IceHeart

One Piece: New Age

"You'd think they'd learn some new tricks or something." Zypha groaned as she started to dodge bullets again. At that range she was in little actual danger but the point of the shots was just too keep her away, of which they were doing a decent job. She had to jump to avoid a bullet and made her way to the wooden mast. Zypha but the wood between herself and the enemy captain as she slid down, back to the ship floor.

She was now in a decent position but until the captain was occupied there wasn't a good spot to charge her enemy. If she went out now she would be a sitting duck as the captain was actually a decent shot unlike his ex-crew. Zypha didn't dare peek out yet, so she concentrated on listening while she waited for her chance to attack.

One Piece: New Age

Bullets struck the wooden crate, splintering off wood left and right. Zypha kept her position to keep from being hit but apparently the wooden crate was not that sturdy. One of the bullets pierced through but thankfully struck her chain before bouncing off, but it did sting a little.

"Never liked just siting around anyway!" Zypha abandoned her spot and rushed out into the open. She saw Abigail make her move on the pirates so for now it was just her job to avoid the shots, she still had a scythe attached so she flung it up into the air, catching one of the masts masts and started to haul herself up as quickly as possible, the bullets whistling past her as she ascended upward. Before long she reached the lowest sail rung and got unto the wooden beam to become a smaller target.

One Piece: New Age

Good I don't have much time this weekend anyway so the break is appreciated.

One Piece: New Age

"Wee-Hee-Hee-Hee! Somebody's standing up to the Silver Slugs!"

Came a voice from inside the ship that was impossible to ignore as Zypha safely landed on the vessel. Zypha's face twitched a little as she looked at the enemy crew. "Please tell me you aren't really called the Silver Slugs. Like really? Like me commend you captain on his naming sense." She would have started a slow clap if she weren't in combat and needing to hold onto her weapons.

One random crewman looked slightly embarrassed but the rest were too busy following their captain's order to start firing at her and Abigail. Zypha dove to the deck as bullets wizzed overhead and scrambled to take some cover so she could find the right timing to attack. Meanwhile she got to witness her crewmate go airborne as she started her assault, but she kind of miffed the landing and rolled into one of the pirates.

"Well that's one way to fly into action." She mused before detaching a scythe, checking its balance, and then flinging the scythe from its handle like a boom-a-rang. She had been working on the balance for quite some time and while it still it wouldn't exactly come back like a boom-a-rang, it still made for a decent projectile weapon that could curve in midflight. She aimed it at one of the pirates aiming for Abigail, gritted her teeth as a bullet grazed her shoulder, and took cover again, waiting to hear the sound of the scythe hitting home.

The Consortium: Howl of the Yellow King Disciples (Accepting 1 more)

@Algorhythm

Well I did want to join but I'm fairly busy and I've never really roleplayed horror before so I'm out of my element. Not getting much inspiration for a character so I'll sit out this time.

One Piece: New Age

Zypha had considered attempting to skirt around the enemy at one point to head for the harbor, but once the ship was hit by a cannonball her only real choice was to attack. The Lotus rammed the pirate ship full force, making Zypha wince as she heard the cracking and splintering of wood as the vessels collided; thankfully she managed to hold onto the wheel hard enough to not fall when the collision occurred. "That is going to leave a nasty mark, hope we can make it to port without sinking."

Zypha left the wheel, the ship essentially being stuck on the other ship for the time being which allowed her to leave her post. Zypha then saw two of the cannon users jump onto their ship, one went for Abigail and the other for her. Zypha didn't need to worry about Abigail as she was a good fighter, but of course the other pirate tried to use a gun on her.

"You guys are pretty brazen to attack us so close to port. Well guess that just means we'll get more credit then!"

Crouching low Zypha zipped along the deck, her new jacket dangled off her shoulders, the sleeves dragging behind her since she did not put her arms in the sleeves. Making sure to zigzag as the pirate fired, the bullet zinged past her and poked a hole through her jacket. Ignoring that, Zypha reached for her scythe around her waist and lashed out at the pirate with both weapons.

