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This Is It; MJ references aplenty.
Topic Started: Jan 10 2011, 10:34 AM (1,767 Views)
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As the sun was reaching its highest point in Odayakana island, Sora slowly walked through the calm streets of Odayakana town towards the docks. He was just returning from lunch when they stopped on this small outpost town on their three-day long voyage to Stearr. The city was calm and quiet. Very calm and quiet indeed. So calm and quiet that it was passive. Odd even. There was never a syllable uttered in a voice higher than normal, and people very, very rarely showed their emotions, whatever they might be talking about or doing. He saw a group of children playing in a park once. They looked like they were having bucketloads of fun, but all they had on their faces was faint smiles.

Sighing to himself, Sora quickened his steps and re-adjusted his pack as he headed for the transport ship on the docks. They were halfway through their journey, just a day and a half more till they reach Stearr. From there, he could go to the Grand Line. Taking heart at the thought, he skipped the rest of the short distance to the docks.

What greeted him was a nightmare.

The large ship was in ruins, half sunken pieces of wood burning slightly. The mast jutted out of the water, slightly crooked, and you could see several pieces of railing trailing out to sea. The crewmembers, he saw on one side of the dock, looking sooty but otherwise unharmed. He put them out of his thoughts as he approached a large, brawny and scruffy man dressed in a Marine's uniform, looking up at the much taller man as he spoke to him. "Hey. What happened here?" The man stopped looking at the ruins of the boat, slowly turning towards and looking down. He looked calmly at Sora, maintaining a level expression. "What happened here, kiddo, is the work of the Moonwalker Pirates, or I'll eat my shoe." He said, much anger in his words though neither stance nor expression showed anything like. "Moonwalker Pirates, sir?" Sora asked him. "Please, don't call me Sir. I've been in the Marine business only for a while afterall." He turned to the scene again. "As for the Moonwalker Pirates, well..." The man reached into his shirt and acquired a bounty poster. Sora quickly took it and started to read. The man on the photo was dressed in all black, with a black tuxedo and a black, mafia style hat. Below the picture said:

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WANTED: Bille "Smooth Criminal" Jean

BOUNTY: 7,000,000 Beli

Wanted for several counts of theft, destruction, violence on civilians, violence on marines, and several murder attempts. The man is very slick and powerful, fighting with a very limber yet focused style that looks like a combination between dancing and fighting. Sometimes, when cornered, Billie will whip out his guns. He's also flanked by 4 crewmembers of his, also dance-fighters, whom he calls the Jets. The Jets' bounty is 500,000 Beli each.


"Okay... So this explains who shot the ship, but not the why." He said as he finished reading it. The man shook his head and gestured to the empty docks. "Look. All ships that land here have been destroyed. Without ships, we can't even go out to trade or escape. The Moonwalkers imprison us in our own island, before using guerilla tactics to strike at every weak point in Odayakana."

Only then did Sora notice the glaring lack of ships. Oh no. Oh, no, no, no, no.

Willing himself not to panic, he rushed over to the ship's crewmembers, yelling, "Krest! Where are you?"
Edited by MadMadDan, Jan 11 2011, 08:28 PM.
Soran Ibrahim • No Position • Artist/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 6.0 • SD Earned: 38 • Beli: 6,000,000 • L: North Blue• No SL Yet

Strength:10/Speed:42/Stamina:7/Accuracy:26/Fortune:17

Makoto Yayoi • Maid • Entertainer(Cosplayer)/Assassin • BFFs!Bounty: 0 • SD Earned: 42 • Beli: 9.240.000 • Location: East Blue, Dawn Island

Strength:10/Speed:21/Stamina:10/Accuracy:16/Fortune:25

Andre Niall • No Position • Entertainer(Bard)/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 2,500,000 • L: East Blue

Strength:15/Speed:14/Stamina:5/Accuracy:8/Fortune:10
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Krest had been resting calmly in his cabin when the ship was attacked, violently knocking him out of bed and prompting him to step out to investigate. He didn't have much chance to figure out what was going on because shortly after exiting his cabin him and his saxophone were thrown into the water by a large explosion. He managed to swim clumsily to shore with his belongings that he could save (money, the saxophone, and the clothes on his back) and climbed onto the beach soaking wet.

