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justicereigns) wrote2011-07-22 02:34 am
justicereigns) wrote2011-07-22 02:34 am
[ 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.]
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.]
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Can't say I blame you. People here tend to be...difficult when it comes to trying to plan. You have a good start, but you could always get someone else to organize everything further before taking charge again.
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Nah, I'm just going to look for the people with enough guts to throw their two cents in and let them hammer it out. Maybe remind them when they need to do something.
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They've been talking about a system like this since before I came, but it's a lot like the Malnosso specifically pick people who all go their own way rather than work together. I'm like that myself, so I get it, but for the ones who aren't, seems like the best time to get it going is with fresh faces. People who don't see it as "this is the way things already are" and before the next shift has time to happen.
Although teaching jitte to kids I've been doing for months, just no one noticed. Oh, a few said it was irresponsible to teach kids who could get hurt, but maybe kids in their worlds don't have sports they're just stuck in bubble wrap until their teens. [Snorts.] The only thing that's changed there is now there's been enough Drafts that people know a bloody nose is the least of concerns.
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Taking advantage of the current situation with the new feathers. That's one way to utilize your resources. Besides, what with how long everyone else has been here, that's about the only chance you have. Has anyone stepped up yet, or are you still waiting?
[There's an echoing snort of his own.] No one is safe here. There could be a war inside the actual village again any moment and if people weren't prepared, what then? At least they seem to understand now. [Of course, he's also thinking of the war going on in his own world. Would he be alive now if he didn't know how to defend himself and fight? Probably not.]
What exactly is jitte though?
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Correct. Some seem to think even preparing defense against violence is inviting it, but I'm partial to the idea that burying one's head in the sand does nothing except suffocate.
A jitte an anti-sword weapon. A blunt polearm that's best for defense and capture rather than killing or maiming.
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Also correct...I'd rather be able to defend myself than be without the scars I have. [There's a sudden pause though, because it's not quite what he meant to articulate. The message is right, but he was hoping the words would come out more vague and less implying.] If they want to get their heads blown off because they won't learn, fine. But I'll keep mine on my shoulders for now.
...so...you fight with a pole. What, you hit people over the head with it?
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Likewise. I'm not about to start forcing anyone to learn who doesn't want to, but if someone wants to defend themselves they should be allowed.
... Heh. More or less, though there's a little more finesse involved than that. The tine is used to capture limbs and press in against vital organs. Extremely painful, but rarely lethal or permanently injuring.
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Theoretically you could force them to learn if you told them it'd save them from dying. It'd be enough incentive. But I digress.
...that sounds a bit...unpleasant. Okay, never mind, more than a bit. Entirely unpleasant. How well does that actually work though in comparison?
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That's not really force. If anything, aren't the Malnosso forcing them to choose between learning or dying? Tch...
I find jittes work best. Until Straw-Hat Luffy escaped, I had a perfect record of capture. Even on the Grand Line I captured hundreds of high-bountied lowlifes. And I take them in alive. More challenge, more fun. [Oh right, did you think he was a perfect good guy? Because uh he's pretty much crazy...]
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...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"?
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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.
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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.
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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.]
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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?
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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.
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[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.
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