Serious: The Clockwork Pirates Chapter 3 Beware the Devil's fruits (This Thread is now closed)

"JESUS F***IN' CHRIST!" Wolfgang shouted as he wiggled off the Captain's Bed, slamming down onto the floor. What followed afterwards was a large shout: "GOD F@#$ DAMMIT!" He screamed once more due to the fact that he fell on his wound and then he immediately stopped. He looked down to his hip and the gauze wrapped around his hip. "That damn mermaid..." He moved a hand down to touch the wound and retracted the hand back as he sucked his teeth. "I guess...she did a good job, wait a second...why do I have chains on my hands...and feet?"

The Gunslinger slowly formed himself upward and looked at the chains shackled around his wrists then the ones around his ankles. "Gah, is this some kind of game?" He slammed back down to the floor due to the weight of the chains, "Christ almighty, who the hell did this?" He couldn't think of any of plans, so..., "HELP! I'M CHAINED LIKE SOME DAMNED PRISONER!"

annachie said to delphi "thank you for stitching me up" when he saw she looked alittle ashamed he said to her looking her in the eye "theres no reason for you to be ashamed. so kyrens sick and nothing else known" he stood up picking delphi up and her equipment and headed out of the room and said "would you like something to eat?" he headed onto the deck , he would head down if she said yes.

Wilfred-Disconected
Uta-Weak and restrained
Wolfgang-Injured and restrained

Keith found it relaxing knowing his plan was coming together until he heard a voice shouting and jumped to his feet and followed the sound, he found the sound coming from the Captain's office and an injured Wolfgang on the floor calling out for help. Keith sat him up and said to him, "Wolfgang your sick and hallucinating, just lay back and here eat this fruit, its good for you, your hallucinating because of a lack of vitamin C these fruits have vitamin C in them." Keith reached into the barrel of Devil Fruits and offered to feed Wolfgang the fruit if he refused to eat it he had his fist tightly clenched ready to land a knockout blow into his chin.

Kyren still felt his stomach aching as the remains of the poison from the devil fruits still clung to his insides, the recovering would be painful but after a few hours he would be better and back to normal. Kyren curled up and held his stomach as he felt sweat dribble down his forehead, he began to shake and felt his stomach getting smaller and tighter, it was a painful feeling but he knew there was no other way to beat this than just fight through it. Pain killers wouldn't work the only thing which could kill this pain was time.

The Time Goes found itself slowly sailing of its own accord with Wilfred's hands still attached to the wheel it looked as if he was still steering when in fact he was offline. The Time Goes was a ship in good condition and better than most Kyren had loved his ship since he first bought it and when Cid his shipwright had modified it and made it able to fly he loved it even more. The Time Goes managed to drift into the gentle current which lead towards LunaKirk Island, the island could be seen far away in the distance, it was just visible through light fog and a beautiful place, where the full moon shone every night and once a year it eclipsed the sun, upon this night every year they would have a celebration called "The Black Moon Gathering"

Delphi looked up at Annachie for a moment, her eyes unreadable before she gently placed a hand on his chest and stroked the parting between the cloth of his shirt and his skin. "Yes, I'd quite like something to eat." She rested her head against his chest, enjoying the warmth and breathing in his sweet scent- it had been a long time since she had a chance to do this.
"Promise me," she murmured in a soft whisper. "That you'll stay beside me tonight. I've missed you so much. We'll be on LunaKirk Island too." Delphi's smile became a shy one. "The moon shines like the sun every night...and I've heard that it's beautifully romantic..."

She blinked, suddenly upright and alert in his arms when she heard a shout that sounded like their dear gunslinger, Wolfgang. "What on earth?!"

annachie said to delphi after she described lunakirk island "That sounds romantic, i would love to spend some time just me and you when we get there" when they heard wolfgangs shout and swearing annachie held delphi really tightly giving her a piggy back ride and ran down through the ship to wolfgangs room as annachie ran and he said to delphi "i hope there not something to bad" he slid to a stop and saw a man trying to feed wolfgang some fruit from a barrel while wolfgang was chained down. annachie shouted at the man trying to feed wolfgang "HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH OUR ALLIE GET AWAY FROM HIM" annachie put delphi down and stood waiting for the mans responce if he said something wrong annachie would beat this man to death.

