#to be fair lucci will also not be much better when he finds out about what happened on sabaody with kizaru and the celestial dragon

[bipherpol]

“Nico. Lucci.”

He’d known it was coming, but that knowledge doesn’t make hearing Robin say his name in that tone any less terrifying.

Slowly turning on his heel, Lucci looks at his sister, who stands with her arms crossed, eyebrows raised and lips pursed. He knows that look. Despite only being with her until they were eight, he’s caused that expression more times than he cares to count.

That is Robin’s ‘explain now or I start yelling for mom and you get to explain it to her and die’ expression. He hasn’t earned it since their reunion.

The fact that their mother has been dead for twenty years really doesn’t negate the effectiveness of it. That just means that Robin will skip straight to murdering him.

have a post-marineford snippet

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1078 - Initial Thoughts

All have been sus

But suspect no.1 is now headshotted on the floor It's time to find out just who this traitor is

EMERGENCY MEEETING!

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Unsurprisingly, Caesar and Judge agree to team up, I wonder if they'll try to seek out Queen next for 'Neo-MADS'

Stussy has been briefing Sentomaru on the situation, and to be fair the thought process of the World Government kinda makes sense; they know Vegapunk was continuing Ohara research and since it's more fortified than Ohara they're sending more reinforcements

Not condonable of course but the missing CP agents very much doesn't help Vegapunk's side

The conversation also convinces the Egghead civilians to leave, so we won't have collateral damage like before *stares a hole into Akainu*

Franky is still only partially stoned, but S-Snake is in no mood of depetrifying him, Usopp or Lilith

We don't see it, but pretty brutally S-Snake stomps Pythagoras to death

Quite an explosion that left though

Interesting though, Lilith wasn't attacked after being stoned, does S-Snake interpret petrification as death? Even though it can be undone?

Atlas doesn't want to believe a Seraphim is on a rampage, but she does remember that there's a sealed off lab that they can check

Robin going to a secret room filled with starving CP agents may be a risky deal

Back with S-Shark, looks like Brook is gonna go searching using his ghost form, while Edison is tended to by Nami

I feel like even though it's a dirty joke there's a missed opportunity to tell Edison 'don't get any ideas' when nestled in Nami's chest

Reverse Brow Sanji tanks a punch by S-Shark (unclear if it was Fishman Karate), there's visible damage but Sanji does like to shrug off attacks when he's in chivalry mode, his dialogue also notes that he still has a handle on his emotions, overall still need to study

Over with the Shaky Alliance, the Seraphim are keeping their flames up, which prevents the chance to attack

S-Hawk has also disappeared, implied by Lucci to have reprioritized taking out the weaker targets

Very un-Mihawk like that is, he wasn't one for little frogs in a pond after all

Regardless, Zoro decides to make chase, so Luffy - calling him Usopp - tells Kaku to make sure he doesn't get lost, expect comedy there

Luffy decides to gatling S-Bear to try and force the flames away, which of course Lucci doesn't think will work, though I have a sneaking feeling there's maybe a limit to how much a Seraphim can tank

Brief look at Bonney too, looks like she's still processing the flashback bubble which I hope Oda doesn't gloss over

But it turns out we're on the verge of the 'Egghead Incident' which'll happen the next day, a situation that started 3 months ago when our traitor leaked intel about Vegapunk continuing Ohara research

Thus, the CP agents were sent to find evidence, and when they didn't come back a decision was called - a decision orchestrated by said traitor

Again, you can see why the Gorosei came to this conclusion, not that it's right since Ohara research shouldn't be forbidden, but the rest of it from the missing CP agents does provide the reasoning to try and quietly assassinate Vegapunk

Seems Saturn was coming to Egghead regardless of Luffy too, being brought with Kizaru as escort and some vice admirals in case of retaliation

No sight of Tashigi though :/ we do see Doll among the vice admirals

And in true One Piece fashion though, Luffy is the monkey with the wrench, the pain in the ass, the bolt from the blue. In One Piece plot doesn't happen to Luffy, Luffy happens to the plot

'Not again' is a curious choice of words for a Gorosei, unless this is just Enies Lobby vibes

Oda's really setting up something big to fallout from this arc, calling it an 'unbelievable shock'

But it's time to find out our traitor and it is...

