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Coming back to colour; i'm back again
Topic Started: Jul 31 2014, 03:54 PM (713 Views)
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Neo was back, he didn't know why but he was, the boat docked gently at the port, kissing the gnarled wooden planking with the port site of the boat as tender as anything, the captain was skilled, Neo could grudgingly give him that at least.

Neo hopped over the side of the planking, his leathery and calloused hands stopping him from getting any splinters from it, though he doubted that would effect most regular humans who could come this far anyway, most of them were pretty tough.

The salty sea air was something he was used to, he took a final deep breath of it before he headed properly into land, he had been here before and the memory had been one to pleasant yet here he was again, ready to enact justice (possibly with a slight bit of revenge mixed in) on the people that had attacked him before. Smoothing down his hair from the sea winds Neo headed out, this time passing Aquamarine's shop, the one place where beli could be used, he had no need for it now.

From his backpack anyone around could hear the sound of metal clanging together, and while that in itself may not have seemed particularly bad on it's own, Neo's face was set in iron, he gave nothing away. He stood tall, covered by leather armour and with two swords at his hip, two swords that that were quite decorated, but deadly all the same. The cans though despite Neo's look were actually tins of paint clanging together in his bag, remnants from his last visit, he had been given them yet hadn't spent a single one so he had brought them along again.

the memory of his last visit still stood, he had painted one section at least of the white town red, hopefully this one wouldn't be quite as bad, maybe he'd even come away happy....

Who was he trying to kid, he never came away from an island happy...

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With a slow creaking, the Grand Solar came to a stop at the docks of Gesso Island. The weather was pleasantly sunny, warm orange light illuminating the green hull of the ship and making the crimson eyes of the reptilian figurehead sparkle. It sat menacingly in the water, like a sea serpent ready to pounce on the smaller vessels around it.

Danny jumped down to dry land carelessly, not bothering to lower the gangway since there was no-one back on the ship to raise it again anyway. It was extremely refreshing to be finally off the sea and back on solid ground, especially after the rough time he had crossing over Reverse Mountain. Normally he wouldn't have minded so much, instead enjoying sailing around for a while. However, eating a devil fruit several weeks ago has made him more acutely aware of easy it would be to fall into the sea, and how much safer islands were in comparison. Better to be wary than not, at the very least.

Speaking of devil fruits, ever since becoming an anchor Danny had been spending most of his extensive free time attempting to figure out just what kind of ability he had been gifted with. Though he was generally knowledgeable, most of his research back at home had been about more scientific subjects than mythological fruits, which left him somewhat clueless about the details. Then again, all this meant was that he had to find it out for himself now that he had a live specimen.

What he had managed to discover was actually quite interesting; his body seemed to be composed of a colourless liquid instead of the normal flesh and blood. He could appear human (or as near to human as he was) flawlessly, but the moment that anything would wound him it instead passed through him as though he were a wall of water. On top of training himself to control this odd substance, he had also taken it to an atomic level and began developing chemicals that could alter and enhance the liquid. All of which he was dying to try out.
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Before he advanced any further into the colourless abyss that was Gesso he stopped and drew in a deep breath of the sea air, gazing up at the crystal blue skies and soaking in the last traces of colour he could get before he was submitted to the boring and crushing weight of the white that would surround him anywhere he went. Turning back he could see his horrible brown ship sitting low in the water, knowing his luck it probably had a leak of some kind that would be hell for him to even attempt to plug up, but that was a problem for when he needed to leave, not for when he had only just arrived.

Now you could quite easily call that Neo just being short sighted, and it was, he hadn't really thought beyond what he was going to do when he came back, only that he should at least attempt slightly to remove the blight of these colour crushers and stop them intimidating people out of their foreign clothes or colourful items. He had yet to actually think of how he'd do that, how exactly he was going to find them, what he would do when he did, or what he'd do after. Those were all things he'd probably end up thinking of when he got to them, it was just how he was.

