justicereigns | New Yurk Stock Exchange [Video Post]

I don't know what to make of this place. It's got moments of dead quiet and then-- [Cut off by a sudden stampede. Bears and bulls go running by and Smoker just dodges out of the way and climbs onto some high rocks and lets the laptop camera take it in. And then there's more of the stampede with men in business suits carrying briefcases and running desperately out of breath chasing the bulls and bears.] This is completely nuts... shit wait for it. [And then they all come running back again in the other direction they originally came from, the businessman running away from the rampaging bulls and bears.]

[Waits for the dust to settle and sighs.] So I guess the bulls are supposed to be on the stock exchange? In exchange for money or bears I don't know. But apparently something happened and it's all gone to hell. And anytime I lasso those men in suits away from their herd they just babble about needing to chase the bears and bulls and "dollar signs." I have no freaking clue what a dollar is supposed to be. Unless they use sand dollars for currency? I guess I could go dig some up to try to bribe one of them for information.

This is ridiculous. If this is supposed to be a punishment Sengoku, you made your goddamn point. Can I have a real assignment? They don't even have a boss to talk to. Tch. Who the hell wears a tux to deal with bulls? Stupid...

[Walks off back to shore and in the background the stampede starts up again.]

Oh Tsuzuki. Happy Birthday. Is the color okay?

[[ooc: reminder to Smoker's crew to check out the MM_SS crew post so you know what islands we're at. And SUPER EXTRA IMPORTANT REMINDER OF THE 7 SINS PLOT!]]

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Well you're what, ten? Eleven? And it seems like you've missed out on a huge chunk of childhood. How do you spent most of your days?

I am eleven and three months old!

Missing out? ...I know I am supposed to be at the dojo right now...

...

Sensei teaches us iaido, suburi, aikido... the martial arts. And after class, we have to do chores like keeping the dojo and bath and toilet clean, cooking, and washing our clothes. Then we get to play menko or onigokko and tell stories!

What are menko and onigokko?

Menko! Someone puts down a card with a picture on it, and then everyone throws their card over it, one by one, to try and flip it over. If you do, you get to keep both. The person with the most cards at the end of the game wins!

Onigokko is where one person is the oni, and we run away trying not to be caught!

So like marbles with cards. I see.

Ah.

Well, as long as you have fun.

Aside from wanting to go back to the dojo, are you okay?

It is kind of fun.

~~I do not know what happened, but there's a spot on my chest that hurts when I laugh or when I get really angry and then it gets kind of hard to breathe a little~~ ...I am okay, thank you!

Well it's something you like to do, isn't it?

~~..... A cracked rib?? Tell Lupin at least.~~

Yes. It's okay.

~~You can read this...??~~

Only okay?

~~Yes. It's not invisible. Just as you can see it.~~

It gets a little boring sometimes... I mean, I like it at the dojo, I am really honoured and lucky to be there... but... I miss home too.

~~Oh.~~

Understood. I wasn't the biggest fan of the town I grew up in either.

~~Did you get in a fight or something?~~

What do you mean? I like Shimagahara...

Well... the foreigners kicked down the door to the room I was in, on Tuesday, and I thought they were trying to attack me because they were grabbing me and trying to pin me down. They didn't really hurt me, though. I think I kind of woke up feeling weird like this when I first got stuck in this Grand Line place... but I do not remember getting injured when I sparred with Jinkuro last...

Right. More just that... well never mind.

The foreigners? Lupin and Jigen? They're your friends though.

...

They keep telling me that, and that they know me when I am older, but they have not done anything to help me get a boat. If they did not want me to think they were enemies when I first saw them, they should not have kicked down the door...

I never said they were good friends. From what I know, they're thieves and a general nuisance so they probably treat you like this when you're an adult too.

Any idea what island you're on?

Thieves...? Wow, so they are like my ancestor? Am I a thief, too, when I grow up?

No... I cannot read any of the signs. I'm sorry.

Yes. And yes and no. You're mostly a swordsman, but you've been known to do some thieving jobs, yes.

Oh? Hm... Well now that you know they're your friends in the future, are you still scared?

Am I a really strong swordsman...?

I'm not scared!!

Yes.

Worried?

...

Maybe a little. I... I just don't like it here... I miss home.

[ooc:[I'm aware of what it is, to us/readers - I was just going with how some characters don't seem to know the concepts 'Japan' and 'Japanese', and am being consistent with how, when Goemon first arrived at the Grand Line, he stated that he couldn't find many who spoke his language. I'm probably thinking too logically here again, hehe. Blah. It's nothing big.]

Even knowing you'll wind up there soon enough? There's not much to do, but sit and wait kid. You don't get to decide when you come here or leave I've found.

What about Jinen Sensei...?

I HAVE to go see him when I'm older, somehow! ...There has got to be a way!! I know I am going to find it if I keep trying!

I already said you get back there. As a kid. In a week from when you showed up here. There's no way I know of to speed that up any.

New Yurk Stock Exchange [Video Post]

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ooc: all the signs would be mostly Japanese and only some English

Really...? Odd. Well, let's pretend the only ones he has seen were in English.

ooc: One Piece is an anime. Technically everyone speaks Japanese we just fudge it here

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ooc: don't sweat it

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