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yourotherleft) wrote2014-09-01 11:56 pm
yourotherleft) wrote2014-09-01 11:56 pm
100 Questions Meme
Part 1: the Basics
1. What is your full name?
Roronoa Zoro.
2. Where and when were you born?
On a small island in the East Blue, 21-plus years ago. There were a couple of towns on the island, including Shimotsuki.
3. Who are/were your parents? Did/do they have occupations?
I don't know. I don't remember. They died when I was so young that I don't remember a thing.
4. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
No, I didn't.
5. Where do you live now, and with whom?
Aboard the Thousand Sunny, with Luffy's crew. Luffy, Nami, Usopp, the cook, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook.
6. What is your occupation?
Pirate. Some in the Marines and the press have taken to calling me vice-captain or first mate.
7. Write a full physical description of the character. (Third Person)
8. To which social class do you belong?
Pirates don't exist in social classes. I ain't a noble and I ain't a civilian, and I sure as hell don't belong to the military.
9. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
I've never been sick. I can't see out my left eye anymore but I con't consider it a weakness.
10. Are you right- or left-handed?
I favor my left hand but I can fight and do other things with both hands equally.
11. What does your voice sound like?
Eh, not too deep, but deep enough. Middle-tone. Raw and rough.
12. What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently?
Shit-cook, pervert cook, dumbass. I swear a lot. I swear at the cook a lot. I call him a lot of creative names.
13. What do you have in your pockets?
Lint and air. Not a beli to my name, that hasn't been oh-so-graciously loaned by our resident thief.
14. Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?
Not really, no, unless people are annoyed by the places and times I decide to take a nap.
[because he doesn't get lost ever, never, am I right?]
Part 2: Growing Up
15. How would you describe your childhood in general?
Decent. I had some rough patches but I grew up just fine. Never wanted for food and a roof over my head, and I spent most of my time training myself to become a swordsman.
16. What is your earliest memory?
I sort of remember first wrapping my hands around the handle of a sword, and knowing I wanted to learn to use it. Excel at it. I can't remember far back, any earlier than maybe five years old.
17. How much schooling have you had?
The basics. Sensei used the dojo as a school as well, so all the kids got some basic reading, writing, and math. It wasn't too formal but it was better than nothing.
18. Did you enjoy school?
I neither liked it or hated it. Sometimes I felt like it was a waste of time that was better spent training, but now that I'm older I know it was important. I didn't want to be a dumbass who couldn't even read.
19. Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities?
At the dojo, in Shimotsuki - Isshin Dojo. I learned swordplay on my own before I went there, but that was where I stopped and spent my whole youth training. Anything Sensei didn't teach me directly, or let me learn by sparring with other students, I learned on my own. I trained myself, set my own regimen, and sometimes I would sneak books out of his library at night if I thought they might have information that would get me even further.
20. While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them.
My friend Kuina, even though she died when I was still pretty young. She and I were going to both strive to become the strongest, but she never got that chance. She always was stronger than me, and beat me in every single match we ever fought. I think she hated me for a while, and we didn't hang out like friends, but she's still my friend.
21. While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family?
I didn't have a family. I didn't consider Sensei family, he was just a teacher, even though he gave me room and board under the dojo's roof.
22. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
The world's greatest swordsman.
23. As a child, what were your favorite activities?
Training. Sparring and training.
24. As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display?
Same as now, probably. I was kind of a little shit, though, I had a much higher opinion of myself and hadn't learned humility yet.
25. As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like?
I dunno. There were three or four kids who trained at the dojo - who lived in the village - who spent the most time around me, but I never really felt close to them. We didn't do fun stuff together, we just trained together until I surpassed them and left them behind. I don't think I was popular - there were a lot of people around me, looking up to me or trying to get their chance to fight me, but it wasn't because they liked me.
26. When and with whom was your first kiss?
Um. With. The cook, in this new world.
[High Seas]
27. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
Same as above and that's all I'm saying.
28. If you are a supernatural being (i.e. mage, werewolf, vampire), tell the story of how you became what you are or first learned of your own abilities. If you are just a normal human, describe any influences in your past that led you to do the things you do today.
Kuina set me on the path toward where I am today, but she's only half the equation. The other half is Luffy. My promise to her put me in the position where I would someday run across Luffy, and because of him I now dedicate my life to becoming the strongest for his sake. He will be the Pirate King someday, and needs the ultimate swordsman at his side.
Part 3: Past Influences
29. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
Meeting Luffy in the prison yard of that Marine base. Everything important that came before it led me to that moment, and everything important that came after it is a result of meeting Luffy and joining his crew.