He looked back to the ship to see that it had been completely destroyed and the rest of the area was completely devoid of other boats. "Urgh, seems my luck is as consistent as ever..." Krest began wringing out some of his clothes and shaking water out of his saxophone. Just as it occurred to him that Sora may have been on the ship, he heard his partner's voice calling for him. Hastily shaking off some more of the water, he went to meet his fellow bounty hunter.

"Well, looks like you're safe, that's good. Any chance you have an idea what just happened? I was thrown overboard before I could see who attacked our ship. . . and it looks like we're going to be stuck here for a little while if what I see out there is all of the boats on this island."
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"Shit!! I totally missed them!" A nearby teen roared to the heavens, arriving upon the scene totally out of breath furiously waving his own copy of Billie Jean's wanted poster in the air. "What is wrong with me?!" Kicking out savagely at nearby burning wreckage from the current ship in rage, he turned to walk back to the city.

He paused... He didn't really want to go back to the city... He'd made a fair few enemies and seen pretty much everything he'd needed to see, he'd burnt a nasty tab in most of the local taverns too... Stuck upon the island for two weeks. No... Two weeks and a half. He turned upon the spot again and walked back to the ship's burning wreckage, pushed past a child and a marine before flumping down upon the dock staring out to sea, cross legged drumming his fingers upon his thighs. "I'll teach those dancing bastards to maroon me on a below average island with nothing to do!"

Cleanshaven, and looking fairly well dressed even if he was smelling somewhat of alcohol and a little bit scruffy, Vegas grumbled to himself. Scanning the horizon for the ships. He shook his head, just not able to think how they were able to get away. The bounty-hunter licked his finger and held it in the air, threw some rubble into the sea and continued to stare at the horizon. "They're lightning fast... Even I couldn't get away that quickly, well, not in a pissweak wind like this anyway and there isn't a current to be found..." He ran his hands through his hair analysing every angle. His final conclusion: they were either defying physics or nearby...
Edited by Encore, Jan 11 2011, 10:48 AM.
Henri 'Silver-Tounge' Argent • Con-Artist• Martial Artist/Merchant • NoneBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 500,000 • Location: Bijotsu: East Blue.
Ezekiel Vegas • Bounty Hunter • Navigator/Thief • Nothing as of yetThreat: 0 • SD Earned: 23 • Beli: 4,750,000 • Location: ?
Highgate 'Vlad' Vladimir • Wandering Musician • Entertainer/Assassin • WanderingBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 3 • Beli: 500,000 • Location:
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Sora came to a halt in front of Krest when he found him, listening to the man as he mulled over his options. "Well," He said when Krest was done, sounding a lot calmer than he felt "It seems our ship got sunk by a pirate group that's been terrorizing this island." He said, sighing as he held out the bounty papers. "A marine told me something about it, but I didn't exactly get the details-"

"'Cuz you didn't let me explain before you ran off." Said a voice from behind Sora, who jumped and let out a not-so-manly yelp. Damn, he thought when he had calmed down, that was excruciatingly girly. He thought of several scathing remarks and was just about to let them loose on the man before, seeing his overly passive yet serious face, he closed his mouth and settled for glaring at him instead. He examined the marine, who had light blonde hair, blue eyes and a small, scruffy beard and mustache combo that made the man look like your average nice guy. Course, it would be better if he didn't have such a large, muscular body, which very much contrasted with his constantly calm and passive expression.

