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[justicereigns]

Age is just a number. 34. 35. Close enough, right?

[There's a drunk slur to his words followed by the clink of rocks being stacked and summarily falling over.]

Damn it! These rocks are defective. [As opposed to functional rocks?] Tashigi!

[....] Oh right. She's not here. Tch. Maybe a whole rum cake wasn't such a great idea after all.

[This has been a public service announcement. Don't drink and post folks. Anyone looking to find our drunk White Hunter might find him stomping around the dark, looking for non-defective... rocks. He's also carrying around a bottle of Rhum brand rum. And he's a prime target for messing with. Happy Birthday Smoker.]

Comments

[lostinmyway]

Oh, why not?

[justicereigns]

Because. They don't deserve good things.

[lostinmyway]

That's not very nice. Everyone deserves good things.

[justicereigns]

Not them.

[lostinmyway]

But then they'll be sad. [With Smoker drunk and Grune sober, this might end up a bit...circular.]

[justicereigns]

[So very circular. But that's okay, half of his discussions are like that anyway.]

Good.

[lostinmyway]

That's not very nice.

[justicereigns]

I don't have any reason to be nice to them, and plenty not to be.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, but you should always be nice to other people. It makes the world a better place.

[justicereigns]

I'll leave that to you. And you can leave the rounding up the less than nice to me.

How many times can we say "nice"?

[lostinmyway]

Oh, and then you can show them how to be nice.

Apparently way too many.

[justicereigns]

I was thinking something else... but sure. Maybe. I guess.

[lostinmyway]

[She gives him a brilliant smile.] I'm sure they'll be very grateful.

[justicereigns]

I don't need grateful pirates.

[Sighs.]

[lostinmyway]

Oh, why not? If they're grateful, then they'll want to make you happy.

[justicereigns]

The only thing that a pirate could do to make me happy is follow justice and that isn't going to happen.

[Straw-Hat saving his life notwithstanding, that didn't make him happy so much as frustrated and confused.]

[lostinmyway]

If they're truly grateful, it will happen. [She believes this 100%.]

[justicereigns]

And why would they be grateful?

[lostinmyway]

Because you were nice to them. [Said as though she's just delivered an unshakable conclusion.]

[justicereigns]

Not everyone is grateful for that.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, really? [Puzzled Grune is puzzled.]

[justicereigns]

Correct.

[lostinmyway]

Hmm. That's strange.

[justicereigns]

Not everyone is nice either. It stands to reason that someone who isn't nice won't --

[Facepalms, sighs, and grumbles.]

Not everyone is the same.

[lostinmyway]

That's right--that's what makes the world so much fun! [She's kind of taking away the wrong message here. Just a bit.]