I really need to start adding more people to my friends list here.  I love reading the snippets that you people post on your journals, but I never remember to check them with any regularity whatsoever.

Hopefully no one minds~!

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**September 2 Update:  Conflict, Healing Magic, Honorifics, Nicknames

If anyone would at any point like to suggest a category (Or character!  I have all of my character interaction notes on "private" entries for personal reference, so it shouldn't be hard to make a summary!), please let me know!

I've decided to add a few categorized notes.  The bold headings explain what each paragraph is about.  Those labeled "pending" are topics that I hope to cover at some point, but really don't feel like filling in right now because it's 4 AM.

Those labeled "Canon" are things taken more-or-less directly from canon.  "Island" refers to (mostly) island-only items.  "Mixed" refers to things effected by both.

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Why hallo thar ladies and non-ladies.

First order of business: I collected some sweet-ass Settei Pre images.  There may be more in the future.  Go go JPEG compression!

Second order of business:  It has recently been established that Iceberg has the willingness and the materials to whore out his mad carpentry skillz. The following is a short set of guidelines for not getting accused of sexual harassment (more on this later.)

Getting started
I will actively attempt to seek out threads in which someone is having difficulties constructing something, however I will not tag them all by default because that would be silly. Offers of assistance will either be entirely random or based on prior in-character relationship (ie more likely to approach a friend or a known friend of a friend about something.). If you'd like to make a special request for in-character whoring, drop me a message (see contact post or respond to this post).

Stuff to Build
Keep in mind that his specialty is ships - what you ask for doesn't necessarily have to be a house or a piece of furniture! 

Questions
After an offer of assistance is accepted (if it is), there are several questions that Iceberg will want to ask if he doesn't already know you (Or maybe even if he does). These are generally very simple questions and are asked out of pure curiosity, such as requesting a person's name or occupation. There will also be many questions asked regarding the design and shape of whatever you're requesting. As mundane as these questions are, your answers could very well leave a lasting impression on him. :3

Payment
Hahaha, like the elusive carpenter on an island full of warriors and students and such is going to offer his services for free. This will most often either be the first or last thing that he tries to work out with someone. I've made this fairly reasonable/accessible - as was mentioned in his application, Iceberg is a spoiled city boy who's lived in the same place his entire life and mostly relied on moving up the social ladder and gaining peoples' favor to get by. As such, he's very much accustomed to other people (Mostly his secretary) doing basically everything for him, thus making him pretty clueless when it comes to actually taking care of himself. Therefore, the default price for assistance is food. Fruit will be specifically requested (He claimed to Kaoru that he hasn't been given anything else in such a long time that it may be upsetting.). This way, characters can receive professional help in exchange for something that's extremely common! Yay! \o/

Pricing Dependency
If you're going to want something absurdly elaborate or time-consuming, he will, unless he friggin' adores you (Which is pretty unlikely) or owes you big time (This is much more likely), ask for something in addition to the default demand. Such things may include simple favors, or something difficult-to-find such as ink (or, if your character dares to be creative, an ink substitute - I've thought of some OOC, but refrained from using these ideas IC.) or smooth paper (or, again, a suitable substitute.).

Expectations
It would be idealistic to believe that everyone will uphold their end of the deal. If someone doesn't, they may be accused of sexual harassment (No, seriously. I'll explain this later.), and things will more than likely slow down majorly or come to a complete stop. The only 100% guarantee is that your character will get bitched at unless he or she has one damn good reason for not holding up their side. Loud bitching with a mouse squeaking in agreement will ensue.

Pacing/Skill
The pace of work depends on how much assistance is being given, ie if your character or another is taking up lumberjack duty, things will go much more quickly and smoothly. Iceberg is said to be the greatest carpenter in the One Piece world, so, uh, expect screwups to be very rare/nonexistent? He also, canonically, works fast as hell. Despite this, I would like things to take a somewhat reasonable amount of time (during which, for the sake of consistency, unless it is noted that your character is neglecting to meet his demands, he will refrain from wandering off and chatting with random people around the island. In other words, for a certain period of time, unless there is a thread at the site where the work is being done or there is some kind of very important thing going on, there won't be any posting/threading that isn't relevant to what's being worked on.)

