A Meeting of Minds, a warlord and admiral strike ((Closed))

[[Kokoyo Island]]

A busy tropical island, with a busy port city. The bustling streets filled with people, the marketplace up and performing their daily duties of the day. The bars and inns filled with energetic customers all drinking and singing as the day goes by. Kokoyo is a loud city , full of music and full of fighting , full of filth and full of joy. For the one thing is that, Kokoyo was a pirate city in the grandline. This was due to the fact that many pirates had moved mostly to the new world, there was also a sudden movement of pirates all around the grandline moving in trying to fill the void left behind by the yonkou who had all moved to the New World. All around the island there were whispers and rumours that today was going to be a different day , a special day.

The streets continue to show pirates arriving at the port by the dozen, their flags waving as the breeze carried them into port. The rumour had spoke of a pirate who was seeking recruitment for a endeavor of some kind. The meeting was scheduled to be at the villa placed conveniently at the edge of town, it had big large embrazened gates and people all around. And the rumour had stated that there was gold to be gained in the endeavor as well as a opportunity to conquer and build major alliance.

[[Island port side]]

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD, HOW DARE YOU HIT MY SHIP??!!!!" It was a tattoed burly man standing next to his damaged ship which was parked next to a huge white wood ship. It stood out. The man standing on the ship was a man dressed in fine clothing, yet he had a pirate flag waving on the mast "It was simply in the way, you should have known this" The pirates with the other crew began gathering "SILENCE, ILL KILL YOU, GET EM BOYS!!!" The pirates roared as they began shooting, however, a huge metal shield is brought in front of them to block the bullets, by another man in white uniform "Sorry im late sir, i had a nap " He was clean cut with a shaved head, but toned well enough to be considered powerful. The other men began moving as they cut down the enemies, but rather than wildly fighting , they were disciplined. They moved together in rank as they fought the enemy. Then a marooned hair man stood in front of the other pirate crews captain "I did warn you, all this you should have known, it should have been obvious, but now you can just perish, just as i planned...." He moved forward and simply walked by the man, merely drawing his sword slightly, the other pirate captain looked around, shocked at his good luck that the man didnt harm him.However, soon there was blood dripping from his head, all over his face, and then he realised , he had been cut in several places. Blood spurted out of him as he fell on the floor. The white uniformed pirates formed behind their marooned haired leader with the  dark green eyes. The onlookers commented "Its them... the pirates who travel the grandline as mercenaries...." Another onlooker grunted "They look like royal soldiers..." his friend who sat nearby merely replied "They arent royal soldiers... they are like privateers.... their captain is the real deal too... he has fought over a dozen war campaigns for different countries along the grandline and north blue.....

[[ White Jacket Pirates]]
[[Captain: Deon Shinragumi]]
[[Overall bounty: Unknown]]

Brasidas shuffled through the streets studying a seasonal map of the sea floor. He wouldn't have long to stay before the current blocked his way until next year. He didn't belong in this place while the squabbling remains of those not strong or clever enough to contend in the New World fought over the remains left by their betters before they left - like stray dog fighting of discarded scraps. He wasn't there for bounties, he was there for intelligence. Sometimes a knowledge was just as lucrative as a head on a platter - if you could find the right buyer. He needed to know who the emerging powers were and who they could potentially be a threat to. When the yonkou moved forward, they did not abandon their claims to territories behind them but they could afford to leave these children to play without causing much of a threat.
The problem now was in the meeting itself. It was one thing that these squabbling dogs were fighting each other of the leavings of higher powers but it was quite another thing that they were going to have a unified discussion. Collaboration was single greatest threat to these terrorities and the Grand Line. The last thing they needed right now was another scourge of chaos to ravage its borders. It wasn't money that Brasidas smelled, it was blood. A twisted grin passed over his face since the latter brought him significantly more amusement than the former. Would their be a grand battle or would their be a dangerous alliance of the remaining powers? It would be convenient for the yonkou of these idiots battled themselves out of numbers and existence - but this meeting wasn't a good sign. "How exciting ..."

