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[Hello Luceti. Hanging out around the Library? Item shop? Food shop? Pretty much wherever you are, you might spot a certain insane poster and the pirate putting it up. All right, who let Marco have some art supplies? Well you're all about to be punished for it, because even if you're a recluse, he makes sure to post it on the journal too.]

[In a purely deadpan tone Marco switches to showing off a plate of cookies.] Join. We have cookies.

And can anyone tell me about their world's sports? Is Hit & Dead Ball or Dodgeball universal, what about Red and Green Light? If we had a games tournament here, what games would everyone like to see in it? And what kind of rewards?

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You still might find more. I just started with my Pops, after all.

And then you got all your siblings.

Aye. 1600 over the course of several decades.

I only have Ace from home here though. But we've got Sabo, Norma, and Kazooie too now. [Kazooie is the only bird in that group. But to be fair... she is a bird.]

Could you tell me more about them?

[Grins.]

I could go on forever about them. [... No seriously. Not an exaggeration just a warning.]

With so many of us, we have sixteen divisions and a commander for each leading 100 men. I'm first division commander, Ace is second. Jozu is third. He's made of diamond! And about fifteen feet tall. [Honestly Marco's lies are less ridiculous than his real life.] And Flower Sword Vista is about eight feet tall and uses two swords and loves flowers even more than I do. Namur leads 8th division and he's a shark fishman! He loves this famous starfish brand of clothes and he's so cute! [... Cute. Maybe it's just as well that some of Marco's family aren't here... Oh well, plenty of embarrassment for the ones here.]

Ace is twenty one, covered in freckles and wears an orange cowboy hat. I call him Fireworks because he can be made of fire when wants to be and makes some pretty big fireworks. Sabo's only ten, and he has goggles on a top hat, but he's very brilliant and loves books almost as much as Robin and I. Kazooie's bright red and a bird bigger than me and even though she really wants to be a hero, she's pretty cool. And Norma I call Buttercup, she's a treasure hunter and secretly bright as a star, but she hides it with being a pest.

[And see, right here you have someone who will listen to all of it.] Really? Diamond? And people turning into fire- and how is Kazooie going to be a hero?

Yes, diamond. [Swishes his tail happily. He's proud of all of them.] And only Ace can turn into fire. There are other people who can do things with fire I think, but not like him. He's the only one who can be made of it.

Kazooie tries to rescue people and stuff in the village. She's kind of like a phoenix too, but her feathers aren't fiery like mine. She's also more fond of people than I am so she gets out to be friendlier more than I do. [Well, yes and no. Marco doesn't think he's much of a people person (or bird) but between Ace's encouragement and missing 1600 brothers, he gets out more than he realizes.]

How did he learn how to do that?

You seem really friendly though.

It's a really long story. It's not learned though, it's part of what he is. Like how I'm a phoenix.

[Laughs.] You just like birds. Remember I started off with yelling at you? [Well at least a little.]

But you were upset about things I said, so it is understandable.

Eh, perhaps, but how I react is still my choice. Just because someone says something I disagree with doesn't mean I have to be a jerk.

[... He just does anyway. Because he chooses to.]

Its alright. Everyone gets caught up in their feelings.

[Laughs.] You're pretty forgiving for someone all about following rules.

You see, you're my friend. I'm lucky to have you.

But you're my friend too, so I feel the same.

So does this mean you'd be biased in my favor then? Because you already said your rules wouldn't apply to me since I'm a bird from another world and all.

I am, although I shouldn't be. But, you're right.

But maybe, as long as I don't have to Judge, it will be alright?

I think so.

You said yourself you'll obey the ones from your world and culture, as your choice for what's right for your circumstances. So no sense expecting everyone else to abide by those, right? And if they aren't, you can't really Judge them.

[Unless you know, Luce wanted to go and try to learn all of Marco's world's laws, in which case he'd just find what the world already has, and that's why Marco is quite literally an outlaw. But he already told him as much.] Besides you'll always be Luce to me. [He'd stick his tongue out, but he's still rocking the bird thing, so just a cocky birdie smirk would have to suffice.]

Besides, I'd keep doing what I already do anyway. Whether someone else thinks it's wrong or not, the only man I'd ever answer to was my father. So long as he'd proud of me I know I'm doing all right. [Hell, it even kept him from still going off an endless suicide crusade of trying to kill Blackbeard. That and a little help from his friends.]

[He nods.] I need to keep reminding myself of that. And thats good you know what direction you're going will be good.

["Good." Emphasis on quotations.]

Well, the best I can do with what I can. [Distant look.] I can't protect his islands. I know he'd just want us to be alive and live as happily and safely as we could, but that is something I wish I could do more about. And I will, but it will take time.

[Waves a wing and nearly knocks over his tea, having forgotten about his wingspan, but he catches it just in time.]

In any case, that's all anyone can do, right? The best for their circumstances, whatever they may be.

If anything, I believe in you. And that you can do it.

[Grins.]

Thank you Luce. I know I will find a way. Letting my brothers down isn't something I can let myself do, so I won't.

[Somehow that works for him. Or at least, it keeps his conviction strong anyway, and that he needs.]

Very good, you'll never let them down. And I am sure they all believe in you too.

Yes, they do.

[Another reason he can't and won't let them down.]

I wish they were here though. It's better here than at home right now.

Whats happening there?

The New World -- that's the name of my home ocean -- it's always been a really rough place.

But my father created a lot of peace. Or at least kept it. Samba Island, Foodvalten, Fishman Island... all those places relied on Pops for protection. Without him, other pirates will try to take over.

[Shakes his head.] We don't even have our home ship anymore.

The war we lost Pops in was just the start and it's getting worse. [Closes phoenix eyes briefly and focuses on sipping his tea through the straw. Normally he'd switch to phoenix to cut some of the tension, but one of the downsides to sticking around like this. Of course it doesn't scratch the surface of Marco's deepest concerns. Blackbeard knew the ins and outs of the islands at least as well as Marco, and Marco never pretended not to like Teach did. And if it came to giving an island to Blackbeard or letting him destroy it, Marco would let him have it. In a truly messed up way, letting Blackbeard have some of the islands would be better for them than some of the other pirates who'd go after them. And that certainly rankled him.]

Back home just staying alive is going to be hard. [To take Shanks up on the offer, to split the divisions into pieces, to hide the ones he could, or try to keep everyone together and go into guerrilla warfare and bide their time getting stronger until they could stop Blackbeard and the others... whatever choice Marco does, he knows it'll be very rough.]

It's the end of Whitebeard's Era and the start of a new one. A dark one right now.

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