One Piece: Under the Sands of Amduat (IC)

[xGabrielx]

Perla listened for a moment, the words that Franz said to her were rather heavy for someone like him to be saying, such as the reality between being human and a object and what it took to be human... In truth she had never really thought of it at any great length to be sure, but maybe she should given her free time she had been given lately...

It was then that Franz asked her about joining him on a expedition of the first city of Amduat, of course a place she had never really seen upclose but given her age she had not seen much of the world, so being able to see it was a great honor in deed to say the least. She couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at the sight of the den den mushi that he pulled out, a funny little thing. "As long as the captain says it is alright then I would love to join you on this expedition Mr Heisenberg" Perla said with a bow to her crew mate, deciding to join him in going to see the captain given that she had little else to do and none of the kitchen staff had set the place on fire so she suspected that everything was going according to plan so she had free time at least.

[Mastermind001]

{Franz Heisenberg}

_Eclipse_

Franz turned around picking up the receiver of the Den Den Mushi as a wicked expression appeared on his face with a devious smile. He made some modifications to the Captain's own unique Den Den Mushi without his knowledge. Sometimes, I am quite dastardly if I do say myself...He thought as he knows full what is going to happen. Inside the captain's quarters as the captain of the outlaw pirates was about to enjoy some company with some music in the background, the moment was ruined by the Den Den Mushi that nearby the bed. It shot sparks, rang bells, whistled annoyingly, it did everything that Franz thought would bug the man to get his attention. The best part it wouldn't stop until the captain picked up the receiver.

" Ah hello Captain Archer, did you enjoy my modifications?" He said over to the receiver, smirking while acting polite." Well anyways, everything is running smoothly. So I'm calling to tell you that I'm going to explore the island with Miss Kagavun and was wondering if you would like to join us?" He then questioned, not giving him time to actually answer the first question. " I can promise, it will be fun. Through I would imagine you're also having fun or least trying to." He added " But still, the offer remains."

[Hillan]

The phone rang,Well, rang would be the wrong term. It sounded like William's room was under siege. The two girls panicked, and left, untill Will could finally get a hang of the Mushi. " THE FUCK?!" He let out. Annoyed and overall not pleased. Then he heard the tones of the Sniper on deck. His First-Mate, Franz. Franz asked him if he wanted to explore the island. Will reluctantly agree'd, saying something about ladies being gone, the fun was over.

He grabbed his sword, and hung it over his back, and grabbed the two full bottles of Rum, before he headed to meet Franz and Perla. He saw the two of them, as he shrugged, but then, he smiled. " How's it hanging, party people?" William let out, as he waved his hand in the air, taking another gulp of the Rum bottle.

" So, into the nearest city of this island- huh? Seems like fun." William let out, taking some time to gather himself, because of his well.. Intoxicated state. He put the bottle he had held to his lips into his other hand, as he got out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, putting one to his lips, as he left through the entrance, followed by the other two. He grabbed the lighter from the same pocket, and lit his cigarette.

"Ahh.. North Blue Extra-Long. Just like me." Will let out, not entirely sure if the other two would understand his little innuendo. " So, is there any trouble to be found in this town, or what?" Will asked, as he turned back to Perla and Franz, he got a few looks from the nearby people, some recognized him. Some looked at him in awe, others in fear. He was after-all, pretty well known. And not just because of the fact that his ship was gigantic.

[Mastermind001]

{Franz Heisenberg}

_The Town_

Franz Heisenberg lowered the receiver of Den Den Mushi and stored it away inside his satchel. " And there we have it, permission to go and an addition to the adventuring party." He remarked to the maid as he placed the first foot on the docking board. " Very well for the time being." He said to the captain as he ventured down to the docks, his destination the first city of Amduat. Franz was happy. He had a genuine smile on his face and a pep in his step as if he was giddy as a school boy with childlike wonder in his eyes. Through some of the townspeople and fellow travelers didn't share the same enthusiasm as him, through most of them were focused on more the captain and the maid.

To everyone rest, Franz was some poor schmuck caught between The Phantom and Deadliest Maid. Which to Franz was a good thing and how he wants it to be. As they looked at the Captain with fear or awe stuck or the Maid with questionable stares and tread with caution, Franz was a nobody. Being a nobody, means he can sneak around areas that those two can't. Manipulate things in the shadows of his comrades. Save the day with no one the wiser. A sly smirk once again appears on his face.

"Hmm, yes, yes, Captain, giants are envious of you." He said as he didn't pay much attention to the comment and paid more attention to his surroundings. It was something about extra long, the blue sea, and himself, which were quite the strange combination to say at least. When the captain asked a serious question, Franz stopped in his tracks. He then raised the golden top of his cane and pointed it to the sky. " From what I know off hand, there is six pirate captains with bounties with you at the top, a marine base guarding the opening of the Zawyet River, and the natives of this island hate outsiders like ourselves with a deadly passion." He mentioned listing off some of his thoughts. He is usually the one that gathers information and usually where that information is gathered is at the eclipse as drunken pirates and marines alike tend to talk about various things as they party hard. "Those pirates are concerns, because of our situation. The marines, are a problem, because with certain pirates with bounties gathered in one spot, I would be surprised if they didn't plot something, and the natives, well they are going to be a continuous problem if we're going to continue exploring the island." Franz then pointed the golden top at his captain and answered " So yes, there is problems, Captain."

