#devil fruit users have tapetum lucidum

[rambird12]

One piece characters with tapetum lucidum. I. e the eye shine and glow that animals have in the dark

It's idea that devil fruit users have this

[whirlybirdwhat]

things that keep me up at night aka devil fruit users tapetum lucidum head canons

ever since I wrote this my mind has been consumed help but anyway

as established, robin uses her powers and eye flashiness to become an eldritch goddess, no, I do not take criticism this is canon.

like imagine this lady walks up to you a thousand limbs and eyes and they are all glowing because of /science/ would you be scared I would be in love

chopper looks completely normal, absolutely adorable, but then you change the light and bamn scary gremlin child at the foot of your bed

but also, imagine his monster form - that with glowing eyes holy shit.

Brook has it too, despite not having eyes. He makes this joke continuously, straw hats are used to it, everyone else, even fellow devil fruit users are scared out of their minds

Marco. Marco the phoenix. But like. Young Marco the Phoenix, before the lazy eyes. He uses it ruthlessly, taps Thatch or anyone on the shoulder in the middle of the night, turn around, flaming hell beast with eyes. Terror? yes.

WHITEBEARD! The giant stares down at a poor photographer, photo gets taken, newspaper spreads with this giant who can tilt the motherfuckin sea but also his eyes glow? competitors cut by half.

Oh but imagine Luffy in the tree house and the bandit house. Small child, apparently normal, perfectly okay right? First night there, Dadan gets up in the night to use the bathroom, Luffy is just coming back or whatever. Enter face-off, Dadan making noises at sleepy glowing eyed child. Luffy wakes up with a cross above his head, Ace laughs his ass off. No one knows the side effects of Devil fruit users.

Ace doesn’t see it for himself til the treehouse and then he and Sabo spend the night in the corner making wtf faces at each other.

Upon receiving his own devil fruit, Sabo gets ridiculously excited about the fact that he now has the glowy eyes.

Sabo: OH BOY MORE WAYS TO TERRIFY PEOPLE

Koala: Please stop, how are you more feral than half your brothers, why do people think you are responsible

People try to prove that Dragon has a devil fruit by shining light into his eyes, but he always avoids it, therefore keeping up the ~mystery~

Makino, tucking Luffy to bed after eating his first devil fruit: night night possess demon child, I love you, I'm gonna go talk to Shanks now, that's right go to bed - Shanks I am going to murder you what did you do.

Lucci is an even crappier spy now his glory murder eyes give him away the dumb shit.

Katakuri? Absolutely iconic now.

Crews wake up call is Usopp, who still cannot stop screaming every time Luffy wakes up before him and glowy eyes pokes him awake.

Nami uses Luffy Robin and Brook to convince people that demon possession is real and they should give her money to stop it. She has it all planned out, from when they should blink their eyes to win Luffy should give his most batshit smile. Zoro stands threateningly in the corner. She’s made millions this way.

I m p e l d o w n. Imagine, you’re a prisoner in hell, you see floating eyes running down the dark hallway, do you join them or do you cower in fear what do you do what do you d o 

Buggy, clown make up and freshly eaten devil fruit, yelling at shanks, when the lights go weird, shanks screams like a tiny child, it’s the one piece of blackmail Buggy has on him.

Foxy has glow eyes according to this logic and that makes him the scariest person on this list.

Law and Kidd have face offs when they meet and when they do in the right lightning it looks like a feral beast in one corner and an apex predator in the other, no I won't say which is which, both crews are terrified though Kidds crew is kinda like alright this fits our energy.

Oh god laws crew lives in a submarine they most deal with this all the time the poor souls. 

Edit: Now with a sequel!

[whirlybirdwhat]

I read your story Tapetum Lucidum and I got shook from it!! like damn I wish it was true! tell more about any headcanon you got?? also hello nice to meet you

hello, nice to meet you too! Im glad you liked it!!! So for headcanons I have these ones right here, that I posted earlier, but because I am always ready to scream about creepy devil fruit users!!!! here’s some more

With Tapetum Ludcidum, chopper’s bounty is a bit higher initially - 500 instead of 50. Why? 

