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11 - AU!Disc [Audio] In which pineapples are plentiful

Has anyone seen my Ace of Spades?

Linda apparently can't find it. She's good at finding other stuff though, but not Rika's crystals. Which is a shame, I was going to hang them up in the windows. Might liven up all the black. [In the background there's the sound of a woman tsking him and reminding him that he gets to decorate the office, not the apartment, so he should suck up and deal because black is the in-thing.]

Yeah, right, anyway. Got in touch with the Sandwich Factory --
[At this, the transmission is interrupted for a loud THWACK! as something loud was thrown and cracked near the communicator.] NOT YOU LINDA. GOD! PUT THE HEELS DOWN! You're worse than Pops' nurses!

[And a loud woman's voice.] WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

[And anyone who knows Marco might recognized this silence as Marco's usual deadpan thinking up the right thing to say.] Love you baby? [WELL, apparently that worked because the woman devolves into a bunch of coos and purrs.] Right, I'm just going to take that heel now... before you break things. Haha. Wait. What is that on the plate?

Spam on toast with pineapple! It's your favorite!

That's inedible.

[And that would be the sound of Marco getting slapped and the voice wandering away yelling he can get his own damn food then.]

Right. Okay. Yeah. So uh. I guess anyone who finds this not an ordinary day and has lots of missing stuff, check in. Maybe we can find it together with a giant lost and found or something. Thanks.

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[Looking around he grabs a pen and paper and scribbles Ace's address on it before handing it over.]

Ask your friend [meaning Linda], she'll help you find it. As for me? I'm gonna find the way out of here.

[He puts his phone away, obviously getting ready to go. The sooner he gets all of this solved the better, maybe it's paranoia, but if life has taught him anything it's that time doesn't wait.]

I've got no plans on dyin' here. Been there already, I don't need a repeat.

[Has it been mentioned Seifer is possibly the most paranoid person you could ever meet? Cause he's definitely up there...]

Find the way out? [Arches an eyebrow.] How do you know this isn't just the new version of Discedo the scientists decided to dream up?

[Waves a hand, Marco's a pirate, paranoia is a big part of their business.]

I'm worried about the trolls. Eridan and the rest. [Shows him the conversation up to the part where Eridan suspiciously disappears.] I don't know if they're being hurt per se, but it screams of slavery.

It's not.

[Very certain there. He's tracked down the scientists enough to be sure of that. But he does look over that conversation before handing Marco his phone back. He could really use Japan right now if Japan weren't busy messing around in school.]

They don't have slavery here. We're humane, the great Discedean Empire bringin' mercy'n civilization to all. Didn't they teach you anything in kindergarten Marco?

[There's a smirk here, but it's the sort of smirk one wears when torturing people. It is not a very nice smirk.]

Read a newspaper. Think I might know some places they could be, I'll give a look around. If any of 'em call back do me a favor'n stop putting the fear of God into 'em.

[It hasn't escaped his notice Marco and Ace have a bad habit of saying too much. There's a difference between helping and causing a panic.]

How're your powers?

[Nods, and yet...] What they say and what they do are rarely one and the same Seifer. The Government claims slavery is illegal and that the Fishman Island is one of them, but they're ruled by tenryuubito who buy up fishman children just to torture them for their amusement, or sometimes if they're nice, as pets. And sorry if I don't think they're going to tell the little kids the truth about that, eh.

I'll read the papers though.

[Holds up a hand, trying for the millionth time to conjure his blue flames or turn into a phoenix. Marco has perfect control over his devil fruit. He's one of, if not the, only devil fruit users in the whole of his world who can completely control just exactly how much he wants to transform and where. He can fly. He can kick the ever loving shit out everything and anyone. He has it honed down that he can just conjure up little sparkles if he so chooses, or just the inner flames to keep him safe. And yet.... Nothing. It's just gone. No fiery blue feathers, no flames, no sparkles, he can't even do the most basic transformation and switch into a phoenix. His face might be deadpan, and his arm might be steady, but this is about as freaked out as Marco gets.] Nothing, eh. I don't feel drained like with seastone, there's just... nothing. [He didn't even have all the springtime problems or the ability to discern bird's chatter and talk back. It was just nothing.]

I won't leave anyone alone long enough to go through that. I want everyone by the end of the week.

[He means everyone. Every single person that was in that void with them. So maybe he's not Captain of the Watch in the old Discedo anymore. More than that maybe he lost the war back home. He doesn't care. He never said this farce was allowable. If he has to tear down the world order here to right this then so be it. Who's going to stop him?]

What weapons do you know how to use.

Good. [Nods with grim determination. He doesn't always like everyone from Discedo, but he can see them as all being on the same side and he doesn't intend to leave the trolls there to get hurt, even if so far it is just testing blood.]

[......] I kick. I don't my need my devil fruit to still break heads and buildings with it. I can do flips just fine without wings. For weapon variety you can check with Ace. I've seen him use just about everything from that mango-knife of his to giant axes bigger than himself. [True story bro.] But I've never used guns or swords. I left it up to Izou or Thatch and Vista.

Where do you think we'd get the weapons?

You'd better check that's still true first Marco. Things're different here.

[But he does reach up one sleeve and take out a gun he'd strapped there with a belt. Funny what things you'd find lying around...]

You haven't noticed our good friends the police everywhere? They've been real generous so far.

[He tosses the gun to Marco.]

I've got four more in the car. Give that to someone you think could use it. Me'n Anya'll worry about getting bigger toys.