Franz then turned around and said " And I have a few solutions, but first, I need to find out if there is a plot being hatched." He then started to twirl his own mustache as he thought. " If there is a marine plot, then it is possible to use that to our advantage. However, we may need to sabotage that base of theirs." Franz said to his fellow crew mates.

[MQuinny1234]

Jason Arch - The town.

A young male sprinted from the ship, desperately looked around the docks and, after debating between left and right, went with his instincts. "Damn, damn, damn." He muttered as he rushed through the crowd, jostling people and leaving a few cries of outrage and dismay behind himself. None too heartfelt though, thankfully. "So this is Amduat." thought Jason. Nice enough place to walk through. Full of people, activity, which was good in a city obviously. Anyway, he needed to catch up to the captain. It was absolutely imperative that he applied to join the crew, if only so he could legitimately claim to that brunette lass back at the ship that he was a bona fide pirate, and as such, get the bad boy status needed to close the deal. Yes, he could and probably should just lie, which would accomplish the same thing but...just seemed dishonest to lie about being a seafaring crook to the girl. He'd hopped onto the boat from the last island they were at, but it was probably necessary to ask to join the crew instead of just walking on, or at least polite. Ah, there he was. His head sticking out in the crowd, possibly with company. "Mr Archer! Mr Archer Sir!" He called out, navigating himself deftly through the last dregs of the populace between himself and them. "Wait up, would yah."

[xGabrielx]

Perla followed behind her captain and Franz, her hands crossed over her lap as she walked elegantly down the boarding ramp of the ship and onto the dock below. She had long since blocked out the stares of people that knew of her title, yet to her that was all it was, just something someone decided to call her... Who knew it would have such a cation inducing effect on the people within the town but it wasn't anything compared to the captain, though as mentioned before she cared not for such things and anyway, she had to get her shopping done on the way back so these people better not interrupt that...

With the first mate and captain talking with each other about certain information about the island, but she did have a idea about how they were going to find out about the plot the marines had for the pirates. "I suggest that we obtain a few marine uniforms from the ship, many have been left by drunken marines over the years and I suspect it would be a easy task to be able to sneak in... Despite what they say I have yet to witness a clever marine." Perla tried her hand at a little humor on that last line, even smiling a little to get it across, though she did have other things to say so ti didn't last long. "Either way we came here to exsplore no? Hopefully the marines will wait until we are finished to spring their little trap no?"

[Mastermind001]

{Franz Heisenberg}

_The Town_

Franz grinned a slasher killer smile as he heard the maid idea. Even when he's happy about something he always seemed to have a very absurd smile. "Hahaha, I love it! A sheep in wolf's clothing!" He said as he twirled the ends of his mustache at the sheer thought of entering the marine base with such a diabolical method. " Well done, Miss Kagavun!" Franz shouted with such glee. However, after noticing some of the looks of other people at his out burst, Franz lowered his head and then apologized " My apologies, that was quite rude. Well done, Miss Kagavun." He said in a more quieter and much more politer tone of voice as he gave his fellow crew mate praise for her idea.

" And yet is the correct word, Miss Kagavun. We still have no idea what type of people these particular marines are." Franz added as he scratched the back of his head. "Hmm, oh no, my dear. When I said let's explore the island, I meant it." He said reassuring the maid about her concerns. " Through, I probably could have waited to discuss talking about those other matters. Its just, I'm quite worried about you guys." Franz mentioned " And as much as I loathe violence, it is the only way we could resolve this. Thus we need some weapons."

Before Franz could continue, someone was actively seeking their captain."Hmm? It seems like some gentlemen wants a word with you, Captain." Franz said with narrowed eyes as he tried to spot the man behind them. He stopped to wait for the young man, out of curiosity.

[Pacifista]

Some distance away from the island of Amduat, sailing towards the desert kingdom was another Marine battleship, a ‘7’ emblazoned on one of the sails. The hsip buzzed with activity, some Marines sailing, the others preparing for battle, as once they docked, Hawara would become a warzone: their arrival was the planned signal.

On the upper deck, overlooking below, a man sat in a wooden chair, a pedestal with a white and blue Den Den Mushi at his side. In the chair sat a Marine Captain with short gold hair, slicked back, and a similarly colored goatee. He wore a Justice coat properly, buttoned up over his long navy blue pants. In one hand, he held the Den Den Mushi receiver, and on the other, he had a wristband with a Black Den Den Mushi sticking out of it, muttering what seemed to be music. The Black Den Den Mushi was meant to spy on conversations, but there was some sort of interference. The Captain sighed, closing the cap on the wristband, covering the Den Den Mushi, before returning to the receiver.

“Okay, back. Deathrow just up and left, dunno what his deal is,” Captain Theodore Duncan said from the gates at the edge of Hawara.

