@rubctosis 'd For A Thing.

@rubctosis ❤️'d for a thing.

　　　　❝ look. i’m sorry about the… hospital, thing...❞

　deja vu. rosinante had to have opened conversations with this exact line before. more than once or twice. more than he wanted to think about. his body language always ended up being the same, too; heavy sighing, scrunched mouth, and eyes averted whether or not law was too upset to look in his direction.

he never felt guilty about what he did to the doctorsーoh, absolutely not. fuck those guys. they're doctors; if there was anybody qualified to treat a couple bloody noses or some first-degree burns, it was doctors. plus, they were already in the perfect place to have their injuries treated, too, so the spy wasn't going to lose sleep over it. they'd be fine. but, although he hesitated to admit it aloud out of fear of bonding with the little shit and therefore making it that much harder to convince him to leave the family behind altogether, he did feel bad for subjecting law to it.

the visits clearly stressed him outーwhich wasn't ideal for anyone, but especially not him. normal, healthy people got sick all the time from high stress, so he couldn't imagine its effects on a terminally ill kid whose body was slowly but surely falling apart. thus, all rosinante could do was slip into this same routine over and over again: sheepish apologies & half-assed bribes.

　❝ what can i do make it up to you? you want... grilled fish for dinner? you wanna sleep in a cushy bed at an inn tonight rather than camping outside? ❞

Can't find the art atm BUT it was this really sweet au where Rosi survived and joined the heart pirates. Do you have any thoughts on how he'd interact with the crew, his place on the ship or actions/feelings during Wano and Egghead?

one thing i know for a fact immediately without even having to think about it is that he would adore bepo. sweet little guy? a bit anxious? a hugger? oh, he'd fold faster than law.

he even likes plums! in the light novel about law, he offers some to law (who proceeds to throw an actual fit about how much he hates them, but that's besides the point). rosinante will eat plums with you any day, bepo.

also, because rosinante's last wish before his 'death' was quite literally to give law his life & his freedom back, i know he'd feel indebted to all of the hearts just for being there for him (not just assisting him in battle, but just being there for him as friends & helping him achieve goals) but especially the founding members like bepo, shachi & penguin.

especially them because, going back to the light novel, they're the first people he meets after his escape, and the the first people law decides to put rosinante's 'will' of support & kindness for the people who need it most into practice. he becomes the person that shows them that there are good people in the world, just like rosinante was for law.

he'd make a real effort to ensure he knew all their names, their roles, basic facts about them allーif they're law's friends, then he wants to know everything.

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the way i imagine it, post-minion rosinante has no interest in being in a combat situation if he can avoid it.

he'll protect people if he has to; he still the muscle memory of melee training ingrained in him from all those years in the marines, after retiring he makes a living partially from hunting so he's still a fantastic shot, he keeps himself fit because hauling farm equipment all day does that to youーbut it's different now. he's older (not to say thirty nine is old but, with his chronic pain, he may as well be forty nine) and he just wants some peace & quiet.

law's also been a pirate for sixteen years by the point they'd reunite in dressrosa, so rosinante knows he can handle himself whether he's there or not. he might come with him to wano, but it's also just as likely for him to pack all the hearts a nice little bento box with extra snacks and go "have fun overturning a tyrannical government, you crazy kids."

uh... if he doesn't go with him, though, winner island definitely makes him regret that decision.

@cptnslog said: ❛ you look awful. what happened? ❜ (penguin)

　❝  huhーoh, this? this is what i call, uh... 'just another thursday'. ❞

　the donquixote had tucked himself away in the corner of the polar tang's operating theater, having just finished rifling through a cabinet of medical supplies. his boiler suit was unzipped and hanging off his waist while his eyes flittered back & forth between a mirror on the wall and a nasty patch of raw, red skin on his right shoulder blade, doing his best to wrap it with gauze despite the awkward angle. ❝ i just lost my balance and leaned on a steam pipe, that's all. ❞

his tone was unsettlingly cavalier for such an injuryーnow, at least. but it was only because rosinante had used his calm calm fruit to scream & curse to his heart's content for a good five minutes first before composing himself enough to work on treating it. just another burn to add to the list, he supposed.

　❝ more scars to add to my back. no big deal, i'm just... clumsy.  ❞

Would Rosi love Law if he were a worm though?

of course he would love law if he were a worm!

🤔 Since Cora was resurrected in your survived au do you think he lost his devil fruit and or if you could give him a different fruit what would it be?

that's a good question. honestly, i wish oda would explain in slightly more detail exactly how the process of devil fruit reincarnation works.

is it the second your heart stops, or do you have a 'grace period' of a few hours? so many questions about the "when" part.

for convenience's sake, i write him as still having the calm calm fruit just because that element of his character is fun to have around for future use. but also because, in a scenario where a devil fruit user dies and is resuscitated within, let's say, the next twelve hours (perhaps even several times, because repeated cardiac arrests is definitely a concern with injuries that severe) i feel like it's realistic to think he would still have it.

it is essentially a deal with the devil, so i feel like it wouldn't be something you could "get out of" easily if you one day decided you wanted the ability to swim again and flatlined yourself for a little bit. if you want to get vaguely religious about it: just like your spirit can start to leave your body when you die, but get pulled right back in if you happen to be resuscitated, i feel like the 'spirit' of the devil fruit could function the same.

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hmm.... honestlyーif i had to give him another one, i would probably stick with another fruit with good stealth capabilities, like the clear clear fruit. the only thing more terrifying than not being able to hear someone coming is not being able to see them coming.

plus, most importantly, i trust him to use it responsibly! rosinante is a good man with morals, he would never use it for gross peeping shenanigans. sneak up behind law and give him a big 'ol bear hug, maybe, but that's a responsible kind of mischief! dad mischief!

thanks to @ladyxamalthea for sending me this.