fierybluebird | [Video, from Spero] In which pirates don eyepatches.

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[Video, from Spero] In which pirates don eyepatches.

Hey look everyone! Check out what I found at the hospital!

EYEPATCHES. I guess they got left behind since they aren't all that useful, but still, pretty spiffy, eh? [And he shows one off. The nice black one, not the gauzey once-white, now gross one. There's a few others in the background of the once-hospital room. Kind of more like a supply closet, and it's lit up with eerie blue flames.]

Anyone want one? They might be useful for exploring lots of ruins or caves or whatever. And I'm told they're the height of fashion.

[Height of fashion where exactly? Because pirates with eyepatches on the grand line are few and far between, but ah well whatever. Free stuff.] I'll even draw on little symbols if you want. [And if you don't give him requests, they will have his tattoo marked on all of them....]

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I see that Marco-san is doing well.

Aye.

How are things on your end?

Ah... Considering what we last spoke of, calm.

[...Nothing with America, yet. There was conflict with China, but he's wondering if it should be mentioned.]

[Yes it should. Unless it's major enough to make Marco leave and Japan doesn't want that, in which case waiting until it escalates perhaps.]

That's good. No problems on your way back either?

I would say not.

[He only says that because it's weird to stop and lock a conversation... Too obvious.

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Aside from being attacked by China-san. But it was handled.

[Deadpan and pleasantly smiling-ish.] Oh good. Lots of time for thinking then.

Oh? [ALL PLEASANT IS GONE. ALL OF IT. EVER.] Handled how? And why?

As always, yes.

Ah, while I tried to avoid him, we ended up speaking. It quickly turned into a fight, and then we went our separate ways...

I am fine, so do not worry.

100% fine, no problems? And do not lie to your nakama.

[There's a slow sigh and he changes it to video. There's probably a little bit left of the noticeable cut on his throat from China's hook swords. He heals quickly, but it had been the worse thing ~~that we logged out so far in advance~~]

I heal quickly, so I believe I will be fine. He was quite emotional, though... [And so he's bothered, but...]

Your voice is all right. [Nods and calms down out of the building rage that only an overprotective Whitebeard pirate could go so quickly into.]

What year is he from?

[He frowns.]

...1937. [Yeah, just three years before his own...]

So the "betrayal" was still fresh to him.

[Don't mind him... of away on dark thoughts.]

The idea of my betraying him is nothing new.

My capture of his former capital is.

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He's mad over tactics??

That is something I will never understand about countries, no offense. Some of the priorities are just too unfathomable.

Marco-san...

[That's spoken very seriously, and there's a dark look on Japan's face. All of the things he had done... How over the top he had gotten. It was a point in his history where he believed he had completely lost control of himself.

It was terrifying to look back on. He didn't want to admit to it. He just wanted to hide it, deny it, cover it up...

But there was clear regret on his face.]

You do not understand what I did. ... It does not matter.

[And Marco's expression softens, opposite of Japan's.]

Then tell me. It matters to you if I can see that much regret etched on your face.

Ah... [He trails off slowly. All that's in his mind are the scenes from that time. China from just earlier this week, yelling that he was a monster. From back then, too...

All of the horrible things that had happened, and China still followed... He still agreed to follow, why did--...

He's probably a bit pale now, yes he is dramatic like that]

...I can't. [There's no way he can say it...]

If you cannot face what you've done, it'll always be a weight behind you.

[Not that he wants to hear it told necessarily, just help Japan find a way to cut the weight off and move towards the future.]

[He ducks his head, barely on camera now.]

Then it is a weight I must carry. [He's not sure if he'll ever be able to fully admit the things he's been doing recently at home.]

Che. Will that change the past?

If it helps you remember not to do it again, gives you that reason to learn control; by all means, drag it along. But if it's only going to needlessly weigh at you, it does nothing for those who died to add to it.

[It's not... ... He doesn't think this applies.]

I believe... speaking to China-san may give a bit of insight. But just that. ...A 'bit.' [Nothing more.]

When you're in a business like mine -- of killing, you can't only understand the situation "a bit." You will fall then. Holding regrets, being weighted down, second thoughts, all of it...

If you can't cast them aside and fight for what you know you have to, you won't be at your best.

With resolution like that even I could defeat you.

I hate the marines, truly I do. If I could, I would kill a lot of them with my bare hands. But the reason they are such strong opponents is that they don't think they are wrong at all. They kill us single-mindedly with the purpose of trying to clean us from the future they want.

What kind of future do you want Japan?

The future... I would like a successful one. One without regret, yes.

But Marco-san, this is not about my goals. I truly believe in my ideas. My opinions are firm. I would not regret anything with that sort of control and motion.

...I do not look back on this moment proudly because it is a time where I lost control. A time where my goals were not what was in mind. All I could consider was my placement above China-san.

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I do not wish to talk about it any further.

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