The marine gave a small chuckle before settling into his passive face again. "Cute. So let me bring you up to speed." He said with a monotone, yet somehow rather kind voice. "The Moonwalker pirates came here around two weeks ago. They first stole our Den Den Mushis so we couldn't call for help. Then they came suddenly on their battle sloop to the dock, where they proceeded to shoot every other ship on the port, before running away and hiding. This island isn't too big, but..." He gestured to the large, grey mountain over to the east. "That mountain is too hazardous. All of our marines, excluding me, tried to go over it and defeat them, but they came back half alive a week ago." He shook his head. "Poor guys. They're still nursing their wounds, and probably won't be able to fight for another month or so. Anyways, ever since we were marooned on this island, the pirates started striking at points of opportunity all around town. Every ship that got in, they shot down with their bazookas. We tried to catch them, but they always managed to get away on their small rowboat before we could shoot them. Just like they did this time." He hesitated, glancing at Krest and the thoughtful looking Sora. "Pardon me for asking, but you two... Aren't exactly average travelers, are you?"

Sora raised an eyebrow. "You can tell?" He asked, slightly surprised. The marine nodded slightly. He sighed. "Well, yeah. We're just average bounty hunters." The man looked taken aback, though how he managed to look like so with a calm face is beyond Sora. "You're a bounty hunter? You're just a kid..." Sora glared angrily up at the much taller man, "I am not a kid! And I've hunted down bounties before, and come out victorious, mind you! And I'll do the same with this... Billie Jean guy too!" The man gave a small smirk, which did not go unnoticed by the child. He hit the man in the stomach, but just ended up hurting his fist on the man's iron abs. "Oww." He concluded lamely as he nursed his hand.

The man chuckled at his antics, before turning serious again. "Well, I did see you carry yourself differently. You seem sorta... Light on your feet, I guess. And if you intend to catch the Smooth Criminal, then I have someone I can introduce you to. A guy who seems intent on catching them but has failed every consecutive time."

"Shit!! I totally missed them!" A nearby teen roared to the heavens, arriving upon the scene totally out of breath furiously waving his own copy of Billie Jean's wanted poster in the air. "What is wrong with me?!"

"Speak of the...." The marine shook his head. "Come on. I'll introduce you to him." He started walking to the teen, before stopping and turning back. "By the way. Name's Matrim. Call me Mat." Sora nodded at this. "I'm Sora, and this is Krest." He replied, gesturing at both of them. The marine nodded, saying, "Nice to meet you both." Before continuing on to the teen.

"Hey, you. Yeah, you're that bounty hunter guy.... Vegas, isn't it?" Mat said to the teen. "You looking for a way out? Cause these two can help, apparently, and perhaps with their help, you can get the hell out of here."
Edited by MadMadDan, Jan 13 2011, 08:29 PM.
Soran Ibrahim • No Position • Artist/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 6.0 • SD Earned: 38 • Beli: 6,000,000 • L: North Blue• No SL Yet

Strength:10/Speed:42/Stamina:7/Accuracy:26/Fortune:17

Makoto Yayoi • Maid • Entertainer(Cosplayer)/Assassin • BFFs!Bounty: 0 • SD Earned: 42 • Beli: 9.240.000 • Location: East Blue, Dawn Island

Strength:10/Speed:21/Stamina:10/Accuracy:16/Fortune:25

Andre Niall • No Position • Entertainer(Bard)/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 2,500,000 • L: East Blue

Strength:15/Speed:14/Stamina:5/Accuracy:8/Fortune:10
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Krest stifled a chuckle as his partner yelped in surprise at the approach of the marine and settled down at about the same time the marine did. He paid close attention to the briefing on the situation, trying to avoid overthinking the reason why this able-bodied marine was the only one not to try and pass the mountain.
"Pardon my asking, but you two... aren't exactly average travelers, are you?"
"Well, yeah. We're just average bounty hunters."

