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[maybenotdracula]

What you call "canon review" may be daunting, but it is like any opponent: you will fail if you let your will waver. Show more strength in that regard.

[ And he goes right back to reading. ]

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[waywardswords]

[should make his mun canon review more and in excruciating detail while she does a thousand pushups.

What do pushups have to do with anything, you crazy moron?! D:<<]

Any particular reason?

[casual Zoro is casual. ]

[maybenotdracula]

[ Sup kiddo? He's not even gonna look up from his book. ]

She means to issue me somewhere.

[waywardswords]

[it's the casual indifference that makes Hawkeyes so goddamn cool It doesn't bother him.]

Yeah? If she finds a suitable place I might just take you on.

[He's not anywhere near that guy's level, but the one advantage about these places is that dying is pretty much temporary--so as long as he comes back he can go at Mihawk however long it takes]

[maybenotdracula]

I trust you've improved from the last time, or else you'll just waste both of our time.

[ Though honestly, he does hope he's gotten better so things are less boring. ]

[waywardswords]

[he wants to say yes but...]

Which last time do you mean?

[since he's definitely gotten better since Baratie. But if Mihawk is coming from the weird fighting monkey place--it's going to be a bit more of a problem]

[maybenotdracula]

[ Weird fighting monkey island indeed. ]

You seemed to have trouble with those baboons last I saw, then asked for something rather absurd.

[waywardswords]

...Yeah that's right about when I left.

[so no... not so much]

....

My request still stands.

[since, maybe some of it would carry over from game to real life]

[maybenotdracula]

I am thankful I've already gotten the laughter out of my system from the last time, or else I would start up again.

[waywardswords]

Laugh if you want. I need to be strong enough to protect the people I care about. ...and I can't learn it on my own.

[not fast enough. Not well enough. What was ambition compared to the weight on his swords?]

[maybenotdracula]

I've had enough of laughter. It almost permanently halted my breath before. [ He straightens up in his seat. ] I told you before I would do it, or do you not recall?

[lovescompany]

[Is that a chill over your shoulder, Hawkeyes?

...nope, it's just a girl-that-is-totally-not-a-banshee trying to catch a glance of what you are reading.

Dooon't mind her.]

[maybenotdracula]

Have you a reason for floating there?

[lovescompany]

[Oh snap.]

YES!

[ACK, MISERY. WHY DID YOU SAY THAT, HE'S GOING TO ASK WHAT. AND THEN WHERE WILL YOU BE???]

[maybenotdracula]

Then tell me what it is instead of stalk there.

[lovescompany]

I mean... um...

[THINK FAST, MISERY, CRIPES.]

...no?

[THAT'S NOT MUCH BETTER.]

[maybenotdracula]

Then be so kind as to not float beside me. It's distracting.

[ And kinda reminds him of Perona's little ghosts. ]

[lovescompany]

[She's shrinking visibly.]

I mean...

[...last chance to make a good first impression.]

...maaaaaaaaaaybe?

[maybenotdracula]

[ A flip of the page. ]

Maybe is not a decent answer, girl. Answer definitively.

[lovescompany]

...............

I can't remember anymore.

[maybenotdracula]

Do you truly, or is it that you don't wish to?

[lovescompany]

Well, until you said that, I was pretty sure I had actually totally forgot.

But now I'm not sure.

hvjchfhd oh my god mihawk

[hollower]

Ah, Mihawk-sama! [Color Perona surprised to see you around these parts - you're a rare and elusive creature, she's come to find out.] You shouldn't be cruel to your mun...they have a lot of power - more perhaps than you yourself. You'd do best not to upset yours, in case he or she is the unforgiving type.

[She chews her lip awkwardly, twirling her parasol. Ugh, this is so weird! It feels like forever since she's seen him last, yet at the same time she knows its only been so many weeks since she left Kuraigana. Does he eve know of that? Will he even recognize her this way? She'll soon find out.] Are...a-are you being sent anywhere in particular? My Mun-chan wants to know, th-that's all!

suuuppp?

[maybenotdracula]

[ Perona, did you change your hair? Just when he got used to the pigtails... ]

If sensible advice is cruelty, I believe I should be cruel more often. It is for her benefit more than my own. [ And a turn of the page. ] As I understand, there is a place in mind, but it is not one I'll be visiting immediately.

hellooooo ♥♥♥

[hollower]

[She also changed her wardrobe, but details.]