Seeing the door open and an injured looking man looking down at him along with the mermaid whose name was Delphi Keith quickly searched both of their minds looking for anything to help him manipulate them, he knew he couldn't bluff by telling them that this man was lacking vitamin C since Delphi was a doctor, as he finished searching both of their minds he put down the fruit and stood up.

"So your the boy who broke this sweat mermaids heart, leaving after the violent argument you both had, well well well, it looks like the both of you have made up but I must ask how ever did you do so? From searching both your minds I can see that you, Annachie are a threat, I can see that there is no way I can beat you since you can become every weapon and I have nothing, so I shall happily accept defeat from you." Keith happily stood back and offered Annachie his hand in accepting defeat as he knew that before this fight even began he would most likely lose and didn't think it was worth exerting energy into.

Kyren was woken up by the sound of shouting and rolled over landing on the ground, he felt pain surge through his body and felt more sick travel up to his throat and shoot out from his mouth into a small dribble on the kitchen floor. Kyren stood up still holding his stomach and headed to the sink and cleaned up his sick then drank a glass of fresh water hoping it would perhaps ease his stomach.

Annachie burst into rage as keith started to speak to him because of what he said . Annachie said nothing all you would see is his eyes were infernos as he clenched his fists and how angry he was. annachie was in such a rage he grabbed a chair from the floor and threw it at keith if it hit him it would break bones if it missed him it would break the wall. either way the chair would break. he did this with another chair. Annachie was so frustrated and he was taking it out of keith even though what this man was saying was true about him and how bad a person he was. he then turned to delphi and said "im so sorry". annachie waited for this man to come towards him before he would retaliate he then as a way to hone his reactions. he made his mind clear and as soon as he was attacked his mind would flood with ideas of how to defend himself.

Keith saw Annachie's reactions and dodged the chairs then when he saw Annachie apologise to Delphi and smiled as he apologised. "Annachie, your a good person and she loves you dearly, she wants you to know that." Keith could read their minds and could tell Annachie was waiting for him to attack which is why he didn't instead he waited quietly smiling.

Keith played with rings on his fingers as he waited for Annachie to attack him, he knew he would but just didn't know when which is why he kept his focus on his mind.

The Time Goes was rocked roughly to the side knocking everyone aboard to the right. Keith was knocked towards Annachie and and the wall before hitting the floor with everyone else. Keith stood back up quickly and offered Delphi and Annachie his hand to help them both up.

Annachie Took the hand up momentarilly distracted by being knocked down he got delphi up at the same time. but after delphi was up he looked at keiths face and thought GOTCHA instead of thanks mate thats really nice i thought wrong about you. annachie made sure that keith couldnt get of annachie he then threw keith at the ground so hard it would be able to smash through the floor down to the next level. Annachies mind was realing because what this guy saying was true and it pained him to think about it. he turned to delphi and said to her "lets get something to eat" he then picked up delphi in piggy back ride and then threw some cutters to wolfgang and turned to go.

Keith was happy to see Annachie grab his hand as he thought to himself he had him now, Keith wasn't surprised when he was slammed into the ground and didn't let got of Annachie's hand he continued to grip tightly, he gripped around his wrist tightly hoping his sea stone rings would weaken him. Keith stood back up in slight pain and grabbed hold of Annachie with his other hand and gripped him tightly letting the rings have their effect on him. Keith had come across many devil fruits users in his time so he had to be prepared as a bounty hunter and knew these rings would weaken a devil fruit user.

Whilst clinging to Annachie tightly he kicked the cutters away from Wolfgang and out of his reach under the bed, Keith wasn't going to let anyone get away from him so easily, Keith wrapped his hands around Annachie's neck and began squeezing tightly tried to knock him unconscious and stop him breathing.

