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This Is It; MJ references aplenty.
Topic Started: Jan 10 2011, 10:34 AM (1,768 Views)
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"Already on it." Said the Marine, lightly patting his comrade's shoulder as he passed him. "Stay on your guard; They're tricky little bastards."

Crouching next to Sora, Mat looked over the boy for any wounds. There was nothing that showed, but the child's face was wracked with pain. Deciding that this was no time for sympathies yet, Mat shook him roughly. "Hey, kid! This is no time to pass out!"

Groaning, Sora reluctantly opened his eyes. He felt like he was hit by a cannonball. "T-this is the perfect time to pass out." He responded weakly. Nonetheless, Mat pulled him to his feet and gave him a hard slap on the back. "Come on, kid! We're gonna need you fully conscious if we wanna beat these pirates!" Unbalanced by the slap, Sora shot the man a glare. "Well then, you should stop hitting me!" He retorted. The man just gave him a small smirk and rushed to face the Jets. Sora maintained his glare on Mat's retreating back for a while before finally relenting with a sigh.

"Honestly...." Shaking his head, he followed suit.

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The Jets both took a step back as Mat ran back to revive the child. Realizing that this musician was their only adversary for the moment, the two met each other's eyes and nodded; they both knew what they were going to do.

They took their positions next to each other, back to back, facing the lone saxophone player. They began to snap their fingers in a quick, almost cheerful beat, maintaining it for a few seconds. Snap. Snap. Snap. Snap. Both was in synch almost perfectly with each other.

Suddenly, they both jumped forward in different directions, before rushing at Krest in an angle; Charlie with his right arm ready for a punch to the head, and the blonde preparing a kick to the body, before letting them loose in perfect sync.
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 watched as both jets tried to flank him, waiting for the moment they'd launch their attacks. One threw a punch towards his head, the other a kick towards his stomach; neither would be good hits to take, but the kick was a higher priority. Krest bent backwards just enough to avoid the punch while simultaneously raising his saxophone to block the kick, positioning it to hit at the jet's shin instead of his foot.

After the attacks were averted, he stepped back a little and saw that his partners were on their way back into the fight, "Seems I didn't have to buy as much time as I thought. Looks like it's time to break out the secret weapons..." He backpedaled until he was behind Mat and prepared to play again, taking a deep breath. As he started playing, he was more playing exceptionally badly, sounding out loud and garbled notes at random without any rhyme or reason to them. The total lack of beat or rhythm would make it next to impossible for the jets to keep time with one another by means of distraction and also that it was loud enough to drown out the sound of snapping that they use to coordinate their attacks.

If these guys are anything like the ones we've beaten already, they should be crippled if I can keep this up. After they're gone, the captain should be easy if it's three-against-one!
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Despite missing his punch, Charlie recovered quickly and readied himself for a kick. Regrettably, he was forced to jump back instead as he avoided his comrade, who lost his balance as he put his hands to his shin. The two quickly recovered, though, and, with a glance at the now recovered marksman and the hulking marine, began to sync with another round of thumb-snapping.

Krest's rhythmless beat hit home, and the two found it impossible to concentrate their attention on their own beats. They shared a look with each other and nodded. Abandoning their previous methods, they charged for the musician, deeming him the more high priority target. As they approached, Charlie gave his comrade a small gesture to Mat's side, before aiming a vicious kick at Mat. The other Jet rushed past the marine as he blocked the assault, rounding in on the jazz player.

As he was about to let loose a haymaker on the otherwise distracted musician, however, a shot rang out, and the Jet hit the floor. He glanced to the side, and saw the marksman boy running towards him, his left pistol trained at him. Thinking quickly, he rolled behind Krest and prepared to do a jump kick that he and the other jets had perfectly trained, rehearsed and now, perfectly executed.

Unfortunately, the garbled tunes the Jazz player let out threw him off balance, and he slipped and fell on the floor, headfirst. With a bleeding nose, he began to rise up. He dropped to the floor once more as Sora landed a solid hit on the head with the hilt of his gun.

"One down."

