[video] we'll turn the moon to blood

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Who: Asuka Shikinami Langley
Broadcast: Video, Fleetwide
Action: SS Red Fish
When: 3/8

[Asuka is sitting on her bed, with a bright red notebook and pen in hand and a slight frown crossing her face. She's still wearing the same form-fitting red-and-purple combat plugsuit she's been in since her arrival. For once, she doesn't look so much annoyed as she does wary, though honestly, with her, it's hard to tell.]

This is Asuka Shikinami Langley. [No wave. She scribbles something on a notebook page that's probably just a line and not any kind of script.] I have a few questions for everyone. The more people that answer, the more accurate the survey, so I suggest you tell me.

[All business. Asuka would applaud herself for her own professionalism if there was any point. There's no telling how long it'll last.]

First, I want to know your nationalities. Second, I want to know what your occupation was before the Fleet. I'm trying to figure out if there's a pattern to the kidnappings or any groups that get targeted more than others.

[Which is what the notebook is for. She really doesn't trust the network not to bungle everything at Atroma's whim. There's a brief, reluctant pause, and then--]

Before you ask, I was born in Germany. I was a pilot before, too. That's all.

Comments

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A traditional pirate?

[She's not finding a large amount of commonalities with people's occupations yet. It's disappointing. Mapmaking skills aren't relevant in her time, so...]

[namisan]

By other world's standards, I'm guessing so. I've heard there are other kinds, or more modern ones. But we still sail on the ocean, so... apparently they make movies about us.

[Morons.]

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Pillaging and looting? [Asuka feels a little naive, asking a question like that, but at the same time, she doesn't know of any other kind of pirate than that. People seem to be pretty blase about mentioning their professions here, even if they're criminal.] And yeah, they have.

[namisan]

A good portion of the pirates in my world are all about that kind of thing, yeah. Not all of us. [Not her, though Nami does her fair share of thievery. She doesn't make that distinction, though.]

I saw one of the movies. It was kinda, uh. Ridiculous.

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Which movie? [Asuka hasn't seen too many movies, but she's still curious.]

[namisan]

Um... I can't actually remember. Something about a Hawk? But it had an actor that one of the Fleet people is really crazy about in it. Errol Flynn. I remember that.

They got some of the trappings right, but most of us wouldn't wear that stuff out to sea. I don't think even Sanji-kun wears tights on a bad day.