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]

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.

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[ace_of_hearts]

[Ace shrugs.] I certainly can be.

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[ace_of_hearts]

[But his dark fiery grin is gone as quickly as it came!]

Nah, you can be a jack'o'lantern hero! Why not?

[unladenswallow]

I find most people have the potential in them. ( and then there's dandelion. )

I might be able to use a toothpick or two, perhaps a twig, as a sword. I can make this work, sure.

[ace_of_hearts]

That's the spirit!

Bad pun?

[unladenswallow]

( she laughed. )

Good pun.