cinderella's pumpkin had it so easy • video

[unladenswallow]

( vines would have to do to replace her arms whilst she was forced into this egregious form of a jack-o-lantern. she was definitely going to have to remember that, apparently, magic could get to her even if she weren't in the same room as the casters.

the pumpkin-hero was more than a little aggravated and using the vines to open the mirror compact, she huffed into it when it began to record. )

I don't suppose I can trouble someone to keep the crows away from me? Yelling only seems to work so much and I'm running out of seeds to spit at the bastards.

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[unladenswallow]

It must be a personality trait for birds. What I wouldn't give to eat a chicken directly in front of them right about now...

[ace_of_hearts]

I could stop and get some. Or better idea, get you and then we can go get some.

[unladenswallow]

Honestly? I'm not certain how eating works as a gourd but it sounds hilarious either way. And much, much better than sticking around these avian assholes.

[ace_of_hearts]

We can put it in your mouth and you can shred it!

[unladenswallow]

I can definitely do that if nothing else.

[ace_of_hearts]

[Picks her up and aims a few fire bullets around the crows, not actually hitting them, just giving them time enough to scatter and keep away.]

Sup?

[unladenswallow]

( he must be a wizard for how fast he had got there. jk. the fireballs just made her laugh, amused at the birds losing it and flying off. ) Very nearly dinner with those fireballs.

Oh you know, just, gourding about.

[ace_of_hearts]

Nah, crows taste terrible. [He sounds like he speaks from experience... he probably does.]

[And a grin at the pun.] Wanna gourd some chicken?

[unladenswallow]

Not enough meat on their bones for my liking, really. ( he wasn't the only one. when times got tough and all that... )

How can I turn down such a charming offer?

[ace_of_hearts]

Exactly.

My pleasure. [And off to the cafe to get chicken! \o/]

[unladenswallow]

( it might be a little droll to sit down in a café with a pumpkin, but, ciri wasn't above glaring at anyone giving them looks. besides, at this point she really just wanted to eat any sort of fowl as vengeance for the crows. it might not sort the problem properly but damn it'd feel good. )

Remind me to pay you back once I'm capable of using hands again.

[ace_of_hearts]

It's nothing.

[Ace waves a hand and laughs, giving her a piece to "munch" on.] But if you get a job, I'll take leftovers. I'm that shameless.

[unladenswallow]

( digesting wasn't a thing that was going to happen so it might be considered something of a waste, but, ciri still used her vines to hold the food in place and dragged it back and forth along the points of her so-called teeth to shred the meat. she might not taste it but it was fantastically satisfying. )

Well, there's something altogether classy about being able to admit it, really.

[ace_of_hearts]

[Ace laughs!] I'm not sure about that! I mean I'm a pirate, and there's a reason I'm against shirts -- as Lydia put it.

[unladenswallow]

Well, I'm used to hanging about people akin to pirates. Not all against shirts though.

[ace_of_hearts]

Yeah? What are they like in your world?

[unladenswallow]

Thugs and warriors, I suppose. Bards, dwarfs — anyone looking for a drink and willing to pay for it. I don't really know that many who go about without their shirts though. That one I'll leave to you. ( a chuckle. )

[ace_of_hearts]

Sounds like the mountain bandits. I was raised by them, you know.

[unladenswallow]

I was raised by a multitude of people. ( after a moment she added: ) None of which were gourds.

[ace_of_hearts]

[Giggles.] Yeah, I was the only son of a demon, but my kid brother wasn't too far off. His father's the most wanted man in our world currently. And our crazy ass Grandfather's son. But don't get me started on Luffy. Jinbe said some days you couldn't get me to say two words, but all anyone had to do was mention Luffy, and then I'd never shut up.

[unladenswallow]

A demon? You hardly seem demonic to me, at least not by the standards of "demons" from where I hail. ( the carved eyes raised to mimic lifting her brows with curiosity. ) You have ... siblings? A- A brother? I never had a sibling although always wished I had.

[ace_of_hearts]

Adopted.

Or foster. Same shitty grandfather. Hero of the marines. He wanted us to try to be marines like him, he thought if we were, then the government wouldn't still want to kill us. I have my doubts. We were always going political pawns that way. Slaves, or worse.

Luffy was my reason for everything. Even dying. [But he laughs and shakes his head.] He's going to be the next pirate king, I'm sure of it, so he can stick it to all the bastards.

What was your childhood like?

[unladenswallow]

( a political pawn, man. talk about hitting close to home. ) A sibling is a sibling, no matter how you get them. It sounds as though you two had a great bond with one another in spite of the issues you seem to have had growing up. Can I ask, though, what is a marine?

Dying? Are you saying that you're dead? ( ciri gave pause. she wasn't keen on talking about how things had been when she was a child. ) It was... busy. Running about with various people teaching me various things including swordplay. I was a princess although I didn't want that and still cannot say that I do. So thank whatever Gods are out there for not granting me that title upon arrival here.

[ace_of_hearts]

Definitely!

Oh marines are... the soldiers and law enforcement of the world government. Their primary goal is to arrest and fight pirates. They're not all bad! Most of them mean well, and most pirates are pretty vicious.

Yeah, I died uh, in a war between my family and the marines. It's complicated. But Luffy was there, and I messed up big time, and the only thing I could do to save him was die so... [Headshake!] But a friend of mine said everyone got Luffy out just fine, and most of my crew, and he even made it big and flashy in the New World and I'm really thrilled!

Yeah, I... [Snort.] I never even thought about what if I was another class here. Damn. My roommate, that friend who was in the war I mentioned is a prince class, but he's flashy and makes it work for him! What class are you?

[unladenswallow]

Ah, noted. Our guard is just that — the guard. Soldiers that make up a wide variety of different armies, none of which really matter given that war is ridiculous and pointless. So, if you're a pirate as well, does that make you vicious? ( explosive, maybe. zing.

she frowned. finally the scowl of the pumpkin matched her inner emotions for once. ) So, you died in your world and wound up here, is that it? If so, this is one hell of an after life to be put through. ( a friend? someone from his proper world must have joined him in ranks within this place, then.

she chuckled. a flashy prince, hn? some persons came to mind but she kept silent on it. it wasn't as though ace would know who radovid was. ) So long as it works for him, then. I do gather it isn't quite the same title here as it is in other places, though. ( after all, she was told that "royal blood" wasn't what caused a princess or prince title to be given out. ) Me? Apparently, I'm a hero. I don't see that working out so well for me just yet given the whole... gourdening.