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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-04-13 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Luffy loves meat the most, but sweets are a close second. So he's all about this honey tasting, and some of the sweet mead. He can hold alcohol well enough, thanks to his fast metabolism, but he's more interested in just the varieties of honey. It sticks to everything, everyone, in this shiny, irresistible way.

It's chance that Luffy ends up nearby when Eren goes chasing his own drop of honey. But that arm up, honey dripping all over, is...somehow impossible to ignore. Luffy has no sense of personal space generally, but he's aware you don't just go around licking strangers. That would be super weird, right?

But for some reason that doesn't occur to him here. All he can consider is that trickling golden honey, and how it might also drip down to the floor and be wasted. Well, they can't have that! So he takes Eren's arm with one slightly-sticky hand and licks that line of honey off. It's easy for a guy with a stretchy tongue.
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-04-21 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Luffy's eyes go wide when Eren takes his arm back. ]

Whoa! You're a person!

[ Did this dumbass captain think that an arm with honey on it was just hanging out randomly? Apparently so. It hadn't really occurred to him to think beyond it. He's always been driven by impulse, for better or worse (often for worse). Now is no different. Besides, something about the honey just...entices him, even if that's not all that hard to do. ]

That honey's really good, huh?

[ No apology. No explanation. No recognition of how absolutely bonkers this interaction has been for the past few seconds. He just goes right on like nothing is strange, offering his too-wide grin to Eren. ]
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-05-04 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Luffy is momentarily distracted looking for more drips of honey. He's not discerning about where they might be. There's just something about the honey. Of course, Luffy is often entirely inappropriate about food, but this is new even for him.

He shrugs and laughs a little.
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Dunno. I wasn't thinking about it, I guess! Oh, but that was your honey, huh...I should make it up to you and get more.

[ He has zero problems stealing things, food or otherwise. But this isn't a situation where stealing seems to make sense. He doesn't like to be indebted to people about food, so getting more honey is the logical conclusion to draw if you're Luffy. ]
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-05-15 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah but your arm is fine.

[ LOGIC, what is that? ]

No. I mean it.

[ Luffy takes so little seriously, but this food in exchange for food thing makes sense to him. He'll take food from people who are giving it to him, and won't always feel indebted; depends on the circumstances. And he doesn't really mind stealing; he's a pirate. But he has a weird thing about food. ]

Come on, let's get more.

[ He turns to go, expecting Eren to come with. If Eren doesn't follow, then he'll reach out with a sticky rubber arm to grab him. ]
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-05-23 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Luffy doesn't look back at Eren at first. He's too intent on getting them to one of the honey stalls. But when Eren talks, he does look back for just a moment. He doesn't stop walking, though. ]

Nothing's wrong. I'm a rubber man! My whole body can stretch.
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-05-27 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Luffy stops, mostly because he’s distracted now. He doesn’t mind being stretched like this. His arm does, indeed, stretch in all directions. Anyway, this can’t be ruder than licking, right?]

No. I ate a Devil Fruit when I was a kid. That was a long time ago though!

[ As if 19 is really all that old. ]
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-05-29 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
A taste test? Yeah!

[ Luffy isn't in the habit of saying please or thank you; his enthusiasm has to serve well enough. Despite his lack of manners, though, the attendant is happy enough to get a sticky sample for him. ]

A pact...? No. It's a fruit. You eat it and you get powers from it. But from then on, you're weak to water and can't swim. So I can't swim but it doesn't matter. I'm strong anyway. I'm gonna be the king of the pirates!

[ He holds out one of the samples to Eren. ]

Here. Because I took yours, like I said.
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-06-13 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Luffy is a lot of things, but he's not a liar and he tries to keep his word, even if it's something outrageous like...fighting the Four Emperors. But he's especially serious about food. So he buys a full size honey for himself and one for Eren and he figures that will make them even. Does he know or care how much these things cost? No. But it's probably not enough to get Nami on his case. ]

A thief? No. I'm a pirate.

[ It might seem like a semantic difference, but it's a huge difference to Luffy. ]

We fight people and have cool adventures and stuff! We aren't really thieves unless we gotta be.

[ Except for Nami, maybe, but he's not going to drag her. ]
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-06-21 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Let it never be said that Luffy does things halfway. He's more likely to go way beyond what a reasonable person would do. ]

I guess some do. Some pirates are assholes. But yeah, we're adventurers! We're sailing around the whole world to the end of the Grand Line!

[ He's excited about this, energised by the very idea of it. He knows they have to do...something...in this place before they can go back to their own world and finish their journey. But Luffy isn't ever really in a hurry unless he has to be. They'll manage. They always do, after all! Besides, they're still waiting on the rest of the crew to show up. He still believes they will, because that's just how it goes, even if they're hideously late now. ]

Once we get to the end, we'll find the One Piece! Then I'll be the pirate king and we'll have a new adventure.

[ It sounds so simple when he says it, though the experience of it has been anything but. ]

You only have mean pirates where you come from?
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-06-28 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Luffy isn't one to argue morality or the semantics of it. He just accepts Eren's words, takes them at face value. It seems fair enough to him. ]

Everywhere has people. But pirates are pirates.

[ There's some distinction in Luffy's mind, some way to say that pirates do things regular people don't do, but he's as articulate as always and just leaves out how he got from A to B in his head. ]

Anyway, it doesn't matter. I'm gonna be the Pirate King back home and go on tons more adventures!

[ But, right, not everything is about. ]

What do you do at home?

[ He might have said that with a mouth half full of honey. ]
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-07-07 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Like...a fighter? Like in an arena or something?

[ He says this between his own spoonfuls of honey. ]

Or like a Marine?

[ He doesn't have enough other bases of comparison, but he gets the basic gist. ]

Does that mean you're good at fighting? I'm good at fighting, too!
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[personal profile] gumgum 2021-07-12 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, we can! I'm gonna win though.

[ That is not at all the point of sparring, Luffy is just Like This. And if he doesn't win, it's not a big deal to him. It just means he has to try harder. He's resilient like that. ]

I'm Luffy!

[ Can he talk around a mouthful of honey? Yes. ]

What's yours?