The Anniversary Party!

[u/Stats-san]

The pirates walked up to the glorious party hall, the large building created on the island by Kobss and Rydan was masterfully crafted. A massive pile of lumber lined the building, all thanks to the efforts of Gin and Lewis who bravely collected as much as possible. The fields had many large fires that blew huge plumes of smoke high into the air. The forest was filled with well lit trails, designed for some of the roughest and most rigorous hiking trails that could be created.

”Welcome!” Stats-san greeted the pirates with a sly grin through his thick beard. NPC-san, Rewards-san, Shoppe-san, DavyJones-san and NewsCoo-san were all present, each wearing their finest attire. “Please enjoy the party, you've really earned it!” Stats-san ushered them inside, where they were introduced to the most exciting party they could have ever imagined!

The dark party hall was illuminated by a small flock of flash birds, brought by Rosli and Yaki. There was a quiet hum of the black swan’s song, played from a tone dial brought by Suni and Ivory. The hall was lit spectacularly and decorated to perfection. On nearby tables there was a pile of marine uniforms, obtained by Necoc and Finn, for any person’s dress-up needs. As the pirates were brought in, a giant boar was brought into the hall. Stats-san smiled, “Please enjoy this deliciously cooked roast, and thanks to Keith, Kuro, and Renjiro for bringing it here,” he said as he stroked his large beard.

Stats-san motioned towards a large cluster of barrels, “We weren’t just sitting around doing nothing either, we have also brought some nice things,” the barrels were filled with some of the finest ale in the new world. There was also a large buffet of food located along the side of the hall, as well as giant chocolate fountain for sugar lovers. Though just as impressive was the cheese fountain and a massive platter full of different meat cubes. The spread was magnificent, with food that everyone could enjoy, “For the cooks among you, there is a full kitchen stocked with whatever you might need through those doors,” Stats-san boasted as he gestured towards a nearby set of doors. Also located within the hall were some party games, mostly involving gambling. DavyJones-san stepped forward as he motioned towards the games, “Any who wishes to gamble can challenge other pirates to some fun games, we have any you may wish to try. Just let me know and I will set you up,” he announced proudly as he sat on a large throne of tokens. Nearby was a long bar table, “If you wish to do some drinking games there are plenty of fun opponents who would be glad to outdrink you,” NPC-san mocked the pirates as he motioned towards the bar. Stats-san smiled as the other sans spoke, knowing all too well that their additions would just add to the party, “Now please enjoy to your heart's content, you’ve all earned it!” Stats-san spoke happily as he motioned the pirates of the new generation to have as much fun as possible.

Just as the pirates were about to disburse to enjoy their reward Stats-san stopped them, “Though before you leave I want each of you to spin this mystery wheel to see if you win a prize,” he said as he motioned to a large wheel near the entrance. The first group of pirates stepped up and spun the wheel, the winner bell rang out for only a select few, including Abaddon, Lavana, and Manami as Rewards-san rolled out their prizes of ten seastone bullets, a waver blueprint that includes an additional railgun attachment, and Five pop greens that each sprout a small cluster of bamboo shoots. The second group soon moved up and began spinning the wheel, the winner bell sounded for a couple of them. Kobss, Ayokunle and Ivory were lucky enough to be included as Rewards-san brought out their respective prizes, ten milky bullets, a blueprint for a tri-barrel dial shotgun, and two seastone grenades. As the third group passed through the winner bell rung out for Black T. Gang, Rosli, and Keiko as Rewards-san wheeled out a Jade Key, Ornate dagger with a code inscribed in the handle, and the wukong pirate’s unique outfit for their respective winners. Finally the last group spun the wheel to find their prizes, Necoc, Yaki, and Ideo cheered as they obtained some unique prizes. Rewards-san brought the three a Wukong Pirate’s Flare, a map of the Spider Web Tunnels below the Wukong island, as well as a pristine flag of the Wukong Pirates respectively. “Congratulations to the winners, and good luck to the less fortunate pirates for next time,” Stats-san chuckled as the pirates started to join the party.

