Personality: While Perona’s personality hasn’t changed much from her younger self (bossy, rude, loud-mouthed and pompous), Perona’s personality definitely has taken a turn as she aged. She’s far more mature and independent now than she ever was on Thriller Bark. Because Perona was stripped of all her material possessions and her luxurious lifestyle for two years, as she lived with Mihawk and Zoro on Kuraigana Island, she was basically forced to grow up and stand on her own two feet instead of relying on others to answer her beck and call. She had to learn to survive on her own without her servants because, let’s face it, Zoro and Mihawk aren’t exactly the accommodating type. If she wanted anything, she had to either make or get it herself.
This shows Perona’s strength and capability to overcome, despite being so out of her element. She’s an extremely determined and out-spoken young woman, ready to put her foot down and tell anyone off, regardless of who they are or how much stronger than her they may be, if they so happen to upset her or say something she doesn’t agree with. She speaks her mind and doesn’t pull her punches in the slightest. While she may have calmed down to a degree while living with the two swordsmen, Perona still has her little outbursts if she’s annoyed enough. These are usually set off by Zoro’s unaccommodating nature or, say, Sanji’s overzealous and rather perverse invasion of her personal space when she met with the Monster Trio (Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji) on Sabaody. She laid the smack-down on the poor man for just going a bit too far, and didn’t hesitate one little bit to do so.
Even though she has her moments, Perona really is a well-balanced individual. She’s capable of being kind, sweet, even nurturing. Though not much is known of what happened during the two years she spent with Mihawk and Zoro, it’s seen that she does care about the latter of the two very much, even though they butt heads more than two angry mountain goats. She was rather upset, even depressed, when Zoro had to leave her to rejoin the Straw Hats on their journey. Perona detests being alone, and even though Zoro was her enemy back on Thriller Bark, she grew fond of him over time, and misses him when he’s not there with her. She was also put in charge of nursing Zoro back to health by Mihawk when she and Zoro first arrived on Kuraigana Island and met with the older man.
While there is no evidence physically seen of Perona feeling the same towards shichibukai Dracule “Hawkeyes” Mihawk, I believe she shares a similar bond with him, though not quite as personable. If anything, Perona treats Mihawk with slightly more respect. “Slightly” being that she still tells even him off at times, and berates him for being unsympathetic and just plain mean to her. Though, over time, I believe Mihawk acted as a calming agent for Perona’s hot and cold attitude, and she feels more at peace with the shichibukai than she does with Zoro, who tends to rile her up a high percentage of the time. And while Perona may not have allied herself with Mihawk and instead is more of a free-roaming pirate, I doubt she’d allow for anyone to badtalk the man while in her presence and thinks of him fondly.
The Straw Hats are a different story entirely. Barring all but Usopp, Perona treats them with a cool sort of indifference. She doesn’t care what they do, how they do it, or why they do the things they do if it doesn’t directly involve or affect her. In the past, she may antagonize them just because it’s fun or she’s bored or something, but now that she’s aged, Perona really doesn’t care at all for most of the Straw Hat pirates, showing that if she doesn’t have interest in a person or thing, she usually just ignores it or them. She can get along with the Straw Hats much better than she used to, though Usopp alone is the one person she hates with every part of her being. He is the only one to have ever defeated her outright, and gave Perona her very first loss. She holds the largest grudge against him than any person possibly could hold. There’s no doubt at all that Perona would try to attack or challenge him if she happened to get in contact with him. Or, at the very far end of the spectrum, scream at him as much as she can without getting too physical.
All in all, in regards to the Straw Hat pirates, Perona really doesn’t care much about them other than Zoro, but Usopp is the one person she hates more than anything else, and her furious nature would certainly flare up if she were to meet him again. She is extraordinarily unforgiving in that sense, considering she held her grudge against Usopp for two years when he beat her back on Thriller Bark. Strengths/Weaknesses: Physical: Perona’s physical strength is rather lacking, to be completely honest. As a young human woman, she’s really not anyone to look at twice in terms of muscle strength. She of course has her episodes of “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” as is protocol in shounen manga/anime (basically being able to clobber those – usually men – thousands of levels stronger than her when she’s angry enough), but she’s no Hercules or anything of that sort. What she is good at, however, is being very flexible and acrobatic, even while being incredibly fashionable. Seriously, you try doing a backflip in four inch heels and sticking that flawlessly without batting an eyelash. She’s very aware of what she can and cannot do as well, in terms of her own strength, and knowing that her special abilities won’t come into play in Route will deter her from really getting into a fight she can’t win. She’d much rather run away to save her own skin than risk a battle she may lose. And she can run pretty fast, too.
