Post by Jade on Jan 3, 2023 0:42:25 GMT -5
"What's... The 'One Piece'...?"Whatever tension there might have been after such an accidentally monumental question was broken near-instantly as Astraea got her first taste of the alcohol Tomoe had retrieved for the group with a shout about poison. Tomoe cracked a grin and didn't quite stifle a laugh at the mermaid's antics. "I mean, you're not entirely wrong there, 'straea. But it's like, it's a recreational thing? You won't die from just one bottle or anything. If it's not your style, that's fine, but it's more of a symbolic thing tonight. Just do what we do - but you don't have to actually drink much if you don't want to," she reassured the woman, or attempted to as she writhed in the sand.
While Astraea chose whether to continue dying in the sand because she tasted a drop of alcohol or not, Tomoe turned her attention back to Yanmei, leaning in a little closer to the remains of the fire such that her face was illuminated in a fun, spooky way. "Gold Roger's legendary treasure, the One Piece... Every pirate worth their salt knows the tales, that whosoever claims the treasure shall become the new King of the Pirates!" she intoned in an over-the-top affectation, raising her free hand and holding it up by her face to gesture and add something extra to the storytelling. "The story of this treasure was what kicked off the Great Pirate Era! Or..."
She leaned back again, the otherworldly underglow of the fire fading such that regular ol' Tomoe was left illuminated by the soft glow of the remaining flames and the stars and moon hanging in the sky above. "That's what they say, anyway. If anyone knows what the One Piece actually is, they forgot to mention it to me. I guess that's part of what makes it so exciting - that no one really knows?"