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[kikoku]

[The feed shows Law leaning on a table, in a much better mood than he was in his last address to the network. If you pay attention, you might notice Olivia puttering around in the background amidst an assortment of boxes.]

Now that we're all back in Oska with our powers restored, I'd like to formally offer my services as a doctor and surgeon to the team. Especially those of you with what you think are incurable diseases.
[A pause as he turns his head to answer a question from Olivia, inaudible from this far away.]
Just sort them by expiration date, if it's past the date then throw it out.

More importantly... [Law rests his chin on his hand as he turns back to the feed, inadvertently showing off his fingers tattooed with the letters "DEAT".... Given his username you can guess what letter is on the thumb. It's all the more sinister with that lazy smirk on his face. Literally nothing about him says "legitimate doctor."] For all you heroic and daring types out there, be a little more reckless, won't you? We've got to give Olivia-ya here some hands on practice.

[ This time you can hear Olivia yelp "Mr. Law!" In the background, but before she can protest further, he ends the feed.]

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i'm already sorry about him

[heelies]

Among my people a man is admired for speaking well. But it seems that not all races honor such civilized values.

[This he says plainly, decorated with no judgment upon Law, for well has he begun to learn the sharp divides between his culture and others against which he has brushed. Still he cannot help but think it a shame that there exist eras whose men have dimmed in excellence.]

Then you must be greatly esteemed for your skill to be sought out thus. Tell me therefore of your vast knowledge, even if only briefly.

It's amazing tbh

[kikoku]

Many of us are more concerned with frivolous things like "staying alive," you'll have to excuse us. [So dryly]

I don't know how I'm supposed to communicate something "vast" briefly, but I'm fairly certain she asked me by chance. Perhaps she wished for a teacher she could actually understand.

are they friends yet

[heelies]

[Law's dry tone serves only as kindling for Achilles' temper.]

Nine years have I risked my life while I let rage my spear across the plains which surround steep Ilios. All these days of ceaseless bloodshed on the behalf of the sons of Atreus have I endured, and yet you would tell me that I concern myself not with staying alive!

I asked after your vast knowledge that I might sate mine own curiosity as a fellow man of medicine, and that I might better learn what manner of man you are. But you have answered the latter quite clearly with these rude insults laid against my honor. Furthermore, put no words in Olivia's mouth without knowing first that she has asked me to fulfill wants of another sort. You reveal only your foolishness thus.

frenemies maybe

[kikoku]

I don't care what you've suffered through, you're hardly the only one who's had it tough. I also don't care what you think of me as a person. I'm a pirate that the Marines put a 500 million beri bounty on, I'm not a "man of honor" or whatever you style yourself as.

[His face sets into a firm but sincere frown.]
However, Olivia-ya asked me to instruct her in medicine. And I plan to do that to the fullest of my ability, because when it comes to my work, I take it seriously. Anything beyond that isn't your concern.

[kikoku]

...
[Wait, hold on.]

What do you mean "wants of another sort?"

smh

[heelies]

I see now that there is nothing to be gained from conversation with one as uncivilized as yourself, and the respect with which I approached you before was naught but a waste - it might as well be a swine whom I ask these questions in vain.

[Translation: seriously wtf??? I just wanted to talk about medicine????]

Ah, but now you wish to listen further to my words. However, just as you gave no satisfactory answer to mine, so shall I give none to yours.

[These winged words he gives are touched with an air of superiority.]

[kikoku]

[Your error was assuming that Law is the kind of person you can just idly start a conversation with, sorry Achilles.]

But of course, I'm a pirate. Acting "uncivilized" is one of the thing we're known for.
[Just playing right into it with a smirk returning to his face.]

If you're not going to give me an answer, maybe I should just keep Olivia-ya as my hostage. That would be the "uncivilized" thing to do, right?

[heelies]

[And Law's error is in playing with fire around one whose temper so readily ignites.]

You dare insult my honor with these base threats laid against my lover? Perhaps no laws govern your people, so like a pack of wild dogs you are, but as for the Achaeans such an act of aggression as this would welcome war at your doors. Are we not of the same crew, accursed though it may be? Let go this pettiness and speak not such ill-begotten jokes.

[Ever heard of a little skirmish called the Trojan War?]

[kikoku]

[He's met guys who literally catch on fire when they get mad, he isn't afraid of you. And this stupidity is how we got where we are now. Law takes a split second to become deeply concerned about Olivia's life choices at that lover comment, but more importantly, heck this guy.]

I don't know why you're comparing me to animals and then expecting me to behave as more than one. Olivia-ya trusts me, you don't think I could easily pull off this "joke" as a serious threat?

If it's a "war" you want, then feel free, bring your "army" to my door. See what happens. [The joke here being that you don't have your precious Achaean army here, sir. Literally fight me IRL.]

this is it, this is my comment

[winces]

jk...

[winces]

[ IT'S A PRETTY ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE SITUATION, THOUGH, as olivia then chooses that moment (actually, a few moments earlier) to walk back into the space, her arms laden with another box of supplies.

because of how law is positioned in the room, her entrance is made entirely visible to achilles, though law will have to rely on the sudden draft that the opened door brings in to know that she'd returned.

oh, also the startled squawk of surprise.

excuse me excuse me LOVER? WAR? SHE WAS GONE FOR TWO MINUTES???? ]

Um... [ her voice is far softer than both men's, especially riled up as they both are in the moment. still, it's that softness that allows it to cut right through the haze of testosterone. ]

What's... going on...

