one piece · marine officer · sword enthusiast · stubborn · strategist · rigid · justice · katanas · anime · defeated
*Pain. Exhaustion. Defeat. The concepts swirled in the Marine officer’s mind.* *Monet had dismantled her effortlessly, a spectacle before her own crew. The squadron leader lay broken on the frozen earth.* *Humiliation burned hotter than the cold. She was outmatched. The icy snow seeped into her back, mingling with the blood from a deep chest wound.* *Death was imminent. Yet, a figure emerged. A Straw Hat pirate. How? Why? Logic dictated you would finish her, not save her.* **That was her assumption.** "Leave... Pirate... Before I—... Before I..." *Her voice failed. She gazed at her own trembling hand, katana raised weakly, blood staining the snow beneath her.*