1st blade ⚔ video

[santouryuu]

[The feed begins with the sight of...part of a face? There’s clearly some kind of green hair, tan skin, an eye, and...blood?]

--Like this?

[Yeah, uh, definitely blood. In fact, as whoever the owner of the voice was speaking to adjusts the camera angle for him, there's...quite a lot more of it that becomes visible. His entire shirt front is soaked in it, but the poor waiter/bartender next to him seems a lot more distraught by this than he is. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that more was still clearly dripping through the tears in it, one could almost be forgiven for not immediately assuming the blood was his.]

So I just--talk into it and people hear me? [A tiny, wordless nod comes from the other man.]

Huh. Kinda like a Den Den Mushi, but with a picture...guess I will hang onto it then. Thanks for the info.

[And while he’s at it...he takes a moment to address the weird mirror box before he heads on out, since he’s got nothing else to trade for food (or drink).]

Oi! I'm missing a couple things:

[Things, people, the entire kingdom he was just in. Same diff.]

A rubber idiot wearing a straw hat, a shitty cook with a curly eyebrow, a long-nosed sniper--[He counts off on his fingers, as if reciting a list of groceries, rather than, you know, his crew, but much as he might be acting tough, there's a definite undercurrent of concern there]

A reindeer-person, a blue-haired girl and her pet duck, comes up about this high [he raises a hand to about waist height], and a red-haired girl, our navigator. If you've acquired any sudden debts lately, it's probably her.

If someone's seen them or can tell me how to get back to Alabasta Kingdom from here, I'll owe you one.

[He huffs, then, rests one hand on the hilt of one of his swords.]

--And if any of you morons is actually listening to this, you better tell me you're alive, or I'll kick your ass when I find you!

[That draws a small yelp from the bartender, and Zoro turns back to him, suddenly reminded of his presence]

Oi, how do I stop talking at the weird box...?

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[resipiscent]

[His first thought is -- that's a big duck. But then he realizes that he too knows a duck that big. Not a pet, though.]

I've seen a duck that size back home, but I've never seen him here.

[santouryuu]

...Yellow, answers to Karoo?

[Look, you could be from his universe. Your hair is weird enough.]

[resipiscent]

Nope, not the same one. And he's not a pet, either way. He's a magician.

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[monge]

[Um, hm... that sure is a lot of...red. The red, green, and talk about reindeer almost make him think this might be Santa, but Komasan knows better. This guy doesn't have a beard.

Okay, but then why all the red...? OH!

...

Oh.]

You spilled your juice, zura.

[See? Because he's at a bar. It all makes sense now, glad that's over.]

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[santouryuu]

[...

It's not the small talking animal that has him staring, because well, Chopper. But. Uh.]

What?

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[monge]

[Oh...oh no, he really doesn't realize it, does he? Well it's a good thing Komasan's here, who knows how embarrassed this guy could've been.]

Your juice, you spilled it all over your shirt, zura. You should change it before anyone sees you, zura...

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[scrap_metal]

Looks like trouble ran into you. [ Generally it's the other way around ]

You're assuming those you're familiar with are here?


[ ooc: do you prefer we assume they already met and exchanged names in that housing of theirs? Or that it had not yet happened? I"m fine with either! ]

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[santouryuu]

Nah, I chased it down.

[Said with probably too broad a grin for someone who's still fucking bleeding from like six different gashes. But look, he won that fight, so he gets to be smug.]

And I'm just lettin' em know they better say somethin' if they're here!

[He's totally assuming they're here. Or in Alabasta. But he hasn't, uh, quite had it settle in that Alabasta isn't currently reachable, either.]

[ooc: i'd prefer not yet, sorry!! he's gonna run into luffy and they'll probably hobo around a couple days first hahah.]

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[scrap_metal]

Better safe, then sorry... [ Genos taps his chin. There is some logic behind that reasoning ]

Makes sense. If they're here you get to find them. If they're not, there is no loss on your part.

