Serious; The start of a new era: The cleanse of the rookies arc (OPEN TO EVERYBODY)

It had been a quite day in Shabondy Archipelago. The place, the passage that every pirate would take if they wanted to get into the New World, was now very quiet for some time. Ever since the war that one of the sea emperors, Anubis Neferiti, caused, the place had been very quiet. The World Government payed a large amount of money to rebuild the place, even if the place was a place that was mostly visited by pirates. That place... It had been the place where many important figures had several battles. Anubis Neferiti, Roberto D. Wally and many others had battled there. Pirates, Marines, captains and vice admirals had fallen at that place. And now, two years after that event that would change the course of the history with the rise of one of the world's greatest powers, another event was about to unfold. An event that would change the era of the world for good.

Groves 1-29 - At the 3rd Street

On one of the roads between the Groves 1-29, the lawless area of Shabondy Archipelago, many different pirates were walking by. At that place, even after the war, the situation was pretty tense. Pirates would usually arrive there and have their battles and everything was pretty unstable there. Pirates would basically destroy stuff for their own enjoyment there and on top of that, there were also many bounty hunters who would cause battles because of their wish to get the gold for a pirate's head. Following that tradition, as a pirate walked through the streets, something similar was about to happen... As the pirate with the pale body color, the scary eyes, the red hair which were covered by a hat and the black suit with the red vest was walking through one of the streets, a pirate pointed towards him with his gun.
"Hey, you! I know you! You are that pirate with that high bounty! Come with me to hand you to the Navy and I won't harm you!" a man said while pointing with his gun to the vampire-looking man. While doing so, the people from around were all scared. "Damn... Joso the Bounty Hunter started another fight with a pirate! If things don't go well he will go mad and he will start shooting random shots!" the people from nearby said. "Scary!" some other voices were heard. It looked like the place would be a chaos soon.

However, before anything could be done, the sound of a blade cutting down an object was heard. Out of nowhere, a man appeared next to the Bounty Hunter. He was wearing strange clothes. He wore a purple colored bat suit, as if he was about to go to a dressing festival. He had white hair, a strange expression on his eyes and two bat wings on his back, which were probably accessories that he wore. The man was carrying a scythe, whose blade was right behind the bounty hunter's head. It looked like the scythe had not cut down anything. However, a few seconds later, the blood appeared at the scythe's blade and the head of the Bounty Hunter fell on the ground, along with the rest of his body.

[Introduction Box]
[Arch Tab]
[First Mate of the Dark Knight Pirates]
[Bounty: 119,000,000]

"Sorry, captain." the bat dressed man said to the vampire looking man. "That guy meant no good.".
"Arch... When will you stop killing my prey? Seriously, the next time you are going to do this, you will be the one who is going to have his head cut down instead." the vampire looking man said and then he grabbed the head of the killed bounty hunter. He started drinking the blood that he head had left and everybody from around was staring at him with a fearful look on their faces.

"What is that guy?!" many people were questioning but a few seconds afterwards, an answer was heard.
"Did you not recognize this man?" a man with a black armor spoke.
"Huh? Who is he? And why are you dressed like that?" a bystander questioned the man.
"That guy is none other than Vladimir Blade, the captain of the Dark Knight Pirates. He has a bounty of 172,000,000 Beri." he replied.
"WHAT?!" the bystander said and then another one showed a bounty poster to him while yelling "Don't speak to that guy with the armor! He is a subordinate of that freak, as well! He has a bounty of 87,000,000 Beri!"
"Sidius... What are you doing there?" Arch's voice was heard. "Are you making new friends?".
"Nope, master. I am searching for some pray." he said with a cold voice.
"And what are you waiting for?" the captain's voice was heard afterwards. "Kill them and bring them to me."
"Okay." Sidius replied.

[Introduction Box]
[Sidius]
[Fighter of the Dark Knight Pirates]
[Bounty: 87,000,000 Beri]

[Introduction Box]
[Vladimir Blade]
[Captain of the Dark Knight Pirates]
[Bounty: 172,000,000 Beri]

"KYAAAAAAAAAA!!!" the scream of many people was heard afterwards to any other places nearby. It looked like the three guys were attacking them.

[OOC: I will go with a slow introduction of the NPCs

(OOC: I know you said it starts tommorow, but since the thread is up today. I suppose you changed your mind?)

A marine ship closed in on the island. On the deck of this marine ship was the Rear Admiral Wave.

[Introduction]
[Wave]

Wave stood on the deck, wearing his typical clothes. Both his arms were folded behind his back and the wind blew swiftly across his face.

"Wave-sama, we are now docking! This island is known as....Shabondy Archipelago!" a marine said towards Wave as he saluted him.

Wave nodded to say that he understood and the marine ran off. However soon later screams could be heard from the distance. It seemed trouble was brewing. As the ship approached the docks, Wave had to hurry, he quickly ran and leaped off the ship, he landed on the floor with a "Ching." This sound did indeed come from his metal leg. He dashed off to where he had thought were he had heard the scream.

