Doce: This is all eerily familiar.

[needs_a_plan]

Uh, we might have a slight issue regarding the whole Lupin-suddenly-disappearing...situation.

...Primarily in the fact that it turns out we don't know how to steer a boat.

Now, mind you, everything would have been fine if SOMEONE hadn't let her dog eat the instructions, but I'll reserve judgment until we're no longer marooned on a rock in the

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/read the other threads. Also, he's just being an irritated hardass. >.>

[strayswordsman]

...It's bad business to steal from the people who help you. And we don't owe you any favors.

If you're going to keep trying to con us, do us a favor and get off at the next stop after we pick you up.

[needs_a_plan]

Come on, we took less than half of it this time!

[needs_a_plan]

...

[needs_a_plan]

After you pick us up, huh.

[strayswordsman]

That's what I said. You deaf?

[needs_a_plan]

Blind.

[strayswordsman]

Technically, whatever-the phrase doesn't sound right that way.

[needs_a_plan]

Doesn't look right.

[strayswordsman]

Doesn't look right or sound right when it's read. And you're already being annoying again.

[needs_a_plan]

Gosh, I wonder why that could be.

[strayswordsman]

...You're pretty crap at asking people for help, you know. Or repaying it.

[needs_a_plan]

What do you want me to do? I'm stuck on a rock. Ask me about repaying you when I'm not stuck on a rock.

Besides, last time I checked, you weren't captain, el pelo verde.

[strayswordsman]

You could stop taking shit for granted and acting flippant and smug, for one thing. I don't mean paying materially. I said already that we don't owe you anything, and in case you somehow forgot, we're on good terms with Lupin and Goemon, too. Who you just screwed with. You're assuming a lot.

No. I'm not. But he's the man I follow, and I don't accept people stepping all over him either. Which you're trying to do. He hasn't even weighed in on this yet.

And don't call me that.

[needs_a_plan]

I'm not assuming anything and I'm not taking anything for granted. I know you don't owe me, but you said you'd pick me up. If you're not going to, then don't. And there's no honor among thieves no matter what anyone tells you, so don't act like us taking that ship has any bearing on you - that's between me and them.

I'm sorry, what part of any of this equates to me stepping all over Luffy? You're right, he hasn't weighed in yet, and it's pretty damn funny of you to be assuming my intent toward him based on the fact that I'm being "flippant and smug" to you.

Because, funny thing: I just don't like you. This is not some problem that I have with your entire crew or with everyone in the world - it's just you.

[needs_a_plan]

...Okay that might have been a little uncalled for.

[strayswordsman]

...Right. You're stuck on a rock. ...Regardless.

I said we're picking you up because my nakama already said we are, and we will. Not gonna go back on that. And it has bearing on us because I can't assume you won't do the same thing to us. I know you're not naive, so don't act like how you treat other people has no meaning to anyone else.

That'd be the part where you seem to think his ship is some kind of ferry service you can hop on and leave with the silver whenever you want. And then call us when you want to be picked up again and assume we will because we're nice, and maybe we will 'cause we're decent-but we're still a pirate crew. It's not alright for my nakama to treat that flippantly, so it's damn well not okay for you to.

...And whether people like me or not isn't really something that makes a difference to me.