Reflection

One Piece: The Next Voyage

Location - Loguetown - Before they set sail for the Grandline
@King Cosmos

His pen was in his hands. Already making notes of the walk up the pathway. The long shadow of the execution platform lay before him, and Nikko had to pause. As he stood there in the shadow, he had to take a moment to write the opening line to his novel. The second in his series of great pirates. As pen met paper...

The beginning of the journey is the end of somebody else's adventure. Wherever you step, you are stepping on land already traveled. Perhaps that is why the Pirate King Luffy found himself much like Roger. Old enemies on either side, but were one journey ended alone before a great crowd... Luffy was not alone. The wooden supports of the execution platform had rotten, while the pirate king to be had found new supports in the pirate crew he had found. A-

He was interrupted from his writing by Shigeuchi... The Red Lion looked up from his notebook, and turned his gaze to his right, where his eyes met with the other pirate.

"Have you ever considered making your own story, instead of writing about someone else’s? Why write about the last Pirate King when you could become the next one?”

There was a pause, as silent wheels ran through the captain's head. His gaze matched Shigeuchi's for the longest time. His first mate, who had seen him through far too many trials. Mostly in the sense of 'No I don't want to start a fleet like my dad' only to end up starting a single boat because they keep burning down the old ones. It's an interesting relationship.
"Oh right, I didn't tell you about that, did I?" Nikko said, finally breaking a silence that might have gone on forever. He then reached into one of several pockets on his vest, and pulled from it the most neatly folded piece of paper ever seen. Cared for, and protected despite the date marking back nearly a decade. As it was unfolded, it became more and more clear as an article from a newspaper. One of the few notable ones that managed to break the boundaries between islands. "Ahem... Let me read a review written by a... E. Oda. It's probably my favorite review on my novel."

"Ahem... 'The glee that the author has when following in the footsteps of...' I skipped ahead a little, to get to the important parts. 'The glee that the author has when following in the footsteps of Gold Roger is felt in every sentence of this bloated novel. So much is said in a fanboyish charm that one can forget how otherwise uninformed the writing truly feels. Great detail is etched into each of Roger's actions, but the author fails to ask the question 'why must Roger make these choices?' He is addicted to the Pirate King, but does not understand the Blah Blah Blah and in short does not understand the most fundamental part of Roger's character. That part is 'What must the stress of being a king do to a man that makes him do such things.' This failure to understand Roger's position leads to a biography that reeks not of understanding, but fanb- BLAH BLAH BLAH!"
In a flash, it was folded back up, and Nikko returned to a smile that said 'nothing is wrong.' But there really was something wrong.

"That was the ONLY negative review my biography ever received. Out of hundreds of reviews, critical and fan-made, I have been lauded as a genius. But, because I did not understand 'what it meant to be a pirate king' my novel was shunned by one particular critic!" Where it not for his overall calm appearance, one might think he was mad. He was mad, of course. "So, I have made quite a few plans. Not only will I be writing a new biography on the Pirate King Monkey D. Luffy, but I will be doing so with the exact insight I lacked last time."
That folded paper began to burn, and that ash fluttered away into the air.

"I'm going to be the Pirate King."

Behind him, the execution platformers rotten boards began to creak. A heat having caused the boards to expand. A heat that radiated from Nikko's body. Then, once the heat had groan too intense, the rotten boards could not handle the strain. Cracking, and finally erupting into a blaze of light. A crackling bonfire suddenly shooting up the sides of those boards, and turning the platform into a pyre. A blazing light that shone in the center of Loguetown. Marking the eyes of all, and drawing attention to the two pirates who stood there. It was a romantic vision. Two men illuminated by the burning throne of pirate kings.

"Now, we're going to Alabasta. I recall that Pirate King Luffy traveled there with a princess, fought a pirate, and then stopped a bomb from blowing up the city. I need to see that city destroyed by the blast of a bomb, otherwise I cannot visualize the force of such an action in my head."
There was... Something cruel in the way he said that. Perhaps he was just taking his new novel a bit further. "Though, I suppose we can hold the city for ransom, and then blow them up anyway after we're paid."