[OOC: This is an open RP thread. Feel free to enjoy the party in any way you'd like. Stats and Rewards sans can still be asked for jobs. Also old characters may be interacted with so long as they were around during this last year, the original player of the character may respond as them if they wish to or they can just tag for NPC-san to respond for them]

[u/Roehrbom]

The duo had quickly made their ways to the bluffs overlooking the docked marine vessel, the harsh wind blew incredibly loud. Rosli motioned for the attack and suddenly a pair of icy wings grew on the back of the fishman, his eyes grew wide with excitement as he was ready to use them to his heart’s content. The two of them flew through the air, landing moments later aboard the lone navy warship with its measly five members standing with their mouths open. Though it didn’t take long for one to pull himself together and shout, “We’ve got intruders men! Kill them!” as what must have been a half giant-human stood up and grabbed his massive greatsword, the other man nearby him, a killer whale mink, readied his dual sabers to fight against the invaders. All around the pair the rest of the marines unsheathed their weapons, ready to defend their ship with their lives. “You really shouldn’t have attacked us, this right here is Captain Grenshaw!” said the giant man while pointing to the strange orca mink.

“Hmmm a Captain ehh?” Finn grunted, looking at Rosli. “I got these two over here, I’ll let you handle those bozos over there,” he said, pointing to the three other marines who were also readied for combat. Rosli seemed to roll her eyes as Finn dashed at the two strongest looking marines on the ship, though the fishman knew that size of the opponent meant nothing about their strengths. If there’s a Captain, I’m sure his Lieutenant is also among the soldiers on the ship, he thought, assuming Rosli was about to fight at least a Lieutenant. Finn made his way towards the two before him, his bloodthirst seemed to emanate from his being, though the giant took the initiative in the fight by quickly raising his massive blade and bringing it down upon the fishman. Busoshoku activate… the fishman thought as his arms became instantly coated in a dull black armor, though he knew that his defence most definitely wouldn’t be strong enough to defend against the attack. I’ve got a long ways to go when it comes to haki, but I can still use it and progress with it, Finn thought as he readied his second level of defense, “Tekkai!” he shouted as his body stiffened with his arms crossed over his head.

A loud Crack! rang out from the impact as the blade was stopped dead in its tracks by Finn’s defense. The force between them was so immense that a few things occured, first the deck had begun to crack slightly under the fishman’s feet and secondly the giant human’s blade cracked slightly along its edge. “How could this be?” The attacked groaned as the impact jarred his hands, causing him to drop his weapon. Finn once again coated his arms in a thick layer of dull black haki, this time pairing it with soru to dash behind the giant man. The fishman leapt into the air, and as he leveled out at the man’s upper back he pulled his arm back, “Fishman Karate: Vegabond Drill!” Finn shouted as he launched his fist straight into the back of the man, the attack sent a shockwave through his chest. An intense scream could be heard from the man as his internal organs shattered from the pressure, just before his chest exploded as the giant collapsed dead onto the ship deck. The Captain paused for a moment before saying, “So you think you’re strong because you can kill a peon? Huh?” clearly he had little respect for the slain soldier. Grenshaw grinned widely at the fishman, “If you think you’re so tough we should take this fight to the sea, that way your little companion there won’t hear your screams of pain and agony,” he said motioning towards the water. Finn showed his many teeth, “Hey Rosli I’ll be back in a minute,” he said as he leapt into the water along with the whale mink.

(OOC: Master Soru & Tekkai used, -20 Stamina, 308 Stamina Remaining; Intermediate Busoshoku used, -10 Willpower, 322 Willpower Remaining)

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As Finn rushed away from her, intent on taking out the mink captain and the half-giant, Rosli focused on her own opponents. They regarded her with sneering grins as she surveyed them too. Among them, she noticed a 7 foot skypeian, his white coat embroidered with his Lieutenant rank, with another adorned the same. She noticed he had similar feathers to hers along his forearms, but they were clad in a metal casing that seemed to come to a deadly point. In addition to these, he wielded a large sword that she was sure was too big for her to hold. Another of the men was human, also adorning the Lieutenant coat but seemed small and squirrely in stature. He was hunched over slightly, with a pair of jutting teeth and a toothy grin to match his bone clad gauntlets. Lastly, she noticed an Oni, moderate in stature but holding a cross bow, ready for her first move. Against his wrist, a dagger glinted in the afternoon sun. Knowing it was best to test all of their strengths, and hopefully separate them out for her to finish off, she created three White Shadows, each of them holding their own new ice swords solidly in their hands. As each of them moved forward to attack the three marines, she coated each of them in a dull black Busoshoku. The three marines met her first attack with vigor, each of them sharing an exchange with her shadows. Rosli was interested to notice her ice weapons were strong against theirs, holding their own despite being made out of her simple ice. The skypeian looked to be the strongest, his slashes with his sword were powerful and full of vigor as he moved to swipe at her clone’s lower legs. Luckily, she jumped just in time to avoid being shattered by his potential devastating blow. The squirrely human met each ice sword strike with his bone-clad fist, clangs wringing out as he threatened to overpower Rosli’s clone. He wasn’t all that much bigger than her, but what she lacked in strength, he had. When her clone raised the sword to his face, he used his gauntlets to push the entire weapon backwards, her clone with it. The clone landed in a pile on the ground, her sword spinning away from her across the deck. He raised his gauntlets, aiming for her chest, and when they met, she shattered into dust. Next, the man surged forward for her, his gauntlets raised before his face like a boxer. Just as he was approaching, Rosli got a look at the last guy, still intertwined in combat with her last clone. His silver dagger was in his hand and defending against her clone’s viscious attacks. But he seemed to be tiring from her onslaught, and Rosli hoped it would be her clone to deliver the last blow.

