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[slightoverkill]

 [If you happen to be around the fountain in the morning, you will witness a curious sight: A shirtless young man, clearly in his late teens, halfway comfortably sprawled inside the fountain, wet and not particularly caring about it. Right after he dropped there, one might find him with a journal on his face, which he stares at for a long, long time before finally deigning to pull it off his face and reveal features that might be familiar to some of the inhabitants of the village. Very, very familiar.

Mihawk is back, and even though it seems like he only got a shave, he's in truth a couple decades younger than he was when he was taken last week. Approach with caution, he has no filters. Which is demonstrated pretty easily when he finally pulls himself off the fountain - only to sit at the rim instead - and starts fiddling with the journal.

Half-lidded golden eyes stare at the camera, then.]

...well shit. That sure just happened. If there's a record for greatest hangover ever, I think I just broke it.

[He snorts, smirking. Behold the sight of Dracule Mihawk being young enough to actually emote.]

Smashed it, really. 




[ooc: replies will come from thrillthirsty and all his lineface-y glory.]

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[fierybluebird]

[Flat deadpan stare right back.]

I have a girlfriend.

[thrillthirsty]

I'm sure you do.

[fierybluebird]

Ask around.

[thrillthirsty]

I'm not the one who obsessively keeps tabs on people's sex lives, Marco.

Inner Screaming! But icon is outward face 1/2

[fierybluebird]

[AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!]

[It's not his fault that someone has to be responsible enough to watch over all the other little idiots! They would all get themselves dating Doflamingo's spies if he let them! And besides! It's a bird thing! If Mihawk wasn't such a fake bird, he'd understand! A whole flock does better when everyone is paired up, whether it's just for warmth and snuggles or learning to share space! BUT STUPID MIHAWK WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND WITH HIS STUPID OVERSIZED TUB! GRR. GRRRR.]

2/2

[fierybluebird]

[But incredibly irritated or not, nothing shows on Marco's face.]

Don't worry Mihawk-kun, you'll find someone some day.

[thrillthirsty]

That much is obvious.

[He arches both eyebrows.]

I mean, if even you did.

[fierybluebird]

[Eyeroll.] Even Roger and Garp did. Don't ask me how.

[Attempt to not show off how much he knows the basic who is sleeping with whom gossip = legendary failure. It hasn't even sunk in that it's only been twenty seconds. Such fail.]

[thrillthirsty]

[Judging you so hard, tbh.]

...Marco.

[Mihawk arches an eyebrow.]

You need a hobby. Desperately.

[fierybluebird]

[Okay, now it sinks in.]

I just know because Garp had offspring and the Roger thing is a long story. It's not what you think... jeez.

[But he's still blushing. Fuck you.]

I took up gardening recently. [See? Hobby!]

[thrillthirsty]

Uh huh.

[Still judging. Forever judging.]

[fierybluebird]

Stop giving me that look! Of the two of us only one of us woke up in a fountain this morning! My life is still more together than yours.

[And yet again with the comparing thing. Oops.]

[thrillthirsty]

Think about that statement for a moment and then try to tell me it's not the most depressing thing you've said all your life.

1/2

[fierybluebird]

[....]

[In which Marco pauses, thinks about his life, and the choices he's made... and falls over.]

2/2

[fierybluebird]

[And then dramatically onto his side. His voice is muffled but still there.]

The saddest part of that... that's not even the saddest thing I've said in the last two months.

I'm going to go make a blanket fort and pretend I didn't wake up this morning and have this stupid conversation.

[thrillthirsty]

Could be worse.

[Unrelenting.]

Could have your girlfriend witnessing this.

[fierybluebird]

No no, she's seen those worse things actually.

One of my little brothers dyed my hair red to look like Shanks, and she called me a slaughtered pineapple.

It's a good thing she likes sparkles.

[thrillthirsty]

You'd make a terrible Shanks. But I suppose it's great she's seen the less flattering sides of you. Which isn't hard, if she's spent more than five minutes in your presence.

[fierybluebird]

Pretty much, eh. On the bright side it means the only direction to go with her now is always going to be improvement at this point.

[thrillthirsty]

...that is the shittiest dating strategy I've ever heard of in my life.

1/3

[fierybluebird]

IT WASN'T A STRATEGY!

2/3

[fierybluebird]

[Back to the floor in a fetal position.]

I just kept fucking up and making a fool of myself and my brother had to stop me from doing even more stupid things....

[To be fair, his romance with Robin REALLY is that much of a trainwreck. Marco himself has no idea how it works.]

3/3

[fierybluebird]

[And then back up to flip Mihawk off again.]

SHUT UP! I'd like to see you do better!

[thrillthirsty]

That won't be hard, really, with how low you've set the bar.

[Pause.]

At the very least I know better than to discuss my lovelife with someone several decades younger than me.

[fierybluebird]

[Waves a hand.] Like it even matters. You'll all end up dying before me anyway. Probably of alcohol poisoning at this rate. And it's better to squick you out than have you skeeve me out, eh.