One Piece: The Next Voyage

Heyo, I talked to Lady, and we bumped up Nikko and his first mate's bounty up to 115,000,000 Beli.

One Piece: The Next Voyage

Location - Loguetown - Before they set sail for the Grandline

"Ah, it has truly been ages since I had a motivation like this. Years of pirating have returned me to the beginning of my first novel. 'The Brilliant Gold Roger' written by 'the equally brilliant Nikko.'" The writer stood at the helm of his ship, and could do nothing about his smile. It had been too long since he'd been allowed to participate in his personal hobbies. And his crew, despite a bit annoyed that their captain had taken them from their usual poaching grounds in the Grand Line, had returned them all the way to the East Blue for another book. Sure, he'd done it before, but most of them hadn't joined the crew yet when he wrote his first novel.

Nikko though, was obsessed once more. "Now, Luffy didn't rob anybody here, but rather he destroyed the execution platform. I don't have lightning like he did, but I can easily set it on fire. So, while the rest of you can go onto the island and do as you wish, don't do anything to get yourselves sent to the execution platform. I plan to destroy it. It's the only way I can really share empathy with great pirate king, Luffy."
"Boss, you really can't get empathy for somebody by burning stuff..." One crew member mumbled as the captain of the Red Lion pirates swanned about on the deck of his ship.
"Nonsense, Shigeuchi knows exactly how I feel." Nikko retorted, naturally referring to his First Mate. Well, his father's first mate, and now his. He'd have to visit his father at Impel Down again one of these days.

With that said, the ship rocked as it finally made dock, and the crew of nearly a hundred pirates shared smiles. One by one, they began to move into Loguetown. Snatching a necklace, threatening somebody in a back alley, or just causing general trouble. While their Captain, the glorious Nikko, turned his eyes down the main road, and began to follow the notes he had amassed. He was going to burn the whole city to the ground, in emulation of Luffy's own action. And once he was done...

He'd return to the Grand line, and continue his novel there.

Brilliant.

Yugioh - Verdant Dreams

I'm tempted to make a pharaoh I mean atlantian, I mean... Duelist.

One Piece: The Next Voyage

Nikko the Red Lion

Name: Nikko the Red Lion

Age: 28

Starting Location/Current Location: East Blue

Personality: How does one describe an interest? For Nikko, his life is the search for that next special interest. That thing he cares about deeply. That nips at that bud of inspiration and allows it to blossom. Even as a child he was like that, addicted to his special interest. In this case, Gold Roger. And while he was shamed for it, he never found a reason to stop caring about it. In short, he's a man who cares deeply, about the things that interest him. If they don't?
Needless to say, he has killed before. With disinterest in his eyes. It wasn't hard killing that disobedient pirate. It was just a thing to do. That is Nikko. A pirate who just treats anything outside his few interests as something... Irrelevant, or just outright boring. Killing is easy when you don't care about the life of the person you're shooting. Maybe that's why he seems so... Strange. Why he seems to lack empathy. But that's false. He's actually very empathetic, but only when it's related to something that interests him. Is it odd? Is it cruel? Yes. But that's just Nikko.
At his core, he's an artist. A man who cares for the spectacle. A man... Who will fight for his dream.

Dream/Goal: What does a man like Nikko want? It's strange... But he wants to write the first, and only biography on the King of Pirates. Gold Roger. To do so, he plans to follow Luffy's path, act as a pirate, and truly understand what made the King... The King.

