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Post by cmd1095 on Jun 21, 2023 4:46:37 GMT
Onaka's quills bristled with disgust, she could practically smell how scummy this guy was. She could tell this was the source of Yanagi's injuries too. Her blades glinted dangerously as she shifted into a new stance better suited for dueling a single opponent. "Well you're certainly a piece of work, let me guess, you constantly need to get new personal servants because each one commits suicide to avoid having to spend more time with you? That seems about your speed" she sneered "guessing your choice of weapon is compensating for a lot too. Everything about you just SCREAMS overcompensation... I mean really, slicked back hair? Yikes dude, that was out of style before I was even born."
Onaka's taunts would hopefully provoke the officer, she could tell he was dangerous despite everything else about him. If he scored a direct hit with one of those spears she was done for, and she couldn't just dodge all of them or they'd wreck the ship even more.
Onaka would begin darting in, zigzagging on her approach to make throwing the spear harder, but she didn't use shave to close in, knowing she'd need that for evasion
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Serena frowned, was the technique really just a matter of blocking and shouting the name? No... there was something else. Shave worked with human muscle power so this one had to as well... probably. So what was the trick... he blocked and froze up, and then he felt like a brick wall. Freezing up... hmm
The time to puzzle it out was later though, as the captain had grabbed her pant leg
"The hell are you trying to pull perv" she said indignantly as she transitioned into an upper kick under the chin, she used a burst of kinetic energy for this one so he couldn't shake it off even with iron body. It would knock him up in the air and probably concuss him if he didn't use iron body, but it would still hurt with it. Her pant leg would tear off in his grip, but she would be unphased
"If you were hoping I'd get all flustered and go kyaaa or whatever so you could get the upper hand if you messed up my clothes, hate to break it to you... but I'm not cute like that. If you see anything, I'll just kill you. You wouldn't be the first to try and strip me in a fight" Serena said "I'm not surprised you'd try that though, I saw the scars you and your crew left on Yanagi. For someone who claims to be a defender of law and justice, you have some pretty twisted ideas on how to treat women in your care."
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Post by ultralilly on Jun 22, 2023 5:13:19 GMT
Yanagi reacted in time by sheathing her blade and turning her body now knowing what kind of tool was being used. If they had a chance, they could rob her of the precious possession of hers. She knew if she drew it, it'd be at risk again so for now, she kept it sheathed as the voice called out to her.
"Because they showed me hospitality. You lot have shown me nothing but misery and therefore your ninpo deserves none of the same respect!"
She closed her eyes while keeping her sheathed weapon close to her. She waited to hear a voice so she could pinpoint exactly where the voice would come from.
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Post by Time on Jun 23, 2023 20:45:59 GMT
Yanagi would find that the sickle soared past her weapon as she quickly sheathed it and dodged the offender's attempt to procure her weapon like before. "Nin' Nin." The voice responded, "You are as dishonorable as the Monsterous Ronin, Uchisaiga." The voice came from Yanagi's left, as the chain retreated with the sickle back from where it was thrown. It was clear her opponent wouldn't show himself, but his voice was clear as day coming from her left. Though what the ninja had said wasn't something to ignore either. Uchisaiga was the name of a Ronin that had been exiled and caused the Great Exile of Wano. He had been strong enough to cut down the last dynasty, and upon doing so, he had also doomed the other samurai and ronin that were now masterless and forced any of the former dynamo's subjects into exile or executed them. Uchisaiga was a name her grandfather cursed, because he had seen the man's monsterous power, as well as his cruelness to not feel regretful for the damage he had caused to the innocents in the way.
To be compared to Uchisaiga was like being compared to a murderer who enjoyed causing chaos and destruction. It was an obvious attempt to provoke a reaction or attack.
"Oooo... I like it when they decide to make things fun. Don't die too quickly now." the spearman said as he watched Onaka move forward in a zig zagging pattern. Looking at her movements he smiled before saying, "Die. Flair Twirl!" As he waited until she was just outside of his spear's reach, and quickly twirled the weapon not unlike a saw, attempting to cut her down as he intended to twirl around her next attack, keeping distance between the two. The sound of wood warping and whistling sang through the air as the intended to strike her weapon arm.