"I suppose you could say we're average since we've actually gotten into fights with wanted criminals and we're not dead, you can't really be a sub-average bounty hunter without being a dead one." Krest wrung out his clothes some more and shook some water out of his saxophone.
"I'm Sora and this is Krest." At his name being called, Krest paused in his attempts to dry off to raise his hand as if he were a student being called for attendance at school. Seeing the man that they were to be introduced to, and that he was described as someone who had failed several times to catch these criminals, didn't inspire much confidence in Krest that they were going to get off the island any time soon.
"Vegas, eh? Krest Kolton, nice to meet you, look forward to working with you and hope you're a better fighter than I am."
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"Hey, you. Yeah, you're that bounty hunter guy.... Vegas, isn't it?" Mat said to the teen, he'd been one of the only characters upon the island Vegas had considered a friend. Well... Rather a drinking buddy. In the two weeks or so he'd been there he'd seen him around and about. "You looking for a way out? Cause these two can help, apparently, and perhaps with their help, you can get the hell out of here."

"I'm Sora and this is Krest." Vegas picked himself up and brushed himself down, the dock had been fairly dirty and weren't much of a help for the old trousers. Then he looked up, taking time to analyse the two bounty hunters. A kid and a Jazz musician..?

"Vegas, eh? Krest Kolton, nice to meet you, look forward to working with you and hope you're a better fighter than I am."

"Help?" Vegas laughed, putting an arm around the marine as he would a close friend. His laughter slowed as he pointed to the new arrivals with his free hand to emphasise his point. "You think I need help from Captain Sax and the Incredible Midget here?" Sensing that the Marine wasn't joking, his vision turned from the bounty hunters to the marine, scincerity in his eyes. "These pirates aren't shitting around, you saw what they did to that ship, and these guys are even newer to the buisiness than me they wouldn't stand half the chance that I would.." A smile broke across his face as he looked back to the bounty hunters. "So unless you fellas are willing to dance with death for lack of a better phrase... You'ld better go back to the play park."

He let go of the marine and stepped towards the sea, looking out in the diection the Moonwalkers had headed off in, stopping only to warn him. "And before you say anything slanderous about me bro... I've been toe to toe with those backward sliding bastards every other day for a week now, I don't plan to fail forth time so please pick your words carefully."

Although the Bounty Hunter was hostile, he wasn't an idiot... He knew the marine had the best intentions in mind and knew he needed the help. Uncreasing the wanted poster, with his back to the newcomers he looked down at it with increasing distaste. The thing that really didn't seal the deal for him was that he knew for a fact that you couldn't devide seven million beri by three. Arrogantly the teen thought of himself as a lone wolf, walking and fighting alone, seeking revenge upon those who crossed him... He'd never defeat his father's crew by himself, who was he kidding? He'd been teamed by some backing dancers... Lone wolves go hungry.
Edited by Encore, Jan 13 2011, 04:24 PM.
Henri 'Silver-Tounge' Argent • Con-Artist• Martial Artist/Merchant • NoneBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 500,000 • Location: Bijotsu: East Blue.
Ezekiel Vegas • Bounty Hunter • Navigator/Thief • Nothing as of yetThreat: 0 • SD Earned: 23 • Beli: 4,750,000 • Location: ?
Highgate 'Vlad' Vladimir • Wandering Musician • Entertainer/Assassin • WanderingBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 3 • Beli: 500,000 • Location:
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Incredible Midget? Sora glared murderously at the man, Vegas or whatever he was called. INCREDIBLE MIDGET?! It was all he could do to not reach for his guns and shoot him full of holes. Instead, he walked up to the man and kicked him on the shins. Hard.

