Name: Locat Marsh ”Silver Swift”
Age: 18
Bounty: 29000 Belli
Species: Human
Occupation: Repairsman
Allegiance: Pirate
Home Village/Ocean: Locat comes from Mock Town, in Jaya island, Grand Line.
Appearance: Locat has looks somewhat older than he is. This illusion is brought into being by his whitish light brown hair and tallish stature (179 cm). Locat is quite thin and has a speedster build, but still has clear muscle tone. His skin tone is a moderate-mild tan. His hair is short and slightly spiky, having a tendency to stay up. Locat wears a light beige trenchcoat over his light blue short-sleeved shirt. He also wears full-lenght trousers of a slightly darker blue colour.
History:
- Spoiler:
”Hey kid, what's that in your hand?” The large man eyed at his money pounch in Locat's hand. ”I'm afraid I can't let you take that.” The man took the money pouch back. ”Look, kid. Most people aren't as merciful as I. Someday, someone's gonna break your fingers.” Locat was starting to feel a bit fearful. The man wasn't being threatening, but something about how he said that alarmed the kid. ”Uh, I'm sorry sir. Can I go now..?” The man eyed him for a second, then picked up the seven-year old with both his hands. Locat gulped. ”Look, kid. Do you even have anyone to go to?”
Locat said ”Well.. uhh... there's old man Willis who sometimes lets me stay around the house.” The large man looked at him funny, then snickered ”Old man Willis? Look, kid. That man is demented. Or soon to be anyway. Damn, he won't remember you in two weeks!” ”Well, he did forget to feed the cat four times in a row already...” Locat commented. The man laughed. ”Hahaha! Look, kid. Why don't you come with me? I could use a good kid like you and being orphaned isn't good for you. Haha!” ”But who are you?” Locat shot back. The man looked at him and then said. ”I'm the captain of the Six Shots Pirates, Arnold Kaara! Hahaha!” ”A pirate? What am I supposed to do in a pirate crew?” Arnold laughed again ”Hahaha! Look, kid. We have lots of things for you to do and maybe we can even teach you how to fight. You look like a good kid. Hahahaha!”
Locat finally agreed and went with Arnold.
He met the other members soon. They approved of him, commenting that they needed someone for general works. Locat was suitable and had potential. He remembers his fellow pirates well.
Arnold Kaara; Not only a crackshot with a musket, he is also an imposing fistfighter and captain of the Six Shots pirates.
Tsukiko Line; An expert swordswoman and a master of the single blade style.
Natrilan Ilsek; An explosives expert, manning the cannons, making the guns and fighting their enemies with a plethora a custom explosives.
Soke Plink; The scout. A good shot with a pistol as well as being good at hiding and scouting.
Iloyc Mul; The cook, fighting with cleavers. Not quite as goos as Tsukiko and has less finesse, but still powerful.
Lina Mal; The doctor and navigator of the crew. Not much of a fighter, but can make deadly sneak attacks with syringes.
Locat used to scout with Soke and spar with Tsukiko (who always held back) as well as gaining some skill in repairing the ship.
One day, they were stuck at an island while their log set and they were low on food. It was a jungle, but Locat doesn't remember its name. There he was sent to hunt with Soke and they decided to split up, Soke confident in the now 15 year old boy's abilities. Locat was running in the jungle, and he looked to the side, seeing an angry rhino. He turned sideways while still in full speed, took aim and fired.
BANG!
Right between the eyes. Locat was becoming quite the crackshot. Then he hit a tree. Momentum does funny things. He shook his head to stave off the dizziness and was going to stand up when a fruit dropped and hit him in the head. It was a weird fruit. It was small, white and had silvery glistening spiral patterns. For some reason, Locat took a taste. Maybe because he was hungry. He had the time to swallow one bite when he realized that it tasted like crap and spit it out. ”Blech! Well, now I need to get this rhino back to ship.” He tied a lot of ropes to it and started pulling.