He would just enjoy a few more seconds before he plunged back into the dreary island, deeply breathing the sea smell into his lungs in hopes it would stay there and trying to burn the image of the sea and sky into his mind to make the journey more bearable. The sea, the sky, and the colourful people who had come to the very edge of the island in order to trade at Aquamarine's shop and earn themselves some very easy beli. The bright and weird traders wearing all sorts of brightly coloured garments in an attempt to show off wealth, some in large wigs, some in fine coats, and some with wings.

Wait...wings? Neo's eyes zeroed in on the strange winged person that stood in the harbour, there was only one person Neo knew who had wings, one whom he keeped becoming seperated from, the last incident when he fell off their boat when going over reverse mountain and entering the grand line.

Neo could feel a stirring in his....heart as his eyes saw Danny once again, the one person that Neo had been able to form any sort of attachment to, maybe it was the fact they were both social outcasts and weirdos that did it but somehow he had managed to befriend the winged scientist. Neo quickly walked to his former crewmate, having to resist the urge not to run straight at him, standing in front of his winged crewmate with a bright smile and open arms, whether it was an action to present himself or an invitation for a hug he would let Danny decide that. He was just happy to have found his friend again.

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Walking away from the docks and into the town, Danny quickly noticed something rather odd about this island he had landed on. Many of the buildings and even the land itself was bleached white, like the colour had been forcibly ripped out of it. To make things weirder, there were also some clothes people were wearing along with some decorations on houses that were overflowing with colour, as if the colours missing from everywhere else were concentrated into these small areas. The phenomenon was so out of the ordinary that the only possibility Danny could think of was that it was caused by a devil fruit. Scientifically, it wasn't plausible for colour and only colour to be removed from an object since it was a result of molecular structure and the ways in which different colours of light were reflected by it.

Suddenly, a familiar figure caught his eye. Walking towards him was a brown-skinned fishman he knew all too well, due to his numerous previous encounters with him. They had nearly stolen a marine ship together, freed an underground slave island together, successfully stolen a bounty hunter ship together and crossed part of reverse mountain together. For some reason they always ended getting split up, but fate had them happen across each other more times than they could count. They had often considered simply travelling together permanently to save the trouble.

Neo opened his arms to greet Danny with a hug, which he reciprocated as he begun conversation. "Short time no see, huh? What were the chances of running into each other like this again?" Danny said with a smile on his face. It was reassuring to know that his friend was alive, since they both lead fairly dangerous lives.

"So what brings you here? I just arrived by following the log pose. Still got the Grand Solar we stole in the blues." He continued, grinning and pointing back at his ship in the distance. He wondered how Neo had arrived too, since they had been sharing the Grand Solar until Neo disappeared somewhere. He must have stolen another one somewhere, or snuck on board a passenger ship.

"If you've got anything planned, do let me in on it. I haven't done anything interesting for a while now, and I'm beginning to run low on beli."
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It was definitely his winged copmanion, Neo's outstretched arms were met with a warm and slightly scaly hug from Danny, the scales being slightly weird but who was he to talk considering that his entire body's skin had the consistency of leather and probably wasn't particularly fun to hug either.

But he was back with his constantly shifting and moving (away from him) companion once again, and hopefully this time they would stay together...hopefully....possibly...maybe...probably not....maybe. Neo broke the hug after a few seconds, he wasn't really used to any type of physical contact so that itself had been something he hadn't done for quite a while, and that really was enough for a while longer.

"Yeah the gaps between us meeting up are getting shorter, hopefully they will dissapear soon, and the chances seem to be high considering how often it happens really, maybe it's fate" He said the last bit with a bit of laughter, he didn't believe in fate as each person should be able to define their own path in life through their words and actions, fate was a concept he had no love for. But still he did seem to keep running into Danny through some sort of coincidence so he could be glad their paths kept meeting.

Danny was running low on beli, wanted an adventure, well this one probably wouldn't herald much in the way of beli, Neo couldn't imagine it being a very profitable adventure, it was more to right a wrong rather than get fame, money and glory. The KKK ,as he had found out they were called, discriminated against anyone with colourful clothes or skin. So essentially anyone who wasn't from the island, and having lived with discrimination for the first part of his life Neo was inclined to stop it. As they had shown last time they would use violent methods to achieve their aim, and Neo would not hesitate to defend himself. But striking out to find them he counted as fine due to the fact that by taking them out of the picture he was defending others from them. The KKK weren't usually known for being so violent, they would steal someones clothes and spray them white before leaving them stark naked in shame in the street, so Neo decided that unless they pulled a weapon on him he would do it the non lethal way.

