[Luffy is getting a good view of Buggy's detached hand pinching the bridge of his nose as Buggy questions every decision in his life suddenly. It brought him here. To whatever the hell this is.]
No. It's a local. About your age.
I am not a father. Look at me, Luffy. Anything about me scream 'daddy'?
[Unless, you know. He has a bastard or two somewhere, but let's not think about that.]
( This will teach Luffy for trying to keep up with a conversation. )
You grabbed the last lot. But if what you're saying is true, and someone is following you and wants to learn your stuff, then why are you giving them the slip? Isn't that a good thing?
( Luffy blinks at that question, just as puzzled in return. Sure they could just fight all the time, but right now Buggy is behaving and it would be remiss of Luffy to trigger the other into falling back into old habits.
He thinks over something before grinning. )
Ah, you know, we need to go deeper. ( Yeah, Luffy's going there. ) Let's see. What makes a pirate like you want to be a clown?
( A pause, wait no that can't be right. )
I mean. What makes a clown like you want to be a pirate?
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BOOGIE!
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His ears!!]
BUGGY.
And stop screaming like that! What's going on?
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Weird they don't have snails here. But this is really amazing! I can message you any time of day.
(Almost sounds like a threat.....)
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[Please.
Don't message him at 3am with nonsense.]
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That way I don't forget.
(Lucky for Buggy, Luffy does sleep. But god help everyone if Luffy ever comes across shit like chain mails.)
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Right.
[Lucky him.]
How are you settling in anyway?
[Look at him, being civil. He deserves a treat for this.]
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The question is a surprise and Luffy considers it, head tilted before he smiles and shrugs. )
It's alright, there's a lot going on here. I thought things would be calmer on land but boy was I wrong. You?
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Don't make it weird.]
I don't know what to think of any of it, honestly. Given the choice, I'd rather be home on my ship.
... I have some weird kid hanging around who thinks I should teach him how to entertain people.
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You never know, when we get home it might send us straight to the Grand Line.
Wait, a kid? You have a kid?
(WHAT. HE HAS TO TELL NAMI! Watch as Luffy starts texting someone, brow furrowed with concentration as he slowly presses each key. Enjoy. )
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[He's puzzling over that when Luffy-- goes all weird.]
What?? NOT LIKE THAT!
[WHAT.]
What are you doing?
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Okay. Sent.)
What? I mean it brought us here why wouldn't it send us somewhere else? Maybe we can choose.
You should have told us you had a kid.
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Smart idea. We hit the Grand Line without a ship of our own.
[That won't get them killed.]
He's not mine!! How did I have a kid when I arrived at the same time as you, Straw Hat?
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The comment and the question gets a shrug and a smile.)
I don't even know how we got here, anything is possible. Did they arrive with you?
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No. It's a local. About your age.
I am not a father. Look at me, Luffy. Anything about me scream 'daddy'?
[Unless, you know. He has a bastard or two somewhere, but let's not think about that.]
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I dunno, how am I supposed to know? Besides, you really don't talk about yourself much.
Bucky, put that local back where you found them.
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[Somebody turns into a sulky little brat whenever he mentions Shanks after all...]
You know it's not Bucky, and I didn't just grab him, dumbass! I've tried to give him the slip.
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( This will teach Luffy for trying to keep up with a conversation. )
You grabbed the last lot. But if what you're saying is true, and someone is following you and wants to learn your stuff, then why are you giving them the slip? Isn't that a good thing?
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[And he is many things, but he's definitely not a father to anyone, okay!]
Right now? Getting home feels more important than picking up new freaks. [Relatively speaking.]
Although maybe he is useful. He did offer to run errands for me...
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And you aren't wrong, getting home is important, but id you've found a new crew member then take them home with you.
Errands? And you're trying to avoid them?
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[Actually, please don't. Don't inflict that spawn on the world.]
We don't even know if that's possible.
[He huffs out a laugh.] And here you were telling me to put him back where I found him.
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We don't know lots of things, but doesn't make them impossible to do.
And no I'm just trying to understand you, but I'm starting to wonder about that.
(Seriously. Wants people to adore him, someone seems to, he doesn't want, but now won't put them back.... Clowns are complicated.)
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[Buggy seems genuinely puzzled by that, actually.]
Why are you trying to understand me?
[Just because they're trying to survive together-- Buggy can't say he was expecting any actual sort of attempts at.
Whatever this is. Civility maybe. Not any sort of getting to know one another.]
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( Luffy blinks at that question, just as puzzled in return. Sure they could just fight all the time, but right now Buggy is behaving and it would be remiss of Luffy to trigger the other into falling back into old habits.
He thinks over something before grinning. )
Ah, you know, we need to go deeper. ( Yeah, Luffy's going there. ) Let's see. What makes a pirate like you want to be a clown?
( A pause, wait no that can't be right. )
I mean. What makes a clown like you want to be a pirate?
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