Back at the ship, he found out that he had suddenly developed an ability to emit mercury. He first noticed when Lina started complaining about becoming nauseous around him. They were puzzled, but when Locat told them about the weird bad tasting fruit, they concluded that Locat had accidentally consumed a devil fruit. His skills with it were developed according to Arnold's advice.
”Look, kid. None of us use devil fruits so you're just going to have figure that out yourself. Like repairing.”
After a few years the crew was noticing that they we're getting old and not really feeling up to pirating anymore. However, Locat had other plans and left his old group to join another, more alive group of pirates.
TL;DR versionLocat was originally an orphan in Mock Town. He was orphaned at a very young age and doesn't remember his parents. He took up pickpocketing as a method of survival and it worked one of his "targets" spotted him when he tried to steal. The man was Arnold Kaara, a pirate captain who made Locat the generalist of their crew at age 7. Doing all kinds of odd jobs around the ship. With the crew, he learned how to fight, hunt, scout and finally, do some repair jobs.
7 years later
One day when they landed on a jungle island to set their log, they found they were low on food. They sent Locat and another crewman to hunt. They split up and Locat managed to fell a rhino with a well aimed pistol shot, but ran into a tree getting a fruit dropped on him from the tree. He ate the white silver patterned fruit to find that it tasted terrible. Later the crew found out it was a devil's fruit and he proceeded to find out what his abilities were and how to use them.
The mercury fruit was a large power boost for him and it brought him up to par with the other members. No longer being just "helper boy", but a significant threat on his own, he gained a bounty over time. Before though, it was mostly just overlooking a suprisingly capable young boy. After a couple of years, Arnold decided to retire and the crewmembers went their seperate ways. Locat is now looking for a new crew.
Personality: Locat is rather laid back and unlike many other pirates, he refuses to lie about his accomplishments reasoning that fame with no basis will only bring him trouble he can't handle. He dislikes those who lie about their abilities, often challenging the more obvious ones to put them in their place. This attitude makes him somewhat skeptic of people who claim to be powerful, regardless of if they are or are not unless he sees proof. He also has a tendency to taunt his opponents should they not be able to fight up to his standard.
Locat is not overly moral, thinking that in the end, people are going to suffer and it's their job to survive. He backs up his survivalist attitudes with being orphaned in Jaya as a small child. He respects strength and ability and is loyal. Locat has no troubles getting along with people, but his cold attitudes bother people sometimes. He is suprisingly subtle, having avoided major bounties despite being a member of a powerful crew.
Ship: No ship at the moment
Ship Flag: No flag either.
Devil Fruit:
Suigin suigin no miType: Logia
Effect: Control mercury
Learned Techniques (6):
PistolierLocat is quite proficient with firearms, especially pistols.
Close-CombatantLocat is also rather good at close combat using his devil fruit abilities. He uses weapons created with his devil fruit abilities, often changing his mercury-weapon midbattle to suit the situation more. For example, he could make a mallet to perform Momentous Smash as an opening move and then switch to two blades.
Prodigous StrengthWhile still being way stronger than most people, his strenght isn't really superhuman, just almost.
Super SpeedLocat is superhumanly fast
Momentous SmashLocat runs toward the opponent at a tremendous speed while making a mercurial mallet in his hand. He performs an upwards strike at the opponent, combining the speed and momentum and the heaviness of the blow due to the mercury. It causes great damage.
Momentous CrashLocat runs towards his opponent and curls slightly while making a tough shield of mercury in front of him. He uses this to rush over his opposition with crushing momentum.
Silver SpearLocat fires spears of mercury from his hands.
Mercurial PachinkoLocat fires small balls of mercury into his opponents. Sometimes he blasts balls in all directions if surrounded, making it something of a self-centered shrapnel bomb.
Weapons/Items: A pistol and a long knife, a common hammer. Extra bullets.
Goals: Survive and improve himself.[i]
Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:46 pm