Wealth, Adventure, and the Open Sea: A One Piece RP.(Arc 4: Porte Carlo.)

[SkyeNeko]

Crassi kept after him, trying to make sure that Peter didn't have a chance to get away. Running around, she noticed that Marielle and Sammi were both on their feet, and were probably going to try and fight. Damn, she shouldn't be on her feet yet... well, at the very least she needs to be dizzy and uncoordinated. I'll take her out later, along with that ***** who thought it would be a good idea to not kill an enemy.

Knowing better than to get between Roger and his target, Crassi stalked around them, looking for an opening.

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

"Ooooookay.... So are you gonna leave or are you gonna smash my face in, buddy? Make up your damn mind." Hal muttered to himself as he watched the big guy contemplate the decision. It looked like he would need a little more persuading. Now that he had time to stop and observe, Hal noticed that this guy was wearing what looked like a prison uniform. It wouldn't be too surprising if Roger had freed some prisoners from Marine bases and recruited them. Hal could probably use that to his advantage.

"We called the Marines for help you know. With all the trouble your captain was stirring up, they were more than happy to send out reinforcements from Porte Carlo. They could be here pretty soon. You don't want to go back to prison do you?" Hal continued while the big guy was still thinking. It was a bluff, but it was plausible enough that it wouldn't seem like a bluff. Now to just give him a way out and hopefully seal the deal. "We're all holed up here in the center of town. You could just duck back to the docks and grab a boat. No one will be there to stop you."

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Roger cursed under his breath as Peter dodged again. Landing a blow on this guy was hard. And on top of that, he was calling out to someone. Did he have reinforcements on the way? Hopefully he and Crassi could finish him off before that happened. One strike from Crassi's tail would make sure he stayed down and she seemed to be searching for an opening. In order to create on for her, Roger threw a few more quick jabs at Peter's head to keep his attention focused up and then aimed a kick at his legs to throw him off balance.

 

[NeoAC]

The ropes were there, and the ***** from before didn't seem to be paying attention. Excellent. Just a little bit more... As she started moving around however, it was harder for Sammi to get a lock onto her target. "Fuck, stay still..." she cursed under her breath. Taily wouldn't obey, she kept moving around too much. "Fine. Let's try the other guy."

As Peter's other opponent moved in physically he was staying in a relatively straight line, the ropes were able to follow in behind him as he moved. He kept the jabs coming at Peter as Sammi's ropes encircled the one of the legs. Just then, the big man lifted his other leg up, aiming for a kick. Now!

Sammi yanked her arm back, the ropes constricting around the planted leg and as the man went throught the motion, Sammi kept pulling, bringing the leg out from under him. "Down you go!" As he fell, Sammi disconnected from her ropes, and made the move to get back into the fray, but her limbs were still only at shuffling speed with the lingering after effects of the poison. Fucking *****. Your turn next. Once I get there...

 

[CounterAttack]

"Sammi, no," Marielle said as her friend made to get back into the fighting. "You're too unstable on your feet. Stay back," she advised, aware that Sammi was still recovering from her ordeal with the poison. Marielle was starting to tire as well... she could feel her own limbs becoming a bit heavier than they had been.

"Stay back and fight from a distance. If they get closer, I'll protect you," she added, not wanting to try her luck in the fight herself. The battle with the fishman had sapped most if not all of her strength: though Marielle did not know this, the poisoner had been right in thinking that she would not last long if they had fought.

 

[tsatoma]

It was a blissful sleep that Alaena did not want to get out of; the numerous fights and injuries over the course of the last few days finally having caught up to her. It was comfortable just lying down in the warm sun, the dull aches of pain disappearing after awhile. She knew that she was still injured and bleeding, and that everyone else might be in need of assistance. A part of her was trying to get her to wake up and get back into the action, but it seemed to be fighting a losing battle. She was content to just lay there on the rooftop in peace knowing that she had done what she sought out to do.

'I can still do more,' she thought, lazily opening her eye slowly and seeing Fletch a few feet away trying to get her to wake up. She looked around for a moment as she summoned up the strength to get herself moving again, barely able to stand up straight after finally lifting herself up. Her clothes were bloody again from her new wound and the reopened one, but it was not the time for that.

