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[paramecia]

[ Among the imported fighters this month there is a boy who is familiar to some and unfamiliar to many, with a straw hat dangling precariously from a string around his neck. Like a few before him, he appears to be upside down, though judging by the Super Saiyan 'do he's rocking, it isn't because he's technology inept, but rather because he's totally hanging upside down.

Those around the Initiative building will see him looking like he's about to go hurtling head-first towards the ground from the rooftop, and those who aren't are treated to a video post that is being filmed way, way too close to this guy's face. ]

Hey, about this fighting thing--sorry, I don't wanna fight for you guys! I'm a pirate, not a hero. Heroes are the guys who share all their meat, and I don't wanna be that guy! I wanna keep all the meat for myself!

I mean, I don't really get it, and the in-eat-iative lady said a lotta stuff I didn't understand? I'm strong, so I'll help out if I want to help out, but don't expect to be getting any of my meat from me.

[ He nods sage-like, like he's just expelled some great knowledge upon the awaiting masses.

Then he grins, holds a piece of paper so it's rightside up to the network, depicting... uh, people? Yeah, those are probably people. ]



I'm looking for these guys! It doesn't really matter if I find them because they're all strong enough to take care of themselves, but I'm getting hungry and I need some food before I starve to death! It's been almost an hour and I can feel my energy levels dropping already.

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[deathsought]

I felt the same way, upon arriving here, until I saw for myself that the lives of the United Earth hold no value.

[paramecia]

thats somthing i can decide for myself! il help if i want to help but if i odnt want to help im not going to help

[deathsought]

I don't want to help. I still don't. But I can't sit idly by while so many people are forced to suffer, least of all while I myself am denied the right to my own death.

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[100hearts]

[He stared. What was this picture of him? No, seriously. Strawhat better not have thought that was what he looked like.]

Strawhat-ya.

[paramecia]

[ Give him a moment, he's staring intently at his picture, to the screen, back to the picture and again to the screen before laughing-- ]

Yes, I knew it! I captured your likeness perfectly.

[100hearts]

You should stick to piracy and avoid becoming an artist.

[Law couldn't scoff any harder.]

What's this your crewmate told me? Nose-ya explained everything to me.

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[chore_boy]

[Coby had been drinking something and now it was all over the floor.]

Mister Luffy! Y-You're here!?

[paramecia]

Ehhh? Coby's here too?! Oiiiiiiii, long time no see!

[chore_boy]

A-Ah, I suppose! I heard you came to the New World! I heard a number of reports that you were dead!

[As a Marine he should have been disappointed, but Coby couldn't have been happier.]

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[mansopp]

Luffy! Where the hell have you been?! When did you get here?!

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[paramecia]

Usopp! I knew someone must have been around!

[paramecia]

Wait, what the heck happened to you, I've been up here starving for ages!

[mansopp]

Why are you up there, anyway?

[Rethorical question, Usopp knows there doesn't need to be an answer.]

What did you do with the money they gave you when you got here? You could have gotten some food with that!

[ Videomg that picture is beautiful ]

[celestial_wizard]

[ There is a long silence where Lucy is just ...staring at the picture trying to figure out what that even WAS - but one of the people she thinks she recognises! ... sort of. And trying not to laugh. ]

I think I've seen the person with the spotted hat before... earlier this month, actually. [ He was playing with a severed head at the time. Gross. ]

thank you i really tapped into my true artistic potential

[paramecia]

Yeah! I found him, don't worry. We're allied, so that means we're friends, and I always manage to find my friends. I'm also really high up, so if anyone walks past I'm definitely gonna see 'em!

[the_human]

What? Oh, lame, dude, don't be selfish! Heroes are the best things ever!

[paramecia]

No way! Pirates are the best things ever.

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[gunsling]

That sure was one hell of a metaphor just now, even if it sounds like it might have been more literal than first suggested.

Though hold up a minute! Did you just say you were a pirate?

[paramecia]

Of course I'm a pirate! Can't you see my hat?

[deathofempathy]

....So, as long as the Initiative gave you meat, you'd happily fight for them?

[Because that is. Pretty much what Hisoka gets from this, Luffy. You don't look like a fierce, scary pirate, sorry.]

As for your friends, I'm not sure if I've seen any of them yet, but maybe some might have shown up around the same time as you and you've just missed them.

[paramecia]

Yep!

[ and that's that. what kind of pirate turns down a free meal in exchange for kicking ass? not one luffy wants to meet ever. ]

No way, you're wrong. Look how high I am, I'd never miss one of my friends from up here!

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[bittertears]

Such a masterfully drawn work of art.

[not. really.]

[paramecia]

Thanks! I think I captured them all perfectly.

[ perfectly wrong. ]

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[worldswillburn]

Are you usually this simple-minded?

[paramecia]

Yes. Yes, I am.

[ at least he's honest. ]