"Listen up, mister expert bounty hunter," Sora said from his crouching position as he nursed his foot, blinking small tears of pain from his eyes. "I don't know how much of a great hunter you are, and honestly I couldn't care less." He said, standing up as he shoved the pain away, "But for your information, both me and Krest have fought bounties before and either won got out with our lives." He glared at the man again, his boyish face contorted in anger. "Now I might be small, and I'm probably not old enough to actually handle a gun yet..." He heard a muffled snicker behind him. He shot a glare back at Mat, who was looking the other way, covering his mouth with a hand. "But I know a thing or two about 'Dancing with Death', so you can just take your cutlass and shove it up your-"

"Now, now." Mat said, pushing his large body between the man and the boy. "We're supposed to be working together here. And besides, the whole point of working together is so that you don't die, y'know?" The man scratched his head as he gave the two a good-natured smile, though coupled with those unchanging eyes made it an odd sight. "Now do you want to get out of here or not?" Sora shot a glare at the bounty hunter before turning back to the marine and nodding. "Hell yeah." "Well then, if you want to make it easier, you might want to hurry it up..." Sora raised an eyebrow at this. "Huh? How come?" The marine looked over to the single, large mountain. "Well y'see... There were three pirates on the assault boat, and one of them was Billie Jean himself. Now I have a location on the pirates' ship, and we can cut our way through the mountain to get there before the assault team do..." "Thus splitting the oposition in half." Sora completed, suddenly getting the idea.

"Now seeing that the pirates just left a few minutes ago, they should still be nearby. We should ignore em, and then wait for them at the ship. Easy." He turned to Vegas, looming over him in his massive height. "Well, if you're looking for a way out, I'd suggest you follow us." He leaned closer to the man to whisper something Sora couldn't catch. "The kid may seem like... Well, a kid, but did you look at his eyes? Not the eyed of a kid, that one. He might surprise you, y'know." Then he straightened, turned around and headed to a west-southwest direction. "Well, come on then! We want to get there before the big boss comes back, y'know!" He yelled back, jogging through the crowd. Sora just shook his head, shooting a last murderous glance on Vegas and shrugging nonchalantly to Krest before jogging up with the much bigger man, keeping pace with his long strides easily.
Edited by MadMadDan, Jan 15 2011, 11:46 AM.
Soran Ibrahim • No Position • Artist/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 6.0 • SD Earned: 38 • Beli: 6,000,000 • L: North Blue• No SL Yet

Strength:10/Speed:42/Stamina:7/Accuracy:26/Fortune:17

Makoto Yayoi • Maid • Entertainer(Cosplayer)/Assassin • BFFs!Bounty: 0 • SD Earned: 42 • Beli: 9.240.000 • Location: East Blue, Dawn Island

Strength:10/Speed:21/Stamina:10/Accuracy:16/Fortune:25

Andre Niall • No Position • Entertainer(Bard)/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 2,500,000 • L: East Blue

Strength:15/Speed:14/Stamina:5/Accuracy:8/Fortune:10
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Krest was somewhat amused by Vegas's choice of insults, "Heh, if you want my saxophone to outrank you then that's your business but I can't help but agree." As Sora loosed his tantrum on the "veteran" bounty hunter, Krest sighed "Well, now that we've got the introductions aside maybe we can actually try to catch these thugs?"

He patiently listened through Mat's briefing, nodding occasionally as he took mental note of the various points of the plan. As the others started heading towards the destination, Krest shook off the saxophone a couple more times before briskly bringing up the rear. "As a warning, I'm not a strong fighter, but I do pretty well in support. You'd be surprised how good a weapon good music can be. . . even more so with how stupid that line sounded..."

As he walked behind the others, Krest felt the need to ask about this "Vegas" character, "So, you call yourself Vegas. What is it that you contribute, exactly? I told everyone my "stats" and I'm sure you can guess what Sora's stronger points are but the rest of us here haven't seen you in action yet aside from Mat."
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The kid had ambition... Vegas nodded looking him in the eye. Working together seemed like the sensible thing to do."Yeah... I'm not particularly keen upon dying, at least not before I get to the Grand Line. I guess I could let you guys work with me."