This image looks at you and beats you up with its hooves thats why this is fcking terrifying.

Actually no that should be canon Choppers a deer in canon @ Oda why did you not take this opportunity.

- Garp comes back from Marine business post Shanks visit and finds his grandson can stretch and can have glow in the dark eyes. He can’t decide what he feels but if Luffy turns around one more time with those god damn eyes Garp is going to scream.

- Buggy  doesn’t know about it at first - as far as I know, he is the only one aboard Roger’s crew that has a devil fruit - so picture this: You are Shanks, and you are going to shake your fellow apprentice up from a nap. Its dim in the cabin, and when he wakes up the light flashes in his eyes. You are now vaguely sure that your cabinmate is a demon and start screaming. Chaos ensues. Years later, some kid accidentally eats a devil fruit under your watch, and later that night a bar maid is screaming into a pillow in order not to wake the kid she believes is demonically possessed before her. You are shanks and you are very sure you might have signed your death warrant.

- Tho!! Going off of this, the lore behind the name “Devil Fruit” might stem from tapetum lucidum rather than the current  explanation. Thats pretty cool.

I mentioned this before but Brook does have the eyes except they just look like flashing orbs and its 100% more terrifying

Boa Hancock and her sisters have a lot of potential with the Tapetum Lucidum 

The whole gorgon myth is upped to 11 with the eyes 

“The Sisters became blessed with the Gorgon’s power!

“Did you see how their eyes shined in the dark?

“Perhaps the one on their back shines ever more brightly- the sisters are so wonderful for keeping it hidden!”

And throw luffy into the mix who has it

“Perhaps he has been cursed by the gorgons as well?”

“That must be why The Empress allows him to be here!”

And off Kuja Island it can grow to - “the empress’s eyes flash when she is displeased with you!” 

Of course, its a myth as like, actual science behind tapetum lucidum doesn’t work like that but - rumors are cool.

Kuja corrected to Kuma when I typed this so anyway - Kuma’s eyes don’t do the thing after his … agreement with the WG.

All of Perona’s ghosts have it!! Super cool! Super Terrifying!

Wanted posters are a pain, because depending on the pirate they will either 1) want the scary eyes to show how fearsome the pirate is and warn marines do not go fcking near this person you will absolutely PERISH or 2) want the non scary eyes so that there is less fear among the public - no, this pirates normal, the marines can handle it!

However, thats more common in the Grand Line where Devil Fruits are more common. 

Therefore - the East Blue doesn’t have that technology yet, or have the need for it, since it is the “weakest sea” and devil fruits aren’t common. So Luffy’s wanted poster, with his eyes open and with the smile, has the eyes and every marine privately goes wtf.

When coby first talked with Luffy down in the storage of that cruise ship, Luffy turned around and with the dim light his eyes flashed and BAM Coby is scared for life rip its okay, we all know you still love him.

Crocodile with this… In impel down Luffy looks to the right and sees two orbs emerging from the dark… he doesn’t give a shit but all the non-df users down there? Terrified.

OH! MR 2 !!! BON CLAY!!! You can tell its him because his eyes still flash when he has a different face on - very convienent.

Doffy whips off his glasses for one second but the only thing any one can see is the shine off of them and its more menacing than the glasses.

The eye -flash test in universe could actually be a very good way to see if someone’s a devil fruit user or not actually. Huh. World building!

When Luffy does the pull on his hat and obscures his eyes, but then you see the edges of one… but shiny… heck yeah…

KAIDOU

GIANT DRAGON WITH SHINY EYES!!!! TERRIFYING!!!!

Also to think about: hordy fighting Luffy under the seas but his eyes flash. Cool. 

Im gonna end this here, because this is getting long and it won’t let me format posts well on asks so!! Hope you enjoy!!