Maybe it was something that he could at least use to entertain his scientific companion even if there wasn't any beli at the end of the rainbow, worth a shot. "Well i'm going into the eastern catacombs, heard a rumour that the local troublemakers, the KKK, have a den there. They have a nasty habit of stealing the clothes of anyone not pure white, spraying them to fit in and then running off, thought i might go and gently persuade them to stop. Sound like fun? Can't guarantee the money but it'll keep you occupied for a bit maybe." A very toothy and slightly evil looking smile crept onto his face at the last bit, it would be just like old times except hopefully minus the sea of blood that tended to follow them.

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To his luck, Neo revealed the goal he had in mind by coming to the island. He said that he was going into the eastern catacombs, where a radical gang called the KKK had a hideout. For some reason, their activities were based around stealing colourful clothes and items and then spraying the person plain white. Surely they couldn't be the ones responsible for the lack of colour on the island, since they would have to be either a very large group or the island would have to have completely inadequate security. In the first place, it seemed like a completely pointless goal for an organisation to have, but that didn't mean that they wouldn't be worth taking down.

"Count me in, I've been wanting to try out my new devil fruit powers for some time now. This sounds like the perfect opportunity, so just watch and be amazed when you see what I can do."

Of course, Danny was all up for the idea. Just as he said, a chance to get some live subjects for his newest abilities would not go untouched. While researching it on his own would yield progress, he would need actual combat testing in order to move it in the right direction and find out how much use different things were when put to practical use. It could even result in flashes of inspiration for entirely new uses of his powers, since the possibilities for how he could use it were nearly endless.

"You'll have to lead the way though, I don't know my way around here. That is, unless you don't know either, in which case we should probably ask someone."


Though he brought up the possibility of Neo not knowing, from the way the fishman was talking Danny was fairly sure he knew some general directions. If not that, then he had probably done some research on the island at some point, or even had a personal encounter with the KKK he mentioned. He wondered if a group who discriminated against colour would also care about race, or if they were just thought badly of fishmen like a lot of people around did. People were generally more accepting of stranger things like humans with wings and merpeople in the Grand Line, but that still didn't mean that that they were treated equally by everyone. It was just human nature to fear things that they didn't understand.
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So Danny was up for following him into potentially unknown surroundings with an unknown amount of allies or difficulties that they may encounter along the way to try and achieve a goal that they weren't even sure that they could achieve. Just like old times.

Neo's grin was ear to ear, he was more than a little bit interested to see what Danny could do with the new devil fruit powers he had obtained when he ate the fruit they had found in the loot cave in which he had also foun Ember and his leather armor both of which he currently had on him. In the time since he had obtained them they had quickly become amongst his most prized posessions and two more good friends that had seen much use and he had bonded with through the fighting he had done with them at his side.

Was it weird that he thought of his swords as brothers of battle? He didn't think so, each sword was an individual and had a mind of it's own, it's own feel when you used it and hurt when you didn't, each one was a masterpiece that a blacksmith had put their heart and soul into making and so should be treated as such by whoever it was that wielded the work of art. It was like an art collecter with their art or a card collecter with their cards....except his collection was of use.

But back to the point at hand, he did know where the catacombs were (vaguely) they were in the east of the island, so they just had to keep heading east and they'd find them eventually....

"I know where the catacombs are, we'll head out now then, i can't wait to show you how i've improved and see yours, it'll be just like old times." And after waiting for Danny's reply if there was one, Neo would head out, hopefully with Danny in tow.

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As suspected, Neo was aware of where the tunnels were and was ready to head out at a moment's notice. Just like Danny, he was eager to show off the new skills he had gained since their last meeting, like children wanting to show off their new toys. Though he had not eaten a devils fruit like the winged doctor had, and subsequently not acquired an entirely new set of skills to branch off into, that did not mean he could not have learnt anything good in the short time they had been apart. He did have new weapons and armour, after all.

