justicereigns | [ voice ] Confiscating Pirate Ships, hello new feathers, teaching self-defense

Hello new feathers and old.

First off, I'm Captain Smoker. [Those who know otherwise can point out that he's a commodore, and that it doesn't even matter in this place.] I teach kickboxing, basic self defense, and jitte for anyone who would need it. I can also help spar against swordsmen if they're looking to expand their skills. Every so often a draft goes out taking people at random; kids and civilians alike, so even a little bit of practice can help. There are other self defense classes being taught so I'm sure we could work something out between teachers and create a formal schedule if need be.

Secondly, there's a lot of discussion about putting together a more permanent form of police or watch group to deal as first responders to threats to the village. Since that doesn't seem like something that will get worked out too easily, I'd like to suggest making a safe haven of the barracks. Anyone who can't or doesn't want to fight could safely put there in emergencies and defenders could keep watch.

On a different note; Jack Sparrow I'm confiscating your ship. Your previous acts of piracy here in Luceti have shown you're not to be trusted with one. Now let that be a lesson to other would-be pirates here.

[ooc: yeah, no, even Smoker doesn't expect that to work so feel free to tell him to fuck off. He just promised to give it a try, and he misses beating up pirates =\ Anyways, please do yell at him for overstepping bounds, though he really won't give a fuck.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

And that's exactly the reason I still tolerate you.

...touché. Very observant of you to notice.

[No. No, he suspected as much, which is the other reason he continues prodding the man.] Let me guess, you take them in alive but never unharmed then. ...and what kind of a nickname is "Straw-Hat"?

Now if only the rest of them would take notice.

If I'm strong enough to bring them in unharmed, I'll do it, for the challenge. My devil fruit generally affords me that strength, but if they resist, I'll oppose and give chase. Simple as that.

And that's his bounty poster name. He never goes anywhere without the hat. Apparently a pirate emperor gave it to him though. Most of the bounty names aren't that clever. Whitebeard, Red-haired Shanks, Cat Burglar Nami, things like that.

That'd require the rest of them having enough brain power to do so.

It's really kind of black and white, isn't it? Perhaps the only thing that is so.

...you're joking. That's so...they all sound like idiots! I give up all hope I ever had for your world, which, by the way, wasn't exactly much.

[Snerks.] True enough.

Pretty much... and admittedly, even then I have some exceptions.

[Just laughs outright at that.] They are idiots. I'd say maybe their bounty names are to point that out, but since they wear it with pride and a bunch of the marine nicknames are equally stupid, I'll just concede things in my world aren't named intelligently. [And that is why he'd rather have Smoker as a name than some of the other options.]

What are the exceptions?

Apparently not. At least yours is a bit more normal...and only one word. It's still a bit odd but it's tolerable. Do they have to have bounty names, or do they choose to?

I don't usually know until they happen, but that's the point. Treating all situations as automatically the same is lunacy.

Well... hn. My marine nickname is actually "White Hunter." [Oh the irony of both of those being real names... vs Smoker which isn't.] Pirates don't usually pick their bounty name, it's just something the marines working on the bounties come up with to describe them for civilians. It's not like we can give out the whole information file, so they try to use identifiable tidbits to make them easier to hunt down. Sometimes they reference fighting styles for the sake of bounty hunters. Like Black Leg Sanji reminds people of Red Leg Zeff, only the idiot cook wears suits instead of just getting his legs red with blood. Sort of a code.

All right, all right. I get it.

[A pause. He's definitely trying to figure this out. There's also a brief pause because he's vaguely familiar with the name Sanji.] Fair enough, I suppose. Nicknames function the same in all worlds. Yours just happen to be a bit stranger.

Which is fitting since my whole world seems to be a bit stranger.

Well...at least you have this place.

For whatever that's worth. It's reassuring about the rest of the universe... or universes I suppose.

And if reassurance is all there is, I suppose we have to deal with it.

Could be worse. I don't exactly have a lot of hope for the future of my world, but if other places can make it work, it's something.

[ voice ] Confiscating Pirate Ships, hello new feathers, teaching self-defense

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]