St. Poplar

[justicereigns]

Damn brass think they can tell me what to do. Tch. Finally got the orders clearing a ride over St. Poplar. Who here has been there before?

I can't take another minute in Water 7. If I don't find some pirates to hunt soon... Picking off Mello's attackers hardly counts as an appetizer.

I'm taking the sea train over and staying a couple days. No one but Tashigi has to come along but anyone who wants to should. Allen I know is coming. Karen? You still interested? Nataku too. Zenigata and Lady if you feel like it. And Lavi it's a good chance to see a new city. Did you get that information we talked about?

I think I need to get some breakfast. Anyone got recommendations or something? And some painkillers wouldn't go amiss.

Also. The ship should be fixed soon. Any last minute buying trips you'd better finish up now.

Comments

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

Well I say, word certainly travels fast. I would have thought the marines didn't even know yet since they haven't even updated my wanted poster in the last 50 years, but I suppose that those posters may just be an underfunded department. So, why should it matter to you whether or not I'm with the Straw Hat pirates, hmmm? Have a secret crush on one of us perhaps? I must warn you though, if it's me, I may be a bit too shy for you. Yohohoho!

Ah, but perhaps I should properly introduce myself to you Tashigi-san. My name is Brooke the bard, and it's an absolute pleasure to make your acquaintance. Would you perhaps like a song to lift your spirits?

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

N-no thank you, I am fine...

Too bad >_>

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

♪~Where there is smoke, there is fire!
It’s some sort of unstoppable burning desire,
Because baby when there is smoke, there is a fire~♪

♪~You can't resist the lure of the flame,
and the flame really needs a smoke,
that you can't see this is a real shame,
but your passion keeps your burning love stoked~♪

♪~Where there is smoke, there is fire!
It’s some sort of unstoppable burning desire,
Because baby when there is smoke, there is a fire~♪

FFF. I AM NOT GOING TO TOUCH THIS. STRIKES ARE unreadable.

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

... Err, t-thank you, Brooke-san...?

Perhaps you should be singing this to Smoker-san.

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

Why thank you lady Tashigi! I thought that since you were the one who inspired me to write it, I would share it with you first. Do you think Smoker might like it? I'm hoping to make it up to him since he seemed to hate me for my last two songs.

By the way would you perhaps answer another question for me? I thought I should ask for permission to ask since people always seem to get angry at me when I ask questions.

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

... Yes, I think he would like it. Most definitely...

But, h-huh?

... Of course...? Go right ahead, Brooke-san.

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

Oh what a relief. Then I shall work to complete it as soon as possible! Maybe Smoker will stop threatening to put my head on his jitte like some sort of trophy! Yohohoho!

Thank you for being so understand Lady Tashigi!

If you were suddenly transported to the sun because of an evil scheme devised by an evil Russian chicken and asked to take off your clothes and make love to the burning flames and then recite the presidents in alphabetical order by their middle name while juggling 11 midgets holding soda cans between your two front teeth that will be operated on by 86 evil Czechoslovakian dentists named Farkus who got their degrees studying the taste buds of Tom Selleck at a college named after some guy who wasted away his life by eating pork grinds naked in his mom's basement while searching for pictures of Kirsten Dunst to use for purposes that cannot be explained by the 1972 Junior High class of some school that no one cares about in Eastern Idaho where woodland creatures choose to spend their lives trying to recreate some bad 1940's soap opera instead of frolicking happily in the woods, would you prefer chocolate ice cream or vanilla?

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

.... V-vanilla.

And yourself, Brooke-san?

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

Wow... you know, nobody has ever asked me that before. It is quite remarkable though that every person I've ever asked this question to has answered vanilla. I suppose I would like vanilla too.

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

W-well, there's a first time for everything, now isn't there, Brooke-san?

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know about that. For instance nobody has said they'd like chocolate Ice cream yet, and I rather doubt you will ever show me your panties. Yohohoho!

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

P-perhaps, you have never asked them if they'd like S-strawberry or chocolate, you don't know if they would answer any differently, Brooke-san...!

And A-ah... No, that I don't think will ever happen, I a-apologize, Brooke-san.

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

No, no, it has to be chocolate of vanilla. Although I doubt I could truly explain to you why.

Oh no, no need to apologize! It's nice enough of you to still be willing to speak to me as a friend afterwords! Yohohoho!

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

B-but again... You don't know if you don't try, do you?

And... if y-you're sure, Brooke-san. You seem nice enough, even if you're a pirate.

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

Well that's why I'll still keep asking, but if I broadened it to strawberry it would be so long that nobody would want to read it, and if I took out vanilla, why then I would be changing one of the variables and I couldn't be scientifically accurate.

Hmm... I wonder if Smoker would torture and kill me slowly if I asked you for a date friendly spar? I'd promise to be on my best behavior as long as there's no sea stone involved. Something tells me that might kill me considering my devil fruit is the only thing keeping me alive.

[swordsofjustice.livejournal.com]

Well, that's true enough... Why don't you ask two questions? Or a-alternate between the two?

... I doubt he would approve, Brooke-san, nor can I accept as it is my duty to arrest pirates. And you being a pirate, and me sparring against you would have to end with you in jail.

[justicereigns]

... Brooke what the hell are you doing?

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

Singing? What else would I be doing?

[justicereigns]

About smoke and fire. In my journal. To my ensign. Do you try to piss me off?

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I was running it by her first since I wasn't sure whether or not you'd like it. But... umm... SURPRISE!! I was working on a new song for you since you seemed to not like the other two I made for you! Yohohoho!

ooc: Closest he'll get to admitting he kinda really likes it :|

[justicereigns]

.....

ooc: closest Brooke will come to being able to understand that :|

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

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[justicereigns]

It's not the worst song you've made.

[tapdancinskelly.livejournal.com]

Really?! Thank you!!! I promise, I'll work on finishing it right away!

[justicereigns]

Hn. You don't have to go that far.