Trouble had already begun in this island. After all, anything can happen in this crazy era.

Nite was asleep on his bed inside his marine ship. He was studying the bounty posters all last night, he looked through thousands of bounty posters and effectively memorized their names, bounties, and even the details in each of the pirate's faces. If a pirate was spotted near this island, Nite knew about it. In his dreams he could see each of their faces zooming past him. He could do nothing more then watch the faces move through. His dream was more for making sure the information was on his head, it showed that even when Nite was sleeping he was working. In his hands was a birds he made out of paper, it didn't fly or move.. but he enjoyed creating things with his hands, without his devil fruits abilities. He continued sleeping, like nothing was going on in the island just ahead of him. Near him the den den mushi was going nuts, marines were screaming on the top of their lungs for help against the pirates on the island causing havoc.

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Karasu was in a deserted house, relaxing and waiting for powerful pirates to show themselves. Karasu couldn't exactly show his face in public, not since he became a shichibukai. His island had been in a slump lately, and they needed money... bad. He knew that a lot of strong pirates found themselves at Shabondy Archipelago. These pirates were likely to have high bounties, bounties that Karasu could give to the marines for money. Sure he'd probably need one of his men to turn in the bodies to the bank then give the money to Dark Isle, but many businesses have middle men to do the simple jobs. Karasu was no exception.

He always left a snail on that intersected the marine's signals, more specifically.. he temporarily 'borrowed' this from a dead marine. He didn't really care of his excuse for going after Karasu in the first place, when he picked up his sword he became an enemy.. regardless of the marine's families feelings towards it. Karasu heard some commotion on the snail, apparently the marines were closing in on some strong pirates... Karasu could hear people screaming. He sighed, did the pirates really just go on a killing spree? Maybe if Karasu was lucky these men would be worth something to him. Karasu would rather save himself the trouble of capturing the pirates and just killing them, maybe drag their bodies to a scout to take to the bank on this island. He sighed, so many good thoughts.. but not many would become reality. He knew marines would be there to try to stop them, it was Karasu's job to not be too much of a nuisance to them... or he'd be a direct enemy, his bounty might even increase.

Karasu wore his black coat, black pants, and boots for this possible battle.. but he needed a way to conceal his identity. He walked through the crowd of people running away without causing much of a scene, Karasu saw a shop of masks trying to close for the day in the panic of running. Karasu dropped some money on his table, and took a mask without his eyes seeing Karasu directly. The mask was that of a demon.. ironic. The demon was black, with no mouth, sad eyes, and two horns sticking out of the front.. a few inches long. Karasu wore the mask, covering his face, and allowed his vulture to appear from the trees. The vulture landed on Karasu's shoulder. He saw the pirates in front of him... now he could do the amount of chaos he wanted, and not have his bounty impacted, or the reputation of not bothering the marines directly. He readied his weapons, and got prepared for a battle where his opponents will undoubtedly underestimate him.

Introductory Box:

[Introduction]
[Daruki]
Daruki took a deep breath as he landed on Shanbondy Archipelago, this was his first time this far in paradise where pirates were stronger then usual. Daruki docked his confiscated pirate ship at the dock and was greeted by many lower ranking officers. Daruki saluted them back and then was ordered to report at one of the boundaries of the lawless area of the archipelago. Daruki when he reached the area seemed to be one of the first there. Daruki was told he would begin patrolling the area within 1 hour of the time.

Roko had pin-pointed a new location for the arrival of their new ship, but this pinning had not taken place in a map where it could be seen, it was engraved in the minds of the Blizzard Pirates. The so-called Quarter Giant hadn't stopped talking about it in the past few weeks, and honestly, no one wanted to know anything more about these islands. The funny thing about Roko's planning was that he had no idea how the place looked like, and the only thing he had to guide the crew were rough directions on what part of the grandline it was located on.

After the unfortunate events that had lead to the destruction of the Windwalker, the Blizzards were travelling in their new ship, the Stormstalker. This giant vessel that was smaller than a marine battleship, but still huge in size was a hybrid between a normal ship and a submarine. It had really modern systems to withstand water pressure and the top of the ship was enclosed by really thick and transparent crystal that was hidden inside the sides of the ship and that went up to allow the ship to go underwater. Roko had to practice how the commands of his new ship worked like, they were way more complex than the ones in the Windwalker, that had been a normal, almost completely manual vessel.

This metallic machine that made it's way through the deepest waters of the ocean had a control pannel with a normal steering wheel in the middle, but the buttons in the pannel commanded difference in pressure, shooting interface for the cannons in the front of the ship and locking some parts of the ship to let water in if any emergency occurs. Roko finally got his idea of having an aquarium inside the ship implemented, and he had to be dissuaded of trying to fish a seaking to put it inside and be like a "pet" to the Blizzards, since as one of his most intelligent crewmates pointed out, it would grow to be bigger than the ship itself.

