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Marcus continued to clean up the mess that had been made. He groaned, picking up the dust pan and sweeping the last of the glass into it. He stood back up and walked over to the trash can that was next to his desk. As he tipped the pan so the glass fell in, he looked over to the chemicals on the floor. He knelt down, pulling a pair of gloves out of his coat and putting them on. He reached one finger forward to touch the silvery concoction, hoping he didn't burn his fingers off in the process.


It was not hot at all. Instead, it felt rather cool, like it was made of metal. He frowned, grabbing a piece of the mixture and lifting it up. It stayed straight in the middle and where it had mixed for a decent amount of time. But, where the chemicals were both mixing, it was drooping and dripping to the floor. He stared at it with interest, and grabbed a plastic bag from a drawer in his desk. He placed the mixture in, hoping that he would have time in the near future to observe it. As long as nothing came out of nowhere and tried to kill him, like beasts or other pirates.


"Why hello there!" Marcus whipped around. "I don't suppose you would mind being test subjects, would you?" Marcus, instinctively, jumped forward, standing between the mysterious man and Mairi. He grabbed his knife from it's sheath at his side, unclipping it and drawing it, pointing it at the man like it was a fencing saber.


Marcus kept his free hand out to the side, but bent enough that he could reach into his coat and grab his vials or syringes if need be. He narrowed his eyes at the newcomer, looking him over quickly. He wore a lab coat, so the possibility of him being a scientist was very probable. The needle in his hand only fueled Marcus's suspicions, but he kept his demeanor calm and cool. He spoke lowly, his body tense. "I'm afraid not, buddy...You don't seem like someone who practices the safe side of science." His eyes flicked past him quickly, to see if he had company. Seeing as he didn't have immediate back-up, Marcus relaxed slightly. "Who the hell are you and why are you on this ship? Tell me your name before I send you off in tiny pieces."





@DaughterofAthena

 

[Thesmashbro]

Without saying a word, Mairi took the equipment that Marcus gave her. As she walked back to her room, she briefly wondered why she never got around to getting safety equipment like this in her room. Maybe it was for the best; if it was in her room, she would have to go through the gas to get to it. Once she got to the door to her room, she put on the safety equipment and started cleaning up.


Most of the chemicals were easy to gather and store once she swept away the broken glass. Mairi wrote descriptions on the containers she stored them chemicals in so she would remember what was mixed with what. She was about to clean up the chemical creating the gas when she had an idea. That other ship that was also marooned here might just try to raid their ship for supplies. If she left this room filled with gas, then whoever came into this room would get poisoned. The rest of the Red Ribbon Pirates should know to stay out of this room anyway. There seemed to be less mixture now, so she could just let the chemical reaction play out and have it clean itself up. ...No. Leaving something like this unattended could be dangerous. Mairi took the mixture and put it into a container with no lid. That way the gas could spread without the mixture spilling anywhere important.


Now that that was over, Mairi left her room, took of her safety equipment, and brought it over to Marcus' room. It was his equipment after all. Not long after she arrived, another person showed up and asked if her and Marcus could be used as test subjects. Clearly this man had malicious intent. This was the perfect chance to test out her trap. "Now, now, Marcus." she said as she rested her hand on his shoulder, "As scientists, we both understand the importance of test subjects, don't we? Let's help this man out." Mairi gave Marcus her mischievous look in an attempt to clue him in on her intent. "My room is over there" she said to the intruder as she pointed in the direction of her room, "You can set yourself up there while I bathe. Even through I finished cleaning up my room, the crash still left me in a mess." She grabbed Marcus' hand as she walked towards the stairs. "You're also filthy. Come with me."

 

[Lady Warlock]

Norman was just laying there, minding his own business. Maybe teasing a guy while fighting him, but no harm in that. When all of a sudden a loud female voice jolts him out of his concentration. Where the heck did they come from? He was listening for anyone or anything that might try sneaking up.


He looked up to see his captain and a few others had somehow snuck up on him. His worry he was being ambushed disappeared, to be replaced with immediate joy. “I've been looking for you guys everywhere! And I was trying to stab him mostly. But turns out mocking him is more fun!” he responded to Scarlet. As Muscles got off Norman to retrieve a weapon from his ally, Norman hopped up and stretched back out a little. “Great to see you guys!” He pointed at Mateo, “Muscles over here tried locking me in a CAGE! Rude. He has a little scratch on his chest from me, but that's about it.” His face suddenly looks downcast, but immediately he perks up. “Where ya been?”


Clay waved at Norman. “Bahaha, I didn’t know you were into that kinda stuff Norman,” the red-haired pirate teased.


Scarlet’s hair flipped back as her head whipped around, her eyes filled with murder as they fell upon Clay. “DON’T. YOU. DARE.” Her attention quickly turned to Norman and her eyes glared into his as well. It was only after a moment of silence that her attention returned to the man in front of her. “I’m gonna beat this man to a pulp and then I’ll deal with you two. Until then, don’t mess with my man candy!”


Norman had a very clearly confused look all over his face. What was she made at him for. He didn't do anything wrong. Into what? Man candy? Maybe they are poison fruit. But he just slumped and said, “Yes captain.”


Clay raised his hands in defense. “Come on Cap, just a little bit of a joke,” he said. He chuckled a bit, turning his attention to the man candy in question. “Oh boy, looks like you might be the ship pet after this is all said and done. I would run if I were you,” Clay declared, continuing to laugh.


“Oh… I should run!?” Mateo scoffed. “I’m not the one who’s arguing with my own captain here… are you sure about that one?” The smirk on his face turned serious as the rifle took aim at Clay.


Clay watched as he became the target of Mateo’s next attack. “Oh what, me? Don’t worry about me, I have a great relationship with Cap,” Clay smirked. “So much so that I’ll make sure not to harm a single little hair on your pretty head.”


Norman chose this moment to quickly speak up. He realized they didn't know about this guy's fruit power. It might be fun for Norman, but they probably wouldn't like it much. “Uh, guys. If you're gonna fight him. Just mentioning he's got this power, where. Um, when you hit him he's goopy and then you have metal on you and it's stuck.” He nods expectantly as if this cleared everything up.


“Not gonna harm a hair on my head, huh?” Mateo contemplated. “Unfortunately I can’t say the same about yours!” Even before his sentence was complete, Mateo fired the rifle, pulling the trigger with his eyes set on the figure of Clay.


As Muscles spoke Norman noticed him shifting to fire the gun at Clay. Not on his watch! He quickly dispersed and reformed in front of Clay. As he did he threw his hands out in front of him, gathering the ashes he had spread through the clearing originally for a sneak attack. He coalesced it into a small wall in front of him as the gunshot went off. To his surprise there was a puff of ashes as the bullet passed through unfettered, and thudded into Norman's stomach.


He lowered his hand to his stomach as the ash wall fell to the ground. “Ow, ow ow. He shot me. How the heck did he shoot me?” Norman coughed in pain and frowned. Why couldn't he use his power either.


Clay had to resist the urge to chuckle, as Norman’s brave defense had been pointless to begin with, and it had actually done nothing to stop the bullet. Instead, he skipped over to the navigator, placing his hand on the guy’s shoulder.


“You okay bud?” Clay asked. “You know, I’m an experienced Haki user, I saw that bullet coming a mile away.”


“You know… your crewmate just took a bullet for you. Wouldn’t a simple thank you suffice!?” Mateo’s expression was deadly. “I’m surprised you’re part of a crew at all, even one as idiotic as this one seems to be. I’d have thrown you overboard months ago!” Mateo was charging at Clay now. He held his rifle over his shoulder, almost like he intended to use it as a sword and it came down swinging - hard.


Clay raised his arms in front of his head, tucking in his chin as he took an orthodox stance very common in boxing. He side stepped to the right, raising his left arm to parry against the rifle the was coming down on him.


“You know, you’re pretty annoying,” Clay stated bluntly. The rifle crashed against his arm, but Clay wouldn’t give an inch, staying planted on his feet, unmoving. “And you know, you can call me whatever you like, I hear it all, all the time, but calling my crew idiotic doesn’t sit well with me. The Red Ribbon Pirates are the best damn crew on all the blues,” Clay announced, throwing a right hook at Mateo’s arm, hoping to knock the rifle out from his hands.


Norman watched the fight while wincing in confusion. He didn't know what Haki was, nor why it would've helped Clay. Maybe that could've made him bullet proof? He didn't know. What he also didn't understand was why this bullet hurt so much more than the other times. He'd never been dropped by one before, but this one was different. He just wanted to lay down and leave the fight to Clay and Scarlet. He was glad his face was covered by his scarf, as his pained grimace wasn't something he needed to distract them with. He hoped everyone else was ok.


As Clay’s fist connected with Mateo’s arm, the Red Ribbon pirate would instantly notice something was very off about this opponent. First, Mateo didn’t even flinch. It didn’t even seem like he realized he had been punched. At the same time, though, his eyes saw it. That much was very clear. Second, Clay’s arm turned to goop. It bent in with the punch - it was stretchy and gooey and really really weird. The force of Clay’s blow led his arm to tear straight through it. Then things got even weirder. When Clay’s arm emerged from the other side, it was shackled - quite literally. There was a metal restraint around his arm, weighing it down.


Clay mentally slapped himself, his eyes showing his disappointment in his own actions. “That’s right, Norman already mentioned this was your thing,” Clay sighed.


His eyes shifted from looking at his arm to glaring at Mateo.


“So now what?”


“Now you back away,” Mateo’s eyes looked into Clay’s eyes, his expression deadly serious. “Now you leave this island and leave the treasure behind. That isn’t something for your crew to take. Only the real pirates can lay claim to such glory.” With his expression frozen, Mateo drove his rifle forward, wielding it like a melee weapon rather than a gun as he jabbed it towards Clay’s midsection. At the moment of contact, the shackle on Clay’s hand released allowing for the most impact… allowing for a blow that would drive him backwards.