History: The eldest child of Shiki the Golden Lion. A child of the greatest rival of the King of Pirates, and possible heir to the empire his father had designed for him. And yet, born in the North Blue, Nikko never had the same kind of interests his father did. He never had the interest to simply sit in ships, and fly around the world. He never saw the glory of his heritage. Instead... As a child he was always fond of somebody other than his father. Gold Roger. His father's rival, was the one who caught his eyes. Some days, he would follow his father about on trips, just in the hopes of seeing Roger. But he only saw him once, from a distance. That was also the day his father his injured by a steering wheel, which he adopted as a family crest of a kind. Thus why part of a steering wheel acts as a makeshift hair-tie.
Shiki often insisted that his child, and heir should be special. More so than any pirate, and more than Roger. As such, he spent quite a fortune seeking out a Devil Fruit that he believed would make his son a powerful pirate. It took several years, but on Nikko's thirteenth birthday, he was gifted with a devil fruit. He didn't like it, but biting his lip, he swallowed his dis-interest in his father's ambition, and ate the fruit. The Taiyō Taiyō No Mi. A Devil Fruit sometimes known as the Sun Sun Fruit. It was a paramecia that embodied the eater with the power of the sun itself, but in a way that they possesses the heat and light, and not the flames.
Turning fifteen, the boy's dis-interest with his father's plans reached a peak. He left to go visit his mother in the South Blue, a trip he didn't bother returning from. He had spent years with his father in the hopes of seeing Roger, and yet nothing came from it. As he was never truly a pirate, and he worked hard to bury his father's connection to him, Nikko was never a target by the World Government. Instead he took on other hobbies, like writing. Hoping to write stories about great pirates.
Then... He was eighteen, and Roger died. His words sparking a cry to seek One Piece. And there... WAS THE SPARK OF INSPIRATION HE NEEDED! Nikko knew the story he wanted to tell. It was one he had failed to see as a child, but now as an adult? He wanted to write the Pirate King's Biography. But the king was dead. The only way to write such a story would be to go on the seas, and follow Roger's own path. Taking up a dingy, he vowed to recreate Roger's rise to power, without the influence his father would have offered him.
Though... He has received letters from his father's former First Mate, asking him to consider joining up with the Golden Lion Pirates, despite his father's imprisonment in Impel Down. He has naturally turned down such offers. Until, he tried stealing his own ship. Quite a few strange happenstances later, and he found himself sitting on a small liferaft, alongside Shigeuchi the Trickster, his father's first mate. After a bit of bickering, Nikko finally gave in, and named their small liferaft his first ship. Which was later sunk when they managed to capture a Galleon, and then that got sunk when they couldn't staff a full galleon and moved onto a more reasonably sized vessel.
Since then, Nikko has undertaken the role of Pirate Captain very well. With his first mate, and a very active pirating career ahead of him. And he did.
Now, he seeks to replicate his work on his first novel, with a sequel about Luffy D Monkey.

Crew: The Red Lion Pirates

Ship: The Gold Lion Mark 2

Specialty/Profession: Professional Writer / Ship Captain

Fighting Style: At the moment, his fighting style is primarily based around kicking. A style developed to protect his hands, because how can he write without them? His projection of fire, heat, and light is used to increase the impact of his kicks. Otherwise, his fighting style is best described as standing still, and only moving if somebody gets close. He's not about to start rushing at people.

Weapons: A flintlock. Though that's not saying much.

Devil Fruit: Taiyō Taiyō No Mi - A paramecia fruit, also known as the Sun Sun Fruit. This fruit is referred to as one of the Invincible Fruits, despite this though it's also considered one of the weakest of that bunch. Simply put, it turns the possessor into a Sun Person. Their body becomes a living nuclear core, that generates near endless amounts of heat, fire, and light. Because his body is running on its own 'exploding core' his body never needs to rest. This also means... the possessor will be restless. Constantly needing to burn off excess energy. At least they'll never had to worry about a cold winter's day.
Through training, the user can focus and control his 'burning insides' for combat. By generating fire, heat, or bright lights to blind others around him. This control can come more naturally the longer one has practice with it, but those who aren't practiced have a nasty tendency to casually burn people while shaking hands. The heat generated can theoretically rise to 5,778 K, the heat of the sun. But because that might end up destroying the body, it is unwise to raise the temperature that high. Rather, it mostly just causes third degree burns on contact, but can drastically rise depending.
With training, it is possible to fire beams of concentrated heat, fire, or light. Or even combine all three at once.

Items: A pen, and a great deal of paper.

Bounty: 115,000,000 Beli (Wanted for: Being the SunSon of a pirate, destruction of property, stealing several ships, and for selling a book not approved of by the World Government.)

Color: "This is a good color, right? It's f7976a."

One Piece: The Next Voyage

@ladyonyx04 Sure, I'll buff Nikko's age up a bit, suggest he finished his novel on Roger, and make him writing the sequel on Luffy.

