One Piece Re-Read Volume 3 Writing
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dethoratsTitle: A Boastful, Bossy, Busybody – That’s Our Captain!
Rating: G
Pairing: None/Gen
Word Count: 1,085
It had taken two hours, but finally the trio had worked up enough courage to go and check up on – and save, if need be – their missing captain. Somehow Usopp hadn’t run away with them when the pirates on the beach had noticed their existence, had instead led the three rather young and scruffy-looking individuals into the center of town to the only restaurant, the one located inside the island’s six-room inn. But when they stood in front of the pirate, the captain had been missing! And the grumpy looking one who’d spotted them in the first place said that they’d eaten Usopp! Two shocks to the system in one day were hard on young boys, especially on Onion who tended to be the wimpiest of the three. The few villagers in the restaurant had looked on in mild befuddlement as the Usopp Pirate Crew collapsed onto the floor, writhing in terror and yelping about their captain being cannibalized but as it wasn’t completely out of the ordinary for the kinds of hijinks that lad and his young friends liked to get into, no one bothered to come investigate as the three youthful strangers helped the boys to their feet.
Secure in the knowledge that Usopp was not resting in the stomachs of the pirates, it was an easy matter for the trio to determine that their captain was off at the mansion for his daily talk with Kaya. That fact had been enough to draw the pirates’ interest, questions about Kaya and about what Usopp would be doing there after he’d explicitly told them he felt sorry so sorry for her, and that was enough to win the trio over. Living in a place as small as Syrup Village meant that there were hardly any secrets and it was obvious that the adults tolerated, even enjoyed in some cases, Usopp’s antics but very few were actually impressed by him. The boys, though, loved their captain dearly and now they had a chance to brag about him and explain to the pirates just why he was so awesome.
Carrot went first, the respect he had for Usopp’s decision to cheer up Kaya and the frank awe that it had been a year and the captain had not missed a single day, coloring his tone as he named Usopp a busybody. Usopp couldn’t help but be a meddler. It was how he’d gotten involved with the trio in the first place, seeing them rather listlessly sitting around several years ago and moaning about their boredom. He’d stuck his nose in, figured out that they’d exhausted all the entertainment options their brains could come up with on their small and sleepy island, and then he’d resolved to fix their predicament by forming the Usopp Pirates. The captain tended to ferret out the problems of the people on the island when he could, fixing them if possible and if not making the people involved laugh until their sides hurt and their concerns retreated for a little while. Carrot was positive Usopp butting in was the reason why Kaya hadn’t succumbed to her illness and grief and was instead getting stronger each and every day.
Pepper spoke up next, joyfully proclaiming how awesome Usopp was for being bossy. Their captain liked to take the lead, had a tendency for getting his way. When he’d asked his mom about it, once, she’d said it was probably because Usopp was used to living on his own and making decisions for himself. Sometimes, like when he had to do chores, Pepper envied Usopp. But usually he was more impressed with Usopp’s tenacity, his ability to thrive for years without parents. Pepper would have probably poisoned himself with poor cooking or caught influenza or flunked out of school because he despised math and didn’t want to go. But Usopp had finished his local education and he survived every day in his little house on the hill on the outskirts of town. Asserting his own will also kept his crew out of trouble, Pepper knew. On their own, the three of them had a tendency to squabble over what to do and whose ideas to prioritize. With Usopp around to make decisions, they could all just follow along and keep the peace between them. And it wasn’t like their captain didn’t catch on to what they wanted. He had a remarkable knack for synthesizing their desires and coming up with games that would encompass all of them. It might have sounded funny to everyone else for them to call Usopp their captain but it was a title that the long-nosed teenager had definitely earned.
Onion went last, his round face aglow as he pronounced that his favorite quality of Usopp’s was his boastful nature. Usopp loved to exaggerate but it wasn’t like the captain meant anything by his pronouncements of extraordinary deeds and talk of his superior skills. No, Usopp’s boasts were a means to an ends other than fueling a superiority complex. Each was a carefully crafted creation meant to regale and amuse, the work of a master storyteller who took each opportunity to spin new yarns and weave greater and greater tapestries of tales. In a sleepy place like Syrup Village, a person like Usopp was worth his weight in berries for all the free entertainment he provided. As a budding writer, Onion especially admired the seemingly limitless expanse of the captain’s imagination and the creativity of some of his more choice turns of phrase. His adoring trio of crewmates were kept endlessly enthralled by Usopp’s braggadocio and Kaya herself was slowly being nursed back to health by the power of his words alone.
The pirate in the straw hat laughed and laughed once they had spoken their praise, the grin on his face probably the widest and most delightful the trio had ever seen. He finally slowed to chuckles and a decisive nod of his head as he declared that he indeed liked their captain. The lady and the green-haired guy were smiling, too. And even though the scary man, the one who’d tricked them, had seemed a bit surprised at their descriptions of the captain’s best qualities, he didn’t speak a word against them either. Then, in what was proving to be the most exciting day they’d had since the planting festival, Usopp’s Pirate Crew escorted the newly arrived pirates to the gates of Kaya’s mansion. They would see firsthand just how truly special and amazing their captain, Usopp, was.
