fierybluebird | Voice / Action for CH3 roof

[All right, this is not easy. Marco's a nervous wreck, so he goes pacing, and to find Chun-Li... who isn't home. After a few calls to her journal and looking around, he realizes she's gone home. Again. He greets the morning up on the roof of CH3, smokes a cigarette, and with the Whitebeard flag flying behind him, that's where he is when he makes a post.]

For those who knew her, Chun-Li's gone home. Luceti's lost a great teacher, but I know back in Hong Kong she'll teach kids how to fight and help police up her world. Say a prayer, light a candle, toll a bell, whatever your tradition is.

I have letters from her for Tenten, Spencer, Punzy, Lupin, and Robin. And one for the marine if you could take that to him Ikki?

For the rest of Luceti, I guess I have a question for you, though I guess I should explain with a story first. The first time Chun-Li left, it made me a lot braver. I realized I couldn't take my time for things I wanted. Here, and in my world, everything is fleeting. I'm the type who's not great at taking chances. My Pops and my brothers are great at it. But I always worry about the risks until the chance is gone. And the times I've taken a chance can really hurt, eh? Here I learned that it hurt more to miss those chances and get stuck wondering. Ace is always telling me to braver, to get stronger, and that encourages me a lot to be more like him. If your loved ones were here, are there chances they would tell you to take? Or do you think they'd remind you of the risks instead? [He's still a nervous wreck, but he's at least steady in his voice and more convicted in his decisions.]

[Filtered from Robin:]

To the Straw Hat crew, and those close to her, tomorrow's a special day for Robin, so I'd like to take her out just the two of us. Don't come looking, but I'll bring my journal if you need us.

And to the Straw Hat crew.... [Deep breath! He can do this!] Normally this would be something I'd ask her captain, but you are all just as much her family and so it affects you all too. I have something important to ask. I can do it here, or in person, but please get back to me before tomorrow.

[Filtered to Ace about 50%]
Shit I'm an idiot. Help.

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A present? The hell do you need us to approve it for. Do what you want.

[Geez, you woke him from his nap for this? Leaving in 3... 2...]

I want to marry her.

Well... it's really more of a promise ring. That I will find a way to make our timing right for someday, eh? Here, the New World, maybe even after you lot reach Raftel, but I'll make it happen, I'll give it my best.

Look, I know it's up to Robin, and not every crew is like mine where your captain is your father, but you are still her family. So that's a big thing.

I know Luceti is the kind of place where people can leave, and she's left once before. That's why I don't want to wait. I'm worried if I take my time, she'll be gone, and I'll always regret not taking the chance.

[A moment, if you please, as Zoro tries to figure out what the hell Marco's going on about. Something about marriage, the New World... what the fuck is a promise ring?]

Listen, I don't know what you--

-- [marriage]

-- [to Robin. Marco and... Robin?]

You're dating?!

[Marco's face is suddenly very very deadpan. Mostly because he was having a heart attack, but phoenix, so whatever.]

[Also because he needs it. Strangely Zoro not even knowing this much calms Marco down.]

[INWARDLY, Marco is kind of freaking out again.]

[He didn't know?! HE DIDN'T KNOW! He was here and he didn't know!]

Edited 2013-02-10 11:35 (UTC)

[Right. Ace told Vivi and Sanji, Robin told Nami, Marco told Brook, and they were going to tell Luffy together.]

[Which meant no one told Zoro.... awkward.]

[And maybe its own proof that this is a bad idea. Robin was secretive, Marco could be aloof and huge portions of their crew weren't even in Luceti! But... if his conviction was weak enough for Zoro's lack of knowledge to be a deterrent, Marco wouldn't have considered this in the first place.]

For almost a year, actually.

At first I thought she was embarrassed of me, so I wasn't telling anyone except Ace, but then Ace helped us get together in the first place, so he thought everyone knew and kind of spilled it to a few people. Sorry Zoro, I would have told you had I realized. I usually just fly to her room and leave before Ace and Sabo get up.

Which wouldn't actually change if we were married I suppose, just that people definitely wouldn't be so in the dark about our relationship, eh?

Sorry mate.

Wait. So you didn't even notice all the times she snuck out to spend time with me or when we were gardening?

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LIES 2/?

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