Fate/『 』Märchen

Servant of Alexa Cellesis Jupteria
_____________________________________________________________________***@KoL

"Sheesh! I guess that I'm really becoming the villain, huh?"

"When I was alive, I was a member of an organization called the Sanada Ten Braves." Assassin retorted. Clearly he had a bit of a story he was dying to tell. "We all served under the lord Sanada Yukimura. Each of the ten were ninja, and each of us had a record of deaths that reached far back. But our lord Sanada is remembered fondly as the last hero of the Sengoku Era. An unrivaled man who was beloved by all in his time, and in all times going forward. If you are worried that working alongside an assassin, or using blackmail has turned you into a villain, than you are wrong. You are merely a hero who pushes the line."

That probably wasn't as comforting as he thought it might be, but it was the thought that mattered. The methods used may seem underhanded, but since she wasn't burning down buildings that meant she was a hero. Though, only Nobunaga really did that... And he was still seen as a hero of somekind... So maybe Japan just liked monstrous heroes?

Either way, assassin didn't mind it. Maybe that just fit him. Though he didn't mind being a hero either. Maybe he just liked being remembered?

He appeared by his master's side in a moment, hands folded over his chest, and still no smile on his lips. He just didn't smile it seemed. Not that she should mind, some people are just like that. "To be honest, Master, I was not worried about the dogs. I have already used my own ninjutsu to cover any flaws in my sneaking that they would be able to pick up." He tugged briefly on his scarf, showing several talismans he had made earlier in the day. Each marked to nullify a certain sound. The sound of his breathing, the sound of his footsteps, and the sound of his heartbeat. After all, what assassin wouldn't have taken care of such things? That, and he had worked to nullify his own scent, as that it mixed in with that of the city. "As this is japan, my magical foundation is at its height. Though if you wish, I will submit to your runes."

"As for Bird-boy, his name is Daisuke. If you hope to form an alliance, I feel it would be best to use his real name, rather than mock him. He no doubt has a powerful servant, and if he decides there is more value in attacking you rather than retrieving his book, I will be at a disadvantage in a public place." It was a warning. Don't get cocky. Don't be rude. If they wanted that boy and his servant to be their allies, albeit a forced alliance, they shouldn't be pushing him. Assassin knew that as soon as he stole that book of familiars. This was dangerous.
Personally, if he was going to blackmail somebody, he'd never meet them in public. He'd do it by letters and a dropbox. Much safer to never get close to others.

"Well, if we're all set, I'm going to find a vantage point." Assassin said. He had left a familiar by the Petshop, and was more than aware that their query had just left the comfort of his home. Before he left though, he handed his master a Talisman. "This is for you. It will substitute your position with that of another object nearby as soon as you are attacked. Normally I'd prefer to not rely on something like this... But for your safety, it is our best bet."

With nearly a day in advance to plan this, Assassin had no doubt prep'd the area to be as useful as possible for his desires. The nearby pottery in particular held a nasty surprise for when things went south.

So... He waited.

One Piece: The Next Voyage

Nikko the Red Lion

Name: Nikko the Red Lion

Age: 28

Starting Location/Current Location: East Blue

Personality: How does one describe an interest? For Nikko, his life is the search for that next special interest. That thing he cares about deeply. That nips at that bud of inspiration and allows it to blossom. Even as a child he was like that, addicted to his special interest. In this case, Gold Roger. And while he was shamed for it, he never found a reason to stop caring about it. In short, he's a man who cares deeply, about the things that interest him. If they don't?
Needless to say, he has killed before. With disinterest in his eyes. It wasn't hard killing that disobedient pirate. It was just a thing to do. That is Nikko. A pirate who just treats anything outside his few interests as something... Irrelevant, or just outright boring. Killing is easy when you don't care about the life of the person you're shooting. Maybe that's why he seems so... Strange. Why he seems to lack empathy. But that's false. He's actually very empathetic, but only when it's related to something that interests him. Is it odd? Is it cruel? Yes. But that's just Nikko.
At his core, he's an artist. A man who cares for the spectacle. A man... Who will fight for his dream.