Gesturing at Krest, he nodded his head towards Mat and the remaining Jet, still trading punches. Mat was getting hit much more then he struck, and only glancing blows at that. Reloading as he ran, Sora rushed towards the side of the two fighters, hoping to find a clear shot.
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's strategy was working better than he could have expected, leaving the jets practically tripping over one another as their rhythm was butchered by the sax player's disruptive melody. With Sora back in the fight, he could rely on his allies to mop up the disorganized pirates while he focused on keeping up his support. He was worried a moment as one jet got behind him for a kick, but was relieved to see the enemy's failure followed by a swift knockout by the butt of Sora's pistol. That left Billie and one last jet before the job was done.

Having seen Sora's signal to take care of Charlie, Krest decided that what the situation needed was a brief opening for the team to get a solid shot in. He stopped playing before running closer to the fray and putting the saxophone to his mouth again "Hey, jet. Get an earful of this!" Taking a quick breath and gesturing to the others to close their ears if they could, Krest blasted into his saxophone and let loose a terribly loud racket directly facing the enemy pirates. The painful amount of noise forcing the dance-fighter to stop moving for a moment to cover his ringing ears.

"He's stopped moving, take him down."
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The racket Krest played up did the trick, stopping Charlie mid-punch as he covered his ears. Krest's trick was too effective, though, causing Mat to step back, only to lose his balance and fall flat on the floor. Sora caught the gesture, however, and his ears were safely covered. Wasting no time, he took aim and shot. The jet had saw him, however, and dropped to the floor, the bullet sailing harmlessly over his head.

Letting out a cry of frustration, Sora charged headlong for his adversary. The jet jumped back as he stood up, retreating to the side railings, preparing to jump up at the boy to strike as he took aim. Looking up from the jump, he saw that the boy was nowhere to be seen.

Mat got on his hands and knees as he recovered from the fall, only to be pushed down again hard when the young gunslinger stepped on his back and used it like a springboard, sending him flying towards the jet. He took aim mid-air and fired at the unsuspecting Jet. It hit him squarely on the shoulder.

"About goddamn time!" He said, fist-pumping in the air before rocketing into the poor jet, sending him flying through the railing and into the sea, unconscious.

"Oww." He protested weakly. I'm really going to feel that in the morning. That and several other bruises he had nursed. Nonetheless, he stood up to face the last remaining enemy, shaking himself to full alertness. The leader was nowhere to be seen, though.

"Oh great, maybe he ran away." He didn't know whether to be glad or frustrated. He settled on sinking to the floor in exhaustion instead.

Moments later, he was pulled by the scruff of his neck. He looked up to see Mat, his nose bloody, his expression peeved.

Not sure what to do in this situation, Sora gave him a shaky smile. "Uhh, hi?"

Mat was not amused.

Fortunately for Sora, he was saved from the rest of the lecture by a sharp whistle from the direction of the helm.

There stood Billie, on his feet a sound dial -- though Sora had yet to have seen one -- and his face, a mask of confidence.

"Well, you've beaten all of my underlings. That's no mean feat."He said, stating to clap slowly. "I commend your efforts. But now, it's time for you to--" Pausing for dramatic effect, he raised a leg high and brought it down on the dial, pressing the button on the side. "Beat it."



As the music played on on the helm, filling the ship with its upbeat rock song, Billie jumped down and struck a pose.

"You've got to be kidding me." Sora exclaimed.
Edited by MadMadDan, May 23 2011, 10:31 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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The captain was alone, but somehow managed to get to the helm of the ship without detection while everyone was occupied with the remaining jets. After a brief spiel about minions and dramatic buildup, Billie Jean activated a system on the ship which began playing a loud rock song throughout the ship. Dang, with that loud music playing, he's turned the tables on us, I can't overpower that with just my sax! I'd have to be close to him to even try to disrupt his rhythm...

