[Video] With ash in your mouth, you'll ask it to burn again

[burnt_offering]

[The SmartSnail comes on suddenly, and two jeering youths can be seen making obscene gestures and laughing at the phone they've found. They seem to be pleased with themselves, and their unpleasant adventure starts with flipping up their middle fingers and slapping their butts at the camera.

Ah, the joys of youth.] Finders keepers, bitches. Whoever dropped this? Your loss! We got new tech now! [They give up on selfie time, and decide to use the camera function to keep a record of their destruction. They drag knives into every surface, kick over anything in their path, and brag about their piracy prowess in slurred drunk voices as the continue.] Oh shit, what's that? Hey, can you see-" [The name of the person is slurred beyond being audible, and they pull out a flashlight and shine it into the distance. They drag the weak light jerkily over a wide area, but find themselves staring at a grave . The light hits the top of it at first, and they murmur and mumble in slurred voices about what they could do if they took it apart.] So this is where the sorry bastard ended up. Guess the stones are worth something if nothing el-[A high pitched shriek emits from one of the men as he shines the light from the top of the grave, and then down to a huddled figure shaking at the bottom of it. The figure's back is facing the camera, scarred grotesquely, and a soft noise emits from the direction they're sitting in as they slowly rock back and forth.] Shit. Just a drunk. Go home! We claimed this place! Get out![No response comes.] Fuck off, and go! [One of them comes closer, and tries to kick at the figure while the other laughs and films.

But as he does, the form ignites. And the camera is dropped, shutting off as it meets the ground hard.]

Comments

[burnt_offering]

Wait, what? He forgot us? And of course he'd be badass, and who's Mingo?

[This is a lot to take in, okay. Luffy, take it easy. He's pretty impressed with what he's getting out of this, but he's still jerky and disoriented. He's not sure that he's really grasping this.] Shit, okay. It wasn't my fruit anymore, but you two did that? God, you're both crazy. It's not a bad thing, but... So okay, Fruit, Sabo, tournament? Luffy, I'm tired. Maybe we can try this again once I've eaten.

[He's not following very well, and the aching feeling is pulling in again, making his steps falter a little.]

[bigdenergy]

[He's about to explain further when Ace drops the once I've eaten line, with its predictable distraction.]

Oh, okay! Everything's better after food.

[That much, he totally gets.]

We'll find you the best food! Or the best that's here, anyway. Cause Sanji isn't here so it won't be the best best.

[burnt_offering]

[Food really is a thing of healing for them.] Yeah, I wanna eat 'til I pass out. Just shovel it in until I'm too full to think about anything anymore. [He's still a little out of it, but it hits him what Luffy said about Sanji.] Hey, where's your crew?

[bigdenergy]

[It's the true bond of brothers, right there.]

... I dunno. We were all on Wano, but then I was here, and apparently things are weird.

[burnt_offering]

[Grab what you can, eat like a glutton, live your stomach's best life.] Wano? Damn, you really do go places. I can't wait until I hear all of it. I-I'm not sure who's here. I'm still kinda confused about all of this. Marco's here, but besides you and some people I didn't know, I haven't seen anyone. [Don't think about it, don't think about it, don't think about the other grave or how much it aches.] Yeah, food. Food. Food first, then sleep. And we'll figure this out when I've eaten a whole restaurant's worth of stuff.

had a response half written and then chrome decided I didn't need it

[bigdenergy]

[The ASL motto, right there, or at least the A&L parts of it.]

It's all really messed up! But you're here, and that's the important part.

[He's not quite sure what to make of Marco, but the easiest answer to that is to shrug and let that part of Ace's comment pass by.]

Loads of food! That fixes everything. After dinner an' midnight snack and breakfast, everything'll look better.

Chrome pls

[burnt_offering]

[The S means sanity, something the A&L parts of it don't hold much in the way of.]

Hey, you being here is the important part to me.

[Better get used to it, he's gonna be around a lot Luffy.]

Yeah. Let's just go eat until we pass out. Tomorrow things will be better. And we'll really figure out what's going on.