did you know that talking snails exist in other worlds? my suitemate asked the library for one and it supposedly sends messages, but this one simply keeps talking about a place called arrge?
have you heard of it? i figured in all of your reading you might have some idea.
[ and look luffy's texting style is wearing off on him. ]
[Koby responds promptly, as per usual, not really thinking about the answer for a moment:] They're called den den mushi, they're a very reliable form of communication.
He is. He was in a barrel and ended up on the ship and when I tried to help him escape but we got caught and he went all You know, gummy. And there was this terrifying, fantastic fight but Luffy won and he asked me to come with him which was definitely the best option because the ship was on fire by then.
He is a good person. One of the best people I know. I can't believe I didn't realize you were suitemates. I guess I always come to your rooms by different hallways?
Are you I mean do you get along? Do you like him? [It's -- very important, somehow, that he does. That the suite is a good place, a lively, noisy, chaotic one. For both of them.]
but if he saved you and he asked you to come with him - how are you a naval cadet and he on his way to becoming a pirate king? seems a little odd, that you would still consider yourself a naval officer.
he's nice. i'll admit the kitchen staff won't much like us by the time we're through with them but we've been on a handful of wily and exciting excursions.
Oh, he hasn't mentioned it yet. He's made of rubber.
[Okay, sure, why not.]
I didn't go with him. I mean, he offered and I I said no. I'd always wanted to be a Marine and Luffy talks a lot about dreams and not giving up on them, so I enlisted and he sailed away.
[And was it a good decision? Koby isn't as sure of that anymore. The Marines were so much more complex, more intricate and confusing and unfair than he'd imagined.]
He's sort of a bottomless pit, yeah. I'm not sure if it's because of the rubber thing or just because he's Luffy. But that's good. He has a way of making friends of everyone. I'm really glad you like each other.
how is it possible that anyone can be made of rubber? he looks flesh and blood to me.
regardless i think it must be something about sailors, because i can be a bottomless pit as well when i'm allowed. i've also been stealing lettuces for his snail. it apparently enjoys it.
so he sought out to be a pirate king and you became a marine - the way he talked you'd be enemies in your world.
There are these fruits where we're from, called Devilfruit. If you eat them, you get strange powers. Luffy ate one that made him rubbery.
I've sort of noticed that. You have a lot in common. [Like what, Koby. Like what.] Thank you, that's really nice of you. I think he got a little scrambled in the journey, unfortunately. Sanji -- our cook -- keeps threatening to eat it.
We should be. I spent the last few weeks trying to hunt him down, with the rest of my unit and our commanding officer. But when it came down to it, I couldn't. Probably makes me a not very good Marine, but it felt too wrong to try and capture him and the crew.
maybe it makes you a piss poor marine but have you considered that it makes you a good person? sometimes what our commanding officers believe and what we believe won't align. that's when you get to decide the kind of marine you'll be, the kind of person you'll be.
it's what my father did. made the ship what he knew it could be and protected those who needed it, even if they weren't the regent's direct responsibility.
all that aside - a cook. you have a cook? is your whole crew here?
Me? Powers? I don't have any powers. [Well...] I'm just regular. Not a lot of people eat devilfruit, because if you do, you can't swim. Which is a bad idea in a world made of water, you know?
Vice-Admiral Garp said something like that. That every man has to make his own code to follow. It's not as simple as I thought it was when I enlisted, though.
He sounds like Well, like Luffy.
I personally don't have a cook. It's [Not his crew, not technically, but...but they are now.] He cooks for all of us. He's here and our navigator and our swordsman.
i don't know if he's like luffy exactly, but i think my father would like luffy. would like you, and no doubt the others. it's good you have your crew here. better to have your sea family here if the tides change.
[ if they get pulled from here - at least koby will be back on the ocean with a crew. he's not jealous, necessarily, but there's a pang of something he's glad can't been broadcast in text. ]
i will have to meet this cook of yours one day and try his food then. is it better than the food they serve here already?
He sounds like his own man, is what I mean. Not rigidly attached to rules or ideas of what a captain HAS to be, just because that's how it's always been. You think he’d like me? [It’s a little shocking how important that is, the idea that Quentin’s father (beloved, missed, longed for) could meet Koby in all his awkward, too-earnest, too-rambling messiness and like him.] Really?
It's much better. I got so used to eating whatever Alvida left over that I forgot food could taste good. But Sanji's really good at making things even better than this place does.
he'd like you. he liked people who asked questions. who wondered about the world just like he did. i think that's why his wife left him - she couldn't see any value out on the sea. never understood people who planted roots and refused to see the rest of the world.
you don't have that problem.
but that said, i'm glad you have a cook, and that you're out of that old bitch's grasp.
i like the food here, too. the opportunity to try things that would be out of my reach is a pleasant and welcome surprise.
I think I would've liked him too. I can't imagine wanting to stay on land your whole life either. All I've ever wanted is to go to sea.
Me too. It's been nice having them here and in the last place we were stuck. I don't really talk about it much, but I would've died if it weren't for them.
[The insult towards Alvida is an odd thrill -- one Koby almost reflexively corrects, actually looking over his shoulder to see if she's there, somehow.] I am too. It's better, without her. Everything's better.