Santo was calmy being dragged on his raft by some whales. A giant pirate ship next to the raft, was cut off, and Santo docked where they were planning to dock. As santo was releasing the whales the ship dock next to the raft and the passengers glared at Santo. "May I help you with something?" Santo questioned, then went back to releasing the whales. A big chubby man with a sword on his belt stepped to the front of the assembly of men all glaring down at Santo, "I'm the captain of this here vessel and we do not appreciate the way you stole our dock space!" Santo for the finally pulled the final rope, releasing the last whale, then saying, "Oh sorry I didn't see your name on this dock space." The captain had it with Santo, "Obliterate him!, he angrily muffled. They aimed the cannons at the raft and load them and shot the projectile at the raft. A big splintering sound was heard and a geyser like explosion came bursting from the sea. "All talk, no bite." The scruffy captain said before turning around, only to see, 2 knifes soaring past him and the first one hitting their jolly roger in the center the other cutting down the flag itself. Santo was on the ship and all the pirates were shocked. "Sword Style: Elephant Beast!" Santo ran through the ship swinging back and forth and slashing at the members of the crew, sending them flying into the sea. Santo then jumped in and said, "Sword Style:Fish Style!" Slicing the members of the crew with underwater attacks, at least the ones who resurfaced. Santo jumped out of the water and said, "I'm now the captain of this here vessel!" Before heading to the meeting.

Pirate gatherings had a tendency to be a bit more exciting than their Marine counterpart's, and this was no exception.  Avis Ridley had taken interest in this one in particular.  Having heard whispers of a pirate gathering of massive proportions, she took it upon herself to at least see what the hubbub was about.  If there was some sort of plot that would result in a boatload of treasure and fame, she wanted to know about it.  She guessed the Government would also take kindly to such information, although this depended on whether or not she was in a giving mood.  It didn't hurt having a reason to drink at a nearby bar, either.

Part of her fondly missed this kind of chaotic atmosphere.  She downed one last swallow before tossing the bartender some coin and meandered towards the door.  A particularly tipsy patron bumped into her on the way out, slightly disturbing the hood covering her face.  Avis shot the man a sharp glare as she tugged the cloak's fabric back to its original position.  Having to conceal herself was a pain, but it wasn't worth the risk of being recognized; until after the meeting at least.  The chances of a mob of pirates taking kindly to her was slim to non-existent at best, but it might just make things a bit more entertaining.  A content smirk slid onto her face at the thought, or the lingering drink.

It didn't take long for Avis to reach the villa near the edge of town.  There was a formidable crowd there already.  After some pushing and shoving, she positioned herself close to the front of where the group had congregated.

[[Near the Villa]]

The gates were now opened and the pirates began gathering at the villa. On the third floor of the mansion was a man dressed in a strange white apparel. It was a gold trenchcoat with a dark black undershirt. He had long flowing blonde hair and wore sunglasses. He was standing by his window looking out to see the hordes of pirates come in. He then turned to where a balding old man sat, this man dressed in a traditional japanese style yukata with the logo of some group on the chest pocket. The old man looked up "The meeting will start soon... we should get moving...." The younger man sighed placing his hands on the window "Who is coming.... thats all i wanted to know...." The old man stroked his beard, smoking his long thin wooden pipe "Hmmm, well, there are the Basho brothers.... those boys are famous for the Kinku slaughter..... they combine together to make 100,000,000 beli bounty.... there is also the white jacket pirates, they are famous for being one of the most well organized militia turned pirate groups on the earlier side of the grandline...." The man looked through the window, seeing the two hulking huge looking Basho brothers enter the villa, both almost stuck to each other chatting away. The white jackets followed in, looking completely in unison, there was even a large man carrying a shield. After them, another group of pirates entered, they were all women wearing what looked like school uniforms, all with emblems of a Tiger on their back, they looked pretty ordinary, with the make up, but their captain who stood at the head of them was the one who stood out the most. She had short blue hair, and a sharp face, along with that, she had a katana strapped to her back. The young man then asked "who is that? the girl?" The old man chuckled "I didnt know you were into that sort of thing...." The young man sighed "Im not, im just wondering who they are, its rare to see female crews...." The old man emptied his pipe and refilled it "Yes, well those are the Rose Tiger Pirates, their captains name is Nanami Taizen "Beautiful Blade" she is known as the strongest swordsman from the West Blue, her ability is quite astonishing, some say she has the potential to uproot the worlds best at some point, her crew itself is not as strong however, but i heard they are quite a rowdy bunch..." The young man returned to the window seeing another big group of pirates come in, all surrounding a tubby looking man who wore a priest hat on his head , the young man raised his eyebrow, as the old man laughed "Yes well, that is the Order of the light... they are this weird group that worships the sun and all who harness its power. They claimed to have seen a man turn into light once and believe that the devil fruits are gifts from the sun  bestowed upon humans to do the good work, they are a very fanatical group and are known to have sacrificed civilians to the sun in order to appease their gods, that being said, their grand master keeps them in check and is known as quite a top fighter himself, together that group rakes in about 100 mil beli in terms of value." The young man kept silent and walked towards the stairs "Lets go old man, they will be waiting...." The old man stood up "I am your grandfather, you could call me that, even if we are pirates , young people are so rude, hahaha"

