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Day 1 of Rouge Week 2019! Legend

So I know this isn't a quote but I saw that this week started today and Rouge is like 10/10 I just had to do it.

Day 3        Sea Day 4            Queen

Shanks knows that Rouge has the best stories, ones from islands that Roger and Rayleigh have never been to and places that she whispers don't even exist anymore. Which means that sometimes she has to explain things in the story with more stories. Roger never seems to be upset when Shanks and Buggy are late for their chores because of her either. Not even Rayleigh complains and he complains about everything.

Which is why, when Rouge grins on morning just before breakfast and asks, even though they all know it's not a question, if they really need the cabin boys today, Shanks knows it means there's going to be a new story.

Rouge doesn't tell new stories often. She said it was because they would loose their magic, but she retells the ones they know when they beg her to. She always has something to make them seem as exciting as the first time, Shanks doesn't have her talent for telling them, can't make someone feel like they were there for the event, but Rouge always compliments his attempts to retell her stories.

After breakfast, Rouge corrals him and Buggy up into the crow's nest and collapses against the floor with a laugh.

"What story are you going to tell today?" Shanks demands, trying not to see too excited. "Something with pirates?"

"No stories today, a legend this time," Rouge states sitting up.

Shanks doesn't understand the difference between stories and legends, legends are stories and vice versa. Rouge acts like there is, so Shanks never questions it, even if he really does want to know.

"What's the legend about?" Buggy asks, leaning forward. "Pirates? Treasure?"

"A little, but mostly it's about a God who was also a monster bound away in a human form. It's not a very happy legend."

"That's okay, we still wanna hear it," Shanks promises, Buggy nodding in agreement.

Rouge laughs, "Well then," her smile slips away and her voice seems to grow. "Once, when the world was young and the lands were wide and vast, there was a Monster."

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"A monster who was a God?" Roger asks when Rouge finally returns to his rooms, her hair down and her shoes lost again.

"A monster who was also a Goddess sounds far too close to the truth," Rouge answers, her teeth human and blunt in a way that she is still getting use to. "Did you want me to be human?"

"No," Roger answers, honest Rouge thinks distantly. "You are you, monster and God and all. Why a legend?"

Rouge remembers when her smiles would be filled with too many teeth, all of them too sharp and enough to terrify anyone who saw it, "because, humans die but power lives on. Just because mine were taken and I might not find them again, it doesn't mean that one day someone won't hear the legend."

"If they do?"

Time for the 3rd year of Rouge Week! Are you excited?!

This year Rouge week will be run from June 23 to June 29.

June 23 - day 1 - Legend 

June 24 - day 2 - Colors

June 25 - day 3 - Sea

June 26 - day 4 - Queen 

June 27 - day 5 - Family 

June 28 - day 6 - Magic

June 29 - day 7 - Flowers

As always with the prompts, interpret them as you will and have fun!

Have any questions? You can see the frequently asked questions here. If you still have questions, feel free to visit my ask.

And for Day 2 and 3 of Rouge Week 19! Colors & Ocean

This was my first time using markers I think it turned out fine for that even though I kinda fucked up the reflection on the water.

Rouge Week Day 1

The woman who holds the pirate king’s heart effortlessly, what a legend.

It’s now June 30th which means we’ve reached the end of Rouge Week. I would like to thank all those who participated! Every piece was amazing and wonderful and greatly appreciated to be seen. 

If you were unable to finish your piece or this week had been too busy for you to participate, do not fret!

I will be periodically be checking the tags for the next week or so. And if I had missed your piece, feel free to message me and I will reblog it asap.