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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[God damn woman. Can't he just act completely suspicious without -- oh right, this is Robin. WELP. Okay. Let's see...]

[He can't lie to her, she'll always know.]

[So a little of the truth.]

I asked them a favor regarding a surprise for you tomorrow.

As for the letter... I don't know. It's kind of crazy. Like I said, the first time Chun-Li went home, it made me braver. Kind of determined not to waste a single day, so I thought her letter to you might be like that. [Coughs.] Sorry. It's nothing too personal, I promise.

[Leaving the surprise aside for the moment]

That's no cause for you to open it. If you wanted to know, you could have asked me and I might have shared it. Now I see I'm not even given the choice.

I was nervous too.

[He laughs.] I thought she might have said something that would make you upset and it would be bad timing if nothing else, eh.

It's not a good excuse, and I'm sorry. It won't happen again, that I can promise.

What were you going to do if it was upsetting? Warn me? Shield me from it?

[Bad timing for the surprise, she imagines]

What's done is done. I'll forgive this once only because I love you. But I'm not sure if I feel inclined to accept your surprise whatever it may be. And next time, let me make that kind of decision.

Offer to delay it. I wouldn't assume to make your decisions for you Robin. I trust you more than that.

Though apparently not myself. With good reason.

Thanks for the forgiveness... and I'm pretty sure you'll reject my surprise anyway, so don't worry about it, eh?

I still want to try.

You're sure I'll reject--

Stop that! That's irritating! Don't presuppose to know what I'll do or what I won't do!

Edited 2013-02-05 21:16 (UTC)

[His eyes flash dangerously for a bit.]

[But soften almost immediately. He had that coming... Probably.]

Don't say that without--

You don't even know what it is!

I wouldn't accept it from me, so why would you?!

[Chilly]

How fortunate, then, I am not you.

Right now I am not inclined to accept anything from you, Whitebeard. And since you presume you know exactly what I will think or won't think, perhaps I should just follow your lead.

[He's very quiet for a long time.]

I'm not trying to presume how you think love. Otherwise... I wouldn't try at all. I'm just trying not to let myself doubt this. I've never done it before, and I'm awful at risks. The more I try not to lose you, the worse I do, eh?

I'm sorry. I keep trying to jump ahead so that I can stop disasters before they happen. Does that make any sense to you?

You seem to be causing more disasters than stopping them. Why do you think that is?

Edited 2013-02-05 21:39 (UTC)

[But she sighs]

What are you so worked up about? It's a surprise, I know that, but... Will my saying no really be that bad?

There is truly nothing in my life that means more to me, so aye.

Because I'm laying a lot on the line.

Look... I don't really bet on things, eh? I bluff. I bluff and bluff until everyone assumes I'm bluffing even when I've got the cards to back me up.

But I can't bluff with you. I never could, never will. And that's kind of terrifying, all right? I love you. The thought of risking what we have... I don't know.

I don't have the cards to back this up. I don't have anything but me. [Closes his eyes.]

It's almost funny. I've asked hundreds of kids to join the crew and thought nothing of it. Because I always figured it wasn't a risk. At the worst, they'd say no, and we'd kick them and deal with it. I trust you. I trust you enough to kick me and deal with it, but this is still quite terrifying.

Stop. Marco. Just-- Whatever this is, you're worrying about it too much. It's like you're trapping me. If I say no, than I hurt you which I don't want. I might say not now. I might need time to think about it. And even if I do say no, does it really mean the end to everything? Is it really such a harsh surprise that our entire relationship rides on it?

.....

If I said no....would you leave?

No! Robin! Definitely not.

Ahhhh... The opposite. I don't know. I thought you would...

You're... right though. That's presuming your thoughts again. Fuck. I'm just.

[TAKES A DEEP BREATH.]

Whatever you do, don't say yes just because you don't want to hurt me. That would be.... so much worse.

Look I'll just. Give it my best and stop trying to be a wreck here.

Do as you wish. I want you to be free above all else. Happy, but free. Those two things come before everything else, got it? And healthy. And you can make up whatever order you want them in or anything else along the way. If you give me a request or an order I'll take it. Just, remember that, all right? And if you want to say no and still want something different, that's absolutely okay too. Because I've just been thinking it was yes or no, and you're right there are third or fourth options. I'm just being an idiot. All right?

I'd never say yes not to hurt you. Because then it wouldn't be sincere.

[she sighs and for a long moment just watches you. You're infuriating, sometimes, and she's still a little annoyed about the letter but--it's such a small thing. They've been together for a long time now--]

But yes. You idiot. Yes.

If Sanji-kun doesn't kill you first.

[and she'll cut the feed]

[He blushes at the word "yes." Did she figure it out? Guess? Either way he's got a grin and ten thousand times more confidence about this. Now to just not killed by Sanji...]

[And then actually ask. THAT TOO.]

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