Pirated Perspectives by InsaneScriptist

Beta'd by the outgoing Umei no Mai

Summary: A collection of different perspectives and prompts from Xanxus' Adventures in Parenthood Piracy. Random themes/characters from OP and KHR and prompts from every 100th reviewer.

Rosso strummed her guitar as she hummed. While Impel Down prided itself on being an inescapable prison Rosso knew that to be a lie. She had escaped both her cell, and the prison itself multiple times. It could be a mite difficult depending on who was in charge but with an hour or so of preparation, everyone's mind was too fuzzed to notice or remember if she had been somewhere she shouldn't be.

There were multiple reasons she stayed in Impel Down. The first was for the free food and accommodation, no matter how basic they were; if she wanted to upgrade as she had, theft was always an option. The second was how close she was to Marine Headquarters and the self-proclaimed Holy Land of the Tenryubito itself. Third and in some ways most importantly, was that she always was able to find a captive audience.

Her presence wasn't entirely unnoticed; they just thought that Impel Down was haunted by some ghost, or indeed any number of them. Enough prisoners had died here, as had a fair few of the guards over the years too and not all of those deaths had been her fault either. For it to be haunted was expected. Rosso might have taken a wee bit of an advantage of the entire idea; after all she had planted it in the first place so it was only right for her to reap the benefits. It wasn't Rosso's fault that the guards and prisoners couldn't see the ghosts! Rosso just made them visible for short stretches of time! It wasn't fair that Rosso was the only one that could see them!

Rosso had been an inhabitant of Impel Down for a long time; she had erased every memory of her presence and even destroyed the paperwork that spoke of her crimes and her very existence. Both of which Rosso had done before leaving her cell the first time to retrieve her clothes and guitar. Proximity with Marine Headquarters had enabled her to destroy her original Bounty poster -except the one she kept out of vanity- and kept her up to date on the world and if she muddled with the heads and minds there for her own amusement, well, who was to know?

She had left a few times over the years to get new parts or a new guitar as needed. Rosso was not young and much loved guitars did have strings break eventually, even the new steel strings for the electric ones.

Still, Rosso looked for interesting prisoners, useful ones and ones to torment. One of the first useful prisoners was the one Rosso had used to dig out the level that would eventually become Newkama Land under Iva. By the time construction was complete, Rosso was bored of him and tossed him to the wolves in Level 5 then went for a walk to dispose of the Devil Fruit by having it 'appear' in the kitchen. Just like Rosso could see ghosts she could see the curse travel to a new host until it was consumed. The disappearance of the Devil Fruit user and his death was the basis for what would start the rumor of prisoners being spirited away. He was not the last prisoner Rosso found useful and to disappear in such a manner.

Other prisoners were interesting. The Pirate King was such a dear; all gentlemanly and theatrical for all that his father had probably only been a newborn baby when Rosso first arrived in Impel Down. Rosso had kept track of her age but still dressed like someone in their thirties and despite being old enough to be in the grave twice over. Roger also knew a lot more that the rest of the world had forgotten or buried in hopes that it would never rise again. He had amused her.

It was interesting to talk with him despite how boring it was to keep any conversation hidden from nosy guards. More interesting was the fact that Roger had liked her music. Admittedly she never played many of her killer songs but that was because Roger wanted a big dramatic execution. He even had it planned out already! Maybe she could get Cotone to go? Shy child, her Cotone was, so probably not. Most of her other possessions were in different areas of the world and only needed a few prompts to act on but they couldn't or wouldn't go; admittedly Rosso understood all their different reasons why but that didn't make her happy.

A less interesting prisoner was Shiki the Golden Lion; Rosso didn't introduce herself to him but gave him an opportunity to choose freedom or imprisonment at the cost of his feet. He made the choice faster than Rosso expected he would, so reading his mind was interrupted and might have scrambled his brains a bit beyond what damage having part of the wheel in his head had already done; Rosso was never that good at plucking information from minds -most minds were boring and she didn't bother with them- but she did get Shiki's motivations for breaking Roger out which was more than just simple rivalry; the men were similar in deliciously ironic ways.

Rosso hadn't found many useful prisoners, but that's because her favorite ones were in Level 6; a place Rosso lovingly referred to as her concert hall. Still, most prisoners in Level 6 were tough enough to survive a concept concert with her weaker and less suited guitars. Possessing Cotone was slowly giving her an awareness that allowed her to adjust and create new guitars, with amplification abilities that didn't disperse when her Mist Flames were introduced to the riffs too. This was the reason she was really staying in Impel Down. Lots of audience, and lots of inspiration!

"What songs should Rosso play today? The Fellow (He Who Makes It Bored Is Killed.) Or should Rosso play Hunt a Soul?"

Leaning back, Rosso pondered her other songs in selection. "Ah, Awe of She followed by Writhe In Pain. Then Rosso says it is Nothing Out Of The Ordinary. Classics."

Any prisoners screaming was ignored by the guards. It was Impel Down, a place haunted by many angry ghosts. It was to be expected after all, lots of prisoners died each year and the blood soaked prison was all the happier for it.

In which I hope to show that Rosso is intelligent, a complete creep and manipulates a World Power aka the World Government and more for her own amusement because she knows of morality but finds little use for things called morals. So this is what Rosso does in her off time, when not possessing Cotone. Scary. Iva isn't in prison yet because Iva is only tossed down there five years before Luffy sets sail so Rosso has the run of the place. In chapter, Rosso hasn't met Xanxus yet.

Rosso's songs are taken from the Guilty Gear franchise; for a fighting game it has some of the best music out there, especially if you like awesome guitar riffs and genuinely awesome original music. Youtube the OST; it's worth listening to. Look for the ones tagged with 'Complete Box' as I'm using songs from Discs 5 & 6, and Disc 7.

Next time it's Hiruma Musouka's 'How Roger sees Xanxus' since Hiruma got the 100th review.