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[flagrate]

A turtle, huh? [ ace sounds surprisingly calm for someone who has recently found themselves on a giant turtle. it's partially a product of the world he comes from, and partially the fact that he's been here for while by the time he's posting this. also, he's exhausted which helps with the avoiding public freak outs. ] Is it a Sea King, or something else? And does this place always make it feel like you've got Seastone on you?

[ it's not intended as a subtle way of finding out if anyone from his world around, but, hey. if it does that as well, that would be awesome. ]

Ah, I should probably introduce myself, shouldn't I? I'm Portgas D. Ace. It's nice to meet you all. [ a beat. ] So to speak, anyways.

I don't suppose anyone's seen an annoying rubber kid around. Kind of stupid, wears a straw hat, answers to Luffy? Or a giant man with a white mustache named Whitebeard? [ he's crossing his fingers and hoping the answer is no. ]

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[holyflame]

I wouldn't call the big guy a Sea King so much as a sick, floating, prison island thing...that appears to be sinking...though that could just be my imagination. [She gives one of those no-big-deal shrugs, though she's not all that sure what she can really do about it. She will, however, give him an inquiring cock of the head.] Ahh? Dunno what Seastone is, but if you're feeling tapped out that's supposed to be normal...apparently. I felt like shit my first day here and I couldn't access my abilities, speaking of which...

[Lately her powers have been substantially weaker than what she's accustomed to, so she gives her fingers a snap, igniting a small whip of fire.] Hn...guess it could be getting better...

Sorry to say I haven't seen anyone around fittin' that description...though an annoying rubber kid and a giant man...that'd be hard to miss, don't ya find?

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[flagrate]

It's sinking? I thought turtles could swim.

[ WELL SHIT. that is a not good thing for ace. also, if this person doesn't already know what seastone is, he's not going to be very eager to tell her. it's sort of like his kryptonite.

but the fire does catch hit attention! and he looks pretty shocked to see someone using fire like that. ] How did you do that?

[ more questions can come later. fire is important. ]

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[holyflame]

Normally, but the big guy has been a little green around the gills...er...sick. I can't be sure what's going to happen, but he's been hangin' on like a real champ.

[Shayla doesn't swim all that great, being a mountain dweller and all, so this whole sinking thing is pretty bad news for her too...but someone once told her that cooler heads prevail...or something...she wasn't listening all that intently...]

Oh, this? [She'll snap again just for the effect.] I'm the great Fire Priestess Shayla-Shayla, I trained in an abbey for years in order to be able to do that...

[It's an achievement she's proud of...but more to the point.] Why?

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[flagrate]

Can't they get a doctor to look at him?

[ seriously, though. if you're going to build a city on a turtle, you should have a giant turtle vet somewhere in your city. it's just common sense. ]

Ah, it just surprised me. [ he smiles sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. ] Using elements like that is rare in my world, and it's limited to one person per element.

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[holyflame]

Haaaaa! That's probably why they're trying to suck us all in, they're too lazy to train their own doctors so they have to fish around in other worlds and hope they get lucky! [She slams her fist into the palm of her opposite hand as though she's found it...the case cracker.

Her epiphany is followed by a chuckle, because she really doesn't have the answer.] You know, I wish I knew because I feel a little bad for him.

[Ohh? This element thing is looking to be a pretty common theme.]

Well there are some limitations, only girls are qualified...and then only the best get the Lamp and the title that goes with it. We have to be able to pass on our legacy I guess...[and more thoughtfully]...that would make the people who use elements in your world pretty unique, huh?

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[flagrate]

The Lamp? [ he tilts his head to the side. that sounds like nothing he's familiar with. ]

Mmn. In my world, [ wow that's really weird to say ] someone has to have eaten a Devil's Fruit to get any kind of power like that. They're rare, and there's only one fruit per power in the world, until the user dies.

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[holyflame]

Oh...yeah...[She holde up her arm and there on her wrist is a gold armlet with a large ruby jewel in the middle of it.]...This is the Lamp of Fire. It acts like a massive amplifier.

Devil's Fruit, huh? That has a nice ring to it...though I guess I'd be cautious eating something like that. [Though the excited look on her face doesn't match up at all with her talk of caution.] So have you eaten one then?