The clock tower at the town center told her that she been out for quite awhile, though the sounds coming from towards where the barricades were told her that the fight for the city was still going on.'Not that surprised that this isn't over yet,' she told herself, looking over at Harligold's wrecked ship with pride before making her way towards where the fighting seemed to still be going on.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Peter stumbled and tripped, and tried to roll out of the way, shooting at Roger's legs to give himself a couple seconds. He wasn't sure what kind of rounds they were, but their effects became clear: one was a stun shot that missed and fizzled out on the ground, and the other was a flash shot, hitting both of them at point-blank range. [hr]

Mog was considering Hal's words and took a couple steps back. He looked to the west to see if anyone else was coming towards the east, but it seemed the flow of Harligold's men was starting to slow down. A bunch were getting frustrated with the small entry through the barricade and began trying to head for the north. Mog kept taking a few steps back, and looking out to the harbor.

 

[GoWithDAFro]

Yoje finally managed to fight his way to Mog. He took a sparring stance, but the huge man barely seemed to acknowledge him. He wasn't trying to destroy the barricade either. Yoje wasn't sure what the guy's deal was, until he heard Hal talking to him. He followed the voice and found Hal standing on a nearby rooftop. Yoje bounced up to him away from all the fighting, and sat down tiredly. From up close, Hal looked pretty beat up, but Yoje imagined he didn't look much better. "Hey Hal. I can't believe this guy is actually listening to you. It's a good thing, too. I don't know if I could win another big fight."

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

Roger had been so focused on Peter, that he hadn't even noticed the rope coiling around his leg. As he went in for the kick, he suddenly found his leg being pulled out from under him and fell flat on his back. Peter had had reinforcements after all it seemed. And to make matters worse, Roger once again found himself blinded by one of Peter's infuriating special bullets. Is this for real? I should've been steamrolling these guys and then heading over to the real fight at Porte Carlo! But here I am actually LOSING? ME!?

The more Roger thought about it, the more angry it made him. "GOD DAMMIT!! I WILL NOT LOSE TO THE LIKES OF YOU!!!" Roger bellowed as he blindly leapt back onto his feet. He didn't care that his sight hadn't returned yet, he just started swinging wildly in a desperate attempt to fend off anyone who sought to take advantage of his temporary blindness.

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Hal tensed up at the sound of someone coming up onto the rooftop he was on, but relaxed when he saw that it was Yoje. "Hey, I'm a master salesman ya know? Convincing this guy to leave is nothing! Hell, I talked Inishi's own men into helping me beat him earlier." Hal replied with a grin, unable to resist bragging a little. "But yeah, I know how you feel. That's why I figured I'd try talking it out with him first. Not that he's doing much talking..."

Since the big guy was so quiet, Hal turned away from Yoje for a second to see if he had left. He was still there, but he was looking towards the docks like he still wasn't sure whether to go for it or not. "See? There's no one over there to stop you, just I like I promised." Hal called out to him, hoping just a little extra push would be all it took.

 

[NeoAC]

Sammi hated to admit that Marielle was speaking the truth about her condition but the moving really wasn't coming to her at this time. "Urgh, I really want that ***** to pay..." she said, falling back down onto one knee. "But I guess I gotta think of the group on this one, huh?"

She looked over. Both Peter and the massive guy were stumbling around now, The unknown man swinging wildly like a drunken boxer, just hoping to hit anything but instead looking the fool. However, the fact that both men were in this predicament meant that toxic woman was even more dangerous.

Sammi thought for a second. Well it worked before... "Marielle, I need you to distract Whipy there, long enough for me to try and end this for Peter. I don't care what it takes, just keep her away and out of my lines until I can get that other guy down, got that?" Not waiting for an answer, once again Sammi sent her ropes flying towards the battle, hoping that what worked once before would work twice on a blinded man.

 

[tsatoma]

After checking up on the conditions of the cannons and their handlers (most of whom were doing much better now that the ship's weapons were out of commission), Alaena headed up north to the town center. Many of Harligold's crew were still in the city, some oblivious to what was happening to the rest of the crew.