“Oof!” Clay huffed, falling onto his buttocks as he was pushed back by the force of Mateo’s attack. “Wait...there’s treasure on this island? Does my captain know that? She loves treasure.”


Almost on cue, a girl charged into the scene, practically tackling Mateo in the process which lead to the two of them tumbling onto the ground in a somersault of sorts. Ribbon billowed from her hair, brushing against Clay’s face as he lied on the ground as she whisked past. “WE ARE REAL PIRATES!” Scarlet Indigrid’s voice was loud and clear; there was no mistaking it. “AND I’M GONNA BE QUEEN OF THE PIRATES!! YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?!”


Clay chuckled at his captain’s antics. He loved being a part of this crew. Clay raised his fist in the air, as if to say “Damn right,” while still sitting on his butt.


During all the chaos and weirdness of the fight, Norman was stealing himself to try something …. Crazy. Having slowly walled off the pain from his mind as he learned during training, he gathered his wits back together. He had to get the magic bullet out of him at all costs. His Captain needed him. This guy was too dangerous to fight without a logia user.


He reached into his sleeve and pulled out one of his many hidden knives. After biting onto his scarf to keep quiet as possible, he began cutting slowly into the flesh around the bullet hole. Making room enough to put a finger or two in to pull it out. The pain was enough to temporarily stall him despite his best efforts. Magic bullets freaking suck!


When he finally managed to cut in and remove the bullet he weakly tossed it away. His whole body seemed to shudder with relief. He rolled over to face the fighters again and realized an ambush would be his best tactic. Everyone assumed him incapacitated. So while their attention was away from him he quietly whispered, “Disperse.” His body responded and he dissolved, spreading into the air thinly enough to remain unseen. He would remain so until the perfect time.


Collab With: @AllHailDago and @BLUR


@AnnoDomini @general ostruppen @sonicfreak101

 

[D3lmoniko]

Johnny had a hard time picking everything up, trying to understand what was going on. He saw Mateo on top of Norman, his eyes widening, and him blushing, crossing his arms at his chest, looking away. "N-No fair..." He then jumped a little at his captain yelling, very quickly drawing his bow. His eyes quickly went to Mateo, studying his moves, still blushing.


Johnny looked at Clay, then at Norman, seeing him being shot. The whole world seemed to slow down, as the words of the blonde guy were all the noise he heard. Fury started to fuel his body, his breathing starting to get heavy, his hand was gripping the bow really hard, and an arrow flew past the blonde guy's hair.


"I will dissect and see if you are pretty on the inside too!" Johnny's yell echoed across the little island. "I am gonna claw at those eyes at yours, you foul mouthed bum! Nobody picks on my friends!" Johnny never felt this much of a rage in his life. He really felt as if he could rip apart in front of him. His bow was made from a durable type of wood, so he could use it as a blunt object if he didn't have the choice.


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Marcus refused to move at first, his feet planted firmly on the floor. He didn't let his eyes wander from the man, and he could just see his room to the his left, the door slightly ajar. His major concern was the man raiding his room in hopes of finding things of value, which most of his concoctions were. Most of them were very dangerous, and if they were mixed incorrectly, then it would be even worse, as they would form a chemical reaction. His whole being was telling him to stay and kick the man off the ship, maybe even drown him, but that small part of his mind that trusted his crew more than himself (a part of him that he absolutely despises most of the time) made him get dragged along, though he kept his eyes on the man until they were far enough away from him.


When he was out of earshot, Marcus whipped his head around, hissing at Mairi. "I don't like this! We're just letting him waltz around the ship unattended?! He could be stealing food, or our emergency funds, or all of our research! He could be snooping around our rooms and-" He stopped, realizing the situation. He groaned, rubbing his temple. "Okay, okay. You got me there. In that one moment, I was outsmarted by you."


He gestured to her gripping his hand, an annoyed expression back on his face. "Honestly, though, you could have gotten me to walk away with a more dignified way. I am not as dirty as you, regarding cleanliness. Due to the fact my clothes are only a bit sandy, and there is some sand inside my clothes in annoying places, I do seem rather nice in my opinion..." He looked down at his disheveled tie and dirty vest. He frowned, and let out a slow sigh. "Okay, my clothes are a bit bad. But, seriously." He pulled her hand out of his, letting go of it as soon as he was free. "Don't put me in such an odd position, Mairi. Sheesh."





@Thesmashbro @DaughterofAthena

 

[sonicfreak101]

Tora vs. Yumi

Up in Smoke

Yumi gritted her teeth and covered her ears when Tora let out an ear splitting scream. She glared at Tora as she dispersed into smoke, rushing towards her opponent.


“Shut your banshee mouth Fishwomen!” Yumi yelled, sending her smoke towards Tora’s open mouth.


“Not this time,” Tora thought, as she quickly shut her mouth as the smoke started to fly toward her. She raised up her arms and got ready to slash her fins at the smoke. “Cross Fin Slash.” She swung her arms at the smoke, crossing them to make an X shaped strike to disperse the coughing causing substance.


Tora’s attack broke up the smoke but Yumi merely rushed around Tora and reformed behind her. She smirked as she drew her sword and made to slash at her while her back was turned.


After clearing the smoke, Tora looked in front of her as she expected smokey to be standing in front of her. It quickly became apparent that this wasn’t the case. Tora didn’t realize an attack from behind was coming until it was almost too late. Tora dove forward and managed to minimize the size of the wound Yumi’s sword could have caused. She could feel blood trickle on her lower back.


Tora spun around to face Yumi. This pirate was a skilled one. Even though Tora was more experienced as a fisherwoman than a pirate, this wasn’t her first fight but it probably would be the fiercest one she got in up to this point in her life.


“You’re definitely a pirate. What treasure are you guys after anyway?” Tora asked, trying to stall for time to come up with a plan.


“Whatever we can scrap off this godforsaken island.” Yumi drawled. “There’s no point in fighting. With my devil fruit powers and my skills with a blade you stand no chance of defeating me.”


Yumi rushed forward, her whole body turning into smoke. The smoke circled around Tora and trapped her in a vortex of white, stretching far over her head. “I suggest you surrender.” A voice called from the billowing smoke. “Before I’m forced to forcibly remove your head from your shoulders. I can assure it’s a gruesome way to go.”


Tora grinned after hearing the suggestion to surrender. “I’m from Fischer Island and a member of the Red Ribbon Pirates, that makes me twice as likely to never surrender,” she replied. “Fin Dash!” Tora charged at the white wall with one of her fins ready to slice through it. She intended to slice through the smoke wall. Once free of the vortex she’d make a break toward the nearest source of water, the ocean. “Catch me if you can,” she taunted.


Just as Tora took her first step out of the vortex, a disembodied hand trailing smoke behind it wielding a sword flew towards her. Yumi’s torso reappeared with smoke where her legs should be as she sneered. “Nice try, but you can’t outrun me banshee.”


Tora dove behind a tree, but Yumi’s sword still managed to nick her shoulder. She smiled to herself as smokey called her a banshee. “I’m not trying to outrun you,” she thought as she continued her path toward the shore. “Looks like you need to try harder, my head’s still attached!” she yelled over her shoulder.


“Not for long.” Yumi muttered, glaring daggers at Tora. She surged forward, her lower body still smoke as she rushed after Tora with incredible speed. She shot her hands ahead of her, her sword wielding hand tried to take a swipe at Tora while the other attempted to trip her up.


Tora lept over tree roots and spun around as Yumi’s attacks were coming. She dodged the smokey arm trying to trip her and held up her fins in a cross shape to block the sword. “Sonic Scream!” Tora let out a another blast of ear splitting noise as the momentum from Yumi’s hit caused her to fly backward a couple feet.


Tora landed feet first on the ground and skidded backwards. She spun her back toward Yumi again and maintained the momentum gained from skidding to continue forward to the shore.


From the Depths

“AWWW!” Yumi screamed, clutching her ears again. By the time the horrible ringing in her ears stopped she had lost Tora. Yumi growled as she flew forward, finally making it out of the jungle and onto the beach. “I wonder if she swam away.” She wondered, talking a fully human form again and scanning the water.


“Shark Bullet” Tora jumped out of the ocean at a bullet like speed. Her trajectory had her heading right at Yumi. A large grin was plastered on Tora’s face as she felt seawater streak off of her skin. This was the moment she had been waiting for. Tora’s eyes turned sharklike seconds before she rammed into Yumi’s torso with enough force to knock out a regular person.


“Ouf!” The water hit Yumi in the chest with enough force to knock the wind out of her. She gasped for air but she couldn't seem to bring any into her lungs. She fell onto the sand, her mouth gaping open as she made a choking sound in an attempt to get oxygen.


Tora delivered the KOing punch and flashed her shark teeth canines. “Devil Fruit Powers may be cool, but there’s no way I’m ever going to eat one,” she said to her fallen foe. Tora started to make her way back into the jungle. One battle may be over, but she doubted it was the only one going on. Her comrades needed her.


Winner: Tora

Legend:


Tora talking/thinking


Yumi talking


@DaughterofAthena @shadowdude505

 

[Lady Warlock]

Marcus and Mairi and Ralph

While Mairi was disappointed that Marcus didn’t catch that her wording implied that she wanted them to bathe together (she liked messing with her crewmates like that), she decided that Marcus admitting that she was smarter than him was worth it. “Of course, I don’t expect this to be so easy.” she said, “That’s why I think it would be better if we were together. Even if that man is weaker than myself, I don’t want to give him any kind of advantage.”


Ralph smiled at the two individuals as the girl decided they would agree to help. “That’s so kind of you,” he remarked. “It’ll only take…” He was unable to complete his sentence before the two of them ran off on him saying that he needed to set up.