"Go ahead, I'll follow. I'm looking forward to what you have to show me."

Danny set into line next to Neo, trailing him as he headed towards the catacombs. Cutting through some of the town as they did so, the doctor couldn't help but take note once more of how unusual the island was. Were all islands in the Grand Line like this? The natural monochrome state of the island didn't seem to be dangerous at least, unlike some of the things he had heard about the places in this sea. He though hew had bad weather just after Reverse Mountain, but he had read that it was just the tip of the iceberg. Supposedly there were even huge aquatic serpents in the depths. which he would both love and fear to meet in person.

"So have you been to this island before?"

Regarding his theories about Neo having visited before at some point, Danny thought it best to simply ask since he thought it highly unlikely to be a sensitive subject. Plus, he was generally interested in what Neo had done here before, and what he had done since they last went separate ways. There was no harm in catching up with him while they walked, and even if he dropped his guard because of it his new ability would allow him to come out unscathed.
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In his peripheral vision Neo could see Danny looking around at the bleak white town formed of white washed houses all forming a white sea that was boring yet somewhat interesting at the same time. The lack of colour making it all seem very plain and monotone yet meaning that the styles of the buildings and all of the different things that made each one different stood out a lot more when you looked.

Seeing as they had a little bit of time before they reached the catacombs, and knowing of Danny's usually inquisitive nature Neo decided to tell him why everything was white before his friend asked. "Everything is white because of white rains that fall frequently on the island, nothing outdoors can escape and it bleaches all that it falls on creating what you can see." Maybe the scientist would be impressed with Neo's knowledge on the subject, it was science wasn't it, and he very much doubted that Neo's knowledge on smithing and sword fighting would be of any interest to Danny.

The walk from town to the eastern catacombs wasn't desperately long, but it took them out past the edge of town and as the monotone white houses were put behind them Danny spoke up. "Yes, this is my second visit to the island, it's not a bad place so long as you don't get caught out by the people that we are going to meet today, i was unprepared and still came out unscathed so between the two of us we should be absolutely fine. The island's currency is colour, the brighter the better, there's only one store where you can spend beli and you can get some cans of different coloured paint there to pay for your stay on the island. Though it's not like we'll need to go there, i've probably got enough should we need to buy anything though i doubt we will."

Neo remained silent in thought for a few seconds as they walked, "Since we split on reverse mountain i've seen a fair few islands, an island of eternal darkness, something about magnetism keeping the light out, you would have liked it there. Haven't really stayed anywhere for to long though, haven't had that much to do either really, just been moving round to whatever takes my fancy to be honest. What have you been doing then since we last were together?"

As Neo said this last bit they drew up outside the entrance to the catacombs, passing a large rock face to find a hole roughly twice the size of a human embedded in the rock, they had time to talk first so there was no problem with waiting for a bit outside. It wasn't like they were in a rush.

Hopefully Danny would have at least one interesting tale to share, both of them seemed to have a knack for getting into trouble or even on occasion causing it so he wouldn't be surprised if Danny had done anything particularly exciting recently.
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As the two walked, Neo brought up his knowledge about why the island was mostly so boringly white; a strange kind of rain that intermittently fell somehow bleached the colour out of things it touched completely, an extremely strange phenomenon that Danny had never even heard of. For starters, it was unreasonable for the rain to only land on this island and nowhere else, considering how clouds always drifted hundreds of miles after creation before raining. Not to mention that the direction that they would drift depended on the wind, which never blew in the exact same direction with the exact same power at all times. Could it have been a chemical in the sky above the island? Or possibly even given off by the island itself, which would explain how it could linger.

Neo then went on to say how this was his second visit to the island, and because of that he knew that the currency here was colour and there was only one store that people could spend beli in. Though actually, it was more of a currency exchange centre because it sold pots of paint to use as currency while on the island. If they were just going along to exterminate some pests though, there wouldn't be any need to pay for lots and Neo said that he already had enough on his to get by. Actually, the liquid Danny could produce could be made into nearly any colour, which meant he could potentially become infinitely rich. People would get suspicious eventually though.

