OGATA

[concasse]

will shitpost later

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[snyaiper]

[Yeah, that throws him off for a moment, the yelling.]

... Like I said. I did try to see if I could force my father to notice me. It didn't work.
[There's a lot of problems with this being his response to that question.]

[concasse]

... Ogata.

[With complete sincerity]

Fuck your embarrassment of a dad. I hope he's rotting in hell.

[ANYWAY]

I'm talking about doing shit that doesn't revolve around his attention. Striking out and being your own person. Y'know... shit like that...

[snyaiper]

[Ah. His hand moves, reflexively, to his hair. It really comes across as some sort of nervous tic at this point.]

... I don't know if I can. I'm missing something important, being born the way I was, I think.

[concasse]

... You got fucked over by bad luck, I won't deny that. And I'm not saying shit'll be easy, but damn, you might as well try, right?

[...]

Are you going back to your world once this shit is over? Or are you heading somewhere else?

[snyaiper]

I don't have anywhere else to go other than home. And when I do, Immortal Sugimoto is going to catch up to me within five minutes and presumably remove my head from my body or something equally violent.

[Smiles! Maybe this has something to do with why he's so unconcerned about dying.]

[concasse]

... Fine. My world will take ya.

[snyaiper]

[Blinks]

... Why?

[concasse]

Why not. It's a huge-ass world, and unless you're afraid of water...

[snyaiper]

[Ah. That's what he meant.]

Are you sure you should be setting a strange man you barely know loose on your world?

[concasse]

-- Are you kidding me?

[With an abrupt laugh]

I told you I was a pirate, wasn't I? No matter what path you decided to take, the world would accept you.

[...]

And you'd find people to accept you, too. I got lucky, after all.

[snyaiper]

[Huh. He did say that, didn't he. And he suggested there was a lot of water.]

What, is your world simply run by pirates and lawbreakers?
[WELL.]

[concasse]

Oh there's a World Government, Nobles and the like, but both of those groups can go piss off. Every pirate worth their salt would thank you if you shot at one.

[Maybe don't shoot at one with a Devil Fruit power but...]

[snyaiper]

... Mm. Trying to overthrow the government is more old man Hijikata's game, but I suppose the idea of a widely lawless land isn't entirely unappealing.