His eyes looked around the ship for a moment before Ralph realized something. He didn’t need to set up. It didn’t work like that. “WAIT!” he called out, running in the direction that he had seen the two ‘scientists’ run off in. “I don’t need to set up and - and the procedure… you don’t need to be clean!” Peering into the hallway, Ralph looked both ways and hoped that for some odd reason their ship wasn’t designed to be a maze. That would make his life way too difficult. Picking a direction at random, Ralph charged down the hallway as he continued calling out, “Hey guys!! Where did you go!? Guuuuuuyyyyys!!!”


After overhearing Ralph as he ran off, Mairi facepalmed. Is the fact that she was dirty not a good enough reason to clean herself? Why did that of all things raise suspicion? Nevertheless, their target was now loose and probably lost as well. “Looks like your plan--’attack on sight’--might’ve been the best option after all.” she said to Marcus.


Marcus listened to the thumping as he ran through the ship, groaning. “Don’t worry, you don’t have to assure me on that, Mairi.” He patted his chest, making sure his syringes were still in easy reach. Comfortable with them there, he placed his hands in his pockets, gently biting his tongue as he though. “Now...do we ambush him…? Or should we go find him before he causes some serious damage…?” He didn’t speak to anyone, instead staring blankly around the corner into the hallway.


And it was precisely at that moment that the screaming voice that hadn’t stopped began to grow louder rather than softer. Ralph had encountered a dead end, turned around, and was now heading straight for them. It was only after he saw them that the man began to slow down and stop screaming. “Why did you leave? I just want to try out some new acupuncture methods…” He held up a needle that looked slightly long for any realistic form of acupuncture. “My crewmates won’t let me try it on them,” he frowned, “so I was real excited when you said I could. You don’t have to be clean and I don’t need to set up.” The man seemed to feel that that was the only explanation he needed to provide.


Now Mairi understood what this man… no, he was acting too childish. Now she knew what this boy was trying to do. Since the boy didn’t seem to be catching on that she had malicious intent, Mairi tried to keep up the facade. “Isn’t acupuncture supposed to relax? How can I be relaxed when I’m dirty?” she said, “Marcus, would you kindly show this man to my room so I can find him easily when I’m finished?” With that, Mairi left down a different hall, walking only far enough so the boy couldn’t hear her footsteps. She didn’t want to be too far away in case the boy tried something.


“But… but,” Ralph whined. “That’s the point. It’s an experiment to see if my new and improved acupuncture can overcome obstacles, and that,” he said in reference to Mairi being dirty, “Would be an obstacle.” He looked at Mairi and then at Marcus, a puppy-dog like frown on his face.


Marcus grunted, gripping the man’s shoulder, not enough to hurt, but enough to get the message across that he should leave his crew in peace. “Listen. She’ll be right back. If you can’t wait, then you won’t get to do your little obstacle at all, because I’ll chuck you overboard like a bag of chum...cut up and mashed into tiny meaty bits.”


“But… we’re not at sea,” Ralph pointed out. “How would throwing me overboard do any good? I’d land in the sand and look like you.”


A vein seemed to bulge on Marcus’s forehead, but his voice stayed even and calm. “Because the sand won’t put you back together.” He had to restrain himself from grabbing his knife out of his back pocket and cutting the scientist (if he could even be called that) into tiny pieces. Or make him swell up until he choked to death with his syringes.


Ralph decided it wasn’t worth it to ask more questions. Throwing him overboard still didn’t make sense from what Ralph understood, but he had other - more important things on his mind. “So, can I test my acupuncture on you while we’re waiting?!” The smile on his face was unreal.


Marcus held his tongue. ‘I’m not sure if this is such a good idea...this is pretty dangerous, but maybe…’ Marcus crossed his arms over his chest, thinking. ‘We’re not sure if this guy is that dangerous...maybe if I just lock him away?’ Marcus sighed, letting his hands fall. “Fine, fine. It’s not like I haven’t been stabbed with enough needles on accident in school. A few more won’t hurt me. Let’s go, buddy…” He placed his hands on the man’s shoulders and began pushing him in the direction on Mairi’s room.


“School? What kind of school?!” Ralph’s attention perked up when Marcus mentioned it although he moved with Marcus at Marcus’s prodding.


Marcus was quiet for a moment, thought he stopped pushing for a moment. His mind flashed back to a fuzzy looking town, with compressed building’s and a big red building on a little hil some ways away. “Civerus Rise on Gioru Island...big, important place. Expensive, too. But you get one of the top medical educations in the world there.” A pain began to thump inside of his head. and he rubbed his temple. Something was pushing at his memories...He shook his head, focusing back on the task at hand. He continued pushing the man. “Anyways, why do you care? Is it that big of a deal where someone goes to school? At the end of the day, it’s the experience, firsthand.”


“I never went to school so I always wondered…” Ralph remarked. “I was apprenticed when I was very young and I learned that way. I learned through experience, but I always thought all the school kids with their fancy papers came out better. It was all so… official. Do you have a fancy paper?”


Mairi was following relatively close behind them, making sure to stay out of sight. She was glad that they were having a conversation since it would be very easy to know where they were without having to get too close. The fact that Marcus was talking about his past was just a bonus.


Marcus wondered about the stranger’s question. ‘Do I have a paper…? A diploma, I think he means. But still, I don’t know if I have it with me. Maybe I left it at my previous job, but I know it’s not in my room…’ He looked back at the intruder. “I probably do, but I’m not sure where I put it.” He snarled. “Why is this all important! Just keep walking!” All this talk about his past was not sitting right with Marcus. He pushed with a little more force.


“I am walking!” Ralph laughed. “You’re silly. Can’t you see it’s all so fascinating!?”


“Yeah, yeah...it sure is, I guess…” Marcus saw Mairi’s closed door just ahead of them. He pushed the man just so he was standing in front of it, and then patted him on the back once. “Well, here’s my crewmates room! Go on in and set yourself up. I’ll be right in. I have to take off my coat.” He began shrugging out of his coat, pulling one arm free. “Can’t do this thing with something like this on, I’m assuming?” Marcus slowly began walking towards his room, since it was right next door.


Ralph smiled and waved at Marcus as Marcus walked off before he turned to look at the room for a set up. His eyes fell on a chair and he pulled it to the center of the room before nodding to himself. “Yes,” he muttered. “It helps if the subject has a place to sit.” It was only after he pulled the chair to the center that Ralph noticed something was off. Something smelled weird. Paint?


Marcus lept from where he was a soon as the man was far enough from the door to not run out. He grabbed the doorknob and slammed the door shut, holding the handle with two hands, using all of his upper body strength to keep it firm and shut. He allowed himself a little smile. ‘Idiot…’


As Ralph heard the door slam behind him, first, he jumped. Not, of course, that anyone could see him jump, but it happened nonetheless. Then he called out, “Hey! Are you aware that it smells like paint in here!? Is it supposed to smell like paint!?” Without waiting for a reply, Ralph started following his nose, trying to find whatever it was that would create such an odd odor.


After hearing the door slam and the boy’s whining, Mairi stopped tailing and walked up behind Marcus. “I guess it worked okay after all.” she said, “Now we should just wait for the boy to hit the floor and bring him to the brig. I don’t think he’s bad enough to kill.”


Marcus looked back at Mairi, eyebrows lifted. “Really? Honestly, I would prefer to leave him in there so he stops asking me all of those questions.” He looked back at the door, a confused look on his face. “I don’t know, but...I’m struggling with them. And I hate it. Which means I hate him.” He nodded, though he knew that Mairi was right. He wasn’t an immediate threat to them. Maybe he could get a better look at him to find out if he was ‘all there’, as his dad used to say. But the brig was most likely the safest place for him.


Ralph couldn’t even hear what was going on beyond the door, too distracted by the scent that did not belong in the room. He was getting closer, though; he could tell. The scent was getting stronger. Inhaling deeply through his nose, Ralph hoped to finally pinpoint it. Unfortuantely for him, life wasn’t meant to work out that way. The man collapsed on the ground, a loud THUMP signaling his crash.


Marcus heard the fall of their captive, and quickly opened the door to retrieve him. He quickly grabbed him and slung him over his shoulder with ease, standing back up and briskly walking out of the room. When he was out and the door was shut, he took a large gulp of air. He looked at Mairi, then at the man, wrinkling his nose. “You’d think that, after shutting a door on him and leaving him there, he would be suspicious of us and not the fact that the room smells like paint.” He sighed, turning and walking down the hallway. “Come on. I need someone to unlock the cell for me. Let’s hope that he doesn’t wake up in that amount of time.” He didn’t wait for her to answer.


Mairi walked behind Marcus. “That boy seems to always be suspicious about the wrong things.” she said. By exposing that boy to the gas, Mairi learned a few things about the gas. It takes too long to take effect if she wanted to use it in a fight. It also isn’t as lethal as she originally thought. Her resistance to poisons should be strong enough to overcome it, so she could contain it without using a gas mask. This encounter was very educational for her.

 

[Lady Warlock]

Rain…

The clearing… the area flooded with blood and fighting that had originally just started out as two opposing sides seeking one treasure… the whole situation was out of control. And all of a sudden, droplets tarnished all of it. All of a sudden, it was downpouring as though someone had decided to dump a bucket over every single one of their heads. Looking up, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and it seemed that the rain stopped almost as quickly as it had come.


If any of them stopped to listen, they would hear it. It was a loud crash as something large smashed into the surface of the sea which was something that they had never really left all that far behind them even though they had ventured further inland. And after the crash came another wave of droplets, another wave of rain that wasn’t really rain. Actually, it was just the splash of something so immense it was almost terrifying to think about. And if any of them had any amount of memory at all, they would remember the sight of something that may as well just have been the source of all the water now drenching through their clothing.