Alaena found a group debating on whether to leave or not. She nocked an arrow and waited for them to decide on what to do, getting her answer when a few ganged up on one that wanted to leave. It was over quickly for them once they had made the decision to keep fighting instead of just trying to leave. "Damn pirates. Such barbarians," she told herself once she left to continue moving north.

'The barricades should be broken by this point; it's certainly been long enough. Which one should I go to first?' she wondered, looking to the west for a moment before turning to the east. It was then she noticed something far off in the distance, all the way in the ocean northeast of Lasklee. 'Whatever it is it more than likely isn't a good thing,' she thought, deciding to head on east to get a closer look at what was coming.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Mog took a couple steps back to the docks, and then looked out to the see. And then he saw the outline of a ship. his eyes weren't visible, but he clearly was starting to panic. He looked back at Hal. He shook his head, took a few steps towards the southern dock and started walking, not taking his eyes off them for a second.

More of Harligold's men started going for the north, unaware of the oncoming ship or the battle going on.
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Peter was firing a couple shots randomly, hoping to hit something, but each shot missed target while he waited for his sight to return to normal. He was unaware of the actions of the others, but was firing in Crassi's general direction to keep her busy blocking or dodging. After a couple seconds, he ran out of ammo, but he managed to get a little distance for himself.

 

[SkyeNeko]

A couple rounds clipped Crassi's shoulder and arms, but apparently nothing vital seeing as she was still standing. Hmm... this guy's not half bad, standing up to someone like Roger. I wonder if I'll get more bira if I just let them kill each other, and raid the boats... She kept an arm shading her eyes, trying to see clearer. This guy had a lot of tricks up his sleeve so it would seem, but that wouldn't stand up forever against brute force, which was something Roger had a lot of.

When Peter stopped firing she jumped forward, trying to get in a quick few hits before he reloaded or something. Hopefully she could disable him like she did with that rope girl, cash in, and set off.

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

Roger continued to viciously pummel the air in front of him as he waited for his sight to return. This last shot had caught him off guard and was lasting a lot longer than the first one had since he hadn't been able to shut his eyes to block at least some of the blinding light. Suddenly, he felt the familiar feel of a rope coiling around his leg yet again. This time though, he was ready for it and managed to resist being yanked off his feet again.

Alright, that's enough of that. Whoever you are, you're about to learn that the same trick NEVER works on Roger Harligold twice. Roger thought with a grin, quickly reaching down and grabbing the rope. He gripped it in both hands and jerked it as hard as could, hoping to pull whoever had thrown it towards him.

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Hal watched as the big guy walked towards the docks. He wasn't entirely sure what to make of the head shake, but he assumed that it was a good thing since the guy was backing off. "Why can't he just say something? What a weirdo.... Eh? What's that?" Hal muttered to himself until he glanced up in the direction the big guy was heading and saw the outline of a ship in the distance.

"The hell? I was just bluffing. Did the Marines actually send a ship?" He said out loud in disbelief before turning back to Yoje. "Hey, we should go tell the others about this. Looks like most of Harligold's men have given up on trying to get through here anyway."

 

[CounterAttack]

Oh, hell... Marielle doubted her chances against the poisoner and her bizarre metal tail. She was already tired enough... but Peter would probably fall if she didn't at least try to help. Marielle couldn't fight from this distance, though: she would have to get closer. And that meant leaving Sammi on her own: it was going to be difficult, helping both of them at the same time.

"Alright... but I have to get closer to the fight to help. I can't do much at this distance," she explained as she stepped away from Sammi. Despite being tired from the past fights, she raised her hands to fight once more. Hopefully for the last time that day. As she got close enough to release shockwaves, the tailed woman jumped forward to attack while Peter was... blind? He had stopped firing, at least, and that left him open to attack.

Hoping to catch the poisoner off guard - and with luck, snap her tail to aggravate her - Marielle ran forward a couple of yards or so and unleashed her power with a yelled, "HEY!" to distract her target. She was aiming for the woman's exposed back and tail, intending to cause as much injury as possible with the surprise attack.

 

[NeoAC]

Sammi was working her ropes around the leg as quickly as she could, a bit surprised how quickly they were progressing. This is actually working pretty well. Maybe we can get this guy wrapped up quickly. Can't be too hard to beat if I can keep doing th-FUCK!

