Before Dawn
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onepieceyaoi100Title: Before Dawn
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300 (severely pruned)
Pairing: er.
Notes: I find housecleaning oddly inspiring. Emphasis on odd. Not a laundry-fic, and not exactly a pairing, either. Might expand on it later; for now...
His head didn't raise as the boy entered, his eyes hidden under the thick hair, but his gruff growl, low and amused, sounded through the bars. "Back again? Aren't you young for a crush, boy? I must be older than your father."
"It's tomorrow."
"I've been told."
"You aren't going to escape?"
"Are you here to free me?"
"No."
"A strange thing, then. What's the punishment for a thief who breaks back into jail?"
"I'm no thief!"
"Of course not. You only stole because you were hungry. Need always excuses crime. Unlike me, who has no excuse."
"You could break out. The guards are lazy..."
"You'd like me to escape. Why? To catch me yourself?"
"Why won't you?"
"Why are you here, boy?"
"I don't have to tell you."
"Then why should I tell you?"
"...You're different. From all of them. Everything you've done...no one man could have. Just stories, I thought. But now..."
"You'll be there tomorrow, right, boy?"
"Yes."
"Then you'll understand. For now, here."
"What's this?"
"Something I picked up there. A souvenir. It's your choice, boy. But if you're serious about becoming a marine, your criminal record won't matter, with that. Devil fruit eaters are automatically officers."
"This--"
"Those stories are true, too. If you ever want to swim again, don't eat. But otherwise, swallow every bite."
"Why me?"
"Because you're here. Because you're asking. You'll need to be strong."
"Tomorrow--"
"Watch carefully," and finally his eyes raised to the boy. "Tomorrow, it will be a new age, boy. And you'll be part of it. You thought I was a legend, but the real legends are about to begin. Eat the moku moku fruit, or don't eat it. Either way, after tomorrow, neither you nor anything in this world will ever be the same..."
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300 (severely pruned)
Pairing: er.
Notes: I find housecleaning oddly inspiring. Emphasis on odd. Not a laundry-fic, and not exactly a pairing, either. Might expand on it later; for now...
His head didn't raise as the boy entered, his eyes hidden under the thick hair, but his gruff growl, low and amused, sounded through the bars. "Back again? Aren't you young for a crush, boy? I must be older than your father."
"It's tomorrow."
"I've been told."
"You aren't going to escape?"
"Are you here to free me?"
"No."
"A strange thing, then. What's the punishment for a thief who breaks back into jail?"
"I'm no thief!"
"Of course not. You only stole because you were hungry. Need always excuses crime. Unlike me, who has no excuse."
"You could break out. The guards are lazy..."
"You'd like me to escape. Why? To catch me yourself?"
"Why won't you?"
"Why are you here, boy?"
"I don't have to tell you."
"Then why should I tell you?"
"...You're different. From all of them. Everything you've done...no one man could have. Just stories, I thought. But now..."
"You'll be there tomorrow, right, boy?"
"Yes."
"Then you'll understand. For now, here."
"What's this?"
"Something I picked up there. A souvenir. It's your choice, boy. But if you're serious about becoming a marine, your criminal record won't matter, with that. Devil fruit eaters are automatically officers."
"This--"
"Those stories are true, too. If you ever want to swim again, don't eat. But otherwise, swallow every bite."
"Why me?"
"Because you're here. Because you're asking. You'll need to be strong."
"Tomorrow--"
"Watch carefully," and finally his eyes raised to the boy. "Tomorrow, it will be a new age, boy. And you'll be part of it. You thought I was a legend, but the real legends are about to begin. Eat the moku moku fruit, or don't eat it. Either way, after tomorrow, neither you nor anything in this world will ever be the same..."
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Date: 2004-06-05 09:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-05 09:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-05 10:01 pm (UTC)YAY CHIBI SMOKER!
Date: 2004-06-06 03:15 am (UTC)What an interesting perspective on little Smoker, and his "history" *griiins*
I'm totally impressed.
-k.
Re: YAY CHIBI SMOKER!
Date: 2004-06-07 02:22 pm (UTC)Re: YAY CHIBI SMOKER!
Date: 2004-06-07 07:11 pm (UTC)It's a very unique idea-- I've never seen anything at all like it even hinted at, and it's very interesting!
LOVE Smoker. <3 *griiins*
-k.