30. Who has had the most influence on you?
Luffy, to some extent, but more than him, Hawk-eyes Mihawk. I can't say that Koshiro-sensei has had much influence on me by comparison...he taught me things about swordsmanship but I still went my own way. Likewise...Kuina, her memory influences me but all I have are memories, nothing more.
31. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Surviving the Grand Line and the New World up to where I am today.
32. What is your greatest regret?
Getting those damned swords, and demanding she fight me with real blades...
33. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
I may have done a few heartless or thoughtless things, but I don't think anything I've done can be said to be evil. At least, in the eyes of most normal people. The Marines might have a different opinion on that.
34. Do you have a criminal record of any kind?
Hell yes, and a bounty to match it! My bounty stands at 120 million beli, though really it ought to go up considering the ruckus we're making on Dressrosa. I was the first one, besides Luffy, to get a bounty - we found out after we were long gone from Alabasta, so it was probably from what I did there. There, or at Whiskey Peak. I took out a lot of Baroque Works' people. Luffy declaring war on the World Government by shooting down their flag nailed it all into stone - after that the whole crew had bounties, and I sure did enjoy taking out those guys from CP9. That's enough to earn a criminal name right there.
I've only been imprisoned once, though. Back in East Blue, when Morgan's shithead son hauled me in and tied me to a post to serve a sentence for killing his wolf and assaulting him.
35. When was the time you were the most frightened?
For a little while, when I was the only one awake and still standing when Kuma came for Luffy, I honestly feared for the outcome. Not that I'd die, so much, but it was just frightening facing him, knowing that I was the only thing standing between Luffy's dream dying and his survival. I didn't back down but damn, was it scary.
36. What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you?
Dunno, maybe carrying that damn female Marine around the lab. She kept telling me the wrong way to go and we almost got killed by poison gas about fifty times because of it. I don't get embarrassed often, not even Luffy and Usopp trying to prank me really works.
...oh wait. There was that time the negative ghost got me and the cook laughed at me. That was complete and utter shit.
37. If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why?
I actually would not change a thing. What happened to Kuina is tragic, and I carry it with me to this day, but changing it would set us both on a path I don't think would come out the way we dreamed it would when we were kids. I think it would have turned out drastically different. And, I wouldn't be where I am today, with Luffy. So I can't change it.
38. What is your best memory?
There's quite a few. Enemies I've defeated, parties we've had. Moments. I don't think I'll ever forget the sound of the golden bell ringing over the sky island. Or leaping a hundred feet off a bridge into the sea with the sight of Merry just bobbing on the waves beneath me, waiting to take us away. Or Merry's funeral. Sad memories can be good ones.
39. What is your worst memory?
The sheer mind-rending pain of the trial Kuma put me through in exchange for sparing Luffy. Not the things he did or said or any of that, just the pain itself. I don't tell anyone, but it was the worst thing I have ever experienced.
...and the look on the cook's face when he found me, later.
Part 4: Beliefs And Opinions
40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
I guess an optimist? But not a cheerful one. I just don't see any purpose in seeing only the worst of life around us.
41. What is your greatest fear?
Not being able to protect my crew...that Luffy would be killed because I couldn't stand with him, and his dream - and mine - would die there.
42. What are your religious views?
I don't do religion. There are no gods. People can believe what they want but I know there's just no god, no devil, nothing like that.
43. What are your political views?
The World Government where we come from is corrupt, deep down. Most average people don't see it, it's not until you become either a pirate or a revolutionary that you start finding out about the bullshit. Most people don't even realize that the government allows the Celestial Dragons to keep slaves even though it's illegal. The damn world nobles technically control everything, and it ain't for the good of the people of the world. I got nothing against the Marines who are trying to keep the peace, but the ones who throw 'justice' around like a sledgehammer and would use it to justify cruelty and terror? They can fuck right off.
As for me, though, I find the freedom of piracy to be liberating. You don't gotta worry about politics, generally, because if one country makes laws, or another country wages war on their neighbor, it ain't your problem and probably won't affect you. And if the World Government does something awful, well, we're already pirates. It's not like we're going to listen to them.
44. What are your views on sex?
It's, uh. Fun?
I didn't really think about it at all before, it wasn't important to me. What I've got with the cook, it's fun, but I don't think too hard about it.
45. Are you able to kill? Under what circumstances do you find killing to be acceptable or unacceptable?
Of course I can. I have. I probably will again. I don't kill indiscriminately though. Death isn't something to take lightly. I don't murder civilians, and I don't tend to kill most of my enemies just because they fall easily without having to go all the way. There's no sense in stopping to kill a Marine or a rival pirate who's so weak that he's already unconscious and wounded. But if a foe comes at me with killing intent, I will return the favor. I deal back the same level of intensity being directed at me, which sometimes results in the enemy dying.