Following the blast of information, the conversation progressed towards what had happened to each of them since reverse mountain. Neo talked about how he had been to a very dark island, while they walked towards a rocky wall some distance from the edge of town. Bored into the stone was a hole just big enough for two people to fit down side-by side.

"This is actually the first island in the Grand Line that I have been to, I've been spending my time discovering how to use these new devil fruit powers. I haven't had any chance to put them to practical use until now though, so I'm looking forward to it."
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Danny seemed as usual deep in thought, probably pondering something about whatever Neo had said, he was a deep thinker and Neo would let him do as he pleased for a few seconds. They were standing outside of the rather small cave entrance that they would soon have to pass through, though neither of them knew entirely what to expect once they were in there seeing as this whole expedition was gotten from a rumour that Neo hadn't even properly confirmed.

But of course to tell Danny that would ruin the fun, so instead of planning it all properly and checking the authenticity of the rumour that said the kkk might be hiding there he would just go and check himself. Running into Danny and having his friend accompany him for the ride was just adding to the fun of it and giving him a companion to go through it with so that even if it did turn out to be uneventful at least he could spend some time with his friend. Even if they came out having done nothing then at least he had met his friend again who kept seeming to appear and dissapear at will as they constantly became seperated. Maybe this time even they wouldn't get seperated again.

It seemed Danny didn't have as much experience as he did in the grand line, this was the first island he'd visited even, which was quite unexpected considering he'd expected Danny to have visited a few islands already but it seems he hadn't. "Well Gesso isn't to bad a place to start i guess, no threats that are to major and nothing that would completely wipe us out straight off the bat, overall it's quite nice so long as you don't mind plain white everything. Oh and so long as you don't piss off the people we're hunting it's cool, but of course we are going to go and stir up that rat's nest now." Neo chuckled slightly as he thought of the fact that this was quite a peaceful island yet they were currently on the way to finding the only source of possible danger that there was.

After tightening a few of the buckles on his armor and putting on the gloves that came with them, Neo drew both swords slightly out of their sheath to check that they were loose and would come out easily should they need to. Rolling his shoulders for a few seconds before turning to Danny with a wide grin stretching ear to ear, "No time like the present i guess." And with that he walked into the small cave entrance, assuming of course that Danny was coming with him and they would walk side by side down the tunnel and into the catacombs.

Should Danny choose to walk with Neo they would both see the white ceiling, walls and floor only extended a metre or two into the cave, after which point it was all solid brown mud, being to well covered for the white rain to get to far into the catacomb. The passage descended at a slight angle going lower into the ground, deeper into the unknown earth, only faint light allowing them to just about see where they were going. Neo ran a hand along the hard mud walls, scraping some off onto his fingers as he created light scratches along the surface of it, even touching it lightly it came away in his hands. After several minutes of going down the long straight passage it opened up into a wide open space.

A cavern presented itself to the two explorers, large stalagmites and stalactite creating the appearance of them being in a giant beasts mouth. If either of explorers were to look up they would notice several large shadows flickering and winding between the rock formations hanging from the ceiling, seemingly disturbed by the newcomers and unable to settle back down.

Neo stood at the entrance to the cavern, not needing to move further into the room yet until he had properly sussed out what was even in there, for all he knew the kkk bandits could be laying in wait for them here. "Well this is kinda cool, not as good as the last cavern we found though" Neo whispered, referring to the one that they had found on their last adventure that contained both Danny's devil fruit and Ember.

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Surprised upon learning that his friend was still somewhat inexperienced regarding the Grand Line, Neo gave his opinion on how safe it was for an introduction to the sea that was widely known as being incredibly harsh. Just as Danny suspected, aside from the magic rain the island he called Gesso was fairly peaceful. However, he did say that things would become difficult if they got on the bad side of the KKK group, which was essentially what they were asking for by invading one of their hideouts. They wouldn't be bored during their stay at least, which was pretty much the only upside to the daring raid.