Other skills Perona has that aren’t exactly muscle prowess or physical strength include the ability to sew and make simple to moderately detailed clothing, cooking basic dishes, and a lot of experience with first aid and its application. She tended to Zoro’s wounds on Kuraigana island for two years, and her knowledge of medical practice and application obviously improved over that time. In the beginning she was sloppy and did a terrible job at just bandaging the poor guy, but now that she’s grown, she knows her stuff pretty well, and definitely aid someone who needs quick medical attention if she has supplies on hand.
Mental: Despite her misgivings as being bratty and insolent, Perona is actually very intelligent. She was not made a key player of Moria’s crew when he was still alive for nothing, and it certainly shows in her battle style. Perona always goes into battle with a set plan in mind, and can come up with a new plan with relative ease. She knows how to use her powers as well as her wit in the best possible ways, when to use them, and how to utilize them to gather the best results. Perona may be “pompous” as she’s referred to by Zoro, but she is not an idiot. Her battle tactics are actually frighteningly effective, and build up to the point where she starts to get physical.
These tactics include Perona using planning, as I’ve said before, and mainly intimidation and scare tactics to warp her opponent’s mind. A frightful and jumpy opponent cannot think straight or make rational decisions – which is exactly what she aims for. Perona uses her opponent’s fear to overpower them mentally before getting physical with whatever’s available (normally that would include her devil fruit powers, but as they’re nonexistent in Route, they’d be replaced with her Pokemon). Her strategies are ones that attack the mind and spirit first and foremost. She acts cocky, confident, and so sure of herself that it, in effect, intimidates her opponents. If her foes think they cannot win, then she’s achieved one goal, and can further her ploy of getting them to surrender or defeat them. Confidence in any battle can play a great role in the outcome.
Perona herself was also the main player in gathering information for Moria when she was still his crewmate via her “Ghost Network” (the ability to create her ghosts and have them span large areas as spies. Because she sees and hears what they do, they make Intel work very easy for her) and the information she gathers with her skills was vital to the role of her captain and all of the other members of her crew. Because of the power restrictions, however, Perona would not be able to use the ghosts she could have created for this purpose, but if she can manipulate her pokemon to gather information for her, especially ones that can go invisible or hide especially well, she will use them in such manners. Perona actually enjoys gathering information through reading, newspapers, or eavesdropping with her hollows ghosts or in person and usually scowls when she’s out of the loop on things happening in the real world. She doesn’t like being left out of anything, so she gets pretty miffed when people are discussing things she doesn’t know, and makes it her own personal obligation to get the scoop on what’s going on.
Emotional: Perona’s emotional strengths are fairly basic. She has a very well balanced set of emotions. She knows how to keep a level head more so now that she’s aged than she used to in the past. She can keep calm better than she used to, and she’s usually rather poised in most situations, keeping a straight face and an open mind. This doesn’t mean that she’s emotionless, though! Not at all, Perona is often prone to her little outbursts of frustration, irritation and depression, and she’s still capable of being happy, overjoyed, and even excited over some things. She just knows how to better control her emotions now than she did in her youth, which may be attributed to her age and the two males she was living with, both of whom either negated her emotional rampage and put her in her place (Mihawk) or, on the other hand, set it off entirely (Zoro).
Let it be noted, however, that Perona does have a temper, and it’s not all that difficult to rub her the wrong way, it just takes longer for her to actually explode (but when she does, look the fuck out). She thinks extremely highly of herself, and she won’t allow for anyone, anyone, to disrespect her in any way at all. She’s very open-minded and loud-mouthed. She’ll stand up for herself, even if her opponent could potentially squash her like a grape – there is nothing she hates more than being at the short end of the stick. And if her temper flares, she won’t hold back in the slightest. Meaning that yes, if she is angry enough, or someone has done her wrong in a way she deems is unforgivable, she may take the path that leads to someone’s death. She may be a lady, but she will always be a pirate.