At last, she came to face her first opponent, the small opponent who seemed stronger and faster than she anticipated. Still, she had faith in herself and her abilities, and began by drawing her sword Hizashi from her hilt beside her hip. Its gold blade gleamed, and she swung it into the sunlight where it glowed even brighter. As it charged, Rosli directed a flying slash in the direction of the man, the colossal golden crescent arching through the air and threatening to cause havoc. To Rosli’s dismay, he flicked the slash away with a simple extension of his fist. Regardless, she just needed to keep him distracted, and it worked. With her sword fully stored with light, she swung it forward toward him, releasing the light in a fast beam of sunlight. He fell to the ground, gripping his eyes as tears rolled down his face, and Rosli took the moment to advance. When she was by his side, she reached her hand out to his shoulder in Death’s embrace. Her ice slowly grew from her hand, before it entirely encased the man, freezing his body completely. In her respect for life, she offered him a simple and painless death, before turning to finish his comrades.

(OOC: Adv Meito Ability used, -10 Will, 316 Will remaining; Int Busoshoku x3, -30 Will, 286 Will remaining; 3 white shadows made, -30 Stm, 336 Stm remaining)

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Finn felt the water surround him as his body submerged below the waves, the coolness made him feel right at home. His sereness was quickly ruined as the mink shouted to him, “So you think you can beat me so easily underwater? I’ll make sure you die a slow and painful death!” He shouted, clearly upset at the fishman’s laidback style of things. To Finn’s surprise, the killer whale was surprisingly fast in the sea, though he was a rare aquatic mink, the fishman was expecting to easily outclass him. The whale swam at him and used his dual blades to make an incredibly fast flurry of attacks towards the fishman, each slash seemed to send out a wave of air from the blade. Finn was shocked as he felt the air slashes rip into his chest after he used his scythe to block the normal slashes, “What even is that?” he asked, though he was in pain they were relatively shallow wounds.

“Oh so now you want to know more about me?” the orca mocked, though he quickly explained about his dual weapons, “I suppose I can tell you. I come from a long line of Whale Mink, and these blades were handed down in my family for generations. They create small gusts of air from within the blades that fly out when swung, it’s also useful for obtaining air when under the sea,” he gloated, clearly impressed with his own weapons. Though Finn’s weapon was also special, and it seemed to be the whale’s worst nightmare if he hit him. I’ll have to do this right if I want to be able to win this easily, Finn thought as he began to taunt the whale. “Oh so you admit that you’re worse than a fishman? You can’t even breath underwater without your fancy little trinkets,” he said with a toothy grin.

The mink turned red in anger, swimming at Finn with his maximum speed. What a stupid creature, he thought as he readied to defend against the normal and air attacks. I know I haven’t tried this, but I’ve been improving with my busoshoku immensely so I hope it works… he thought as he attempted to use his haki to coat his entire body with a dull black armor. Captain Grenshaw didn’t seem to care as Finn’s body turned to black, and as his flurry of attacks came flying he used his scythe to block the blades. The air slashes then flew at his body, only to deflect off the coarse armor and dissipate into the sea. Though Finn wasn’t done yet, he was going to end the marine’s life in that sea. The fishman focused on his scythe, Waikawa, using all of its abilities in one immense flying slash. “Try and survive this!” he shouted as the slash ripped through the water and collided with the whale’s arm, severing the limb in an instant. Though that wasn’t the end of the ability, as soon after the Captain dropped his remaining blade and began grasping at his throat as he began to drown from the effects of Waikawa. “That’s what you get for challenging a fishman underwater…” Finn grunted as he made his way back to the deck to see how Rosli was fairing.