Resting
It's also been canonically shown that while he generally recognizes when he needs to rest, if whatever he's working on is of great importance to him (Again, this is very unlikely), he may very well work until he just passes out.

Mun Preferences
Mun likes to be ridiculously thorough.  Because of this, I may request an annoyingly high amount of details OOC pertaining to what's going on IC.  Please be patient with me - keep in mind that I was famous at Gyakusai_RP for enormous walls of text like this one!

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Historical
July is the only person on the island with whom Iceberg has discussed Tom in any amount of detail, although he has been passively mentioned (unnamed) in conversations with Young!Yukina, Timon, Dexter, and Johan.  References to Franky have been made to July (Young!Iceberg mentioned him by name), Senri, and November.  References to assassination have been made to several people, although some do have more details than others.  Different people are receiving different details.  As an example, November was told about smaller details such as the exact amount of gunshots wounds received.  Dexter was told that the assassination was premeditated and that the assassins were from an unspecified group that "Messes with the wrong people."  Yukina now knows that the assassins intended to take an heirloom.

Overall, most of the information given has been in pretty little detail: No explanation of how Tom died, little more than hints about the nature of his assassins, nothing about the outlawing of history or framing people or any of that good stuff.  About as much detail as a newspaper article, basically.

If anyone's curious about what actually happened, I am putting together, in as much detail as possible but not horrifically long, Iceberg's life story.  With pictures!

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FIRST, CONTACT INFO
In case you don't feel like leafing through this little guide or I inadequately worded something, I'll stick my contact info right at the beginning of this post!

AIM: "Dance With Merle" (ALWAYS HIDDEN.  Just send me a message - last I checked, I can receive offline messages.  AIM name subject to change to a special character one if need for it pops up.)

E-Mail: Madril at gmail.com.  I have a big ol' notifier, so I'll catch anything you send me as soon as I look at my computer!

I DO have LJ message notifications turned on, so I will know right away when someone responds to something I've posted.

About One Piece
One Piece is a Shonen anime/manga series.  Most, if not all of the information within my profile and this info sheet will be taken from the manga canon, which in this case really doesn't differ in any way from anime canon.

One Piece is basically the story of a group of strange pirates whose captain, Monkey D. Luffy, is in search of the island Raftel (The home of the famous treasure One Piece) at the end of the Grand Line, a strip of unique islands.  Luffy's group has brought quite a bit of attention to themselves, and even though they haven't really done anything particularly criminal or evil (Quite the opposite, actually), the government is constantly after them for the simple reason that they're pirates.  Rival pirates, and there are a lot of them, also frequently serve as obstacles to the crew.

Objects To Know
There are a few odd/unique names that may in one way or another get a name drop.

Tom
A jolly Fish-man who taught Iceberg basically all he knows about carpentry: His role model.

Galley-La Company
Company run by Iceberg that builds high-quality ships using super special awesome techniques.  Their logo appears to be a curly silhouette of a ship:  Iceberg has a red pattern of similar shapes tattooed on his upper arms and shoulders.  Galley-La is the combined effort of seven companies that were united under Iceberg.

Water 7
A huge island/city in the Grand Line vaguely resembling Venice: Iceberg is its beloved Mayor.  There are waterways leading to almost every part of the city, and it is topped by a huge fountain.  The name Water 7 comes from the fact that there used to be seven shipbuilding companies, but they were eventually merged by Iceberg.  There are still numbered docks, Number One being the largest and most prestigious. 

The city has an extremely diverse and ever-changing population.  It is a popular destination for all sorts of travelers due to the reputation of its shipwrights.  "Travelers" also includes pirates, who sometimes cause an uproar.  They are swiftly brought down by the Galley-La shipwrights, who seem to be the equivalent of a police force.

