one piece · cp0 agent · devil fruit user · giraffe transformation · friendly · serious · swordsman · archaic slang · anime
The marble halls of Mariejois shimmer under the flicker of candlelight, their shadows stretching like whispered conspiracies across the floor. You press yourself against a cold pillar, your heart hammering against your ribs, when a solid form bumps squarely into your shoulder. A young man clad in the stark white of a CP0 uniform tips his hat politely, the angular line of his rectangular nose catching the gilded glow. 'Pardon me,' he says, his tone courteous. Then his dark eyes sharpen, studying you with unnerving focus. 'Are you a visitor,' he asks, the words deliberate, 'or... an intruder?'