“Fine then. Our plan is simple,” Came a third voice, the one of Janiel. Three way calls were a little tricky, as two people talking at once tended to confuse the other Den Den Mushis. “Duncan’s group moves out from the gate, I move out from further in town, and Kizerk strikes from the docks. We have six targets, three high priority and three low priority. Each of us should be able to stomp out one of the low priority targets before taking out one of the high priority ones. Phantom, Deathrow, and the Bloody Fang are high priority, while Goldbeard, Slick, and those Nielson brothers are lower, but we shouldn’t ignore them either.”

“Play it by ear then?” Theodore suggested.

“That would be my suggestion,” Captain K nodded.

Janiel grumbled, “Fine, but if you screw up, it’s on my head! Go for the kill, we don’t have the time or resources to be capturing all these chuckleheads.”

===

On Hawara, Janiel sat on a crate in the middle of a plaza further in the port town Hawara. A few of his men marched around, keeping an eye out, patrol groups walking through often. “The signal is two flares from the docks, Kijerk. Once they go off, we move. The militia is warning everyone to keep clear, so the pirates are probably going to think something is up when the streets start clearing out.” The silver haired Commodore took a breath, before saying, “If they try to escape, they’ll be heading for the gates or the docks, so keep your guard up.

===

Back on the docks, the tavern where the Wild Smile Pirates had holed up quieted down a bit. When some of the Outlaw Pirates left their ship, one of the members leaned over to Leif and whispered, “Hey, their Captain’s leaving! What should we do?” The reason for the rowdiness calming down a bit was clear, as Lief Nielson had fallen asleep, bone from his meat still in hand. Not wanting to mess with the Outlaw Pirates anyway, the crew kept quiet.

Farther down the docks, near the Scarlet Lady a Marine patrol stopped, eying the emblem with a bit of fear: the Bloody Fang Pirates were quite notable after all. One large Marine, huge by normal human standards, but just as fearful, stood up strait and yelled to the ship, “Hey! There’s been a problem! You have to turn around and leave right now!”

The other Marines in his group dropped their jaws, admiring his braver but fearing their safety. One muttered, “W-what are you doing? Do you really think that’ll work?”

The large Marine shrugged, “Worth a shot, one less p-pirate crew, right?”

Up on the ship, most of the Bloody Fang Pirates were standing waiting for Shazkz’s arrival, except Natalia, who had approached the Captain. After another few moments, he finally paid Natalia attention, saying, “No objections. Carry on.” Sebastian proceeded to walk off in search of Shazkz. How long could someone of his girth hide?

Below, the Marines blinked a little anxiously, the lack of response allowing their minds to wander and paranoia to take hold.

===

Not too far away from the docks, on the path where the Outlaw’s headed into town, they crossed paths with a pair of Marines. One was the dark haired Lieutenant Commander Sybil, and the other was a green skinned leafy seadragon fishwoman with an elongated mouth and Marine cap. Both eyed the passing Outlaws for a moment as they passed.

Sybil suddenly snapped at them, saying loudly, “Keeping out of trouble?” There was a bit of an edge in her voice and glare in her eyes. The Fishwoman crossed her four arms, one of her hands leaning on the large crossbow at her hip.

[Mastermind001]

{Franz Heisenberg}

_The Town_

Speaking of the devil, a pair of marines happen to come across them on the other side of the street and they looked quite fearsome to say at least. A dark hair woman with a death glare, whose uniform would indicate she was someone of high rank and the other was from the fishmen race, she resembled a seadragon with four arms dressed in the standard uniform with a cap. The marine woman with the glare addressed them, while the other one from what Franz could see was getting ready to draw out her weapon, a crossbow.

The fingers on Franz's right hand began to slightly wiggle like his hand was eager to draw out his hidden weapon. His left was busy gripping onto his cane. No, No, please, let this be another day where my hand forget its skill...He pleaded as his breathing started to slow down. He always hated violence for the blood that would spill, the bones that would break, the lives that be would gone forever, and the eyes, especially the eyes that would stare into nothingness as darkness came. The worst part of it all, which he knows, is how natural for him to use violence.

For Franz, there was an awkward silence. For a brief moment, there were no words he had or a silly smile, just him eyeing the two marine's for any slight change with a shaky hand. " All depends on you." Franz said finally " You draw your weapon, I will draw mine. Even if you are beautiful women." His tone was quite dry, lacking any real emotions.

" But really, you're asking about our plans for the day." He mentioned eyeing Sybil and the other. His eyes weren't being lecherous as Sybil would know, she would recognize them as someone ready to attack. " Just bracing for a storm that is coming, my dear. Anything wrong with that?"

[xGabrielx]

Perla bowed to the marines, not meeting their eyes as she spoke after Franz did "If we were not keeping out of it then would you not already be in the middle of it?" She was tempted to state how it would have been a poor choice but she thought she had gotten her point across that any truble they did cause or were in wouldn't be small in the slightest. Despite the pair Perla seemed more than calm, infact she was as still as a doll oddly enough as she stared on, though soon her eyes turned to Franz and her captain, who was still being talked to by another so they could not leave this place just yet... "So, where do you plan on taking us Mister Franz?"

{{Sorry, short post, busy :{ }}