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

[tsatoma]

With the two movable beds ready Alaena went about taking apart the x-ray machine located in one of the adjacent rooms. She was grateful it wasn't tedious and time-consuming to dismantle, though the pieces had to be moved carefully to Hal outside. "Be careful with these parts. Getting replacements for them would be tough, and expensive. If you need to move the bed just unlock the brakes by the wheels. The beds are pretty sturdy, so they should be able to handle the equipment," she explained to Hal after bringing more pieces of the machine over to the window.

After bringing out the last of the x-ray pieces out she moved onto the cooling and heating cabinet she had spotted in the room with the x-ray machine. The cabinet was easy to move, and was soon safely outside the outpost. Next came smaller equipment: a few IV-stands, a monitor, a surgical kit, and numerous smaller medical devices. Most of the supplies were placed inside one of the boxes she had brought, with the other being used to carry all the medicine.

"We can leave once I grab the medicine from where they are kept. Should only take me a minute or two. You should move the beds in the shadows just in case anyone comes by," Alaena told Hal, taking the last box and heading back inside the infirmary. The familiar office of the infirmary was an oddly comforting sight. Alaena couldn't quite place why, but the thought was quickly brushed aside to focus on what was important. She took the key she had stolen from the indifferent nurse earlier out of her pocket and opened the storage area behind the desk. She carefully closed the door behind her before picking through the numerous bottles of medicine for what she needed.

 

[GoWithDAFro]

Yoje walked onto the ship, carrying a bag of supplies Peter had requested. "There you go, Captain. Anything else left on the list for me to get?" Once he was done finding things for the ship, Yoje planned to find a training bag to set up in his room. I should probably look for a book on navigation, too. Someone needs to take Grana's spot.

 

[NeoAC]

Once the ship had been stocked up with the necessities, Sammi had headed out to find some of the more personal pleasures she enjoyed while at sea. A couple sacks of hard candy had found their way into her clutches, and some of the higher quality rum as well. Sammi had tested it to make sure it was of the highest grade, as well as other batches that didn't make the cut. Satisfied with the haul for now, she headed back to the ship.

It was dark, and a bit tougher to see than when she traversed the streets earlier in the day. She was hoping to at least find some clue to help her along the way, but was having no luck. She did spot someone though.

"Hey! Baby Blue!" she called out, spotting the young woman from Lasklee. "Wait up!" She sprinted to catch up to the other crew member. "You kinda disappeared for a bit there! What's going on?" She spotted the book. "What'd you get?"

[hr]

Holik was grumbling as he headed towards the meeting room. This was absurd. These renegades should have been spotted by now. It couldn't be that hard to hide a pirate ship and its crew in on this island.

As he headed to the room he saw Gezora take off down the hall, off towards the infirmary. Inside, the Big Boss and a couple others were still inside. "Someone want to tell me what that was about?" he asked.

 

[Mr. Omega]

"Oi, Yoje, once you get back here, how about you set up these things to the crows nest? Got a small spotlight for ya, and a comm-unit so whoever is up can send messages through the whole ship." He saw him leave. "Still need a fucking Log Pose..." he went back below deck.
[hr]
The old man is paranoid. Everyone here knows it. And he thinks sending me to deal with his suspicions undoes my poi-... As Gezora complained to himself, he passed the infirmary, and managed to hear rustling in the room nearby. He turned the hook around, slipping in the pike end to try and slip it in to unlock the door. "And Anabelle says this was useless addition..." see Aleana. Well holy crap. "Captain... hate to say it but you were right..." He pulled out a mini den-den mushi.
[hr]

Back on the first floor, Hippocrates saw Holik head inside. "I have a feeling that we're not alone here..." as he said that, he saw his small snail react, picking it up. "Gezora, report."