For everyone else, here is the original tapetum lucidum Drabble ft. eldritch prankster Robin and Zoro going wtf at his new captain!

[whirlybirdwhat]

Okay first, i love the family man au. (I wonder if Whitebeard's having a laugh about this quirky 14 yo who ruins governements like nobodies business lol). Second, if i start to annoy you with add ons to your hcs or want me to put them elsewhere, please say so. Then: we had marines, now prepare for CP9. Bubble sheep with glowing eyes, hilarious. Shiny eyes just appearing in the kitchen, freaking Kumadori out, bc Bruno wanted a snack at midnight and couldn't be bothered to walk the stairs (1/?)

to walk the stairs like normal people and instead used air door. Kaku being confused for lights or stars or smthg bc he's a giraffe. High up shiny eyes. (Or yk normal height eyes but isn't Kaku the more reasonable one and actually sleeps at night? Who knows.) And then there are Jabura and Lucci. And I mean, wolf with glowing eyes, snarling maybe, showing of teeth, pretty terrifying. Now, Lucci. Could be terrifying for the same reasons as Jabura. But also. Cat. Cats with big eyes (2/3)

Cats with big eyes bc it's dark, so pupil is big to see more light. Yk. Eye stuff. But also, when cats really want something, they also sometimes get these biiiig kitten eyes? Now imagine Lucci, who, on a normal day is fairly terrifying, with glowy eyes. 1st reaction: terrified screaming. 2nd, less frequent, and insane reaction: laughter bc he looks like he's high as a kite or a kitten that wants something really bad, lol. Sorry for potential spam and thank u for coming to my Ted talk (3/3)

Hey, I think ive said this before but you are absolutely galaxy brained and the reason it took me so long to answer was because I wanted to write a short drabble for it because you literally took inspiration and THREW IT into my brain godam.

So here that is, and here’s the rest of my screaming.

1)    Thank you

2)    CP9 is an absolute RIOT  holy heck.

Every thing you just said is canon Im oda now its canon.

ANYWAY –

Lucci seeing something he likes in his dark (his pigeon? I guess?) and his eyes do the cat thing absolutely hilarious. 

Also because assassins, what if they had little glasses hat stopped the reflection of light? Of course being cp9 (ventriloquist's pigeons, rooftop jumping, while UNDERCOVER) they don’t use them but... possibilities. 

Kalifa and her sheep with shiny eyes now thats demonic

like that staring into your soul holy heck amazing

Kaku facing down demon zoro with the glowy eyes... roaming the city with glow eyes... bluenose just popping into existence with a door with glow eyes...

CP9 would be worse assassins then they already are vgdfhjksla

Child Lucci with the eyes.... terrifying ...

Also jabra... he was my favorite but with the eyes??? even more so god damn.

please if you have any more continuing spamming my inbox this is GOLD and thank you for sending them!!! I love hearing all these ideas!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️💖❤️💖❤️💖!!!!

[whirlybirdwhat]

Ive been reading the shiny terrifying eyes hcs and first of all, i LoVE THEM. SO MUCH. Now, let me direct your attention to the marine df users: Smoker scaring Tashigi. Hina absolutely scaring the shit out of Jacko and Fullbody. Kizaru being forcdd to use his df at night on behalf of his crew so that they dont get heartattacks every five seconds. Akainu. With shiny eyes. Wtf. Also, Garp knows Sengoku and Tsuru both for a long time, i think, and they both have df powers iirc x'D

oh fck you are galaxy brained these are GREAT

Sengoku in buddha form with the glow eyes… Garp is just like “ah. you are like my grandson now.” Absolutely terrifying.

Akoji tho with this.. half his faced iced over but the shine still going through, absolutely terrifying everyone…  Akainu melting lava and scaring all the new recruits because imagine being faced with the Red Dog but also his eyes glow? Terrifying.