It was clear that his attacks were dexterous, and he was more than just strong when throwing those spears. It was a technique of sorts, indicated as he twirled the weapon about as the blade sparked off of her daggers, leaving a sensation as though her weapon was almost twisted out of her hand. Hell, she'd even find her weapon unaligned from where she normally held it. "Huh.... I figured your grip to be less than ideal. Seems I'll need to add a bit more flair to it." the bastard said from behind her. "Gonna have to clip those quills, but it should be a nice view"
The Captain grimaced as Serena suddenly gave a kick from below, landing straight onto his chin, and sending him staggering back a bit. Serena was losing more kinetic energy than she was gaining now, since the block had not allowed her to absorb kinetic energy from the recoil. It was a problem with her fruit that her own kinetic energy from her body wasn't able to be used, so she always relied on external forces to gain that extra strength. Still, her strike was strong enough to lay out any grunt. The captain looked down at her, rubbing his jaw, as he noticed that her most recent attack wasn't as strong as the previous. "So.... you gain power from my attacks?" He said, before he began to blush at Serena's comment, "What the Hell! No! I was gonna throw you into the Mast! I figured your powers don't work on your clothes!" He justified his actions as not being perverted in any matter. "And the hell are you talking about! We only shackled the prisoner and kept her weak by minimizing her food rations! That's what we're always told to do!" Suddenly he realized what he was doing before his eyes went white and teeth grew sharp as he accused, "Wait we're enemies because you're pirates! You can't fool me by making me think we're the devils!" as he pointed a finger at Serena accusingly.
It was clear that while this man was obviously obsessed with the idea of justice, perhaps something else was going on, as he seemed flustered at the idea of trying to strip Serena down, or was confused by scars on Yanagi. Was he just denying it, or was there something he wasn't aware of? Either way, he was distracted by her claims.
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Post by cmd1095 on Jun 23, 2023 23:33:07 GMT
Onaka observed Nostra's movements carefully, just like Isabelle had taught her, so when the whipping spear came at her she stopped short in her approach, the blade whistling as she parried with her blade, testing his strength from a safe distance. She felt what was happening with her blade being yanked away and broke contact quickly. 'learn the enemy's patterns, and be patient, your opening will come' Isabelle always said. And she'd taken the lesson to heart, so he was trying to disarm her... her really was lusting after her. And he wanted to disarm her and capture her so he could 'use' her.
It was a disgusting thought... but she could use this to her advantage.
"Oh yes it's quite a nice view. I'm an absolute snack" Onaka said, striking a pose to really show off her rear "I mean just look at my ass, I would kill to get my hands on a piece of meat like me"
Without warning a quill would extend from her back to try and spear Nostra while he was potentially distracted by the little show he was getting "I don't mate with weak males though. If you want me, you're going to have to prove you're strong enough to subdue me WITHOUT killing me. So fight hard and impress me, and maybe I'll show you just what I can do, you know us minks, we're quite... intense lovers. Real animals in bed, pun not intended."
Onaka didn't expect her little quill trick to hit the guy, but it wasn't really meant to (though if it did she wouldn't complain). He wanted a feisty mink plaything, her attack was just part of the show. Get him riled up, make him think he had a chance if he just showed off enough of his techniques, kept impressing her... he'd show his hand, and so long as she played the part, he'd be overconfident. All she needed was one opening from that, and she'd cut him down.
And then she was going to shower to wash the icky feeling of even fake flirting with this sleezeball. A long shower... with every kind of soap they had.
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"You're.... not lying. You really have no idea what was done to Yanagi do you?" Serena said, stopping short "I figured you were the one responsible... but no, you're not the one who was in charge of Yanagi's treatment were you. You just gave the order to one of your officers..."
Serena glanced back towards the sounds of fighting back where the boarding forces were clashing, then back to the captain as her stance changed to one somewhat less aggressive. "When we found Yanagi, she had wounds, fresh ones. Our doctor patched her up, and when questioned Yanagi said that multiple people were responsible, but only one had recognizable features. White uniform, blue accents, gold on their shoulders. Clearly one of your ranking officers is the ringleader of the prisoner abuse club you've got going on." she said "we may be enemies, but I wouldn't lie about this...
Now that she was standing still for the moment. The captain could see the amount of scars on Serena's arms, and ones on the leg he'd exposed by ripping her pants
"let's just say I have a personal investment in seeing that world government agents who abuse their power to torture people are punished. That's why I came after you personally. I assumed as the head honcho here you were responsible for the torture." Serena said "if it's not you, then...
