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video; un: glow is me
[ It's the first time he's addressed the network since arriving. Well. Arriving again< apparently. But what happened in the bathing halls needs to be known. Should be known. Even if to recount it now still brings a small shiver of discomfort.
He's spoken through worse. And his face is a resolute one when he addresses the network at large. ]
The bathing halls should be avoided if at all possible, at present. There appear to be figures forming themselves out of the dark water, made to resemble us. And it isn't just our faces they appear to be taking...
[ There's a momentary pause as his gaze goes distant, before steeling himself once more. ]
They know us. Our fears, our doubts. Wrathion and I were able to dispatch one of the creatures, but many more began to appear from the water's depths. Most were misshapen, half-formed...but all spoke with one voice. One mind, one will if that is possible.
They reached out to us, spoke from memories and dreams, offering to keep us and ours safe. They would do whatever we wanted or asked, just to be born. To exist. To be given form. They wanted us to wish them into existing. Then they were gone again, all at once, and the water had gone still once more.
[ Is there a trace of sympathy in his eyes? Perhaps. Am I worthy of existence? That question still rings in his mind, even now. ]
I would expect their desire has not ended so readily. Be cautious, should you come near large bodies of that dark water. I would not recommend doing so alone.
He's spoken through worse. And his face is a resolute one when he addresses the network at large. ]
The bathing halls should be avoided if at all possible, at present. There appear to be figures forming themselves out of the dark water, made to resemble us. And it isn't just our faces they appear to be taking...
[ There's a momentary pause as his gaze goes distant, before steeling himself once more. ]
They know us. Our fears, our doubts. Wrathion and I were able to dispatch one of the creatures, but many more began to appear from the water's depths. Most were misshapen, half-formed...but all spoke with one voice. One mind, one will if that is possible.
They reached out to us, spoke from memories and dreams, offering to keep us and ours safe. They would do whatever we wanted or asked, just to be born. To exist. To be given form. They wanted us to wish them into existing. Then they were gone again, all at once, and the water had gone still once more.
[ Is there a trace of sympathy in his eyes? Perhaps. Am I worthy of existence? That question still rings in his mind, even now. ]
I would expect their desire has not ended so readily. Be cautious, should you come near large bodies of that dark water. I would not recommend doing so alone.
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[ Something flickers in the back of his eyes, for a moment. ]
You can offer peace, but some people will never want it.
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(It's not like some of them that Luffy has met would be interested in talking diplomacy, and in all fairness Luffy wouldn't be the best at utilising peace negotiations in the first place. He's never really come across an enemy that required it.)
I got the feeling the smoke monster we saw wasn't up for listening to anything we had to say.
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[ His mouth twitches upwards faintly. The way Luffy says that is oddly endearing, despite what he knows of pirates. ]
No. I suppose not. The creature we encountered was certainly more talkative, but it all seemed in service of this goal it had. To find a form.
Mine, if it could wrest it from me or convince me to surrender it.
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(There's zero capacity for any doubt in Luffy's mind. Him finding the One Piece and becoming King of the pirates is as much certainty as night following day.)
The one we fought didn't have anything to say, but then maybe it couldn't? They have to get permission to take a form? Wait, do you think they'd take uh, abilities if they copy someone too?
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Where other abilities are concerned, I'm less certain. Perhaps if it had time to fully take on that person's attributes. Who's to say what they'd be capable of?
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If we could communicate with them without them trying to attack us or take our forms, it would be one thing. Learning their motives, perhaps finding a way to appease them, peacefully?