It feels a little too hard to believe, doesn't it? But you can trust anything Sanji makes, it'll be safe. I'll ask him to make something. For you.
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have you heard of it? i figured in all of your reading you might have some idea.
[ and look luffy's texting style is wearing off on him. ]
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5/5!
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but yes, the pirate king? i call him your majesty and i'm not sure he appreciates it but it's very entertaining.
do you know him?
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[Wait, wait, priorities:] He's not a king YET, he's a captain. And of course I do, he's
[A pause, those three dots appearing, disappearing, appearing.] the one who saved me. From the ship I was on. It was Luffy.
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[ whoa, that hits harder than quentin had anticipated. he sits with that information for a moment, chewing it over before responding again. ]
he's a good captain, then. a good person, if he saved you.
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He was in a barrel and ended up on the ship and when I tried to help him escape but we got caught and he went all
You know, gummy.
And there was this terrifying, fantastic fight but Luffy won and he asked me to come with him which was definitely the best option because the ship was on fire by then.
He is a good person. One of the best people I know.
I can't believe I didn't realize you were suitemates. I guess I always come to your rooms by different hallways?
Are you
I mean do you get along? Do you like him? [It's -- very important, somehow, that he does. That the suite is a good place, a lively, noisy, chaotic one. For both of them.]
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but if he saved you and he asked you to come with him - how are you a naval cadet and he on his way to becoming a pirate king? seems a little odd, that you would still consider yourself a naval officer.
he's nice. i'll admit the kitchen staff won't much like us by the time we're through with them but we've been on a handful of wily and exciting excursions.
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[Okay, sure, why not.]
I didn't go with him. I mean, he offered and I
I said no. I'd always wanted to be a Marine and Luffy talks a lot about dreams and not giving up on them, so I enlisted and he sailed away.
[And was it a good decision? Koby isn't as sure of that anymore. The Marines were so much more complex, more intricate and confusing and unfair than he'd imagined.]
He's sort of a bottomless pit, yeah. I'm not sure if it's because of the rubber thing or just because he's Luffy.
But that's good. He has a way of making friends of everyone. I'm really glad you like each other.
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regardless i think it must be something about sailors, because i can be a bottomless pit as well when i'm allowed. i've also been stealing lettuces for his snail. it apparently enjoys it.
so he sought out to be a pirate king and you became a marine - the way he talked you'd be enemies in your world.
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I've sort of noticed that. You have a lot in common. [Like what, Koby. Like what.] Thank you, that's really nice of you. I think he got a little scrambled in the journey, unfortunately. Sanji -- our cook -- keeps threatening to eat it.
We should be. I spent the last few weeks trying to hunt him down, with the rest of my unit and our commanding officer. But when it came down to it, I couldn't.
Probably makes me a not very good Marine, but it felt too wrong to try and capture him and the crew.
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maybe it makes you a piss poor marine but have you considered that it makes you a good person? sometimes what our commanding officers believe and what we believe won't align. that's when you get to decide the kind of marine you'll be, the kind of person you'll be.
it's what my father did. made the ship what he knew it could be and protected those who needed it, even if they weren't the regent's direct responsibility.
all that aside - a cook. you have a cook? is your whole crew here?
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Not a lot of people eat devilfruit, because if you do, you can't swim. Which is a bad idea in a world made of water, you know?
Vice-Admiral Garp said something like that. That every man has to make his own code to follow. It's not as simple as I thought it was when I enlisted, though.
He sounds like
Well, like Luffy.
I personally don't have a cook. It's [Not his crew, not technically, but...but they are now.] He cooks for all of us. He's here and our navigator and our swordsman.
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i don't know if he's like luffy exactly, but i think my father would like luffy. would like you, and no doubt the others. it's good you have your crew here. better to have your sea family here if the tides change.
[ if they get pulled from here - at least koby will be back on the ocean with a crew. he's not jealous, necessarily, but there's a pang of something he's glad can't been broadcast in text. ]
i will have to meet this cook of yours one day and try his food then. is it better than the food they serve here already?
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I’m just Koby.
He sounds like his own man, is what I mean.
Not rigidly attached to rules or ideas of what a captain HAS to be, just because that's how it's always been.
You think he’d like me? [It’s a little shocking how important that is, the idea that Quentin’s father (beloved, missed, longed for) could meet Koby in all his awkward, too-earnest, too-rambling messiness and like him.] Really?
It's much better.
I got so used to eating whatever Alvida left over that I forgot food could taste good.
But Sanji's really good at making things even better than this place does.
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you don't have that problem.
but that said, i'm glad you have a cook, and that you're out of that old bitch's grasp.
i like the food here, too. the opportunity to try things that would be out of my reach is a pleasant and welcome surprise.
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Me too. It's been nice having them here and in the last place we were stuck.
I don't really talk about it much, but I would've died if it weren't for them.
[The insult towards Alvida is an odd thrill -- one Koby almost reflexively corrects, actually looking over his shoulder to see if she's there, somehow.] I am too. It's better, without her. Everything's better.
It feels a little too hard to believe, doesn't it? But you can trust anything Sanji makes, it'll be safe.
I'll ask him to make something. For you.
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but don't put him out on my behalf - i'm fine with what they server and the jam you brought me. i've left it with some bread for luffy to try.