♪.} What a woman! A piercing gaze as sharp as daggers but Madeline's beauty is a real sight to behold! Not that Brook has any eyes to see with in the first place. The skeleton composes himself, dusting off his pants and fixing his shirt before readily approaching her. ❝Ah, excuse me, madam. Would you kindly crush my skull between your luscious thighs?❞ [Brook to Madeline LMAO]
In a rare moment of befuddlement, Madeline was unable to reply. She gawked, eyes still peeking over the tops of her sunglasses. The bright and inhuman yellow-green began to fade into a natural green. The slit in the middle became round, until there was nothing amiss with her features.
She recalled spotting the skeleton man and feeling her heart nearly stop from excitement. There was no mistaking him; the walking, talking mass of bones had to be the one and only Soul King Brook of the Straw Hat Pirates. A living legend, both because of his music and because of his odd condition. He was a tall, striking figure cutting his way through the crowd and she had to have him.
He would begin her most ambition project yet, she had sworn to herself.
Casually, she had leaned herself against the corner of a building. She had planned on lighting a cigarette she had tucked in her pocket, but he gave her no time. Before she could get the stick between her lips, he approached with purpose. That ruined her plan, but she didn’t mind. As long as he got close enough to make eye contact. But when her serpentine eyes met with his empty sockets —— nothing.
His bones remained white, his afro soft and springy ( she assumed. ) He moved effortlessly, joints no stiffer than before. There wasn’t a speck of stone on his body.
Her powers were useless on him, she realized a moment too late.
She needed to recover, and quick.
The unease in her features smoothed out. Her lips turned up, cigarette bobbing. Before she would grace him with an answer, she would take her sweet time lighting it, eyes still focused on the curves of his skull. But when she did speak, she made sure the smoke she inhaled seeped out in thin, curling curtains from the corners of her mouth.
“I don’t break my playthings, darling.”