It's not cool to just haul off and kill anyone you want, especially not the innocent who aren't even fighting, and you do not under any circumstances kill your own crewmates.
46. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
Slavery. Slavery is worse than death.
47. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
No, not really. That kind of notion is for dreamers and love-cooks.
48. What do you believe makes a successful life?
Knowing what you want, and going after it. Whether it's a dream you have, or just the sense of wanting a certain job, or a family, or whatever. It's a little complicated, because there's people who go after what they want the wrong way and end up hurting others and themselves, but that's for a deeper discussion some other time.
49. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings (i.e. do you hide your true self from others, and in what way)?
I don't really like talking about feelings with other people. That's private. I don't lie to people, though. I just don't tell people things sometimes.
50. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
I'm no fan of the Marines but I'm not gonna look down on someone who is one - hell, I like Coby, he's a good kid even if he wants to be a Marine. Smoker has his moments. I don't hate them. Hm, maybe the Celestial Dragons. I've only seen a handful but there was nothing redeeming about them, and from what I hear they're all like that.
Mostly, though, I let an individual speak for themselves, I don't look down on any group or anything just for being themselves.
51. Is there anything you absolutely refuse to do under any circumstances? Why do you refuse to do it?
I will not kill a crewmate, because it's the one cardinal sin among pirates. Your crew is your life, you can't get anywhere if you don't trust them and look after them.
52. Who or what, if anything, would you die for (or otherwise go to extremes for)?
My dream, the dreams of my crewmates, and Luffy's in particular. I will see him become Pirate King, and I will reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship. I don't care what I have to do to get us all there.
Part 5: Relationships With Others
53. In general, how do you treat others (politely, rudely, by keeping them at a distance, etc.)? Does your treatment of them change depending on how well you know them, and if so, how?
Course it does. If I don't know somebody well, I keep them at arm's length. But I ain't afraid of getting to know people. I'm polite to people who deserve it, rude to anyone who's rude to me. There's only a handful of people who had my complete trust the moment I met them.
54. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
Luffy. He's my captain, and the man who will be Pirate King.
55. Who is the person you respect the most, and why?
I respect all my crewmates, for going through what they have and coming into their own. Hawk-eyes, Ace, even Kuma now that I understand what he did. I don't know who to say I respect the most.
56. Who are your friends? Do you have a best friend? Describe these people.
Do I really need to describe my crewmates? People know 'em.
57. Do you have a spouse or significant other?
Nope.
All right, so, me and the cook have a thing, but it's not like...that serious.
58. Have you ever been in love?
I don't think so.
I mean, I feel things when I'm around the cook but I dunno if it's love...
59. What do you look for in a potential lover?
I don't. I don't care about that stuff. It's not interesting to me, and pursuing it the way the cook does is a waste of time and energy. The thing with him...it started out with convenience and then it got complicated but I didn't actively look for it or even really evaluate him as a lover.
60. How close are you to your family?
Don't got any. I don't keep in contact with anyone from Shimotsuki at all.
61. Have you started your own family? If so, describe them. If not, do you want to? Why or why not?
No. Hell no. That's for people who want to settle down. My life, and my goal, doesn't lend to that. I want to be the world's strongest, and that means when I get there, people are going to come after me. I'm going to be the Pirate King's right hand, which means not leaving him to go settle down on an island somewhere.
The quiet life just ain't my style. I think I'll be a pirate till the day I die, and actual pirates don't have families. Besides, I'm not a fan of kids. Don't really care about raising any.
62. Who would you turn to if you were in desperate need of help?
Anyone in my crew. And, I guess, anyone who would offer. I never expected to turn to Mihawk, but he was there when I was desperate, and he accepted.
63. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why?
Everyone in my crew. Every single one of them. They're crewmates - that's what it means to be in a crew together.
64. If you died or went missing, who would miss you?
The crew. It might be big news, given that I've got a name as part of the 'worst generation' now, so probably the whole world would know...but there's only maybe three guys in all of East Blue who would be sad about it.
65. Who is the person you despise the most, and why?
Dunno, I don't really hate anyone. Although, there are some foes who've done pretty horrible things to warrant Luffy's wrath. I don't know the full story of Dressrosa but I'm pretty sure I don't like Doflamingo much. Caesar's fairly awful, too. I don't know. If Luffy feels the burning need to take someone down, that means they deserve it, so I can despise them on his behalf.
I really hated Enel for a while, there. I faced him personally, I could look into his smug face and know that he was terrible.
66. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
I guess I argue more than I don't. Some people I don't bother but you can damn well bet that if the cook opens his mouth, I'm gonna have something to say in return.
67. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
Social? No.
68. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not?
What, like at parties and stuff? Nah, I'd rather be off in a corner having a drink.