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This shows Perona’s strength and capability to overcome, despite being so out of her element. She’s an extremely determined and out-spoken young woman, ready to put her foot down and tell anyone off, regardless of who they are or how much stronger than her they may be, if they so happen to upset her or say something she doesn’t agree with. She speaks her mind and doesn’t pull her punches in the slightest. While she may have calmed down to a degree while living with the two swordsmen, Perona still has her little outbursts if she’s annoyed enough. These are usually set off by Zoro’s unaccommodating nature or, say, Sanji’s overzealous and rather perverse invasion of her personal space when she met with the Monster Trio (Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji) on Sabaody. She laid the smack-down on the poor man for just going a bit too far, and didn’t hesitate one little bit to do so.
Even though she has her moments, Perona really is a well-balanced individual. She’s capable of being kind, sweet, even nurturing. Though not much is known of what happened during the two years she spent with Mihawk and Zoro, it’s seen that she does care about the latter of the two very much, even though they butt heads more than two angry mountain goats. She was rather upset, even depressed, when Zoro had to leave her to rejoin the Straw Hats on their journey. Perona detests being alone, and even though Zoro was her enemy back on Thriller Bark, she grew fond of him over time, and misses him when he’s not there with her. She was also put in charge of nursing Zoro back to health by Mihawk when she and Zoro first arrived on Kuraigana Island and met with the older man.
While there is no evidence physically seen of Perona feeling the same towards shichibukai Dracule “Hawkeyes” Mihawk, I believe she shares a similar bond with him, though not quite as personable. If anything, Perona treats Mihawk with slightly more respect. “Slightly” being that she still tells even him off at times, and berates him for being unsympathetic and just plain mean to her. Though, over time, I believe Mihawk acted as a calming agent for Perona’s hot and cold attitude, and she feels more at peace with the shichibukai than she does with Zoro, who tends to rile her up a high percentage of the time. And while Perona may not have allied herself with Mihawk and instead is more of a free-roaming pirate, I doubt she’d allow for anyone to badtalk the man while in her presence and thinks of him fondly.
The Straw Hats are a different story entirely. Barring all but Usopp, Perona treats them with a cool sort of indifference. She doesn’t care what they do, how they do it, or why they do the things they do if it doesn’t directly involve or affect her. In the past, she may antagonize them just because it’s fun or she’s bored or something, but now that she’s aged, Perona really doesn’t care at all for most of the Straw Hat pirates, showing that if she doesn’t have interest in a person or thing, she usually just ignores it or them. She can get along with the Straw Hats much better than she used to, though Usopp alone is the one person she hates with every part of her being. He is the only one to have ever defeated her outright, and gave Perona her very first loss. She holds the largest grudge against him than any person possibly could hold. There’s no doubt at all that Perona would try to attack or challenge him if she happened to get in contact with him. Or, at the very far end of the spectrum, scream at him as much as she can without getting too physical.
All in all, in regards to the Straw Hat pirates, Perona really doesn’t care much about them other than Zoro, but Usopp is the one person she hates more than anything else, and her furious nature would certainly flare up if she were to meet him again. She is extraordinarily unforgiving in that sense, considering she held her grudge against Usopp for two years when he beat her back on Thriller Bark.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Physical: Perona’s physical strength is rather lacking, to be completely honest. As a young human woman, she’s really not anyone to look at twice in terms of muscle strength. She of course has her episodes of “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” as is protocol in shounen manga/anime (basically being able to clobber those – usually men – thousands of levels stronger than her when she’s angry enough), but she’s no Hercules or anything of that sort. What she is good at, however, is being very flexible and acrobatic, even while being incredibly fashionable. Seriously, you try doing a backflip in four inch heels and sticking that flawlessly without batting an eyelash. She’s very aware of what she can and cannot do as well, in terms of her own strength, and knowing that her special abilities won’t come into play in Route will deter her from really getting into a fight she can’t win. She’d much rather run away to save her own skin than risk a battle she may lose. And she can run pretty fast, too.
