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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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[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

...Hey Marco, it's going to be okay. I mean, these bodies... they can't be real.

[fierybluebird]

Yeah... of course.

[But he looks troubled nonetheless.]

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

Look, I knoww this because there isn't any wway the body I found of my owwn lusus earlier could havve been him. I wwas there wwhen he died, he didn't die from a harpoon.

[fierybluebird]

You found your lusus too?

FUCK. I hate this place right now. What is the point of this? Just to fuck with our heads?!

[As a pirate, it's not like Marco has clean language, but he does usually refrain from swearing that much. It's a mark of how frustrated he really is.]

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

To get our guard dowwn. Luckily for them, I'm not. Exactly fazed by his body. I mean, he was crushed by a meteor and in pain...

[fierybluebird]

[Winces and tightens a one-armed wing-hug on Eridan's shoulders reflexively.]

Yeah... definitely not real.

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

Plus, Marco. I don't think anythin here could havve killed your lusus. He's quite large and wwould go unchallenged around here, naturally.

[fierybluebird]

I suppose... that's how he was when he died though.

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

[Eridan sighs a little, and glimpses up at Marco. Had he been anything but a troll, it might have been some sort of sympathy. But instead it's just his own little warning before punching Marco in the arm.] Stupid... if wwhat I knoww about human lusus are true, he wwouldn't havve wwanted you to drowwn yourself!

[fierybluebird]

Yeah yeah... I know. [Switches the hug to leaning on Eridan's head -- careful of the horns.]

I wasn't thinking. Sorry for worrying you matey.

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

...so you can't swwim?[dkgdkfj He is not a handrest!!! Rude!!!]

[fierybluebird]

Not at all. I'm a phoenix. Flames don't burn well in water, eh.

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

Eh. I alwways wwondered if it wwas a univversal thing if land dwwellers can't swwim

[fierybluebird]

Of course not. I'm not a landlubber. I just had to give up swimming for flying and near immortality.

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

wwell by land dwwellers you knoww i mean people wwho cant livve underwwater

[fierybluebird]

I can live in the air. Mostly. [Sticks his tongue out.] Besides I've been to Fishman Island plenty of times.

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

Air breather. [Scoffs a little.] I can live underwwater, you knoww.

[fierybluebird]

I know Lightning. [Ruffles.] Strong royalty like that, eh?

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

Naturally. I mean, there's a reason only sea dwwellers can swwim in our race.

[fierybluebird]

So I've heard.

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

But anywways the point is, don't jump into the wwater badass. Or I wwill classify you as fuckass wwith Ace.

[fierybluebird]

Oi oi... Ace isn't that bad. And it wasn't like I tried to drown.

But thanks for getting me out Lightning. You ever need a favor, you know who to call, eh?

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

He tried to set me on fire. Can't blame a troll for dislikin him.

[He nods, taking off his scarf and wringing it out of water finally.] Noww, about your earlier statement needin strong swwimmers.

[fierybluebird]

[Laughs.] You tried to set him on fire first--

Oh. Yeah! Go figure... that was ironic timing... [Rubs the back of his neck.] The currents are weird here because the cave in for that under-ground train is probably here. If we can fix that up, we should be able to get the train to Spero running again.

[lonelyglub.livejournal.com]

After he insulted me! [True story Marco, whether you choose to believe so or not. He crosses his arms and huffs.] So you wwant some cave fixed?