If she managed to take out the pirate right away her next move would be to climb up on the enemy ship to throw a chain-scythe at the third cannoneer to take him out before he could fire another cannonball. While she would ditch the old boat eventually now was not the time to have the vessel sink on them. At the moment Zypha identified this cannoneer as their biggest threat.

One Piece: New Age

It was a bit of a long journey for just two people to take, especially since on the high seas there always needed to be someone on the lookout for enemies and to navigate the ship, meaning they kept having to switch off. They had some conversation about what they were going to do but other than getting to the next island and having Zypha be kind of the stand-in captain, not too much they could do. They had a ship though, but it really need an actual crew before they could do much of anything and a terrible duo was not going to cut it.

Zypha had been been on a fairly regular schedule for a while now: Ship duty, a work out that mostly used her own body such as single-handed push ups, eating, and sleeping, though not necessarily in that order. "Well looks like we're almost there, about time!" Zypha took the wheel as the small vessel made its way to port, but it appeared that another pirate ship had decided their little vessel would be fine prey.

"Tch, well Abi, looks like we got ourselves some admirers." Zypha lightly bit her bottom lip in thought as the enemy vessel made its way toward them. Frankly with how understaffed and outgunned they were, there was little chance for them to win in a ship to ship battle. The enemy ship was bigger, faster, and just better in every way but its flag. Escape was not an option.

"We can't get away in this hand-me-down." Zypha considered their options, annoyingly their best bet was to force a man-to-man battle, which meant they had to get closer. While she thought about it, the enemy vessel came up to their broadside and started to open fire on their ship.

Zypha quickly spun the wheel to turn the ship toward the pirate vessel, so that they could get closer and to become a much smaller target to hit as well. "Well guess we have no choice but to charge ahead as quickly as possible, we can't afford to get sunk here!"

Rise of the Super Mecha [Mecha/Supernatural Interest Check]

Well I gotta put this one on the backburner for a bit until I have more time.

One Piece: New Age

@malmshodes Don't worry I got cha'.

One Piece: New Age

It had been a decent two days despite the aches and pains, thankfully the pirates were tough and healed quickly; however they were down to just two crew now. Zypha had managed to recover all her equipment, though her jacket had been pretty much destroyed in the battle, thankfully the kind villages had been more than happy to modify one of the marine's jackets to her liking. The coat was dyed black with a white, twin lotus symbol and skull attached to the back of the coat, it was a design that had been floating in her mind for a few days and so had some of the villagers help her with the tailoring.

The villagers had been kind enough to supply them with quite a bit of material so they would have no trouble, except for the fact that they were now a crew of two which would make managing even their small ship a full time job; thankfully, Zypha had a lot of strength and endurance along with Abigail. The two were now at the docks, ready to board their ship as the villages saw them off.

"Well you guys make for for a decent vacation spot I must say. Much appreciated." Zypha gave a wry smile with her comment that was both sarcasim and fact. She was going to say more when she was ambushed by Kira who rushed her and embraced the somewhat manly female pirate. Zypha was unsure of what exactly to do at first, but she managed to awkwardly pat the girls head. As she did this she could not help but have a few flashbacks to her own childhood, but they were few as most of her memories were not bright and cheerful.

"Ya ya, just don't be a pain alright and learn to grow up big and strong so you can take care of yourself! That said I expect you lot to help out as well, got it!" Zypha stared down the crowd with a serious face though the effect was somewhat lessened by the little girl attached to her waist.

As the Village elder spoke Zypha took all the information in. "Abigail, meh I'll just call you Abi, can you get the log post from the old geezer? I have to rub off a barnacle off my hull." The barnacle being the little girl and the hull being Zypha's body. It took some coaxing as she was trying not to hurt the girl but she finally managed to extract herself from the little leech.

"Thank ya'all for your hospitality, but like you said we pirates and the world government tend not to mix well so we'll be leaving now before the next batch of marines come." Zypha climbed onto the ship and started to get everything prepared for sailing. "Good luck people, make sure you act like real people from now on!" As usually Zypha could not help but speak rather bluntly and harshly but ultimately she meant well.

"Come on Abi, time to leave."