So Roko and his uncle Sergio Cloud, who had joined in his mission to look for his son Maes, took turns to pilot what they liked to call "metal iceberg". Right now, both of them were standing in the control room that faced the front, and that when you put the crystal coatings down, looked really unaesthetic in the top of the deck.

"You see, uncle, the last that was known about my cousin was that he was seen entering the New World. Only the mystical powers above us know where he is now, but coming to the Shabondy Archipielago is one of the best options for the crew." -Roko was speaking happily, as if he had some sort of plan. -"This is said to be one of the places in the world where-"

"Where many strong pirates meet and bla, bla, bla." -Sergio Cloud interrupted his nephew and laughed for himself. -"I know. You've been talking about this for weeks. But do you really know anything about this place...?"

"Well... I know rough directions of where to go..."- Roko faltered a little bit before talking.

"This could be danger-"

When Sergio hadnt finished the word "dangerous" a giant shadow appeared in the front of the Stormstalker and the ship crashed against it. Roko had to do its best at stirring to prevent the ship from turning over and crashing again, but when he tried to evade it to a side, he banged the ship against another giant vertical trunk-looking figure. Roko had no idea what it was, and he was scared. "ALERT TO ALL THE CREW" -he screamed through the a system that was similar to megaphones, but that emanated sound in the different parts of the ship. -"WE CRASHED AGAINST SOMETHING."

Roko started to direct the ship upwards, pressing buttons like mad for the change of pressure and pulling some levers to change the direction of the submarine "fins" that directed where the ship would go, as in up or down. He had to evade these giant trunks to get out of the water, and when the ship finally popped out of the sea to the surface, the ship almost clashed with a gigantic tree.

"Mangroves!" -Sergio exclaimed.

They had arrived to the Shabondy Archipielago.

JORY

Jory wakes up with a start as he feels the Stormstalker hit something. He throws on his orange button-down shirt and duster and sprints to the top deck, where he spots Roko and that uncle of his attempting to pilot the ship. Jory just shakes his head and laughs, sitting down against the center mast and continuing to laugh to himself while he wraps his hands. "Oh sure, let's just crash the ship into everything we see! It's new, so why not?" he says out loud, clearly intending for the pair of Clouds to hear his sarcastic ranting. He brushes himself off and stands up, looking around at where they've landed. "So this is where we've landed, huh? Seems like a pretty nice place, although I seriously hope they've got a good market," he thinks. "OI! Roko, we're running a little low on food at the moment. Mind if I go ashore and pick up some fresh food?" he asks his captain as he walks up to the imposing man. "We're going to need it once we get started on our voyage to the New World."

GROVES 1-29 - At a bar at the 6th Street

Meanwhile, in a bar at the lawless area of Shabondy Archipelago, a bunch of people were sitting around a table. They were many of them. However, between them there were only two figures which were notable. One of them was a man with a smile on his face. He had yellow and black spikey hair and he looked like he was enjoying himself. Around him, there were people who were hitting their glasses which were full of beer and then they all drunk it at the same time. It looked like they were celebrating about something.

"Finally! We can get into the New World!" a big sized man told to the yellow and black haired guy. "You are the best, captain!!!" he said to him.
"Hahahaha! I wouldn't manage to do this without you, my friends!" the captain said and they all started laughing all together.

[Introduction Box]
[Orga Dadanad]
[Captain of the Orga Pirates]
[Bounty: 154,000,000 Beri]

"How pathetic..." a man who was sitting at the bar mumbled, while discussing with the bartender. Around him, there was a bunch of people as well. They were all staring at him, as if they were looking up to him. All these people were looking like outcasts of the society and especially the man who spoke. Actually, he was not a human. He has a humanoid animal. He had the face of a rat and he wore a black suit.
"It doesn't matter..." another man said to the humanoid rat. "When we get to the New World, Orga-sama won't be able to survive... And then you will be the one and only captain. Right?".
"Indeed..." the humanoid rat said and he drunk some whiskey from his glass.

[Introduction Box]
[Mik Ee]
[First Mate of the Orga Pirates]
[Bounty: 137,000,000]

It looked like another crew was at Shabondy Archipelago, other than the Blizzard Pirates and the Dark Knight Pirates. What would happen with that sudden gathering of the pirate crews?!

Grove 1-29, Area "15" (as in, Grove 15)
"Boy, this was really a waste. All because you just couldn't stay there and listen to others." A tall man, with grey hair that formed a pair of "horns", and a marine cape, is seen from the back walking towards the street, alongside another character. The man was slightly taller than the horned one, and there was a massive broad-axe strapped onto his back. His, also gray, long hair were flowing down to his shoulders. He wore no marine cape, but instead a black and white stripped shirt, and a silk-like pair of trousers.
"Don't expect me to do your errands, old man." The second man coldly responds, and the horned one chuckles and jokes around. However, the axe-wielding man speaks again. "Why are we here? You said we are on a mission."
"Ah ... about that, well, I lied! I just wanted to come here and buy sake from a good store I know of. I thought we could have some relaxation and-" The man's cut short, as the axe-wielder just silently turned backwards and begun walking away.
"Outrageous. I'm leaving."
"OI OI!!"