Also rocinante with the eye glow!!! I always forget he has this, but perhaps it would have tipped certain people off that he was a spy sooner hmmmm. 

Smoker just smoke but with eyes that shine - Tashigi waved her sword at him every night until she figured it out. And Hina? Traps her opponents and then looks at them with the eyes. damn. terrifying. 

I love it so fcking much

[whirlybirdwhat]

Hello, 'tis me, again, with more rambling Glasses or contact lenses to make eyes of df users less shiny sound legit as an existence, but I think? Most of them would be in world government hands. Similar to sea stone maybe, but potentially less Wano? Though they could be glasses made with sea stone dust or something, that could be interesting. I could also picture Dr Vegapunk inventing them. And while we're a vegapunk, didn't he also make weapons eat fruits? (1/?)

I think Vegapunk did. And remember two of those df weapons: Funkfried, the elephant sword of Spandam, and the bomb barking dog back in Alabasta (Mrs Christmas and Mr 4 I think). Which, technically, wow, cool thing that that works but also,,, how. And then: did they have to 'tame' the animal weapons after their creation? I mean dogs are good boys and elephants are gentle creatures, but still. Also, while I'm not sure how shiny eyes applies to weapon form, shiny elephant eyes are now a thing

Back with shiny eyes, on your right you can see the heavenly demon staying true to his name, because imagine Doflamingo sitting in a dark place, light flashes, eyes do their shiny thing, and he is cackling. That Is Some Supreme Creep. On that note, evenings with the doflamingo fam must have been generally heart attack inducing, too. So many df users. And family photos! I wonder if there are exorcists or something in the blues where df are not as well known as on the grand line. 

Another thing: Doflamjngo makes strong puppet copies of himself. Do they have the shiny eyes too? I mean, asking the law of physics, probably no, but whenever has one piece actually listened to laws of physics. Is he always wearing sunglasses to not always have the shiny eyes? Robin makes copies of herself too, as it's the whole thing of her df. I'd say they have all the shiny eyes. Also! Robin! Eldritch being confirmed, but also, with so many extra limbs and eyes, I could imagine 

- I could imagine that on one island she isn't looked at as potential eldritch horror, but maybe an angel, going with the old biblical angels of Too Many Eyes iirc. Bonus: everyone on Sabaody after 3D2Y must be new to grand line, overworked, or...dumb? bc how can anyone fall for the fake Luffy trap if he doesn't have shiny eyes? I think general marines may be overworked, bc new HQ in NW, more pirates bc of WB last words i guess. Doesnt excuse the pirates tho. Maybe they didnt see his eyes? - Minchen0897

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HOLY FUCK IM SCREAMING this is all so good oh my gosh.

Anyway for the lenses - definitely Vega punk made the clear looking ones that alter the light, but I think that normal shades (so Doflamingo’s eyes) would also block it as well... but also Vegapunk becoming interested in the science of Df eaters hmmmmm many thoughts many thoughts many suspicions fgdhjsak

And yeah! DF weapons are the coolest! Theres the gundog and funkfreed, but Rakuyo, one of Whitebeard’s commanders, also has a flail that ate a devil fruit, (though the df isunconfirmed! )Pretty cool and it has like demon eyes, which imagining just this hunk of metal flying at you absolutely terrifying with it’s demon eyes I would cry its so cool. 

If they didn’t have visible eyes though... what if they just freaking glowed. Like working like tapetum lucidem in theory but without the actual science and just shined sense their whole ‘body’ is the eyes??? Idk food for thoughts.

Doflamingo is an awesome case because in canon we haven’t even seen his eyes - so picture this. those who interact with df users know about the shiny eyes - but they haven't seen mingos. They say he’s eaten the string fruit but are we sure? What if he’s lying? what if he’s truly a heavenly demon?  Rumors erupt adding to his fame 10/10 concept. 

His clones would have the shiny eyes if we could see them this is truth I say it now.

