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

[NeoAC]

The word for Grana's actions was unbelievable. Sammi has stood outside while the scene in the store unfolded. Another man was watching with her, his mouth agape over what he had just seen transpire. Sammi looked over at the bald man and asked, "Are you a pirate?"

"No, no, I'm a...I'm a bounty hunter," came the still shocked reply.

That was all Sammi needed to hear before one of her axes came across and sliced the unfortunate fellow in the jugular vein. "Not anymore, your not," she stated, leaving the man to bleed out on the docks. Grana was moving on, so Sammi followed.

As Grana took off down the streets, another pirate, irate at the callous killing of his ship mates gave chase after the Phantom Magician, eager to eliminate him while his back was turned. Not aware that the woman chasing after was a part of the party he was with, his mind seemed fully bent on revenge. Or maybe it was just to steal some more stuff. Either way, the method in which he was holding that pistol he was carrying seemed to indicate that someone was going to be shot in a hurry.

Well, I can't have that. Taking aim as she followed both Grana and the gunman, Sammi hurled one of her axes at the man in front. The weapon flew the air, spiraling over itself before embedding itself squarely in the pirate's skull, sending his body crashing to the ground.

I'm getting pretty good with that actually. I guess Bobby was right about all that practice paying off. Catching up with he fallen adversary, the Viking plucked her axe out of the head. She flicked the collected blood off of the edge and after acquiring the man's gun for her own collection, she carried on after her assigned teammate. At least this should bring in a nice chunk of beli...

 

[Scarim Coral]

Before Jacuqe knew it Smithy just nodded and ran off without him.

Jacque shouted "Hey you big olf! Wait for me!"

Since Smithy is a big fellow, he is able to cover more grounds than him as he cannot keep up to his pace. When he saw the marines are going to fight him he had hurry faster to help him out until he realise there were three marines after him as well.

Dammit just let me refill my ammo already!

He draws his rapier as one of the marines charge right at him with his cutlass sticking out. He dodges the slash with ease as use the opening to kick the marine in the stomach as he had fall onto the ground, knocked out.
The other marine try to cut him down but he blocks it with his blade. He quickly push him back making that marine take a few step back as he finish him off by stabbing him in the chest which again isn't fatal.
The second marine fall to the ground in pain and before the last remaining marine get to do anything Jacque quickly ran toward him. In one quick swift with his rapier in his hand, he had slash the marine in the torso as he is now ran pass him. They both stood still for a moment until Jacque spins his rapier and sheathed his rapier and the last marine collapse onto the ground.
By the time he had finish them off he turn to see that Smithy had already enter one of the house and it looking out of the window.
He stood in front of Smithy view as he is trying to gesture himself that he is going to hide in the next house next to him. He had pointed his fingers onto himself and then point at the next house which hopefully Smithy had understood him. He then quickly head to the next house.
He tries to open the door but it is lock. He is quite annoy with this as he draw his rapier again and use it to stab right through the keyhole, destroying the lock but at least its open now.
As he enters the house he saw a man and a woman assume to be couple as they were hugging each other kneeling down at the floor. They were terrified at him for breaking and entering his house.

He calmly said "Look I'm not going to harm you in anyway. Here is the deal. Allow me to stay in this house for a bit and should any nasty fellow enter this house, I will fight them off. Also should a marine enter here I will say I've threaten you to let me hide here. Deal twoo?"

With no other choices the couple just nodded in agreement.

Jacque said "Ok good. Now hide in the other room to be safe. I will be upstairs looking by the window.

He walks upstairs and enters the bedroom. He sat by the bed as he uses this opportunity to reload his pistol.

 

[My name is Fiction]

"whoops sorry, hard to control myself even with all the training."
"He deserved it though, not like he would be as forgiving."
"Well if he doesn't bleed out he can remember this lesson."
*Wipes off his blade off the unconscious ones shirt*
"There ... perfect."
The blade was so clean again you could see yourown reflection reflection.

 

[GoWithDAFro]

"It's not that he didn't deserve it, but you could have won easily enough without decapitating him. But now's not the time to argue. Let's beat the rest of these guys first."

As he spoke, Yoje was dodging the blows of a bandit wielding spiked gloves. Finally he staggered his attacker with a quick jab, then sent him flying with a powerful kick. Now only the leader of the bandits remained,

 

[My name is Fiction]

"Well you can him."
"I will sit in meditation and check their pockets for money."
*looks through the decapitated ones pockets*
"I can see why they attacked us, they got nothing."
"Literally poor bastards."