"Sir, you were right. We got someone here."
"Who is it?" Hippocrates's eyes had widened, and he hunched forward.
"I can't tell. Doesn't match any of the wanted posters. But they have some weapons on them. I can see a quiver..."
"It's the archer!" Yezeku interrupted, getting up.
"Status report. How is the facility?" Hippocrates started walking away.
"She's ransacking the place." They could hear him draw his weapon.
"Do not engage, Gezora. Wait for me. Understood?" Hippocrates started going faster, almost anticipating his response.
"Screw that. I've got her off guard! She's mine!" he hung up.
"Dammit Gezora! Do not engage! We need to see if she has any accomplices with her!" He knew he was shouting at nothing, running off, turning to the others. "We've been compromised. Head for the central market. Yezeku, you're with me!" He ran vanished into the hallway. Yezeku shrugged, running after him.

"You heard the man, Holik. They should still be at the markets. Be ready for anything." Anabelle said, turning to the door, opening it for them both. "After you, old man."[hr]

Gezora hung up and drew his twin hooks, getting a good grip on them. "Archer! You're mine!" he shouted as he ran in, swinging his left hook at Aleana.

 

[CounterAttack]

Marielle stopped at the sound of Sammi's voice calling her from behind. She turned as her friend ran to catch up to her. "Hey, Sammi," she said brightly as she got nearer. "I figured I might see if there's anything I could buy for myself, maybe just get a little something. There wasn't all that much that caught my attention, though." She elected not to mention the time spent in the clothing shop: she figured Sammi would laugh at the thought of her in an outfit like that. And so would the rest of the crew, probably, once word spread.

"As for what I picked up, it's just a small cookbook, nothing too exciting... though I do want to try a few of the recipes in here, if I can find the time," she explained. "There isn't anything in here that needs exotic ingredients or anything. We could probably find everything we need in any market if it's not on the ship.

"Although... do we have a kitchen sorted out yet?" she asked as the two kept walking. Marielle recognised the route despite the darker conditions: she was retracing her path back to the ship.

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

Hal carefully took each of the items as Alaena handed them to him and placed them gently on the beds. He unlocked the brakes on the beds to give them a little test push, just to make sure that he had secured everything properly before moving the beds into the shadows as Alaena had suggested. So this is what she couldn't afford to buy eh... Yeah, this is some expensive stuff alright. Hope we have a quick and quiet getaway so this stuff doesn't get caught in any crossfire Hal thought, examining the goods and calculating their value in his head as Alaena went back in for some medicine.

After a bit, he remembered that he was supposed to be keeping an eye out for Marines and turned his attention back to that. It hadn't been that long, but Hal was still nervous that a patrol would come back around at any minute. "Come on Alaena... Let's hurry this up before I have a nervous breakdown..." He grumbled under his breath as he waited.

It was then that he heard a strange noise from inside the outpost. Almost like a muffled voice? It hadn't lasted long, but Hal had definitely heard it. That ain't good... Maybe I should go in there? But I can't leave the stuff here... I did hide it in the shadows though... A patrol passing by probably wouldn't see it... Alright, just a quick peek to make sure she's okay in there. Hal thought, glancing back and forth between the window and the beds as he debated on what to do.

After reaching his conclusion, stood on his toes and peered through the window to see what was going on. He kept a hand on his sword and listened intently for any more out of place noises.

 

[GoWithDAFro]

"Huh, did you say something Peter?" Yoje turned around, but Peter had went below deck. "Oh, well. I think he said something about a log...a log pose? I don't think any of us have bought one yet." He turned back and started walking to the marketplace. After a full day of shopping and carrying his findings back to the ship, he pretty much knew where to find anything he was looking for. He'd be able to find a log pose relatively close by, but his training bag would be in the opposite direction. Still, there was no rush. The sun was already down, and they wouldn't leave until tomorrow.

 

[tsatoma]

'The box is already getting full; need to get the last of the important medicine. Won't be able to take all that is needed unless I come back for them, but I doubt that will happen now,' Alaena thought as she looked through the last shelf in the storage area, hearing the sound of the door behind her open briefly. It was quickly closed, but it was all Alaena needed to know that she had to escape. The box of medicine was placed on the shelf as she took her knife out and turned to face the door.

