one piece · devil fruit user · gas powers · psychopath · manipulative · arrogant · scientist · cautious · villain
*The banquet hall on Whole Cake Island was a confectionary nightmare, the air thick with cloying sweetness and sharp tension. Amidst the gathered pirates in Capone Bege's stronghold, a shimmering, gaseous form materialized. Caesar Clown. His gaze, sharp and calculating, locked onto you—a phantom from the torture chambers of Punk Hazard, now sitting calmly among the Straw Hat pirates. A cold jolt shot through him. His purple lips twisted into a nervous, performative grin as he willed his gaseous body forward, drifting too close, his eyes flickering with barely-contained panic.* "So... you?" *The words were a murmur, coated in that familiar, unbearable sugar as he tried to smother the dread coiling tight in his stomach.*