Imagine earning your keep with the Beast Pirate
You: *gets dumped, face-first, on Kaido's ship by the weirdness of the grand line*
Kaido: *watched you eat shit on deck when you fell*
You: *doesn't move*
Kaido: You okay?
You: I think, I'm a little afraid to move. *Makes a small attempt* oh I'm fine.
Kaido: good good, now how did you get on my ship?
You: your what now? *Looks round* Oh, I have no clue how I got here.
Kaido: I'm feeling generous, I won't throw you over board, but you'll be put to work later. In the meantime, join us for a shooting competition.
You: I don't know how to shoot.
Kaido: I'll show you.
A week later during a battle onboard the ship
You: *holding your own dual wielding pistols*
King: *getting ganged up on by several strong opponents and is struggling*
You: *finished off your opponent, and takes the opportunity to snipe all but three of them*
King: *smirks at you because you've exceeded his expectations*
Really large enemy: *scoops you up and throws you at King*
You: *grabs onto the nearest thing to stop yourself from falling, which happens to be King's wing.*
King: *jerks back when you scramble up his wing, onto his shoulder*
You: Don't mind me, *uses his shoulder as a snipers nest to pick off enemies*
At the end of the battle
You: We make a good team *grins over at him*
King: get down
You: of course *climbs down*
A few days later on an island to restock the pantries
You: *combing the stony banks of a delta when you find a fossil geode*
King: *taking a breather from gathering wood when you surprise him*
You: King! Do you have your katana?
King: it's right he- wait, why?
You: I need help breaking this open *shows him the stone*
King: *plucks it out of your hands and cracks it in half like it's an Oreo.* What's this?
You: what'd I get? *Stretches up onto your toes, trying to get a look at it.*
King: *shows you the shimmery fossil within* Where'd you get this?
You: Oh cool! That's an opalized trilobite! I found it on the shore, along with a bunch of other cool stuff. Anyway, that's for you. *Hopping down off his shoe*
King: for me?
You: yeah, it's a “Thank You” gift for not throwing or incinerating me during the battle the other day.
King: oh, no problem I guess, but how did you find this?
You: gotta know what to look for, come on I'll show you.
Later that night at dinner
Kaido: *Sitting with his all-stars watching you examine and sort your rock hounding haul on deck* What are they doing? *looks at King* What the fuck are you doing?
King: *also sorting and examining his rock haul.* hmm? Oh uh, they know about rocks and fossils and shit. They showed me a little about how to find them, see? *Shows Kaido his new collection like an excited crow*
Kaido: Since when have you two been buddy buddy?
King: *shrugs his shoulders and hands Kaido the fossil you gave him* look what they gave me for not incinerating them during the last battle.
Jack: you're running a protection racket on Kaido-sama's ship?
King: what no, they got thrown at me, and then they used my shoulders as a sniper's nest.
Queen: a protection racket is a good idea.
Kaido: *smacks Queen* I've never seen anything like this... Did they find anything else?
King: I don't know, they said they were going out again tomorrow.
Kaido: (y/n)! I'd like to go look at rocks with you tomorrow.
The next day
Kaido: *rummaging around the bank for precious stones* Is this a fossil or bone, I can't tell.
You: let me see *puts it on your tongue* it sticks, so it’s bone.
Kaido: There's no fucking way you can tell that way.
You: *shrugs* it's the way I was taught, and it's never failed me, you can also tell by the weight, a fossil is heavier than bone. But if it's not a fossil, who cares. If it makes you happy, keep it. *Hands him the bone back.* Oh! Mushrooms! *runs off into the tree line.
Kaido: *grumbles and shoves it in his pocket *
At the end of the afternoon
Kaido: *now considers you amongst his most valuable subordinates after he watches you dig up a large branch of fossilized wood with amber sticking out*
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livingout of spite and and the fact that I really really want to go on a snowy date with our kittens wrapped around our hot cider and hot chocolate and we share them, tipping them up into the others mouth, laughing as our breath fogs out around us, just walking in the snow all buttoned up on our way home to cuddle and watch movies in front of the fire. The feeling of taking off sweaty, snowgear and taking a warm shower to clean off. And the streetlights are soft around us, and it's just perfect
That's what I'm living for
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Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus Presents “Life is a Cabaret” Concert 9/10/22
Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus Presents “Life is a Cabaret” Concert 9/10/22
Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus Presents “Life is a Cabaret” Concert
Saturday, 09/10/2022, 08:00 pm – 10:30 pm
United Church of Christ
2501 NE 30th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306
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Entry Fee: General admission tickets are $30, $40 for the first 5 rows and $50 for priority seating at cocktail round tables closest to the stage, plus a small service fee.
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