concasse | ASH

[...]

Don't help me. I'm trying not to like you.

[He says casually, all while catching the bag cleanly out of the air while barely looking in the other's direction.]

What's your name, brat?

I mean I can grab them off you and throw them up to the next floor if that helps.

[ he straightens up and starts sorting his own foodstuff regardless. ]

Ash. Yours?

Oh, that would do it.

[Except he can't be mad because Ash helped him and now Sanji has to deal with the consequences. Muttering darkly under his breath]

Tch, everyone's gotta be friendly and shit, I can't even hate someone in peace! This has gotta count as oppression.

[is this man literally complaining about the power of friendship catching up with him? Yes.

... And also:]

Sanji. Pirate chef of the Straw Hats.

Give it like a week, I'm sure some people [ asch-with-a-C ] will do something to piss you off by then.

[ ah. mood, sanji. that's a mood.

...

also that's a lot to unpack there, hold up. ]

Pirate?

Pirate.

[Said very firmly, though Sanji is in a calm enough mood to elaborate.]

No, I don't steal shit from the poor, or take advantage of the weak, or go pillaging villages. [A shrug, and he fishes around for a mixing bowl]

Me and my crew just do what we want, and that happens to piss off the world government. So: pirate.

Huh. There's a couple of pirate stories back home, but I'm pretty sure the Capuas ended up packing it in and running a delivery business instead a few years back.

[ said a little absently. ]

If pissing off the government counts as a prerequisite for being a pirate, then I know a lot of pirates.

Yeah, that's what everyone ends up saying once I explain the shitty particulars.

[A snort]

So what, you saying you don't got pirates back where you're from anymore?

Do all governments just suck by default then, or what?

[ sighs in bitter rl ]

Eh. There's probably some around. The Capuas were kinda famous for their backstory, so a lot of people know about them.

Oh? What shit did they pull off?

Dunno. They were more active over the border - I think they got caught up in some shit that went down in Liberl a couple of years back? After that they went straight, and Capua Delivery started popping up.

They used to be nobility or something. Which is a pretty big deal in Erebonia. But they lost their land and money and ended up doing the whole piracy deal for a bit. Pretty sure Leeves used to be their town, before they lost it all.

[He.

Fuckin laughs.

Straight from the belly, throwing his head back, howling for a good second before calming down and shaking his head]

Is that right?

[Hilarious.]

Well, maybe they're less of assholes now. Humility's not a bad look on nobility.

Never met 'em. Couldn't say. [ that's cold steel 4 territory that is. ]

But I know a couple of nobles I wouldn't forcibly kick out of their gilded mansions, but the majority need a good asskicking back to earth for sure.

That's how it always is -- that kind of wealth is gonna poison the majority of 'em.

[spoken with vague bitterness, but his voice smooths out]

... You ain't a nobleman in disguise, are you?

[Sanji stop]

[ ash literally just laughs at him. ]

Please.

Oi, I just had to check! Damn.

Why? Worried I might whip out a silver spoon and beat you with it if I was?

You kidding me? I'd steal the spoon and leave your corpse on the floor. My crew is always poor as is.

Go wager the spoon on a bet or something, it’d probably make you more than just selling it.

Nah, all I gotta do is pretend it's some priceless treasure and sell it back to the dumb shits who made it in the first place.

[SWINDLE THE RICH]

[ hmmmm. ]

I like that one. Think you could pull it off without a hitch?

Of course. When you're that rich, you spend money on frivolous shit just to pass the time. It's not hard to convince someone who is already looking for entertainment.

Imagine having all that time and money, and not knowing what to do with it.

Exactly why the rich are such a pain in the ass and I don't feel bad robbing them.

Can't have all the money and power in one place, otherwise things get... skewed.

Tch. It's already a shitshow on my world.

The World Government and the shitty nobles control just about everything. Money, power, the rules... If you oppose them, it's a nightmare waiting to shit all over your door step.

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