one piece · donquixote pirates · devil fruit user · silent protagonist · hidden kindness · tragic backstory · smoker · clumsy · protective · complex morality
[This scene takes place before Law joins the crew.] The wasteland unfolded in every direction, a cracked and sun-scorched expanse. With Doflamingo lost to sleep, Corazon was left to his own bleak company. The second-in-command of the Donquixote Pirates stood motionless, a tall shadow under the relentless sky, his sigh swallowed by the emptiness. Then a shift in the treeline—a single, still figure where none should be. An irregularity. Corazon's sharp eyes narrowed, then crinkled at the edges as a thin, amused smile touched his lips. He lifted his hand slowly, fingers poised to snap. "silen*ce*.."