Character Meet and Greet~~ At Night

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I. Main Street Usa!

It's twilight, edging to evening, and yet the streets are still alive with citizens and Apprentices (that means you!) alike. Take the time to admire the lights, pop in and out of the cafes or just relax in the garden.

Weapon shops and magic shops are open late into the evening this time of year, so feel free to enjoy yourself before you equip yourself for the life head.


II. Apprentice Training 101- Evening Class

Same commons behind the fire house, same weapons and wands available for practicing your skills-- though this time under the cozy street lights and the bright blues and tired purples of a fading summer twilight. Strike at the training dummy or try to catch fireflies with whispers, its all up to you.


III. Things that Go Bump

Are bumping. And they mean business. A few level 1 corroded monsters are scurrying around Main Street causing havoc and it's up to you to stop them. The question is, is it early in the evening or do you dare to face the creatures at the night's darkest hour?


IV. It's time to Sparkle!

Everyone has a spark of imagination. That is, in fact, why you're here! It's time to shine with your own scenario! Just try to keep from causing too much trouble.

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Buggy | One Piece

[big_top_boss]

I. Main Street Usa!

[Main Street Usa is amazing to Buggy. This is fantastic. It's a bustling, busy, exciting place even at this hour. And despite still feeling very out of his element, Buggy is starting to actually enjoy himself. He's always up for a fresh start, after all. And there's something about this place that's starting to feel, well, magical to him. It's a flashy experience, and Buggy is wandering through with a bright grin and an appraising eye.

He can be found watching the lights, enjoying a snack in a cafe, and window shopping through the evening.]


II. Apprentice Training 101- Evening Class

[If Buggy is going to rise to the same power and status as he did back home, it's going to take a hell of a lot of training. This magic is a whole different animal than the powers that came with his devil fruit, and he's absolutely unsure of himself when it comes to this. That said, anyone who sees him listening wouldn't be able to guess at his insecurity. And maybe that faux confidence will bring people to him.

Or maybe they don't care, or are purposefully keeping their distance. It's hard to approach a clown for some. Especially one with bones colored on his forehead and a mouth that stretches impossibly wide when he grins. It's an shining endorsement for creepy, after all.]


IV. It's time to Sparkle!

[No one sparkles like Buggy does. No one's quite as flashy or fabulous. And he's telling stories of his amazing fabulous prowess as he stands on a bench, with a crowd of people around him eating up his amazing feats of piracy. He talks about the high seas and circus camaraderie, about dear friends and childhood rivalries, about treasures that are priceless and that sparkle the stars, and impenetrable prisons and his dashing escape from them.

And the best part? He doesn't even have to lie. And he's homesick enough that nostalgia really does tinge the stories with a feeling of sweetness and excitement, no matter how dramatic they are.]

[blessedarethebookmakers]

[He does admire a bit of panache in the telling. And the man certainly looks the role. Though perhaps a bit too over the top for this day and age, he does appreciate the grand theatricality of it all and applauds when it's done.]

Brava, good sir! Wonderful show! I almost believed you here and there.

Though I'm not quite sure I understand the...er...clown motif.

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[big_top_boss]

I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT EVERY WORD OF THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY THE FLASHY TRUTH!

[Buggy might be a little touchy about this. And who the hell is this loser, thinking that he can interrupt his stories with accusations?! Buggy points at Aziraphale with an angry and indignant expression, full of self-righteous fussy anger.] Who do you think you are, saying things like that!?

Done

[big_top_boss]

[But then there's a big shift in gears.]

I am a hell of a flashy storyteller though! This much I'll admit. Flashy! A clown is a handsome and intimidating person, and I'm the flashiest and most fabulous of all of them!

[blessedarethebookmakers]

I see.... [well he's rather far less impressed with this. Honestly no one likes being shouted at for an opinion] But, you know, flashy isn't quite the same as good.

[big_top_boss]

Now you do! [No one likes being accused of lying either, this old stuff old dude just isn't doing it for Buggy.] No. It's better. Nothing is as good as a flashy life!

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[ace_of_hearts]

Buggy!!! Hey!!!! [Flails his arms to get the other pirate captain's attention! Boy is Ace excited!] I thought I'd never see you again! When did you get here?!

Want a drink?! Hey! Thanks for helping out Luffy and Pops at my execution! [Like it was some sort of fucking cotillion instead of his death.]

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[big_top_boss]

Ace!!! Ace!!! You're here! It's a flashy reunion!

[He's so glad that he's not alone here, and this is amazing. Ace is a good kid, he's a little weird but he's quality and he's Roger's brat and he's Luffy's brother. So he's good people, regardless. And Buggy is suddenly way more excited about all of this. Just having someone worth allying with makes the whole situation change.]

Damn right I want a drink! Let's have a fabulous alliance here!

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[big_top_boss]

Yeah yeah, no big deal.

[And then it hits him. Hard.]

HOW THE HELL ARE YOU ALIVE?!

dat first face omfg

[ace_of_hearts]

[What a good accidental friend!]

[And Ace just laughs at the obvious question!]

I know, RIGHT!? No idea! Apparently magic is real or some shit! And it messed up! I'm not complaining!

Something about still being inspirational or imaginative even if you're dead! There's a few others around like that too! Crazy, huh?

It's a good one, haha

[big_top_boss]

[Idk my accidental bff Portgas D. Ace?

This is so wild. Buggy's mind is blown, and he gives Ace's chest a hell of a look over. He almost expects to see a hole through it, and while it's reassuring that it's solid, what magic can do is a bit frightening.

And a bit exciting.] Well damn! I knew it could do some flashy stuff, but this is way more than even I expected! Well, you're here and alive! And that's what counts I guess! Let's get that drink, and talk about stuff where it's comfortable. Flashy!