Eldritch being Robin going to a new island doing her usual thing expecting to be creeping ppl out but instead she’s revered and offered gifts and thank you and praises for the message she brings, and robins face has never smiled more she prefers this revered angel treatment a lot.

.... in theory though, could robin, if she had like a glowing ball, attach her eyes to it to make her look like one of those flaming hell angels? 

holy shit that would be cool.

AND AS FOR SABAODY! Here’s what im going with! I might have said this before to idk, the tag for all the posts should be devil fruit users have tapetum lucidum I think so maybe check that out. ANYWAY

Here’s the theory - shiny eyes are a rumor, nothing confirmed, one you only know if you have interacted with a df user in the right lighting. Sabaody’s far too bright for shiny eye science, however, most people don’t think its true in the first place -df users on pirate crews are common, but in modern islands? nah. 

God I love this shiny eyes offers much more world building to op im losing my shit I love receiving these

[whirlybirdwhat]

haha thank you!!! im glad u enjoyed !!!!! first time writing iceburg i think so im glad it seemed well!!!!

Tapetum Lucidum Part Two

You thought I was done? Well think again because the amazing @minchen0897 has inspired me to pick up a pen and write some cp9 with glow eyes. (I will post the asks after this fghjdska) 

Anyway, assume this is in an alternate universe where Kaku and Kalifa ate their devil fruits prior to the Water 7 mission.

Enjoy!!! Ao3

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Iceburg stared at the man in front of him, wondering what beyond the obvious was off-putting about him.

There was the pigeon on his shoulder of course, and his penchant for only speaking through that pigeon, but Iceburg had weirder than that on his team of master shipbuilders. His goatee was in a strange design and his silent stare put him off but…

There was remarkable skill in the boat that Lucci had made.

“You’re hired. I’ll get a team to show you around.” Iceburg turned and picked his nose, wondering belatedly if this man could be the World Government’s new watchful eye.

Nah.

Too obvious – a pigeon, really?

Weiterlesen

[rambird12]

One piece characters with tapetum lucidum. I. e the eye shine and glow that animals have in the dark

It's idea that devil fruit users have this

[rambird12]

Everyone loves the idea of devil fruit users having tapetum Lucidum. Have a Luffy...

part 1 of a series...

[whirlybirdwhat]

df users,,,,tapetum lucidum.

HA FINALLY I CAN ANSWER I FINISHED IT

I didn’t know if you wanted a fic or general head canons, so have a tiny fic while I post tapetum lucidum head canons later.

but anyways I love this thought so have some straw hats being creepy with a dash of humor.

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Tapetum Lucidum - Strawhat Devil Fruit Edition

(Ao3)

The sea is a comfort to pirates at all times of the day, but only a fool would not be wary of it.

Which is why, while his new captain snoozes next to him in their tiny dinghy, Zoro keeps watch over the nighttime waves.

It’s a quiet night and the ocean is peaceful. Food is a problem for the morning, so as far as Zoro is concerned, nothing is amiss.

For now, anyways. From what his captain tells him, its Luffy’s first week at sea and already he has managed to take out an entire pirate crew and a marine base, and recruit a former bounty hunter to his crew. Clearly anything is on the table at the moment.

A rather rough waves laps at the side of the boat, and Zoro looks over, slightly disgruntled that the relative peace is gone. Nothing’s there, so Zoro turns back –

Only to be met with two glowing orbs staring at him from the other end of the boat.

“HOLY SHIT!” Zoro flails around and nearly capsizes the boat. “What the fuck!?” His swords are drawn in a matter of seconds and –

And that’s his captain, giving him a sleepily confused glare from his end of the boat. His eyes are still shiny, but the scar on his face is faintly illuminated by the whole moon above their heads.

“Zoro?” Luffy says drowsily. “Wha- What’s going on?”

It takes Zoro a few moments to calm his heart long enough to respond. “Nothing, Captain.” He says eventually, and Luffy turns over to sleep again.