69. Do you care what others think of you?
For the most part, no. Why bother? All that matters is what I think of myself.
Part 6: Likes And Dislikes
70. What is/are your favorite hobbies and pastimes?
Working out, training. Drinking.
71. What is your most treasured possession?
Wadou Ichimonji, the sword given to me by Kuina's father, my sensei. It was her treasured sword, a family heirloom. It belongs to me now. Behind it are Sandai Kitetsu and Shuusui, two swords which have given me their loyalty. I earned Kitetsu's despite its curse, and Shuusui was bestowed to me for laying the body of a famed samurai to rest.
72. What is your favorite color?
Green.
73. What is your favorite food?
Onigiri. I also like meat-and-rice dishes, like donburi or sea king meat with rice.
74. What, if anything, do you like to read?
I don't read much. The newspaper once in a while, but I don't read for fun.
75. What is your idea of good entertainment (consider music, movies, art, etc.)?
I don't really care one way or the other. But I like good music, when there's a party. Brook's music, especially.
76. Do you smoke, drink, or use drugs? If so, why? Do you want to quit?
Course I drink. Alcohol keeps me going. I'd never quit.
77. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
Every night of the week is the same, there's nothing different about Saturday when you live on the sea.
78. What makes you laugh?
Luffy's antics, sometimes. Funny stories. Just being around my crew.
79. What, if anything, shocks or offends you?
It's pretty hard to offend me. The most shocked I get is if you surprise me with something I've never seen before.
80. What would you do if you had insomnia and had to find something to do to amuse yourself?
I don't get insomnia. If I'm not asleep I'm awake, and there's plenty of stuff to do. I'd take the night watch from whoever was up, or keep 'em company if they don't want to go to bed.
81. How do you deal with stress?
Work out. Drink.
82. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
Not as spontaneous as Luffy, but I tend to leave the planning to others.
83. What are your pet peeves?
The cook flailing at women and being an idiot. Usopp and his "I can't do this" diseases. Nami reminding me of this debt she thinks I owe her. Annoyances, mainly.
Part 7: Self Images And Etc.
84. Describe the routine of a normal day for you.
I'm usually up well after dawn, but not too late. Grab some breakfast, and then if we aren't under sail it's up to me to help with the sails and rigging. On the Sunny, there's an automatic anchor, but in the new world I usually have to pull that up. Then it's just whiling away a long day of sailing somehow. Hanging out, training with my weights, taking naps, fishing. I like to fish. Dinner, then maybe more hanging out with the crew, then I take the first night watch and go to bed around 4 in the morning.
85. What is your greatest strength as a person?
Besides physical strength? Tenacity. I never give up.
86. What is your greatest weakness?
I'm not that good with people sometimes.
87. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
It'd be nice to have full vision again.
88. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
I'm not that shy, but I'm not as gregarious as Luffy, so I dunno.
89. Are you generally organized or messy?
I don't have much, but I'm messy with my clothes. I just leave 'em on the floor.
90. Name three things you consider yourself to be very good at, and three things you consider yourself to be very bad at.
Good: swordsmanship, fishing, waiting.
Bad: listening, acting, being generous.
91. Do you like yourself?
Yeah, sure.
92. What are your reasons for being an adventurer (or doing the strange and heroic things that RPG characters do)? Are your real reasons for doing this different than the ones you tell people in public? (If so, detail both sets of reasons...)
I just want to be the strongest swordsman in the world, I don't really have reasons I can speak to. It's my heart's desire, nothing more. Being a pirate in Luffy's crew instead of on my own, well, that's due to the way he recruited me. I saw something in him that I liked, and I knew he was right. I coulda gotten killed on my own, and I'd never accomplish my goal, but with Luffy beside me, I know I could do it. With the whole crew around me, I've got nothing to worry about.
93. What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime?
Become the world's greatest swordsman.
94. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
At the right hand of the Pirate King, sailing the seas without a care in the world.
95. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
At the hand of the only man I could accept defeat from, since he's defeated me before and I know he'll be my last obstacle. If he kills me when we finally settle which of us is strongest, so be it.
96. If you knew you were going to die in 24 hours, name three things you would do in the time you had left.
Have a party with the crew, so we could have the best food and drink in the world, then clean my swords, and watch the ocean maybe.
97. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death?
As long as I reach my goal before I die, that's all I need. The world remembers the first Pirate King, and the important members of his crew. If I'm known as Luffy's right hand the same way Rayleigh is known as Roger's, that'd be great.
98. What three words best describe your personality?
I don't know.
99. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
Lazy, strong, swordsman.
100. If you could, what advice would you, the player, give to your character?
I wouldn't dare, he's awesome on his own. Maybe stop antagonizing Sanji all the damn time.
