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[disingenuous]

still devastated by his death 10 years later

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[disingenuous]

Of course not. It's been pointless from the beginning, but we're still here.

[ and she hates being part of something like that. she knows she's not alone in that. ]

[selfimmolation]

[ sighing ]

And we'll be here until it ends. Is it too much to ask the auditors show their face at any point in this?

[disingenuous]

If we're lucky, at the end. If we're not hopeful about luck, we can try to find a way to force it somehow.

[ emphasis on somehow. ]

[selfimmolation]

Maybe if we're disruptive enough, it'll summon them.

[ lightly. there's no saying what disruptive would be anyway!! ]

[disingenuous]

That's something a number of us would be good at. You, I assume, especially.

[selfimmolation]

Disruption sort of comes with the pirate territory.

[disingenuous]

I had a small hunch. Do pirates in your world also hunt for treasure?

[selfimmolation]

Yeah. What's the point of being a pirate if you don't have daring adventures that end in riches?

[disingenuous]

I didn't want to assume. You seem happy with the riches you already have... and those seem to be less of the monetary kind.

[ it's his hat and taste in fashion. ]

[selfimmolation]

It's more about the adventure for me. We get plenty of money from our territories anyway.

[ SO HE LOOKS POOR TO YOU????????????????? yea ]

[disingenuous]

You own territory?

[ she'd tell him to his face, if it came up in conversation. ]

[selfimmolation]

Not really... own? Islands who raise our flag are under our protection. We collect a fee, but we protect them from other pirates, or any kind of crime or trouble that could happen under that banner.

[disingenuous]

That sounds like you're your own form of government. Is your world one where pirates aren't running from the law?

[selfimmolation]

[ sorry that just. makes him laugh ]

It's not that. We're in a stretch of the ocean the government doesn't really rule over--too dangerous waters. So most of the islands there are split between what people call the "Four Emperors of the Sea"--the four most powerful pirate crews that oppose the world government.

[disingenuous]

Emperors... that does sound like a challenge against the government, if I ever heard one. You're part of one of those four crews, I take it.

[selfimmolation]

Second division commander of the Whitebeard pirates, at your service. [ he knows it means nothing to her but. yea. he does a little faux bow about it ]

[disingenuous]

[ she will do a little mock curtsy in reply. ]

I know something famous when I hear it even if I don't know it. I'm honored.

[selfimmolation]

[ heh ]

I think in my case, it's called infamous.

[disingenuous]

You want to be notorious.

[selfimmolation]

Ah, trust me, I'm already there.

[disingenuous]

Are you a wanted man?

[selfimmolation]

For a while now. Bounty's at... Five hundred and fifty million, last I checked. At that level, bounty hunters don't try their luck anymore.

[disingenuous]

[ he seems so proud. by fantasy standards and by modern ones, that's a hefty sum. ]

What an impressive number. Random bounty hunters can't touch you, but someone would be set for life if they could turn you in.

[selfimmolation]

[ thinking about the bitch that turned him in so his smile goes a little wry ]

Yeah, maybe. There's plenty more fish in the sea if they're looking for nothing but a bounty to cash in, though.

[disingenuous]

It'd be an easier time to catch those fish for money. But what if they were looking for the reputation?