[ his surprised yell echoes from the walls and rings around them, making some of the people walking around clutch at their ears and glare daggers at them, but luffy doesn't even notice. he's too busy gaping at ange. ]
You're psychic?! Then — stay out of my head!!
[ a pause. ] Wait — can you tell the future, too??
[ .. this guy sure is something, isn't it. It's a feat that Ange manages to not cringe at how loud that yell just was, or at how much attention he's drawing to them right now.. Please, Luffy, Ange likes being under the radar! This is the exact opposite of that!
But she is also realising another very important thing here.
She can't give up the bit now. ]
Yeah, of course.
[ Ange, girl, you're going to regret saying this stuff with a straight face later. ]
I can tell exactly how your cat hunt is going to end up.
[ luffy, as someone who is definitely an outlaw and with an outrageous bounty on his head, should technically be someone who likes to keep a low profile, too, and yet — well. "a low profile" isn't even in his vocabulary.
he just stares at the girl, and somewhere between her first and second statement, his shock morphs into excitement. ]
Whoa, that's so cool!! Well? Wait, no, don't tell me! I wanna see what happens myself! Then you can tell me after if it was what you saw. [ he grins, like this is flawless logic, and like the fact that it'd be incredibly easy to lie to him afterwards doesn't even cross his mind. ]
Of course Ange can immediately see the flaw in that plan, and a part of her feels like maybe she should point it out. It's not like this bit means that much to her, or that she genuinely wants him to think she can see the future or anything. But on the other hand, she's not sure if he would get it even if she did point it out, considering he didn't seem to grasp it by default. ]
.. are you sure you weren't tricked into doing this whole cat hunt thing in the first place?
[ Maybe a tiny part of her is worried about him getting taken advantage of in this place, one way or another, when he's this gullible.
Not that she's willing to admit to being worried though. ]
[ Especially since the locals aren't quite as generous anymore as they had been when Ange first turned up - though she supposes that they've been more hostile than this at times too, so they're probably just kind of neutral on it right now. The sort of thing where they'd help feed them, but also would expect something in return. Seems like that's what happened to Luffy. ]
I was just wondering it because you seem so.. [ .. hm.
Ange actually isn't sure if she wants to say gullible, but.. ]
You know. So willing to help other people. [ Dang, that's very diplomatic by Ange standards. It's almost the same as giving him a compliment, especially when she's usually way more direct about these things. ]
[ strangely enough, luffy bristles even more at that, voice raising. ]
Hey, no! That's not true, take that back!! I'm a pirate, I'm not a hero! [ this is a point of pride — his hand flies up to his hat, adjusting it on his head. for a moment, his eyes blaze with seriousness...
and then — ]
Heroes share their food with others, and I'm not gonna do that!
[ well. there goes the seriousness. though he seems to be declaring this with the same amount of gravitas as everything else so far... ]
Luffy. Luffy, you are one of the strangest people Ange has ever met, and that's saying something. Her standards for strange are so high at this point, and yet he's somehow managing to smash through all of them at once like the Kool-Aid Man.
She blinks at him a few times in a row as he defies every single pirate stereotype Ange has ever read about before, and then slowly asks: ]
How.. old are you?
[ Is Luffy just way younger than he looks.
Because that would be one explanation for his strangeness. At least that would make sense to her! ]
[ it's his superpower: being weirder than most everyone else.
in any case; to answer her question, luffy, too, blinks, before cheerfully declaring: ]
I'm nineteen!
[ he doesn't question why she's asking, or what relevance his age has with anything. it doesn't even occur to him there might be a relevance, but she asked, and he doesn't have anything against answering! ]
Somehow that realisation hits her harder than anything else. Sure, maybe they're the same age, since Ange has been here for almost a year at this point.. But she's not entirely sure if she can count that, so technically he's older than her. Somehow this guy who acts like he's eight and has never been lied to in his life is older than her.
.. Ange doesn't know how to feel about that, other than bad. ]
Oh.
[ Maybe it's why her little 'oh' sounds just.. so unimpressed. Like she's rethinking her entire life and its decisions on the spot. ]
You got a name too, or should I just be calling you random nineteen year old guy?
[ he laughs, though this time there's a slightly sheepish edge to it — only slightly, though. and then he just directs the full force of his beaming smile at ange. ]
I'm Monkey D. Luffy! I'm the man who's going to become the Pirate King!!
[ his introduction, as ever, is full of conviction, almost unearthly in the way confidence very nearly rolls off of him in waves.
and then, after a pause, ] It was cool to meet you, Psychic Girl!
[ nnnno, he doesn't even think about asking for her name in return. ]
[ Ange opens her mouth, half-considering correcting him to tell Luffy her name.
.. then she decides against it. You know, that isn't too bad of a nickname to be known by. It's kind of funny, even if there's not even a single hint of amusement on Ange's face as she speaks up. ]
Sure.
[ Sure. Such a riveting answer, Ange.. This is why you're so good at this entire social thing.. ]
Good luck with the pirate king thing. Though maybe don't get too loud about it. I think that the people in charge of this place really frown upon the usual pirate activities. [ Given how concerned they are at all times with crimes and all that nonsense.. Unless Luffy holds a far different definition of a pirate than she does. ]
[ there's no doubt in his voice that she might, you know, be saying that sarcastically. though — ]
Oh, that? I don't really care! [ his grin doesn't dim; if anything, it gets brighter. there's a glimmer to his eyes, a defiant spark that won't die. ] I've got a three-billion beli bounty back home. Until those guys here match that, it's really nothing!
