

[mikangirl]

Escort duty on a cargo ship. Attacks at sea, that kind of thing.

[fierybluebird]

That doesn't sound too bad, eh.

How dangerous were the attacks?

[mikangirl]

Depends on your point of view. For a Grand Line pirate, nothing that couldn't be handled.

[For others, somewhat nastier, she thinks.]

[fierybluebird]

[Which means for a New Worlder, it's less than nothing.]

So the Drafts are definitely worse.

[mikangirl]

[Well, she's including 'New World' under 'Grand Line', really.]

Again, depends on your point of view. But in general, yes. A lot more die on drafts. And they draft children.

[fierybluebird]

[Oh well that's fair.]

Che... Even Blackbeard doesn't go that far.

[mikangirl]

They say it's the people who are compatible with the Shift to go on that particular draft. [Which the missions have proven to be a load of crap.] Personally, I think they get their kicks out of drawing lots.

[fierybluebird]

That seems more likely. That or they keep extras around to test effects and serve as foils.

[mikangirl]

...you know, some of the people that get sent also get hit by side effects, too. So much for the whole "compatible" thing.

[fierybluebird]

Sadism at its finest, eh.

[mikangirl]

Pretty much.