Krest closed his eyes a moment and took his sax out from its playing position as he tapped his foot to try and line up with the song's melody. "Well, looks like we're playing his game now. I can't throw this song off by myself so we'll just have to try and step up to the rhythm he's giving us... he's completely serious." After getting as close to being synced with the song as he could get, Krest rushed towards the mark with sax in hand and aiming to swing it at him. He hoped the others would be able to pick up his plan and trap the dancing pirate because there was no way that the musician would be able to take him down one-on-one. If everything goes right, he'll dance out of my way and into theirs, or at least focus on me enough to get blindsided by one of them...
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The other two followed the jazz player's lead, with Mat taking up the front and Sora hanging a ways back. "We need to play this cautiously." Mat said, his voice low. "I've fought him before; when he starts attacking, he's relentless. It doesn't matter how many people we have, he'll still beat us if we rush in. You and me," He said, gesturing at both himself and Krest, "Need to distract him. He's quick and tough, so a gun's our best shot--" He blanched at his accidental pun, but continued on. "At beating this guy."

He looked back at Sora, who nodded. Right then. Time to do what I do best.

The burly marine put his shoulder down, stomped his foot, shaking the vessel slightly, braced himself, and charged headlong.

Billie Jean stood still, maintaining his pose, even as both the marine and the saxophone player charged forward. He was motionless until they were inches away, when he suddenly jumped up and intercepted both attacks, one foot holding back the sax and the other holding Mat's shoulder.

After being suspended in the air for seconds, he lashed out powerfully, sending him into a leap backwards, flipping once before landing stylishly, spinning on the deck and standing up once more. He looked up at the two tauntingly, a hand elegantly holding down his hat.
Edited by MadMadDan, Jun 15 2011, 08:11 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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Since Krest was honestly expecting Billie to block his attack, he moved with the force of the criminal kicking off of his saxophone and slid down and forward. If I'm gonna hold this guy's attention, I'll need to keep up the pressure... "It'll take more than gymnastics to shake me!" The sax player came out of the slide and got back to his feet to continue the chase, throwing a punch followed up by trying to swing the instrument to hook him with the curve of it around his neck. Krest didn't imagine these moves would work, but with enough movements involved, he'd have to dedicate more and more of his focus on the fighters in front of him instead of the gunman that would be finding a good spot to fire from.
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The bounty waited until the last moments to dodge the musician's slow attacks, missing the blow by inches and ducking under the saxophone with ease. He went around the jazz player and found himself face to face with Mat. The marine aimed a heavy punch at him, which he dodged with a quick jump back.

He quickly retaliated, jumping to the burly man's side and giving him two sharp jabs to his abdomen. As the marine reeled slightly, Billie switched targets and turned to Krest, kicking once at his stomach and quickly following with a haymaker to the face.


As the three were busy fighting, Sora had managed to discreetly position himself in a flanking position, with all three in front of him. Both hands on a single gun, he held it in front of him, waiting for a clear shot.

He had only one chance at this. The bounty was far too fast for any of them to take on -- it was simply useless to have this much people and still not get hit.

As he continued waiting and watching his allies get pummelled, he wondered if he should just scrap this plan, jump into the fray and hope they get lucky.

Then it came. The pirate had braced himself for a haymaker on Krest. It was a small opening, maybe only an instant. But it would have to do.

"Krest! Mat!" He yelled out as Billie Jean pulled back for the punch, quickly aiming as he did. "DUCK!"

He pulled the trigger.
Edited by MadMadDan, Jun 18 2011, 12:18 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's attacks were completely useless against the dancing pirate. The enemy was faster than expected, and that was pretty fast on its own. Fortunately, the combined offensive of Mat and himself was effectively drawing attention away from their shooter. As the captain delivered a kick to Krest's stomach, the corner of his eye caught sight of Sora in position to fire! Knowing that the haymaker Billie was going into was the opening sora was looking for, Krest made no effort to dodge the punch, taking it to his metal face with a fair degree of discomfort and grabbing the pirate's shirt to prevent him from dodging as the shot that was about to come. "Heh, that all you've got? Try harder next time... *eyes narrow* if there is one."

Sora pulled the trigger and a shot rang out. All Krest was thinking at the time (while refusing to duck as it may risk letting Billie Jean have a chance to dodge) was It's about time this clown hit the floor.
Edited by Togamau, Jun 28 2011, 08:36 AM.
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The shot flew true, narrowly missing Mat who was jumping backwards to dodge it. The bullet embedded itself deeply in the man's back, even as the powerful haymaker landed on the musician's metal face. In shock and pain from both the bullet and the unexpectedly well-protected face, the bounty dropped to one knee, yelling in pain. But even with that, the pirate still had some fight in him. Moments later, he shakily stood up, looking defiantly around him.

