New Yurk Stock Exchange [Video Post]

[justicereigns]

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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[needs-a-plan.livejournal.com]

You believe in God? How? You know a guy whose father is a god and whose girlfriend is the daughter of the goddess. The people on this ship fought and defeated a god, who was omniscient and had lightning powers. There's a guy here who was once the opponent of a man who had the powers of a god of death. I know a girl personally who's a grim reaper, one of many, and hasn't seen anything to indicate that people go to Heaven or Hell as the church describes them. And on top of that, plenty of people here believe in more than one god at once, so announcing that there's only one real God is kind of a dick move, if you ask me. You can't know that, and there's a lot of evidence to support that it's false.

Besides, even if I WAS only a living idol with massive sociopolitical power and influence over an entire nation, what do you have rule over, a ship? How many people, a few dozen? You have a BOSS. I rescued an entire people with a boat, two assistants, and a plan I made up myself. No, I haven't captured any pirates or broken up any crime rings; just subverted the efforts of an ENTIRE ARMY. I'm sure you could do better.

[justicereigns]

Frankly Tulio, I once again don't give a damn.

George herself has said they crossover into the light. I've had a young woman work with my ship who also was a shinigami. She's said herself there's no heaven or hell as defined by Catholicism, but I've also known Karen, and half of my crew who are Catholic and have seen more than, I expect, most people. Tsuzuki is likewise, dead and has met the King of Hades. But maybe you haven't noticed yet, it's a pretty big universe with a lot of differences world to world or versions of world to another. I don't really care that much about what happens when I die; just how I run my life now.

Are you really that pissy just because I don't think you're a god? Mm-hm. Good luck with that, my opinion isn't changing from this. You claimed I haven't done anything worthwhile, I already told you otherwise, now shoo.

[needs-a-plan.livejournal.com]

...So what you're saying is that, in spite of all that, you're automatically right anyway.

And you said that you'd accomplished more in the past six months than I had in my entire life. Yeah, I took offense to that, because it was wrong. So I stated my case. If you still think you're that successful in comparison, hey, feel free to act condescending all you want.