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discedo2012-02-08 01:32 am
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[China's sitting comfortably near his low table with a puzzled look on his face.]
Last night I had a very strange dream. I was dressed in a female Beijing Opera costume and I was singing and dancing. Maybe I drank too much at the Lantern Festival, or something, aru.
[He pauses to drink some of his green tea, which was sitting in a teacup on the low table.]
By the way, what's this I keep hearing about memories? Are you saying the dream I had was actually a memory? [Guess who hasn't had any experiences yet.]
[OOC: Hey man, this is China. Anyone is free to view memories ranging from his (lonely) childhood, to his dynasties, the wars, present day, and the Christmas he spent with Stocking here in Discedo (since that's the first and only real memory he's recalled of Discedo so far).]
Last night I had a very strange dream. I was dressed in a female Beijing Opera costume and I was singing and dancing. Maybe I drank too much at the Lantern Festival, or something, aru.
[He pauses to drink some of his green tea, which was sitting in a teacup on the low table.]
By the way, what's this I keep hearing about memories? Are you saying the dream I had was actually a memory? [Guess who hasn't had any experiences yet.]
[OOC: Hey man, this is China. Anyone is free to view memories ranging from his (lonely) childhood, to his dynasties, the wars, present day, and the Christmas he spent with Stocking here in Discedo (since that's the first and only real memory he's recalled of Discedo so far).]
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The World Government alone would be ... If that is someone in a person form as you all are, that would be one person whom I would be very very scared of. And I think with all of Dragon's Rebellion cropping up... if I were a country... [Shakes his head.] The pirate emperors scare even me China. Japan tells me all the time how strong America is, and he's a lot like Garp, but even he is a lot easier to handle than one single pirate emperor.
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I am not frightened of invaders anymore, though, the threat of an invasion does put me at unease. Which is exactly why my government has trained me and my soldiers so hard. We are prepared. We have the numbers and the weapons. Not trying to imply that I have any interest in taking over any land in your world, but I'm confident that my armed forces would be able to hold out against the World Government.
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No. They don't even need to invade, that's the problem. You'd be fucked either way. Without their support or protection, the only help you could get would be a pirate emperor. And an island could be economically crushed or forced to completely fend for itself, or isolated and ostracized the way Fishman Island is.
I've spent my whole career as a pirate fighting other pirates, slavers, the government, the whole damn ocean itself. The world's strongest individual country with the world largest and toughest army wouldn't --
[Just leans his head into his hand.] You remember the bombs Japan faced? The ones from America? In my world the Government has something similar called a Buster Call. Only it doesn't destroy one city. It completely destroys a whole damn island. My father's devil fruit could create earthquakes; tsunamis are something he could cause just by having a nightmare if he wasn't so damn careful. Had he wanted to he could destroyed the whole world just by himself. Yet even he had troubles facing the world government, even with me and my brothers to help him. And we didn't fight a Buster call, we fought way more force than that. We lost too. And not just because of them, because of a traitor. But that just makes it all worse, because Blackbeard betrayed the government too... but he has Pops devil fruit. And he does not have the old man's restraint.
And he can create black holes.
[Shakes his head.] Mah... there are... things I love about my home, but I really don't think you understand how deadly it is. That bomb that Japan had to face? I absorbed that radiation like it was Kizaru's attacks, because I'm a phoenix. To me, doing such a thing was nothing. But even I have a hard time in my world. It's a terrifying place. There is a reason only Gol D. Roger reached the end. Everyone else who's tried died before they ever could and the death and violence escalates every year as more determined and ruthless people join. It's not about having the best army, the best technology or being the smartest... We had that. You said it yourself, no one stays on the top forever, but in the New World, being on the top is a god damn illusion. If you're strong you have to fight with everyone just because some dumbass wants to prove he's stronger. Being a pirate in the New World isn't about being prepared to kill, it's about being prepared to die.
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Of course I remember the atomic bombs. There's not a country in the world who doesn't remember. The entire world was shocked by such destructive power, for it was during World War II where unimaginable violence broke out. Atrocities all over the world that had claimed millions of lives took place. Even America and the creators of the atomic bomb were so horrified by the damage the bombs had done. The creators regretted making the bomb at all, but... had they not, the Germans would have. Many say that the Germans were so close to creating an atomic bomb before the Americans, but the Americans beat them to it, barely. I have no doubts that if Germany did create the bombs first, the Axis Powers would have won the war and the world would be a very different place, aru.
So far, America has been the only one to use an atomic bomb in a war. Since then, no such bombs have been used. Though they are effective, their destructive power is frightening. Not to mention we have created much more powerful weapons since then. Why, some theorists believe that the power that would come from combining all the weapons we have today would be enough to blow up our earth not once, but four times. The Cold War was when America and the USSR came so close to unleashing their new nuclear weapons, but the world escaped by a thread.
The way you describe your world. I wonder... [He looks up with sad eyes.] if our world is heading in the same direction. If our world will become like yours. If so, the human part of myself may die. But at least, China will still be alive. The government won't care that Wang Yao dies, so long as China lives.
You know, I have read some fiction books where the setting is in a world made from the ruins of my world, aru. Usually the reason the old world gets destroyed is by some cataclysmic war or a great famine. [Except the usual scenario is that his people will never read these books. Only his eyes are able to read such material.] I try not to think that such a thing will truly happen, but as I continue to see how many problems there are in the world, it gets harder and harder to cling to hope. Every time we settle something, a new conflict or crisis arises. The world cannot take this forever and neither can we Nations.
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There are... bigger weapons in my world, even worse than a Buster Call. Four of them that they say could each destroy half of the world alone in one shot if unchecked. The World Government does fear those, so occasionally a few idiot pirates will try looking for them, but their very mention is stricken from books, the language once used to describe them is also banned. Eh, they're practically a fairy tale, even by my standards. [Meaning someone who's lived the every day insanity of the New World and is also a mythical creature most people don't believe ever existed.]
Even without those though... devil fruits alone are very powerful. My Pops had a lot of islands he was protecting. Fishman Island, Foodvalten, tons of them. But with him gone, I don't stand a chance of keeping them safe. I'm not saying don't come to my world, just understand, even with all the power you can muster, it's not a place anyone could take lightly and survive.
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Then again, when I travel alone, I tend to keep a low profile. No one outside the government are to know of our true identities, aru. Surely it would be fine if I posed as a commoner.
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Perhaps, but that depends where you want to live too. And do you really think you could manage that kind of lifestyle China, much less maintain it very long?
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Well, I spent nearly two centuries being stomped on by other Nations. I didn't even live like a commoner then, I was more like a peasant, or a slave even. So, yes, I believe I could maintain it for awhile.
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If they discovered you didn't age despite time and hard work, that's a very real danger.
[Grits his teeth. He might have gotten too personal there. Oops. And there's a light tell-tale fidget with his anklet.]
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If you're sure... [He doesn't sound so convinced himself, but he's not going to try to keep convincing China how hard it is. After all, he wouldn't listen to anyone else telling him how hard something was.]
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