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@kraaiking
WELCOME TO THE CROW CLUB. MIND YOUR POCKETS.
an independent portrayal of KAZ BREKKER from leigh bardugo's grishaverse. removed from canon in his main arc. roosted in folklore & headcanons. alternate verses available. thieved by rionach, or RIO, 27, she/they.
RELEVANT LINKS: info + visuals + soundtrack + sideblog + 🖤 ⤷ + headcanons masterlist + plot ideas
DARK THEMES PRESENT. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. 21+ ONLY.
The following correspondence, twice sealed with Ravkan stamps for overseas mail, has been held at Fifth Harbor in Ketterdam to be delivered to one Mister Kaz Brekker.
Kaz, Thank you for your last tip. You were right. That ship out of Shriftport was headed for Kerch. It's too bad its crew sunk with it to the bottom of the True Sea. I think you would have liked to see that. I have another tip out of Shu Han, so expect a delay on my return. I know you're busy. I just wanted you to know. I told Jesper to heckle you to eat. Has he visited? Have you let him? Or will I be heckling you in two weeks? It would not be the first time I have threatened you with Sankt Petyr. Two weeks. Eat something. Yours, Inej
The following correspondence, twice sealed with Kerch stamps for overseas mail, has been held at the port in Bhez Ju to await the arrival of Captain Ghafa of the Wraith. She is expected any day.
Make good on your threat. I wait with bated breath. Fair seas. - K.B.
rio!! happy birthday! enjoy yourself and i hope your day goes well<33
freddy with that american accent is killing me but i’m also just imagining kaz faking an american accent for a job and it’s making me giggle so hard
kaz and i gritting our teeth as the weather really starts to shift and get colder because pain </3
RIO!!!! happy birthday omg!!!!!!!!! i hope today is just as wonderful as u r <3 mwah mwah
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RIOOO. i adore you and your presence on the dash. i hope you have a wonderful birthday <3
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! i am sending you a bat shaped cake
RIO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST! <3
RIO IS IT YOUR BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! i hope you have an incredible day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIO HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY i am so grateful u were born you're one of my very favorite people i have met through writing. i'm super thankful for all of the times you've indulged me and i am forever a fan of the rio cinematic universe. you are one of the most creative, passionate, and hilarious people i know and i hope you have an absolute blast today, you deserve the whole entire world and i'm wishing you many more years of joy and love and everything you deserve and more!! 🥳🎊🍰🎈🎁🎂
left is my inside feels and right is how i really reacted to your words hashtag freddy kin teehee
happy birthday beloved light of my life 🥰💖🎁✨ im gonna be gay a sec and say i’m so glad we met and became friends because you are such a wonderful, funny, thoughtful, creative person and overall joy to have in my life. i hope you’re having an AMAZING birthday and i wuv you 🥹💖💋
❛ i know your type. if there's nothing to gain, you're out. ❜
Beneath the din of shuffled decks and raucous drunks and the circular clicking of Makker’s Wheel, the Crow Club is silent. There is no jaunty tempo to settle the crowds into complacency; the windowless walls prohibiting a clear passage of time do that well enough after all. In keeping up with its owner, everything is orchestrated down to the very foundation upon which the gambling hall stands and nothing is without its need. Dark floors will better dissuade the eye from any blood not yet swept up, the bar serves drinks exclusive only to this location, and even the tables draw attention from particular consumers too stupid not to give in to addiction.
At this time of day, the Club is busy and full of the sort of pigeons who have everything to lose but not the wherewithal to keep it. A particularly rowdy bunch central to the gaming floor draws an audience as one player gambles riskily for show and makes a game of his game. He encourages laughter when he fans himself with his spread, revealing his cards lasciviously to a dark - haired woman in a vetiver green suit lingering at his side in feigned interest. He doesn’t see her slip his watch from his wrist.
Seated across from their guest at a large poker table tucked into a gloomy corner, Kaz Brekker plays the role of croupier. The deck he shuffles expertly shifts color in the dim light; one moment the filigree back is detailed crimson and glittering, but in the next it is shiny black in contrast to the matte stygian background. Brekker is a splash of void from his gloves to his suit to the deck he splits, all perfect composure and nighttime mischief. The silver crow skull handle of his cane winks from where it’s hooked on the corner of the table at his side.