[Running his fingers over the palm of his right hand though he does look down. Maybe a little hesitant.]

I don't think we're gonna find any gunblades at the local precinct though. You see one around... ... ...grab it for me will ya?

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I don't know what a gunblade is.

[Tuns the weapon around his hands. It's a good thing he never tuned Izou out.] Is it loaded?

Think we could get enough of these for the trolls and anyone else in there with them?

It's like a sword, but different. You'll know when you see one.

[Because it will probs be shooting at Marco. But Seifer's not counting his luck here. Gunblades seem to be a thing of his world for the most part.]

The safety's on. I ain't gettin' guns for anyone who doesn't know how to use'em, it'll only do more harm than good. See if you can't get Karkat'n ask him what weapons the trolls use.

Anything else?

So basically a sword that works like how Benn has a giant club that actually is a rifle, even if he prefers to smack people with it. Got it.

I'll ask.

If we're breaking out the trolls we're going to need more than what you can get by killing the random police here or there. Not to mention, you're going to draw a ton of attention like that. Marines don't like it when you flaunt defying them.

[That. Makes him look really disgruntled.]

I haven't killed anyone.

[Seriously after Japan accusing him of being reckless that's the last thing he wants to hear.]

Anya's with me. We'll work somethin' out. If we can't find a military depot one of the precincts around here ain't that bad.

[...Ah pause and then he sighs. He's not sure Marco will know what that is since his only involvement with military seems to be Marines and whatever the World Government is.]

Police headquarters. Between the two of us I think we can take one. If you've got somethin' else in mind though now'd be a good time to say it.

Whatever. [Marco doesn't actually have a problem with killing random police. This is Marco here.]

Wait until I get Ace to take on the police? I will always approve of dicking with them, but even without his devil fruit, Freckles is something of a genius at arson and mayhem, and I'm sure he'll want to hit them up too.

You planning to just go straight from the precinct to breaking loose the trolls? [Marco knows what police are. They're just the localized versions of law enforcement country to country and thus even less equipped at dealing with pirates.]

[Seifer is trying not to kill people, it's not working out very well... Also if he's frowning it's because he hates having to explain himself, this is why he and Ace have problems. He is just going to, take a seat. This looks like it's going to be a while.]

Marco, how much you trust this world?

None. It could be a memory, seeing as the crystals were showing Discedo's past. it claims it's Discedo, but... look around. It's nothing like it.

But asking me to trust anything that just takes me from my family is an impossibility.

You think this world's gonna be here tomorrow?

[A frown.] Maybe.

It seems a little like we've taken the place of people who were already here. Marco Newgate and his Pineapple Landscaping... but then where did they go? Think they're back in our Discedo?

No. [He's noticed a lot of things. Pieces that don't fit together. It's hard to believe he's one of a minority of blonds and Anya's the only pink-haired creature left in existence. The original Discedo never had any mention of non-humans. Accido... Dissimulo... Suffice to say Seifer read the news pretty damn thoroughly before going out and about.]

I don't think this is real. This is somethin' to do with Rika. I don't know what it is, but it can't possibly last. If you're countin' on this place to be around tomorrow Marco, I wouldn't. All of this could stop existing at any moment.

[He definitely does not want to go there again hurrrr definitely not.]

If you have Ace by the time Anya'n me are ready to move we'll take him, but I ain't waiting up on anything. We'll get the trolls the moment we can find'em, but I don't think time's on our side here. The sooner I can find us an exit outta this place the safer we'll all be.

Rika wouldn't want to cause something like this.

[Eyes narrow. By stop existing, he thinks it's like a dream. They'll just wake up.] What happens if time runs out?

All right, if I can't find Ace in time, I'll help you alone. I'm Marco, first division commander. I can act solo, I just like having my brothers in on the fun.

Just cause she wouldn't doesn't mean she didn't. Things happen in Discedo.

[Like being irresponsible and getting your chip out outside of the safehouse :T But okay as long as they are clear that this is SRS BSNS he stands back up]

I dunno what happens, but I don't want to be around to find out. Find as many people as you can, I'll check the hospitals'n some other places. See what I can pick up. I'll call you before Anya'n me make any moves.

[THERE IS A PAUSE and then:]

For all you're a real pain I trust you Marco.

[So don't make him regret it. He just waves and heads for the door. Time to get to work.]

If everything's going to hell, I'm not leaving without Ace Seifer. Whether that means going down with him or not.

[On the one hand, while he didn't blame himself for Ace's death, he couldn't forgive himself either.]

Just so you know. [Small sigh.] The three of us and anyone else you trust should keep lists of who we find and check in on, eh. In my experience... these things tend to all explode close to each other.

I trust everyone. [For all you are a bunch of lying liar pants he has to constantly pull the truth out of.] Nobody's gettin' left behind. You take your time they just get to miss out on all the fun parts.

[He crosses his arms, though he's not turning around.]

You really are as bad as Ace. Commander Nakama.

[OKAY HE IS DONE PICKING ON MARCO he will leave. ...But expect the name later sob.]

[Marco is definitely a giant lying liar pants. The problem is just that he says tiny lies, big wtf truths, and always deadpan so you can never tell.... He's also REALLY fucking glad right now that Seifer isn't looking at him because between being called as loyal as Ace (no higher honor ever) and that nickname, he's blushing worse than when Ace surprised him while making cookies.]

I'll take that as a compliment. [Just manages to say it in an even tone, but it's way more demur than normal.] I'll let you know what I find, eh.

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