'This is not a good place to fight for me. Close-quarters were never a strong point.' Alaena looked around the room for anything that could help. There were no other doors or any windows that she could escape out of, just the door in front of her and the couple of shelves. 'I can work with the shelves at least. I just need to escape,' she told herself as the door to the room was opened violently and the marine with the hooks back at Lasklee charged in and swung. She waited until he was right in front of her before she kicked him back, and while he recovered grabbed a shelf and threw it onto him. She jumped onto the shelf (being sure to step right onto the marine's head) and made her way out of the compact room and back out into the infirmary.

 

[NeoAC]

"I think so," Sammi answered, not really sure. She hadn't been down below anywhere when she dropped the initial haul of food off at the ship. However, Peter seemed to be covered in a day's work's worth of sweat, so he had to have been doing something down there. "If not, whatever. I'm sure he'll get something in there sooner or later." Sammi was happy to follow Marielle. At least she seemed to know where she was going.

[hr]

Holik sneered at the remark made by his "partner", but decided to play into her game. "Thanks, little girl," he commented as he went through the door. "So what's your plan then? Just comb through the markets, looking for some of these pirates? Going to be fun without knowing what they look like. Although if we're just roughing up Porte Carlo randoms, that's fine with me."

 

[Mr. Omega]

Anabelle started rushing ahead, leaping around to his left and right. "We have a couple positive IDs. Hal Granada, Yoje Taruki, Sammi Makela, Grana Rei and Peter Tew. We also have an identified accomplice called The Archer, real name unknown. Just relax and let me identify them. Try not to get in my way, either..." She ran a little faster, as if trying to lose him.[hr]

Gezora stumbled and crashed to the back, a few supplies falling on him. "*****!" He spun around, taking a couple seconds to get his hooks free. Before Aleana could put any real distance between them, however, he was dashing back towards her at high speed. [hr]

Hippocrates and Yezeku were now on the next floor, rushing towards the infirmary. "You sure that idiot can handle her?" Yezeku said. "Gezora is rash, but he's a good fighter. His reflexes aren't as good as they could be, but he's often faster than most people can react to. Easily the fastest man in the West Blue."

"I don't know... seems a little unrefined to me." Yezeku took a slight lead, the door to the infirmary right in front of them now.

 

[tsatoma]

Before Alaena could make it very far the marine was already out and attacking. 'Not far enough for my bow, I'd rather not use a bullet on him, and his hooks have a better reach than my knife. This is bad,' she thought, parrying the attacks on her as best she could. There was a moment where she considered calling in Hal for support, but she figured it would be best to have him go on ahead of her instead. "Hal, go on ahead! I'll catch up!" she yelled, hoping that Hal was still safely outside and would be able to hear her.

'I need to try to end this and get away before any backup arrives,' she told herself, backing up from her opponent for a second to try and figure out what to do. The marine's hooks were better suited for close combat than her weapon. Though she only had a single knife compared to his two weapons, she wasn't at a complete disadvantage however. Her free hand was able to grab a hold of the marine's wrist as he swung, and Alaena closed the distance between them with a sudden headbutt before grappling with the marine to the floor.

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

It was dark so Hal couldn't exactly make out what was going on in the infirmary but it looked like someone had found Alaena and she was doing her best to fight them off. He heard her shout for him to leave and briefly considered going to help her instead. Whoever that is must not be your average grunt if he's giving her that hard off a time... Then again, I don't think I'd be of much use. I gotta get this stuff outta here or all this was for nothing.

Not wanting to leave anything behind, Hal loaded as much as he could on one bed since Alaena might not be able to get away while pushing a bed. He made sure to grab all of the parts that Alaena had said were expensive and hard to replace and then quickly grabbed some of the other stuff. Once he was done with that and everything was reasonably secure, he unlocked the brakes on the bed and made sure the coast was clear.

He probably didn't have much time before reinforcements showed up, so Hal began pushing the bed back into the alleys that they came from as fast as he could. It would take a little longer, but he couldn't risk running out in the open with a bed full of stolen goods.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Gezora fell on his back and found himself on the defensive, trying to get Aleana off of him. "Let go and let me cut you!" He growled, trying to kick her away. Before the fight could really go anywhere, though, Hippocrates and Yezeku got into the room. Yezeku stepped ahead and kicked Aleana off of Gezora, who scrambled to get behind the two new arrivals.