Serena drew her sword and pointed it at him "I won't toy around with you to satisfy any personal vendettas, that being said, I'm not letting you attack my family, and I'm not letting you take Yanagi back into your custody. It sounds like you might actually be a decent guy despite our opposing sides, but I'm still going to have to fight you." she said "I'll try to make it as painless as I can though"
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Post by ultralilly on Jun 24, 2023 4:03:31 GMT
Yanagi's serene eyes flared. A name that was more foul-sounding than any curse. her stomach lurched with justifiable rage as her eyes darted left. Her body turned without her thinking, eyes laden with pain and fury. "I am nowhere near as despicable as them!" Her teeth were bared like a beast's and her irises to pinpoints. Her cry of anguish carried through.
She drew her weapon immediately without a second thought as she gripped the hilt with both hands and charged with blade pointed forward directly to where she had last heard that venomous voice. "You WILL rescind your words!" she yelled with no short amount of rage. She had felt rage before. She had known the name. To be compared was the worst possible insult. She didn't mind being called annoying. Stubborn. Unreasonable. Gluttonous. Idiot. Or even names reserved specifically for the worst person. This insult trumps them all in her eyes. Especially her eyes. "YOU KNOW NOTHING!"
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Post by Time on Jun 25, 2023 6:32:43 GMT
Yanagi would charge forward towards the voice before she'd see a pair of sickles above her. They hadn't come from in front... no... rather they had come from behind! "Ninpo: Ventriloquism Bait! Ninpo: Chain Fang Trap!", the voice now came clearly from behind her. His comment had been bait, as the ninja had chosen to throw his voice in the opposite direction of where he actually was! Yanagi should have noticed it when the chain came from the opposite side the first time, but her rage had clouded her judgment as well as his comment on her approval of her ally's ninpo yet disapproval of his own. Instantly the chains whipped up, the sickles coming down towards Yanagi as the trap was sprung and the blades aimed to slice her arms and disable her. Blood spurted, as Yanagi felt pain burn as the sickle slashed across her left arm, the other only being scratched as the sickle had missed it's mark due to her stance to charge forward with the blade pointed towards her phantom enemy.
"I know enough... I know that a swordsman who cannot wield a sword cannot fight. I know that we were branded as too dangerous because of that man. I know that your choice to run as oppose to stay and fight a monster of the sea was also cowardly. If you had shown even that much, you would have been welcomed. Instead you ran and stole a life boat akin to a coward. You are not a samurai. You are not even a Ronin." The voice still continued to come from behind her, the voice still clear, but the smoke around her still veiled his position. the blade was still stuck in Yanagi's left arm, as she had been too enraged to defend properly, blood dripping. "Surrender, and I shall have our honorable captain offer you asylum."
The captain paused as he looked at Serena in confusion once more. Somehow... the fact she wasn't pressing her advantage seemed to catch the old geezer off guard. Listening to her, he scowled, "That's not possible. None of my men...." He paused as he noticed Serena's arms and the leg where he had torn the pants. He scowled as he seemed to instantly recognize those kinds of markings. Looking at the girl before him, he frowned, before continuing to listen, closing his fan again as he stood up straight. Once Serena clarified her stance on the World government the frown only deepened. He closed his eyes. He knew things had been too quiet. The fact that Nostra was always in a good mood, the fact that Tobi was always tired no matter what when he used his fruit. Even just the fact that some of the traffic through the prisioner's quarters was a bit high. He had disregarded the signs, thinking that they were just being diligent.... "If what you say is true, then I greatly regret what our prisoner went through.... However, that does not mean that I intend to back down quietly. I shall handle my crew once we are done, but I cannot surrender nor ignore the fact you are pirates. I cannot justify every action that others take against you, but know I do not do this with a smile on my face. I cannot let a Devil Fruit user escape, nor can I ignore your transgressions." He said, before taking a rope that was for the securing lines. Those lines were usually used to secure crewmates during storms to the mast, so that if someone did go overboard they could easily be pulled back up. It was clear as he pushed the rope through the noose what he was intending to do. "If you have any sense of justice, you'll make the right choice." He said, before preparing himself once more, dropping the fan as he prepared to use the rope. It fell with a heavy thud as Serena could feel the tiny vibrations indicate how heavy it was. It would definitely be a weighty thing to use, but she'd be able to just handle it.
If Serena didn't back down or surrender, he'd charge forward towards her to clash.