[heelies]

[At this point the gravest insult he could lay against Law is to ignore him. And so he ignore him he does, as his gaze turns upon Olivia instead, who on this side of the jewelry appears as a flickering image in the background.]

Olivia, why do you entertain the company of such a man as this? Even if he does indeed possess great knowledge of medicine - which I've not been allowed to ascertain, as he pays no heed to my questions and instead grants me only rude insults - but even if he were a man learned in these arts, I should not find him worthy enough to call your teacher. He threatens you and in doing so insults my honor further.

[kikoku]

[It's all "honor this, honor that" with this guy. Law has to roll his eyes, this is too much. He could respond in kind and ignore Achilles, but...]
What, and because you don't find me "worthy" she has to seek her education elsewhere? Olivia is kind and soft-hearted but she's perfectly capable of making her own judgements and decisions.

[And now turning to Olivia to deliver the judgement.]
Regardless of how.... questionable [GESTURING AT ACHILLES] some of them might be.

[winces]

[ she is quietly thankful that the hologram of these devices are not too advanced, so that she doesn't feel the full force of achilles' stare when he addresses her...

sadly, the same cannot be said for actually-live-in-front-of-her law.

she finds her metaphorical feathers ruffling a bit, but in the haste of the situation, she is unable to discern what bothers her more: that two of the people she cares about are not getting along... or that they're both (whether directly or indirectly) casting aspersions on her own judgment about it.

tbh, it's probably both.

her cheeks puff a bit, lips pursing as she stamps closer, the contents of the box she's carrying clinking noisily. ]

I'm not entirely sure what happened here — [ but she can make a few guesses because SHE KNOWS HOW YOU BOTH CAN BE smh @god why are men like this ] — but it's probably a good idea to just clear the air right now.

[ she sets the box down and then turns to both men, arms folding under her bust. ]

So. Who started it?

[heelies]

[From the tiny image projected through his golden cuff it is far more difficult to discern Olivia's mood than if she were there in the flesh before him, but she does not appear pleased - and even with his temper so aroused this brings him to tug on the reigns of his anger. He addresses her with words clipped like a horse's hooves against the hard-packed earth.]

It was this man who refused to answer my questions and thus sparked our conflict. I approached him as a fellow man of medicine wishing to know of the skill and wisdom he possesses, and so too was I curious to see what manner of man was this whom you sought as a teacher. He treated me to insult upon insult, revealing himself to be a most uncivilized dog. At last, when in my anger I returned his scathing words with mine own, he threatened to keep you hostage. What could I do under these circumstances but swell to such fury?

ok fine tags you for real

[strictdiscipline]

You know medicine as well?

[She's just.....uh, gonna set literally everything else he's said aside for the time being.]

you do love me val

[heelies]

[Yes, just ignore the rest of that...

Suddenly there appears from his cuff a second shimmering visage and another voice bearing questions. Surprise melts away from his countenance the hard lines of his anger, the last vestiges of which are all that remain.]

Indeed I am learned in these arts, for which skill I am renowned among the Danaan warriors. Chiron my teacher is for his wisdom and skill foremost in the practice of medicine across all of Hellas, and this he passed down to me.

[You indeed hear that correctly: a horseman is the best doctor around.]

always and forever kath

[strictdiscipline]

[Danaan, Chiron, Hellas....all those are names that spark no recognition in her. But such is par the course for just about everything she's stumbled across during her time with ALASTAIR and so she accepts them with a straight countenance, choosing to focus on the more important matters at hand.]

Do you have any particular specialties?

[Or skillsets, whatever. She's not expecting anything quite so complicated as neurosurgery, but it'd be nice to get a gauge on what they as a collective group can handle lest things go south (again).]

dokidoki

[heelies]

My greatest skill lies in medicine-making - although as this crew finds itself on strange shores I must confess I know little of the plants which grow so far from my dear native land. I did learn some simple salves and poultices from the cloven-footed Nalawi, which I have taken with me. I have expertise too in battlefield surgeries: removing spear tips and arrow heads from the flesh, and cleaning the wounds that it might heal. But I can do nothing for the man who has been struck in the heart, the bowels, the liver, or any such organs which once torn open cannot be sealed shut.

[Here comes a brief pause.]

I have had a hand too in delivering a baby but once. But such is a matter best left to women.

[strictdiscipline]

[.....Acceptable, tbh. (But 'cloven-footed'? Is that particular description really necessary?)]

I doubt you'll need to repeat the latter while you're here. [Hopefully.] The former items on your list occur with regular frequency here, unfortunately. Would you be willing to be called on in situations where your skills would be useful?

[heelies]

Indeed, where aid is wanted and when I am able, there and then should I offer my skills. I have not the supplies on hand that I would like, but this I plan to amend. But what mean you, to say that never shall child be born among this crew? Are the women not ripe with youth and thus fertile?

ah

[strictdiscipline]

[.......................................................Well, he's not wrong but.]

Be that as it may [said quite acerbically] but ALASTAIR's unstable environment is hardly an appropriate one to raise a child in.

[Not that she's one to talk, given she's never planning on having children anyway. (But seriously, she hasn't heard anything about this supposed benefits package.)]

skype sun

[heelies]

This I would hardly argue, for we of this crew find ourselves as migrants who travel from land to land without once returning home - but one need not be intentional about the matter to be with child.

[He may or may not be speaking from experience.]

gently stabs you

[strictdiscipline]

[A h.]

There are methods of preventing such things from occuring.

gently dies

[heelies]

Certainly, if all are to abstain from their passions.

[But where is the fun in that.]