One Piece: Under the Sands of Amduat (IC)

[Hillan]

William looked eagerly at the Marines, whom obviously weren't all to happy with seeing the Outlaws. Not that William was surprised, most Marines weren't too happy to see him. At least not the ones whom were stationed on islands. He still couldn't shake the time when he had done shots with a couple of admirals. He saw the sniper looking quite on edge about the Marines, but William glared at him for a second, as he put his hand, gently on Franz's hand, and shooting him a look like Keep calm, I've got this


"We, keeping out of trouble? Naturally, officers! That's all we do, keeping out of trouble!" William let out, as he bowed in front of them, like some form of waiter. You could really see how much he was messing with them. William had a unique gift, to without actually having to do anything, he could still let people know who was the boss by doing things with an ever so slight hint of sarcasm.

"Now, if you fellas are done with us, can we continue our merry little exploration?" William asked the marines.

[Pacifista]

At Franz’s mention of a coming storm, Sybil’s glare tightened, her mind racing. At Perla’s odd choice of words, the fishwoman scratched her head, mumbling, “Speak sense.”

Before much else could happen, William J. Archer took control of the situation with a bow. Sybil crossed her arms and replied, “Only if said exploration is done within the Port of Hawara. All other parts of the island are forbidden to foreigners, even Marines. Well, except one, but I don’t know what his deal is.” She began to walk away, her fishwoman ally not paying attention. “Meryl?” Sybil asked, returning the fishwoman’s mind to the planet, who shook her head and followed after Sybil.

“There’s a neat plaza up ahead with a bunch of merchants and stuff, ideal fer pirates keeping out of trouble,” Meryl said, a bit of humor in her voice. Sybil looked at her and blinked, asking, “Isn’t that...?” After a moment of silence, the two began snickering together, like two schoolgirl friends, before shuffling off.

[Hillan]

Archer scoffed as the Fishwoman told them of directions. " Isn't that nice, Marines telling Pirates to keep safe, it's like you're fans, or something!" Archer said, as he nodded for his crew to keep going, himself in the front, chugging down on the bottles of liqour in his hands. " But like I said, keeping out of trouble is what we do best!" Archer let out, turning back around. However, another fella caught up to them, just a few minutes later. "Mr. Archer, Mr. Archer" He heard someone shout, as he turned around, seeing a young man coming up to him.

" Yeah? Anything special you'd like? An autograph? Maybe a picture?" Will said, as he began chatting with the young man.

[MQuinny1234]

Jason held up a finger, asking for a moment as he caught his breath. Then, he straightened up, fixed his scarf and tidied himself up slightly before smiling at the captain. "Those would be wonderful sir, but are not what I'm looking for at this moment. As for now, I'd like to ask for you to accept me into your crew." He bowed to the captain and swung up, still beaming. "Jason Arch at your service. Bone-idle good for nothing with my hands in a little bit of everything. If needed I could help out with the care of the ship, or maybe assist your doctor. I know a little cookery, and fancy myself some skill as a musician, and if you don't need any of those, I'd still be happy to just mop the floors. Wherever I'd be needed frankly. Whatever I need to earn my keep." The whole application was delivered rather well, apart from some noticeable eagerness, that could be seen as desperation towards the end.

[Mastermind001]

{Franz Heisenberg}

_The Town_

Was that a reaction?... Franz pondered as he noticed a very slight change in Sybil especially when he is mentioned bracing for a storm. Probably paranoia, but can I really take that chance...He thought as his fingers stopped shaking and straight out as something touched his hand. Franz turned to see Archer with a raised eye brow and then nodded as if he responded with " You have the floor, then". He then proceed to step back and let the captain do his thing with the two marine.

When the marines had finally left, Franz spoke once more and gave Archer a pat on the shoulder. " You're a good friend, William. " Franz said keeping it simple and to the point and for once without it being formal. He then turned over to the Maid. " We're going to find a vantage point. A building that is quite tall. " He mentioned as he answered the Maid's question about the destination of this journey. " There and only there, will I find my answer. That one marine gave a slight reaction when I said storm. " Franz continued as he pulled out a small telescope from his satchel. " Its probably nothing, but I prefer to be sure and if I don't find what I am looking for, we can continue exploring the island." He finished with his explanation.

" We should take him, a jack of trades, and master of none, could prove handy especially the parts concerning the ship." Franz said throwing his two cent into this discussion. " I'm good with gadgets, but repair work especially on a ship is not my forte. Better to have someone with an idea than someone who doesn't." He remarked, finishing a strange saying and a crooked smile.

[xGabrielx]

The maid was stoic and was looking on as the marines left for whatever they had to do, though like Franz she had noticed them react to him mentioning a coming storm, though then again one of them looked confused by Perla's words so maybe it was just the rusty gears turning within their minds... Either way it seems that they had their objective back on track and Franz was answering her questions from before as to where to go and what they will do when they get there, though it was all pretty much the same thing in the end given they didn't know until they reached there in one piece.

It was then she noticed the newcomer next to their captain, asking for a place among their crew. "If he could handle such things then I suspect he would be a good assistant." Of course she meant Cabin Boy, which would help out around the ship whenever he was needed, though she had yet to get ahang of all the lingo...

[Shadowgirl2020]

"Okay then, I'll be back soon.", Natalia said smiling. She left the ship, noticing the patrol of marines that seemed to be trying to say something to the crew. The marines didn't seem to notice her get off the ship so that was good. Natalia kind of had a small feeling that something bad might happen, but she rubbed it off. If something really bad was to occur, then Natalia would head straight back to the ship plus Sebastian and the others would probably be able to take care of any problems that might arise so she didn't have to worry much. As she headed into the town, she noticed a group of a people, some of them being Marines. The marines had left moments later, leaving the rest of the group behind. One of the people in the small group looked familiar. He could be a pirate captain she had heard about, but Natalia couldn't be too sure . She didn't exactly know much about any other crews that were around seeing as how she always found herself too focused on other things. The only crews she ever knew about, were crews that she had encountered before.

Well anyway, what Natalia did know was that they weren't natives. After a bit of thinking, she decided that she'd maybe converse with the group. They seemed like they might be interesting people and making some new friends or allies would be good as well! Natalia approached the group and smiled.

" Hello there! My name is Natalia and who might you all be? "

[Mastermind001]

{Franz Heisenberg}

_Town_

"Oh dear, why do I suspect that you're going to put this guy through the wringer?" Franz said to William as he started to recall his own experience at actually becoming a member of the Outlaw Pirates. " Yeah, I almost forgot. As I would recall the only way to enter the Outlaw Pirates is to pull off something amazing, Mr. Arch." He said to the promising candidate. Franz then placed a hand on his shoulder. " Lucky for you, I am planning something and if you volunteer, I can guarantee you will be a member of the Outlaw Pirates, because of it." Franz said and then asked " So yes or no, Mr. Arch?"

Before Franz would receive his answer, he removed his hand from Arch and then held it up as he greeted the next newcomer. " And a hello to you too, I'm Franz." He said and then he looked side to side of where they were. They passed a tavern on their way here and they were just before the market place of this particular harbor city. " And we're simply travelers, much like yourself, I would assume." He added with a vague answer.