 

[GoWithDAFro]

The last bandit drew a gun angrily and pointed it at Yoje "Bah! Screw you guys! I'll take your bounties dead!" He fired at Yoje's head.
The bullet knocked his head back, but nothing more. "What? How the hell did you do that?"

Yoje reverted to his human form and rubbed his head. He wasnt harmed, but his skull was ringing. "The Iron body technique. And here's a Tempest Kick."

Yoje swung his leg at the bandit, creating a blade of compressed air flying at the bandit. It hit the gun out of his hands and knocked him to the ground. Yoje walked over and grabbed him by the collar. Do you know anything about the Butcher, where he is, or what he plans to do? Don't lie."

"Nothing, I swear! I just know that he killed the governor's daughter, and that's why he called for the manhunt. I got no clue where the butcher is now, but I'd get off the island fast if I were him. Now let me go! I need to find some weaker, richer people to rob."

"You shouldn't have said that" Yoje punched the man across the jaw as hard as could, knocking him out.

 

[My name is Fiction]

"Well we just wasted precious time on these fellows."
"So the butcher has to be on the harbor."
"We got to get there fast if we want to catch him."
*wipes hands from rifling through their pockets*

 

[Xero Scythe]

Grana turned around and looked for Sammi. He saw her take down a pirate who was aiming at him. He grinned, though it was easy to tell Grana's heart just wasn't in it. "Didn't anyone ever tell you an axe is a strictly melee weapon?" Grana saw the look on Sammi's face and the smile melted off his face like rain sliding down a windowpane. "Right... The store. Sorry, I broke my own rules." Grana sighed. "I guess I had a flashback, put myself in that family's position. Last time it happened, I couldnt do anything about it. This time, I could. And I wasn't gonna just pass them by and let scum get away with such things. Anyway, thanks for saving my neck. Let's keep going." Grana sheathed his blades as he and Sammi ran through a temporary lull in the fight. Grana stopped as he came upon what was possibly the strangest group he had seen in his life: a snake-man, one who seemed at least somewhat normal, and the hairiest human Grana had ever seen. Around them were the corpses of bandits. Grana's hand slowly drifted to his blade. "G'evening, gentlemen. By your attire I can guess you are no Marines, but are you bounty hunters or pirates?" Grana could see the mansion a little bit ahead. Just this last barrier and they would be there.

 

[GoWithDAFro]

Yoje looked at the man suspiciously. It would be tough to trust anyone in all this chaos, and he and his companion looked like they knew how to fight. But Yoje had numbers on his side. Of course, they could also end up becoming allies.

"We're pirates...And I guess if you're not a bounty hunter, you wouldn't have asked us so nicely. I hope that's right, anyway." He raised his open hands into a defensive fighting position.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Peter arrived at the entrance to the manor. There were two Marines standing guard at the main entrance. "Oh come on..." he went up, deciding to try and bluff his way in. "Gentlemen, I'd like to see the governor."

They both looked at him suspiciously and said "What business do you have here?"

"I'm here to respond to an appointment made yesterday. He needed a mechanic" he pulled out his wrench and pulled up the pouch on his belt, shaking it to have it make various metallic jingling sounds. "But hey, take your time... I'm in no hurry to head back to that insane asylum out there. I'm getting paid by the hour so I'm in no rush..."

The two guards looked at each other and mumbled. "Fine... go ahead in." As Peter walked in, one muttered "I swear I saw him before..."

Thank God for my low bounty... he started looking around.

 

[Tim_Buoy]

Sylvester looked at the strange man and his companion. They looked like very imposing and strong fighters the man appeared to use swords and the woman had 2 axes.
?They?re defiantly not marinessss careful Yoje thessse guysss sseem ssstrong.? Sylvester faced the two newcomers and readied his whip his hand clenched the handle and his muscles tensed ready to strike if he needed to.