Vegas grimaced, doing his best to stride to the front of the gang and walk alongside the marine, trying his best to ignore the pain in his shin. He was well aware of the child's annoyance, but was never one to let a situation he could stir up go to waste. "Well... I'm not overjoyed with the whole arrangement either." He didn't look at the 'gunman' when he spoke, or at anyone to be fair, speaking through gritted teeth looking straight ahead. "Just get this straight, this is a onetime deal, not a permanent arrangement. Bounty Hunters shouldn't make a habit of flocking together... I don't want you vultures hanging around and scabbing off my kills."

"Moving swiftly on to your point; I'm a pretty good swordsman. Trust me, I may have the arms of a girl, but I fight like a cornered animal." Vegas replied to Krest, his tone less hostile, actually looking at him and addressing him. Due to lack of empirical evidence pointed to his ragged cutlass upon his side, to back his point up. "But in a more practical sense, I'm the best damn navigator I've ever seen. So more of the 'Rogue/thief' style approach to Shrimp's 'archer' and your 'white mage' here. So I guess if we just use our erm... My encyclopaedic of the sea, combined with your musical knowledge and his shooting with a touch of swordplay and we'll be fine."

The plan seemed a fairly good one, just walk over the small island and beat up half the crew, then beat up the other half. Ingenious. Whenever he'd fought their crew, he'd fought them all at once... He shook his head in despair; he'd never been one for tactics, allowing bravado to do the talking in his place. Without conversation, the walk seemed even more awkward. "How long is this walk gonna be anyway?"
Henri 'Silver-Tounge' Argent • Con-Artist• Martial Artist/Merchant • NoneBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 500,000 • Location: Bijotsu: East Blue.
Ezekiel Vegas • Bounty Hunter • Navigator/Thief • Nothing as of yetThreat: 0 • SD Earned: 23 • Beli: 4,750,000 • Location: ?
Highgate 'Vlad' Vladimir • Wandering Musician • Entertainer/Assassin • WanderingBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 3 • Beli: 500,000 • Location:
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"Hey now," Said Mat from the front of the group. "Don't forget about the big, burly marine in front. I may have only received basic training and all the people I had to beat up was drunkards, but I can still pack a punch, y'know."

"And we won't have to walk too long..."
He said in response to Vegas' question as he walked out of the town's borders, plowing straight to the thick forest. "It's the bears I'm worried about." "B-bears?" Sora echoed nervously. Bounties were one thing, but bears were something else entirely to him. Mat laughed and said "Joking." before strolling through the branches like it was his own backyard.

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15 minutes later...

They were sitting behind a rock on the edge of the forest, close to the Moonwalkers' ship, The Thriller. Sora was tip-toeing on the rock so that he could spy who was on it. "There are two people on deck, watching their surroundings." He whispered down. The men were wearing black, leather jackets with a crudely drawn painting of a jet on the backs, as well as blue jeans and weird, gangster like hairdos. The ship itself was rather unremarkable but for the hull, which was painted black.
"There doesn't seem to be anyone else."

"There shouldn't be." Mat said. "I was born on this island. I know it like the back of my hand, and I know that you can't get from the town to here in less than twenty-five minutes. Not unless you had some sort of inhuman power..." He put a hand to his mouth, thinking hard. Sora jumped down from his post and broke the silence abruptly. "So. Two pirates ready to be jumped on. What should we do, exactly? Sneak over there, or just go in guns blazing?" Mat looked up at this, though his hand never left his calm face. "Sneaking in sounds good, although how we're supposed to do that on clear sands is beyond me." He looked over to the other two. "Any ideas?"
Soran Ibrahim • No Position • Artist/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 6.0 • SD Earned: 38 • Beli: 6,000,000 • L: North Blue• No SL Yet

Strength:10/Speed:42/Stamina:7/Accuracy:26/Fortune:17

Makoto Yayoi • Maid • Entertainer(Cosplayer)/Assassin • BFFs!Bounty: 0 • SD Earned: 42 • Beli: 9.240.000 • Location: East Blue, Dawn Island