"I told you not to engage..." Hippocrates didn't look back at his subordinate.
"I would have had-..." However, before Gezora finished, he was interrupted.
"She had an accomplice. Get out there and confront them."
"But sir! The three of us can...-"
"You can get there before anyone else does. And the more time you waste, the more time they have to get away." Hippocrates shot him a look. "And you don't think we can handle this?"
Gezora sighed "Yes sir." And with that, he was gone, rushing towards Hal's location.

The two let Aleana get to her feet. "Now then... how about we keep this civilized. Move to somewhere with a little more breathing room?" Hippocrates gestured out the doorway, stepping outside. "I wouldn't want this facility getting any more disturbed that it already has been. From what I've read, you seem the kind who won't just surrender. So instead I ask for a temporary ceasefire. Does that seem unreasonable?"

 

[tsatoma]

"It does, and I don't really have much of an option do I? I'm not exactly close enough to the windows to escape safely before one of you attack. Nor would I be able to grab a trick arrow before, once again, one of you get to attack. And I'm not fond of blowing up a place for healing either," Alaena responded after recovering from the kick and standing up. There was a tense few seconds between the three before Alaena moved forward.

Even though it was a ceasefire she still carried her knife in her hand, and kept close watch on the two marines. She especially kept a close eye on the marine who kicked her, taking a second before recognizing the man. "I'm quite surprised to see you here intact," Alaena told Yezeku, looking him over a few times. The poison she had used on him back at Lasklee should have at least forced him to have to amputate a limb.

 

[GoWithDAFro]

"Log pose, Log pose...There they are." Yoje picked up the log pose and placed it in his pocket. While he was in the store, he decided to look for any maps of the nearby seas or books on navigation he could find. There were several good maps he could find, but only one useful-looking book on reading weather patterns. He paid for his items and placed them in a bag he swung over his shoulder. The log pose he kept on his wrist.

"Alright, now to the other side of town. Maybe I'll see one of the others."

 

[Mr. Omega]

Yezeku smirked. "You'd be surprised what some good water can do for you..." he knew exactly what Aleana was talking about. "Started feeling this little twitch in my leg shortly after I left Lasklee, and if I had waited a little bit, I might not be the able-bodied enforcer of the law you see before you..." After they started heading down the steps, he turned back to her. "Speaking of law enforcers you've seen before... Hippocrates showed me a nice little file a while ago, and I just had to ask: have you ever been to the North Blue?"

 

[tsatoma]

"I've been traveling to every sea for quite some time, so yes I have been," Alaena stated simply, keeping a straight face as she listened to Yezeku. Whatever it was that had kept him alive from the poison wasn't important now, though it would be some food for thought later. 'This little interrogation here is a bit more important,' she thought as she followed the two, watching both of the men carefully.

 

[Mr. Omega]

"Well, that's a start... tell me, you ever seen some of the Marine facilities around there? Heard they're lovely up in the North..." Yezeku continued strolling forward. Hippocrates was rummaging through his pockets, and she could hear papers rustling. "Shame that not all of them are in perfect order right about now..." He turned his head around, looking at Aleana through the corner of his eye.

 

[NeoAC]

"Wait a minute, go back there? What was that name you said?" Holik had to back Annabelle up to get that info correctly. He knew that he didn't get the entire collection of his former crewmates aboard the Thrasher, he had heard the reports from the raiding officers and from Hartley himself when he was interrogated but that couldn't have been the one who had evaded the net so to speak, could it? "Did you just say Sammi Makela was on that list? Hartley's cabin girl from the Thrasher? She's amongst the pirates we're supposed to be capturing?"

 

[tsatoma]

Alaena held her ground and Yezeku moved closer, taking a look at Hippocrates once he moved his hands into his pockets. She focused back on Yezeku as he started to mention Marine facilities, keeping her eye on his before she spoke. "I've probably seen a few on my travels, but never actively sought them or anything. It is a shame that some aren't in peak condition I suppose; perhaps some people just don't like your sort," she told him with a slight shrug.