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[Action / Accidental Video] In which baby phoenixes flail a lot

[Early Monday morning Marco is finally returned from his kidnapping. A lot tinier.]

[He wakes up by kicking his book open and there's a teeny tiny baby bluebird phoenix cocking an eye at the pages. Hello Luceti. Finally he decides it's just a blank journal so he hops back and goes to take in his surroundings, and checks the area around the fountain very carefully. Wet. Do not want. Well, he's bored now. Time to fly home.]

[That would work a lot better without this creepy added weight. What the hell! NO! HE CAN'T FLY?! So after several jumps, the hand-sized phoenix jumps about and tries to get air. Which much to his dismay, does nothing. With the added new weight of the fake Luceti wings, he can't fly! Eventually he just gives up and starts flailing.]

Pops! Pops! Pops! [There are a few more baby birdie chirps of this.] Uwah brothers! ANYONE! Where are you guys?!

[Walks around and looks distraught.] I must'a hurt my wings. But that makes no sense... because I'm a phoenix. [Sits back down and sulks for now. Oh, look a stranger! He starts to rush to hide behind the fountain, but well, he's not getting anywhere on his own... so he'll have to try something!]

Excuse me! Have you seen anyone really really tall around? Wait. No. What island is this? I don't remember docking? AH! Have you see Edward Newgate; my Pops around? It's really important, yoi! [At which point... he remembers he's a bird. And realizes nothing he said probably came out in human (it all did because lulz Luceti) so just have a deapan baby birdie stare.]

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[He can't help it!]

Oh? What kind of place? [He's a little wary of strangers. Especially if they aren't girls cooing over him. But seriously, he's got enough street smarts to remember that Daddy isn't universally beloved and marines are mean. And he can't fly now. Bad things everywhere.]

A restaurant. [Sanji jabs a thumb over his shoulder] If you're hungry, I can make you a bite to eat while you wait.

Ahhh... really? [Perks up! He is pretty hungry!] Is that really okay though? Papa has all the money right now. I wasn't expecting to wake up off the ship, yoi.

[He cracks the first smirk of the conversation.] Don't worry about it. A tiny thing like you wouldn't cost much to feed.

Besides, this place doesn't use money. The food's free.

[UNSURE FACE.]

That's suspicious... [See how your generosity works on him?] Should I pay doing dishes or something?

[Because free or not, he doesn't want to be leverage. And then he remembers Sanji still probably thinks he's just a bird.... And birds don't do dishes!!! Oh no! OOPS!!]

Normally I'd fetch things, but I'm slowed down with the fake wings. [More like he can't fly. But he is starting to trust Sanji a little. Tentatively.]

[Sanji doesn't hold it against him, even if his first retort is to scowl, and dismisses the notion with a wave.]

If you're that worried about it, just keep an IOU in mind. It'll be quicker.

Okay I will write one down.

Thank you, eh!

[... SURE. YOU DO THAT, MARCO. In the meantime, Sanji nods in the direction of the restaurant before giving the bird another glance]

Uh... you need a hand getting there?

I'm coming. [He will just hop. And flap about. Feel free to pick him up, his brothers/Papa/nurses do it all the time.]

What kind of things do you cook, yoi? Where did you learn to cook? Have you been cooking long?

[All the questions forever.]

[... Yeah no. Scooping him up. B| Never mind Sanji can't be certain Pumpkin isn't lurking around the restaurant, too. While his cat wouldn't mean any harm, she sure as hell would pounce on a new playmate.]

I've been cooking ever since I can remember. [To his credit, he takes the questions in stride] Mostly on floating restaurants - y'know, the kind you find out at sea. And I'll make you whatever you wanna eat.

[That would be for the best. Marco kicks. He will also cheerfully perch on Sanji's shoulders like a parrot.]

WOW really?! That's amazing! Like a storybook adventure! [Never mind that Marco's every day life is a storybook adventure...] I will eat anything yoi, but not meat. [He lies. He's relatively picky, but it's unlikely Sanji will decide on things he can't/won't eat.]

