Even if the trains had been running, it wouldn't have done Shuraiya any good -- he was broke from the morning's failed attempts at impressing his so-called friend. It didn't stop him, of course, from trekking all over town for lodging -- but, due to the storm (which had wetly begun to make itself known) they were all booked or boarded.

( Evening/Night. )

The back streets, bridges, and waterways of Water 7 held no commotion. The city still hung suspended in a temporary sort of death. The morning weather still held a touch of chill, which could only be lifted by the sun. Shop owners would rise for early market. Carpenters would return to preparation work for the flood. In a few hours, when a ( Read more... )

Lucci, I-- I can't believe I haven't noticed-- I thought, I-- I thought you'd just forgotten all about me-- Damn it, Lucci-- I don't even know where you got it, I don't know how, I didn't even get you anything-- Jacky will never let me live down fuckin' crying over a goddamn toy boat--

Thank you.

(...yeah. ♥.Everything in strikes is totally

( Solo RL: A 300,000 Berri Bounty. )

...Congratulations, you were right.

Hope you're happy.

To say Shuraiya was angry was an understatement; it took every fiber of his being to not call out Kratos on the community and outright destroy him for treating Jacky so cruelly -- the boy didn't know or care the extent of it nor whether or not his sister was at fault, but the fact of the matter was that he left her.

He fucking left her. Any ( Read more... )

Damn, it's been a while since I've been able to actually sit an' get a chance to use this damn thing -- sorry, Jacky, if you were wondering where I'd been. I didn't mean to disappear like that, it's ... there's been a flux of pirate activity in the Grand Line, especially 'round where I've been ( Read more... )

. . .

I didn't know you knew James.

[Public]
...Lucci. I'd, uh. I'd like to talk to you. I wanna apologize.
[/Public]

[Private; Unhackable]
It's-- weird, to say the least. It's like that virus all over again, but at the same time... this is real, I've... got a sister again. She's not Adelle, and she never will be, but... God, I. It's so weird. Nice, but... weird.
[/Private]

Shuraiya settled back in the dingy booth, fingers running over the edge of his laptop before closing and pushing it aside, reaching instead for the heavy glass of rum to his right. It had been thankfully refilled by a buxom barmaid just moments before while he was fiddling with that ridiculous contraption of his ( Read more... )