Zapdos

One Piece: The Blackfin Chronicles

It had been a productive week or so since they had set sail. Despite Galen’s reservations about painting the jolly roger on the Red Baron, he knew that the Marquis would figure it out anyway. With that in mind, he had been trying to plan the best he could; it wasn’t like he was a navigator, so he would never be the next Nami, but Jones did have a general sense of the area from sailing in Redwell’s crew.

Another thing he had known was that the Rainbow Raiders was that they were never together. The Marquis needed people in different places to extort new islands, so Jones and Siobhan could take out each one of the four Raiders individually while searching for the new crew members on her list, then they could focus on taking out Blackwell himself. It was as good of a plan as any other that he could come up.

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In the present, Jones was just enjoying his time on the unnamed fishing trawler. He’d been a pirate for some time now, but this was the first crew he felt like he was happy to be a part of. Giobhan was great and he felt like they could take on the world. He had been reading a medical book he had taken from Redwell’s quarters (why he had one there was beyond him, but the doctor was guessing it was worth money) when he was interrupted.

"Giant Angler incoming!!" It was his captain, who had caught their next meal. The trawler struggled to stay afloat as the fish flopped around and raged in the direction of the doctor, but by now Jones was used to this.

"That should be good for dinner!" Siobhan said.

“Are you sure about that? Maybe we need 10 more of them to make sure you don’t get hungry later,” Jones joked, “but let’s eat!”

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It should be fine. The main reason I'm able to post this quickly is that it's the weekend and I have two days off from work since it's the Fourth of July.

I'll send you that link now.

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Okay, I made a little Discord server thing. If you want to be invited to it, please private message me for the link! I'm not posting it here because I don't want people not in this roleplay to be able to access it. This helps prevent trolling and so on.

It could be handy for discussing the roleplay and who joins the crew next, so send me a message!

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It's technically a double post, but would anyone here be interested in having a group Discord chat for this roleplay? It might be a good way to discuss things for the roleplay or to just chat. I can set it up if anyone is interested.

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Jones smiled back at Siobhan, lightly chiding her. “Thanks, and that’s good! If you had waited much longer to take that stuff, you’d have more to worry about than taste. That poison’s very deadly, be more careful next time.”

After waiting a moment for that to sink in (although he had a feeling it wouldn’t), Jones continued speaking. “We should probably get some things from this ship and get out of here. I know Redwell has some maps, tools, and beli on here and we need all of those things. Can you help me carry some of it? It’s mostly in his quarters, he didn’t trust his crew members with things like that.”

The doctor was trying to think if there was anything else they needed from this ship, but he couldn’t think of anything. It was just as well anyway; they needed to get out of there. Siobhan was strong, but he didn’t think the two of them could take on the Marquis by themselves, and Jones knew he would want revenge for Redwell’s defeat soon.

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Jones watched the ensuing combat with concern. If Redwell actually hit Siobhan with the dagger, it could cost the fishwoman her life. It turns out she was as reckless as she was strong, biting the dagger despite the fact that it was poisoned. At least her strength allowed her to send Redwell flying (which was just as great as when it happened to Claire), but the happiness of victory quickly turned to grave concern once Jones quickly returned his attention to the fact that she had been poisoned.

Since time was critical, the doctor didn’t even respond to Siobhan, instead finding various plants and ingredients in his duffel bag to mix into a kind of powder. Once he finished, he handed a small bowl to the lady saying “eat this quickly, or else.” The cure was very bitter, but it was better than death.

Once she did that, he then looked around the ship to see if any pirates were still left. It would good for Siobhan to recover, but if there were enough pirates that could fight, it could be trouble. Thankfully, everyone was either unconscious or had ran away when their captain had been punched out of the ship.

Turning back to his captain with concern, Jones asked “Siobhan, are you okay?”

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While Jones appreciated the feeling behind Siobhan’s apology, he actually didn’t want her to do that. The doctor was counting on the element of surprise to be able to hit Redwell when it mattered and now that was shot to hell. Jones was now irritated and worried that he would have to fight any stragglers left on the ship who might’ve realized what happened. In fact, he was so distracted by this that the fact that Siobhan was a half-fishwoman barely registered to him.