What the fuck, Zoro repeats inside his head, What the fuck.

-

Chopper doesn’t really change that much after his devil fruit– he’s still a reindeer after all, his eyes will always do strange thing in the dark – but it never stops Hiruluk from jumping three feet in the air every time he see’s Chopper at night.

His son is his son, reindeer or not, but that doesn’t mean he’s not terrifying sometimes.

(Two glowing orbs and a not quite human shape at the foot of his bed, shaking his leg in not-human hands – who wouldn’t be startled?)

-

Robin is perfectly aware of what being Devil Fruit eater means, and Usopp and Nami swear up and down, cross their hearts and hope to die, that she does it on purpose.

Robin can only chuckle as she walks through the town at dusk, a few extra limbs here or there. The town is quiet, in a way few places are, gothic in nature and kind at heart. She won’t receive harm here (especially not with her captain) only a silent reverence.

She holds a book in one hand and an apple in another, another two hands braiding her hair in the fashion of the island. A child looks out the door to her right and gives a little gasp. She smiles at him, winking five eyes at once, and continues on her way. The mother bows at her from the window – a thanks for not doing something Robin wouldn’t ever do now.

She arrives at the cemetery on the eastern side just as the sun sets, and breathes in the cold air.

Ah.

More eyes sprout upon her limbs, scattering across her like beautiful art.

A thousand glowing orbs stare at the old man by the ivy-covered headstone, and he does not breath till she passes.

Perfect.

She waltzes through the forest on her own, limbs and eyes still there. It’s a form of training, one Robin practiced over her two years – a way to test her stamina in keeping her limbs longer.

The added effect of something creepier than this realm is a very nice bonus after all.

“NICOOOO ROBIN!” Franky yells from the doc of the Sunny, the only one to use her full name as a title rather than an insult. “You look SUPER spooky tonight! Scare anyone?”

“A few,” She chuckles, and lets the limbs fall away into petals as she climbs aboard.

Save for one that is – she chuckles at Usopp’s startled yelp, presumably from a glowing eye upon her back.

Its only science – shouldn’t he be used to that?

-

Brook didn’t think he still had it till Nami poked him through his eye sockets.

“WHAT THE HELL!” She cried, visibly distressed. “YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE EYES!!!! YOU ARE ALREADY SPOOKY! WHY DO YOUR EYES HAVE TO DO THAT TOOO NOOOOOOO!” She wilts to the floor, her and Usopp clutching at each other.

“Oh?” Brook asks, curious.  “What do I have then? Nothing terrible I hope.”

“It’s nothing, Brook,” Robin answers for her distressed crewmates as Luffy peers at Brook, his own eyes flashing in the dark. “You just still have the eyeshine that’s all.”

“Oh! Splendid! – What is that again?”

Luffy hums, before shouting the answer in a sudden fit of discovery. “YOU HAVE SPOOKY EYES WITHOUT HAVING EYES!! THAT’S SO COOL! YOU HAVE TO JOIN MY CREW!”

“NO!” Nami and Usopp shut him down, but all Brook can do is laugh as his black hole eye sockets glint in the dim lighting of the fog. They are a rowdy bunch, aren’t they?

[whirlybirdwhat]

yea of course!!!!! ❤️💜❤️💜💜💖❤️💜💜❤️❤️

Okay first, i love the family man au. (I wonder if Whitebeard's having a laugh about this quirky 14 yo who ruins governements like nobodies business lol). Second, if i start to annoy you with add ons to your hcs or want me to put them elsewhere, please say so. Then: we had marines, now prepare for CP9. Bubble sheep with glowing eyes, hilarious. Shiny eyes just appearing in the kitchen, freaking Kumadori out, bc Bruno wanted a snack at midnight and couldn't be bothered to walk the stairs (1/?)