Other skills Perona has that aren’t exactly muscle prowess or physical strength include the ability to sew and make simple to moderately detailed clothing, cooking basic dishes, and a lot of experience with first aid and its application. She tended to Zoro’s wounds on Kuraigana island for two years, and her knowledge of medical practice and application obviously improved over that time. In the beginning she was sloppy and did a terrible job at just bandaging the poor guy, but now that she’s grown, she knows her stuff pretty well, and definitely aid someone who needs quick medical attention if she has supplies on hand.
Mental: Despite her misgivings as being bratty and insolent, Perona is actually very intelligent. She was not made a key player of Moria’s crew when he was still alive for nothing, and it certainly shows in her battle style. Perona always goes into battle with a set plan in mind, and can come up with a new plan with relative ease. She knows how to use her powers as well as her wit in the best possible ways, when to use them, and how to utilize them to gather the best results. Perona may be “pompous” as she’s referred to by Zoro, but she is not an idiot. Her battle tactics are actually frighteningly effective, and build up to the point where she starts to get physical.
These tactics include Perona using planning, as I’ve said before, and mainly intimidation and scare tactics to warp her opponent’s mind. A frightful and jumpy opponent cannot think straight or make rational decisions – which is exactly what she aims for. Perona uses her opponent’s fear to overpower them mentally before getting physical with whatever’s available (normally that would include her devil fruit powers, but as they’re nonexistent in Route, they’d be replaced with her Pokemon). Her strategies are ones that attack the mind and spirit first and foremost. She acts cocky, confident, and so sure of herself that it, in effect, intimidates her opponents. If her foes think they cannot win, then she’s achieved one goal, and can further her ploy of getting them to surrender or defeat them. Confidence in any battle can play a great role in the outcome.
Perona herself was also the main player in gathering information for Moria when she was still his crewmate via her “Ghost Network” (the ability to create her ghosts and have them span large areas as spies. Because she sees and hears what they do, they make Intel work very easy for her) and the information she gathers with her skills was vital to the role of her captain and all of the other members of her crew. Because of the power restrictions, however, Perona would not be able to use the ghosts she could have created for this purpose, but if she can manipulate her pokemon to gather information for her, especially ones that can go invisible or hide especially well, she will use them in such manners. Perona actually enjoys gathering information through reading, newspapers, or eavesdropping with her hollows ghosts or in person and usually scowls when she’s out of the loop on things happening in the real world. She doesn’t like being left out of anything, so she gets pretty miffed when people are discussing things she doesn’t know, and makes it her own personal obligation to get the scoop on what’s going on.
Emotional: Perona’s emotional strengths are fairly basic. She has a very well balanced set of emotions. She knows how to keep a level head more so now that she’s aged than she used to in the past. She can keep calm better than she used to, and she’s usually rather poised in most situations, keeping a straight face and an open mind. This doesn’t mean that she’s emotionless, though! Not at all, Perona is often prone to her little outbursts of frustration, irritation and depression, and she’s still capable of being happy, overjoyed, and even excited over some things. She just knows how to better control her emotions now than she did in her youth, which may be attributed to her age and the two males she was living with, both of whom either negated her emotional rampage and put her in her place (Mihawk) or, on the other hand, set it off entirely (Zoro).
Let it be noted, however, that Perona does have a temper, and it’s not all that difficult to rub her the wrong way, it just takes longer for her to actually explode (but when she does, look the fuck out). She thinks extremely highly of herself, and she won’t allow for anyone, anyone, to disrespect her in any way at all. She’s very open-minded and loud-mouthed. She’ll stand up for herself, even if her opponent could potentially squash her like a grape – there is nothing she hates more than being at the short end of the stick. And if her temper flares, she won’t hold back in the slightest. Meaning that yes, if she is angry enough, or someone has done her wrong in a way she deems is unforgivable, she may take the path that leads to someone’s death. She may be a lady, but she will always be a pirate.