An arrow whizzed past Mateo’s head, nearly clipping his perfect golden hair although it didn’t quite get close enough for that. Consequently, as it whizzed past Mateo’s head, though, the arrow also zipped right by Scarlet as well and she would not be the happiest of people when her head whipped around to see that the arrow was fired by one of her own crewmates. “Watch where you loose your arrows, Johnny!” Scarlet snapped out loud, her yelp a lot sharper than any bite she might unleash and Johnny would no doubt know that.


Even Scarlet, though, could not ignore the sudden downpour when it came and even as they continued to roll, locked in an epic grappling war, both Scarlet and Mateo’s eyes quickly looked to the sky, surprised to see that it was entirely blue. Scarlet’s attention returned a lot faster than Mateo’s and she took that moment to drive her fist into his face, hard and fast. The Bronze Rifle Captain was out cold.


Then Scarlet’s attention turned to the crew members who were with her, the expression on her face filled with a mixture of excitement and concern. “Anyone want to come check it out!?” Gesturing for the others to follow her to the water that couldn’t have been too far away, it seemed that the captain of the Red Ribbon Pirates had completely forgotten about Mateo’s crewmate who had just been watching on as chaos ensued.


@AnnoDomini @general ostruppen @BLUR @AllHailDago




As Tora made her way through the jungle filled island, there wasn’t really too much to see. With no way to know if she was going the right way or not, it wasn’t impossible that she could’ve spanned the entire island in the short time since she had defeated Yumi. However, no matter how far away she was, the rain would still come to her, still pour down over the fishwoman’s body although it wouldn’t be nearly as unpleasant for her as it was for the rest of the crew. She was, after all, a fishwoman.


And Tora too would be able to hear it, the sound of something hard and firm repeatedly smacking into the water. Good or bad, the sound, the rain, the downpour, it would serve one positive purpose - to bring the crew back together.


@shadowdude505




Ben heard it too. First there was the sound of a gunshot, no doubt something that was fired by Mateo. Then the sound of water surface breaking. Then the downpour. And all three of them happened in fairly rapid succession. His eyes turned briefly in the direction of the sound before they returned to the two individuals in front of him. It seemed that one of them meant to fight him without the other and he was unsure as to how he felt about such a thing. It meant he wouldn’t have to hurt as many people, but it also meant that one more person would have a chance to reach his crewmates, and the treasure, before he was able to. His eyes remained watchful.


@National @sonicfreak101


(I’m going to figure out how to proceed with this section after I’ve talked to sonicfreak which should be tomorrow night. I’ll be in touch.)




“Let me out!” Ralph Wexler’s voice rang throughout the entirety of the ship. “I thought we were friends!” His naivety hadn’t left him before he had been locked up - back when he had been locked in a room with toxic chemicals - and it certainly wasn’t about to vanish now.


His curiosity was even further perked when there was the sudden tapping on the ship. Either someone had spilled a bucket of beads all over the deck or it was raining. Either way, Ralph wanted to see it. And he wanted to get out of the stinking brig.


Even with Ralph begging and pleading, Marcus and Mairi would hear it too - they may have even seen it depending on where exactly they were on the ship at the time. The rain came from the frantic thrashing of a vicious beast and that beast was the same beast that had swept them onto the island in the first place.


@Refaulted @Thesmashbro

 

[shadowdude505]

"Where are they?" Tora thought to herself. She was in the middle of searching for her comrades. Danny and Gali were in the jungle somewhere and they were most likely dealing with one or more of the Bronze Rifle Pirates. Now that Yumi was defeated, Tora was free to lend a hand. The only problem was that she was having trouble finding them. The jungle's trees all looked the same and was throwing off her sense of direction. If only she had a compass.


She continued through the jungle going who knows what direction. She paused once she started to feel the rain. She closed her eyes, tilted her head up to the sky, and held out arms out to her sides in an almost meditative stance. The rain felt soothing and made her feel clean after sweating during her trek. When she opened her eyes she saw the blue sky, no rain cloud in sight. It couldn't be raining, so where was all this water pouring down from.


Tora heard the strange splashing sound and quickly realized that the sound and the "rain" must be connected. But what would be big enough to send ocean water all the way inland? Figuring that the rest of the crew would head toward the sound, Tora began to run toward it. Once reaching the tree line at the beach she paused at the sight of Scylla. Tora was surprised to see the water monster, but she really shouldn't have been shocked. Remembering the Red Ribbons Pirate's encounter with the beast, Tora recounted that they had only escaped it, not defeated it.

 

[D3lmoniko]

Johnny's hand went to his mouth when he realised. The whole fury was replaced by fear as he saw his captain's head snap back at him. As the words flew from Scarlet's mouth, Johnny stood straight, saluting. "S-Sorry captain!" His hands felt like ice, and he started to sweat, or so he taught. He looked up as rain slowly cleaned his face, smiling. Johnny found peace in rain. The sound of soft drops falling on the ground, the cold feeling of a drop gracing his skin.


His jaw dropped when he saw his captain knocking out cold the other with a single punch. "Glad she didn't do that to me!" Johnny said, as his heart was starting to beat fast with the coming realisation that he would've been resting near Mateo. On the outside, only a gulp could've been heard from Johnny. He quickly put his hoodie on his head, to cover his hair from the rain, looking at the captain.


Johnny was a little more scared of his captain's change of expresions, falling backwards on the wet sand as his captain started talking. Slowly raising a shy hand covered by a long sleeve, Johnny speaks up. "M-Me captain..." After saying that, he raises from the sand and follows his captain. "B-But, where are we going, c-captain?"


@DaughterofAthena @general ostruppen @BLUR @AllHailDago

 

[Thesmashbro]

Mairi had finally finished cleaning up her room. The remaining chemical she used to knock out Ralph was now contained and the gas it produced aired out. Since there was nothing else to do here anymore, she decided to head to the deck and scan the area for anything useful. On her way, she passed by the hall that lead to the brig and got an earful of Ralph's whining. Mairi walked over to the cell they kept Palph in and hit the bar with the blunt side of her dagger, making a loud clang. "Get real." she said harshly, "We never were friends. Your crew stole something valuable from us, remember?" Mairi then took a step back and softened her tone. "Now, if the rest of your crew were to give it back and then beg on their hands and knees, then I would reconsider."


Not long after Mairi said that, she heard something on deck. It sounded like heavy rain for only a second before suddenly stopping. Mairi wasn't an expert on weather, but she knew that this wasn't natural rain. Abandoning Ralph, Mairi made her way to the deck to see what was going on. Once she was there, she saw the serpent that cause their shipwreck. Mairi immediately went back below deck, hoping that the serpent didn't notice her. Since she didn't see Marcus up there, she decide to stay near the door so she could inform him without him having to go up and see it, risking drawing the serpent's attention.


@Refaulted @DaughterofAthena

 

[sonicfreak101]

Danny and Gali vs. Ben

The Disappearing Man

"Go find Mateo. I'll take care of the big guy here. Don't worry about me. You did recruit me to be the swordsman, didn't you?"


Danny scrambled to her feet and turned to face Gali. “I’m not going to abandon you here.” She told him firmly, her eyes filled with determination. “We’ll take him down together, then go find the treasure.”


She turned back to Ben and raised her pistols. “If you’re so keen on apologizing then just give up. Before I’m forced to end you.” Danny’s words conveyed only confidence, but deep down she wasn’t sure if could defeat this guy. She had never seen anyone walk on air, or move as fast as he did. She had to win though, if she had hope of taking down the man who had taken everything from her.


Gali continues to eye the large brown haired guy, his sword twirling between his fingers. “Guess we should start this now. If not, we won’t be able to help the others.”


Ben frowned at the two of them. “Do we really have to do this?” He pouted. “Does the treasure really mean that much to you?”


“If you don’t want to fight then don’t!” Danny yelled. “Either grow a backbone or get the hell out of our way!”


Gali looks over at Danny, wondering where her attitude came from. Was this something normal that she does? He shrugs it off, and he begins his first attack. “Sorry buddy, but this is just how we have to settle it. Frost Meadow: Grasshopper!”


Twirling his sword once again, he raises it up above his head, and slashes down, several small blue energy slashes flying towards Ben.


“Shave!” Ben yelled, and suddenly he was gone. Danny looked around frantically, but quickly spotted him on a tree branch above her.


“It’s pointless.” He told them gently. "I’ve been taught something called the Six Powers. It gives me abilities beyond human limits. You can’t beat me.” Ben put his hand to his chin in thought. “Although, I only mastered four of them. And I still sometimes mess up on…” His hand went to his mouth. “Crap, I shouldn't have told you that…”


Danny narrowed her eyes at Ben. Six powers? What the heck is that? Just as Ben was beginning to ramble, she quickly aimed her pistol at him and fired twice. However, as soon as she fired, he was gone again. She scanned around for him again and saw him standing behind her.


“Tempest Kick!” Ben yelled, as he performed a round kick so powerful that it sent a shockwave towards Danny and Gali.


“Gali! Duck!” Danny screamed as she herself dropped to the ground. She watched in awe as the shockwave cut the trees surrounding them in half. I’ve never seen a kick do something like that before. Just what is this guy?


Gali grimaces as Ben mentions the six powers. “Yeah, i’ve heard of them before. I only know one other, Tekkai. If you have really mastered four… damnit.”


Suddenly, the big light brown haired guy vanishes again, and Gali turns around to see a shockwave come straight for him. He raises his sword up, and the shockwave meets his blade, sliding him back several feet yards, right into a tree. Gali jumps up, and slashes in a triangle.


“Frozen Tesla!”


Three energy waves shaped into a triangle fly at Ben, anything they touch freeze on contact.