1. What is your full name?
Roronoa Zoro.
2. Where and when were you born?
On a small island in the East Blue, 21-plus years ago. There were a couple of towns on the island, including Shimotsuki.
3. Who are/were your parents? Did/do they have occupations?
I don't know. I don't remember. They died when I was so young that I don't remember a thing.
4. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
No, I didn't.
5. Where do you live now, and with whom?
Aboard the Thousand Sunny, with Luffy's crew. Luffy, Nami, Usopp, the cook, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook.
6. What is your occupation?
Pirate. Some in the Marines and the press have taken to calling me vice-captain or first mate.
7. Write a full physical description of the character. (Third Person)
8. To which social class do you belong?
Pirates don't exist in social classes. I ain't a noble and I ain't a civilian, and I sure as hell don't belong to the military.
9. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
I've never been sick. I can't see out my left eye anymore but I con't consider it a weakness.
10. Are you right- or left-handed?
I favor my left hand but I can fight and do other things with both hands equally.
11. What does your voice sound like?
Eh, not too deep, but deep enough. Middle-tone. Raw and rough.
12. What words and/or phrases do you use very frequently?
Shit-cook, pervert cook, dumbass. I swear a lot. I swear at the cook a lot. I call him a lot of creative names.
13. What do you have in your pockets?
Lint and air. Not a beli to my name, that hasn't been oh-so-graciously loaned by our resident thief.
14. Do you have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?
Not really, no, unless people are annoyed by the places and times I decide to take a nap.
[because he doesn't get lost ever, never, am I right?]
Part 2: Growing Up
15. How would you describe your childhood in general?
Decent. I had some rough patches but I grew up just fine. Never wanted for food and a roof over my head, and I spent most of my time training myself to become a swordsman.
16. What is your earliest memory?
I sort of remember first wrapping my hands around the handle of a sword, and knowing I wanted to learn to use it. Excel at it. I can't remember far back, any earlier than maybe five years old.
17. How much schooling have you had?
The basics. Sensei used the dojo as a school as well, so all the kids got some basic reading, writing, and math. It wasn't too formal but it was better than nothing.
18. Did you enjoy school?
I neither liked it or hated it. Sometimes I felt like it was a waste of time that was better spent training, but now that I'm older I know it was important. I didn't want to be a dumbass who couldn't even read.
19. Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities?
At the dojo, in Shimotsuki - Isshin Dojo. I learned swordplay on my own before I went there, but that was where I stopped and spent my whole youth training. Anything Sensei didn't teach me directly, or let me learn by sparring with other students, I learned on my own. I trained myself, set my own regimen, and sometimes I would sneak books out of his library at night if I thought they might have information that would get me even further.
20. While growing up, did you have any role models? If so, describe them.
My friend Kuina, even though she died when I was still pretty young. She and I were going to both strive to become the strongest, but she never got that chance. She always was stronger than me, and beat me in every single match we ever fought. I think she hated me for a while, and we didn't hang out like friends, but she's still my friend.
21. While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family?
I didn't have a family. I didn't consider Sensei family, he was just a teacher, even though he gave me room and board under the dojo's roof.
22. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
The world's greatest swordsman.
23. As a child, what were your favorite activities?
Training. Sparring and training.
24. As a child, what kinds of personality traits did you display?
Same as now, probably. I was kind of a little shit, though, I had a much higher opinion of myself and hadn't learned humility yet.
25. As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like?
I dunno. There were three or four kids who trained at the dojo - who lived in the village - who spent the most time around me, but I never really felt close to them. We didn't do fun stuff together, we just trained together until I surpassed them and left them behind. I don't think I was popular - there were a lot of people around me, looking up to me or trying to get their chance to fight me, but it wasn't because they liked me.
26. When and with whom was your first kiss?
Um. With. The cook, in this new world.
[High Seas]
27. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
Same as above and that's all I'm saying.
28. If you are a supernatural being (i.e. mage, werewolf, vampire), tell the story of how you became what you are or first learned of your own abilities. If you are just a normal human, describe any influences in your past that led you to do the things you do today.
Kuina set me on the path toward where I am today, but she's only half the equation. The other half is Luffy. My promise to her put me in the position where I would someday run across Luffy, and because of him I now dedicate my life to becoming the strongest for his sake. He will be the Pirate King someday, and needs the ultimate swordsman at his side.
Part 3: Past Influences
29. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
Meeting Luffy in the prison yard of that Marine base. Everything important that came before it led me to that moment, and everything important that came after it is a result of meeting Luffy and joining his crew.