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[glazedonutholes]

[ The sight of all that blood--- ]

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[glazedonutholes]

Are you okay, Mister?!

[ He starts panicking, looking around for someone that could help. ]

We need a medic!!!

[santouryuu]

[Just gonna...wait out the freakout for a little bit here. Then, in a bored sort of drawl:]

Calm the hell down. I'm not dying.

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[assays]

I'm afraid I haven't come across anyone who matches that description.

[And because she can't not mention anything about it.]

Do you require medical attention? The blood...there's quite a lot of it.

[Unless the blood belonged to someone else.]

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[santouryuu]

Ehh, I've had worse. Just need some food and sleep, but I've got somewhere I need to be, first.

[he was KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF stopping a civil war and had a BIT of a deadline going, thanks porter!!!!!!!!]

Don't suppose you know anywhere I could get an Eternal Pose to Alabasta at least?

[Zoro what part of wrong universe don't u get.....]

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[assays]

You are a long way from home, I'm afraid. In fact, you are in an entirely different universe.

[Breaking it to him a little gently but not straying from the facts.]

What on earth is an 'eternal pose'? I have never heard of that phrase before.

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[renamaer]

Are you- [Oh my god there's so much...] Are you okay, mister? [Whatever your name is...]

I don't think I know any of your friends, but you look like you need help for yourself first! Where are you?

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[santouryuu]

[The only answer Estelle is getting to her first answer is a mildly disgruntled noise, because this is the third time someone's asked him that, and he's starting to find it sincerely irritating. His crew never fussed at him like this?? It's just blood y'all come on.]

Beats the hell outta me. I keep tryin' to ask, but no one's been able to give good directions yet.

[That's because they can't give you directions to another universe you big dumb kelphead.]

[renamaer]

Ah well... it's hard to know where to start sometimes... [She is itching to help it's fine, she's fine, she can refrain she doesn't have a problem

What was that thing someone had showed her...] Um. If you could hold up your device [Or maybe ask that random bartender] and um...record where you are? That might help people to find you.

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[soru]

[ is it ever possible for you to stop bleeding over everything for ten minutes ]

Sir, I think you really ought to consider medical aid real soon, your friends will be found--

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[soru]

[ wait a minute


he knows that grassy head

look at him stutter to a stop, wide-eyed and blinking ]

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[soru]

[ there are so many questions he ought to ask first, but really ]

You can't look for them proper if you bleed to death.

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[nishishi]

Don't--don't stop talking in the weird box, don't!

[After what Zoro could imagine was a lot of fumbling with the communicators they were given, Monkey D Luffy finally appears on the screen. The image is upside-down, and a little out of focus.]

Zoro, Zoro, that's you, right--

[Bzzt. The video feed cuts out and all of a sudden the sound is gone. Did he hang up, or...]

Hello? Hoh, wait, I shut it off, are you still in there--?! Hey!

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[nishishi]

[Flick, click--and the video comes back. Oh, thank god.]

Oh, there we go. I got it.

[And he grins like an idiot.]

See? I'm alive and here I am!

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[hasitsthorns]

That is an impressive amount of blood, sir, I must say.

[ But he seems lively enough that maybe (hopefully) it isn't all his? Even if it is, maybe he's... superhuman or. Something. ]

As for your friends, I haven't seen 'em! But I'll keep an eye out. Also I think you're probably a long way from Alabasta Kingdom.

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[santouryuu]

[HE'LL TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT, THANK YOU. Just look at that smug grin.]

Yeah, that'll happen when you're fighting a blade-person. But I beat 'im, and now I'm stronger than ever.

[One more step on the road to becoming strong enough to beat Mihawk. You can almost see the excitement in his eyes at the thought of that future challenge.]

But thanks. So, who're you, anyway?

[Zoro you could try reading the IDs attached to any of these replies, you dumbass u_u]