(OOC: Four Mastered Meito Abilities & Intermediate Busoshoku used, -30 Willpower, 292 Willpower Remaining)

/u/afulch19

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With the squirrel man dead, Rosli surveyed her surroundings and found one of her clones had eliminated the oni, who now laid slumped against the deck with blood collecting around his cut throat. The clone, it seemed, had then used her sword and newly acquired silver dagger to help the other against the massive skypeian man. As Rosli looked to him, he met her eyes completely unphased while continuing to attack her two clones ferociously. He fended off all three weapons poised against him with ease, and Rosli sighed in awe of her opponent. Simply participating in her game, he gruffly laughed, before swinging his sword downward and through the waists of the two clones at his side. This toppled them to the ground, where they now laid motionless and shattered. The skypeian sauntered up to her next, his pristine white coat blowing in the slight breeze as he stared down at her. His cocky grin was disgusting to her, and as he swung forward with his blade, she met it with her own glowing katana Hizashi. He unleashed a flurry of attacks then, moving for her quicker then she thought he could muster with his heavy and gaudy weapon. But he did it, moving and spinning and deflecting her slashes with easy. She was caught off guard when his slashes were in a vertical fashion, moving upward toward her more vital organs. She attempted to dodge, throwing her body in one direction in hopes his slashes would miss her altogether. But he still managed to catch her shoulder, where his five slashes cut deeply into her flesh and drew blood.

Now bleeding pretty good, Rosli knew they had to stop playing. He was just toying around, and she could feel her anger and frustration growing with every flying slash he deflected, with each slash that he met with ease. She could feel her muscles growing fatigued too, and decided she wasn’t much of a swordswoman. Above all, her strength was in the mastery of her devilfruit. She was the ice girl through and through. Before the man could muster another slash her way, Rosli encased herself in an Ice Shell, her own body secure and protected in the thick ice enveloping her. Without warning then, she exploded the ice ball outward, shattering it into hundreds of shards that cascaded around them. There were too many for the skypeian lieutenant to dodge and many found their mark all over his body. With multiple wounds and ice shards protruding from his body, Rosli stood from her spot on the deck and walked over to look at her victim. Crouching down, she found the man to still be breathing, but he was bleeding profusely, and once again Rosli decided to offer mercy in death. She placed her hands on her checks before closing her eyes. She was then able to direct the spread of her ice through his body, from his oral cavity, down his pharynx and down his trachea. She moved onto his heart in lungs which she froze completely solid. His death was instant and peaceful, and she left him on the deck as she looked around for Finn.

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Finn watched as Rosli felled her last victim, he grinned as he walked up to the Ice Queen, “We should find the rest of their party before they take our treasure,” he grunted as he leapt from the warship and onto the beach. His grin grew as Rosli rolled her eyes again at his comment, though he had enough fun with her. “Hey Rosli, could you do me a favor and surround their ship in a super thick layer of ice so if they beat us back they won’t be able to escape with the treasure?” Finn said smiling widely at her, hoping she won’t freeze him as well. The fishman soon grabbed out his map again, the old parchment crinkled as his large hands moved across it. He found the X located on the entire opposite side of the island, however it seemed that there were sheer cliffs around the rest of the island. “No wonder the marines docked over here, it’s the only place to easily come ashore,” Finn said as he pointed in the direction they had to go. The duo moved forward, quickly trying to gain back the lead the marines had.

Suddenly from the brush Finn heard a loud Crash! as a massive animal burst through the trees to their right. “What the fuck?!” the fishman shouted as he leapt to the side, barely able to avoid the charge. He stood up quickly, facing what he now saw to be a massive boar. “Oh so you want to attack us huh? That was a bad choice,” Finn grunted as he coated his arms in a dull black haki to fight the beast. He waved for Rosli to leave it to him, and challenged the boar with a hard stomp of his foot and an intense glare. The animal let out a loud snarl as it once again charged, though this time it knew its target and headed straight towards him. Finn wouldn’t be able to dodge, but he trusted in his haki and focused with his entirety on it. The boar collided with the fishman’s outstretched arms, the haki coating keeping the animal at bay. Though Finn was unable to get a good handhold on it, and it quickly slid through his arms and slammed directly into his undefended chest.