to walk the stairs like normal people and instead used air door. Kaku being confused for lights or stars or smthg bc he’s a giraffe. High up shiny eyes. (Or yk normal height eyes but isn’t Kaku the more reasonable one and actually sleeps at night? Who knows.) And then there are Jabura and Lucci. And I mean, wolf with glowing eyes, snarling maybe, showing of teeth, pretty terrifying. Now, Lucci. Could be terrifying for the same reasons as Jabura. But also. Cat. Cats with big eyes (2/3)

Cats with big eyes bc it’s dark, so pupil is big to see more light. Yk. Eye stuff. But also, when cats really want something, they also sometimes get these biiiig kitten eyes? Now imagine Lucci, who, on a normal day is fairly terrifying, with glowy eyes. 1st reaction: terrified screaming. 2nd, less frequent, and insane reaction: laughter bc he looks like he’s high as a kite or a kitten that wants something really bad, lol. Sorry for potential spam and thank u for coming to my Ted talk (3/3)

Hey, I think ive said this before but you are absolutely galaxy brained and the reason it took me so long to answer was because I wanted to write a short drabble for it because you literally took inspiration and THREW IT into my brain godam.

So here that is, and here’s the rest of my screaming.

1)    Thank you

2)    CP9 is an absolute RIOT  holy heck.

Every thing you just said is canon Im oda now its canon.

ANYWAY –

Lucci seeing something he likes in his dark (his pigeon? I guess?) and his eyes do the cat thing absolutely hilarious. 

Also because assassins, what if they had little glasses hat stopped the reflection of light? Of course being cp9 (ventriloquist’s pigeons, rooftop jumping, while UNDERCOVER) they don’t use them but… possibilities. 

Kalifa and her sheep with shiny eyes now thats demonic

like that staring into your soul holy heck amazing

Kaku facing down demon zoro with the glowy eyes… roaming the city with glow eyes… bluenose just popping into existence with a door with glow eyes…

CP9 would be worse assassins then they already are vgdfhjksla

Child Lucci with the eyes…. terrifying …

Also jabra… he was my favorite but with the eyes??? even more so god damn.

please if you have any more continuing spamming my inbox this is GOLD and thank you for sending them!!! I love hearing all these ideas!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️💖❤️💖❤️💖!!!!

[whirlybirdwhat]

Tapetum Lucidum Part Two

You thought I was done? Well think again because the amazing @minchen0897 has inspired me to pick up a pen and write some cp9 with glow eyes. (I will post the asks after this fghjdska) 

Anyway, assume this is in an alternate universe where Kaku and Kalifa ate their devil fruits prior to the Water 7 mission.

Enjoy!!! Ao3

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Iceburg stared at the man in front of him, wondering what beyond the obvious was off-putting about him.

There was the pigeon on his shoulder of course, and his penchant for only speaking through that pigeon, but Iceburg had weirder than that on his team of master shipbuilders. His goatee was in a strange design and his silent stare put him off but…

There was remarkable skill in the boat that Lucci had made.

“You’re hired. I’ll get a team to show you around.” Iceburg turned and picked his nose, wondering belatedly if this man could be the World Government’s new watchful eye.

Nah.

Too obvious – a pigeon, really?

“Thank you!” The pigeon – or, Lucci rather, speaks, the man’s face himself remaining entirely impassive.

“Hmm. Well, Yes, yes… Paulie! Show Lucci here around!” He gestures with his hand absentmindedly. “Mm. I need to get a secretary.”

“Sure, Boss – Say Lucci, right? You got any cash to spare?”

Lucci nods to Iceburg on his way out, not saying anything, but he is unsettling non-the-less. Iceburg is sure he can get used to it however.

A light flashes in the corner from the sun, reflecting off the metal and shining directly at Lucci as he exits the door.

Ah. That’s what it was, Iceburg discovers as he realizes what put him off so about the man. Devil Fruit Powers.

You can’t mistake the shine in those eyes after all.

-

“I’m here to be your secretary sir.”

“What.”

The woman before Iceburg pushes up her glasses again, with an almost imperious manner. “I said, I am here to be your secretary sir.”

