Rock Stacking at the River / Action & Picture

[justicereigns]

[Smoker might have gone a bit on a bender. One of those "everything is wrong, let's just drink into oblivion" kinds. Justice isn't what it ought to be, pirates are turning into heroes and even Smoker isn't as good at hunting through people's hearts as he thought. Vergo was adjusting his newspapers and Smoker didn't even catch on. That was why he needed Tashigi, and she wasn't here. So here in Luceti, Smoker couldn't tell enemy from from friend anymore. At least not on a grand scale. Malnosso? Third Party? Too many factions, too many wildcards. He thought he could just ignore those factions and focus on what was directly at hand, but that's becoming less and less of an option. Option? What options?]

[So he's drinking.]

[And you know what Smoker does when he drinks? He stacks rocks.]

[Sure, that sounds benign enough, but that would be a serious underestimation of Smoker's love for going overboard.]





Now this is what you can do with non-defective rocks! [He is just so proud.]

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[toujoursfluer]

[Just from the picture alone, she can get an idea of where Smoker is. She'd leave it alone, but something compels her--the visages of old memories perhaps. A time, not exactly honest, but had happened nontheless. He seems troubled and she can't just let it go.

So she goes and finds him and finds him she does, though sitting at a faint distance, since who can say how his memory of a memory will play out?]

Enjoying yourself, niichan?

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[justicereigns]

[A slight flush. How is he supposed to take that? Nico Robin. Saved by his mentor, his best friend, just like Smoker himself was, and with as much aggravation for Kuzan and Akainu in return.]

[She wasn't his little sister, but in another time and place, if things had been even a hair different, she would have been. He would have protected her from anything and they'd have been closer than he was to Hina. God, whatever happened to Zompano wasn't enough.]

Maybe. [A slight puff on the cigars.] Planning to show me up? [Truth told her sense of balance is probably better than his own.

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[toujoursfluer]

Not at all. [though she's not entirely sure how to take this. Could it be he doesn't remember as well as she does? The flush says otherwise. So perhaps it's a case of things returning to normal. Pity]

I came to keep you company. [she's not often so open in her intention and she wonders if he realizes this]

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[uccellodifuoco]

[Ikki hadn't meant to check the journals, it was an automatic move, grab the book and open it to call... Someone who isn't there anymore. It annoys him, how he still falls into that habit, an habit that should die and rot already. But it keeps coming up when he's not paying attention. He ends passing the pages, checking the messages just in an attempt to fool himself, no, he wasn't going to call her, he was just curious about the village in general.

As if.

That's probably why when he sees Smoker's message and work... He flies where his friend is, he lands with a Cosmo explosion that knocks down some of the pillars Smoker had worked on. And then... Ikki just starts kicking down the others. It's better than both of them killing their livers, probably.]

Do you really have nothing better to do than this while drunk?

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[justicereigns]

[WOW. MEAN.]

[;~; He worked hard on those!]

[Smoker just sits crosslegged in an area he hasn't piled up yet and starts on a new set. A better set! Because screw you.]

Better than reading or trying to steal a pirate's ship.

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[uccellodifuoco]

Why don't you go build your own ship if you want one?

[He knows Smoker doesn't want it because of that, but he said that stacking rocks was better than reading. That's not something he wants to think about right now. He lets Smoker pile up new stacks, he stays having "fun" kicking the ones he already finished.]

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[windandrain]

[Saori cannot help it. She just can't!]

Did you really? Oh...hahaha, that's wonderful!

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[justicereigns]

I know, right? [HE IS SO DAMN PROUD. Finally! Someone appreciates his hard and awesome work, okay okay.]

You should see what I can do with even more rocks.

[Smoker plz.]

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[windandrain]

Did you...why?! What...where did you even find all...hahaha those!?

[Voice] ...this fifteen icon thing SUCKS.

[selphie_t]

[Smoker is about to receive the following, extremely annoyed message from his not!daughter.]

You have one hour to get your butt back into this apartment before all the rum in the apartment is going down the drain or off to Good Spirits.

And no more drinking or I'm never letting you play with Hyoga ever again.

[Voice] /paaaats head!

[justicereigns]

[Wooooooow. That's terrible. That's even worse than Ikki playing Godzilla the stack ruiner.]

[You are both terrible not!children.]

[Terrible.]

O-Oi. Not the rum... if you take it to Good Spirits all the pirates will drink it! [MEAN.]

[Voice] /pouts at forever

[selphie_t]

I'd rather deal with a drunk Pirate than a drunk Marine.

So you have your options. One: Come home. Two: Rum goes buh-bye. Three: I come out there and there's going to be a whole world of trouble.

Your call.

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[swordprincess]

[Karla just felt like taking a walk in the woods one day. She hasn't seen anything on the journals, so it's clearly by chance when she comes across Smoker's rock stacking project. Well, catching sight of the man she had thought was her husband made her pause for a brief moment. But then curiosity set in at the rocks.]

Ah...what's all this?

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[justicereigns]

Justice City.

[SHOWS IT OFF. He is very proud of it okay.]

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[swordprincess]

...A city? Really?

[She moves closer to examine it, looking for anything that might be living in it.]

[amberguardian]

[Smoker isn't hard for Kohaku to find, but when she does find him, all she does is stare for a moment before kneeling down infront of one of the rock stacks.]

...This is a very...odd hobby.

[justicereigns]

But awesome, right? [Right?]

[He is so proud of Justice City, okay.]

[amberguardian]

Yes, it's really neat. How do you do it?

[bamboozler]

[Panda is on a walk when he happens to see a very large man and several pillars of rocks. What's the next logical step for an annoying panda to take? Obviously, he pushes one of the stacks over.

And another. He's not doing it maliciously, it's almost like he's expecting to find something.]

Hmm...not this one either.

[So he pushes down another.]

1/2

[justicereigns]

[.... Yeah. Just because Panda means it innocently doesn't mean Smoker is a nice enough guy to take it that way.]

2/2

[justicereigns]

[SMOKE PUNCH!]

QUIT KNOCKING THEM DOWN! It took me forever to do that!

[Don't worry though, Smoker is drunk so his attempts to hit anything are probably off the mark.]

[skysung]

[Kitten is absolutely delighted at the sight that greets her while out on her walk. The small blue dragon whistles in excitement, Smoker's stacks of rocks giving her the first real cause for it since she reverted to her own form and lost her ability to speak.

She chirps hello to the architect of this field of stone towers, inclining her head in greeting.

Kitten does have a nametag around her neck, "Skysong" written on it, and a slate and chalk in a small sack to be taken out for communication purposes.]

[justicereigns]

[Smoker tilts his head.]

[Wasn't one of the kids a pink dragon?]

[No wait. That was in Punk Hazard.]

[And also, Smoker might have been hallucinating it. There had been a lot going on.]

[But this is definitely a blue dragon.]

[And it's whistling.]

[More head tilts from Smoker.]

[He doesn't speak dragon.]

[Or bird.]

[But the dragon definitely said hello and she's being respectful, so Smoker is very respectful back and bows his head slightly in a nod.]

You like 'em?

[He wouldn't think a dragon would be interested in rock stacks, but stranger things have happened. To Smoker, even.]

Action; Welp this is really late

[hero_of_smiles]

[And a wild Cross has appeared, having come strolling along and seeing Smoker doing...well that. All Cross can do is just stare blankly for a few minutes and approach the large man.]

Smoooooooooker...what are you doing?

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[justicereigns]

Stacking rocks.

[DUH.]

[Sorry Cross, you'll have to be more specific to get real answers from Smoker.]