VIDEO ☠☠ 001

[nishishi]

[The first image you'll get to see on this particular video feed is pretty much a real detailed view of someone's eyes. They're way too close to the screen and you can almost see the individual flecks of deep brown when the image isn't blurred thanks to this guy moving more than a little bit. The individual responsible for such a sight is trying his damndest to figure out how the hell this thing works, how you can send messages or even videos on something that's very pointedly NOT shaped like a snail, and how you even know if it was working or not.

Eventually it seems like he's stopped caring, or decided that on sheer force of will alone that it's working. Because the feed pulls back and you can see this very 'good dog' expression on a very simple-looking man. A scar under his eye, and a rather ratty old straw hat perched atop his head.]

The food's really good here! And I wasn't even yelled at when I ate a lot, either, and I like that. [The crowd hadn't been the most fun, but who needed fun when there was food involved.]

An' yanno what? I don't like being away from my crew an' home, but if there's an adventure--Nihihi, then I guess I don't mind stayin' around! [And then that 'good dog' expression melts, as if exposed to heat very suddenly. A frown on his face.]

But there's so much land everywhere! And the ocean is so far away! There's too many buildings and I was told that there aren't any pirate ships here??

[Seriously.]

What's up with that??

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[nishishi]

[...Not all of them. Well, that's no good. What was he gonna do without Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and Nami? He looks real put out for a second, his head lowering down.

...But then his head pops right back up with a wide grin, a loud and monkey-like laugh escaping him. Shishishi.]

If there's a possibility, it's just a matter of waiting around to find out, then!

[renamaer]

[Okay who can resist that irrepressible grin, not this princess, that's for sure... The despondent expression just seems wrong.]

Yes! and there are a lot of interesting things to do and people to meet... [terminology...] Adventures to go on. I'm sure you won't be bored as you wait to see if your friends arrive.

[nishishi]

[What with how that bright, beaming smile comes with all of the possible glee in the world--you'd either start to find it annoying or uplifting. There's never really ever any in between with it.]

Nihihi, meeting people like you, right? Can't say I've met a person with hair as pink as that since I left my friend Coby behind.

[This is a weird kind of compliment.]

And adventure is the most important thing in life! So if there's adventure here, then I won't mind staying for a bit.

[renamaer]

O-oh. Um. I suppose? I don't know if I'm that interesting... [She didn't quite mean that, but he can take it that way...]

You know someone else with hair like mine? [Pink is a perfectly normal color, obviously!!]

[nishishi]

You seem plenty interesting to me. [Everyone's interesting if you talk to them long enough. Don't sell yourself short.]

Uh-huh! His name is Coby, he's a marine. He's pretty lame, but he's an okay guy.

[renamaer]

[A marine...] Oh, right! You and Zoro are pirates! So it's a bit like the guilds and the knights back home... [Maybe talking a little bit to herself, sorry Luffy.] Is your friend here? I have a friend from home who's a pirate, but she hasn't shown up here yet...

[nishishi]

Yeah, Coby's here! I haven't seen him yet, but I'm sure he'll show up at some point. Even if we're on opposite sides, we're still friends. We just have different goals and stuff.

[Which means, entirely--they're both willing to fight each other for their own views on what's 'right'.]

--Wait, you have a pirate friend? Really??

Man, if they ever show up, i gotta' meet them!

[renamaer]

It's so nice that the two of you can remain friends despite your differences. [Probably one of her favorite kinds of friendship.] I'm sure you'll be able to improve things with both of you working in your own way.

[Well...] I'll definitely introduce the two of you if she does come here! [Goodbye world...] And you'll introduce me to your other friends too, right?

[nishishi]

Dreams and ambitions are something that you shouldn't let anything else get in the way of. And friends are people you keep forever, even if your goals don't match up. [His head tips back, and his smile seems to spread out over that 'simple dog' face of his, his shoulders hitching up.]

Of course I'll introdu--

...

Wait, I don't even know your name yet.

[renamaer]

[How oddly poetic coming from someone his friend charitably described as being a "rubber idiot"...] Oh! Right, sorry! I'm Estellise, but you can call me Estelle.

[nishishi]

[He had his moments. And that's what they were--moments. She'd soon realise they were about as rare as a flowering cactus.]

Estelle? That's easy enough. My name is Monkey D Luffy--the future Pirate King!

[renamaer]

Ah... [Future?] So do I address you as King? Prince? Or just Luffy...? Is that okay?

[nishishi]

Shishishi. Just Luffy is absolutely fine.

We're all friends here, right?

['King' was just a title after all. He didn't care about the importance it carried, even when he eventually got the title.]

[renamaer]

Yes, I'd like to think so! So if you ever need anything, you can ask, right?

[God, Estelle don't do this to yourself, don't offer Luffy food...]

[nishishi]

[BAD MOVE, BAD MOVE, DEAR GOD.]

Anything? Man, you are really nice. I'll make sure to contact you first!!

[What have you done.]

[renamaer]

[She didn't say she could do anything, just that he could ask she's so doomed...]

I-i'll do my best! [Wow, why does she feel the heavy weight of responsibility settling on her shoulders all of a sudden... must just be the wind or something...]