notabluesbro | 19th Confession [Action/Voice]

[Aaaall right, so it's been pretty eventful lately. With Amelia and Milly popping up, like most people, out of nowhere, Wolfwood's busied himself with being shell-shocked at the latter and humored at the former (it really is all true, Amelia, promise). With Knives and Legato still MIA (perhaps they'd left entirely? but he's not one to hope on that), not to mention, he's found himself just a little more relaxed than usual. And hey, the injury on his arm is just about healed up, to boot. Nothing much but a few stitches that were about ready to be removed. Of course he knew it was only a matter of time before something crazy happens again buuut... he'll take it one step at a time.

Firstly, he stops by the weapons shop to see if any ammo came in for his guns, because you can never have enough lengths of bullets for your machine-gun-cross. He also goes off to the forest to practice his fire in the forest, because he honestly hadn't done so in quite a while and heard the damn fire spirit's nagging voice every time he passed by the usual spot.]

Insult me all you want, it isn't going to get this fire any taller. Hell, I'll probably just make it smaller to bug you.

[And suddenly, a coat sleeve on fire. Whoop.]

Geez, geez, it was a joke! [patting it out, and then a beat] Fiery little bastard.

[He's been focused on just this one element for a while now, and the progress is felt in the explosion of fire he's able to make. When he was a kid, it was just a little fire at the end of a stick, but now--he's at least able to create fire as tall as he is.

And after that he'll go ahead and stop by the bar for a drink--even at Sanji's bar, maybe, despite the fact that curlybrow was going to give him A Look over the recent developments. It's overcast with murky clouds, but that hardly puts a damper on anything; Wolfwood rather likes the cool, muted look, himself. He also sights a little something at the item shop while he's out.]

[Voice]

So, Luceti. I've told a ton of people about my crappy little desert planet, but I'm curious--what's the landscape of your worlds like? The weather? Anything that you miss from it, or anything that you're glad you're not dealing with? It's been biting at me lately to ask.

By the way, welcome, new people. The name's Wolfwood, and I hope you have a fairly uneventful stay here--though, 'hope' is a very key word. But if there's anything you guys need, there's plenty of help around, myself included.

[after a beat--]

[Filtered to Milly]

Heeey, I think I found something of yours at the item shop.

[a big, violent gun-related thing. :|a]

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Yes, though they're more powerful than the spirits here.

[Not that she means to disparage the local spirits; it's just true.]

...unfortunately, I can't demonstrate. Something about this barrier keeps them out, at least most of the time.

Huh... I can't say I'm surprised at this crappy barrier business—it seems everyone's got limited abilities when they're stuck behind this power cap. But I'll bet your summoning is really something great to see.

[Hearing that pulls her out of a brief sulking fit.]

Thank you. Maybe the rules will change someday and I can bring them here. It's a thin hope at best, but sometimes that's all we have anyway.

Hey, you never know! Things happen to change in Luceti enough for it to be a big possibility, right?

Well...they did actually visit once! I just wasn't able to keep them.

See now, that's progress already! Who knows what'll happen in the future, right?

Are you always this optimistic?

[.... Ah.

Was he always...?]

[... heh, that's a good question.]

Not as much back home, no. But I guess optimism's growing on me a little, here...

That's odd. Usually, I find it's the other way around. After a while of being here, a lot of folks get pretty cynical. Not that I'm saying you should; it's refreshing to see a different view.

Well, my world was already the most cynical place I know of, compared to the rest of the worlds people'll've told me about. A desert world where everyone's fighting to survive isn't exactly the most optimistic place.

I guess the people here are just more hopeful. It's been helping me along.

[That and he wonders if Vash was ever right, about keeping hopes up.]

...wow. I can see why that would make a difference! I guess this world would seem a lot better if you had something even more chaotic to compare it to.

Oh, definitely. When shifts happen around here, I just think 'geez, this is as bad as that one time back home!'. It's pretty nostalgic, to be in constant trouble!

[She chuckles.]

Nostalgic? I don't think I've ever heard it quite described like that. Though...I sort of know what you mean. There was a lot of upheaval back home....

... Sounds like every world here has it's demons.

Probably. But at the same time, it sounds like many have plenty of people willing to defend it. That has to count for something.

Mmm, I agree. That counts for a lot.

The name's Wolfwood, by the way.

It's nice to meet you, Wolfwood. My name is Rydia.

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