Annachie said to him with some gasps of air "YOU ARE A BETRAYING LITTLE BARSTARD" he grabbed a knife and rammed it through keiths arm so if he didnt move it arm he would loose his hand. annachie then smashed the man in the nuts and grabbed him the back of the head and smashed his nose into his knee. he then jumped back and made sure the barstard wouldnt get another touch on him.

Keith heard Annachie's anger and smirked when the knife came his way it didn't hit its target but didn't miss either, Keith felt it dig into the skin on the top of his arm and didn't make a sound he then felt pain hit him just narrowly avoiding his nuts hit his thigh but the last hit made impact Keith's nose made contact with Annchie's knee and but he didn't let go of Annachie, he could see this guy was strong but wasn't ready to go be beaten just yet. Looking at the man jump back he stood back up and shouted, "I won't let you get away Annachie Dawn your a pirate and even if you don't have a bounty your still going to be locked away." Keith held his arm which had been cut then wiped the blood away which was coming from his nose.

Keith reached down to his leg and pulled out a large hunting knife which he had hidden there the whole time, but never felt he needed to use. Keith lunged at Annachie's legs with the knife aiming at his nuts and thrust it up into him.

annachie artfully dodged out of the way and grabbed delphi and picked her up and darted off to the deck because he wanted to make sure she was out of danger. he then put delphi down after getting on the deck and looked around waiting for keith to come he wanted to make sure delphi was not hurt because this guy was a challenge to fight. he gave a reassuring smile to delphi making sure she knew he was ok and to make her less scared. he then looked around concentrating making sure he wasnt caught by surprise.

Keith followed Annachie out on to the deck, he walked calmly and seeming happy to be fighting Annachie, he stood tall and proud then cracked his knuckles and neck and said in a well spoken voice, "I can see you care greatly for that beautiful mermaid's life and I will give you a choice, you can leave this ship with her safely and I will not attack you, I will leave you both to yourselves if you let me keep this ship and crew, as you don't seem like someone who cares too much about the crew. I'm not going to kill them if that's what your worried about, I never kill anyone if I don't have to." Keith began playing with the hunting knife in hands staring at Annachie with a large grin on his face as blood covered his right hand from the open wound on his fore arm.

"OI YOU CRAPPY SERVANT!" Wolfgang shouted from his room, he was on the floor with the cuffs pinning him to the deck. He struggled in vain to stand but he used all of his strength in his first attempt. "This guy...he means business!" He shouted once more, "Captain Kyren isn't in good shape, and I don't know where Uta or anyone else is, so it looks like you and Delphi are the only ones who can take this asshole!" Wolfgang pulled in a bit of air as he tried to throw himself into standing pose but fumbled to the ground again with a grunt.

"I know you left a while ago...and that was a crappy thing to do ya know!?" He shouted once more, still grunting in pain. "Forget Delphi you stupid bastard! How are the rest of us going to get any stronger without you throwing us into walls everyday!? Not to mention you're a Clockwork Pirate, so start acting like one! This asshole may mean business, but if there's one thing I've learned from my short-time on this crew...it's that we do too! So sock that bastard in the mouth and then come unchain me!"

Keith heard all of what Wolfgang said and smirked as he knew what he had said would only make Annachie angry, still waiting for Annachie's reply Keith shouted back. "Wolfgang my dear friend I think you should shut your mouth before something bad happens to you." Keith then returned to face Annachie once again who hadn't moved, he looked him in the eye and said, "If I ere you I would leave to protect your precious mermaid friend Annachie." Keith sent a quick thought into Annachie's head making him want to leave but didn't think it would be a strong enough thought to make him leave.

Kyren could hear all the noise on deck very faintly as he was drifting in and our of conciousness knowing he wouldn't be a great help he remained still fighting off this illness. He heard what Wolfgang said roughly and slowly pieced together what had gone on in his head. The final result which came up in his head was that Keith needed to be disposed of it didn't matter who did it as long as he was disposed of Kyren would be happy, but he felt that for some reason he was going to be the one whose going to get rid of him and sat up slowly holding back as much of the pain as he could handle.

