slightoverkill | 3rd Form

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[Mihawk is currently standing to the side of the main crossroad near the Good Spirits Bar, absently looking around and watching people fuss about their way what with the holiday spirit and such.]

Does anyone happen to have an estimate of how long will this glittery, colorful, over the top... celebration is going to last?

[Because he's seriously considering hitting the forest for a while until you people and your lights and trees and holiday cheer are done making him vaguely ill. And given how disgruntled he sounds, you can totally tell by his tone alone.

Congratulations, Luceti, you have a Grinch among your ranks.]

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Does it? Well, I guess so since we restart with January. Didn't think this place celebrated New Years.

I find more sense in taking stock of the past year and what has or hasn't been accomplished, than pointlessly hanging lights out of anything that will hold still long enough.

Where the world full only of those whom I deem worthy, it would be both a very empty and a very boring world.

[So in a round about way, it's okay.]

It seems that your stay here has made you forget simple facts, then. Everything I wish for, I get.

[He's obnoxiously matter of fact.]

So no, I do not wish.

[Good luck riddling out that one.]

If that was the case, you wouldn't be here with me bugging you.

Unless you secretly like me. You do, don't you, fake birdie? Too bad, I'm taken by a much better bird, eh.

[Norma mouths the words quietly, testing the name in a breathy whisper to herself. After a thoughtful hum, she gives Mihawk a assessing look, then takes a swig of her own drink after stirring it some more.]

...You guys must have some really weird looking hawks. [Siiiip.]

See you're doing it again, you're being a scrooge. Don't be That Guy. The one who ruins the fun for everyone. No one likes him.

Besides, nobody uses New Years to reflect on the past. They use it to get wasted!

[Psh reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the next. PSH.]

Sometimes. [She smiles]

At any rate, don't forget, ne? I'll be waiting for you.

I guess that's true.

But the annoying ones are so damn annoying.

[Mihawk pauses for a second, holding the glass of wine to his lips as he blinks.]

Heh.

[You probably imagined the almost smile at that. Probably. He just takes another sip and goes on looking as meanspirited as usual.]

That is a very likely possibility.

I fail to see how I am ruining anyone's fun.

[Honest, he's just pointing out the weirdness in the system, how's that mean?]

Why would one need an excuse to drink if that is what they want to do?

[Your alcoholism is showing, Mihawk.]

Only if you genuinely expect better from them. Otherwise they're just... pathetic.

It continues to amaze me the lengths you'll go to dissociate yourself from reality.

I'm sure you will.

[He's pondering now, if he should just say fuck it and go spend the rest of the season in the mountains.]

That's just it. They should be better.

[Okay he really has to hide a chuckle at that. Ahhh so amusing.]

Is this what they call "tsun-tsun?" Don't worry Mihawk-kun, your secret crush is safe with me. I won't even tell Vista that he's been jilted for another.

[Seriously he has to have a death wish worse than Ace's by this point.]

[It's mean because Christmas :'|]

Some people just want an excuse to get wasted. Makes them feel better about themselves.

[He understands Mihawk, you have a kindred soul in Howard.]

[Sorry, but no. Norma blinks herself over the rim of her mug, raising a brow. Did she just...really almost make this stone wall of a man almost smile? Oho, she did, didn't she?! ha! Leader of the Laugh Brigade's still got it in her after all. She'll count it as her achievement of the day.

So, with a triumphant smirk, Norma just shrugs her shoulders and leans back to brace herself against the bar counter. She's not-so-subtly looking at Mihawk's sword now, admiring just how...expensive it looks. She was much too busy cowering before to appreciate such a thing before. But now that she can get a proper look at it...hm. *__*]

So where's you get that thing anyway, Bright Eyes? It's almost as big as I am, jeeez... Must be worth a fortune, too. ♥ Bet you could hack apart a whole cargo ship or something with that thing!

[lololololol because that's totally not possible at all, r-right? >__>]

[Mihawk arches an eyebrow at the question.]

For a single ship? That would be overkill.

[Now if we were talking about a fleet, that's more what it was made for. He nurses his drink slowly, vaguely entertained by Norma's curiosity. Hey, at least she's asking, instead of speculating outright. And he's in a placid enough mood as it is, so no explosions or violence for now.]

As for where she came from, that is a long story.

[A long, long story. Are you sure you wanna hear that?]

[Rude, maybe he doesn't believe in Christmas! Have a deadpan to knock all deadpans off their feet:]

If you need an excuse to get drunk, you should not be drinking alcohol.

[And before anyone claims hypocrisy, he has reasons, not excuses. There's a difference.]

Why? In my experience, people already are what they should be and having expectations outside that is setting yourself for both disappointment and irritation.

[He's just going to stare, Marco. Forever staring. And then.]

Do not complain later.

[He's swinging Yoru at your head next time he sees you. 8)]

And that's why I prefer to stay away from most people.

While a suitable solution short term, long term it will cause you undue boredom.

[We're talking chew-my-way-up-the-walls boredom. He'd know.]

No, I'm fine staying away from them. It's being around them that causes me boredom. Or worse.

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