“I-“

“I heard you needed a secretary, so I stepped up to the plate. My name is Kalifa sir, it’s a pleasure to meet your acquaintance.”

Well, its not like he didn’t need one.

“I guess… We can discuss payment inside?” He gestures to his office, albeit confusedly.

“No need sir.” The woman, Kalifa he supposes, says again with that imperious manner.  “I have it already written down, and you have to get to a press meeting in twenty minutes. The Yagaba is waiting.”

Okay then.

(Is it just him, or is there something off about this woman as well? Could she be the World Governments eyes on him?

She’s certainly upsetting enough.)

-

Two weeks later, and Iceburg’s walking to get a midnight snack when someone passes through the doorway in front of him. He’s been weary ever since Kalifa came, and stiffens with the thought that this could be an attempt on the blue prints.

He peers into the kitchen, and is met by the sight of two, shining orbs, standing ominously in the middle of the kitchen.

“Wha-“

Theres a familiar gesture in the shadows, of someone pushes their glass up, and the orbs are no more.

He turns on the light.

“Kalifa?”

“Apologies for startling you sir, your schedule had a midnight snack in it, I’d thought I’d be ready.” She puts down the plate of cookies in her hand, steaming hot from being freshly Reheated.

“Ah. Thank you.”

Another devil fruit user. He should stop being surprised at this rate – this is the Grand Line after all.

Anything can happen.

“You’re welcome sir.”

-

Blueno the barman is a devil fruit user, this Iceburg notes immediately as he walks into the bar. His eyes flash unsubtly in the dim light of the bar, and every swish of the head attracts Iceburg’s eyes to him.

Granny Kokoro, next to him and with a message from Franky, sees it to.

“Another one aye? I was told one of your foremen had eyes like flashlights.”

“Mm,” He responds, taking a sip of his drink, “That would be Lucci. My secretary is the same. I don’t know what fruits however, and it would be rude to pry.”

Kokoro slaps Iceburg on the back. “Ha! Since when has that stopped you?”

Blueno is watching him closely, though Iceburg is sure, devil fruits barred, that he can’t hear them from the cacophony Franky’s thugs are making in the corner, in order to hush out the information Kokoro has.

Still.

(A spy? No, there were too many missed opportunities at this point.)

“I don’t suppose it has.” He answers her, looking to move the conversation on.  “Now what were you saying about. Franky’s message?”

“Ah!” She chugs back her drink. “He says that if you keep on building on the south side he’s going to raid your mansion.”

Iceburg snorts, and all is well.

“He can dream, the idiot.”

-

“My dream is to be a shipwright, whippersnapper! So hire me please! I’m a ship mechanic!”

Iceburg blinks and blinks again at the man who quite literally jumped into his office. At least this one for sure can’t be a spy, because what kind of spy jumps across an entire city for a job interview?

“Sure.” He says, not really caring, Kalifa would have stopped him by now if he was a bad choice for a hire.

“You won’t regret this!” The man – had he even introduced himself yet? – shakes his hand rapidly.

“Of course,” he says in turn, and that’s the end of it.

-

The next week comes with a flurry of rumors about lights that flash in the sky, around the same time of Kaku’s rooftop runs.

Orbs that glance down and glimmer in the low lights, that hover ominously before free falling down abandoned building sides, and the odd elongated proportions that appear with it.

Iceburg, when the rumors reach his own ears, puts his head down and sighs.

He should have known.

-

Five years later, he should have ignored their devil fruit powers and gone with the instinct that the World Government has some godawful spies that bullshitted their way into (almost) succeeding.

He sighs in a manner oddly similar to a sigh five years ago.

At least there will be no more lights in the sky.

“BOSS!” Paulie slams open the door, familiar pirate in tow. “LOOK WHAT THE STRAW KID’S EYES CAN DO!”

Iceburg retracts his former statement.

Oh well. This is the Grand Line after all.