Introduction Boxes:
The caped man: Vice Admiral Nemoushi, a well-known veteran that recently came back into duty despite having retired years ago(!)
The axe-wielder: Tamuri Todd, just promoted to Rear Admiral *coughs* Gorousei's former Bodyguard, estimated power: Shichibukai-leveled.

Grove 1-29 - At 6th Street Bar

A Cloaked figure sat ideal at the bar and looked down at his giant slab of Meat in front of him. He took his time eating it while the washed it down with his favorite drink, Cave Dew Cola. He listened as he heard the murmurs of over throwing his their Captain when he dies for what ever reason in the New World. He chuckled. The mistrust in their Captain was hilarious.

"..He won't survive?....None of you are strong enough for the New World..That's for sure.."

He sat in the bar taunting the rookie pirates as they blabbered on about their plans and ideals.

"....You don't hold the heart in your Captain...With out holding onto that heart...You won't make it past even the first 30 seconds into the Sea's of that place..That's for sure.."

Out at Seas, Approaching Grove 60-69 - Marine Ship

A Marine ship sailed through the rough seas that lead to Shabondy Archipelago. Its sails held strong against the violent winds of the Grandline. The Marines men, all armed with flintlocks and Sabers all tended to their duties on the ship. Keeping it up to par. A tall, Blue haired young lady than walked up towards the steering wheel of the ship and nodded at the Ship's Navigator who was steering the ship. This woman, was Seterinty Light. Seterinty kept her head up high as she looked down at the Men who were working vigorously.

Seterinty:" GOOD JOB MEN! WE'LL BE DOCKING SHABONDY ARCHIPELAGO IN 20 MINUTES!!"

The Rest of the Crew: "YES VICE ADMIRAL SETERINTY!!"

As Seterinty barked at the men with her announcement. A very tall slim man with dark burning red eyes walked up behind her. Silent as a baby sleeping. He stood near her, looking out at the Island from a distance. The man than took a deep breath and exhaled deeply, breathing out a small breath of fire. This man was the face of the Marines, the man who kept the Marines spirits high. And peace among the seas. His long black marine coat blew in the warm sea breeze. His streamy black hair did the same. This man, was Admiral Payne.

Admiral Payne:"...We need to make sure Shabonday is being rebuilt with no problem..This months check up is inevitable..I was Units of 20 men going to each different Groves while I check the repairs going on in each Grove..Any sign of hostility contact me immediately or the threat can be neutralized as soon as possible..Seterinty you will depart to Grove 1-29 with me.."

[Marine Battleship]

Izlend stood upon the deck of this unknown ship, up until recently he had only know the Hooded Justice. The ship his father had commissioned especially for his crew the Hooded Knights. A great marine crew that is now, no more. Izlend didn't really know what to make of it at the time, and honestly still doesn't. All the young man does is stare out into the sea and wonder even more so than ever. He wonders if he's really doing the right thing, if they are really true justice. Hearing the den den mushi going crazy with requests for backup, Izlend paused for a moment. Glancing over at Nite's room he waited a little bit longer. With a sigh Izlend calmly walked over to Nite's door and kicked it in sending it flying, causing it to crash against a wall. "You lazy bastard! Get the hell up, we have work to to." he said walking into the room.

[6th Street Bar]

Two men occupied bar stools at the serving counter with drinks in hand they spoke about the rabble that filled the bar. "Don't worry about any of these idiots. They're small fries when it comes down to it." said a man to the younger person sitting next to him. The man had red hair with a medium length and a bit spiky. His lightly tanned complexion wasn't all that noticeable in the dimly lit bar, however his eyes were a piercing blue, almost like two sapphires sparkling in light. He picked up his glass and drank from it before sitting it down once again. "Remember the goal." he said to reassure the man next to him.

Spoiler:

The younger man nodded at the older man and said, "I didn't even give these guys a second look!" and chuckled. "Anyway we just need to keep the vessel hidden and the Crow will come and supply my and your needs. The younger man smiled and took a swig of his glass of water. "Derge..." Santo whispered as the conversation continued I think I need to rest I plan to make a muckery of shit here get the marines stirred up maybe get myself into contendership for one of those vacant warlord spot. Don't worry though I won't rat you out or anything just doing it to implement my own meaning of justice into this cracked world. Santo took his final swig and smashed the glass down hard on the counter and the glass exploded on impact sending shards flying everywhere.