Despite the control and benevolence of the Galley-La company shipwrights, there was an underground syndicate in existence:  The Franky Family.  Run by Iceberg's childhood friend/rival, this group destroyed ships and robbed travelers.  Most of Water 7 fears this group, especially their leader.  Recently, the Franky Family's leader left Water 7, and they were all offered jobs from the Galley-La company.

Puffing Tom/Sea Train
A train that runs on a track over the sea.  This was Tom's last major building project, and it remains an incredible piece of machinery to this day.  It is run by Kokoro, a mermaid and a personal friend of Iceberg.

Log Pose
Mentioned (and frequently explained) in my first post, a Log Pose is a hollow glass sphere with a needle suspended in it.  Like a compass, it always points to the island that it is configured to point at.  There are two main kinds -

Normal Log Poses, which are usually un-labeled: These Poses will point to a certain island after a certain period of time in that location. Every island has a different amount of time that it takes to register its location.  These are usually favored by pirates.

Eternal Poses, which always, ALWAYS point to a certain island.  They often come in a wooden frame with a name plate indicating the name of the island that it points to.  They are most often used by Marines or by people with a home or affinity on a specific island.

Den Den Mushi
This is One Piece's telephone.  It's a snail, and you talk into it, and another snail sends your voice and copies your expression to the person you're talking to.  They usually greatly resemble their owners, and seem to come in two sizes: a relatively large phone, or a compact mobile version that is often worn on the wrist.  There are a few specialized versions (such as one specifically meant for wiretapping), but these are pretty uncommon.

Berī
The currency of One Piece.  Berī is paper money used in the One Piece world.  Its spelling is often disputed, so I'll stick to the best phonetic spelling I can figure out.

Devil Fruit
Devil Fruits are weird-ass fruits that give the person who eats them a special ability - in exchange for their ability to swim.  It is said that a Devil Fruit contains a devil (hence the name), and that once a devil enters a person, the sea hates them for it.  A Devil Fruit can give someone the ability to alter their body (stretching, splitting into pieces, growing extra limbs, etc.), turn into an animal (either partially or fully), or turn themselves into something usually classified as something natural such as sand, ice, or fire.

Geography
The regions of the One Piece world consist mostly of the "Blues," which are just big ol' seas with lots of islands.  There's the North, South, East, and West Blues - their names are based on their locations in comparison with the two "Lines" - the Red Line a continent that circles the world in the North and South, and the Grand Line, an island chain that circles the world in the East and West.

A few character details
I'm sticking a few details in here that may pop up in-character that are buried in my application post somewhere for easy accessibility.

Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus is a white mouse that follows Iceberg everywhere.   He can often be found climbing around on Iceberg's shoulder, in his shirt pocket, or just generally climbing around on him.  Iceberg is extremely protective of him.

Nmaa
Iceberg frequently says "Nma" before saying anything else. Sometimes it is translated as “Well” but I prefer to leave it as something more of a noise than a word.

The Bandages
Iceberg was pretty recently shot six times.  Even if/when he's totally recovered, chances are he probably wouldn't know when to take the bandages off anyway.

Gunshots
If you would like me to show you where exactly Iceberg was shot for any reason, please let me know!  I can pinpoint basically all of the shots except two.

Violence
Iceberg does NOT like violence and rarely condones it.  There are occasions where he feels that it can be justified, but they are few and far between.

Secrecy
Iceberg is an excellent liar, especially when it comes to making huge understatements or covering things up.  A true politician.  o/'

Blood tells the truth
Lie detector tests work like a charm.  When lying about certain things, Iceberg's pulse skyrockets.

Living Conditions
Iceberg is used to living in a mansion in a huge city where everyone loves him and would do just about anything for him.  Needless to say, this island is going to be hard to get used to.

Young!Iceberg!
Young!Iceberg is much different than his older self.  Essentially, he's about a million times more serious  and condescending as a kid.

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