fierybluebird | Action / Voice

[A: Action has a ridiculously cheerful Marco wandering Luceti, actually walking, not flying. This is because he's walking his Pops' dog. A big white dog with a mustache on its face. The same crescent moon mustache that can be seen on Marco's tattoo. Well they say pets take after their owners...]

[Though I'm pretty sure that's not how it's meant.]

Fetch, Stefan!

[The dog barks and goes bounding after the white frisbee, only to stop as it hits the ground. What you expected him to catch it? Or actually fetch it? No. He gives Marco a quizzical stare instead, like what the hell is he supposed to do with it? Marco deadpans him right back.]

What, you were expecting this? [He holds up a white boomerang instead. And Stefan barks. With a small sigh Marco tosses it, fetches the fallen frisbee himself, and the dog goes racing after the boomerang. Including when it comes back to Marco, who just holds up a hand and catches it.] I don't know if you're just that lazy or he gave you bad habits, eh? [But Marco gives the dog a treat and an affectionate face rub anyway. Seems his Pops wasn't the only one giving him bad habits. In any case, feel free to spot him anywhere outside and stop and say hello or join him, both Marco and Stefan are quite friendly.]

[B. Voice: After fetching food for dinner (fish and mostly vegetarian things, sorry Robin, he's been cooking with Leanne in mind) and stopping to actually return books to the library instead of just stealing them indefinitely like the pirate he is, Marco lazily grabs a spot in the garden near the Straw Hat house.]

Hello Luceti.

I'm Captain Marco, of the Whitebeards, though there's really only me left of us here. I suppose that goes for a lot of the pirates left here, eh? In any case, if you're a lost new feather, give me a call, and I can come flying out there. And for everyone, I pose to you a question.

All worlds seem to have their own ways of preserving history, and some of burying it. In my own world, I think we go for the latter more often than not. Perhaps ironically, one of the strangest things about being a pirate is that we also uncover and preserve a lot of history. Accidentally, or because of treasure and legends. What one pirate might find to be treasure, the rest of the world might see as useless junk. My father was big on preserving history through stories. When you pass on legends, you keep them real in a way nothing solid can. So my question quite simply, is what do you or your worlds do to preserve history and stories? And what do you do if it's destroyed, eh?

Thanks.

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[He sprawls and lays back in the grass with a quick pat to his chest gesturing for Ikki to come land, and a whistle for Stefan so he can use him as a pillow.]

Sex isn't meant to be one side using the other and one partner getting nothing in return, eh?

Sex should be fun for both partners. Making love is just what really shy people call it to dress it up. "Fucking" is the more guttural term.

But even whores ideally get something out of it. Either money, pleasure, or something they want. If only one side gets something, it's rape.

And I wouldn't ever. I have more self respect than that, and I wouldn't find it fun anyway.

[Ikki shifts on his branch for a moment, looking down at Marco and listening before he flies down and lands on the other's chest. His eyes aren't convinced yet, but at least he's not riding the high rage wave anymore.]

Are you trying to have children?

[Totally a logical question here.]

[He hesitates and then very soothingly strokes over Ikki's crest as gently as possible.]

[It's a reasonable question. For a little brother anyway.]

No, we're not. [Closes his eyes and pets more.] Even though I haven't been sent home yet, Robin has, her nakama have, and she is not truly free here.

Aside from which, I wouldn't feel right having kids that way, even in our own world. My devil fruit wouldn't pass on, and... [He promised Robin not to explain about the World Government, poneglyphs, and he's 100% certain her mother goes with that category.] Robin has circumstances of her own. Our crews, our families are not even one. If I ever do have kids, because life settles down enough to enable it, I'd want to do it my father's way and adopt reckless runaways like me, anyway.

[More pets.] I do love Robin very much, and if we had a kid... [He gives an incredibly sad smile.] I would love that too. But we take measures to be careful about avoiding that. Just as I took measures with any partner I had before Robin, eh.