[ with that, he twirls on his feet and bounds away, continuing his search for the cat. ]
[ She's definitely letting him walk away, considering Ange knows she definitely does not have either the energy or the social skills necessary to put up with Luffy for a longer continuous time than this.
But she is also definitely watching him leave.
And thinking about what a weird, weird guy he is. He's certainly left an impression! ]
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[ his surprised yell echoes from the walls and rings around them, making some of the people walking around clutch at their ears and glare daggers at them, but luffy doesn't even notice. he's too busy gaping at ange. ]
You're psychic?! Then — stay out of my head!!
[ a pause. ] Wait — can you tell the future, too??
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But she is also realising another very important thing here.
She can't give up the bit now. ]
Yeah, of course.
[ Ange, girl, you're going to regret saying this stuff with a straight face later. ]
I can tell exactly how your cat hunt is going to end up.
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he just stares at the girl, and somewhere between her first and second statement, his shock morphs into excitement. ]
Whoa, that's so cool!! Well? Wait, no, don't tell me! I wanna see what happens myself! Then you can tell me after if it was what you saw. [ he grins, like this is flawless logic, and like the fact that it'd be incredibly easy to lie to him afterwards doesn't even cross his mind. ]
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Luffy!!
Of course Ange can immediately see the flaw in that plan, and a part of her feels like maybe she should point it out. It's not like this bit means that much to her, or that she genuinely wants him to think she can see the future or anything. But on the other hand, she's not sure if he would get it even if she did point it out, considering he didn't seem to grasp it by default. ]
.. are you sure you weren't tricked into doing this whole cat hunt thing in the first place?
[ Maybe a tiny part of her is worried about him getting taken advantage of in this place, one way or another, when he's this gullible.
Not that she's willing to admit to being worried though. ]
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[ his brows furrow in offense, lips pursing as he stares at her like he can't believe her audacity at implying something like that. ]
The old guy gave me a meal! So I said I'd find his cat in return. It's fair, right? I gotta pay him back.
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[ Especially since the locals aren't quite as generous anymore as they had been when Ange first turned up - though she supposes that they've been more hostile than this at times too, so they're probably just kind of neutral on it right now. The sort of thing where they'd help feed them, but also would expect something in return. Seems like that's what happened to Luffy. ]
I was just wondering it because you seem so.. [ .. hm.
Ange actually isn't sure if she wants to say gullible, but.. ]
You know. So willing to help other people. [ Dang, that's very diplomatic by Ange standards. It's almost the same as giving him a compliment, especially when she's usually way more direct about these things. ]
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Hey, no! That's not true, take that back!! I'm a pirate, I'm not a hero! [ this is a point of pride — his hand flies up to his hat, adjusting it on his head. for a moment, his eyes blaze with seriousness...
and then — ]
Heroes share their food with others, and I'm not gonna do that!
[ well. there goes the seriousness. though he seems to be declaring this with the same amount of gravitas as everything else so far... ]
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Luffy. Luffy, you are one of the strangest people Ange has ever met, and that's saying something. Her standards for strange are so high at this point, and yet he's somehow managing to smash through all of them at once like the Kool-Aid Man.
She blinks at him a few times in a row as he defies every single pirate stereotype Ange has ever read about before, and then slowly asks: ]
How.. old are you?
[ Is Luffy just way younger than he looks.
Because that would be one explanation for his strangeness. At least that would make sense to her! ]
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in any case; to answer her question, luffy, too, blinks, before cheerfully declaring: ]
I'm nineteen!
[ he doesn't question why she's asking, or what relevance his age has with anything. it doesn't even occur to him there might be a relevance, but she asked, and he doesn't have anything against answering! ]
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Somehow that realisation hits her harder than anything else. Sure, maybe they're the same age, since Ange has been here for almost a year at this point.. But she's not entirely sure if she can count that, so technically he's older than her. Somehow this guy who acts like he's eight and has never been lied to in his life is older than her.
.. Ange doesn't know how to feel about that, other than bad. ]
Oh.
[ Maybe it's why her little 'oh' sounds just.. so unimpressed. Like she's rethinking her entire life and its decisions on the spot. ]
You got a name too, or should I just be calling you random nineteen year old guy?
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[ he laughs, though this time there's a slightly sheepish edge to it — only slightly, though. and then he just directs the full force of his beaming smile at ange. ]
I'm Monkey D. Luffy! I'm the man who's going to become the Pirate King!!
[ his introduction, as ever, is full of conviction, almost unearthly in the way confidence very nearly rolls off of him in waves.
and then, after a pause, ] It was cool to meet you, Psychic Girl!
[ nnnno, he doesn't even think about asking for her name in return. ]
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.. then she decides against it. You know, that isn't too bad of a nickname to be known by. It's kind of funny, even if there's not even a single hint of amusement on Ange's face as she speaks up. ]
Sure.
[ Sure. Such a riveting answer, Ange.. This is why you're so good at this entire social thing.. ]
Good luck with the pirate king thing. Though maybe don't get too loud about it. I think that the people in charge of this place really frown upon the usual pirate activities. [ Given how concerned they are at all times with crimes and all that nonsense.. Unless Luffy holds a far different definition of a pirate than she does. ]
🎀
[ there's no doubt in his voice that she might, you know, be saying that sarcastically. though — ]
Oh, that? I don't really care! [ his grin doesn't dim; if anything, it gets brighter. there's a glimmer to his eyes, a defiant spark that won't die. ] I've got a three-billion beli bounty back home. Until those guys here match that, it's really nothing!
[ with that, he twirls on his feet and bounds away, continuing his search for the cat. ]
thanks for the thread! c:
But she is also definitely watching him leave.
And thinking about what a weird, weird guy he is. He's certainly left an impression! ]