[OOC] One Piece: New Age

[Jensoman]

Alright. Just need Zellected to post and I'll post.

[Jensoman]

Hider

Satoru continued to study the room around him while the card game beside him continued to play out. Apparently, on the other side of the bar, two other people were starting to make their way over to a nearby seat where another lone person was sitting. As if that wasn't enough confirmation, that lonesome man did not seem to have any flyers resting atop his table.

The obviousness of his actions caused Satoru to reconsider joining this guy. He was sneaky, sure, but he had done a terrible job covering it up. Had he still been in allegiance with the Marines, he'd have already started to leave the bar and report it to the Marines.

Then again, he supposed he had his doubts that the Marines would be able to do anything anyway. Most of the Marines on this island were grunt-level workers like Ensigns. There were probably a few higher-ups stationed here, but probably nothing spectacular. If there was a more threatening Marine presence, this place wouldn't be one chosen for pirates to get their beginnings.

Just as he considered rising to his feet and moving over to the table across the room himself, there was some commotion to his side, directing his attention back to the card game again. As expected, it seemed like the girl had bested the larger man in the card game, causing him to respond violently. That was echoed by the lonesome man's call to battle, and soon practically the entire bar was up in arms, even going so far as to have the bartender knocked unconscious.

Satoru let out a small sigh. well, so much for quietly getting aboard a ship and skipping town. It was rather unlikely that he would get out of this mess without getting involved in the war at hand. But, at least there was something to go by.

If anything was clear here, it was that the large man wielding the axe was the leader of this group of "Rustsilver Pirates" as they called themselves. That didn't automatically make him the captain, but it was clear that he was the one in charge. If they were like most pirates, then the choice was obvious. Take out the big guy, and the rest panic or surrender altogether. Then again, these guys were all partially drunken, so they might not even have the sense for that.

Satoru sighed when he realized that there very well be no clean way to settle this. A disappointing thought, to be sure.

His attention was grabbed by another man, larger than himself, half-stumbling, half-charging his way toward him, intent clear as day. He looked boredly at the incoming man. "geez...I didn't even want any part of this to begin with." he muttered before rising to his feet and clutching the glass in his hand with a more firm grip. He scanned the area quickly, ideas popping into his mind instantly:

Option 1: Knock the table over and partially coat it, giving it a spiky surface. This would be in hopes of getting the man to stop his charge altogether where he could convince him to ignore him completely. Alternatively, the charge would continue and he would run into a spiky barrier, which would result in some good damage. But the option was less than optimal, he concluded. After all, this man was drunken and probably wouldn't have the reasoning skills to not run himself into the spikes...at least not quickly enough. On top of that, he would probably break the spikes off, which would give him less to work with. Plus, that would reveal who he really was

And so, he decided to go with his second option. He quickly stepped away from the table, but not before reaching out and grabbing the back side of the small, one-man table and pulling it upright while kicking the leg in front of him forward, hoping to drive the table to all onto it side. This would turn the table, leg-side facing the attacker. Hopefully, the larger man would crash into the table and trip over it in his half-drunken stupor. but his goal was not to inflict damage this way, but to merely cause him to fall.

At the same time, he bit down onto the glove on his left hand and pulled it off using his teeth, quickly shifting to holding the glass in that hand instead of his right.

"Partial Coating," he murmured lowly to himself while leaping backward, closer to the back wall. As he spoke, the hand clutching the glass tightened slightly as his pointer fingertip gained a small amount of shimmery coating. His finger was now partially coated in the same glass that he had been clutching the whole time.

"Shot," Satoru murmured quietly again, thrusting his left arm forward and unleashing a shard of glass like a bladed bullet. His target? It was not the main part of the man's body. He quickly recalled the human anatomy and knew exactly what to do. He shot his shard of glass straight for the man's quadricep muscles in the front of his dominant leg. This would be easy enough to identify if the man began to rise. It would be a simple matter to shoot the leg that he first used to stabilize his upper body. On top of that, striking the quadriceps would make it much harder for the man to move. After all, it was the quadriceps that moved the body's hips and straightened the knee while walking and it also absorbed the shock of each landed foot while, again, stabilizing the knee. Cutting through that particular part of the leg would cause him to feel some strong pain with each step. Especially if the glass shard did not pierce completely through the leg and was still embedded within it.

Of course, this whole thing hinged on the hope that this guy wasn't smart enough at the moment to figure out how to avoid his incoming projectile and that his predictions would be accurate. Heck, even if he couldn't properly identify a dominant leg, he would just shoot the right one. Truthfully, it didn't matter. And for that matter, he could shoot the man in the leg even if he didn't fall over at all. In all likelihood, the unexpected pain would cause him to fall over anyway.

Hopefully, that would be enough to immobilize a mere grunt like him. He certainly didn't want to have to openly use his power if he could avoid it....