Nostra would smile even more as Onaka began to talk dirty, only for his eyes to suddenly go wide as he saw the quill being launched directly at him from her back. He quickly brought his spear up, twirling it again in the same fashion, "Flair Twirl!" It seemed that her assumption was right, as it was a defensive maneuver rather than an offensive one intended to evade and disarm rather than kill. The quill shot upwards, landing just a short distance away, thankfully not hitting anyone since the men were now attempting to surround the Minx to keep her in an arena of bodies, attempting to limit her movement. Isabella was still keeping most of them at bay and trying to keep more from surrounding Onaka, as was Moxie, but the longer the fight dragged out the more tired they would get. "Oh.... You had me there... but it's nice to know I can just pull them out instead of clipping them. I wonder if they hurt more when they get pulled. Of course, I don't intend to do anything like what you said.... I like to see people squirm... especially "strong" girls like yourself and that other piece of meat we were transporting.... what was her name again? Yonah Nah? Yuoo Ha Ta? Well, it's not like it'd matter. Making her squirm while she was starving was refreshing, especially since I got to finally get that old man off my back and do it without his knowledge." He smiled, before quickly side stepping and attempting to thrust into Onaka's leg to disable her turning speed. If he could do that, he could approach from any side, though he was also aiming low and wouldn't be able to properly pull his guard up, he was confident he could hit her.
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Post by cmd1095 on Jun 25, 2023 16:25:01 GMT
Serena sighed at the captain's words. This was the kind of fight she didn't like. Clearly this marine captain had good intentions at heart. She wasn't so prejudiced that she couldn't see that there were good people in the Navy who just wanted to maintain peace and protect those who couldn't protect themselves from pirates and outlaws. For all the corruption, and for all the serving of the Celestial Dragons, there were good men and women to be found here. She hated having to fight those marines more than anything.
But her gaze would harden "My personal justice differs from yours. I help people whenever I can, and I protect the weak whenever I can. I do abide by a lot of the same values you do... but..."
she'd resheath her sword, almost looking like she was actually about to surrender for the moment
"my family is what matters most to me, this ship, this crew, they gave me a home when nobody else would, gave me purpose, gave me love and kindness. We may be pirates, evil in your eyes. But they are my family... and I won't let anyone hurt them. Even if I have to burn the whole world to ash to protect them" Serena said, then used shave and grabbed the fan.
"Rising wind!" she said as she copied the captain's technique from earlier and swung the fan upwards, her muscles strained and ached in protest , but they'd get used to it, she intended to keep this thing around after all, a viable weapon AND a workout tool, she wasn't passing that up. She hoped the wind blast would knock the captain into the sea, removing him from the fight, but sparing her from having to kill him.
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Onaka kept the rage at Nostra's words buried, he'd only be more satisfied if he got a rise out of her... but she did resolve to make his death painful. She needed to bring an end to this quickly though, more and more marines were recovering from the payload and they were starting to surround her. She couldn't deal with Nostra AND an army of grunts, and Isabelle and Moxie wouldn't fight forever without backup.
Luckily Nostra's gloating led him to go for a disabling strike that left him wide open. She hadn't expected him to get so cocky so quickly, but she wasn't complaining. She kicked off the ground with the leg he was aiming for and launched into a modified razor shave, closing the gap and spinning at super speed as her twin daggers slashed at his face and shoulders multiple times in a series of horizontal slashes, with the very first one being aimed to take out his eyes so he could never watch anyone squirm again... and also to cripple him in battle... that too. The other slashes would be devastating too, going for tendons in the shoulders to disable his arms, and his neck would be on the chopping block too if he didn't get his guard up fast, though she saved it for last in order to maximize his pain before death
While she was at it, she improvised another technique to multitask and deal with the surrounding marines, firing quills from her back as she spun as fast as she could, her spinning letting her volley hit all around her and take down a bunch of marines... Nostra would get a torso full of quills too, but while he might not have been able to bring his guard all they way back up to protect his face and upper body, she figured he'd probably be able to at least block those... but who knew maybe she'd get lucky and the pain and shock of losing his eyesight would ruin his ability to block everything else.
"well it's good to know you don't actually have sexual intents, I can stop pretending to flirt now. It made me feel dirty inside." Onaka said as her spin slowed to a stop "you're not going to be getting to do anything ever again though. Other than die a pathetic death bleeding out on the ground that is."
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Post by ultralilly on Jun 25, 2023 18:39:03 GMT
When the blood spurted, Yanagi immediately switched to her right hand and seethed in pain. It dribbled down her left arm as she regretted falling for such a cheap tactic. She let her left arm hang loosely to her side, finding it nearly impossible now to grasp her weapon effectively with her left hand right now. Her anger only rose but she could clearly hear the voice of the one responsible for her current state. She stood still for a moment then spoke in a deep rumble.
"Stay and fight? With the same men that gleefully gave me wounds? Deprived me of even the crumbs of food? Whose eyes showed not even the faintest hints of regret or honor? I wasn't about to die with such filth!" she stared in the direction of where the voice was at with eyes that were two roiling pools of wrath. "If I died, the sea would take me. It was the better of the two options."
