carnival food, eh? i can do that for you. i don't know too many who're fond of carnivals since that clown-faced tosser made it his whole brand. you know, the one on the wanted posters. i had to carry his head around in a bag when i first met the straw hats. i think it was hazing, honestly.
she speaks very highly of you. i'm glad you were there to help her. i'm teaching her to fish as punishment for stealing my good fillet knife, so if you're ever in the mood for seafood, ask her.
( the struggle of having a crush on a clown who gets bullied by teenagers (along with everyone else and their dog) ... at least shanks is mostly amused by hearing about buggy's hijinks. )
buggy? you could say i'm ... intimately familiar we sailed on the same crew together a long time ago
( as if that's all it was ... as if that's all it is now. where they stand with each other is complicated, but that's what the hot dogs are for: an olive branch of sorts. )
where was the rest of him?
i'll keep that in mind and, just for the record, she didn't learn to steal from me
( he's a good influence! sometimes. most of the time. he doesn't usually encourage children to steal. unless they start talking about becoming king of the pirates. then it's different. )
the rest of him? oh. strung up in arlong park. now defunct, of course. he got tangled up with arlong just like we did, only he turned tail and ran when we reunited him with his body. he was supposed to help us in exchange, but i guess that was asking for too much. i wasn't there when luffy tangled with him the first time, but the blood was already bad between them.
well, if she's going to learn to steal from anyone, i'd ask nami to teach her. she fessed up to the knife without me asking, so she doesn't really have the makings of a good thief, honestly. but she's a good fish-gutter. the nasty stuff doesn't scare her, which is essential to be in the kitchen. is she staying with you?
( the buggy bomb, as it tends to be, is endlessly amusing to shanks. he may never tire of it. it brings back old memories, anyway, and he's always been a bit of a romantic sap. )
well, he wasn't exactly a clown then we were just children, apprentices to a great pirate captain
( no he will not be naming names. )
but buggy's always been confrontationally challenged, you could say at least when his own self-preservation is under threat he's never shied away from screaming at me for one thing or another
( which is to say: he's not surprised. between the two of them, shanks was always the brave one. still is, it seems. buggy loves a show and equally loves to shout, but when the tide turns against him, he's usually the first one out the door. )
it's better to be a fish-gutter than in the gutter if any human were to ever catch her stealing i won't always be able to keep my eye on her but she does have a room on my ship, however she wishes to use it
can't imagine him as anything other than a clown. but you must know him pretty well.
[ that is fondness he detects in your writing, you old shitty sap. ]
luffy's different. he follows the kind of code that no other pirate does. can't expect buggy, or really anyone, to live up to that, i suppose. i won't forgive him for leaving nami to arlong's mercy, though.
i'll tell her not to steal anymore. but she took my knife because i scared her. can't really blame her for wanting to defend herself.
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there are ways to make them look fancy if you're trying to impress.
no rule against using a demi-glace for a hot dog. it'll need blood, anyway.
[ he almost says "the one that doesn't take a bath" but. there are a lot of pirates here. ]
little bee told me you helped her.
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no, the greasier the better, trust me
i think he'd probably be offended if it didn't look like it just came from a carnival
( and if that hint wasn't obvious enough, well... )
bee! yes, with all these transformations afflicting the village, she was in something of dire straits
she'll be alright now
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i don't know too many who're fond of carnivals since that clown-faced tosser made it his whole brand. you know, the one on the wanted posters. i had to carry his head around in a bag when i first met the straw hats. i think it was hazing, honestly.
she speaks very highly of you.
i'm glad you were there to help her. i'm teaching her to fish as punishment for stealing my good fillet knife, so if you're ever in the mood for seafood, ask her.
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buggy? you could say i'm ... intimately familiar
we sailed on the same crew together a long time ago
( as if that's all it was ... as if that's all it is now. where they stand with each other is complicated, but that's what the hot dogs are for: an olive branch of sorts. )
where was the rest of him?
i'll keep that in mind
and, just for the record, she didn't learn to steal from me
( he's a good influence! sometimes. most of the time. he doesn't usually encourage children to steal. unless they start talking about becoming king of the pirates. then it's different. )
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the rest of him? oh. strung up in arlong park. now defunct, of course.
he got tangled up with arlong just like we did, only he turned tail and ran when we reunited him with his body. he was supposed to help us in exchange, but i guess that was asking for too much.
i wasn't there when luffy tangled with him the first time, but the blood was already bad between them.
well, if she's going to learn to steal from anyone, i'd ask nami to teach her.
she fessed up to the knife without me asking, so she doesn't really have the makings of a good thief, honestly.
but she's a good fish-gutter. the nasty stuff doesn't scare her, which is essential to be in the kitchen.
is she staying with you?
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well, he wasn't exactly a clown then
we were just children, apprentices to a great pirate captain
( no he will not be naming names. )
but buggy's always been
confrontationally challenged, you could say
at least when his own self-preservation is under threat
he's never shied away from screaming at me for one thing or another
( which is to say: he's not surprised. between the two of them, shanks was always the brave one. still is, it seems. buggy loves a show and equally loves to shout, but when the tide turns against him, he's usually the first one out the door. )
it's better to be a fish-gutter than in the gutter if any human were to ever catch her stealing
i won't always be able to keep my eye on her
but she does have a room on my ship, however she wishes to use it
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can't imagine him as anything other than a clown.
but you must know him pretty well.
[ that is fondness he detects in your writing, you old shitty sap. ]
luffy's different. he follows the kind of code that no other pirate does.
can't expect buggy, or really anyone, to live up to that, i suppose.
i won't forgive him for leaving nami to arlong's mercy, though.
i'll tell her not to steal anymore. but she took my knife because i scared her.
can't really blame her for wanting to defend herself.
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i don't expect you to forgive him
we're still ... working things out ourselves
( "working" "things" "out" — it's complicated. )
i wish i could say i knew him better, but this is the first time we've seen or spoken to each other in 20 years or so
she's a good kid
i'll ask her to show me what she's learned when she gets back :)