Annachie looked at delphi and said to her "should we escape because i dont think we can do much for this crew now because this man is very very powerful?" he then heard what wolfgang said and walked over to him in such a fury because he said he was a servant, he should forget delphi, and that he was a pirate, and how selfish this guy was being he grabbed wolfgang and said "I AM NOT YOUR SERVANT YOU IGORANT BARSTARD!" annachie then grabbed a chair and since wolfgang was chained down it would be practically impossible to miss and he smashed the chair down on wolfgangs face which would instantly ko him and hopefully break his bones. he walked over to delphi and looked at her again still waiting for her answer.

Delphi stood there, in complete an utter shock. Her body had been as limp as a ragdoll's since Annachie had lowered her to her feet and her heart had been thudding erratically since Keith’s revelation.
Shakily she moved over to her lover, reaching out to touch his arm to calm him- flinching in childlike fear at his shouting exchange with Wolfgang.
“Annachie! Calm down!" she half-shouted, his temper scaring her and her eyes wide. Taking a few deep breaths, she calmed herself enough to think rationally again. "A-Annachie,” she breathed, shaking her head, her brow arching. “I can’t. I can’t just abandon everyone. They’re our nakama and they need us. Kyren stood by me when I was suffering...it would be wrong of me not to stand by him in return...”
She looked to Keith, both confused and horrified. “W-Why would you do such a thing? What do you h-hope to gain by betraying everyone? I thought you cared about Kyren...”
((OOC: I was just thinking, it would be very OOC of Delphi to just leave the crew simply out of personal interest, especially in their time of need. She’s just not that kind of person. If Delphi is to swiftly depart with Annachie from this thread- it will have to be against her own will. So she’ll have to be either unconscious or unable to fight back. Sorry if this inconveniences anyone, but I really don’t like to alter the personalities of my characters to suit a situation. >.< Mina- my gunslinging cook- will be making her first appearance here.)
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Meanwhile, on Lunakirk Island, a young woman was sitting outside a bar, watching people pass by in preparation for the upcoming festival.
She sipped at the bottle of rum in her hand and grimaced at the taste.
“Far too bitter,” she muttered under her breath. “Way too much of a bland aftertaste for a discerning palate too. This dishwater clearly wasn’t poured at a good angle...or stored at an adequate temperature...”
The cook was always criticising food and drink. Having been brought up working in a tavern, Mina Layton was a girl who especially knew her beverages.
She rolled her inky blue eyes, noticing that she was being stared at again.
Alas, she was used to it.
A busty young woman in a yellow sundress was bound to attract a little attention.
Then again, a young woman with pure white hair was quite an unusual sight.
Then yet again, a young woman in a sundress with white hair and with a pistol in a garter on her leg was a stranger sight still.

(((OOC: No its not a problem at all Lore I was just making it that Keith was going to give both of you the chance to escape while he turned the crew over to the Marines in Lunakirk, if you don't leave then I can work around it, its absolutely fine Lore and thats brilliant that Mina is appearing now I'm looking forward to having her in my crew.)

Keith nodded and smirked "Very well it seems you've made your decision then, I wanted you all to think I was a good person but in actual fact I'm rotten I won't lie, as a bounty hunter though I do have a good thing going for me, I gain a crew's trust then take them down one by one slowly and by the end of it I hand the subdued crew over to the Marines, its never failed me yet." Keith then threw his hunting knife at Delphi hoping to hurt her so she didn't inter fear with his fight between Annachie.

"So thats your game?" asked Antler as he stood in the threshold looking at Keith, "Well as captain of this crew I will do everything in my power to stop you. You filthy bastard." Kyren walked up to Keith angrily and removed his scalpels, he forced himself to attack Keith with as much energy as he could muster up. As he swung at Keith 8 times Keith expertly dodged him every time until Kyren collapsed on the floor in pain feeling his stomach still aching.

Keith put his foot on Kyren's back and kicked him in the back of the head, Kyren felt his head hurt painfully as it hit the deck. Keith ran up towards the steering wheel where he engaged the Time Goes flying mechanism. Kyren felt the ship rise and it only made him feel worse, he got back up to his feet and tried to climb up to the steering wheel where Keith was and had pushed the offline Wilfred over. As Kyren climbed up the stairs he felt himself being thrown around slightly by the dodgy steering Keith was doing on purpose. Keith laughed evily looking down at the remaining few crew mates who were capable of doing anything and prepared himself to throw them all over board.