“Shave!” Ben disappeared again, and reappeared on another tree branch. “Funny you mention Tekkai.” He rambled on good naturedly. “That is one of the ones I didn’t master, although when I learned it, they called it Iron Body. Shoot! I shouldn’t have told you that either.” Ben shook his head and vanished again. He appeared next to Gali, a kick aiming right for his face.


“Son of a -”


He was cut off right then as he gets slammed into a tree, dust flying up everywhere. Gali stumbles back up, blood dripping down his face. “Bastard’s got some skill. Lone Wolf!”


Twirling his sword in his fingers, the blade starts to glow a light blue. Gali closed his eyes, waiting for the big guy to attack. “If he doesn’t have Tekkai, than that means if I hit him once, it will drastically slow him down. I gotta make this count.”


Ben cocked his head at Gali, as if curious about his glowering sword. As he was staring through, Danny had gotten off the ground and fired two more rounds in his direction. Ben, however, disappeared again. He was nowhere in sight, but up above the treetops, Ben’s voice sounded, “Tempest Kick!” as another shock wave came down where Gali was standing.


Gali hears the kick, but he was a little too late to respond. He gasps in pain as the shockwave sends him to the floor, a large gash made from his left shoulder down to his chest. Gali stands back up, blood dripping down his chest. However, he now could pinpoint more or less Ben’s behavior.


“So quick question. What is the sixth power that can make you air walk again?”


While the big guy answers, Gali unleashes lone wolf, and a large energy slash goes straight for Ben.


“Gali!” Danny screamed as blood spills down his chest. She runs toward him but stops when he starts talking. While she can see her friend is seriously injured, she can also tell that he’s trying to catch Ben off guard with his question.


“Oh this?” Ben’s voice calls from above. “Well it’s called… ACK!” Ben yelped. He suddenly appeared by Danny, clutching a wound on his side. It wasn’t a serious injury but the cut was also frozen over, making it extremely painful.


Trained to Kill

Seeing her chance, Danny raised her pistols again, but Ben saw her out of the corner of his eye. He vanished again and appeared next to Danny, aiming a kick at her abdomen. Danny quickly raised her leg to block, but as soon as their legs connected, an overwhelming pain shot up Danny’s leg. Shit! His kicks are powerful. Did I hear a crack? I hope he didn’t fracture my leg.


As Danny recovered from the hit, Ben stepped back and side kicked Danny in the chest, sending her flying backwards into a tree. Danny hit the tree hard and fell onto her hand and knees. She tried desperately to force air into her lungs but the hit had knocked the air out of her. Dammit! I definitely heard a crack this time. Danny brought a hand up to her chest, where she knew she had a few broken ribs. Shit. How can he be this much stronger than me? Am I really this weak? How am I going to make it in the Grand Line if I can’t beat this guy? How am I going to kill HIM if I can’t win this fight? As Danny finally caught her breath, she looked up at Ben and glared.


Ben returned Danny’s glare with a look of despair. “Please give up.” He pleaded. “I don’t want to hurt anybody. But I have to follow Captain Mateo. He saved me. Just give up and I won’t have to hurt you anymore.”


Gali’s eyes widen as he watches Danny get sent flying. “Danny no!!”


Galie struggles to get himself up, his anger flaring up. Twirling his sword around again, his prediction was at least right. This guy was easily distracted. He has to use this to his advantage.


“What do you mean by when Mateo saved you? Honestly, I don’t know how that guy can save someone.”


As he talks, his eyes scan the entire area. Ben’s patterns were pretty easy to read. He just needed some time to plan his attack.


Ben’s eyebrow twitched and he frowned, looking over at Gali. “Don’t insult my captain.” He said in an eerily calm voice. “And I won’t fall for the same trick twice.”


Gali grimaces, but he continues to talk. “Hey now, I didn’t mean it as an insult. I just meant that he would not have enough time. Being a Pirate, you are always being constantly chased by different enemies. I am saying it as an honorable thing.”


Ben sighed, a melancholy look returning to his face. “No matter how you meant it, I cannot let you pass. I owe him my life. So please surrender… I was trained to kill once. I don’t want to have to do it again.”


“Trained to kill?” Danny coughed out, getting to her feet. “Trained to kill where?”


“I’m afraid I can’t tell you that.” Ben replied.


“Well they obviously did a terrible job.” Danny sneered. “I’ve never met anyone in my entire life this squeamish about fighting.”


“If you’re trying to bait me, it won’t work.” Ben informed her. “I have my own reasons for not wanting to fight, and I’m not ashamed of them.”


“Who said I was trying to bait you?” Danny replied, smirking. “No, I was trying to distract you.”


Right as she says her last word, a huge “Shwing!” Is heard as Gali appears behind Ben, his sword surrounded by a chilling aura. Without hesitation, Gali appears again in front of Ben, the sword halfway through its sheath. “Black Dragon Cloud.”


He whispers these last three words before resheathing his sword. At first nothing happens, until a split second later, slashes cover Ben’s torso, every single wound being frozen over, until the ice was shaped into a dragon’s head.


“Arugh!” Ben cried, clutching his chest. He almost fell to his knees but managed to keep standing. “S-shave!” He called out, disappearing. However, he reappeared next to Danny, tripping on the mud made from the rain that had started to fall. “Wah!” Ben fell flat on his face and woozily got onto his hands and knees. “Ah! I never completely mastered this six power. Ah!” His hand went to his wounded chest again.


Resolve

Danny rushed over to him and kicked him over so that he was lying on his back. She placed her foot on his injured chest and aimed her pistol at his forehead. “You certainly got some skills, I’ll grant you that.” Danny told the man. “But you’ll never accomplish anything with a resolve as weak as yours.”


Ben winced as Danny dug her foot into his wounded chest. He looked up at Danny with terror in his eyes. Danny’s eyes regarded him coldly, her pistol still aimed a his head. Kill him. A voice called sweetly in her head with eerie familiarity. He hurt your crewmate. He’ll hurt the rest of them too if you don’t stop him. You promised you’d protect them right? Show how strong YOUR resolve is. Kill him and prove that you are strong enough to kill the man that took everything away from you.


Dannys finger wrapped around the trigger, but she took one last look at Ben’s eyes. They were fearful, but not fearful of death. To Danny they were the eyes of a man who was afraid of failure. Like she was. Suddenly her arm moved and her finger squeezed the trigger.


Ben cried out as the bullet entered his shoulder. Blood gushed down his arm as he looked up at Danny in shock.


“Don’t ever come near my crew ever again.” Danny warned him. She took her foot off of the defenseless man and walked towards her crewmate.


Gali looks over to her, nodding, blood dripping off his chin and chest. “It takes resolve to show mercy. You did good.”


He winces as blood continues to flow from his wound. He takes a glance around the battlefield, and whistles weakly at all the frozen mess. “Well, that was a scene.”


Danny refused to turn back to the still crying Ben. She wasn’t sure if it was resolve or weakness that held her back. It didn’t matter now though. There were more important things to consider. “We can’t go hunting down the treasure with you bleeding like that.” Danny pointed out. She put her arm behind his back and steadied him. “Come on. We gotta head back to the ship so Marcus can get a look at you.”


Gali nods, her support pushing him up a bit, giving him more balance.


“Yeah, thanks for that. By the way, don’t look down on yourself. Whatever past you had with him or whatever, just keep it behind you. Trust me, I know where he comes from.”


“I don’t have any ‘past’ with him.” Danny replied. “And I don’t want to have any ‘future’ with him either. I just hope the others are okay. There are still other Bronze Rifle Pirates out there.” Danny looked out worriedly out into the forest. “If anybody else is hurt… there’s going to be hell to pay.”


Winner: Danny and Gali





Legend:


Gali talking


Danny talking/thinking


Ben talking


@DaughterofAthena @National @Refaulted

 

[BLUR]

Clay Plainswalker

​

It was a bit of an odd situation. In the midst of the battle between Scarlet and Mateo, the sound of water clapping against some large surface boomed throughout the island, followed by a sudden and quick downpour. It had rained a few moments before as well, but this time it was a bit different, as the current downpour had been preceded by the loud clapping sound that was reminiscent of the waves slamming into the rocky shore of Karate Island in Clay's memories. Something had crashed into the water, and whatever it was just have been quite huge.


Meanwhile Captain Scarlet took everyone being distracted as an advantage, knocking out Mateo with one punch while his mind was somewhere else. Clay's jaw dropped and his eyes widened. "One Punch?! Gee Cap, you're even stronger than I thought!"


“Anyone want to come check it out!?”


Clay thought about it for a moment. Of course, there was an enemy still standing right there next to Mateo, probably fully prepared to exact vengeance on the Red Ribbons for taking out his captain. Clay could stay back, giving in to his laziness that was urging him to to move, and hold off that opponent. On the other hand, he became a pirate to explore the world and take part in many adventures, and the intrigue of the source of the prior events was quite high for him. Even his lazy ass couldn't stay back.


"Aye, aye, Captain!" Clay yelled cheerfully, standing back on his feet while he flashed a wide grin.

 

[sonicfreak101]

Scarlet vs. Roy

Stop. Hammer Time!

“Oh no you don’t!”


Scarlet was busy trying to keep track of her crew. Clay had followed without question although she had quickly lost track of Norman and Adam. When she glanced behind her as she was running, they were no where to be seen. Answering Johnny’s question directly, Scarlet proclaimed, “I dunno! There’s something out there and I wanna see what it is!!” She was clearly very excited.


It was due to her intense excitement that Scarlet completely missed Roy’s comment as he charged at her, angry that she had knocked out his captain. Scarlet completely missed it and for that reason alone, she took a hammer to the side which sent her flying sideways only for her body to slam into a coconut tree. And just as she sat up to try to regain her bearings, Scarlet’s head was impacted with a hard object - a coconut.


“Don’t think you’re getting off easy.” Roy approached Scarlet with a dark look in his eye. “I’m not as nice as my captain.”