Jordan

Jordan had just arrived at a bar at 6th street and was ready to eat after traveling for a couple days where he slept through the most of the ways. He didn't know how he got to this place, but he did so he went to a bar to get some food. Jordan pushed the doors opened at the bar and saw all the different pirates, and laughed a little. "I WANT SOME RICE CHEF!" When he said this the bar went quiet for a moment and he took his seat at the bar next to the man with the red hair. "Hey, you with the red hair, where is this place?" Jordan smiled at the man and laughed, then his food came and he started inhaling it down with no manners.

[OOC: The crew is leaving from the bar cause I dun want to mess them up before I introduce the other NPC rookie crews. Though the appearance of everybody in the bar is pretty intriguing for the interactions.]

Groves 1-29 - At the 6th Street Bar

"Faith in the captain?" Mik Ee said to the cloaked figure. "Heck yeah! If that was a real captain, then I would definitely show him the appropriate respect. When the bastard invited me to join his crew and become a pirate, that was not what I had in my mind." he explained himself to the cloaked figure.

"Anyway... It's getting too crowded here..." Mik Ee said afterwards and he started walking towards the direction of his captain. "Orga, it's getting crowded here... Who knows what might happen... I don't want to be involved in brawls. Shall we take our leave?" he question the captain, who seemed to be having fun.
"What? Oh, no Mik! I am having fun, here!" Orga said.
"Yes, Orga, but I am afraid that we have to leave..." Mik said.
"Whatever..." the captain agreed. He got up from his chair and he moved towards the direction of the barman. He paid the money he owed him and then he was about to walk outside, along with the rest of the crew.

However, while he was about to leave, another figure would make an appearance to the place. An old man entered the bar. He looked pretty much drunk. He wore blue clothes, which were reminding the dressing style of pirates and he had white hair. He was high and he was barely able to walk. "Hik! I want some booze! Hik!" he said to the barman as he entered. Then, he walked a little bit, before falling down to the floor. "Would you mind helping me, ratman? Hik!" he questioned Mik.
"Get lost, old shit." Mik said before getting outside, along with the rest of the crew. Only Orga was left behind, who actually gave a hand to the old man to help him stand up. Most people inside were watching at the act of kindness of the young pirate.
"Thank you, young man! Hik!" the old man said as he got up.
"Mik Ee is not a bad guy. He is just a little bit rude with strangers and he doesn't like being called a rat." Orga tried to excuse his subordinate.
"Hik! Maybe he is... And maybe he isn't." the high old man said. "However, I can see that you are a good guy. May the gods be with you, young man! Hik!" the old man said before getting to the bar. Then, he ordered a drink and he started drinking, just like he was doing before he entered the bar.

After this, Orga left the bar, along with the other pirates.

Sixth Street

Karasu walked through a swarm of people whom seemed to be running away from a certain area.. Karasu walked a little faster, people barely even noticed him walking around with a demon mask. He eventually saw a shop that sold clothing... maybe he still needed to complete his disguise from everyone else. He was a man wanted for a large bounty, dead or alive, but they could only recognize Karasu from a few things.. one of them was the clothes he was wearing, the other was the dark intentions that were captured on the wanted poster (he looked scary), the last was his long hair, kinda messy, while holding his electric pistols. He needed to make sure those key points were ignored so people could walk by him without recognizing him. He walked inside the store and took out his pistols, inside the store (ironically) was a man aiming at him with his rifle. The man looked shaken up from the violence outside. "You there!-" He said, "Leave! We're closed!". "Relax.. I'm only here for clothes." Karasu put away his pistols, and continued walking towards the clothes located on a circular hanger not far from where he entered. The tags said "15 belli" on them. He took out a Hawaiian style shirt, cacky pants (rough fabric, like army style pants), and some normal brown shoes. He walked towards the man on the cash register and put 45 Belli on the counter. Karasu walked into the bathroom and quickly came out wearing the blue Hawaiian style shirt he had bought and the other objects, he took a rubber band and tied his hair up in a pony tail.. so people wouldn't recognize his messy hair on the picture. Karasu took a comb from the cabinet (he isn't supposed to touch it, let alone open it) and combed his hair straight. He walked over to the cash register, then punched him in the face hard enough to knock him out. Karasu walked out of the clothing store, smiling, like he were a tourist. He managed to nab the man's camera as well, so he looked like he was genuinely taking pictures of the things going around in the island.