Kyren held on to the edge of the ship as tightly as he could manage in his state and looked up at Keith through angered eyes. "I won't let you harm my crew said Kyren before he leapt up the remaining steps to the the steering wheel reaching the top of the stairs he let a little bit of sick dribble from his lips.

Annachie turned to delphi and said "fine ill stay and try and defend those who think im nothing" he shouted "WRAITH OF THE WEAPON GOD" his skin started to boil and bubble as his own rage fueled his tranformation and his body changed into

Spoiler:

he then swung his swords in an intimidating manner at keith then swung his swords a couple times causing a wall of fire to speed towards keith. he saw the knife fly towards delphi he wasnt fast enough to stop the knife. he then readied himself to make sure keith didnt surprise him.

Seeing the large flaming creature which stood before him Keith managed to avoid the swords and the flames using Wilfred's unconscious body for cover. Wilfred's body was scratched up a little bit and darkened from the flames.

Kyren saw the knife head for Delphi and stood up pained and shouted at Keith in anger, "You shouldn't have done that, hurting my crew you will pay for that, I promise you this." Keith threw Wilfred's body towards Annachie hoping it would harm him as he saw Kyren leap towards him with his scalpels once again. Keith avoided Kyren in his weakened state and grabbed the steering wheel turning it quickly he made the Time Goes begin to flip, the ship began to turn upside down and Keith hoped all the crew mates on deck would fall into the water, then he would hopefully have beaten them all. Keith clung to the wheel tightly Wilfred's body got caught onto the Annachie in his form and his weight began dragging him down towards the water, with the ship upside down, Kyren unable to grip anything fell from the ship into the murky waters below, there as no way anyone would easily be able to stay aboard the ship unless they were inside and since Wilfred, Kyren Delphi and Annachie were all on deck Keith knew that he had lost them into the water but didn't mind as he still had a good few crew mates to hand over to the Marines for their bounties.

On Lunakirk Island...

The docks were busy. It was very much like this on every island, considering the majority of the world's land was split apart. Without ships, very little could be accomplished. Workers, ship owners, and vagrants hoping to pick up a job wandered along the docks.

It was so crowded that when two somewhat unusual individuals came marching along, they didn't really stand out. One of these people was a young woman. She had jet black hair that reached down just past her shoulders. Her eyes were an amber color. She was shapely, but not quite buxom. The young woman was dressed in a white, short-sleeved shirt as well as a pair of tan cargo pants. Around her waist she wore a light jacket. The jacket was a bit of an odd choice considering the weather, but what was truly the most unusual part about her was that she carried a giant hammer slung over one shoulder. Next to the young woman was what looked like young man, but it was difficult to discern anything about his build or body shape because even though it wasn't hot, he was wearing an all-encompassing hoodie with the hood up over his head. He was also wearing jeans. In one hand he carried a large bag which clanked loudly as he moved. One of his hands he had stuffed in his pocket while the other hand, which was carrying the bag, was covered by the long sleeve of his hoodie. He even had his head down, hiding his face from the light.

Abruptly, the young woman came to a stop. She turned towards a ship and smiled broadly at it.

"This is a happy ship," she declared. "Its friends take good care of it and treat it with respect."

Most people would have given her a strange look for a comment like that one. The man, however, merely turned towards her, never once lifting his gaze. He didn't even speak, but kept his silence. The woman took note of this and looked over at him.

"You don't have to stay quiet all the time, Victor," she said. "If you think I'm doing something weird, just tell me so."

"I have nothing to say about your oddities," Victor replied before falling silent once more.

[Presentation Box]
Victor Cross
Inventor
Bounty: Zip

"Eh, who cares what you would have had to say anyway, little bro," the woman teased. "I certainly don't and neither does the "Autumn Wind"." She waved her hand at the ship, the name of which was not written on its side.