Suddenly, out of nowhere Mat appeared, grabbing the pirate on his ankle one handed. Letting out a ferocious yell, the marine spun the pirate vertically. Billie Jean's face met the hard wooden deck once, twice, three times before he was let loose, flying upwards in a slight angle. As the pirate started to go down, Mat jumped up, grabbed the bounty by the arm and threw him down face first, rocketing him through the feeble planks of the deck, making the ship shake violently.

"What kind of insane move was that back there, Krest?" He said, patting the man roughly on the shoulder. "Making holding the guy down, despite the threat of a stray bullet... I like your style!" He gave the other an approving smile.

"Soooo... What do we do with this guy?" Said Sora from the other side, poking the bounty's lower body that stuck up from the deck. "That is, if he's even still alive." He poked him again. The feet twitched feebly. No really, this is overkill.

"Well, they are bounties, and you guys are bounty hunters!" He said as he walked back to the wheel. "So it all works out in the end. I'll give you guys the bountymoney as soon as we get back to the island. And after we restock, you guys can come along with this ship, free of charge!" Sora looked curiously at the man. "I didn't know you guys still had money left." The man looked slightly apologetic. "Well, we don't really, but hey! These guys are bound to have looted a lot of stuff! Why don't you head belowdecks and help yourselves?"

Not much interested in the money, but curious of the loot itself, Sora walked belowdecks into the hold. Sure enough, there were piles of loot. Mostly money, but also plenty of other things -- gold in all shapes and sizes, expensive-looking furniture, masterly-crafted paintings... Hello? Sora thought as he spotted a curious object. What's this?

No way... Can it be?! Sora picked up the object and wonderously beheld it in front of a stray beam of sunlight. It is!

Letting out a childish squeal of delight, he ran out onto the deck and sat near the wheel, where he had sat before, happily sketching away with his newly found pencil.

"Well..." The marine said as he watched the boy sketch with glee, baffled. "One man's trash is another man's treasure, as they say.

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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 let go of the mark as the shot was confirmed to have hit Billie's back and just before Mat came in to finish the job. He watched in cool awe at the finishing blow delivered by the marine, wondering where it was exactly that he had learned this sort of thing. It was obvious by this point that the dancing pirate was not getting up after that.

"Heh, that was nothing. Sora's aim is good and when your livelihood depends on someone going down there are a few extra risks you're willing to take to make sure you get paid in the end... speaking of which, how are we getting paid exactly?"

Sora seemed to ask the same question and the answer they received was a bit shocking to Krest. "So, we can just head belowdeck and see if there's anything we want from these guys' stash? I can certainly think of worse ways to be paid for a day's work!" He hadn't finished responding before Sora happily returned with a pencil to begin sketching with it, They looted a pencil? Huh, wonder what he's sketching this time... I'll ask later.

Krest headed below deck to take a look at the hoard the pirates assembled during their raids and his eyes widened at the load of stuff they'd taken from the island, "Jeez, they really nailed this island good... a good thing most of this is going back to where it belongs." He grabbed a few things that appealed to him (mostly money) and went back to the top deck as the boat came back to the town to unload the prisoners and their fabulous loot. "I suppose since all these guys are pretty beaten down and we've already collected our rewards it's safe to wait here on the ship, right? I'm going to claim myself a room and get some sleep. If I'm not awake before we get to wherever this ship's going, just get me up..." Krest went belowdeck again to find a place to rest up after the day's battle...
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Alright, I said Ice could post the grading after I was done checking his work, but since he's out I'll do it. Pretty decent SL overall, keep it up.

- Soran Ibrahim: 17 SD, 4.100.000 beli, 4.5 Threat
- Kress Kolton: 13 SD, 3.200.000 beli, 4.5 Threat
- Ezekiel Vegas: 6 SD, 1.450.000 beli. And for disappearing halfway through, here's your Treasure Hunter Reward: A red Thriller Jacket. Doesn't it just make you wanna dance every time you put it on?


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