[[Chiros Deli "Chaos Hammer"]]
[[200,000,000 beli]]
[[Formerly member of the Unholy pirates]]
[[Currently advisor]]

The young man flipped his blonde hair "Im sorry, but we should get moving, its about time to make my intentions clear"

[[ Chiroku Deli " Island killer"]]
[[ 400,000,000 beli]]
[[Formerly member of Unholy Pirates]]
[[Captain of the Dark Eclipse Pirates]]

The lithe, blue fishman made his way through the alleys with no particular destination planned- fish weren't exactly the most uncommon creatures in these parts and so aside from his somewhat bizarre shock of silvery white hair, there was little about him of note, only that he wasn't the sort of creature you would want to confront if you had and respect for your own vitality. As he made his way into the center of the activity, he made a casual scan of the area, noticing a creature who seemed to taking a bit of trouble to conceal her face with a hood.  The spit second encounter with a drunken fool gave him the vague peek that changed everything about his perspective of this odd gathering.  Certainly that was an interesting and unusual site in the place.  Perhaps it was worth the trip after all.  He continues his scan of the area, pretending not to notice, his arms folded behind him as he walked. The smell and promise of blood seemed stronger now - what luck.

He had only recently left the submerged island on the edge of the new world after hearing about some meeting that may or may not occur. He had decided to ignore what sounded like a gather of squabbling vultures. There were no sport in picking of the weak ... but another tale told of higher blood and rank than he suspected. Ignoring his current lead on some information he was after, he took a gamble on backtracking to this unlikely place - expecting little but knowing treasure hides in the most unlikely of places the the push he needed to change course and wash up on this shore. The flicker of light that trespassed upon the territory of intentional shadow was his first clue the gamble would pay off ... with that in mind, he noticed his hunger. Now to find a place with enough resources to feed a hungry shark.

[[IN the Manor]]

The grand hall of the manor was big enough to house at least 1000 people, and had numerous chairs and tables along with a bar and people who were serving drinks. the people serving the drinks had black shirts on them. The pirates made merry, shouting, drinking and some discussed in hushed tones. The numerous pirates that were here were mixed. Some were upcoming crews, others were not that famous but here anyway.

On the other side of the hall there was an argument brewing between the two crews which just entered. The White Jackets and the Rose Tigers. The Rose Tigers members were all thuggish women , who had tattoos or piercings and a fierce look on their face. They were swearing at each other, standing with their  weapons drawn, "OI KORAAAA , HOW DARE YOU STEP ON OUR SISTERS LEG YOU STUPID SHITS, WE'LL KILL YOU !!!" The women were more violent, while the white jackets simply had their weapons out "It was her fault in the first place for attacking our men, you better get your head right you stupid bitch!!!" They were both ready to go, before two prominent figurres from either side, jumped foward, knocking their surbordinates on the head. It was a marooned haired man, who had tatoos on the side of his face, and along his hand, wearing a white jacket and holding a huge harpoon pole. The other was a beautiful woman with flowing long blue hair, wearing a trench coat which had a rose tiger symbol on the back. She also had a long katana strapped to her back. The man sighed "Oi, you guys are supposed to be acting your age, apologise now, this is a neutral zone, we arent allowed to fight here....." The girl spoke to her surbordinates "I told all of you to act on your best behaviour, you all disgrace the Rose Tiger name!!!!" The women mellowed down as some tried to explain "But... but nee san, they ....." She held her hand up and they all went silent "We are supposed to be dignified with our strength, as fierce as tigers but as poised as a Rose, or have you all failed to remember this??" The girls went silent, some were saying sorry, some backing away. The girl turned to the marooned haired man "Im sorry about this, i take responsibility for my sisters....." The man waved it away "Its quite alright, our guys were stupid too, i apologize for them as well...."