She grasped the blade hilt in her right hand tightly, aggravating the scratch on the arm to start bleeding. "At least the sea knows mercy. it does not laugh. It judges all equally. I may not be a samurai. I may not even be a ronin as you say...but..I do know this much..." Her right arm raised and with it the blade she cherished. Thoughts of the kindness shown to her between the people she had just met flowed through her head. The blade raised above her head. She spoke her next words firmly and without even the slightest hint of hesitation.
"I'd rather die with an enemy of the world than throw my lot in with dirt like your crew." Her dream wasn't going to end here at the hands of the ones that did her wrong. Their just rewards had to come from her. They had to pay for everything they did to her.
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Post by Time on Jun 25, 2023 21:02:58 GMT
Nostra would realize his mistake a bit too late as he immediately took several slashes along his arms, body, and face. He was barely able to shield one of his eyes, but the other was immediately bloody, though Onaka wouldn't be certain if the attack had been deep enough. Then there was the quills, as they launched out in her spinning razor shave, piercing multiple marines, though most of the wounds were non-lethal, or missed. She'd need to further fine tune this technique for the future in case she was being surrounded again, but it did disable and remove from the fight dozens of marines in an instant.
Nostra barely was able to dodge and stumble away from the finishing blow to his neck, only doing so because he desperately swung his spear wide while backing up towards his men. "Agh! Fuck! My fucking eye!", he screamed clutching his eye as best he could while glaring at Onaka with hatred. "You...you fucking who-". He didn't get a chance to even finish his words, as a gust of wind carried through the area, blowing smoke completely away as a large man with a large marine coat was sent sailing and glaring towards Nostra and Onaka at full speed, literally flying. The captain looked more pissed than scared or surprised as he screamed one name. "NOSTRAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
Serena's shave was faster than the old man's charge, him only seeing a blurred blip three times as she passed him, and before he could turn his body around he was sent flying by a gust of his own wind. He was honestly astounded by what he was seeing, before realizing how much trouble he was in.
Immediately the smoke that seemed to surround the ship was dispersed, Serena having enough strength and skill not only to copy the move enough to mimic it, but adding the force of the previous attack and the last remainder of her kinetic energy into it, turning a gust into a gale! The man was sent flying, not exactly into the sea, as she hadn't learned enough to focus the technique into an upward wind as much as a full on wave. However, she'd see the old man fly, before he suddenly screamed "NOSTRAAAAAA!!!!, before she watched as the captain skillfully looped the lasso around a red headed and bloodied marine's body and then proceed not only to forcibly land himself in front of Onaka, but subsequently send the bastard flying straight into the Sea Quill's mast at full fucking force, the man being bashed so hard in that he left a wooden imprint of his roped up body diagonally across the mast. The guy was knocked straight out, as he fell, eyes white and without any consciousness to them, as the Captain casually walked past Onaka and stood over his lieutenant menacingly, outright ignoring the pirates. At this point, almost everything on the Sea Quill stopped
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The ninja was silent, right before a voice came from the right of Yanagi. "There is no doubt. I felt the same as you did, starved, ridiculed as a murderous savage.
Uchisaiga had stained all of those from Wano, his terror having never stopped even after his exile. Even to this day he is somewhere out there. A man capable of cutting down a mountain in a single stroke of his blade." Then the voice came from behind her. None the less, I cannot deny that my imprisonment was as unjust as before. But I did not shirk from my ideals. I would not fall to such petty provocation, nor would I lie and say that his stains are not our own." then the voice came from hee right. "Still, if this is what you believe you should do, then so be it. Then I shall give you an honorable death. Nin, Ni-", before he could finish his sentence, a massive gale of wind blew, sweeping all of the smoke cover that was hiding the ninja away. Well, perhaps the word 'ninja' couldn't be properly used. As he was dressed entirely in white with blue trim, a modified version of a ninpo gear blended with the marine uniform that made the shoulders look like pointed sleeves and the hat being replaced by a hood that covered this marine's face. What's more, he hadn't moved once from in front of Yanagi, as he had attempted to use the same trick as before.
He was shocked and exposed, even more so, as his captain was flying and even attacking his own men! However he knew he couldn't be distracted, as he instead decided to attempt to make use of the chaos that would have hopefully distracted Yanagi had she not been so razor focused, giving her a clear angle to attack the charging man who held his two sickles about to slash downwards at her.