Dream/Goal: What does a man like Nikko want? It's strange... But he wants to write the first, and only biography on the King of Pirates. Gold Roger. To do so, he plans to follow Luffy's path, act as a pirate, and truly understand what made the King... The King.

History: The eldest child of Shiki the Golden Lion. A child of the greatest rival of the King of Pirates, and possible heir to the empire his father had designed for him. And yet, born in the North Blue, Nikko never had the same kind of interests his father did. He never had the interest to simply sit in ships, and fly around the world. He never saw the glory of his heritage. Instead... As a child he was always fond of somebody other than his father. Gold Roger. His father's rival, was the one who caught his eyes. Some days, he would follow his father about on trips, just in the hopes of seeing Roger. But he only saw him once, from a distance. That was also the day his father his injured by a steering wheel, which he adopted as a family crest of a kind. Thus why part of a steering wheel acts as a makeshift hair-tie.
Shiki often insisted that his child, and heir should be special. More so than any pirate, and more than Roger. As such, he spent quite a fortune seeking out a Devil Fruit that he believed would make his son a powerful pirate. It took several years, but on Nikko's thirteenth birthday, he was gifted with a devil fruit. He didn't like it, but biting his lip, he swallowed his dis-interest in his father's ambition, and ate the fruit. The Taiyō Taiyō No Mi. A Devil Fruit sometimes known as the Sun Sun Fruit. It was a paramecia that embodied the eater with the power of the sun itself, but in a way that they possesses the heat and light, and not the flames.
Turning fifteen, the boy's dis-interest with his father's plans reached a peak. He left to go visit his mother in the South Blue, a trip he didn't bother returning from. He had spent years with his father in the hopes of seeing Roger, and yet nothing came from it. As he was never truly a pirate, and he worked hard to bury his father's connection to him, Nikko was never a target by the World Government. Instead he took on other hobbies, like writing. Hoping to write stories about great pirates.
Then... He was eighteen, and Roger died. His words sparking a cry to seek One Piece. And there... WAS THE SPARK OF INSPIRATION HE NEEDED! Nikko knew the story he wanted to tell. It was one he had failed to see as a child, but now as an adult? He wanted to write the Pirate King's Biography. But the king was dead. The only way to write such a story would be to go on the seas, and follow Roger's own path. Taking up a dingy, he vowed to recreate Roger's rise to power, without the influence his father would have offered him.
Though... He has received letters from his father's former First Mate, asking him to consider joining up with the Golden Lion Pirates, despite his father's imprisonment in Impel Down. He has naturally turned down such offers. Until, he tried stealing his own ship. Quite a few strange happenstances later, and he found himself sitting on a small liferaft, alongside Shigeuchi the Trickster, his father's first mate. After a bit of bickering, Nikko finally gave in, and named their small liferaft his first ship. Which was later sunk when they managed to capture a Galleon, and then that got sunk when they couldn't staff a full galleon and moved onto a more reasonably sized vessel.
Since then, Nikko has undertaken the role of Pirate Captain very well. With his first mate, and a very active pirating career ahead of him. And he did.
Now, he seeks to replicate his work on his first novel, with a sequel about Luffy D Monkey.

Crew: The Red Lion Pirates

Ship: The Gold Lion Mark 2

Specialty/Profession: Professional Writer / Ship Captain

Fighting Style: At the moment, his fighting style is primarily based around kicking. A style developed to protect his hands, because how can he write without them? His projection of fire, heat, and light is used to increase the impact of his kicks. Otherwise, his fighting style is best described as standing still, and only moving if somebody gets close. He's not about to start rushing at people.

Weapons: A flintlock. Though that's not saying much.