❝ Oh, but do buy me dinner before you start waxing such poetic for my ego, darling. ❞ Playful as their tone is, there’s no hiding the rough abraded texture of his voice like years of smoke damage. Kaz fans the deck out wide on the table, and then leaves it abandoned as is when they lean back in their seat and pin Charlotte with the weight of his shark - flat stare. Void, indeed. There is no camaraderie in that look. ❝ You’ve mistaken me for someone who conducts a nonprofit business. If such is the case, you’ve wasted both of our time, ❞ the Crow reaches an arm to stab a gloved finger into a card at random from the spread and slides it out toward Charlotte in offering, ❝ which is quite rude of you. ❞
— @absensia // ONE PIECE.
&. 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 (𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧) 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
( dialogue prompts taken from episodes 1 & 2 ( "romance dawn" & "the man in the straw hat" ) of the netflix live action one piece series. feel free to edit and change as you seem fit. )
❛ do you have any last words? ❜
❛ the sea's been calling. well, not exactly calling, because i pretty much can't swim, but you get the idea. ❜
❛ so what do you say? are you with me? ❜
❛ liar! i know zoro must be after me. who else is worthy of his pursuit? ❜
❛ who's the most powerful pirate on the seas? ❜
❛ first things first. do you have any food here? ❜
❛ you don't look like a pirate. ❜
❛ i'm not afraid of getting hurt. and i'll prove it to you. ❜
❛ i don't get it. why would anyone want to be a pirate? ❜
❛ you have the wind on your back, the salty sea air, your loyal crew by your side. you never know what's on the horizon. it's all about being... free. ❜
❛ you should never let anyone tell you what you can't do. ❜
❛ well, remember the name, 'cause i'm gonna be king of the pirates. ❜
❛ people often visit shrines to light candles for those they've lost. who are yours for? ❜
❛ you've been following me for three days. what do you want? ❜
❛ look, i've been practicing what my face is gonna look like on my wanted poster.❜
❛ i've no doubt your mug will be on a wanted poster one day. ❜
❛ all he did was spill a drink on me. ❜
❛ you should've fought back! why didn't you kick his ass? ❜
❛ not everything can be solved with violence. a man needs to be strong, but he also needs to be good. ❜
❛ you're not a real man. you're nothing but a coward. ❜
❛ you ate a devil fruit? ❜
❛ ever since i was a kid, i wanted to protect people that can't protect themselves.❜
❛ if that's what you want, i think you should do it. i'll help you out. ❜
❛ my crew was attacked by pirates. i barely managed to make it out alive. ❜
❛ rice balls. for you. ❜
❛ you shouldn't draw your blade unless you're prepared to use it. ❜
❛ don't kill me, please. my father will give you anything you want. ❜
❛ i'd say you live up to your reputation. ❜
❛ what's up with the third sword? i mean, where does it even go? ❜
❛ what do you say, puppy? do you want to do a trick for me? sit up and beg. ❜
❛ i kill your kind for a living. ❜
❛ i mean it. i don't owe you anything. ❜
❛ you are going to get us both caught if you keep stomping around this place. ❜
❛ that was amazing. admit it. we do make a pretty good team. ❜
❛ so why did you decide to become a thief? ❜
❛ i needed to eat. you do what you have to, to survive. ❜
❛ you're right. nothing is more important than food. ❜
❛ all great fighters call out their finishing moves. ❜
❛ i don't work for you. ❜
❛ i'm sensing a little bit of tension amongst the crew. ❜
❛ before we met, every choice was made for me. but now i'm gonna do what i want to do. ❜
❛ next time we meet, we might be enemies. but for now... we're friends. ❜
❛ i'm feeling so... so piratey. ❜
❛ well, you're gonna end up feeling watery if i have to throw you overboard. i told you i need absolute silence. ❜
❛ don't mess with my hat. ❜
❛ oh, i'm sorry. were we interrupting your beauty sleep? ❜
❛ don't like what you see? look away. ❜
❛ you have a lot of names. i bet everyone in the east blue knows who you are. ❜
❛ are you making fun of my nose? ❜
❛ i know your type. if there's nothing to gain, you're out. ❜
❛ truthfully? i'm kind of hungry. ❜