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Post by cmd1095 on Jun 25, 2023 21:46:10 GMT
Serena blinked slowly as she observed the effectiveness of her attack exceeded expectations. Also observing the captain turn on one of his own men even from a distance was... something. She glanced down at the fan... definitely keeping this. She needed to see if there was a good sword on board too, maybe Yanagi could... Yanagi!
Serena looked around, eventually spotting the bloodied Yanagi and the charging marine. Shit! She couldn't cover that distance in time with her fruit stores empty. So she reached into a bag on her belt and pulled out an impressive looking sword hilt that was all black, and clearly finely crafted. And with a grunt she hurled it at the ninja marine to whack him on the back of the head and slow down his charge
"You stay away from her!" Serena shouted as she charged to join the battle to help Yanagi, though with the ninja exposed and briefly distracted by the hilt crashing into the back of his head, Yanagi might well be able to resolve the matter on her own even if injured. Idly, she wondered why she was already so protective of Yanagi, but chalked it up to just considering her a part of the crew now
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Onaka was bummed she didn't get both eyes, but the amount of damage she did would be enough to secure her this fight... when suddenly the enemy captain came in out of nowhere and used a noose to grab her scumbag opponent and hurl him into their mast with enough force to damage it!
She didn't exactly know how to respond to this, and neither did anyone else it looked like, as everyone had just kind of frozen and was staring at the spectacle
Honestly the fact the captain was ignoring her was a prime opportunity to take him out, one razor shave to the back of the neck and it was done... but she didn't feel that was deserved. Clearly the enemy captain had learned how shitty his subordinate was from Serena, and he'd just attacked the guy she'd already grown to despise... so she couldn't really justify a dishonorable murder like that.
"So uh... I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the torture of Yanagi wasn't authorized by you then." Onaka commented, not really knowing what else to do here "sooooo... good on you for making things right but... uh... we're still fighting right? So maybe... deal with him later? I'd feel really awkward cutting you down when you were so focused on him so... en garde? Or are you willing to surrender? We're uh... clearly winning this fight so far and I'd rather not kill any more people today. We'll let you take the lifeboats and some food supplies and compasses and leave in peace. Ship and cargo is ours though, you did attack us so fair's fair."
It was a generous offer really. With Nostra down and with how many marines they'd taken out, and the enemy captain now on their ship getting surrounded by her crew while being armed with nothing but a rope... and Serena presumably still being on the enemy ship wreaking havoc... it wasn't looking good for the taskforce
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Post by ultralilly on Jun 25, 2023 23:24:25 GMT
Yanagi was focused. Not even the sudden reveal of the smoke was enough to make her bat an eye. She had already raised her weapon high to use the same technique she had used to deflect the shots and Serena's swordplay from earlier. The only thing that made her even slightly twitch was Serena's own voice from closeby. The sword that was aimed to hit her opponent in the head. This one was still honorbound and Yanagi knew what that was like. he was not the one who wronged her and did not deserve death.
He was a victim much like herself. But she wasn't going to let him off easily. She spun her blade in a clockwise motion to deflect the oncoming blades then took her blade and flipped it so the dull side faced toward the man she was now swinging at now that the sword had picked up a fair amount of speed.
"One Sword Style Genbu...." the dull side came at him like a thin yet powerful streak of bludgeoning force. What would appear for a brief moment seemingly was a black skinned tortoise whose flipper aligned with the oncoming blade strike. "...Black Flipper!"
"Eh? You're using the backside of the blade? Why?"
"There is a time for bloodshed and a time for reflection. Nonlethally striking someone out will give them time to reflect but shedding their blood and letting them die will only breed anguish. If there is a time when you think someone needs time to rethink, you will know what to do."
Grandfather. His teachings echoed in her head. Knowing when to show mercy and when to withhold it. She hoped she had made the right call.
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Post by Time on Jun 26, 2023 0:52:44 GMT
With the hilt striking true against the back of the Ninja's head, the man found himself stumbling forward. He knew it was a fatal movement on his part. The girl would no doubt take advantage of his predicament and kill him, only continuing to repeat the fears that all of the world government and marines had towards those of Wano.
He closed his eye, only to hear something he hadn't in a long time. "One Sword Style Genbu...." Instantly he recognized the name, and looked up in shock as he watched the woman seemed to have a black tortoise silhouette behind her blade, it's flipper blunt and black as it made a smooth slash at him. He didn't even register the fact it struck as he stood there for a moment, as Yanagi had already passed him, her blade flipped in reverse towards the dull side, and a black streak seemed to occur as an afterimage for a brief moment, with a following shockwave that ripped through her opponent; as he fell onto his knees and forward from the strike. Her opponent was defeated, his eyes white with unconsciousness.