Devil Fruit: Taiyō Taiyō No Mi - A paramecia fruit, also known as the Sun Sun Fruit. This fruit is referred to as one of the Invincible Fruits, despite this though it's also considered one of the weakest of that bunch. Simply put, it turns the possessor into a Sun Person. Their body becomes a living nuclear core, that generates near endless amounts of heat, fire, and light. Because his body is running on its own 'exploding core' his body never needs to rest. This also means... the possessor will be restless. Constantly needing to burn off excess energy. At least they'll never had to worry about a cold winter's day.
Through training, the user can focus and control his 'burning insides' for combat. By generating fire, heat, or bright lights to blind others around him. This control can come more naturally the longer one has practice with it, but those who aren't practiced have a nasty tendency to casually burn people while shaking hands. The heat generated can theoretically rise to 5,778 K, the heat of the sun. But because that might end up destroying the body, it is unwise to raise the temperature that high. Rather, it mostly just causes third degree burns on contact, but can drastically rise depending.
With training, it is possible to fire beams of concentrated heat, fire, or light. Or even combine all three at once.

Items: A pen, and a great deal of paper.

Bounty: 1,000,000 Beli (Wanted for: Being the SunSon of a pirate, destruction of property, stealing several ships, and for selling a book not approved of by the World Government.)

Color: "This is a good color, right? It's f7976a."

One Piece: The Next Voyage

Simple plot, makes sense, has my interest.

Fate/『 』Märchen

Servant of Alexa Cellesis Jupteria
Location- Daisuke's Petshop
_____________________________________________________________________***@KoL@SSW@Duoya

A... Petshop. No, it made sense. Assassin's master had made it clear that the master of the monstrous hammer wielder was a familiar user. The dove alone was pretty obvious. His analysis over the night had been fruitful to a degree. Particularly in the livelyhood of the master 'Daisuke.' He relied heavily on familiars, and seemed to have no other apparent talents. He was shy, nervous, and a bit grand when he was alone. It was certainly entertaining to watch him as he no doubt stomped about his house, and was even more tempting to slit apart in his sleep. But...

Kirigakure had received no orders yet to kill Daisuke, and as such had no interest in doing so. In truth, being able to control him would likely have far more benefits. But... The how seemed to be in taking control of the boy's familiars. Judging from what his master had summed, the boy had a connection to his familiars that most mages didn't. In particular, he didn't simply self-destruct them when they became compromised. He could do something with that. That something... Might be the book he saw the boy carrying around.

All of these observations he sent to Alexa, who no doubt had a plan for it. Blackmail perhaps. After watching the boy for several hours, Assassin moved on. He had others to hunt for before the night was over. And over the day, he barely rested. Instead, he practically scoured the city for the other masters. His sleep came only in small spurts, as he would find a hidden spot in a garden, or in an abandoned building. Catching up on the rest he would need for the night that would come soon after...
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Tokyo Tower

And then night came. Assassin returned once more to Tokyo Tower. He doubted any masters would return. After all, the night before had become a mess. But he did not return here that night for them. No, Tokyo tower was a great vantage point. In that regard, it would give him an advantage in spying other conflicts. Whoever had controlled the beast the night before may arrive. Drawn in to seek out whoever had hunted his hounds. That might allow Assassin to put a face to a name. A benefit for sure, and possibly a way to remove a dangerous enemy on the second night.

After all, he could guess that it was not Caster, or Saber who possessed the hounds. Shielder likely had no reason for them... He could only guess, but Archer or Rider were the best bets on who would possess animals like that. He leaned more towards Rider, but servants were certainly strange people. They could surprise him.

In the mean time, he had a song to hum to himself. _{"It's my life... And it's now or never..."}

And his Snow Doll
- Bunkyō Ward
_____________________________________________________________________***@Cu Chulainn

"I'd say... Last night was a great success!" Vladimir had taken the day to clean up his mess. As well as complete quite a few healing droughts that would no doubt serve to help Rider if they fought Lancer again. "Now, I have notes, but they aren't important. They are merely for myself. Maybe I should come up with a way to be more involved..." He mused on this, but otherwise he was unsure what he could do directly. After all, he found little need to get directly involved, since he had Snegurochka to handle such things for him. But...

"Tonight Rider, I shall join you. So that I can accurately determine the best course of action with my own eyes. Much better that way, wouldn't you agree?" Vladimir said, as he adjusted his coat. "I have the means to protect myself. Snegurochka can command my familiars for the night, wouldn't you agree? Much easier on the both of us. And, it shall give me a chance to inquire more about the world of your time."