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mekachu04Law eats crow (1840 words) by Mekachu04
Rating: Mature
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What happens when you day dream about One Piece when doing your language studies? Weird ass world building head canons.
I apologize to Law for giving him open-mouth insert-foot disease for this one. Kidd just brings out the absolute worst of him.
rating went up because i'm not sure how many times i can say the f-word in a rated -T. and also because of some of the crimes against humanity that the W.G. commits and law & wire (and heat) drunkenly bonding over some of those crimes|trauma the world government put them through growing up
Sometimes, you run into issues on how to refer to different languages in a source material that is different than the language you are creating in.
Mandate - English| Latin-script alphabet {World Government (and Marines) Enforced}
Common - Japanaese|Mixed scripts of Kanji and Kana
This started while I was doing Gàidhlig exercises. It would bleed over into quite a few of these pieces this summer, but here's the one that started it. Mostly started with the idea of bored Kidd (who Oda says would be Scottish if from our world) teaching Luffy Scot Gaelic|Gàidhlig while in Udon. Luffy is definitely pronouncing that wrong.
Internet provided translations for everything else.
"Fuck you, I speak four languages!"
Law blinked, trying not to show surprise at Kidd's outburst. When he'd made past remarks about Luffy being illiterate, his fellow captain had only laughed at him. And he while he understood he and Kidd struggled to be civil even when they tried, he hadn't expected such a vitriolic tone at what he'd meant as well... teasing.
Kidd's declaration also did not contradict Law's question of if he could read, which only further made Law uncomfortable.
"You couldn't even name four languages." Law found himself saying, mouth running on auto-pilot. He'd been mocking Kidd for having Killer read the newspaper to him - Kidd couldn't actually not read, could he? Four Blues, how the Hell do you roll that insult back? Law was suddenly very aware that in the present moment, he was probably the only captain with any formal education, and even his actual tutelage had ended fairly young in life.
"Na las teine nach urrainn duit féin a chuir as." Kidd sneered, turning back to his crew in a huff. Wire and Heat were both looking at Law coldly. Killer- as unreadable as ever - just appeared to be studying the paper; "Mar sin leat, Trafalgar" was all he said.
"Eine andrer Sprache zi sprechen, macht dich nicht zu etwas Besonderem." Law couldn't not have the last word, even though he knew this was a petty, and possibly classist, fight to be picking right now.
Kidd stiffened, face going angry for a moment, but Killer snorted in amusement. An eerie calm then smoothed over Kidd's features, "Mae'n gwneud pan fydd y llywodraeth yn ei gwnews yn anghyfreithlon."
Law still had no idea what any of Kidd shit-talking meant, but he also knew he couldn't let it go, "La mayoría de la gente habla al menos otro idioma además del Common."
Heat grinned suddenly, "Pwen an ale nan Captain. Trafalgar pa gen okenn lide sa k ap di a"
Privately, Kidd wasn't as familiar with Heat's mother tongue, certainly not enough to speak it back, but he knew enough to follow what his commander said. "Dha-rìribh? Sgoinneil!" he grinned to Heat, before turning back to Law and giving him a wave of dismissal, his voice mocking. "Beannachd leat, amadan!"
Law couldn't let it go though, and unfortunately, his musings caught up to him after he'd been drinking with Luffy. "You know Eustass can't read either?"
"You don't think I can read and he doesn't think I can count!" Luffy laughed, "I told you, I can read. I just don't like to. Wire's got the same thing. Kinda. The letters all swim for me, but I guess stuff up close up is all fuzzy to him?"
Law looked into his beer. How many was this one? "You talk to Wire about reading?" Law wasn't aware Luffy had even met Wire. Law hadn't even officially met Wire.
"Nah. I talked to Gaizo about Wire. Well, about reading, but his nakama came up a bunch. Gaizo wanted me to read some of the papers he'd stolen from the Hippo Guard, 'cause they were in Mandate so he wasn't exactly sure he had it right. He says 'it's a nightmare trying to read Mandate because his island pronounced all the letters completely different, and no one on his island actually speaks Mandate. He wished the Marines would just stick to Kanji because he can read that.'"
"Eustass can read kanji - which has thousands of letters.. but he can't read Mandate..."
"Yeah - I tested him and he even knew a bunch I didn't know."
"So how do you know he didn't just make something up?"
Luffy looked confused, "Why would he?"
"So he could look smarter than you?"
Luffy laughed, "He doesn't need to lie to be smarter than me."
Law winces - tallying the many times he'd belittled Luffy's intelligence, "Luffy-ya, you're not stupid - "
" 'Know that, but there's also a lot I don't know and other people do. Gaizo knows a lot about building things, and navigating, and about secret mystery languages."
Like Kidd knew shit about navigating. "... Eustass knowing a South Blue language that you don't does not make it a secret language."
"Kidd knows secret languages" Luffy insisted, "He talked to me in them. He taught me a little. Like... Like Oihyavah."
"That doesn't sound right."
"That's definitely not right, Whatz-it mean?"
Luffy grinned, blushed, and did a little shimmy in his seat. "It means 'Good Night & Sleep Well.'"
Law snorted, "Oh it defiantly doesn't. Don't go telling people that. It's probably some awful insult." He took a drink, "When'd he tell you that anyway?"
Luffy sipped his juice, "In Udon. We shared a cell."
Rating: Mature
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What happens when you day dream about One Piece when doing your language studies? Weird ass world building head canons.