30. Who has had the most influence on you?
Luffy, to some extent, but more than him, Hawk-eyes Mihawk. I can't say that Koshiro-sensei has had much influence on me by comparison...he taught me things about swordsmanship but I still went my own way. Likewise...Kuina, her memory influences me but all I have are memories, nothing more.
31. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Surviving the Grand Line and the New World up to where I am today.
32. What is your greatest regret?
Getting those damned swords, and demanding she fight me with real blades...
33. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
I may have done a few heartless or thoughtless things, but I don't think anything I've done can be said to be evil. At least, in the eyes of most normal people. The Marines might have a different opinion on that.
34. Do you have a criminal record of any kind?
Hell yes, and a bounty to match it! My bounty stands at 120 million beli, though really it ought to go up considering the ruckus we're making on Dressrosa. I was the first one, besides Luffy, to get a bounty - we found out after we were long gone from Alabasta, so it was probably from what I did there. There, or at Whiskey Peak. I took out a lot of Baroque Works' people. Luffy declaring war on the World Government by shooting down their flag nailed it all into stone - after that the whole crew had bounties, and I sure did enjoy taking out those guys from CP9. That's enough to earn a criminal name right there.
I've only been imprisoned once, though. Back in East Blue, when Morgan's shithead son hauled me in and tied me to a post to serve a sentence for killing his wolf and assaulting him.
35. When was the time you were the most frightened?
For a little while, when I was the only one awake and still standing when Kuma came for Luffy, I honestly feared for the outcome. Not that I'd die, so much, but it was just frightening facing him, knowing that I was the only thing standing between Luffy's dream dying and his survival. I didn't back down but damn, was it scary.
36. What is the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to you?
Dunno, maybe carrying that damn female Marine around the lab. She kept telling me the wrong way to go and we almost got killed by poison gas about fifty times because of it. I don't get embarrassed often, not even Luffy and Usopp trying to prank me really works.
...oh wait. There was that time the negative ghost got me and the cook laughed at me. That was complete and utter shit.
37. If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why?
I actually would not change a thing. What happened to Kuina is tragic, and I carry it with me to this day, but changing it would set us both on a path I don't think would come out the way we dreamed it would when we were kids. I think it would have turned out drastically different. And, I wouldn't be where I am today, with Luffy. So I can't change it.
38. What is your best memory?
There's quite a few. Enemies I've defeated, parties we've had. Moments. I don't think I'll ever forget the sound of the golden bell ringing over the sky island. Or leaping a hundred feet off a bridge into the sea with the sight of Merry just bobbing on the waves beneath me, waiting to take us away. Or Merry's funeral. Sad memories can be good ones.
39. What is your worst memory?
The sheer mind-rending pain of the trial Kuma put me through in exchange for sparing Luffy. Not the things he did or said or any of that, just the pain itself. I don't tell anyone, but it was the worst thing I have ever experienced.
...and the look on the cook's face when he found me, later.
Part 4: Beliefs And Opinions
40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
I guess an optimist? But not a cheerful one. I just don't see any purpose in seeing only the worst of life around us.
41. What is your greatest fear?
Not being able to protect my crew...that Luffy would be killed because I couldn't stand with him, and his dream - and mine - would die there.
42. What are your religious views?
I don't do religion. There are no gods. People can believe what they want but I know there's just no god, no devil, nothing like that.
43. What are your political views?
The World Government where we come from is corrupt, deep down. Most average people don't see it, it's not until you become either a pirate or a revolutionary that you start finding out about the bullshit. Most people don't even realize that the government allows the Celestial Dragons to keep slaves even though it's illegal. The damn world nobles technically control everything, and it ain't for the good of the people of the world. I got nothing against the Marines who are trying to keep the peace, but the ones who throw 'justice' around like a sledgehammer and would use it to justify cruelty and terror? They can fuck right off.
As for me, though, I find the freedom of piracy to be liberating. You don't gotta worry about politics, generally, because if one country makes laws, or another country wages war on their neighbor, it ain't your problem and probably won't affect you. And if the World Government does something awful, well, we're already pirates. It's not like we're going to listen to them.
44. What are your views on sex?
It's, uh. Fun?
I didn't really think about it at all before, it wasn't important to me. What I've got with the cook, it's fun, but I don't think too hard about it.
45. Are you able to kill? Under what circumstances do you find killing to be acceptable or unacceptable?
Of course I can. I have. I probably will again. I don't kill indiscriminately though. Death isn't something to take lightly. I don't murder civilians, and I don't tend to kill most of my enemies just because they fall easily without having to go all the way. There's no sense in stopping to kill a Marine or a rival pirate who's so weak that he's already unconscious and wounded. But if a foe comes at me with killing intent, I will return the favor. I deal back the same level of intensity being directed at me, which sometimes results in the enemy dying.
