I see. Only four of you? And I take it you're all descendants of Aang? Are you trying to restore the scrolls and history?
And who are the Equalists, why did they tie you up and invade?
All right, of all the people in Luceti who've eaten devil fruits... First you have to know there are three types. Zoans can turn into an additional animal species, Logia are elements like fire and smoke, magma, or ice, and paramecia are the most diverse and there are lots of them.
White Hunter Smoker, myself, marine vice admiral: Smoke Logia. Fire-Fist Portgas D. Ace, 2nd division commander of the Whitebeard pirates: Fire Logia. Phoenix Marco, first division commander of the Whitebeard pirates*: Mythical zoan phoenix. Death Surgeon Trafalgar Law, captain of the Heart Pirates*: Operating Room paramecia Straw Hat Monkey D. Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat Pirates: Rubber paramecia. Demon Woman of Ohara Nico Robin, archaeologist of the Straw Hat Pirates: Blossom paramecia -- it means she can duplicate body parts like flower petals. Humming Brook, musician of the Straw Hat Pirates: Revival paramecia -- Actually I'm not completely certain on his. He's a skeleton now though. Ghost Princess Perona, formerly of Gecko Moria's crew: Ghosts or "hollow" paramecia.
[**Notes! Smoker is aware of Marco's recent upgrade in leadership since Whitebeard's death, but with Ace around, he's unwilling to flaunt that, just as Marco doesn't introduce himself as a captain either. He's also aware of Law's move from pirate to shichibukai, but Law's not updated and he doesn't want to be the one to give it away.]
However, many strong pirates do not have devil fruits at all, such as Mihawk, Shanks, and the rest of Straw Hat's crew here. Nico Robin should be renamed because politically making her the survivor of Ohara just strengthens the Revolution's cause, and for bounty hunters or marines it does nothing to explain her devil fruit.
In Luceti of shichibukai we only have Mihawk right now. We had Hancock and Blackbeard in the past, however. [Which is what gave him time to work on that awesome impression ;)]
Hawk-eyes Mihawk, Bartholomew Kuma, Boa Hancock, and Don Quixote Doflamingo are still in the shichibukai. Gecko Moria died, and Crocodile, Jinbei, and Blackbeard defected, so their bounties are reinstated -- and added to now -- and they're considered as much an enemy of the World Government as all the other pirates, maybe more. There are three more shichibukai now, but I can't say who they are yet. [Half because ooc his mun doesn't know yet, and half because ICly, he doesn't want to give it away for people two years behind.] You become a shichibukai by being a strong infamous pirate captain and they send a letter. I've heard Portgas was offered the position multiple times, but sent back the messages on fire when he refused. At any given time there can only be seven. Which is what the "shichi" stands for.
Some of them helped a little at Marineford, but not because they wanted to help defend the world or protect it. Boa Hancock destroyed more marines than pirates, and Gecko Moria used marines' shadows -- that was his devil fruit. Crocodile and Jinbei wound up helping Whitebeard of all things, Blackbeard was just a complete wild card. No sides expected him to do what he did. Kuma did help against Whitebeard, but that's complicated, because he's sort of a robot now, and I still think he's more allied with Dragon's Revolution than not.
Shanks might know what One Piece is, but no guarantees there. No one's found it yet, because no one's reached Raftel since Roger did it. If someone succeeded, the whole world would know about it. And that's where the war comes in. Whatever they find, they're going to have to fight for, every bit as much as just getting there. And yes, all sides would probably be involved. It would get extremely messy. And hopefully won't ever happen.
I wouldn't say Straw Hat's like an Avatar. His goal isn't to restore peace or balance, and he's not a hero. He's just the man who wants to become the next Pirate King. That alone has a lot entailed. [He totally approves of her calling Luffy by his bounty name though. Now if he can just corrupt others into it...]
Impel Down is pirate prison. There are several prisons throughout the world, but the worst offenders go to Impel Down. It used to be impenetrable. It even held Colossal Battleship Sanjuan Wolf -- a giant about the size of a mountain -- until Blackbeard broke him free.
Punk Hazard is an island in the New World. It's off-limits because it was destroyed and still has some poison from the explosion left over. It was used as the site for Aokiji and Akainu to fight over who would be the next marine fleet admiral. That's what happened to Aokiji, my former boss. He was in line to become the next fleet admiral, but Akainu -- also known as Sakazuki, did really well at Marineford. There was a strong push for more Absolute Justice, something stronger to deal with the pirates who are getting more out of control every year, and especially in Whitebeard's absence. [Up to now, Smoker's been pretty factual, no emotions about most of it, just stating facts. Here, it's still factual, but a lot sadder sounding.] They decided to duel over who would be the next Fleet Admiral and run the marines. Over which kind of justice which rule the new era. Sakazuki won, Kuzan lost. And yes, I think the Republic City Council sounds a bit like the World Government. They were the ones supporting Sakazuki in this case.
[Shakes his head, rolling back the history dial about two and a half years.] I met Dragon at Loguetown when he stopped me from arresting a small-name rookie pirate. At the time, I just wanted to know why the most wanted man in the world was even taking an interest in something so out of the way and obscure. I didn't find out until Marineford that Straw Hat is Dragon's son. That tends to be a pattern with Straw Hat and I. I cornered him in Loguetown, he got rescued by Dragon. I cornered him in Alabasta, he got rescued by Portgas. I cornered him in Marineford, he got rescued by Boa Hancock.
As for maps, the world isn't all mapped yet, even if it was, you can't sail the Grand Line with normal compasses because each island has its own magnetic field. But let me see what I can do to explain some of it...