Karasu walked through another store, stealing their sunglasses. With this, his disguse was complete.. the only way they could recognize Karasu was from the scar on his left cheek, and Karasu wasn't the only person in the world with something like that. He walked outside a bar and looked inside, he thought he saw some pirates around the place.. or at least, they looked like pirates. He walked inside to investigate this bar before he left to take care of the other pirates.. it might be easier to just catch these pirates quickly then leave the area for the other round. Karasu looked around and saw only a few people that even remotely resembled pirates. He saw a few other people leave before, but they didn't peak his interest at the moment. He only saw one familiar face.. and that was Dorian. He had a bounty of 100,000,000 belli the last time Karasu checked his bounty. Dorian had the rubber fruit, if Karasu remembered correctly. Dorian was strong... probably stronger then his bounty allowed him. There was no way Karasu would be able to fight him without causing a scene that would probably scare off the other pirates. He had to play it safe. Karasu's vulture stayed high in the skies, he was barely noticeable. Karasu closed his eyes and went into the total silence state, where he could hear everything in a 50 meter radius. He sat next to a few random pirates that had swords on their sheaths. Any idiot could tell that they didn't like that a random tourist decided to sit next to them. Karasu opened his mouth and spoke in a very unlike-Karasu/ energetic and happy manner.

"HEY, Barkeeper! I need you to tell me some cool pirates I could take photos off around here, I came here by a civilian ship protected by some marines, I paid good money to take strong pirate picture to add to my collection." A barkeeper turned around, angry that a tourist would find his way to one of he worst places to be in. He chose to ignore Karasu. Karasu could only sigh, with a sad face. "You suck mister barkeeper.. you need to treat your clients better, I'll go find the pirates then." Normally, pirates would react around the bar to his discussion.. maybe even insist on having a picture taken, since Karasu was only looking for 'strong' pirates. Those with something to prove would normally react to it to try and feed their ego's.

"Child, I could kill you before you even got the chance to scream." Derge said warning the boy attempting to speak with him. "I have no patients for kids that want to play pirate. Whatever fruit you might possess might be enough to handle the goons that just left, but I can tell you with certainty that not one person left in here would so much as break a sweat ripping off your head." he said as a few what appeared to be small red mice crawled up his arm and fused with his body.

Turning his attention back to Santo, scanned the room. There was the boy next to them, eating rice. He likely had some type of devil fruit; that would explain his confidence. Then there was the man in the cloak that had been taunting the pirates earlier, and had a knowledge of the New World. He was likely a serious contender. Derge decided to keep an eye on him from that point on. Finally there was a man with tourist like clothes and some story about needing to take picture of powerful pirates. Everything about him sounded like complete and utter bullshit.

He had a good idea what they were all here for, everyone of them wanted to make a profit in one way or another. It was the season in which the rookies sailed to Sabaody Archipelago to have their ships coated for the long journey to the new world. A lot of high leveled rookies with bounties large enough to settle a man down for the rest of his life were swarming all about the place. Capturing or killing even a few could get you a hefty sum or a notorious name in a heart beat. Derge was certain, that every man in that room was there as a bounty hunter for whatever profit it was they were seeking.

From the pours of his skin blood began to run down Derge's arm, on the side away from everyone. The blood then formed into small woodland animals like mice and snakes before crawling and slithering into the floor or wall. Once in position the small rodents and reptiles began scouting out each person in the bar as well as the area outside. If these people were hunters like Derge suspected, they'd likely have backup nearby.

Jordan stopped eating his rice when he heard the rude answer he received. "Hmph. Whatever old man it was a simple question. Anyways, you don't look to strong and i could take many of the men in here." Jordan finished his rice and got up from the bar. He thought that guy was just ignorant and left him to be. "Heh, There is alot of strong pirate here though." Jordan looked at the man who was bothering all the rookie pirates and laughed at him, "Aye you. Stop bothering people, you have no idea what you're talking about so Shut Up!"

The look of irritation plastered itself onto Santo's face and he grumbled loud enough so that only Derge could hear, "It's so obvious these guys are pirates in disguise or bounty hunters," Santo scanned around the room and continued, "Well I can see there actually loud people with the voice to back up all there cockiness but aren't even half as strong as the ones who have power but yet are quiet. Santo payed the man the cost for the glass and said to Derge, "You got your blood scouts let's get out of here the smell of alcohol and smoke is making me sick to my stomach." Santo decided to leave the place and wait outside and let Derge do what he wanted, Santo knew Derge could take out most with basically a pinkie but he felt some monstrous strength in there so strong it changed the air pressure and it wasn't from Derge because he had already gotten used to Derge's power.

[OOC: I thought it was understood, but I have to specify this. This thread has Rodoku's Roko as the protagonist so if it's possible, please give him some space to post. Thank you.]

Groves 1-29 - At the 10th Street

Meanwhile, on another part of the Groves, another crew was walking. That crew was a very quiet crew. Unlike most pirates who would cause a big fuss at the time they reached Shabondy Archipelago, these people were very quiet to the point that nobody even suspected them about being pirates. They were four. One of them was a man with red hair. He was wearing red clothes and he had a sword with him. He had two cross tattoos around his two eyes and his body was tan colored. However, what was surprising about the man was the fact that he was carrying at the top of his head two dolls. The dolls were indentical and they were colored like the Yin and Yang symbol. Also, what completed his appearance was a cigar which was not burning, though.