Not even casting him a glance, Scarlet reached into her pocket and pulled out a small mirror into which she gazed for a single second before her eyes shot up at Roy filled with an undeniable fury. “YOU MESSED UP MY HAIR!!” In all reality, her hair was still a mess from when she got thrown off the ship, but who could honestly expect her to remember that? No one, obviously. Her eyes turned to the rest of her crewmates as she sneered, “Go investigate. He’s mine!”


“Oh, you’re going to have a bigger problem than a bad hair day when I’m done with you girly.” Roy sneered. He brought his hammer over his head and smashed it into the ground. The earth under Scarlet’s feet rumbled and a crack formed where Roy brought his hammer down.


Scarlet jumped to her feet, actually using the rumble from the smash to put some more spring into her step as she did so, and she did it in such a way that it started some forward momentum for her as she lowered her head to charge him like a bull would a red flag. Her head - messed up hair and all - connected with his abdomen as she used the strength in her legs to drive him back, eventually toppling him onto the ground.


“What the -OMPH!” Roy was not expecting Scarlet to come at him head first. He landed flat on his backside, but quickly scrambled back onto his feat. “Are you crazy?!” He asked bewildered. “Your whole crew is fucking crazy!”


Fighting Dirty

A smirk creeped onto Scarlet’s face as she replied, “No one is ever expecting ‘crazy’.” Without further comment, Scarlet reached up with her arms at full extension and smacked her hands against Roy’s ears, slapping hard enough to swish around the water in his cochlea, throwing off any sense of balance he still had after being driven backwards.


“Fuck!” Roy stumbled back even further, wobbling back and forth, unable to keep a steady balance. He charged at Scarlet, but instead of rushing her down, he hooked his hammer behind her leg and swept her feet out from under her. “Then you don’t mind if I start playing dirty, princess?”


Scarlet smiled once more as she replied, “Not at all,” as she fell flat on her butt, wincing slightly at the impact although in reality it was nothing. “But princess… really… come on now. I’m gonna be QUEEN of the Pirates!” Spinning on the ground, she moved to sweep her leg underneath Roy’s mimicking his previous attack.


“Nice try,” Roy snickered as he jumped over her legs and landed back on his feet. He raised his hammer and brought it down towards Scarlet’s head.


Scarlet’s hands shot up, reaching over her head as she grasped onto the handle of the hammer although there was also an intense grimace on her face. The weapon had been coming down hard and one did not break Newton’s laws without great price - the price for Scarlet was the integrity of her bones. A loud crack rang out as her radius snapped, unable to bear the impact although Scarlet did not let go. From what she could see, that weapon - that hammer - was the only weapon available in the fight and whoever wielded it would be the victor.


“Nice try to you as well,” she snarled through gritted teeth.


“Let go of my hammer you fucking psycho!” Roy growled, tugging back on his weapon.


As Roy lifted the hammer up, Scarlet’s grip was fierce. As such, Roy was actually picking Scarlet up in the process. However, at the last second before her feet left the ground, Scarlet kicked against it hard, giving her the momentum to swing her feet forward and dig both of her feet into Roy’s gut. “Put. The Hammer. Down.”


“Never,” Roy huffed as he had the wind knocked out of him. He refused to let go of the hammer, so instead of pulling up, Roy forced his weight onto Scarlet, toppling them both over.


“Well then you’re in for a treat,” Scarlet replied, spitting into his face as she jabbed up with her knee since he was now basically on top of her.


“OMPH!” Roy gritted his teeth as Scarlet kneed him in the groin. “You...bitch…” He seethed, his voice a tad higher than it was before. He moved his hands down his hammer and pried Scarlet’s hands off of his weapon. He moved the Hammer away from her and grabbed both of her wrists with one hand and forced them over her head. “Surrender girly, because unlike my captain, I have no problems hurting a lady.”


Tears sprang from Scarlet’s eyes at the pain of his grip on her now broken wrist although her face remained filled with fury… well, every part of it except her eyes, which squinted closed as she tried to hide the pain he had caused her. She didn’t want to give him that satisfaction.


“Cry all you want, tears won’t sway me.” Roy lifted up his hammer. “Now, are you done having a tantrum or do I need to crack your skull open?”


Interrupted

Scarlet’s lips moved, beginning to form a retort that would no doubt make her situation even worse; however, it was also at that exact moment that an ear piercing screech filled the air. It was a sound so loud, so deafening, so painful. And Scarlet smirked as she began molding her sound barrier, sure to exclude Roy from any barrier to the painful sound.


“What the-” Roy wondered, before a horrible screeching filled his ears. “Aurgh!” His hands went up to his ears but it was too late, the screeching felt like it was rattling his brain in his skull. He stumbled to his feet and back haphazardly away from Scarlet.


“Ha!” Scarlet squeeled as she was freed from being trapped underneath Roy’s weight as she watched him in his misery for a moment before she allowed her sound barrier to creep around him - just for long enough for him to hear what she had to say. “Maybe I’ll consider you when I become Queen of the Pirates, if you make it that long.” Quickly, she allowed him to once more succumb to the pain of the screech before she ran off in search of her crew once more.


Winner: Scarlet

Legend:


Scarlet talking


Roy talking


@BLUR @AnnoDomini @DaughterofAthena

 

[Lady Warlock]

For those crew members who had followed Scarlet from the beginning, they would come upon a familiar sight when they reached the edge of the water. Flailing uncontrollably just far enough off shore was the sea monster that had stranded them on the island in the first place. It was the beast Scarlet had nicknamed Scylla and it flailed and thrashed and sent drenching water flying everywhere, the waves becoming insistently violent in its seething rage and agony.


Rain fell down a few seconds after the sea monster splashed it up. And the cycle continued on and on.


@BLUR @AnnoDomini @AllHailDago @general ostruppen




Meanwhile, as Tora wandered through the rain, she would come across something that seemed almost too obvious. A red ‘X’ was chalked into the sand and as the rain splattered onto it, it would almost look as though the ground was bleeding from the dye that seemed to have been used. Looking around, if she did, Tora would see no one else nearby although she could still feel the rain no matter how odd its pattern became.

Spoiler

If Tora decides that she has indeed found the treasure and she digs, she will indeed find a chest. Opening it, there are two exceedingly large white stones that are almost so heavy that she can’t pick them both up.


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Ralph looked at Mairi in something that resembled shock. “We were never friends? Really… you were gonna let me test my technique on you and everything.” Ralph crumpled, depressed now. He had really thought that that was what friendship was.


Ralph was not immune to hearing the rain, though, either. As soon as he saw Mairi run off, he called out, “WHAT’S GOING ON!?” It was a mere question out of curiosity. Ralph happened to be the kind of person who found weird things to be some of the most interesting things there were and from the sound pattern of the rain, it was definitely interesting.


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As Tora was searching for the others she noticed a red X on the ground. Could this be marking the treasure that they were after? Tora crouched near the X and started to dig a hole using her fins like shovels. Once deep enough she heard one of her fins clunk against wood. After clearing away some more dirt she found herself crouching beside a treasure chest.


Tora opened the chest and noticed the two large white stones. "What are these things?" she wondered. She tried to lift them, but barely could lift one. Moving the chest by herself was out of the question. Tora closed the chest and climbed out of the hole she dug. Looking around she couldn't see anyone. The sea monster must still be at the beach though, she could still feel the creature's rain-like splashes.


Tora wondered how the rest of the crew were doing. She had fought a Bronze Rifle Pirate and received a couple of scratches. How did the rest of her crew mates fare against the rival pirates? She didn't know. "Now's not the time to worry. I'm sure the others are fine." she reassured herself. Glancing down at the treasure chest she knew she would have to find the others to help her retrieve the treasure. Should she leave it here to go find them? What if it took her awhile to find the others? What if the other pirate group snatched the treasure by the time she got back with everyone.


Tora snapped her fingers as an idea popped into her head. Standing near the treasure chest, Tora grabbed her guitar and started to strum it. "Well here we are we're back again, safe upon the shore. In Belfast town we'd like to stay and go to sea no more. We'll go in to a public house and drink 'till we're content. For the lassies they will love us 'till our money is all spent. So pass the flowing bowl boys there's whiskey in the jar, and we'll drink to all the lassies at the jolly roving tar..."


She continued to sing the folk song from her home, singing as loud as she could. Her Siren's voice wasn't being used, but the others in her crew would be able to tell that it's her voice and location.


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Norman and Tora


as collabed by AllHailDago and shadowdude505


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Norman didn’t know what to make of the pools of water randomly falling from the sky. It wasn’t raining, and it was too far from the shore to be crashing waves. Must be some weird island thing was his only rationalization. However, he still didn’t enjoy the fact it almost kept hitting his ashes. Pulling himself together was really difficult when he was wet. And he did not want to have to deal with being spread out for too long like the last time. He’d shudder thinking about it if he were whole.


He was shaken out of his awful memory when Scarlet yelled for the crew to go see what was up. She seemed to have the fight under control, having seemingly knocked that “Captain” guy out in one punch. Norman knew that guy was a joke, but come on, this was ridiculous. Anyways, he coalesced instantly with a short, “Aye Captain.” Then he began to run off into the forest, pouring out ash from his hands as he went.


He wanted to make sure he saw clearly what was happening from a high vantage point. So he was gonna try something new based off that air hoppy guys technique. It shouldn’t be too hard thanks to his Ash Logia fruit. Bringing forth the ash he created on the run he began creating disc shaped platforms out of solid in the air in front of him. He jumped and landed on each one, using them as platforms in the air to jumps off of. Each time he pushed off as hard as he could to gain air, and formed a new one in the air below his feet at the apex of his jump. It was tricky to give it the right amount of stability and took adjusting, but he got it after a few tries.