A few tables away some gossip was already beggining to form "Those two, arent they the upcoming crews that crossed, one from west blue and the other from South blue?" " Yeah, the girl is Nanami Taizen... Beautiful blade, i think she is quite famous for sword duels in the South Blue before coming here....." "The guy is Deon Shinragumi, the captain of the White Jackets, they call him the Gentle Badboy, i heard he is considered a revolutionary in some countries...."

[[Nanami Taizen "Beautiful Blade"]]
[[150,000,000 beli]]
[[Captain of rose Tigers]]

[[Deon Shinragumi "Gentle Badboy"]]
[[160,000,000 beli]]
[[Captain of White Jackets]]

Across the hall, the two big brothers, sat down, one had long purple hair and the other had conrows in black. They were both massive, easily at 6'5 ft. As they sat down on the chairs next to each other, they placed their weapons on either side of them. The purple haired one took a swig of his drink "Fucking hooligans, making so much noise, ill rip out their fucking guts for this..." He grabbed his wrapped weapon up, but was stopped by his brother who held his hand up, the weapon he was carrying looked like a triple edged blade. His brother sighed "Just hold on ok, we cant go around ripping people into shreds here.... we are under a truce brother... we need to see if this alliance will help our business...." At the other tables, words like black market traders were being thrown around. The Basho brothers after all were known for being notrious black market organ traders. They were known for removing the body parts from the body, especially internal organs and the bones.

[[Marvin Basho "Organ Thief"]]
[[45,000,000 beli]]
[[Sub captain of the Basho pirates, black market trader]]

[[Morten Basho "Bone cutter"]]
[[55,000,000 beli]]
[[Sub captain of the Basho pirates, black market trader]]


Nearby their table was a group of people gathered around a old man who was dressed in cream robes and had bowed his head supposedly silent in prayer. While the group around him was large, there were 4 people in distinctly black robes surrounding him. This was the table where the members of the Order of the Light were gathered. The first man , yawned as he scratched his grizzled face, he had two weird looking pistols on his hip and his legs were entirely robotic with engine gauges on them. He scratched his messy black hair "Is his holiness done yet?....Whats the final verdict?"

[[Austin Sutton "Blazin guns"]]
[[20,000,000 beli]]
[[One of the 4 priests of the OOL]]

The next man was a older man who had a long brown bushy beard, and was rather bulky in size, he was obviously strong. He was carrying a giant looking weapon strapped to his back, it had a tank which had the caution sign on it. "His holiness is in prayers Austin, do not let yourself darken this moment !!"

[[Berk "Nitro Torch" Sunday]]
[[25,000,000 beli]]
[[1 of the 4 priests of the OOL]]

Next to him on the other side was a more sleeker looking man with dirty white hair, wearing black robes with a peach coloured undershirt. He was juggling around a numerous number of items, a few sticks of dynamite, a knife and a locket. He remained quiet, only smiling to himself.

[[ "Hollow Lantern" Nuriyo Tenmuri]]
[[ 25,000,000 beli]]
[[ 1 of the 4 priests of the OOL]]

The final person was a girl who was also praying along wth the priest, she was wearing a cream dress unlike the others and was looking down, remaining silent as she held on to her book with the sign of the OOL on it. She was a beautiful girl with a slender figure along with orange hair wearing a veil to partially mask her face.

[[Tiana Tenmuri "Untamed tide"]]
[[15,000,000 beli]]
[[1 of the 4 priests of the OOL]]

The man in the middle of these intimidating individuals finally rose from his seat, he was dressed in gold and had a portly body frame and was smaller in stature only 5'0 tall. He looked up "come my children, let us thank the light, for it has shown me the way....."

[[J.R Dobble ]]
[[30,000,000 beli]]
[[Leader and Grand Bishop of the church of the OOL]]

Hiei sat down behind the rocks, dealing out cards to his partner, the two of them had gotten there early and were passing the time. Shisui and he had met earlier a few weeks past and had found themselves to be of like-minded individuals, both dissatisfied with the current political structure. Dealing the cards, he waited patiently, his eyes never tiring. It was his curse that he should never sleep and because of this, Hiei will always be able to stand watch, even when others eventually tire out.