[Introduction Box]
[Yinyang]
[Captain of the Yin Yang Pirates]
[Bounty: 0]

At the right of the man, there were two people. The two were very identical and they looked like twins with a few differences. Despite the fact that they had the same body structure, the same height, the same face and the same weight, they had different hair and dressing styles. One of them wore a blue colored anti-fashion shirt that was open and the other one wore a yellow colored anti-fashion shirt that was also open. The first one had straight hair while the second one had an afro. As for their pants, they both wore a pair of jeans. Their appearance was completed with two pairs of sandals, which were similar.

[Introduction Box]
[Sit and Sat]
[Members of the Yin Yang Pirates]
[Bounty: 0]

Finally, along with those three there was one more guy. That guy, though, was very different. He was a centaur and probably a fruit user. He wore a bowler hat and he was surrounded with black fur. He also wore a black shirt, which was open. His appearance was completed with the two swords he was carrying with him, sheathed around his sides.

[Introduction Box]
[Fooh]
[Swordsman of the Yin Yang Pirates]
[Bounty: 0]

"Who are those guys?" many pirates who were around were whispering, while looking at the strange bunch of people. The answer was a mystery indeed. Who were those people?!

Groves 1-29 - At the 3rd Street

Seeing the two Marines who had just appeared at the place, Arch Tab pointed his scythe towards them. While Sidius and Vladimir was simply watching, Arch Tab, the first mate of the Dark Knight Pirates was intrigued by the fact that two marines had appeared at the place. Judging by their appearance and by the look on their faces, Arch Tab could realize that those guys were fighting for the Navy. Arch Tab had that weird sense, he could realize who was working for the Navy and who was not.

"Weird... Marines are here, huh?" Arch Tab said while licking his lips, showing his lust for blood. "Before I take my chance and attack you, shall I make you a question?" he questioned afterwards. "Why are you at such a place, all by yourself, all alone? I have heard that some vampires are nearby... You might be in danger, you know!". Arch Tab was clearly provoking the two Marines. What was going on?! And more importantly... Why did Marines appear at the lawless area of Shabondy?

To Karasu's surprise there wasn't a single pirate that wanted to take part in his fake photo collection.. well, nobody important. Karasu could barely recognize any of the pirates in the bar that went up to him insisting for a picture, that meant none of their bounties were worth Karasu's time. He'd have to round up anywhere between 5-10 of these pirates to get half of what Dorian was worth. Karasu sighed, took some badly positioned pictures then left the bar. His pistols came out with him, they were hidden under his very baggy Hawaiian shirt. When his foot stepped outside he continued to walk in the direction where the crowd was leaving, by this point not many people were still in the area.. so not many people could be running away. Karasu walked past several streets before finally arriving at the area the panic had come from. He walked inside a building that was about 500 feet from the place he heard the chaos unfolded. When Karasu walked inside the building a few people had decided to hide in a corner, some were kids.. others women. Only one guy was among them, obviously the father. He held a pitch fork. Karasu ignored him and sat down, closing his eyes.

"Total.. Silence.." Immediately the area around him was ignored when it came to noise, and he focused on the noise 500 feet away.. there was a pirate whom decided to talk to some marines. He pretty much threatened them, and humored them with rumors of vampires around the area. Karasu smiled, even laughed a little, they probably didn't know that Assassins where much more realistic then vampires, and unlike vampires, the only weakness a true assassin has... is money. Of course, Karasu considered himself above that rule, since his second weakness was what little was left of his heart. In any case, Karasu laughed a little, and that freaked out the people in the room.. caused them to nearly collapse from the tension. Although.. Karasu didn't look scary at that moment, since he was dressed like a tourist, he just looked like a crazy man wondering into a building/home. He wouldn't make his move yet, not with the two marines there.. besides, Karasu didn't even get to adequately measure their strength yet.

Grove 6

Roko

"What in the world is this place?"- Roko asked as the crystal dome that covered the Starmstalker gradually disappeared into the ship itself. There were bubbles flying around that seemed to be of a harder contexture than the usual ones, and he saw that the giant tree said GROVE 6 in really big and bold letters. His uncle Sergio had mentioned that these weird plants were called mangroves, did they hold any secret? How was it that they secreted that weird substance that magically flew.

Jory walked up to Roko and asked for permission to go and fetch some food from a store, but the captain of the Blizzard Pirates wasnt too sure of letting his crewmates lose on this specific island, it seemed that it was like a net of trees.

"Jory, let's stick together for now. I dont think this island is very safe."- Roko pointed out and he looked at the flag of the Blizzards ondulate to the wind like the ocean with the wind.