It didn't take long for Neo to adjust his armour and check his swords to make sure he was battle ready, during which time all Danny could do was watch since his only weapon was his body and a couple of chemicals in his backpack. He could have spent the time stretching in all fairness, but rather than the martial arts he was so accustomed to he only really wanted to use his new powers so he didn't really think about preparing himself for close combat. He could have Neo cover for him if things got too bad, in any case.

With the preparations finished, the two fearlessly headed into the stark white cave. It wasn't far in that the walls started to fade into the muddy brown colour most caves normally were, presumably because the rain couldn't reach too far inside. It made things a lot easier to distinguish and lessened the alien feel to the place. However, deeper inside there were different things that would make the place seem strange.

The pair eventually made it to a large cavern, reminiscent of the one they had found on the small island just before Reverse Mountain. However, as Neo pointed out, the lack of endless wealth meant that the one they had just found was not quite as impressive. Then again, there was something else quite eye-catching nearby: large scuttling creatures hiding in the shadows on the ceiling. The instant Danny took a step into the cave, a group of six shadows leaped towards him and Neo like starved animals. Now that they were not hidden, their identities were revealed as being extremely large bats that were flying towards their new meals with great speed.

"I don't think these guys are the KKK, Neo."

Raising his palm towards the nearest enemy, Danny fired a blast of liquid from his hand. When tested before, he had found this technique to be powerful enough to punch through iron, so making contact with flesh would be deadly.

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The large cavern before them seemed to be relatively peaceful, though as they had both noted it was not as good as the previous one that they had come across shortly before they headed into the grand line, it was ok though as they had come of their own free will to look for trouble. And so as was expected trouble found them instead, and it wasn't in the form of the KKK as they had been expecting, it was in the form of shadows darting around at the roof of the cave. Shadows which as soon as they stepped inside seperated themselves from where they'd been clinging to the ceiling, revealing six very oversized bats that dropped down towards them at a slightly alarming speed.

danny was the first to react as a highly pressurised shot of liquid came flying out of his hands, propelled by Danny's control straight towards the first of the three creatures that came flying down towards him, wings outstretched and fangs bared for all of three seconds before the shot pierced a hole straight through one wing membrane and the oversized bat went plummeting to the ground. It sat there on the ground dazed for several seconds as it recovered from the shock and pain of being shot down before awkwardly scrambling to it's feet, the small limbs not designed for land travel so making it awkward as it tried to waddle over to Danny and bite him. Meanwhile the other two that had chosen Danny as their meal circled around him once before both diving straight down at him in a flurry of fangs and claws, trying to bite and scratch the winged martial artist to pieces so they could feast on his remains.

The three that came at Neo came at the same time as those that attacked Danny, though he was slower to react due to the fact that he'd spent the first second or so just watching Danny and marvelling at the high power shot that had come from his hand. Neo's pack slipped off his shoulders as both swords were cleanly removed from their sheaths, one held out in front and one behind his head held slightly higher up, both aimed at the three bloodsuckers currently flying down at him. Both swords were raised up in front of the fishman before they came slashing down, a sharp wave of wind flying out of each towards the lead bat, the slight backdraft causing Neo's hair to go flying around him, the twin cutting blades slicing into the creatures stomach as it carried on, mindless of the pain towards the simple fishman. Neo raised his blades up as the bat swooped low over him, head down but blades up as the creature attempted to rake it's talons down it's back, Neo rolled away from the beast before turning and slashing a second one in the side. The three creatures all climbed in height, flying higher and circling over him, he would let them make the first move, react when they struck, they seemed as fast as him so he should be able to hit them if he timed his movements right.

"Now call me crazy but i don't think bats are supposed to be that sort of size, what do these guys get fed, whatever they're having i'll have some to i think....so long as that meal isn't us." Neo's eyes were warily scanning the three bloodsuckers above him, watching their movements and waiting for the twitch that would tell him they were coming in for a second attack.

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The liquid projectile punched a hole in the wing of one of the bats, sending it plummeting to the ground before it could reach it's meal. Though it took a moment to recover on the cold stone floor, it quickly realised that it could drag itself along in order to join back in with the feast. Meanwhile, two of the remaining five had chosen Danny as their target, circling around him menacingly as they waited for their chance to attack.