It's not cool to just haul off and kill anyone you want, especially not the innocent who aren't even fighting, and you do not under any circumstances kill your own crewmates.
46. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
Slavery. Slavery is worse than death.
47. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
No, not really. That kind of notion is for dreamers and love-cooks.
48. What do you believe makes a successful life?
Knowing what you want, and going after it. Whether it's a dream you have, or just the sense of wanting a certain job, or a family, or whatever. It's a little complicated, because there's people who go after what they want the wrong way and end up hurting others and themselves, but that's for a deeper discussion some other time.
49. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings (i.e. do you hide your true self from others, and in what way)?
I don't really like talking about feelings with other people. That's private. I don't lie to people, though. I just don't tell people things sometimes.
50. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
I'm no fan of the Marines but I'm not gonna look down on someone who is one - hell, I like Coby, he's a good kid even if he wants to be a Marine. Smoker has his moments. I don't hate them. Hm, maybe the Celestial Dragons. I've only seen a handful but there was nothing redeeming about them, and from what I hear they're all like that.
Mostly, though, I let an individual speak for themselves, I don't look down on any group or anything just for being themselves.
51. Is there anything you absolutely refuse to do under any circumstances? Why do you refuse to do it?
I will not kill a crewmate, because it's the one cardinal sin among pirates. Your crew is your life, you can't get anywhere if you don't trust them and look after them.
52. Who or what, if anything, would you die for (or otherwise go to extremes for)?
My dream, the dreams of my crewmates, and Luffy's in particular. I will see him become Pirate King, and I will reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship. I don't care what I have to do to get us all there.
Part 5: Relationships With Others
53. In general, how do you treat others (politely, rudely, by keeping them at a distance, etc.)? Does your treatment of them change depending on how well you know them, and if so, how?
Course it does. If I don't know somebody well, I keep them at arm's length. But I ain't afraid of getting to know people. I'm polite to people who deserve it, rude to anyone who's rude to me. There's only a handful of people who had my complete trust the moment I met them.
54. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
Luffy. He's my captain, and the man who will be Pirate King.
55. Who is the person you respect the most, and why?
I respect all my crewmates, for going through what they have and coming into their own. Hawk-eyes, Ace, even Kuma now that I understand what he did. I don't know who to say I respect the most.
56. Who are your friends? Do you have a best friend? Describe these people.
Do I really need to describe my crewmates? People know 'em.
57. Do you have a spouse or significant other?
Nope.
All right, so, me and the cook have a thing, but it's not like...that serious.
58. Have you ever been in love?
I don't think so.
I mean, I feel things when I'm around the cook but I dunno if it's love...
59. What do you look for in a potential lover?
I don't. I don't care about that stuff. It's not interesting to me, and pursuing it the way the cook does is a waste of time and energy. The thing with him...it started out with convenience and then it got complicated but I didn't actively look for it or even really evaluate him as a lover.
60. How close are you to your family?
Don't got any. I don't keep in contact with anyone from Shimotsuki at all.
61. Have you started your own family? If so, describe them. If not, do you want to? Why or why not?
No. Hell no. That's for people who want to settle down. My life, and my goal, doesn't lend to that. I want to be the world's strongest, and that means when I get there, people are going to come after me. I'm going to be the Pirate King's right hand, which means not leaving him to go settle down on an island somewhere.
The quiet life just ain't my style. I think I'll be a pirate till the day I die, and actual pirates don't have families. Besides, I'm not a fan of kids. Don't really care about raising any.
62. Who would you turn to if you were in desperate need of help?
Anyone in my crew. And, I guess, anyone who would offer. I never expected to turn to Mihawk, but he was there when I was desperate, and he accepted.
63. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why?
Everyone in my crew. Every single one of them. They're crewmates - that's what it means to be in a crew together.
64. If you died or went missing, who would miss you?
The crew. It might be big news, given that I've got a name as part of the 'worst generation' now, so probably the whole world would know...but there's only maybe three guys in all of East Blue who would be sad about it.
65. Who is the person you despise the most, and why?
Dunno, I don't really hate anyone. Although, there are some foes who've done pretty horrible things to warrant Luffy's wrath. I don't know the full story of Dressrosa but I'm pretty sure I don't like Doflamingo much. Caesar's fairly awful, too. I don't know. If Luffy feels the burning need to take someone down, that means they deserve it, so I can despise them on his behalf.
I really hated Enel for a while, there. I faced him personally, I could look into his smug face and know that he was terrible.
66. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
I guess I argue more than I don't. Some people I don't bother but you can damn well bet that if the cook opens his mouth, I'm gonna have something to say in return.
67. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
Social? No.
68. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not?
What, like at parties and stuff? Nah, I'd rather be off in a corner having a drink.
