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Current Location: Violet City Inn

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13;; [Action for travel buds]

[And while still in Violet and waiting for Sanji to meet up with them, guess who caught himself a cold from all that snow!

Luffy's currently moping around in the room, flopped on the floor, groaning pathetically, and curling up next to a sleeping Chimchar. His stomach hurts and he's been coughing all day. In short, he feels pretty awful. This is what he gets for going outside without his jacket so many times. He may be strong for a bratling, but he's not that strong.]

Aipy... make it go away...

[The little purple monkey just... pats his hat. Not much he can do.]

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Tch. Be one who doesn't.

The future King of the Pirates doesn't lie even to me. He's a weird case like that.

But then how do I get riches and stuff?

How come? [Not that Luffy can lie but might as well be curious!]

By earning it. I get more money bringing in bounties for pirates than they ever get stealing. Hn. Well, except the shichibukai maybe.

I'm not sure why he does it. He said once because he doesn't dislike me, but I think he's just baiting me.

But does that mean you gotta be a marine?

Huh?

You can earn money other ways than in the force chibi.

Yeah, exactly. [Sigh.]

So... you can get a marine to be in your pirate crew?

I don't get it.

What? Of course not! A marine that becomes a pirate is just a traitor.

[If you ask him to join you Luffy he will punch you. Whatever age.]

Why not?

Smoker, you should join my crew! We don't have to tell Gramps.

No. Straw-Hat, no.

I catch pirates, I don't join them. I'm not Drake.

Who's Drake?

He's an ex-marine who went rogue.

Rogue? Whassat?

Pirate, villain, outlaw, illegal. I'm not intimately familiar with all the details brat. Suffice to say, he's not a marine anymore. He said he wanted to see what it was like on the other side. I don't.

I wanna be a rogue! [He likes the sound of that word.]

[Facepalms.]

Fine. You're a rogue. Though I feel I should note, you can be a rogue without being immoral.

[Why does he even expect morality from Luffy.]

Huh?

You can be a rogue without stealing.

Or rather... [Grits his teeth. Damn you Kay and Kaitou and older Straw-Hat and all your moral ambiguities.]

If you steal from fellow pirates or other criminals, it's not the same as stealing from an innocent person who doesn't do anything wrong. Do you follow?