He was not prepared to see what he did once he landed on the highest treetop he could reach. A freaking SEA SERPENT was smashing water at the island. It was sooooo cool. Norman wanted to go and fight it. Or maybe ride.. wait never mind. He kinda just wanted to get it as a pet for the crew maybe. Although he couldn’t quite fight a water creature all by himself. It was stupidly dangerous even at long range. Especially seeing how much water that thing can smack around. Norman needed someone good with water. Tora maybe, yeah Tora would be great! As quickly as he thought her name he swore he heard her voice. She was singing, but not quite siren like as last time. All he heard were lyrics that gave him a clue where she was.


“...So pass the flowing bowl boys


there's whiskey in the jar,


and we'll drink to all the lassies


at the jolly roving tar...”


Yeah, definitely Tora’s singing. Norman always found her words to be pretty, but weird and confusing. They were weird songs he rarely ever recognized. But apparently they were like, normal for pirates? Well whatever, he had to reach her and ask her to help him beat up a sea monster! He jumped off the tree and turned to ash mid-air, hitting the ground below with a puff before reforming and running towards the sound of her singing. It didn’t take him long to come to an area of less dense forestation, finding Tora singing in a small clearing. “Hey Toraaaa!”, he yelled as he approached her. “Wanna help me fight a sea monster? I could use someone with water skills!”


Tora flinched after hearing Norman’s nearby yell, playing a sour note on her guitar. “Norman? I didn’t see you there,” she said after spinning around to look at him. “Forget about the sea monster. I found something more important at the moment.” She pointed at the hole behind her with her thumb. “Don’t know what it is, but it’s in a treasure chest. So it must be treasure,” she added with a grin.


“F-forget the sea monster?”, he said with a gasp. “I mean, treasure is cool, but SEA MONSTER.” He looked at the treasure chest with a small glower. “If it's really that important and you need it to come with us i can take care of that. I just need you to give it to me and say i can have it.” He bounced in place several times impatiently. “But you got to do it quickly, before someone else fights the sea monster first. Come on come one comeooooon.”


“Scarlet wouldn’t be happy if you didn’t share,” Tora teased. “The two stones are pretty heavy. I could barely hold one. You sure you won’t need a little help with the chest?”


“No nonono. See my fruit has a neat power. I can like, store stuff. If its my stuff i can put it, uhhh somewhere.Dunno, never thought where. But look.” He gestured sideways, to a small cloud of his ash in midair. He reached into it and pulled out a katana. Then he placed it back in the cloud and dispersed it to reveal thin air. “Anything that’s mine i can store, um, wherever this goes. I just need it to be mine. I can’t steal stuff with this. I can summon it up and give it to Scarlet back on the ship later. Just let’s hurry so we can fiiiiiight the monster!” He rushed over to her side to help her get the chest out of the ground.


“Fine, looks like it’s temporarily yours. We should get this back to the ship. Afterward I’ll consider helping with the sea monster,” she replied. “Though I really think we should leave it alone for now.”


Norman nodded, not paying much attention after she said “help with the sea monster”. He wrapped all the ash he had summoned up recently around the chest in what looked like a small vortex. He began to spin it and wrap it around the form of the chest, fitting it to size. This was the largest thing he’d actually wanted to store before. He had dozens of swords and other weapons stored, but honestly he stored each one separately so hopefully this worked. As the ashes finally fit to the form of the chest he made a squeezing gesture with his hand and dispersed the ashes.


To his great pleasure the chest was gone, leaving only crushed leaves where it had been set moments before. “Alright seems we’re good to go for now. Let’s hurry so we can fight that monster and make it the crews pet!” Without waiting for her to respond he dashed off in the direction of the ship. He was sure she’d be just behind him.


“I said I’d consider it!” Tora shouted as she ran to catch up with Norman. Not knowing how the others did in their fights against the rival pirates, she kept an eye out for the Bronze Rifle Pirates.


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[Lady Warlock]

Scylla: The Sea Monster

The sea monster’s thrashing went on and on, continually splashing water up into the air and that water continued to rain down on to all of the pirates that spotted the small island that really didn’t seem to have any reason to be under constant assault from such an angry creature. As a few members of the crew stood there watching it, the serpent too far away from them for anyone to really take any action, they would hear the voice of their jubilant captain rejoining them. “WOW!” she beamed, mouth agape as she stared at the serpent’s true majesty. “I think it likes us!” She seemed very pleased with that thought.


Slowly, it seemed that the beast was moving further up shore and Scarlet started to follow it along the shore, remaining far enough away from the water as someone with her abilities should have. If any of her crewmates looked at her carefully, they would notice her holding her wrist very gingerly. Waving her arm that didn’t seem to be bothering her, Scarlet’s arms moved in a grand gesture as she beckoned, “Let’s follow it!”


Running alongside the beast along the shore of the water, it would become entirely clear that they were making their way back towards their ship, Charybdis although there didn’t seem to be any reason why the sea monster would head that way.


The group that had been with Scarlet quickly merged with their separated crew members, first joining up with Danny and Gali - both of whom didn’t look to be in the best shape - and then, just as the ship came into sight, they would see Tora and Norman also heading towards Charybdis. “Look!” Scarlet called out to them, pointing at the sea monster. “Isn’t it beautiful!?” Scarlet was completely spontaneous as always.


Mairi and Marcus, still inside the ship, would no doubt hear both the sea monster as it made its way closer and the voice of their captain. If Marcus went out to look, he would quickly realize he had a lot of work to do, if nothing else just by looking at Gali and Danny.


Norman, turned at the call of his Captain, who he could not be happier to see at that moment. “Beautiful? IT’S AWESOME. IMMA FIGHT IT!” he exclaimed with a boisterous yell. Then he held out his hands in front of him and began creating ashes out of the ends of his finger tips. His hands dissolved over the course of the attempt, the flow increasing in speed. In a few short moments the ground in front of him had a large pile of ashes on it.


He formed them into the shape of the chest from earlier. Then he dusted the top layer of ash away to reveal the chest beneath. “Treasure. For you Captain. Tora was very…. insistent i bring it to you, before fighting the monster. Can i fight it now?”


Scarlet stared at the chest that had almost literally been dropped at her feet and her eyes couldn’t decide where to look - at the chest, or at the sea monster. She didn’t even get a chance to reply, though. At that exact moment, the sea monster let out a loud, wailing screech and her tail shot out of the water, sweeping across the beach to scoop up the chest.


Unfortunately, Scarlet was in the way, getting swept into the water along with the chest.


Moments passed…


Above the surface, the crew mates would only see two small splashes. Two small creatures poked their way onto the surface and although they were too small to see, their color was a nearly perfect match to that of the sea monster that had dragged of Scarlet.


Beneath the water, Scarlet was merely left to sink, completely unnoticed by the three serpents that now claimed the water. The sea monster once again flailed to the surface although this time, it didn’t seem to be enraged. It didn’t splash water all over the island. Instead, it seemed to be dancing with the two much smaller creatures that had appeared out of nowhere.


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Tora the Fishwoman Hybrid

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Tora was glad to see Scarlet and the others as she returned to the ship with Norman. She was glad that they were safe and smiled at them. Although she was a bit concerned after seeing everyone's injuries. Danny and Gali looked the worst out of everyone. Tora was lucky that she had only made it out with a couple of scratches. Tora wasn't worried about her injuries and would definitely make sure that Danny and Gali got medical attention first.


"Looks like I missed some of the fun," Tora said to everyone. "We should tell each other our battle stories later." She followed Scarlet's finger and saw the sea monster. "That's a common thing about nature," she replied, nodding in agreement. "Sometimes the pretty things are the most dangerous, though. I think we should just leave it alone," she added, giving Norman a serious glance.


"A sea monster is dangerous and we had enough trouble on this island as is." Shortly after Tora's statement was made it was proved right . Tora watched in shock has Scylla grabbed the treasure and ended up pulling it and Scarlet underwater. She quickly dove after the sinking Scarlet and grabbed her. Tora swam back to the surface and dragged Scarlet back onto the beach.


As she started to pump Scarlet's chest with her hands, she noticed the two smaller sea monsters dart around Scylla. "So that was the treasure?" Tora asked with a chuckle. "Looks like Scylla is a mother."


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Johnny jumped a little when he saw the monster trashed around, clearly startled. 'Is it in pain?' He asked himself, lowering his bow. The small drops of water made Johnny to look up, the small periods of the monster's rain making him relax. Hearing Tora's song, his eyes started to look around, trying to find the source of the sound.


His attention went to his captain. "I-I think it wanted to b-be alone. I can't blame it..." He continued to follow his captain, keeping an eye on the monster. Turning his head he saw Tora and Norman. A smile crept on Johnny's face. "Hey there you two." Putting his hands behind his back, he went next to his captain, looking at her, then at the chest. Johnny sure was curious. "M-Maybe it's something we can u-use to buy or repair our ship."


Johnny was pushed out of the way when Scarlet and the treasure was taken. "Captain!" Johnny yelled, as he saw Tora jump in the water and pull out Scarlet. Scrambling to his feet, he went near Tora, then at the sea monster. "That's why she was so protective... She wanted her children." Johnny couldn't help but smile, then sighs and puts his hand on his head. "Well, I guess we could probably hitch a ride." Johnny's anxiety, oddly, seemed to disappear, even though he didn't have his arrows back.


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[Lady Warlock]

Captain Scarlet Johanna Indigrid

As Tora’s hands pumped onto Scarlet’s chest over and over again, Scarlet began coughing roughly as her lungs tried to expel the water that had made its way down her throat. Sitting up, Scarlet continued coughing for a moment before she ran her hand through her hair and sneered, “Ah, yuck! Now my hair’s going to dry like a prune!” Salt water tended to dry up everything. Nonetheless, it was her whining that would tell the rest of her crewmates that she really was fine.


