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Smoker's return [Action / Video]

[The minute Smoker realizes he's back in Luceti, he gets his jitte. Like hell he's letting some pirate take it for a few months again. Then there's the basic things. A month's supply of cigars, and oh, isn't that nice of him, they even thought to get him a bunch of his own marine brand. They literally say marine on the little gold tabs, so surely no pirates would want to try them, right? Then it's off to get coffee, prowl around the general vicinity and head on home. As he's heading inside, the sheer amount of packages he's carrying jostles the journal open.]

Ikki, I have to thank you for the Cosmos-- Haki... [Annoyed growl. No Ikki. :| Figures. So he goes to open the journal for real and everyone can get a look at Smoker, two years later, no longer wearing his hair in ~~awesome~~ spikes, sunglasses, a giant scar, but still 100% Smoker.] Where the hell is Ikki? And how long have I been gone that he moved out? [He can tell Ikkk is still in Luceti, if not where, but what the hell man?] What's the date?

Right, to everyone else, I'm Vice Admiral Smoker. [Oh that's right, he uses his real title now. Watch out world.] As soon as I can, I'd like to get back into teaching jitte and kickboxing. Any old or new students, we'll meet at the barracks. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are open sessions, the other days can be scheduled for private hours or one on one sparring. If anyone spots a marine, let me know. Do not try to engage anyone from G5 in a regular conversation, they've earned their reputation as being pyromaniac psychos, just send them my way and I'll deal with them. [There is no affection to that. If anything "deal with them" sounds a little like "beat senseless and chain to a wall somewhere." Anyone want to laugh at him for his choice of command post?]

I assume we must be in a New Feather cycle, so welcome to Luceti. There are other people teaching forms of martial arts or filial magic, but unless the Drafts and missions have stopped -- which I doubt -- you'll want to take advantage of at least one form if you can.

All right, that's all.

[Feel free to action jump Smoker anytime before getting home, or right afterwards because he will be out and about being Smoker.]

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You're the one who is always talking about pirates and how they aim to ruin your world. How does that translate to "actually I don't want to go back"?

[Frowning. He waited when he was kidnapped for almost two months, but that was easy, his things were still around so he knew it was a matter of time he would return.]

Tch, it was nothing. But I doubt it helped you much anyway. You have gotten stronger.

Would you want to go back to where the world is ending? I know eventually I will, doesn't mean I'm in any hurry.

2 years in the New World will do that.

Hn... besides you're the only one who knows why I don't like Akainu.

The new Fleet Admiral. [For once his face doesn't give much away, but his tone is undeniable.]

Yes if I have a duty there. And we both do.

[Though in his case it's mostly because it's all he has after all. Without that, just what is he living for? Trapped here like a canary, growing older and older, older than those who died, older than his brother and the others who are still back at their world. The world ending would only make him want to go back even more because it's when he would be sure that he would have some use.

Ikki still frowns, still looks away, stubbornly. The mention of Akainu gains an expression of disdain and disgust, honestly, he doesn't know the man and he doesn't like him at all already.]

Why am I not surprised that he got the position after all.

[Is it too soon to consider that Smoker's world is doomed yet? And not because of the pirates he worries about so much.]

He fought with Aokiji over it. Literally fought... I had no idea it would come to that.

Aokiji lost though, or retired for whatever reason... Is he still in the Marines?

He lost, and no.

I wouldn't have stayed either.

[Snorts.]

Logia battles are very dangerous. Between two of the world's best... [Shakes his head.] It changes the entire landscape.

Though it doesn't look like I'll know the full extent until I go back.

Edited 2012-03-11 05:06 (UTC)

I hope they didn't change the landscape of anything important.

No, it's a waste-land thanks to Vegapunk's insane experiments.

[Who?]

Then now it's a more interesting waste-land, I suppose.

Very. Beats the hell out of me why Straw-Hat is bothering there.

Curiosity?

[Hey it's a guess as good as any other.]

From him... that's actually possible.

Grell is back around, have you met her yet?

What? Where? When did you see her? [Ears perk like a doggy.]

I haven't seen her. But I felt the return of her Cosmos, assuming I'm not guessing it wrong. But in that case it's someone you knew and spent lots of time with who has come back.

[Well, he will see her sooner or later if it's really her.]

So you don't know if she even remembers Luceti.

No, I don't. But it may not make a difference for you, I know we're different there.

It makes a difference.

Do relationships count if one half goes home and might not even remember? Hn. I think I asked this before.

Let's think it this way. If it was me who had lost his girlfriend and she returned with no memories of me but still being the same girl I fell in love with. Would you tell me to leave it be and ignore her or would you be kicking my ass in her direction to start again?

[Not that he's in that situation, or even in a position to ever be in that situation, thank you.]

[Flushes. Okay, yes, he knows he'd tell Ikki to go try anyway, and do exactly the kicking his ass until Ikki got in it.]

All right all right, I get your point. [But he's still red. If she doesn't remember, he should just start over, right? And then try from there? Is it cheating to use what he knows to help him out, or just smart? Does it matter? He's half tempted to go dash out and look for her already, but first things first.]

And speaking of which, how is everything with Kotomi-chan? She was worried about you, you know.

I don't see why she would be. I've talked with her every day and I just was with her, she gave me one of those starfishes her friends and her are handing around.

[No change in this front, sorry Smoker.]

Oh yeah, I got one from Fuuko too. Another one. I might run an ice cream stall at it. It wasn't so bad that one shift nearly a year ago... [A shrug.]

She was worried probably for the same reason I was. [The leaving and emoing. Yup.]

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