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[flagrate]

[ ooooo, shiny. ] That jewel is what lets you control fire? [ he smiles, and shakes his head a little. that is way different from anything he's used to. ] Cool.

I have. [ three guesses as to which one he ate, and the first two don't count. ] It tasted like shit.

[ WHICH IS CLEARLY THE IMPORTANT THING HERE. not the crazy powers that came from it, but the fact that it tasted really, really awful. ]

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[holyflame]

[Don't get ideas.] Well, the ability is one of those things that you have or you don't have, the Lamp just makes you more powerful. [Does she pet it fondly, yes she does.] Bigger booms, fancier light shows, nastier burns...all that good stuff.

Can't be any worse than the food we have in El-Hazard, that's why booze was invented...and soy sauce. [Could it be fire, fire...fire?] So...that's why you were interested, huh?

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[jirk]

[A bit of a wave at the camera.]

Jim Kirk.

[Things he has established from this: whatever world this guy comes from is weird.]

Okay, I've gotta ask. What's a 'Sea King'?

[He heard those capital letters, okay.]

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[flagrate]

[ ace grins and leans back in his chair. this people not knowing things that are common place where he comes from is strange, but he likes talking about the sea, so it all evens out. ]

Giant sea monsters. The average Sea King could swallow one of the big Marine ships whole. They make pretty good barbeque too.

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[jirk]

[Wow, Prime Directive what?]

Sea monsters. No kidding.

[Oops and then a casual mention of his other love: ships. 'Marine' doesn't sound promising, but hell, space navy wouldn't exist without there having been a water navy first.]

How big're we talking for these ships of yours?

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[flagrate]

Let's see... Gramps' ship is probably fifty meters from bow to stern? And probably three quarters that wide. And the Moby Dick is bigger than that.

[ one piece ships don't make any sense, size-wise. physics is not a thing anyone worries about. ]

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[jirk]

Isn't that pretty small for a sea-faring vessel? I mean, I guess it depends on-- [... handwave] a lot of things, but that's. Compact.

[HOW DOES WATER WORK, SERIOUSLY. How did anyone manage before Starfleet.]

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[flagrate]

Eh, not really. Marine ships are all regulated when it comes to size and tend to run smaller than that. My gramps is a Vice-Admiral, so he's got a fairly large ship. [ a beat. ] But I never figured out if that was because of his rank or because he likes carting around a cannonball the size of a small ship.

[ he shudders a little, because gramps + cannonballs = do not want. ]

Pirate ships can run bigger, depending on the crew. My crew's flagship has to be able to hold a few hundred crew members and our captain, who's probably three times my height. But then you've got crews like my brother's where there's only about seven people, so they've got a tiny ship. Probably no more than five or six rooms on the whole thing, including the cannon deck.

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[jirk]

[He makes a faintly impressed noise, sort of a huh.]

Sea monsters, pirates. Moby Dick. Sounds like something straight out of a comic.

[Says the Starfleet Captain. Stones, glass houses, etc etc.]

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[flagrate]

[ for ace, it's just home. so while his ego appreciates the fact that jim is a little impressed, he doesn't really get it. ]

It's not anything like that where you're from?

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[firestars]

Uh, sorry, I haven't seen or heard of your like, friends or whatever. But I'm new here too.

[flagrate]

Ah, that's good. They've got stuff to do that can't be done here. [ he's also hoping that means they're not dead.

BUT ANYWAYS. on to less depressing things... ]

Do you have a name, or should I just call you Ms. Newbie?

[firestars]

O-oh, no, you can call me Liz. I mean, my name is Liz.

I'm glad your friends aren't... here though?

[flagrate]

[ aww she's flustered and adorable. instafondness ] It's nice to meet you, Ms. Liz.

They're not really friends so much as family. Luffy's my idiot little brother, and Whitebeard is Pops. My captain.

[firestars]

It's nice to meet you too.

[ a beat ]

Oh! Wouldn't you want to like, know where your family is and stuff? I mean, even if they're here, at least you know theyr'e with you.

[flagrate]

But if they're home then they're probably still alive.

[ he, on the other hand, is not. ]

[firestars]

[ another beat ]

Probably?

[flagrate]

Some people I would've expected to see in the afterlife aren't here, so I can't be sure.