smokinghunter: (Sunglasses gruff)
Smoker ([personal profile] smokinghunter) wrote2012-08-15 07:57 pm

[Video] / Action for Violet City

[Smoker's up on Sprout Tower. The outside of it, high up. How he got there is better left unasked.]

And here I thought I promised never to come back here.

[What can he say, he's feeling nostalgic, even if he spent months in this city with people no longer in the world. Just one of those days. Around his neck he's sporting a certain monkey wearing a straw-hat. Though he's got his murkrow out next to him. But for once, they aren't bickering, just quietly reflecting his own distant mood. What can he say indeed? He should be chasing pirates, or dealing with his crew nearly blowing themselves up or some other stupid thing. Instead he's surrounded by animals and little kids. But that's almost a good thing, which really just makes it weird.]

I hate the song for this place. [And nope, he never can master the art of tuning it out.] All right, everyone on this fake den den mushi thing, what's the rarest pokemon you've seen or heard of? One you're sure almost no one else has? Would you rather have one like that, or just one you consider strong? Maybe one you can be friends with?

Certain idiots in my world have a convoluted idea of treasure. For the stupidest of them, it's money or gold. For the wiser ones, it's usually some random piece of junk that has memories attached to it. Actually, my world is a lot like this place. Millions of idiots try to rush to the end of the end of the Grand Line, fighting other pirates or marines just like gym leaders, all to prove they're the strongest, or the best, or to try to reach the end and see what the greatest treasure in all the world is. It makes me wonder if there really is a treasure at the end of all this, but then, I was never one to hunt One Piece, just the pirates along the way.
combat_butler: (You want to be part of Hayate's Angels?)

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[personal profile] combat_butler 2012-08-16 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
At this point in the game I think I would prefer a Pokemon I can be friends with...

Still, um... Every time I hear you talk about your world it just makes me imagine it as being the kind of place people write stories about. *In fact he's pretty sure it sounds like a big name manga back home, but that's usually no a good thing to start on.*
justicereigns: (sidelong thinking)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2012-08-16 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Feel free to start in on it, Smoker will just want to hear whether he epically corners Straw-Hat in a final showdown or not :|]

There are stories about it. Isn't your world the same in that regard?
combat_butler: (I swear if he whips out a camera...)

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[personal profile] combat_butler 2012-08-16 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
*Sadly he has been here too long to know such amazing things... So behind on what's fresh and popular!*

Ahhh... W-Well... In a few ways there are definitely parts of it that could make for a good book or show... Then again... Yeah, you're right... Every world is like that really. It depends on the audience.
justicereigns: (che)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2012-08-16 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Such a shame.]

Realism versus "a man's romance" I suppose?
combat_butler: (Don't get the wrong idea...)

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[personal profile] combat_butler 2012-08-16 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... Something along those lines! I think a lot of guys out there just flat out like romance as oppose to the adventure though...
justicereigns: (Teen smoking justice)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2012-08-16 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Romance too then, I guess.

Did you have a lot of chances to read much in your world?
combat_butler: (Wow you are tiny.)

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[personal profile] combat_butler 2012-08-17 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm... Not all that often, actually... I was always busy with work or school, so I didn't exactly have much downtime to read anything aside from when it was slow at whatever job I was working at the time. Even then it was usually just things like magazines or manga...
justicereigns: (Let it all slip away)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2012-08-17 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
Pity. That's one thing this world could use more of.

Books that aren't about pokemon adventures.
combat_butler: (pic#1611363)

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[personal profile] combat_butler 2012-08-17 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
... maybe someone here who was a big reader has a eidetic memory? They could make a small fortune writing and selling books from their home...
combat_butler: (Did he just call me cute?)

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[personal profile] combat_butler 2012-08-18 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
--oh. Um... photographic? As in they see or read it once, then they can remember it almost word for word. Sometimes exactly word for word.
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justicereigns: (sunglasses YEEEEAAAAAH)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2012-08-18 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Whoa.

Nico Robin probably has a really good memory, and I've no doubt she's read more books than almost anyone here, but I don't think even she could remember everything word for word. That sounds like a superpower. Or a devil fruit ability.
combat_butler: (He was unconcious when I got here!)

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[personal profile] combat_butler 2012-08-18 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
W-Well... It often comes paired with genius level intellect, so in certain circles it very well might be considered to be a superpower! It's a very rare ability though... Yet knowing this place, I wouldn't be surprised if someone had it.
justicereigns: (Teen smoking justice)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2012-08-18 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you know anyone with it?
combat_butler: (Some kind of sexual tyrannosaurus...)

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[personal profile] combat_butler 2012-08-19 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
... I've known a few girls with genius level smarts, yet I've never actually asked if they have that skill...
justicereigns: (sunglasses -- let's do this)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2012-08-19 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
All right I'll check with Robin, you check with the girls you know.