All I'm saying is to not sound like you usually do! You must not yet know what they're capable of, or how they think, if you're taking yours so lightly. [She closes her parasol, and hangs it off one arm as she approaches him, mildly curious about the contents of that there book.] I'm only warning you, Mihawk-sama, to be careful now...and don't expect much in the future. Especially in the ways of a good experience.

What's it called? My Mun-chan's bringing me back to a 'game' I was at some time ago, actually... And while you may be going elsewhere, I know she'd love you have you. The high-pitched noises she made upon seeing you were indication of that, horohorohoro!

[maybenotdracula]

[ But Persona Perona, if he didn't speak like usual, he wouldn't be him at all! A paradox. ]

The way I am hasn't been a problem for the decades I've lived. I don't believe it will suddenly become a problem.

The Wake, I believe. She has a great deal of reading and watching to do prior. [ And writing, but that's a given. ] I don't trust her abilities very far at this point. [ Well geez... ]

[hollower]

[Bang. Truly a paradox indeed, and yet another is that she'd never accept him any other way that how he is now. It's an endearing quality...somehow. Perona's likes always have been a bit peculiar.]

It's a problem for the people around you! Think of what I had to put up with for two years, and be considerate! [She puts her hands on her hips, huffing, before being brought back down to earth.] ...My mun-chan has heard of the place, but she's not putting me there. I'm going to a place with, eeeh...wings? Luceti, I think she called it.

A place where my sworn enemy is, Mihawk-sama, can you believe my rotten luck?! I don't want to go anywhere like that!! [Whine, complain, bitch, whine.]

[maybenotdracula]

[ Commence the free-form jazz. ]

The people around me know what they're getting into the moment they come near. They can leave at any time...it isn't like I impede them. [ He stops, and he actually tries to imagine what Perona would look like with wings. ] If nothing else, you could just fly away from your enemy.

[hollower]

[Awww yea.

Ahem, Perona is not going to say anything to that first comment - she'll just get in trouble or something - though she can't help the very brief roll of her eyes. Yeah, sure, okay...everyone ever knows not to challenge the world's greatest swordsman. There are idiots and cocky bastards dotting the seas. But anyway--]

Eeeh?! I'm no coward, Mihawk-sama! [Except when she is...] Don't insult me! I have every intention of getting my revenge on that fool one way or another! Even if I can't kill him...making a bigger fool of him in battle would be satisfactory enough. Besides, the wings don't sustain flight - they're relatively small in fact... About a quarter from being the length of one's arm, my mun-chan tells me. I was there once before, but my memory of the blasted place has been wiped - and I don't know if that's for better or worse.

[3d2y]

Eh?! It's you! [ Hawkeyes!! ]

[maybenotdracula]

[ His eyes glance upward from his book, but go right back to the page he's been reading. ]

Straw Hat.

[3d2y]

I didn't think I'd see you again! [ But he ... doesn't really have much to say to him, since all they've done is fight. ]

So, you're going through this whole ...[ how does that go?? ] finding a 'game' thing, huh?

[maybenotdracula]

[ Despite them mostly fighting in the past, Mihawk has no malice toward Luffy. It's just not his style. ]

Yes. A slow process, but it appears to be steadily progressing.

[haramaki]

Don't know what about this stuff involves strength [ it's just sitting down and staring at some books or w/e, right? ], but... [ he uncrosses his arms, something akin to a grin spreading across his features. ] I hope you don't think I am the same as when I left.

[maybenotdracula]

Strength is not limited solely to swords. [ He pauses and lifts his eyes toward Zoro rather pointedly without moving his head at all. ] Surely your training has taught you that.

[grandlineswag]

At least you aren't letting your mind waste away, I see.

[maybenotdracula]

[ That sure is a Crocodile. ]

I can only hope you're doing the same?

[grandlineswag]

An impossibility. I could rot alone in a cell for a century, and my mind would be as sharp as ever.

[maybenotdracula]

If that is what you believe, your mind may dull before you realize it.

[fierybluebird]

Maybe you should read to your mun, unless your worry your voice will put them to sleep, eh.

[maybenotdracula]

[ That's a wonderful idea, actually. ]

Perhaps more sleep would make her less jittery.

[fierybluebird]

Aye, just don't let her hibernate. [Don't worry, that wasn't supposed to make sense.]

[ace_of_hearts]

Sound advice. Did it work?