Her head turned to look at the water and her eyes softened when she saw the two smaller serpents. “Aww…” she mumbled softly. “They’re so cute!” Remembering something Norman had asked earlier, Scarlet turned her head to her navigator and remarked, “No. Not today. Scylla’s a new mommy now so we should leave her be. Maybe next time.”


Scarlet’s gaze drifted between Tora, Johnny and Norman for a moment as she nodded, almost as though she was agreeing with herself. “Well, if that was the treasure, then I don’t think there is any more reason for us to stick around,” she commented. “I dunno about hitching a ride, but Charybdis doesn’t look too bad, does she?” Eyeing up their ship, Scarlet came to realize that the ship itself wasn’t torn apart too badly from their crash landing and now that it was later in the day, the tide might actually make it possible for them to leave. “Shall we?”


As Scarlet stood up, she fiddled with her broken wrist in her hand, realizing that she really needed to talk to Marcus and see if he could fix it. Her gaze drifted to Gali and Danny and then to Tora, realizing that they would all need Marcus’s unique skills as well. It seemed that Scarlet had all but forgotten about the sea monster that had started their whole adventure in the first place. However, that wouldn’t last long as Scylla let out one elongated squeal before she dived into the water, leaving the two smaller serpents confused as they floated near the surface. Another loud screech filled the air as Scylla returned to the surface of the water, this time arching every inch out of the water as she splashed some of it into the air. This time, when it rained down, though, it wasn’t just water. Small gold coins fell down as well.


If any one of the Red Ribbon Pirates gave it much thought, they would quickly realize that they were not the first ones who had been washed up on the island. Surely, some ships never made it off the island after landing and among those would have been ships with treasure. And it was that same treasure that Scylla now splattered over them. The sea serpent was saying thank you, if such a thing was possible.


Scarlet was not one of the people to look that much into things. She merely arched back and allowed herself to bask in the rain for a moment before turning to her crew and snapping quite loudly, as was her style. “Well? What are you waiting for!? We need the treasure, right!? We’ve still got the One Piece to find!” Without saying anymore, Scarlet beckoned to Danny, Gali and Tora - the three of note who appeared injured - and leading them back to the ship.


Approaching, Scarlet wondered if her two missing crewmates might be inside. “Marcus!? Mairi!?”


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[National]

Gali Way


A very drawed out sigh escaped Gali's lips as he looks down and up at the very massive amount of golden coins and treasury raining down on them. However, it was not a saddening sigh, as he was relieved that his crew members were safe, and that they all did in fact get rewarded. Reky, the golden parrot, beautifully glistened with the rain of golden coins falling down below, his golden wings allowing him to float over the ship, mischeviously eyeing all the treasure. The parrot grabs as many pieces of treasury as it can in its mouth and talons before flying off and depositing them mostly in Gali's room. Gali could only chuckle at the greedy bird, drips of blood still dripping out of his mouth, his bare chest covered in gashes and blood. His sword was now sheathed. His demonic, chilling ice blue aura was now also gone, his eyes now back to their normal ocean blue color. He looks over to his captain, and nods, his black hair covering his left eye as his bandana almost falls off his head.


"I do have a question, fearless leader. The next adventure awaits us. Where do you wish to take us? Where do you want the sea to take us next?"


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Tora stopped pumping Scarlet's chest once her captain started to cough the water out. She smiled after hearing her captain complain about how the salt will mess with her hair. Giving Scarlet some space, Tora stood up and took a couple steps back. Tora turned her gaze to Scylla and the baby sea monsters. "I'm sure these won't be the last sea monsters we'll find," she said to Norman.


Tora watched as Scylla dove under the water. She wasn't sure what the sea monster was planning, but she giggled at the sight of the confused babies. Moments later Scylla reemerged and Tora felt a small piece of metal hit her forehead. Tora flinched before noticing that a gold coin laid at her feet. Tora quickly removed her guitar case from her back and laid it onto the sand. She pulled out her guitar and hung the strap over over her shoulder. Her guitar case wouldn't be empty for long since it started to fill up with the coins from countless ships.


Once the guitar case was full of coins, Tora closed it and picked it up. She carried it with her as she boarded the Charybdis behind Scarlet. "We're a little banged up, but we're back in one piece," Tora called out to Marcus and Mairi. "Marcus, you have your work cut out for you though." Tora didn't wait for the ship's doctor to make his presence known as she started to head down to the treasure room to dump the coins out of her guitar case.


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[Refaulted]

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Marcus gently adjusted the wires leading to Leo's body, the liquid inside sloshing gently as he checked it. He refilled the medicine inside of it, and made sure that his crew mates oxygen mask was secure, and then made the blanket that laid over him a little straighter. The crisp, white sheets laid just over the man's chest, and his arms were straight along the rest of his body. Marcus walked away from the bed and pulled the curtain around the bed in habit.


As he walked out of the room, he pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pants pocket, which he had changed into a clean pair of, as well as his shirt and vest, and he had made a new pair of glasses appear as if out of nowhere. He placed the smoke in between his lips, pulling out a lighter and flicking it open, the fire sparking to life as it opened. The strangely decorated lighter had a engraving carved into it, that looked similar to a dove with a branch in it's mouth, and to anyone who wasn't all that wise, they would have thought it was a simple symbol of peace, a dove and a olive branch. But the branch in question was instead a hazel tree branch. It was the common symbol of the Morence Brotherhood Dorm, which the doctor had been a part of during his time in school. His had been crafted by another student in his dorm, but for the life of him, he couldn't remember his name, not even his face. In fact, no face from his old school came to his mind...


His thoughts were interrupted as he heard water hitting the deck above his head, though the sound was muffled. The medical room they had on the ship was rather good at keeping out noise, for the soundness of whoever was unfortunate enough to fall into the ward. It also gave Marcus a place to read when he was bored and the weather outside on the deck was not as nice as he would prefer it to be.


He walked down the hallway while putting his lighter away, though his cigarette was still in his mouth, disregarding Mairi standing near the door as he walked out into the sunshine. He was slightly surprised at the rain shining in the sun, holding his hand out as the last few drops fell from the sky. He heard the water hit the sea around the island, and walked over to the edge of the boat to look out. He just barely caught the last glimpse of scales descending into the water, and a glint caught his eye in the air. He reached a long arm out, catching the heavy piece in his hand and pulling it back to look at it. A gold coin shone, still wet from the seawater that it had come from.


He was confused at where it had come from, but he just shrugged his shoulders and placed it in the pocket of his shirt on his chest, and turned to where he could hear his name being called.


He approached his returning crew and looked over them. A small scowl appeared on his face, but he knew his eyes gave him away. He was glad that they had returned alive, at the least. He pointed to the door that lead to the inside of the ship. "Get your asses down the infirmary, then! All three of you grab a bed, or a chair if you're really feeling brave enough. I'll grab a few things from my room, and then get you guys back to fighting shape. Or at least have you able to walk around the ship without passing out from blood loss. Get going." He turned and shouted to Mairi. "MAIRI! Make sure none of these guys hurt themselves as they get to the infirmary, please and thank you!" He then turned to the captain, crossing his arms over his chest. "And you. Don't go sneaking off before I get a look at you. We got someone from the other ship locked up down in the brig, so you can have a look at him if you want. But I want to see you in the ward as soon as you can. I don't want to hunt you down." He gently jabbed her nose, before stalking off with his hands in his pockets back down to his room to grab supplies, cigarette still unlit.


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[Lady Warlock]

Captain Scarlet Johanna Indigrid

As Marcus started talking to her, Scarlet tried to cross her arms in front of her, mimicking his movements because it seemed like it would be a fun thing to do. She quickly regretted her attempt though because it sent a sharp pain running up her right arm that reminded her that she had in fact gotten hurt not too long ago. Her face curled into a grimace before she nodded to Marcus, not really having the energy to throw together an argument. She was curious at the mention of a prisoner, though.


Turning around, Scarlet started barking orders in hopes to get moving despite the injuries that Marcus needed to investigate. First, she addressed Gali’s question, hoping to catch the swordsman before he made his way down to Marcus’s ward. “Um…” It took Scarlet a moment to think of a reasonable answer before the thought came to her. “Supplies! Yes,” she nodded, confirming her thought, ]“we need supplies if I remember right! And now we have money! So we’ll go to get supplies! THEN we’ll finally go to the Grand Line!”


Scarlet’s head whipped around fast as she turned to speak to another member of her crew. “Norman! Where were we going to go before?” No matter how much she racked her brain, she couldn’t remember the island he had been intending to lead them to. “That’s where we need to go now,” she added in. “Get us there!”


Finally, Scarlet was fairly certain that she had done everything she needed to do in order to get the crew moving again and she made her way down to the brig, peering in to see Ralph. “Hmm?” he mumbled as he looked up at her.


“You don’t look like much of a prisoner,” Scarlet commented, fiddling with her wrist with one hand.


“I thought they were my friends…” Ralph sighed.


“Who? Marcus and Mairi?” Scarlet raised her eyebrows at him curiously. “They’re not the best to make friends with, in all honesty. Are you with the others who were on the island? The ones who tried to steal the treasure?”


Ralph nodded.


“Well, we found the treasure and it wasn’t much of one,” Scarlet explained. “So I don’t see much reason to keep you locked up here. I’ll make sure you get escorted off before we cast off.” Turning around, Scarlet yelled up to the steps so that the crew could hear her. “Johnny! Escort the prisoner off the ship!”


Finally, there was nothing left for Scarlet to do aside from make her way to Marcus’s ward, her wrist swollen as she continued to twist it in her hands, realizing that it really was quite painful.


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Next weekend, I will be advancing us on to the next arc so if there is anything you want to do on the island yet, get a post up BEFORE next weekend. Even if you don’t want to do anything, I would appreciate posts this week so that things are wrapped up well enough.