[Presentation Box]
Molly Cross
Shipwright/Coater
Bounty: Zilch

Victor wasn't surprised. His sister was always saying or doing something like this. In fact, he would have been a little worried if she wasn't talking to inanimate objects.

Delphi recoiled at the sight of Annachie's Weapon God form and then let out a breathy scream at the sight of the knife hurtling towards her. She managed to dive to the side to avoid the blade piercing her flesh but a sudden, stinging pain in her arm signalled that the knife had indeed sliced into her as it passed.
She gasped with pain and clapped a hand over the quickly growing patch of red on her arm. Too shocked by the pain and the crooked bounty hunter's confession to grab a hold of anything- Delphi fell into the water below, breaking the surface before her lungs could even force a scream past her lips.
In her pain and confusion, she opened her eyes underwater and squinted around. Through foggy vision, she spotted Annachie sinking near her and with the last of her energy, she summoned her mermaid's tail and swam towards him. Delphi grabbed him around the chest and started to haul him to shore, half-crying, half-panting. Her head was spinning.
She couldn't see Kyren or Wilfred anywhere and fright quickly joined her confusion. Despite that, she didn't stop until she had dragged Annachie all the way to the loose sand of a small, secluded beach encased by rocks on the shoreline of Lunakirk.
She towed him out of the waves' grip and started to pummel his chest desperately before clamping her mouth on his and trying to restore his breathing. It was only when she was certain that Annachie's breathing had returned, that the half-mermaid doctor allowed herself to collapse with complete exhaustion- her body draped over Annachie's in order to keep him warm in the rapidly cooling air.
In a matter of moments, Delphi was unconcious, drained of energy.

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Mina, terribly dissatisfied with the standard of food in the main town's most "critically-acclaimed" eatery, had decided to take a walk by the seafront. She rolled her shoulders back, taking in the cool air as she walked. The main pier was a little too crowded at that particular moment for her liking...and the naval presence, though low, wasn't a wonderfully appealing aspect either.
Slightly bored from the lack of action, the cook let her eyes scan the sky for some interesting clouds. She had to double-take at a particularly detailed one that looked rather like a flying ship. Mina blinked and rubbed her eyes, about to dismiss it as her own wild imagination...when all of a sudden, four bodies seemed to fall from the "cloud."
"What the Skypiea!?"
Mina ran to the very edge of the pier, looking out into the water.
"H-Hey!Oi! Anyone out there!?" she bellowed.

Still in a prone state and chained, Uta was caught off guard when the ship suddenly turned upside down. As he hurtled toward the ceiling, he tried to position himself as best as he could, crossing out all possible landing choices in the second before he hit.

Head? Absolutely not; Feet? That would completely shatter his legs; Back? It would probably snap; Right arm? The wrist was sprained; Left arm? YES!

Uta spun himself as to land on his left side, hopefully not damaging it in any way. Fortunately, the distance between the bed and the ceiling was pretty small so he landed without much of an impact. Then his mattress also began to fall down...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_axGQSd9VP0&feature=related

Annachie turned as he saw delphi fall into the water and tried to stop her but he couldnt so he jumped off the edge changing his arm into a series of hooks and claws to drag down the edge of the ship he made his other arm into a set of chains he shouted "DELPHI GRAB ON, PLEASE DONT...." he lauched his arms into the water before finishing the sentence trying not to think about the next thing he was going to say. But he didnt account in his moment of worry that that the water being sea water. so as he plunged his chains into the water the chains felt like ton weights and he then changed his entire body into hooks to keep hold of the ship but he was dragged down into the water. his body then changed back to human form he thought wonderful for a second before getting his burning sensation all over his body. his body was slowly covering itself in the black tar. he then felt delphi grab him and he fell uncouncious for a period of time before waking up and looking over at delphi and hugging her before noticing he was going to burn her flesh with tar and she was uncouncious. he then pulled her away from him . he then started to pull the tar off her body before covering his arms in sand so they wouldnt contact delphi. his body was burning and he was in agony but he picked up delphi and started his walk into the town. He whispered into the ear of delphi even though she was uncouncious "i will make sure you are ok "