❛ who are you trying to impress? a lost love? an absent parent? or was it someone that you worshipped? ❜
❛ i used to know a pirate that wore a hat just like this. ❜
❛ for a time, i even thought we were friends. until he betrayed me. just like all the others. ❜
❛ he wanted to keep me out of the spotlight! he wanted to keep my star from shining too brightly! ❜
❛ is that what he did to you? did he betray you, too? ❜
❛ you can slice me and you can dice me, but i'll always put myself back together again. ❜
❛ i've been thinking about you for years. ❜
❛ i know you're upset, but you should eat something. ❜
❛ you're never not hungry. what's going on? ❜
❛ you can spill a drink on me and i'll let it slide, but don't you ever threaten my friends. ❜
❛ you can't make people love you. just like you can't make them smile. ❜
❛ you really think anyone is coming for you? they don't care. and no one is gonna miss you when you're dead. ❜
❛ get lost. ❜
❛ i'm just glad that you're okay. ❜
❛ what was that? i couldn't hear you over all the drowning. ❜
❛ you really don't fear death, do you? ❜
❛ what's the plan? you do have a plan, right? that's your thing, plans. ❜
❛ you want out? you know the price you have to pay. ❜
❛ you want a piece of me? let's see what you got. ❜
❛ i think i'll miss you most of all. ❜
❛ we're gonna be the greatest pirates the world has ever seen. even greater than your crew. ❜
❛ this hat is the most precious thing i own. it means the world to me. and i want you to take it. ❜
❛ when we meet again, you can give it back to me. ❜
❛ is every day gonna be this crazy with you? ❜
❛ if the path to what you want seems too easy, then you're on the wrong path. ❜
THE CHANGE IN ATMOSPHERE IS IMMEDIATE, voice a creeping chill that seems to seep into stall owner's previously amicable expression and shutter it off, question swiftly ignored. curious — the ravkan is accented but not out of place in a city such as kerch, man stood ahead unremarkable save for the cane nestled between gloved hands whose blackened eyes seem to gleam in the early morning light. unremarkable, except his presence alone is enough to part the milling crowds like a squaller's wind in a sea of grass, their bodies bending in their efforts to avoid proximity.
❛ you could say that. ❜ words are guarded but not overly so, not yet ; a subtle warning thrums up his spine that hadn't been there a minute previous but he leans into the instinct, confident in his own abilities and the other's visible weakness that — for now — he could play along to see if answers instead could be found at the behest of this stranger, ❛ can you point me in the right direction ? ❜
The first thing that the Barrel will always do to pigeons is break them of their trust. It’s always easy to spot someone green to Ketterdam: it’s the ones with their hands yet to curl inward from a wide - open state of faith or stupid tourists looking to fulfill their greed in the dark alleyways of the most corrupted corners of the city. This one isn’t a tourist and Kaz knows a man with a trail they’d like to sever before it catches up to him when he sees one. Desperation makes for witless fools.
❝ Shortcut? ❞ Careful, pigeon. This isn’t goodwill; a bit of misdirection with a pleasant enough smile can soften wariness if applied with just enough pressure. Brekker plays the part of a friendly mercher and skirts a wide berth around his newfound companion to lead the way. His cane taps against the cobbles beneath them at a steady pace, keeping time with a half - broken stride. Kaz pauses at an angle to ascertain their guest has agreed to an escort; around him, the busy crowd makes orchestrated room for a dangerous conductor play - acting at decency. ❝ The port postmaster retires soon. Hurry along. ❞
kaz's performance is so careful and so controlled that even any crack or slip up you manage to catch are fleeting. it probably makes it harder to watch for those closest to him when he does do the horrendous things he's known for BECAUSE they know he isn't as unhinged as everyone assumes (due in large part to him forcing those assumptions of course). he isn't naturally sadistic. he chooses violence deliberately and purposefully because it serves his image and interests to do so