It's amazing XDD

[ace_of_hearts]

Yeah!!! [Double fist-punches the air!!] I've been making my own stuff! It's great you'll love it!

[Any second thoughts yet?] Oh, you're not monster type are you? That's what I am, so the new moon might knock you out with it.

[Or maybe that's just Ace because you know: narcoleptic.]

[big_top_boss]

Wait, you're brewing your own booze? That's flashy stuff!

[Buggy isn't smart enough for second thoughts in this context. It's just alcohol, right? Nothing to be afraid of. Nothing at all.]

Wait, you're monster type? [He's almost mad for a minute. Considering Ace's death, and what people thought of him and Gol D. Roger, it's almost insult to injury that he ended up a monster here. Salt in a wound, the kid isn't a monster, he just didn't stand a chance back home. But Buggy isn't in the mood to dwell on things like that, so he pushes the thought and accompanying emotions away almost as fast as they come into his head.] Yeah, no. I'm not. But it's not like I can't still drink you under a table fabulously. [He probably can't, but he'll make a damn good attempt at it.]

[ace_of_hearts]

[Luckily Ace doesn't mind being a monster type, he's sort of embracing the son of a demon thing, even if he did scare off his first roommate since Crowley was talking about killing the Antichrist and came across as Cipher Pol. Good times? No wait, the opposite of that.]

Is that a challenge?

Okay! You're on!!!

[The shit is literally liquid explosives, Buggy. Talk about flashy! But Ace merrily leads him to his "lab" which is just a section of the park. Hi, you're in a really really weird place now. Even by Grand Line standards. And Ace cheerfully hands him a bottle!] You're the second person to try this though! I promised Eleanor first taste. She's dead like me.

[big_top_boss]

[This place is literally insane. Even Buggy's going to be wary of the weirdness that goes on in it.]

That's right! It's a challenge. We'll see how flashy a game you talk when you're dead drunk! [Shit. Oh, not the best wording.] When you're sloshed, I mean!

[He's trying. But he's also making bad decisions in this, and he follows Ace to the 'lab' without realizing just how much trouble he's potentially in. The bottle looks normal enough, and he opens it without a second thought. And takes a decent swig out of it.

SHIT. THAT IS STRONG STUFF. Buggy stares into the bottle with wide eyes, and then back to Ace. This is going to hit him hard, he just knows it.] ...What's in this?!

[ace_of_hearts]

[Don't worry Buggy, Ace just laughs.]

All right you're on, man!!

[Laughs even harder at Buggy's reaction and holds a finger up over his lips.] That's a secret. [Murder, death, NOT corrosion.... but just about anything else Ace thought might do the trick. Yes.] But it won't kill you, just make you stronger.

[Famous last words.]

[big_top_boss]

[Buggy isn't laughing after a drink. This tastes like shit. And it's probably a potential ingredient for a Buggy Bomb of some type. Seriously, it tastes like flammable messy death.] You're holding out on me. This is ten sorts of awful, but it seems like it'd be good for something. [He takes another drink, and blinks at Ace. This kid is something else.] Seriously. Let's make a bomb with it. I think we could make a flashy explosive death or two with this!

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[ace_of_hearts]

[Laaaaaaaaaughs clearly not insulted. Also Flammable messy Death is the name of the drink. Enjoy.]

Yeah? Okay!

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[ace_of_hearts]

[But then he does an about-face and gets super serious suddenly.]

Hey, but I don't want anything to happen to the people here, got it? They've been through enough, and they're under my protection.

[big_top_boss]

I'm here for the same reason you are, you know that? [He hopes that Ace is smarter than Luffy and easier to deal with. Because seriously, this is a good idea.] What if we make a bomb to take out what were 'spposed to be fighting. And activate it and amplify it with magic? I'm just saying that we won't know the results until there's a flashy test!

[ace_of_hearts]

Whoaaaaaaa like a anti-corruption bomb?! I never thought of that! Buggy, you've been holding out on me!

["Gentle" punch in the arm -- gentle for Ace standards, for a fellow strong pirate captain, not a tap.]

YOU'RE A GENIUS!!!!

[Sure, in some ways he's smarter... in others.... ehhhhhhhh.]

[big_top_boss]

They don't call me the genious jester for nothing! We'll have a flashy collaboration and get the day saved!

[Oof, Portgas that's one hell of a punch even in play.]

We'll get some testing done and blast away the enemy fabulously!

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[mal_contented]

Mal had been walking by on her way to patrol when she heard someone telling a story and stopped to listen, then found herself shaking her head. "Just what life always needs," she muttered under her breath as she headed off, unaware the story had been ending and he wasn't talking anymore. "More pirates."

Truth to be told Ace wasn't that bad, most of the time. When he wasn't picking her up and hauling her around. But that didn't really balance against Shrimpy and her pathetic little crew.

[big_top_boss]

[Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately for Mal, Buggy is very much into his own little storytelling world. And he doesn't hear her muttering, he's too busy starting to tell a story about the great rescue attempt of Portgas D. Ace and how a group of rag tag pirates came together to try to save a man doomed by a corrupt government!

It's a long and convoluted tale, and he's the star of it of course.] And that's how it went down in flashy tragedy!

[mal_contented]

Having caught Ace's name, she had paused long enough to glance over and listen a moment, then shook her head. If she saw Ace she'd let him know someone was spreading his name around. But she refused to get involved. Refused. Besides, this guy looked like he belonged on the Isle more than anywhere else, and that was reason enough to avoid him.

She shook her head and turned to head off, then considered, and turned her magic mirror to capture an image of him. she could show Ace once she was away. Of course, that flashed a light right in his eyes for just a moment....