 

[My name is Fiction]

He scoffed at the new arrivals, mocking any caution he could have.
"A new challenge?"
"I just can't get a break today can I?"
Sparkles spun his Kursararigama to his right hand, his left holding on to the long slack in the chain.
"The anticipation is killing me faster then you would, are you going to attack or not?"
perhaps they will get reckless and I can finish this quickly

 

[Xero Scythe]

Grana slowly clapped his hands. Normally, he wouldn't be one to antagonize as such, but if they were that cocky, he felt it was necessary to remind them thy they were still only human. "Congratulations! That is the correct answer! You all get to live!" Grana shrugged as he looked at their faces. "I wouldn't try to kill you. No, I usually use...cleaner methods. Unfortunately, my companion seems to have no such qualms." Grana grinned as he heard the hairy human speak. "So sorry to disappoint you, but you are not on my list of things to worry about. Have a nice day, and try not to die in the riots." Grana tilted his hat down rakishly over his face and walked through the middle of them, paying attention to none of them as he walked nonchalantly towards the mansion. "Oh..." Grana seemed to remember something. "To the cocksure one in dire need of a hairnet... would shaving be out of the question?" Grana smirked as he waited for Sammi to catch up to him so they could continue towards the mansion.

 

[My name is Fiction]

He stopped spinning his blade but he didn't let go of it.
Something about him wasn't right, he wasn't going to let his guard down for a second.
just let it go, he will be knocked down a peg sooner or later
"And must you wear that silly hat?"
"Are you going to pull a rabbit out of it while I saw you in half without a magical box?"
Enjoying the rivalry banter he laughed.
This man wouldn't take them seriously so why should he?
This was kinda fun.
"Whats your name?"

 

[Xero Scythe]

Grana sighed. "Oh, well, let me spare you the trouble. I'll just saw myself in half." Grana drew his katana and slashed it through himself, the cloak hiding the actual motion. When Grana turned around, his entire bottom half from his stomach down had seemed to disappear, hidden within one of the portals only he could see. "It's a bit hard to cut what isn't there, dont you think? And yes, the hat is as necessary as the wall of clothes you seem to enjoy wearing." Grana shrugged, a particularly disturbing maneuver in his condition. "But enough of the petty insults. I am Grana Rei. Who are you?"

 

[My name is Fiction]

He decided not to show any shock or awe from the stunt.
Seeing alot in his short amount of time rarely something surprise him even though that was certainly new.
That is impressive, but I could do better if I wanted too
"Sparkles, yes its a stupid name."
Tossing his weapon into his left hand he offered a hand shake with his right.

 

[NeoAC]

Sammi had held back, content on letting the Magician try and sweet talk his way into the good graces of this new contingent that had been discovered at the mansion. She silently appraised the lot. Great, so what do we have here? A guy who looks like he could use about two years worth of shaves, some fighter guy and... She froze as she saw the final member of the other troupe. WHAT! Is that a snake guy? Oh my god it's a snake guy! Why? Why is there a snake guy? Oh no, oh no, oh no...

The relationship between Sammi and snakes had been severely strained, ever since an incident when she was 6 and a couple of the scaly buggers surprised her as she was in her backyard back home. Two snakes crawling over someones legs when they aren't expecting it will set anyone off, but Sammi took the phobia to a new level. She hated them since and wouldn't go anywhere near them. So this snake-man before her was a whole new kind of wrong in her book. She was trying not to let the fear show in the face of the other men who apparently were ready for a fight but it wasn't working well.

The hairy one put his sword aside and seemed to be offering a truce. Thank god, we won't have to fight them I hope. Still...EWWW I can't even look at that guy! She kept her head turned off to the side as Grana continued to play the diplomat.

 

[GoWithDAFro]

Yoje looked at Sparkles and Grana. "So we're friends now? I'd prefer that to having a fight to the death on my hands." He smiled and relaxed his body from his fighting stance.

"I'm Yoje. Sorry if we got off to a bad start, but- Hey, are you okay?" He gestured at Sammi. "We were only going to fight if you provoked us...I've never seen a pirate this scared of battling nobodies like us." His tone was serious, not mocking.

 

[NeoAC]

Sammi was doing her best to avoid any and all eye contact with the serpent man when the fighter addressed her. She closed her eyes and quickly brought her head around to face the one who brought her into this conversation. "Well, with this city now infested with Marines, do you really want to be starting a massive and unnecessary brawl that would pretty much wipe the bounties on all our heads? I know I don't. And you were the ones staring us down first." She was trying to maintain this air of dominance on the situation but the snake guy was making it difficult.

 

[GoWithDAFro]

"Staring you down? We were just being safe, in case you decided to go after us. When any pirate with a bounty is a target, that makes sense, don't you think? But you're right. Fighting now would be stupid. We might as well stick together, help keep Marines off each others backs. Do you have any idea where the Butcher is?"