@Digizel

Oh um, just one more thing Digizel.

You don't have to make your posts this long. It would be somewhat easier to manage if you could reduce them to two- three paragraphs.

It's not really an issue, but it would be better.

[Duthguy]

Due to timezone differences I can no longer wait for Jenso and Zelected to post. I should be able to post tomorrow morning for me though that might still be today for some of you.

[Jensoman]

Due to timezone differences I can no longer wait for Jenso and Zelected to post. I should be able to post tomorrow morning for me though that might still be today for some of you.

@Duthguy

Yeah, that's fine. You already posted for your turn today...technically speaking. Even though we kind of skipped a day because not all had posted.

If Zellected posts today, I will be able to post tomorrow morning or evening.

It depends how much time I have in the morning.

[Digizel]

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Oh um, just one more thing Digizel.

You don't have to make your posts this long. It would be somewhat easier to manage if you could reduce them to two- three paragraphs.

It's not really an issue, but it would be better.

@Jensoman

Heh. Sorry, I'm not used to being told to make my posts more concise when RPing. xD That's how I often write. For characters like him, I try to go through their normal mental processes and such, but I'll try to keep it shorter.

[Jensoman]

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Heh. Sorry, I'm not used to being told to make my posts more concise when RPing. xD That's how I often write. For characters like him, I try to go through their normal mental processes and such, but I'll try to keep it shorter.

@Digizel

Aight, that works :P

[malmshodes]

Uh. I'm not really sure what to have Abigail do at this point. I mean, I could have her just ko her opponent(after a small fight) but that might be consider auto hitting. So?... I'll wait a bit and if nothing happens will put replying off till the morning.

[Jensoman]

I'll wait till this evening(tomorrow for you guys).

If Zellected hasn't posted yet by then, I'll just reply to everyone else.

[Digizel]

Haha, oh man now that his axe has dropped I'm really tempted to have Satoru touch the flat end of the blade and get an iron coating. xD Or steel, whatever it's made of.

But...I don't think Satoru would do that unless he needed to save somebody or something. Still, though, it's really tempting. xP

[Duthguy]

@jensoman I don't quite get this part of your post.
The three pirates with the flint-lock pistols were hit hard by Asus's hornet ball technique, sending them flying throughout the bar like ragdolls. They were knocked out instantly. The ball ended up striking the front door of the bar in the process, smashing hard into the door and creating a large crack within. None the less, however, the path to the door was now clear, allowing the people in the bar to escape.

While Asus can control them and thus make them act unnatural his hornets are still just hornets and the most his hornetball could do is scatter and sting it's targets several times while maybe blinding them. The ball thing is more an easy way to send a large group of hornets in a single without the risks to them that would occur if they descended on their target like a cloud ie single hornets getting killed but with the risk that the entire group gets killed in one attack.

[Jensoman]

Oh..

I thought they would have a pretty strong impact considering these are just weaker enemies. And the door's just made of wood.

I'll edit that part then.

[Duthguy]

I know those three were supposed to be weak and easily defeated but if Asus can do stuff like that he might be become overpowered when he uses thousands of hornets at once, if you think that won't be a problem you don't have to change it you're the dm after all

[Jensoman]

Nah it's fine, it's actually a really good point :P

Edited it :P

I think it's cool that you're being honest with his abilities!

[Duthguy]

Ehh being overpowered is fun for a little while but the lack of challenge would become boring quickly

[Walnutella]

Guys, we should discuss regarding the crew's name and the pirate flag design. You know, I choose to do this in OOC because it will sure take lots of post to reach an overall agreement. We will make it short in the IC later. (like someone give an idea, and everyone in the crew immediately approve) ^^

[Jensoman]

Ehh being overpowered is fun for a little while but the lack of challenge would become boring quickly

@Duthguy

That's what I like to hear!

SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE WARRIOR.

[Digizel]

Oh wow. I decide to wait for a couple more people to post so Satoru has a better idea of what the rest of the bar is like...I go to sleep and then wake up to find that everybody has posted pretty much all a once. xD

Guess I'd better get reading then. =3

[Jensoman]

Guys, we should discuss regarding the crew's name and the pirate flag design. You know, I choose to do this in OOC because it will sure take lots of post to reach an overall agreement. We will make it short in the IC later. (like someone give an idea, and everyone in the crew immediately approve) ^^

@zellected

Oh yeah.

You guys should think up a cool crew name and pirate flag design, because it will be something that you will probably keep forever, what you will be known by.

So you'll want to discuss this thoroughly :P

I will wait to post until Abigail/Asus/Zypha have followed Lenwood to the port.

[Duthguy]

We also shouldn't ignore the ship itself

[Jensoman]

Sure, you can discuss how the ship looks like as well!

Right now, it will have a regular white flag to avoid trouble with the Marines.

After leaving the island, the real flag will be hung.

So, go ahead and brainstorm if you want guys!