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[fierybluebird]

[Marco's voice starts off cheerfully enough.]

Hey everyone, I think I found the place where the cave-in for the train-thing is. The currents here are pretty weird so if we can get ... some ... strong swimmers then...

[He starts trailing off, obviously seeing something.] Pops...? [His voice is quiet, barely audible. It's not possible, he knows it's not, he watched the man die. So it's just like Luffy's food and an illusion. Has to be. But then it gets stronger.] POPS!! [He starts running, sandals hitting the wood of the deck.] Pops... [This time he just sounds anguished. And then suddenly there's a splash. Uh where did Marco go?]

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[kungfublackfrog.livejournal.com]

It's good to have people you care about with you for something like this.

[Even though it's not video, he turns away, a familiar feeling starting to boil with in him.]

...this place...it brings out the worst doesn't it?

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[redcinemareel]

[Seriiusly, Marco? Grell continues to watch, because reapers really should involve themselves into the lives of humans, even though it's fun.

Hasn't Japan saved him yet? Should Grell save his sorry backside? He would totally owe her--

...oh...OH YES. Going to go save him now and hang it over his head later. With a sigh, she takes off her coat and disappears.

THIS WATER IS COLD GOOD FATES.]

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[fierybluebird]

I don't think so. [Ruffles Japan's head.] Pops had a lot of enemies. There are people who will see his death as an opportunity to try to kill us. I couldn't even protect us alone, Shanks had to deal with Kaidou, and there are hundreds other like him. It's a shark eat shark world where the seakings will wind up eating all the sharks no matter how they fight.

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[fierybluebird]

He's... he's gone. I lost him... again.

Sorry. I ah-- it'll be okay, eh?

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[asideglance.livejournal.com]

I am not speaking of that. [He takes that hand that was ruffling him and holds it HUFF HE IS NOT A KID]

I meant that Marco should be at peace with himself. ...Peace in terms of violence... I am not sure that that is possible. But peace of mind is different.

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[fierybluebird]

[Kicks a bunch of bodies forcibly overboard.]

Do you think I'm calm? Half of my father's head was taken off by the same man who killed my best friend. Then our old enemy, someone who used to be a friend, a nakama, used every dirty trick in the book to kill him. And I couldn't do a thing because he ordered me to stay back. I am not calm.

But I have people to protect. My brothers need me. I refuse to break.

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

Aye... they're my strength.

Hn. That it does.

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[fierybluebird]

Peace of mind, eh? How do I do that? I want to keep my family safe.

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[asitneverwas.livejournal.com]

[Michelangelo is thoughtful a moment before speaking.]

I could learn a lot from you, Marco.

I will do what I can not to break further. I need to be strong for the one brother I have here... so we can make amends and save our world.

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[asideglance.livejournal.com]

You understand how it is you can keep them safe. Ah.. I am not sure if I can put it properly into words...

But Marco will manage. And he will grow even stronger because of it, I am certain.

[action]

[straw_hat]

[He pats Marco's shoulder, and faces him.]

....you.....gonna be okay?

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[fierybluebird]

Aye. [Ruffles Japan again, but it's more for Marco's sake as he finds it soothing.]

Thank you Bushido.

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[fierybluebird]

Mn... [Just sort of grunts and nods vaguely.]

He went the way he wanted to, but it doesn't make it any easier.

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[fierybluebird]

[And Marco's still trying to reach for his Pops, even though he knows he's dead.]

[voice][private]

[fierybluebird]

That's right.

[Sighs and calms back down, perching somewhere, and his tone is a little hollow, but certainly calmer and less explosive again.] We live for our friends, eh.

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[redcinemareel]

[Grell looks around beneath the watr, thankful that she doesn't breathe, and finds the idiot bird brain sinking further and further. She dives down more, unaware of just how dangerous open waters like this are.

She grabs his foot, not so gently either.]

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[straw_hat]

.....we'll be here for you.

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[asitneverwas.livejournal.com]

[Michelangelo gives a heavy sigh.]

Yes. Live and fight for them. For them and their memory.

Even so... I can't help but want to make someone hurt for this.

[The voice feed cuts out a moment before returning.]

I need to bury him. Marco, I'll keep my head on my shoulders from now on.

And I'll try to be there for you instead of you always settling me.

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[fierybluebird]

Th-thanks kiddo. [Puts Luffy's hat over the big eyes and ruffles black hair. More for Marco's sake than not since it's soothing.]

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[asideglance.livejournal.com]

[He likes the ruffles so it's okay... Anyway he's looking concerned again.]

Are you alright?

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[fierybluebird]

Aye. And it's all right... I've got my nakama to pull me back from the brink, eh? [Swallows the lump in his throat.] Go look after him.

[rules_the_north]

...Y' okay?

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[fierybluebird]

[He would seriously try to kick her off thinking it was a tentacle monster, but he can't move and he's starting to go unconscious. So his foot is all hers.]

[fierybluebird]

Hn...

My Pops was...

Like Denmark. Except... as he was after Marineford.

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[fierybluebird]

Shook up. [Surprisingly being honest about it and just glomps Japan.] I never thought I'd see him again... and definitely not like that.