The Captain seemed to ignore Onaka for a moment, though every marine had stopped fighting, and were seemingly tense. Some of which looked at each other, and attempted to back away. "Move and I'll kill you all myself." Everyone froze, as it seemed there was a tinge of killing intent behind the captains' words. Enough that even Yanagi, Serena, and Onaka could feel it. Even Ayane, who was still searching for the invisible little fucker felt a shiver run down her spine. Everyone except Freya and Isabella seemed to be shaking ever so slightly, even without their control.
Then, suddenly a few marines collapsed, foaming a bit as they had apparently stopped breathing for the minute that the chill ran through the air. He then turned to Onaka. "No. She wasn't supposed to be harmed, only deprived of a significant amount of food. Enough to keep her in a weakened stated. It's standard procedure for all Wano immigrants when they are taken into custody. Nostra is a noble, put in my Taskforce to discipline him. It seems he had made a faction within my force.... One I intend to correct immediately with the full force of the Law.... With that said... I can't allow you to take our ships. I know the area enough to understand there is no naval base nearby. We'd likely only continue to run into your group if anything. So... I'll negotiate a deal. I'll keep quiet about your crew, and claim all damages were from a Sea King attack. In exchange, you can take anything you want, with the exception of food, half our weapons, and whatever else catches your eyes....." He said, before looking over to Serena and pointing at her, "THAT INCLUDES MY FAN YOU BRAT! NOW GET YOUR GREEDY MITTS OFF OF IT!" It seemed he was quite attached to that weapon. None the less, he turned back to Onaka.
"I'll also take care of Nostra instead. If you kill him, it'll only cause more problems for your crew. I can ensure he spends plenty of time inside of Impel Down. So, in summary, I keep quiet and let you take almost anything you want; in exchange you let us keep our ship, half of our weapons, and let me handle Nostra and his men. Deal?"
Meanwhile Ayane would continue to have trouble. Whoever this person was, they obviously weren't a big fella or even a tall one. Their footsteps were light, probably a younger member or something. The fighting atop had obviously stopped, but while she could still hear him attempt to scurry about he'd freeze when she got close, only scampering when he was able to duck around or under her. Which was impressive considering her own size wasn't anywhere as big as some of the others on the crew. She needed to find a way to clearly see the bugger like they had seen the ship.
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Post by cmd1095 on Jun 26, 2023 1:21:56 GMT
Onaka considered the offer, it was a fair deal, they'd get a fair amount of loot and cover up the use of Serena's devil fruit, it'd also get the only major naval force in the area off their back. And it would mean Nostra faced justice... and she wouldn't have to kill any more people today.
"Sounds like a fair deal, we'd gain more than enough to make up for the damages to the ship and injuries to my crew. And we're not the kind of pirates who enjoy violence for violence's sake." Onaka said "that fan of yours is impressive though, Serena probably wants one of her own now that she's seen you using it, she likes adopting new techniques and tricks from the people she fights. Let us know how to make her one of her own and we won't take yours. Otherwise your deal is good as is. Does your ship have a proper doctor to treat your wounded? I'll let our doctor treat them if not while we sort out who gets what. Except for any marines involved in the torture of Yanagi, they will receive no treatment from us."
Onaka paused "Oh and we're out of painkillers apparently, so no help for ya there."
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Serena groaned as she heard Onaka agree to give the fan back, but begrudgingly dropped it to the ground again and ran over to join Yanagi... and pick up her thrown hilt again
"that was a heck of a sword move. Sorry I couldn't help you sooner though... I got a little uh... blinded by rage thinking their captain was the one who had been torturing you. Sorry..." Serena said sheepishly
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Down below deck, Ayane was growing real tired of this invisible person's nonsense, so she created a smoke bomb and chucked it into the room, this one emitted smoke more gradually though, some smoke bombs were explosive but the smoke dispersed quickly, this one was a gradual release, meant to blanket an area over and extended period of time. The result of this gradual filling would be a person shaped gap where the smoke moved around her target, letting her know where the little bastard was
After that, Ayane kept her creation simple, forming a metal box around the silhouette of the invisible person.
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Post by ultralilly on Jun 26, 2023 2:03:20 GMT
Yanagi briefly felt the effects of something familiar yet distant. She thought of her own grandfather again before sheathing her blade and dropping to one knee while seething in pain. Blood dribbled from the large wound going up her left arm and lightly from the scratch on her right. Her right hand pressed on the ground. She had gone this entire skirmish with only her hakama and sarashi on with her handcrafted geta. No proper covering for her arms but this was fine.