Taking the moment where his attention was primarily on the grounded bat, the other pair of bats dived in towards Danny at exactly the same time. With unholy ferocity, they bit and clawed at the scientist in an attempt to feast on his flesh. However, they would unfortunately not taste the meat they desired so badly. Instead, their attacks passed through as though the teenager were made of water, which he practically was. He did not even need to dodge as chunks of his body was slashed off, only to quickly reform out of liquid again. It caused the animals great confusion, as they tried biting into different areas in search of the flesh that should have been there.

"That's too bad, you can't hurt me no matter how hard you try. Even I had difficulty finding a way around this miraculous defence."

Danny gloated, though he made sure to keep a close eye on each of his opponents so that he could not be caught by surprise. As he spoke, clear liquid seeped out from his feet to slowly form a large pool around him. It covered quite a bit of the cave, but did not intrude too much on Neo's fight because he didn't want to accidentally make the fishman trip over. With his battlefield set up, Danny smiled as he looked around to decide which bat to finish first. He settled on the already injured one to start with, followed by the others one by one.

"Don't look at me, look behind you."

A bullet of liquid suddenly burst out from the floor behind the injured bat, coming from the pool Danny had made moments before. A second or so after, he fired another from the floor underneath one of the other bats. Both attacks were aimed at the chest, to kill, which he could take his time judging the exact positioning since he didn't have to worry about himself at all.

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Bloody hell, Neo and the bats were at a relative stalemate right now, Neo was waiting for them to attack first as he had no real way to reach them as it stood considering they were flying above him so it would appear as if he were struggling slightly. Taking a brief glance over to where Danny was fighting off the bloodsuckers that had gone for him Neo saw that the floor around Danny was covered in liquid, and looked just in time to see two bullets of liquid emerge gloriously from the pool surrounding Danny. The first bullet went pounding into the injured bats chest, punching straight through and out the other side, the flying bat having been targetted by the second bullet having the exact same result as both were taken out of the fight.

Neo had only a few moments to marvel at the powers that Danny's devil fruit had given him before the final survivor of the trio that had attacked Danny came swooping over to him, seeking easier prey than this man made out of a liquid that made him untouchable to them. And unfortunately that easier prey happened to be the much squishier looking fishman swordsman who already had three to deal with, even if two of them were injured.

Neo took stock of the situation, out of his original three combatants the one that he had landed the two cutting air blades on seemed to be losing height, probably from the amount of damage those two blades would have done, the one that he had slashed in the side appeared to be bleeding slightly but had no visible signs otherwise of being hurt.

As the new arrival came over from Danny, Neo raced straight at it swords outstretched, diving under it's outstretched talons at the last second and rolling so that he stood just on the edge of Danny's liquid, crouching low and coating both his blades in it. Neo came spinning upwards with practised ease, flinging both blades out with tremendous force one after the other, the first one slinging off the liquid droplet with a tremendous amount of force towards the already dropping bat, the second towards the one that had a cut down it's side. The first bat took the liquid bullet to the chest and lost all pretense of gliding down, instead dropping out of the sky and landing in a heap, the second bullet narrowly missing the bat as it dropped away from the projectile.

Before he could attempt his stunt again though the newcomer bat came hurtling at him, fangs bared as it knocked him to the ground, it's pure body weight and the velocity of it's flight knocking him over with relative ease. The fishman went down heavily, his armour and it's leather inner protecting him from any real lasting damage but he'd still feel it in the morning. Neo dropped his two swords at his side, they were useless at this sort of range where he was to close for their long blade to be of use, what he wouldn't give for a knife right now. Grabbing hold of both stumpy legs Neo hauled the bat off of him, putting to use his supernatural strength to roll them over so that he was on top before putting an armoured elbow into it's face, crushing it's face before picking up one of his swords once again and slicing it's neck. Kicking himself off of the corpse he then drew his other blade, there were still the original two circling around him and he would need to be wary of their movements.

"Thanks for the gift, even animals run away from you it seems" Neo said with a very toothy and slightly evil chuckle at the end, referring to the new bat attacker, he found it funny considering that Neo was part animal and even he kept getting seperated from the martial artist.

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