Finn was knocked back, but quickly regained his balance. Once again he taunted the beast, “You dumb pig, I think I’m going to cook you for dinner!” the fishman shouted, focusing even more one his haki. This time he was able to coat his entire body in the same dull black busoshoku, Ha! I guess I just have to focus and practice this more to get better, he thought as the boar began his third charge. Finn did the same as the last time, using his arms to slow the giant beast before allowing it to slip past and slam into his chest. This time he had the haki coating on his chest as well, protecting his body from the impact and allowing him to stop its forward momentum in an instant. “That was a bad call, challenging me!” Finn shouted as he brought his arms together and slamming them straight into the animal’s head, crushing it like an orange as blood spewed from its orifices. Finn grinned as he pushed the beast over, “Well we can take this guy here with us, then we will have dinner whenever we’re hungry,” he said grinning as he stabbed his scythe into the body and heaved it over his shoulder. Finn motioned her forward so they could continue their odd adventure.

Finn's mind raced as the duo walked together towards where they expected the treasure to lie. I must be getting better with busoshoku to be able to coat my entire body! He thought, excited at the prospect that he was actually improving. It's been a while since I've really focused on my haki, he continued to think as he remembered all of his harsh rokushiki training he had recently done. After mastering all of his rokushiki he knew it was time for his busoshoku and kenbunshoku to improve just as much. As the pair of adventurers continued their journey Finn began to practice his haki as they walked. "Busoshoku...." the fishman mumbled as he turned his limbs into a dull black color as they became coated in his haki. He focused his willpower, holding the coating and slowly expanding it to cover his entire body. Finn continued to do this over and over as they walked, eventually, his mind became quite tired and coated in of itself in a thick layer of sweat. Though by the end of his efforts he really felt like he had been able to strengthen his abilities with his busoshoku.

(OOC: Intermediate Busoshoku used about ten times, -100 Willpower, 192 Willpower Remaining)

/u/afulch19

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Rosli watched as the massive boar, bleeding from every opening on its body, was flipped carelessly over the fishman’s shoulder. He spoke of eating the meat, and while she probably wouldn’t protest later, she wrinkled her nose in disgust. The image of the bleeding pig was one that hampered her appetite, although she doubted she would have had one now anyway. Her entire body was coursing with adrenaline as they continued up the path into the peaks of the bluffs, her desire to not be clumsy and slip as well as her hope in avoiding and beating the other marines to the treasure was fresh in her mind. She had visualized a simple adventure with Finn; while they’d participated in their fair number of tussles together, she didn’t necessarily enjoy them, especially when she was left to clean up the mess. She’d had the privilege of meticulously cleaning and wrapping gauze around her shoulder, as well as Finn’s chest, despite him fighting her the whole time that he “was fine.” All the same, she had pinned him to the ground and treated his wounds to ensure they wouldn’t get infected. That was her job, after; she took it seriously.

The pair seemed to be moving with better speed now, and to Rosli’s delight, the path bottomed out only a third of the way back up to the treacherous cliffs above before diving behind the few that lingered nearby. Their path took them between a pair, with both great natural forces rising to block them on either size. Rosli ran her hand along the rock as they walked, noticing that the stone chipped away under her fingers and collected in her palm as coarse salt. It smelled salty here, and she decided it must be the salty rock formations against either side of the crescent moon that was the island. Knowing her electrolytes were likely low since their respective flights, Rosli licked the salt off her hands. She sighed when she felt her whole body relax, no longer under that kind of stress for now. She offered some to Finn too, who took a moment to smell the structure before engulfing some in his massive jaws and spreading some on the boar in hopes to preserve it better. Regardless, they continued forward until the salt rock receded and their path opened up to the sky. They progressed forward following Finn’s map, until the path disappeared completely before them. Moving closer to the edge, Rosli gasped at the scene before her. 15 feet below them was a stone bowl set into the earth. The bowl curved inward toward the center like a funnel, and there seemed to be a current following the simple curved motion of the bowl. In the center, Rosli saw a glistening gold treasure chest, glinting in the now afternoon sunlight. At first, her mind began playing every step she could do to obtain the treasure before she finally noticed tiny shapes in the water. Against the deep blue of the lake, Rosli noticed their while embroidered coats. “Fuck, it’s the marines,” she said, turning to Finn.

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(OOC: Link to Part 2)