redhairedknight | Mission 20 [voice]

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Mission 20 [voice]

[At some point during the night, Erza had been brought back to her normal age, still remembering everything that happened while she was younger. Thankfully, the only long-term change was that her younger self had adopted a cat, which she decided to keep. She had chose to name him Rob, after someone who was a father figure to her when she was young.

Waiting until a much more reasonable hour, she addresses the general public.]

I apologize for how I acted in the past week or so - I didn't think that I was so... excitable at that age.

Anyways, what do you generally do during the summer? Fishing... hasn't worked out too well for me, and I'm running out of books to read.

[Before shutting her journal, she makes one last statement.]

Oh, and Squalo? Don't think I've forgotten about that "old lady" comment.

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My prey from home is here. But here, much as I hate to admit it, he's more help to the citizens left free than captured.

...I see. Any other pirates from your world here? I find it best to stay informed on that sort of thing.

The Straw Hat Crew, the Heart Pirates, Blackbeard, and I believe Marco of the former Whitebeard pirates.

"Former"? Did that crew mutiny against their captain?

One member did, but Whitebeard was killed, no one's sure what direction Marco will take the crew now. I doubt he's even told his own crew members. Assuming he knows himself.

Hm... Well, replacing a leader is always hard, I suppose. I'm just glad that my guild hasn't had to deal with anything like that back home, though there have been some close calls... If the master died, I don't know what we'd do.

Hn. I suppose guilds and pirate crews are closer with their leaders then.

Our immediate leaders, maybe. The council that oversees all of the mage guilds has made some... questionable decisions as of late. Besides, if you were replaced or dismissed back home, I'm sure that the people working for you wouldn't want anyone else in charge. [Smoker may be grouchy, but he seems like he'd be a good leader.]

[Snorts.] I'd rather my crew didn't follow me, though I suppose I have no choice when we go to the New World.

I was thinking more about Sengoku and the Admirals though. Fuck knows what'll happen now.

I'm sure they come in handy. Many hands make light work, after all.

So something happened to your higher-ups as well? Your world must have been through a lot, then. [Well, more than usual, anyways.]

Hopefully.

Yeah well... there's no way Sengoku is going to stay in power after everything at Marineford. As for which admiral becomes the new fleet admiral, and who then takes that admiral's place, that remains to be seen.

Which of these admirals do you think would be best for the job? [She's heard a bit about the higher rankings of the Marines previously, though she hopes that at least one of them is a decent person.]

[Shrugs.]

Hm.

Aokiji is sick of his desk job, but he has the best sense of justice. Maybe if he makes enough changes, he can just run it his own damn way. Akainu is more likely to have the government's favor though since he killed Fire-Fist, but he goes way overboard, and they'd have to be delusional to think they could control him. Not to mention some has to try to deal with Blackbeard, it's likely to be the strongest fighter they can egg on. Weirdly, I think Kizaru would be fine, just because it's unexpected to the world, he's good at desk jobs and fighting, and he doesn't get too extreme.

It's not my position to decide though. And Aokiji is an old friend, so for my sake, if he's the Fleet Admiral, it's more likely I'd be able to get the position in the New World that I want.

I see. Well, I suppose it's good that two of the three candidates are decent people, for your world's sake. The third one, Akainu - what do you mean when you said that he goes overboard? [I don't recall if she's heard about the Buster Call or not, but at any rate, some of those comments set off alarm bells in her head.]

[Not from Smoker at any rate, since I'm not sure how much Smoker knows about them either.]

He kills other marines, innocent lives. Anything to try to kill pirates. The argument being that they will kill more than he is if left to roam free.

He kills his own comrades? [That's basically the worst thing ever in Erza's eyes.] Who would want to promote someone like that?

The idiots who run the World Government.

[She sighs.] I'm starting to see why you're not a fan of theirs.

Hn. Not much. But they aren't going to change from the outside.

Well, good luck with that. Hopefully Aokiji gets the job - that should make it easier for you.

With luck. And thanks.

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