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One Piece: On Stranger Tides

@blumenk

"Gods above!" Eddie exclaimed, as the man's hand literally turned into paper. "Wow. I must believe you now, whether I should like to, or not. What on earth can I do? I have no idea how I- how I activate my ability."

He concentrated, tensing his whole body.

Pop.

A large, glossy white, egg-like object came into existence, near his left hand, and dropped onto the floor. A wave of slight nausea, and exhaustion, came over him.

"Eh?" Dumbfounded, Eddie dropped to his knees and picked up the object, tapping it with his knuckle. He scrutinized the ball. "What in the world is this material? It looks as glass, but the sound it makes is more like some wood, perhaps? How interesting. Oh! This looks to be some manner of hinging mechanism. Perhaps it is treasure!" He grinned at the sailor, as he located a latch on the ball, and opened it.

@Eklispe Gacha item required.

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True, I guess having a specific role isn't necessary.

Edit: I will also have Gawain come in soon, I have a decent idea on how to introduce him.

@dragonmancer

Let me know if you want to be a shipwright though. This entire situation was originally created so that Eddie and Elliot could be introduced, and Eddie would fix their ship, but you can be the one who does that if you'd rather be a shipwright.

One Piece: On Stranger Tides

Engineer and shipwright are basically the same thing but I don't really mind, power is looking more in line with what we're starting with it. You can think of a new role if you want to but its good to go as is.

@Eklispe

I was originally going to have Eddie fill both roles, but yeah, the way he's written right now, I could instead have him be more of a generic engineer than a shipwright, which would mean that a more skilled shipwright would be helpful for the crew, later on. (So basically more like Usopp than Franky)

Of course, @dragonmancer, you could also have him just be a cool guy with skills or influence, like Robin or Jinbei.

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@blumenk

Eddie looked at his fruit. "Devil fruit? Wait, this is devil fruit?" He said, putting his palm to his face, "Oh lordie, I've just done something quite stupid, haven't I?"

His stomach grumbled again. He finished the fruit. Looking at the man's screwed up face of disgust, Eddie said, "I'm sorry, I'm just really hungry. And personally, the fruit's taste is just on the odd side to me. But oh! A devil fruit! I'm not sure whether I should be happy or in despair! Certainly, I'm leaning towards the latter right now."

"I don't really feel any different." Then he remembered, saying, "Ah! I almost forgot. Earlier I heard the sound of dogfighting some ways off the shore. Do you per-chance have a scope I could look through? I think we could arrange our rescue, or at least find some people, if we only knew what was going on."

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@hozan Do keep in mind that devil fruits taste mindbogglingly revolting.

@Eklispe

Oh damn. Yes, that is certainly the case. My last sentence there makes no sense, now that I think about it.

EDIT: You know what, I don't want to make a habit of editing my stuff after it's published. Let's just roll with it, and we'll say that Eddie has a terrible sense of taste.

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Sorry @blumenk, I had to rapidly move things along because the others have beached at this point. Hope it's not too hard for you to come up with a reason for Elliot to eat his fruit.

Also, I took the red and white one because I assumed it was meant to be a pokeball or something? The fully white one seemed to me to represent bandages better as well.

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@blumenk
"Ah. Well. A ship? No. 'Fraid not. Food? Ran out yesterday. My name's Eddie Borden, by the by. You can call me Eddie." He said.

"How are your supplies?" He opened up Elliot's chest as he said this. Seeing two large pieces of fruit, his stomach rumbled. "Ah, breakfast!" He said, grabbing the oddly coloured fruit, and had taken several bites compulsively, before realising what he was doing.

"Urm. Shorry, cuddn't halp meself." He swallowed. "Uh, could I have the rest?" He said, looking down at the remaining half he held in his hand.

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Well, I didn't manage to see what @Hippo AF's original posts were, but the current version of Draco seems to make sense, although whether Raphael feels well or ill for the man is up in the air, yet.

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@blumenk
Cannon fire woke Eddie up. Lamenting his lack of a scope to look through, he wandered out of the cave he had been living in. The sounds were fairly distant, but he thought he could see flashes of cannon fire in the distance.

Walking to the beach, he walked over to one of the ships. Or, to be exact, his ship. He laid a hand on its side, and sighed. Three years, he had spent on her. Now broken, her keel snapped, beyond repair.

He ducked through a hole in her side, balancing on the slight slope, as she had beached at high speed, ending up almost sideways. He had already moved most of the useful items into the cave over the past few days, but after his earlier wish for a telescope, he remembered that he had brought a magnifying glass, which he now found under the bed in his cabin. Putting it in his pocket reassured him. It reminded him of the University.

He was running out of supplies, so he walked along the beach, hoping he would find something. A few minutes later, he did. A new wreck, and footprints. Tracking these, he found a man sleeping next to a sea chest.

Eddie walked up and shook the man's shoulder, "Ho there, sailor. Am I ever glad to see you."

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If you want I could create the next location where the current group will be heading and you can loiter around there. I didn't do so already because I figured you wouldn't have much to post on.

@Eklispe

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. I'll just watch and wait.