As the giant man grabbed a hold of her ropes and jerked, Sammi was caught completely off guard. She flew five feet forward before landing on the ground with a thud. Son of a *****. She detached the current set of ropes from her hand. Well I guess I shouldn't have expected that to work again. With Marielle busy with Taily, and this new slight to her plans, there was only one option in Sammi's mind. All right then, let's dance big boy.

Assuming that he was still blind, Sammi went out via the wing to try and flank him with the Captain. Readying her axe, she moved off to the side and slid in for the legs, a less than graceful maneuver in her current state, but in the battle of flailing versus blind man, she figured she at least had a shot.

 

[tsatoma]

"Not that many pirates left," Alaena muttered after letting an arrow loose at one of Harligold's men she had found trying to loot a small store. She was close to the barricade now, but even as she got closer to it she could not make out the details of the ship in the distance. 'We should still proceed with caution. If it is marines they'd likely not thank us for saving the city.'

It was then she noticed Hal and Yoje further away, the two of them seemingly heading towards the town center. 'At least they aren't dead,' she thought as she headed towards the two, calling out their names to get their attention.

"Hal, Yoje are you two okay? Both of you look a bit beaten up," Alaena said once she caught up to them, wondering if either of them needed immediate medical attention or not.

 

[GoWithDAFro]

"I'll be fine, Alaena." Yoje said with a grunt. "I just need to rest for a while once this is over. Do you know how the rest of the battle has been going, or where Roger is?" It seemed like the crew and the citizens of Lasklee were actually winning the fight at this point, but Yoje hadn't seen enough of the area to be sure. And he knew that it wouldn't really be over until Roger himself was down.

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

As Roger pulled on the ropes he felt them go limp shortly afterwards. The person must have let go. Which wasn't good for Roger since he now had no idea where his attacker was anymore. His vision was slowly coming back into focus, but he wasn't quite there yet. Rather than attack blindly and leave himself open, Roger decided to stay still and react to his opponents attacks. He crouched slightly in case they tried to use rope to trip him again and waited.

Soon after, he heard a strange noise like something sliding across the ground. That was followed by something ramming into his leg, a foot perhaps? The impact knocked his leg out from under him and sent him crashing to the ground. Ok, so if they slid into me and knocked me off my feet, they'd be... near the ground right below me, right? Right. Having thought it through, Roger swung his fist down towards the ground where he assumed his opponent to be as he fell.

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Hal was glad to see that both Alaena and Yoje had met up with him now. Having two experienced fighters by his side made him a lot more relaxed. Although, Alaena seemed to have taken a lot more of beating than he had. "Uh... Yeah, I'm fine too. Just took a couple punches to the face. It was worth it to get this spear for sure." Hal replied, not wanting to complain when Alaena and Yoje seemed to be doing just fine as they were.

"Oh! Did you see that ship in the distance? That's what I'm more worried about right now. If that's full of reinforcements, we could be in some trouble."

 

[tsatoma]

"I have no clue where Harligold is, but the rest of the battle seems to be coming to an end. I destroyed their ship so they have no where to run, and I've been taking care of any stragglers along the way over here," Alaena responded, relieved that no one was in dire need of medical care. The night was going to be a long one with having to help out the other doctors take care of the citizens, and if that ship proved to be a problem...

"I did see the ship. It's one of the reasons I headed over this way. I'm not sure how well we could fend against reinforcements; however if they are marines then at least the citizens will be safe. It'd only be us that would have to be careful, and I certainly cannot be caught by them," she stated determinedly, doing her best to keep up with the two.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Peter's sight had slamost returned, just in time for him to get a look at a blur that looked like Crassi trying to hit him. He reached for one of his bags at his hip and threw it at her. The bag contained his fire rounds. If that hits her, or if she even tries to slice it, she gets a good chest full of flames. Still, making more of those is gonna be annoying...

He saw Sammi and Harligold, noticing his sight wasn't fully back yet. He started trying to reload, hoping his attempt would hit Crassi, she'd try to dodge or just miss Or else I'm a kebab.

Harligold's men managed to reach the north, and stopped when they saw their captain fighting. "'Ey! The cap'n is in action!" "Think we should help him?" "He'd probably be pissed." "Hey, what's that in the distance?"