First match!

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[[The boy showing up on the screen looked...well. Crestfallen to say the least. He pulled his orange headband down a little before finally addressing the screen.]]

I...I'm sorry everyone. [[What's this kid apologizing for?]] We failed. We let the aliens win... [[It was clearly hard to admit, he was visibly trembling.]]

I...there's no excuse. I wasn't strong enough. I'm sorry. [[His fists finally pounded on the console. He was so frustrated, so disappointed in himself. After a moment he sighed, relaxing as best he could. His hands slipped from the console, and he put on a smile.]]

So...who all is here? Mom? Any of my team? How about any other soccer players? Please ah...speak up! I want to know who was saved...

Comments

[gomu_ningen]

Gifts? Yeah, I've got plenty of those! I was born to be great! Shishishi~!

[Luffy merely laughs his innocent and foolish self into a large grin, recollecting upon his feats and circumstances.]

[true_noir]

That you were. You are going to do well in this place. I just know it. I don't think we've met yet.

Chloe.

[gomu_ningen]

Monkey D. Luffy.. I'm the man who's going to become the King of the Pirates.

[true_noir]

Do be careful if you say that in Barbossa's hearing. He might take offense. hehe.

[gomu_ningen]

Barbossa? Who's he? Is he a pirate, too?

[true_noir]

A safe assumption, given the context. Quite a colorful character actually. Very memorable if you encounter him.

[gomu_ningen]

Is he a strong pirate?! I wonder if he's trying to find the One Piece, too. Hmm.. I bet he's not where I'm from, though. Lame~!

[true_noir]

He is probably not. I am quite certain of it... though he does go on about a fellow named Jack a great deal.

I would know nothing of this One Piece, though.

[gomu_ningen]

That's lame.. But I guess it isn't surprising that people haven't heard of it before.

Where are you from, Chloe?

[true_noir]

Originally? One of many earths that one can find amongst the tales of the various prisoners here.

More recently? A very ... twisted little island that was not unlike the tower. It liked to capture the unwary in its grasp.

[gomu_ningen]

. . . .

[Looks like the pilot light went out again.]

From the Grand Line. Got it.

[true_noir]

If that's how you'd like to deal with it, we can call it that, yes. The island's name was Atia. Lovely beaches...

[gomu_ningen]

Beaches, huh?

So what are you good at, Chloe? Like.. What are you?

[true_noir]

Killing people. You could say that it was the one thing I was every very well trained at, though ... there are several other things leading up to the ending of a life I needed to know.

...and the island demanded a few things change, though not the core.

[gomu_ningen]

[He simply nods his head, taking in her words as they flew in one ear and out the other.]

You sound a lot like Robin. An assassin, huh? I guess I could use one of those in the Tower.

[true_noir]

Yes. That would be a description of how I once served death in my world. I get the feeling there are a few here, actually.

[gomu_ningen]

That's kinda' weird. Having assassins in a Tower that's already trying to kill people.

[And that was the most witty and clever thing Luffy ever said. The end.]

[true_noir]

What better way to defend yourself from a monster than by killing it before it kills you, mmmm?

[gomu_ningen]

I thought people just killed monsters to eat..

[Not everyone does what Luffy does. Thank God for that.]

[true_noir]

...husks are made of metal and release electricity. Please do not try to eat them.

...

At least not without a lot of ketchup.

[gomu_ningen]

Electricity doesn't hurt me.

[This is the moment where Luffy plucks his cheeks and stretches them out to an inhuman length. Either he's had fat reduction surgery without the plastic surgery procedure, or he's legit when he explains himself.]

I'm a rubber man.

[true_noir]

... oh... you are going to be very interesting, Luffy. Veeerrry interesting.

They do not have those tricks where I come from.

[gomu_ningen]

No Devil's Fruits where you come from, huh? Sounds kinda' boring.

[He releases his cheeks, snapping them back into place with not even so much as a wince of pain.]

I ate the Gum-Gum Fruit when I was a kid, so I've been made of rubber ever since.

[true_noir]

Magical fruit? No, nothing of that sort. The interest comes in challenging your own body's limits against what seems impossible... though I am a little jealous.

[gomu_ningen]

Jealous? I guess rubber powers are cool. I was strong before I ate the fruit though. I've always had the power of a pistol in my punch! Hah!

[Modesty? NOPE.]