[He starts sketching a bunch of stuff into the journal (see next comment)]
video; 1/2 -- fufufu XD /educates all of Luceti by teaching one B)
And who are the Equalists, why did they tie you up and invade?
All right, of all the people in Luceti who've eaten devil fruits... First you have to know there are three types. Zoans can turn into an additional animal species, Logia are elements like fire and smoke, magma, or ice, and paramecia are the most diverse and there are lots of them.
White Hunter Smoker, myself, marine vice admiral: Smoke Logia.
Fire-Fist Portgas D. Ace, 2nd division commander of the Whitebeard pirates: Fire Logia.
Phoenix Marco, first division commander of the Whitebeard pirates*: Mythical zoan phoenix.
Death Surgeon Trafalgar Law, captain of the Heart Pirates*: Operating Room paramecia
Straw Hat Monkey D. Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat Pirates: Rubber paramecia.
Demon Woman of Ohara Nico Robin, archaeologist of the Straw Hat Pirates: Blossom paramecia -- it means she can duplicate body parts like flower petals.
Humming Brook, musician of the Straw Hat Pirates: Revival paramecia -- Actually I'm not completely certain on his. He's a skeleton now though.
Ghost Princess Perona, formerly of Gecko Moria's crew: Ghosts or "hollow" paramecia.
[**Notes! Smoker is aware of Marco's recent upgrade in leadership since Whitebeard's death, but with Ace around, he's unwilling to flaunt that, just as Marco doesn't introduce himself as a captain either. He's also aware of Law's move from pirate to shichibukai, but Law's not updated and he doesn't want to be the one to give it away.]
However, many strong pirates do not have devil fruits at all, such as Mihawk, Shanks, and the rest of Straw Hat's crew here. Nico Robin should be renamed because politically making her the survivor of Ohara just strengthens the Revolution's cause, and for bounty hunters or marines it does nothing to explain her devil fruit.
In Luceti of shichibukai we only have Mihawk right now. We had Hancock and Blackbeard in the past, however. [Which is what gave him time to work on that awesome impression ;)]
Hawk-eyes Mihawk, Bartholomew Kuma, Boa Hancock, and Don Quixote Doflamingo are still in the shichibukai. Gecko Moria died, and Crocodile, Jinbei, and Blackbeard defected, so their bounties are reinstated -- and added to now -- and they're considered as much an enemy of the World Government as all the other pirates, maybe more. There are three more shichibukai now, but I can't say who they are yet. [Half because ooc his mun doesn't know yet, and half because ICly, he doesn't want to give it away for people two years behind.] You become a shichibukai by being a strong infamous pirate captain and they send a letter. I've heard Portgas was offered the position multiple times, but sent back the messages on fire when he refused. At any given time there can only be seven. Which is what the "shichi" stands for.
Some of them helped a little at Marineford, but not because they wanted to help defend the world or protect it. Boa Hancock destroyed more marines than pirates, and Gecko Moria used marines' shadows -- that was his devil fruit. Crocodile and Jinbei wound up helping Whitebeard of all things, Blackbeard was just a complete wild card. No sides expected him to do what he did. Kuma did help against Whitebeard, but that's complicated, because he's sort of a robot now, and I still think he's more allied with Dragon's Revolution than not.
Shanks might know what One Piece is, but no guarantees there. No one's found it yet, because no one's reached Raftel since Roger did it. If someone succeeded, the whole world would know about it. And that's where the war comes in. Whatever they find, they're going to have to fight for, every bit as much as just getting there. And yes, all sides would probably be involved. It would get extremely messy. And hopefully won't ever happen.
I wouldn't say Straw Hat's like an Avatar. His goal isn't to restore peace or balance, and he's not a hero. He's just the man who wants to become the next Pirate King. That alone has a lot entailed. [He totally approves of her calling Luffy by his bounty name though. Now if he can just corrupt others into it...]
Impel Down is pirate prison. There are several prisons throughout the world, but the worst offenders go to Impel Down. It used to be impenetrable. It even held Colossal Battleship Sanjuan Wolf -- a giant about the size of a mountain -- until Blackbeard broke him free.
Punk Hazard is an island in the New World. It's off-limits because it was destroyed and still has some poison from the explosion left over. It was used as the site for Aokiji and Akainu to fight over who would be the next marine fleet admiral. That's what happened to Aokiji, my former boss. He was in line to become the next fleet admiral, but Akainu -- also known as Sakazuki, did really well at Marineford. There was a strong push for more Absolute Justice, something stronger to deal with the pirates who are getting more out of control every year, and especially in Whitebeard's absence. [Up to now, Smoker's been pretty factual, no emotions about most of it, just stating facts. Here, it's still factual, but a lot sadder sounding.] They decided to duel over who would be the next Fleet Admiral and run the marines. Over which kind of justice which rule the new era. Sakazuki won, Kuzan lost. And yes, I think the Republic City Council sounds a bit like the World Government. They were the ones supporting Sakazuki in this case.
[Shakes his head, rolling back the history dial about two and a half years.] I met Dragon at Loguetown when he stopped me from arresting a small-name rookie pirate. At the time, I just wanted to know why the most wanted man in the world was even taking an interest in something so out of the way and obscure. I didn't find out until Marineford that Straw Hat is Dragon's son. That tends to be a pattern with Straw Hat and I. I cornered him in Loguetown, he got rescued by Dragon. I cornered him in Alabasta, he got rescued by Portgas. I cornered him in Marineford, he got rescued by Boa Hancock.
As for maps, the world isn't all mapped yet, even if it was, you can't sail the Grand Line with normal compasses because each island has its own magnetic field. But let me see what I can do to explain some of it...
[He starts sketching a bunch of stuff into the journal (see next comment)]