angryfistofgod | OTA I need the practice

What are you going to do about it?

[Oh, how the tables have turned!]

Do you really want me to shut you up that badly? Because I think we both know how I'd do that.

I know of a few ways you might try.

[A hand comes out of his shoulder, traces around the line of his jaw, then disappears.]

Shall we see if you and I think alike?

[Flicks her nose with smoke.]

Don't tempt me.

[He's just enjoying teasing her too much.]

[Robin curls her fingers through the smoke he used to flick her nose, the corners of her lips drawing up in a grin.]

Looks like that warning's a little late.

[Oh yeah? He just smirks and lazily lets the smoke drift into tendrils and sets about to tickle her. Bet you weren't expecting that! HA!]

[Robin freezes, her back going rigid. The corners of her lips twitch. She is trying so hard to keep it together. She should tickle back, put him off his guard. She can do it better, she knows she can.

Only.

He's logia.

He'd just make himself intangible, and she won't have anywhere to sprout from, or strike at.

She tries tickling back anyway, if she can't use her fleur she'll reach out with her own hands. Because the only other option is conceding defeat to the Marine. And she doesn't want to do that. Not yet.]

[Smoker grins and catches one of her wrists with a smirk.] Still unwilling to give up I see. [Takes out the cigars and then tickles her more, mwahahaha.]

[She grunts a little, pulling at her wrist. This is not even fair.]

Not to the likes of you, no.

[Maybe she can surprise him. A series of hands come up out of the ground, and goose his butt.]

[Oh, he certainly reddens a bit and lets go.]

Is there someone you would be willing to give up to? [Quirks an eyebrow and tries to move somewhere she can't grope him so easily!]

[Once he's let go she takes a step back, a smile crossing her lips. Robin puts a finger to her mouth in a thoughtful gesture.]

Hmmm.....

No.

[Fleur can come from anywhere, Smoker. Since he's so nice and solid at the moment, she summons one from his back and wraps it around to pinch his side. She grins mischievously.]

I might be persuaded to a truce, if the right incentives were offered.

Edited 2013-04-01 00:08 (UTC)

[Grunts in irritation and folds his arms, grabbing the hand to hold the fingers this time.]

Oh? And what would your initial proposed terms be?

[Robin leans her head to the side, suddenly contemplative. Her fleur spreads fingers wide, sliding them up in between Smoker's. Her voice is surprisingly soft as she speaks, glancing at him from the corner of her eye. She could tell him the truth, but he isn't likely to believe it.]

I just want to live free.

Don't all pirates? Why do you think prisons are such a punishment.

It isn't freedom itself that is the problem, it's what you then do with that freedom. Pirates can't be trusted to act as responsible members of the community anymore.

Living on the run can be a type of prison as well.

[She sighs, barely audibly, and her fleur dissipates.]

If you find somewhere you'd like to stay, you can't. If you find someone who might be worth the gamble, you can't even bet. Aside from nakama, the more important something or someone is to you, the farther you have to stay from it.

[She chuckles.]

Some freedom.

And you don't think pirates kill marine's family members the same way?

Isn't that why pirates have to protect their treasure, Demon Child?

Everyone has to, regardless of labels that might be applied to them.

[Her voice sounds harder than she means it to. But she hates being branded. Hates being thought of as a pirate before a human being. She may have accepted the role and come to revel in some of its trappings, but it does not define her.]

[He narrows his eyes and regards her coldly. Analytically.]

Labels are earned.

[He's proud of his. All of them. From stubborn, and White Hunter, to even Loose Hound. Aren't most pirates proud of their labels? Tsk. No. Maybe just their bounties. Except for Straw Hat, who was proud of his labels, and almost always an exception to the rule. Perhaps this woman is too.]

[That comment earns him a fierce glare. But it dissipates quickly, replaced by something heavy, nearly vulnerable.]

Not always.

[A frown. Monster huh? He never cared about things like that though. So he leans back against the wall, but he does soften a little.]

The others don't matter.

[He doesn't understand. And he never will because no matter what she says, she's a dirty lying pirate after all. It's not worth the struggle. He seems unprepared though, so Robin runs a couple of fingers up the backs of his legs.]

[Yup, he jumps a million miles high at that.]

Stop that!

If you don't want to be called things you disagree with, get stronger until you learn to ignore them! [Grr. Grr. Wait that outburst had nothing to do with his legs being tickled.]

Edited 2013-07-25 17:35 (UTC)

[Giggling]

Does the same go for being taken unaware, I wonder?

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