Strength:10/Speed:21/Stamina:10/Accuracy:16/Fortune:25

Andre Niall • No Position • Entertainer(Bard)/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 2,500,000 • L: East Blue

Strength:15/Speed:14/Stamina:5/Accuracy:8/Fortune:10
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Krest thought a moment about the situation as they broke through the bushes to see the ships crew on guard. "If there's only the sand between us and the ship we could have some of you move in while the others create a diversion I'd be willing to work on that. If they're using bazookas then there should be a little bit of lag between when they fire and when the rounds hit at that distance, and they likely take awhile to reload."

He savored his plan for a second before continuing, "the way I see it, the people that can hit hardest should head to the ship and the ones of us that are quick on our feet should be drawing their fire. If anyone has a better idea, I'll roll with it, otherwise I'm gonna make some noise and the rest of you can move in while they reload."

Having voiced his opinion, Krest leaned against the source of cover while gently stroking his saxophone and waiting for the others to come to a conclusion on what course of action to take. He pressed a few keys on it to make sure everything was working before anyone's lives could potentially depend on it and everything seemed to be in working order. In the back of his mind, the musician wondered how exactly so many people could fail to defeat just five pirates, he'd have to stay on his toes for this.
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Vegas was way ahead of them. He'd left the party some two minutes ago and had already boarded the ship, using his skills of stealth and deception. Getting across the sand should have been fairly difficult, but he'd simply ran as fast as he could, across the sand futher down and dived into the sea. He was the distraction as far as he was concerned.

"Hey~" He called out mockingly, climbing up onto the deck, the side nearest the sea and drawing his cutlass, running a finger along it's edge. "Do jackets that gay come in men's sizes? Or do your 'partners' make them especially for you?" Trying to draw attention to himself as much as possible. Annoying people was one of his specialities. He'd have to employ every annoying bone in his body in order to distract them from the three of his allies running across the sand...
Henri 'Silver-Tounge' Argent • Con-Artist• Martial Artist/Merchant • NoneBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 500,000 • Location: Bijotsu: East Blue.
Ezekiel Vegas • Bounty Hunter • Navigator/Thief • Nothing as of yetThreat: 0 • SD Earned: 23 • Beli: 4,750,000 • Location: ?
Highgate 'Vlad' Vladimir • Wandering Musician • Entertainer/Assassin • WanderingBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 3 • Beli: 500,000 • Location:
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"A distraction, eh? Well, sounds good, but we'll have to determine who's gonna be the bait." Mat nodded to himself. "What do you think, Vega-" Mat stopped in his tracks as he stared dumbly at the empty space where Vegas was supposed to be. Sora sighed and mentally chided himself. Why the hell did I not see this come sooner?

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The two dance-fighters turned to the person that had just insulted their beautiful jackets. They kept their cool as they sized the man up. Sharing a glance with each other, they smirked at the clearly inferior man. Then they stood still, not letting a sound out, before twin snaps cut through the silence.

Snap. Snap. Snap. Snap. Snap.

The two continued snapping their fingers in perfect harmony, going through a rhythm as they stood still, glaring at their opponent. They took a step at the same time, neither going faster nor slower than the other. They took another step, their feet moving together in harmony, snapping fingers all the while. Slowly, they moved to the Bounty Hunter, before picking up speed halfway, moving closer, ever closer, ever nearer. The snapping of fingers continued until suddenly they raised their hands high, fingers snapping one last time.

Snap.

Without warning, they struck at the man from both sides, their legs outstretched in a dance-like kick, aiming straight at the head and the side of him.

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Well, they're distracted all right. "They're looking the other way. Come on, now's our chance." Sora said as he jumped off the rock he was using as a lookout and ran swiftly and silently to the front of the ship. He used a rope off the side of the vessel to climb up it and run behind a barrel, hiding himself from the view of the two Jets if they turned around.