"HEY EVERYONE, GET YOUR ASSES MOVING, LETS GO TO EXPLORE!"- Roko yelled in a joking manner as he jumped down the ship. There was al sorts of different personalities on the so-called Sixth Street. The texture of the floor was different from anything he had felt before, it wasnt like standing on soil or the usual stone, and it didnt resemble the wooden floors of a house either, it was something different. You could even feel life spawning from the core of the tree itself, beatifully extending itself to the mortal world through astonishing apparitions that took the shape of magical bubbles.

Haru

The fishman from one of the ancient tribes, trilobites, was taking a swim in the gigantic aquarium that the ship had inside when the ship started to do twists and turns, of course as he was underwater, he didnt feel them at all. Even if he couldn't really speak to the fish, he felt that he was connected to them. Captain Roko didnt really like that he went swimming in the aquarium, since it could be anti-higienic for the life forms that lived there. Despite this, Haru was in charge of making the aquarium look as similar to their actual habitat as he could, and he could always just go in with the excuse that he was trying out something new.

When the character announced that they had hit something he continued swimming, and when they landed, Haru considered that it was time to start moving. He came out of the aquarium with his side tanks full of water. His captain had been talking about the Shabondy Archipielago for a long time, but Haru didnt want to hear a word about it. The last time he had been in this mangrove hell he was almost taken as a slave by the tenryuubito and he had to escape. So he didnt tell Roko that he had been there before and that he knew his way through the island... he recluded himself and had been a little apathic all of that time.

When he heard someone from the crew scream "Mangroves", Haru already knew that they were in their destination. He walked out to the deck of the ship and he followed Jory closely, as if he were a shadow, but trying not to catch his attention at all. He decided not to mention that if this was Grove 6, it was probably one of the most dangerous parts of the archipielago. And... that there was a Slave Auction House located on grove one. Haru sighed and promised himself he would not let his captain get into trouble.

JORY

Jory nods to his captain and shrugs, figuring he may be able to pick up some food while exploring with the rest of his crew anyway. He slips a rather large sack (folded neatly, of course) into the left pocket of his duster and jumps down from the ship, landing next to Roko with a loud *WHUMP*. Jory's weight causes a depression in the soil when he lands. He turns to Roko, as if waiting for further orders, then back at the ship. "Oi, oi, oi! We're exploring new territory! You all had better get down here before the captain and I leave without you!" he shouts, snickering lightly after. "Captain, could this be the Shabondy Archipelago? I've heard that these mangroves only grow at Shabondy, after all." Jory looks back to the Stormstalker and sighs, fondly remembering its predecessor. He shakes his head to clear his thoughts and turns his head back to the ship, waiting to see who else will join them.

Leaving the man who was messing with the rookie pirates, Jordan walked out of the bar still not knowing where he was. "UGHHHH!, WHERE AM I!?" Jordan walked down to the beach to see if his little boat was robbed. It wasn't, but right next to it was a huge ship, and 3 men, a big guy with a sword, another guy and a fishman. "Hey, Who are you guys?, You could of broke my boat!" Jordan wasn't in the mood to fight anymore, but was thinking how his boat could of been broken. "Anyways who are you guys?" Jordan just wanted to know who they were, just to have a conversation, since everyone in the bar wouldn't say anything.

[To Everybody: If I miss something from your posts, feel free to PM me so that I can edit my posts. Thank you.]

Groves 1-29 - 3rd Street (Arch Tab vs Wave - With Vladimir Blade, Sidius, Karasu and Longsgate watching)

"Hahahahahahahaha!!!" Sidius laughed as soon as he looked at the marine who disappeared from the spot he was standing on and reappeared behind Arch Tab. "This is going to be funny enough to watch." he commented.
"Yes. I am really waiting to see Arch Tab getting some prey for me." Vladimir said and he laughed as well.

"Fast, aren't you?" Arch Tab said with a smile on his face and he swang his scythe while turning his body towards the direction of Wave in order to face him. The scythe's blade hit on the Shigan attack and the blade served as a shield from the incoming attack. Although the blade was hit by a strong attack, as Wave's Shigan was not mastered, it did not get damaged at all. Only a very small hole appeared on the weapon, though it was of little to no importance.

"And I see you have not mastered your attack. That's pretty cool, you know! It will make things easier for me!" Arch Tab mocked Wave and then he performed a high jump. He jumped right above Wave, while everybody was looking at him, and he landed right behind the man. "Cut, cut, cut!" he said afterwards and he attempted to slash the man's back in order to cause him some damage. Would he succeed, or not?!

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Meanwhile, in an abandoned hut in Shabondy...

Ten shadowed people are sitting on a table. The faces of all of them are shadowed. Some of them had a giant body, they were probably giants. They seemed to be discussing something really important...

"It looks like the guests have arrived in Shabondy..." a woman said.
"Indeed, they have, my dear." a man said with a lovely voice to the woman. "Our troops have already been dispatched to all the areas of Shabondy. They will soon track the pirates down. All that's left is our appearance..." he said and he started laughing. "BUKIKIKIKIKIKIKI!!!!!". Who was that man?!