What's the farthest you've ever traveled? Do you meet a lot of people? Do you have a cool crew? Are they strong? Are they big and gi-gant-ic? [Had to split the big word up.]

[Oh hell, now he's babbling right into his ear. Sanji fights back a twitch with relative success, though he picks up his step. The faster they hit the restaurant and he starts cooking to distract himself, the better. It's like a child in bird form-- oh wait.]

The farthest? We've already hit the New World, if that counts - sailed all the way from East Blue. And yeah, meeting people kinda comes with the shitty job. [He pushes open the door, sucking in a thankful breath of cooler air.]

And of course I have a cool crew! [A sudden, huge grin] Robin-chan and Nami-san are the coolest people I know~! [So derailed by his moment of worship, he forgets to answer the rest of the questions]

Edited 2012-08-18 05:59 (UTC)

[It is indeed a child in bird form. Oops.]

Woooow.

That's really far! What kind of ship do you have? Are the people you meet fun? Are they ridiculous like my brothers?

[Bah, more questions. Sanji lightly shakes himself from his daydream and continues on in the usual nonchalant manner.] His name's Thousand Sunny, and was built by one of the best shipwrights in the world - a cyborg named Franky. [That alone should answer the "are they ridiculous like my brothers" question, but Sanji chooses to elaborate further]

And yeah, some of the are pretty shitty weird. My captain's a rubber man who only likes to eat meat. [Pause] And we've got a skeleton for a musician, a reindeer for a doctor...

[Oh, okay, you've won him over. His Daddy is still the bestest, but holy cow that's a cool crew.]

[Chibi quiet voice of awe.] A reindeer? [Sparkle sparkle.] And a skeleton. [Small giggle.] How does a skeleton play music? Are his ribs a xylophone? [That's just silly.]

[Ha! Unbidden, the xylophone jab earns a snort of amusement.] Brook's a special skeleton, let's just leave it at that. But he's also the best damn musician I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. [There's no small amount of pride in his voice]

I hope I can meet him too someday, yoi!

Does he make his own songs too?

Oh, yeah! [With some added pep and animated movements] He's a famous rock star now! The Soul King!

[... Sanji may or may not have bought all of Brook's singles while stuck on his own island during their separation.]

[Awww Sanji, best nakama.]

Ehhhhh really? NEAT! What's he sing about? Pirate-y things?

Well yeah, he is a pirate, after all. [Sliding into the kitchen now]

I wanna know more pirate songs! People just keep singing Bink's Sake a lot, eh. There should be more songs than that! It's not even a pirate song!

[Sanji silently agrees that as far as pirate songs go... he might love Bink's Sake, but it's pretty child-friendly compared to the songs he heard growing up]

Oh, there are plenty of raunchy pirate songs out there.

Reaaaally? Do you know any?

[Tell him and corrupt him. Then he will sing one to Robin and get Sanji in trouble. Perfect.]

[You are a cruel child. B|

After some internal debate, in which Sanji moves around the kitchen to make Marco a sandwich, he begins to sing in a clear, amused tenor]

Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul
Yoooo Ho He Hooooo
There are men whose hearts as black as coal
Yoooo Ho He Hooooo

And they sailed their ship across the ocean blue
A blood thirsty captain and a cut-throat crew
It's a darker tale as was ever told
Of a lust for treasure and a love of gold

Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides
Yoooo Ho He Hooooo
There are hungers as strong as the winds and tides
Yoooo Ho He Hooooo

And those buccaneers drowned there sins in rum
The devil himself would have to call em scum
Every man on board would have killed his mate
for a bag of beli or a piece of eight

Shiver my timbers, shiver my bones
Yoooo Ho He Hooooo
There are secrets that sleep with Ol' Davey Jones
Yoooo Ho He Hooooo

When the main sails set and the course is weighed
There's no turning back from any course that's laid
And when greed and felony sail the sea,
you can bet your boots there'll be treachery

Shiver my timber, shiver my sail
Dead men tell no tales!

[That's okay Sanji, Marco has decided that Sanji is the coolest damn pirate ever, right after his Pops.]

Uwah! That's a great song! Is it your favorite?

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