Rating: G
Pairing: None/Gen
Word Count: 1,085
It had taken two hours, but finally the trio had worked up enough courage to go and check up on – and save, if need be – their missing captain. Somehow Usopp hadn’t run away with them when the pirates on the beach had noticed their existence, had instead led the three rather young and scruffy-looking individuals into the center of town to the only restaurant, the one located inside the island’s six-room inn. But when they stood in front of the pirate, the captain had been missing! And the grumpy looking one who’d spotted them in the first place said that they’d eaten Usopp! Two shocks to the system in one day were hard on young boys, especially on Onion who tended to be the wimpiest of the three. The few villagers in the restaurant had looked on in mild befuddlement as the Usopp Pirate Crew collapsed onto the floor, writhing in terror and yelping about their captain being cannibalized but as it wasn’t completely out of the ordinary for the kinds of hijinks that lad and his young friends liked to get into, no one bothered to come investigate as the three youthful strangers helped the boys to their feet.
Secure in the knowledge that Usopp was not resting in the stomachs of the pirates, it was an easy matter for the trio to determine that their captain was off at the mansion for his daily talk with Kaya. That fact had been enough to draw the pirates’ interest, questions about Kaya and about what Usopp would be doing there after he’d explicitly told them he felt sorry so sorry for her, and that was enough to win the trio over. Living in a place as small as Syrup Village meant that there were hardly any secrets and it was obvious that the adults tolerated, even enjoyed in some cases, Usopp’s antics but very few were actually impressed by him. The boys, though, loved their captain dearly and now they had a chance to brag about him and explain to the pirates just why he was so awesome.
Carrot went first, the respect he had for Usopp’s decision to cheer up Kaya and the frank awe that it had been a year and the captain had not missed a single day, coloring his tone as he named Usopp a busybody. Usopp couldn’t help but be a meddler. It was how he’d gotten involved with the trio in the first place, seeing them rather listlessly sitting around several years ago and moaning about their boredom. He’d stuck his nose in, figured out that they’d exhausted all the entertainment options their brains could come up with on their small and sleepy island, and then he’d resolved to fix their predicament by forming the Usopp Pirates. The captain tended to ferret out the problems of the people on the island when he could, fixing them if possible and if not making the people involved laugh until their sides hurt and their concerns retreated for a little while. Carrot was positive Usopp butting in was the reason why Kaya hadn’t succumbed to her illness and grief and was instead getting stronger each and every day.
Pepper spoke up next, joyfully proclaiming how awesome Usopp was for being bossy. Their captain liked to take the lead, had a tendency for getting his way. When he’d asked his mom about it, once, she’d said it was probably because Usopp was used to living on his own and making decisions for himself. Sometimes, like when he had to do chores, Pepper envied Usopp. But usually he was more impressed with Usopp’s tenacity, his ability to thrive for years without parents. Pepper would have probably poisoned himself with poor cooking or caught influenza or flunked out of school because he despised math and didn’t want to go. But Usopp had finished his local education and he survived every day in his little house on the hill on the outskirts of town. Asserting his own will also kept his crew out of trouble, Pepper knew. On their own, the three of them had a tendency to squabble over what to do and whose ideas to prioritize. With Usopp around to make decisions, they could all just follow along and keep the peace between them. And it wasn’t like their captain didn’t catch on to what they wanted. He had a remarkable knack for synthesizing their desires and coming up with games that would encompass all of them. It might have sounded funny to everyone else for them to call Usopp their captain but it was a title that the long-nosed teenager had definitely earned.
Onion went last, his round face aglow as he pronounced that his favorite quality of Usopp’s was his boastful nature. Usopp loved to exaggerate but it wasn’t like the captain meant anything by his pronouncements of extraordinary deeds and talk of his superior skills. No, Usopp’s boasts were a means to an ends other than fueling a superiority complex. Each was a carefully crafted creation meant to regale and amuse, the work of a master storyteller who took each opportunity to spin new yarns and weave greater and greater tapestries of tales. In a sleepy place like Syrup Village, a person like Usopp was worth his weight in berries for all the free entertainment he provided. As a budding writer, Onion especially admired the seemingly limitless expanse of the captain’s imagination and the creativity of some of his more choice turns of phrase. His adoring trio of crewmates were kept endlessly enthralled by Usopp’s braggadocio and Kaya herself was slowly being nursed back to health by the power of his words alone.
The pirate in the straw hat laughed and laughed once they had spoken their praise, the grin on his face probably the widest and most delightful the trio had ever seen. He finally slowed to chuckles and a decisive nod of his head as he declared that he indeed liked their captain. The lady and the green-haired guy were smiling, too. And even though the scary man, the one who’d tricked them, had seemed a bit surprised at their descriptions of the captain’s best qualities, he didn’t speak a word against them either. Then, in what was proving to be the most exciting day they’d had since the planting festival, Usopp’s Pirate Crew escorted the newly arrived pirates to the gates of Kaya’s mansion. They would see firsthand just how truly special and amazing their captain, Usopp, was.