He looked back to see Mat and Krest still lagging behind, the marine's run seeming excruciatingly slow to Sora. Damn that man! He thought, glaring at Vegas from his hiding place. He can only distract them for so long... Those guys are fast! Sora looked around for an advantage for an attack, before seeing what was in front of his own eyes. He smiled deviously.

Well, this is going to be good.
Soran Ibrahim • No Position • Artist/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 6.0 • SD Earned: 38 • Beli: 6,000,000 • L: North Blue• No SL Yet

Strength:10/Speed:42/Stamina:7/Accuracy:26/Fortune:17

Makoto Yayoi • Maid • Entertainer(Cosplayer)/Assassin • BFFs!Bounty: 0 • SD Earned: 42 • Beli: 9.240.000 • Location: East Blue, Dawn Island

Strength:10/Speed:21/Stamina:10/Accuracy:16/Fortune:25

Andre Niall • No Position • Entertainer(Bard)/Marksman • No Crew • Threat: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 2,500,000 • L: East Blue

Strength:15/Speed:14/Stamina:5/Accuracy:8/Fortune:10
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Krest was waiting for the others to make a decision, but out of the corner of his eye saw Vegas get up and rush towards the ship, is he nuts? I can't imagine that this helped him catch them any other time... whatever, we needed a distraction and he seems pretty good at that. Still, bravado like that gets people killed all the time.

"They're looking the other way, now's our chance!" Before anything else could be said, Sora and mat (though mat was a great deal slower) began running towards the ship. Krest quickly got to his feet and smoothly but quickly ran to join them, wondering where they could have been looking while Vegas was on his way, seeing that their ally-of-the-moment seemed to be somewhat slower than sora and himself.

Having reached the ship, Krest followed Sora in the same pattern and watched from the cluster of barrels as the jets unleashed their unorthodox fighting style. "looks like they fight according to a rhythmic pattern, heh, maybe I can be of more help in this than I thought, time to add disruption to the distraction. . ."

Krest slid out from where he was hiding and blasted loudly into his saxophone, making a loud, garbled noise in the direction of the Jets!

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Jazz Solo (Signature)
Type: Offensive
Range: 11 or so meters (straight ahead)
Stats: N/A
Description: Krest blasts loudly into his saxophone which makes an uncomfortably loud noise which is painful to the ear but otherwise harmless for now. It may make an enemy hold their ears if they feel a need to shut it out, which in that case would allow krest to get further away from combat if he so chose.
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By now the gansters started clicking and they seemed to be the fairly thick skinned types, the insults not even seeming to enrage them. "Could you guys get any gayer?" Vegas asked, simply baffled by how preposterous they were in person. He'd seen it three of four times before but was still amused by it. "Just look at yourselves..."

The teen watched them advance, he'd seen this move before... Any minute now... any second now they'd attack... He saw their feet move and ducked immediately, rolling forwards, standing up behind them and pushing as hard as he could into both of them as a violent sound errupted from behind him. Hopefully one of them would end up in the sea... That would cut the numbers again for a while.

He finished the push and stepped back, hands over his ears, a distinct tinitus audible over the waves. "Shite..." He had no doubt it had been Krest who'd blown that... If he was here it had meant that the shortass with the guns had been there some time and hadn't tried to save him... Whatever... He'd return the favour later.
Henri 'Silver-Tounge' Argent • Con-Artist• Martial Artist/Merchant • NoneBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 11 • Beli: 500,000 • Location: Bijotsu: East Blue.
Ezekiel Vegas • Bounty Hunter • Navigator/Thief • Nothing as of yetThreat: 0 • SD Earned: 23 • Beli: 4,750,000 • Location: ?
Highgate 'Vlad' Vladimir • Wandering Musician • Entertainer/Assassin • WanderingBounty: 0 • SD Earned: 3 • Beli: 500,000 • Location:
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