Ikki, I don't know if your mother wanted kids. And you certainly know I'm not about to try to breed an army of infants. I can't even train my own crew. I could barely teach Law how to control his haki, eh. Sex isn't supposed to be about just having kids. It's the only way to birth kids, aye, but there are a million reasons to have sex, and many of the ways don't produce children.

[Ikki nods, he understands quite well what Marco means, it's also why he asked that question, he figured the answer would be a negative but what other reasons were there to have sex? Many others apparently from what Marco says. He flinches and tenses at the comment about his mother, it was something he never tried to consider or question. Even if he is sure he knows the answer it was one he preferred to not think about.]

She didn't. I'm sure she didn't, definitively not the first time.

[Why would she? He's sure she was never married and that it all was a one-night stand, maybe a bit more but definitively not something that would last even if she thought it would. A child couldn't enter her plans or thoughts, specially not when Mitsumasa left her.]

If it's not to have kids, then why do you have sex with her?

You don't know that for sure. [More gentle pets, like a ruffle.] I wouldn't have minded having you for a son, eh. And since she had another, you must not have been too bad.

Mah...

For fun, eh? Because I love Robin. I want to soak her up like a sponge and roll around in her flower petals and I can't get enough of her.

Because sex is the most intimate way to be connected to another person. There isn't a single day I don't feel lucky that she likes me enough to want to be with me like that. And to explore the different ways to play around with it? That's an adventure like no other. Especially with someone you love.

[He gently tickles under Ikki's chin and strokes down the soft part of the neck, a surefire sign to any phoenix that they are being loved and protected.] Look, as a pirate, certain things are expected. And I've had my share of wild times. Most pirates can't do much more than a one-night stand. And having a steady relationship between people on the go exploring or living in different parts of the world? That's difficult. And some people will be happier just having sex with someone they're attracted to, whether they love them or not.

So the pirate side of me says I should be free and wild, and just live in the moment, and not worry about the future.

But that's not all of who I am. I'm a phoenix too, yoi. So I'm actually glad a little that you feel that way, it means it's not just me. That being a phoenix really has that desire.

I'm happier with just one mate--

[Marco's eyes widen for a second.]

[He's never called her that before, never really thought of it that way either. It seemed so final. It was final, really. If Robin went home today, Marco wouldn't be interested in seeing anyone else. How could he be? It wouldn't be the same, but more than that, it wouldn't even hold enough interest to him to be worth it. Too pale in comparison.]

[He blushes furiously, surprised by his own realization and trying to get a hold on himself and his thoughts.]

[And quickly covers his face.]

[And tries to finish his thought from behind the hand.]

And I can't imagine seeing anyone but her. So that's why. I want to be with her in every way possible. To experience as much with her as I can.

And more than that... I want to help her be happy here.

Robin smiles all the time, but she's often sad. She deserves better. She deserves the best. If I can't give her the world, the least I can do is give her some joy, eh.

[Ikki hates Marco now, and his current form. He can't help to relax at the petting, neither fight the feeling of safety he gets from it. How can Marco like this form so much when it makes it hard to keep one's guard up? Still he shakes his head at the first comment.]

No, I don't mean to say she didn't love me. She just didn't plan on having me, she didn't want to, but when she was pregnant she probably couldn't back down, so she just went with it. Much like I didn't want to become a Saint but once it happened and I realized what it meant it was too late for me to turn back.

Just because you go along with something and can come to even appreciate it doesn't mean that you wanted it. And Shun was different.

[Maybe not, but Ikki isn't going to accept thinking about that. He's okay with him not having been wanted, but Shun must have been wanted, without regret and with tons of love. He can't accept anything else.

He listens to the rest in silence. Relaxing and crouching over Marco's chest, his eyes show that he doesn't get it yet, maybe he will never get it, but he's listening and trying to understand. He's happy though, even if he doesn't get it all it's clear that Marco is indeed the man he thought him to be, and honestly that is enough. That moment of doubt, of fear of Marco not being that type, was something he didn't enjoy at all.]

And you give her joy with sex? I don't get how that can be "fun".

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