uccellodifuoco | 11th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Action/Voice

[One of the problems of living with Smoker is that, as silent as the man can be he's pretty good at his job as a police -or rather, a marine- and getting information. Ikki had forgot about that and about telling the man when his birthday was, something he had made a point to not tell anyone because it was pointless. Had her remembered he would have gone out the night before and thus avoid finding a cake prepared for him in the morning of his birthday. How did Smoker even know which was his favorite will always be a mystery, but Ikki's plans to go hole himself at the bar and drink until he didn't know who he was were foiled.

Ikki stares at the cake with a frown, there are worse things to do on one's birthday than to eat cake with his ~~best friend~~ roommate and Kohaku but still, he would have prefered to avoid any of this.]

A birthday cake. Was it necessary?

[There's an obvious drunk slur in the words broad-casted, as well as an obvious lack of direction and a good deal of randomness.]

Never thought I would live past 21. Wait, Saga and the others were far older... Guess I still have a few more years before getting screwed.

Tch, this glass is broken, the liquor keeps running out. [Maybe it wouldn't be broken if he stopped drinking? Nah, that's silly.] 'Kay, one more round-... Hey! Where the hell is my sister? No, brother... Nah, that one isn't here, is he? Or was it a she? Whatever, I'll call it "S" and be done with it.

Maybe they have been sent home too, everyone seems to get the ticket out of here lately... [Some hitting sounds, as if someone is knocking at the journal.] Heey, anyone left here yet?

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It also depends on who's cooking the food. Some people shouldn't be allowed near food unless being poisoned is a new trend.

Why would you get sick by only eating cake?

Right, what Ikki said. [Nods.]

And because it doesn't have a lot of vitamins or meat to it. You'd get sick eating too much of any one thing really. Otherwise I'd just live off of coffee and cigars. [Healthiest not!foods ever.]

You're not supposed to eat cigars anyway. Tch,and you critique Hyoga's tastes.

I guess I'm lucky I can't get sick off of milk and honey..

They still taste good.

[Nods at Kohaku.] You are. Figuring out the right amounts of what to eat when is kind of a nuisance.

I still think boots taste better than cigars.

[And are healthier but when the man can turn his whole body into smoke it's silly to mention that.]

Each person has a different stomach size anyway, the ones who have it the worst are restaurants deciding how much food serve on each order.

They both don't smell good.

[That's her take on it! But at least she never complains about the smell of smoke.]

...It's a different size in everyone? [What is this anatomy you speak of?! And how does it work?!!]

What? Yeah of course we're different sizes. Just look at me and Ikki. [Sorry roomie, you're shorter than him, but then, most people outside of One Piece are.]

[He's still bigger than Selphie. And Aldebaran was pretty much a giant, same with Geki, it made him wonder what kind of woman had been Geki's mother to give birth to such a beast. From their father it couldn't be or they all would have shared the trait somehow.]

Or basically at any adult and any kid. Even you, I'm sure you need even less when you're in small form.

Well, yes, that's true. I just never thought about it before...

[She doesn't like to think of people's insides, okay?]

[Waves a hand.] And different people like different things. But only dogs like boots and that's because they also chew on bones and leather isn't that tough in comparison.

And only Smokers like cigars, because they are made of smoke like them. And because of that they are almost an extinct species, only one left.

[Why yes that's a jabbing joke.]

That can't be true. Shuichiro smoked too...but not very much.

[Why no, she didn't catch the joke.]

Oi oi... Plenty of people still smoke. And I'm the only one who can turn into smoke. Besides I'd bet more people would try it if they knew how good it was. Hah.

Plenty of people smoke, but they don't bite the cigars and I'm pretty sure you're the only one who smokes two cigars at once.

I...have to agree with that.

It's better that way. Easier to balance.

To balance what? Smoke doesn't need balance, it floats.

[Kohaku is just going to shut up and wait for an answer on this. She doesn't understand this one at all.]

To balance my mouth. And because one is never enough. Can you have just one drink, or just one motorcycle ride? Never enough.

For a law figure you really don't work well with the word moderation, do you?

[Not that he judges you or anything.]

Not with those type of things, it seems.

[Waves a hand.]

If it was a problem I'd slow down. The drinking gives me an excuse to frequent the same places pirates do and clean them out, and the smoking is defensive with the devil fruit anyway. [The coffee, paperwork, and adrenaline issues are another story though....]

Now that's low, you go to children playgrounds and get them out of there. No wonder you must have a bad name with them in your world. Okay, fair enough, what about the coffee? Don't tell me there are pirates who also frequent tea shops with frilly tabletops.

[Ikki's hot on your trail, Smoker. Good thing he doesn't know about the paperwork.]

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