As much as she loathed the words this one spoke to her, they had both been exiled from Wano. Same with Ayane. She respected her own country too much to sully her pride. She felt a little woozy. She didn't lose too much blood but she had inhaled a good amount of the smoke from before. She shook off the mask finally in time to hear a familiar voice.
Serena.
Her swordplay was praised and it raised her spirits enough to give Serena a small smile. "Nothing to apologize for. You were fighting for your crew with all the right intentions. I fought...to prove my existence. And maybe vengeance but...it won't do any good now." She leaned into Serena with a pained grunt. "Apologies...I will get up on my own. No need to trouble yourself with a lout like me." She tried to move but her body just wouldn't respond. She was more tired than she realized.
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Post by Time on Jun 26, 2023 3:44:12 GMT
"HEY WATCH IT!" The old man complained and bitched as Serena dropped the fan, even though he had done the same thing prior. Still, even though he frowned, he crossed his arms and agreed. "Then I have your word. Break it, and I'll do everything in my power to Break all of you." He stated, making it a clear warning as per what he expected of her. When she offered a doctor, Freya looked a bit shocked, "Don't volunteer me to help the enemy!" She stated. Freya had bad memories of marines too, but more importantly of men. It had taken her a while to get use to the male members of the crew, so for her, this was like Onaka telling her to go into the boy's locker room. Still, she shook her head, and grumbled, doing as her captain said. "Thank you." The captain said as he sat down, rubbing his chin. "Of course we have our own medics, but the more the merrier, and the faster we can get out of here and act like nothing ever happened......" Looking at the crew of pirates, he noticed the particular combination of several fishmen and minx all working together.
"Probably not a good idea for me to ask you about your crew huh? As for my fan, if I knew I'd freely tell you. My wife is the one who made it for me. She passed a few years back, but she was born in wano herself." Suddenly things made sense. Few weapons were as unique as a fan, and even though he seemed very strict, he didn't hate people from Wano. "If anything, I hate having to give that girl quarter rations of only rice.... but I guess they weren't even doing that." Massaging his jawline, he then commented, "She's got one hell of a kick.... She easily could have torn my ship up.... I guess I really am lucky there was a misunderstanding."
Soon enough medics in marine uniforms would begin to work, and those who were still capable of helping others would begin to pull people who were in the water aboard. There were more injuries than casualties on both sides. The Quillon Crew having been in top shape and not choking from foul smelling smoke was a great boon to their ability to avoid damage. "You wouldn't be willing to offer one of those cannon balls you fired at us before, would you?" The man questioned, though he knew the likely answer.
Meanwhile Ayane would find that her instant smoke bomb would be as effective as she hoped.... except what she was seeing was.... odd. It was a very short person... not even short, but tiny and was basically carrying her suitcase above his head as he quickly darted thinking that the smoke would give him more cover. At least her case was easier to see distortions of than the little guy. Pasting a metal box over him, Ayane would find that he decided that not getting caught was better as he zoomed down the hall leaving her briefcase behind..... only to slide face first into the sea water that dripped down the hall, and suddenly flicker back into existence. The small.... person.... was no better than a large coffee mug. He had strange thin arms, a very bushy ball on his backside, and a unproportionally large head in comparison to his body. What's more, he wore a tiny marine hat on his head rotated backwards, and a set of matching vest and pants to boot.
"Uhhhghghgh..... Sea Water....." the little guy moaned in exhaustion. Despite the water only being high enough to maybe cover the bottom quarter inch of her shoe, this guy seemed to be particularly weak to any portion as he tried his best to crawl away.
Back on deck, Freya would notice Serena and Yanagi; before jumping clearly over the marines to get to them. Once she was over, she quickly placed her doctor's bag down.... before chopping Yanagi on the head leaving a bulging bump on her head. "I said no getting yourself hurt!" Before she quickly pulled out a needle and thread, cotton ball, tweezers, and bandages. "Well, at least it didn't hit a major artery. You'd have almost bled out by now if that was the case." Turning to Serena, she noticed her usual lack of damage. "Don't forget your hilt. I saw you throw it back there." Reminding Serena to recover her equipment if she was going to keep it. "I've got her, so feel free to do whatever else you need to." Soon enough Freya would heat the needle, before beginning to stitch Yanagi's badly cut arm, cleaning it of blood to correctly do her work.
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