...except that the crew members were too beat up and Redwell was too angry to notice, so Jones just gratefully continued to get closer to the combat.

“Red Blade! Damn you, whore!” Redwell yelled, squeezing the hilt of the broken sword. Now a small dagger blade came out where the big sword used to be, covered in what appeared to be a kind of poison. He then charged forward, attempting to stab Siobhan with the weapon.

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Jones had expected her to break free, but he didn’t expect the fishman attack that he experienced now. While the doctor couldn’t blame Siobhan for hitting him (she was surrounded at all angles, after all), he was still a little annoyed at being hurt despite being impressed at her fighting skill.

Redwell’s assessment about Galen’s strategic mind was completely wrong though; using the cutlass to slow himself down by pressing it down on the surface of the ship combined with using one of the other crew members as a cushion allowed Jones to escape most of the damage the less fortunate pirates experienced, and unlike most of the pirates his injuries were only minor.

Still, it took the doctor a second to get his bearings and see what was going on. As he predicted, Redwell was indeed annoyed.

“Damn you, you stupid whore! I’ll get you for this!” Redwell yelled. Unlike Carl though, he actually intended to back up his words, lunging at Siobhan and attempting to slash her Red Blade. Surprisingly for such a big man, he and his sword were rather quick. If the woman got hit by the weapon, it was going to hurt.

Meanwhile, Jones grabbed a loaded pistol that one of the other pirates had dropped and slowly moved closer to where the two were fighting. The doctor wouldn’t be able to fight Redwell very well by himself, but if Siobhan needed it, Jones could provide assistance in a critical moment.

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Jones was impressed by how well Siobhan played her part. This had gone on throughout their walk to the Red Baron, where Jones was now talking with the low-level pirate who guarded the ship.

“A girl captive? In this tiny town? What the heck is going on, Jones?”

“Don’t question me, kid,” Jones replied with a tone of irritation, “this woman knocked out Claire and the other members of our squad in one punch! The only reason I was able to capture her was because I caught her unaware. Let me through, I need to get her to the captain.”

“Fine, just get out of here. I’ve got important work to do here!” The guard said, trying and failing to maintain his dignity.

The Red Baron’s name was very appropriate - it was painted red all over the ship. Jones had to wonder just how much money was spent on buying paint that could resist being worn by ocean water. He wasn’t a shipwright though, so he focused more on what he was going to say to Redwell.

The captain of the ship, another big man like Carl but with a red jacket, pirate’s hat, and pants, was polishing his sword when the doctor and Siobhan arrived. The sword seemed almost as big as he was and the swordsman was even sitting on a giant red throne. “Captain Redwell,” Jones said, “I have a prisoner for you. I captured her after she defeated our first mate and the others.”

“Carl was defeated by a girl? Bring her forward to me, Jones,” the captain said. Jones did so, moving forward with her to prevent an “escape.”

“Now girl,” Redwell said, “you might have defeated Carl, but clearly you were not clever enough! Because even Jones was able to capture you - and let’s be honest, he isn’t really clever or capable of any kind of strategy at all - and now you are on my ship, surrounded by my crew!”

At this moment, the crew members on the ship formed a circle around where the three were, raising their weapons in case Siobhan tried to escape. Once they were in position, the captain continued his speech. “Not only that, but I have my deadly sword, the Red Blade, at my disposal!” Redwell lifted the sword and pointed it at her to show her what he meant before speaking more. “Do you know why it’s called the Red Blade? Because I bathe it with the blood of anyone dumb enough to stand against me! Now you could try to escape and fall like so many others, but I’m in a good mood today. If you join my crew and become my woman, I’ll let you live.” With that, the captain grinned like a mastermind who had just won a major battle.

Jones smiled when the speech ended. He was glad he didn’t take that bet.

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If anyone's worried, @Blackstripe let me have a look at their character's CS (apparently people think I am trustworthy for some bizarre reason) and it looked pretty cool to me.

Thankfully I know better than to use out of character knowledge, really. XD

@Rin

I can second this, based on looking at his character's CS and RPing with Blackstripe I can say that things are going to be good.