YORK!

She says she's gonna be a Celestial Dragon for this too

And the intent is clear, 'the world will be better off with just one of us', we've got Highlander rules here: there can be only one

So it was York all along.

She wasn't high on my suspects list but I like this twist; York is after all considered the least intelligent given her purpose is to fulfil all the bodily needs of the other punks, they are all reliant on her. She too would be naive enough to believe that the WG will let her live and be a Celestial Dragon too, not to mention her aspect is 'Greed'. It's a Tobi move as well because her aloofness and early stoning was used to reduce suspicion of her.

Her combat properties will be interesting, since Sanji cannot hit a woman he won't be there, but I do see S-Hawk perhaps entering the hidden lab to confront Team Atlas, then Zoro can come in and resume that fight. Where S-Snake goes will be interesting, since she's just leaving Franky in that state, again I hope they can find a means of undoing the petrification.

Though RIP to Pythagoras now too, we've lost Daft Punk and one of Eggman's minions, who's next to fall do we think between Edison and Atlas? Given how Lilith is still stoned.

The fact that shit's gonna go down the next day makes me curious to how Oda intends to push it to another night, do the World Government arrive before then too? You would suppose so, but the crew will still have to leave the Labophase first (maybe Oda calls the Egghead areas phases because the arc is going into different phases? And the Labophase is the Vegapunk Among Us plot and then the Fabriophase will be the Navy vs Yonko plot?). Overall I still hope to see the Kuma flashback Bonney saw too, she needs to be reintegrated into the plot, Jinbe needs to do something too, and we can't forget about Caribou.

No break means we'll wait for next week to get more answers, but we got a satisfying answer on this chapter which is what counts.

[all-blue-headcanons]

Hi Blue! Can I get a match up please if you've got time. Reasonably laid back most of the time, ready to fight in 3 seconds flat though. Will fight people well out of my league if I'm in the right. Creative. Listens to music a lot. Quite open minded and a good listener. Reads a lot. Enjoy napping. Sarcastic and swears a lot...

Your match has been made! You’ve swiped…

Eustass ‘Captain’ Kid! Now this is an interesting match indeed; Kid is such a wild and fierce man at heart, so incredibly violent and aggressive that people are actually surprised to find out he’s so into somebody like you! It works out well as despite your being ready to throw down anytime, your ‘cooler’ nature matches his own pretty much; being laid-back is a necessity with somebody who has blood as red as his hair, with Kid enjoying your quieter nature and ability to be a good listener as well as sarcastic tongue when mad. There are things he can’t talk about with Killer, so he’d definitely appreciate this side to you and how reasonably laid-back you are most of the time.As a captain, it’s his duty to handle most of the work so he does not mind you reading or taking naps between your own shifts. Sometimes he’s inclined to join you if you’re all sailing somewhere, napping by your side while you’re into deep into a good book and vice versa if you’re the one in need of rest. Kid certainly enjoys the fact that you’re into music as well; he enjoys creativity what with his powers and style of fighting, needing that inspiration to intersect so many compartments of metal together as he does with his hands.You being ready to fight in 3 seconds flat is a riot to this guy; you don’t even seem to care that most of your opponents are well out of your league, Kid being excited that you’re actually about to go through with it, you absolute madwoman. He’ll be ready to throw himself into the brawl just as quickly, because while it’s fun to fight, it’s even better when he can show Killer he’s capable of reason too and just had to help because you were about to get your arse kicked!He loves everything about you, more so than he ever expected in anyone as you just match him so perfectly… finally he has met somebody just as impulsive and violent as he is!People who’d also be interested in you: Lucci; you’re just as aggressive as he is but somehow he finds it cute and likes your laid-back/listening side. Bartolomeo, who’d enjoy that aggressive side to compliment his more defensive one. Killer also shares Kid’s interests and tastes in partners so wouldn’t mind you at all. Ace, who is capable of a fair amount of aggression himself but is drawn to your gentle, more laid-back half.