69. Do you care what others think of you?
For the most part, no. Why bother? All that matters is what I think of myself.
Part 6: Likes And Dislikes
70. What is/are your favorite hobbies and pastimes?
Working out, training. Drinking.
71. What is your most treasured possession?
Wadou Ichimonji, the sword given to me by Kuina's father, my sensei. It was her treasured sword, a family heirloom. It belongs to me now. Behind it are Sandai Kitetsu and Shuusui, two swords which have given me their loyalty. I earned Kitetsu's despite its curse, and Shuusui was bestowed to me for laying the body of a famed samurai to rest.
72. What is your favorite color?
Green.
73. What is your favorite food?
Onigiri. I also like meat-and-rice dishes, like donburi or sea king meat with rice.
74. What, if anything, do you like to read?
I don't read much. The newspaper once in a while, but I don't read for fun.
75. What is your idea of good entertainment (consider music, movies, art, etc.)?
I don't really care one way or the other. But I like good music, when there's a party. Brook's music, especially.
76. Do you smoke, drink, or use drugs? If so, why? Do you want to quit?
Course I drink. Alcohol keeps me going. I'd never quit.
77. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
Every night of the week is the same, there's nothing different about Saturday when you live on the sea.
78. What makes you laugh?
Luffy's antics, sometimes. Funny stories. Just being around my crew.
79. What, if anything, shocks or offends you?
It's pretty hard to offend me. The most shocked I get is if you surprise me with something I've never seen before.
80. What would you do if you had insomnia and had to find something to do to amuse yourself?
I don't get insomnia. If I'm not asleep I'm awake, and there's plenty of stuff to do. I'd take the night watch from whoever was up, or keep 'em company if they don't want to go to bed.
81. How do you deal with stress?
Work out. Drink.
82. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
Not as spontaneous as Luffy, but I tend to leave the planning to others.
83. What are your pet peeves?
The cook flailing at women and being an idiot. Usopp and his "I can't do this" diseases. Nami reminding me of this debt she thinks I owe her. Annoyances, mainly.
Part 7: Self Images And Etc.
84. Describe the routine of a normal day for you.
I'm usually up well after dawn, but not too late. Grab some breakfast, and then if we aren't under sail it's up to me to help with the sails and rigging. On the Sunny, there's an automatic anchor, but in the new world I usually have to pull that up. Then it's just whiling away a long day of sailing somehow. Hanging out, training with my weights, taking naps, fishing. I like to fish. Dinner, then maybe more hanging out with the crew, then I take the first night watch and go to bed around 4 in the morning.
85. What is your greatest strength as a person?
Besides physical strength? Tenacity. I never give up.
86. What is your greatest weakness?
I'm not that good with people sometimes.
87. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
It'd be nice to have full vision again.
88. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
I'm not that shy, but I'm not as gregarious as Luffy, so I dunno.
89. Are you generally organized or messy?
I don't have much, but I'm messy with my clothes. I just leave 'em on the floor.
90. Name three things you consider yourself to be very good at, and three things you consider yourself to be very bad at.
Good: swordsmanship, fishing, waiting.
Bad: listening, acting, being generous.
91. Do you like yourself?
Yeah, sure.
92. What are your reasons for being an adventurer (or doing the strange and heroic things that RPG characters do)? Are your real reasons for doing this different than the ones you tell people in public? (If so, detail both sets of reasons...)
I just want to be the strongest swordsman in the world, I don't really have reasons I can speak to. It's my heart's desire, nothing more. Being a pirate in Luffy's crew instead of on my own, well, that's due to the way he recruited me. I saw something in him that I liked, and I knew he was right. I coulda gotten killed on my own, and I'd never accomplish my goal, but with Luffy beside me, I know I could do it. With the whole crew around me, I've got nothing to worry about.
93. What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime?
Become the world's greatest swordsman.
94. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
At the right hand of the Pirate King, sailing the seas without a care in the world.
95. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
At the hand of the only man I could accept defeat from, since he's defeated me before and I know he'll be my last obstacle. If he kills me when we finally settle which of us is strongest, so be it.
96. If you knew you were going to die in 24 hours, name three things you would do in the time you had left.
Have a party with the crew, so we could have the best food and drink in the world, then clean my swords, and watch the ocean maybe.
97. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death?
As long as I reach my goal before I die, that's all I need. The world remembers the first Pirate King, and the important members of his crew. If I'm known as Luffy's right hand the same way Rayleigh is known as Roger's, that'd be great.
98. What three words best describe your personality?
I don't know.
99. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
Lazy, strong, swordsman.
100. If you could, what advice would you, the player, give to your character?
I wouldn't dare, he's awesome on his own. Maybe stop antagonizing Sanji all the damn time.