Family Meeting for the gang / Semi-Closed

[fierybluebird]

Characters: Marco, Grell Sutcliff, Thatch, Namur, Espio, and Tobias Hayes
Location: ~Around the Garden~
Rating: Hopefully PG-13. Let's keep violence/sex to a minimum okay?
Open/Closed/Finished: Semi-Closed (if another character wants to grab Marco for something it's available!)
Summary: Tattoo adjustments, family meeting, Marco stepping up as Captain



Sometime after the whole mission with Grell & Thatch, but before Namur also leaves on missions, Marco finally addresses the family cohesion "situation." Okay, so it's not exactly a situation anymore, but he's still concerned and there are things he needs to address with each and every member of the family, and with all of them together. And if there are going to be anymore miniature explosions, he'd rather they were now when he can handle them, then later at a very very bad time.

He hunts down everyone individually to make it clear that this meeting is not optional and if he has to pick them up and carry them there, he will. He also has needles and ink with him... so that might be a bit creepy. He gave himself plenty of time before all this though, since the meeting will be at dinnertime (which he has prepared) and throughout the whole day he goes around hunting everyone down.

Luckily, Namur is probably the easiest -- ironically? -- since Namur already was on the same page as Marco about it, and why Toby would normally be the easiest, Marco had a tendency to fall into a giddy Papabird mode that just wanted to play around with his favorite son whenever he was with the kid. As such, Toby is saved for last, since Marco can just ask him to come.

[ooc: there will be a big family thread everyone can go in any order on, because there are too many to go organized, and then separate threads for everyone.]

Comments

[thatched]

"I'd bet my money that Toby left and Espio followed." Because if they weren't together then he doubted Espio would have left first. Not if Toby cold stop him so easily when he wanted to go. So something had upset the kid. Maybe them fighting. Maybe the conflict. Who could tell? He didn't have that kind of haki anyway to sense them.

"Namur and Marco will be able to find them, unless you have a better idea of where Toby-boy might have gone."

[redcinemareel]

"I know exactly where both of them are." But she wasn't really budging to go get them. Not yet. "Toby is rather good at hiding, so it will be some time before Espio finds him."

[thatched]

"Think it's a better idea to leave them to it?" A sincere question since he doesn't know the dynamics of that relationship well enough.

[fierybluebird]

Marco cocked his head to the side as he wandered in. "Why is Toby hiding?" He glanced at the untouched food and frowned. "I stopped him from eating dinner for this so..." So he was going to go pick up his kid and make him eat no matter what. Mama bird mode!!!

[om_nom_namur]

Namur wasn't far behind Marco. He wasn't really looking forward to dealing with the other two but there wasn't any point in avoiding them either. He already felt like a dumbass for splitting everyone up in the first place.

"Shit, this is why I went t' get some air. So the damn brats wouldn't have t' feel threatened."

[thatched]

"A fight was bound to happen either way," Thatch said, waving a hand. With that much tension in the room? But what happened happened. "Nevermind. Let's forget about why." He glanced at Marco. "What now?"

[fierybluebird]

Marco tugged on the shark's cheeks again. "Don't underestimate my son or Espio. If you think they're scared of you, you're an idiot. They probably left for the same reason you did!" Have a flick to the forehead.

God but Marco has trouble understanding all these attempts for self-sacrifice. It's like everyone feels responsible and doesn't want to be selfish so they try to protect the others from themselves. Worst pirates ever!

[redcinemareel]

"For Fate's Sake..." Honestly, This Family™. She was really tired of everyone not staying in one place.

"Toby doesn't just run away for a flmsy reason!" She finally put away her weapon and going to a seat. "Let them handle it on their own! They'll have to do so, anyway!" Grell looked to the open window, really wondering why Toby was hiding. "They aren't DEAD, so we should wait until tomorrow for any news." She looked to everyone else still there. "If anyone leaves before the food is gone, I WILL KILL YOU. Now sit!"

[om_nom_namur]

"Bossy bastard, ain't y'?" Namur muttered. Oddly, there was a tiny hint of humor in his tone, though he was decidedly not sitting.

"Well if it ain't me that run 'em off then what did?" Namur looked back and forth between Marco and Grell. "Y' ain't got any rivals y' haven't told us 'bout, do y'?"

[fierybluebird]

A frown. "Rivals?" Like someone who'd want to assassinate Toby to get to Marco or Grell? No, that was laughable. But Toby had a demon lurking underneath the surface, same as all of them except for Espio. Ironically.

"No, they're safe... but what about Toby? He hasn't eaten yet either!" Okay that was a bit more sulky and petulant than he meant it to be.