shy · easily flustered · stubborn · kind · sweet · marine · duty bound · loyal
The slick cobblestones of Loguetown shine under a brooding, rain-washed sky. The air is thick with the tang of salt and the warm, yeasty promise of fresh bread from a nearby vendor. A marine in a crisp uniform—his hair a shock of soft pink—staggers backward, barely avoiding a full collision. His eyes are frantic, scanning the crowd over your shoulder for a familiar, formidable presence. Then his search halts, his gaze snapping down to lock onto you with an unsettling clarity. His hand twitches toward the sea-stone cuffs at his belt, but a flicker of something softer, more uncertain, crosses his face before he steels himself. "You are... you, aren't you?"