I apologize to Law for giving him open-mouth insert-foot disease for this one. Kidd just brings out the absolute worst of him.
rating went up because i'm not sure how many times i can say the f-word in a rated -T. and also because of some of the crimes against humanity that the W.G. commits and law & wire (and heat) drunkenly bonding over some of those crimes|trauma the world government put them through growing up
Sometimes, you run into issues on how to refer to different languages in a source material that is different than the language you are creating in.
Mandate - English| Latin-script alphabet {World Government (and Marines) Enforced}
Common - Japanaese|Mixed scripts of Kanji and Kana
This started while I was doing Gàidhlig exercises. It would bleed over into quite a few of these pieces this summer, but here's the one that started it. Mostly started with the idea of bored Kidd (who Oda says would be Scottish if from our world) teaching Luffy Scot Gaelic|Gàidhlig while in Udon. Luffy is definitely pronouncing that wrong.
Internet provided translations for everything else.
"Fuck you, I speak four languages!"
Law blinked, trying not to show surprise at Kidd's outburst. When he'd made past remarks about Luffy being illiterate, his fellow captain had only laughed at him. And he while he understood he and Kidd struggled to be civil even when they tried, he hadn't expected such a vitriolic tone at what he'd meant as well... teasing.
Kidd's declaration also did not contradict Law's question of if he could read, which only further made Law uncomfortable.
"You couldn't even name four languages." Law found himself saying, mouth running on auto-pilot. He'd been mocking Kidd for having Killer read the newspaper to him - Kidd couldn't actually not read, could he? Four Blues, how the Hell do you roll that insult back? Law was suddenly very aware that in the present moment, he was probably the only captain with any formal education, and even his actual tutelage had ended fairly young in life.
"Na las teine nach urrainn duit féin a chuir as." Kidd sneered, turning back to his crew in a huff. Wire and Heat were both looking at Law coldly. Killer- as unreadable as ever - just appeared to be studying the paper; "Mar sin leat, Trafalgar" was all he said.
"Eine andrer Sprache zi sprechen, macht dich nicht zu etwas Besonderem." Law couldn't not have the last word, even though he knew this was a petty, and possibly classist, fight to be picking right now.
Kidd stiffened, face going angry for a moment, but Killer snorted in amusement. An eerie calm then smoothed over Kidd's features, "Mae'n gwneud pan fydd y llywodraeth yn ei gwnews yn anghyfreithlon."
Law still had no idea what any of Kidd shit-talking meant, but he also knew he couldn't let it go, "La mayoría de la gente habla al menos otro idioma además del Common."
Heat grinned suddenly, "Pwen an ale nan Captain. Trafalgar pa gen okenn lide sa k ap di a"
Privately, Kidd wasn't as familiar with Heat's mother tongue, certainly not enough to speak it back, but he knew enough to follow what his commander said. "Dha-rìribh? Sgoinneil!" he grinned to Heat, before turning back to Law and giving him a wave of dismissal, his voice mocking. "Beannachd leat, amadan!"
Law couldn't let it go though, and unfortunately, his musings caught up to him after he'd been drinking with Luffy. "You know Eustass can't read either?"
"You don't think I can read and he doesn't think I can count!" Luffy laughed, "I told you, I can read. I just don't like to. Wire's got the same thing. Kinda. The letters all swim for me, but I guess stuff up close up is all fuzzy to him?"
Law looked into his beer. How many was this one? "You talk to Wire about reading?" Law wasn't aware Luffy had even met Wire. Law hadn't even officially met Wire.
"Nah. I talked to Gaizo about Wire. Well, about reading, but his nakama came up a bunch. Gaizo wanted me to read some of the papers he'd stolen from the Hippo Guard, 'cause they were in Mandate so he wasn't exactly sure he had it right. He says 'it's a nightmare trying to read Mandate because his island pronounced all the letters completely different, and no one on his island actually speaks Mandate. He wished the Marines would just stick to Kanji because he can read that.'"
"Eustass can read kanji - which has thousands of letters.. but he can't read Mandate..."
"Yeah - I tested him and he even knew a bunch I didn't know."
"So how do you know he didn't just make something up?"
Luffy looked confused, "Why would he?"
"So he could look smarter than you?"
Luffy laughed, "He doesn't need to lie to be smarter than me."
Law winces - tallying the many times he'd belittled Luffy's intelligence, "Luffy-ya, you're not stupid - "
" 'Know that, but there's also a lot I don't know and other people do. Gaizo knows a lot about building things, and navigating, and about secret mystery languages."
Like Kidd knew shit about navigating. "... Eustass knowing a South Blue language that you don't does not make it a secret language."
"Kidd knows secret languages" Luffy insisted, "He talked to me in them. He taught me a little. Like... Like Oihyavah."
"That doesn't sound right."
"Oihyavah, kachil ka mah."
"That's definitely not right, Whatz-it mean?"
Luffy grinned, blushed, and did a little shimmy in his seat. "It means 'Good Night & Sleep Well.'"
Law snorted, "Oh it defiantly doesn't. Don't go telling people that. It's probably some awful insult." He took a drink, "When'd he tell you that anyway?"
Luffy sipped his juice, "In Udon. We shared a cell."
Tags:
- an: series,
- chara: kidd pirate captain: eustass kidd,
- chara: kidd pirate commander: heat,
- chara: kidd pirate commander: killer,
- chara: kidd pirate commander: wire,
- chara: pirate captain: trafalgar law,
- chara: strawhat captain: monkey d. luffy,
- ip: one piece,
- platform: a03,
- verse: eat crow,
- warning: crimes against humanity
