[center][h1]Zepp Kisaragi[/h1]
Conomi Island, East Blue
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Zepp yawned as he watched Freyja give out orders to the remaining Marines. Contrary to her regular state, she actually seemed to have a commanding presence. Hell, Zepp could almost swear that she wasn’t slouching for once. “That’s our captain for ya.” Zepp muttered before turning to see the masked man being led onto the boat. Well, that covered Boom Boom, but who the hell knew where Lt. Silverback was. Then again, considering who he was fighting, as well as Anaru’s own firepower, it probably wouldn’t be hard to find him. Zepp’s expression remained unchanged as the explosive criminal spoke, attempting to sow the seeds of distrust in the minds of their subordinates. Whispers worked their way through the ranks as the audience started to take in Xerxes’ words. While, in the grand scheme of things, Xerxes wasn’t 100% wrong, it would ultimately be hard for them to take his words seriously. After all, he had kind of disintegrated many of their comrades. Who was he to stand on a high horse?

Within moments, one of the Petty Officers fired a bullet at the bound rabble-rouser, only for Johnny to knock his shot off the mark. And while Zepp understood the sentiment behind Johnny’s intervention, they both knew that it would have been to everyone’s benefit if the loudmouth got a bullet in the head. No helping it now, though. There wasn’t any doubt that he wasn’t going to be facing execution soon enough.

“Well, this has been a hell of a day.” Zepp remarked as the 99th Division’s ship docked on the island, followed by the remaining soldiers of the 99th joining the relief efforts. As Zepp himself began to disembark from the ship, he pat the gagged criminal on the head. “Chill out for a bit, Baldy. You can bark all you want while you sit pretty in prison.” he suggested before getting off of the ship. However, instead of helping with the relief efforts, the closed-eyed Lt. Commander slipped off beyond the notice of his comrades…..

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“Geez, he really did a number on this place.” Zepp commented as he came upon Anaru napping at ground zero of a massive crater. The entire landscape had been devastated, so it was quite a surprise to see the large man at its center. Despite the hulking man’s mass, the Lt. Commander managed to hoist the gorilla up with surprising ease. “Meh. I guess I’ll just figure out how I found him when we get there.” he muttered before taking off into the air with the comatose lieutenant in tow. It didn’t take long for Zepp to find a landing zone out of sight of his fellow Marines, and from there he would carry Anaru, with feigned difficulty, back to the destroyed port where the 99th had so kindly docked.

“Hey, look who I found. I caught him napping under a banana tree. You shoulda seen it, guys. Banana peels piled as high as the eyes can see.” Zepp joked, clearly not reading the mood as he brought Anaru back to the ship.