"It doesn't look like any late arrivals are coming yet, we should be grateful we don't have to face any serious opponents. We should conserve our strengths

((My turn to post, or wait for Blake?))

((Not sure, I'd go ahead since Blake hasn't responded yet to my PM telling him to post ))

((go ahead erin))

Shisui used his room ability and began skipping stones. "My blade must only be used to slice only the best of opponents, those worthy of the cold steel. My blade needs to shed the blood of worth opponents, because on my hand is the blood of the unworthy." As Shisui skipped stones, he rubbed his sword with a cloth and then looked at Hiei, "But yes you are right, the conservation of our energy is indeed important." With that Shisui deactivated his Room ability and the skipping stones fell into the sea. Shisui sighed and looked in the distance to see if any pirate ships were coming and he saw one in the horizon, "Think I could have a little fun Hiei?"

Hiei looked over at his friend as his flipped the first card of his game of solitaire. "I don't see why not, just don't give away our position" He then returned to his game, flipping cards and moving them around to try and win. It was ironic how Hiei was playing the one game no one has even 100% won at, as he is fighting a war, no one was always won at.

This was a pleasant surprise.  The interior of the manor was surprisingly spacious, and the pirates were definitely making themselves at home in it.  As Avis searched for an open seat, she entered the vaccinity of what appeared to be two seperate crews.  One appeared to be made up of entirely females, while the others were clad in white.  They had a momentary spat before settling down again.  The shichibukai had the slightest smirk glance across her face.  

"Pardon me,"  Avis mumbled, brushing past the men.  As she meandered through the group, she ocassionally reached out from her cloak and lightly tapped a few of their weapons while they were consumed with their talk and drink.  Blink and an observer would miss the seemingly innocent gestures.  A simple touch was all it would take for the innatimate objects to do her bidding when the time comes.

After she had passed the group of pirates, Avis spotted an unoccupied table near the corner of the hall.  She sat with her back against the wall and made herself comfortable.  This would be a suitable spot to watch the happenings, she thought, kicking her feet up onto the table as she waited for the meeting to begin.

((Sorry for the short/late reply, was out of town for a while there. Lemme know if I missed anything.))

Shisui dashed at the side of the ports, using the ships as cover. Shisui smiled, "Room!" A green white box appeared around the ship. "Dismembermant!" Shisui flicked his fingers and the members of the ship fell disconnected and all fell down. Shisui smiled, "Lift!" Shisui lifted many of the parts and connected them with other objects on the ship like cannons and plates, "For the final touch! Mind Swap!" Shisui randomly choose members on the ship and switched their minds, "Haha now they'll be confused for a very long time." Shisui ran back to Hiei and said, "Fun time over, wait actually one thing, Flatline!" A pulse of power shot through the ship causing damage on the ship. "Now I'm done!"

[[The Manor]]

There was suddenly a voice from the middle, it was the old man from earlier on who was talking to Chiroku. The old man cleared his throat and tapped the mike in the platform at the front of the hall "Good evening gentlemen and ladies of course, welcome , welcome to our manor...... im so glad you all made it here today...." The room mostly went quiet , now listening to the old man, some of the pirates kept drinking and eating but paid attention out of the corners of their eyes. Some of the pirates whispered to each other as the old man talked. The white jackets were talking amongst themselves "So Chiros Deli is actually here.... didnt the marines wipe out the Unholy Pirates?" Deon gulped down his drink "Chiros left the battle early on due to a injury, he and his son..... those guys have ridicolous reps in and around the New World , some say they took orders especially from Unholy himself.....im surprised they have survived this long...."

The old man then continued speaking "As most of you would know, me and my son began our own little crew after the marines and another of our greatest enemies ganged together to slaughter our crew the Unholy pirates at Water 7. It was a devastating battle that ended, me and my son however left early enough that we didnt have to suffer the same fate as most of our comrades... but now we take forth an impossible task, we want to take on the new world now with your help!!"

The crowd muttered, some chuckled and some simply sighed. Most of the pirates in the crowd had yet to venture into the New World, and had only heard stories. Suddenly a hand was raised, it was Nanami, the old man stopped talking and raised his eyebrow "Yes my dear , what is it?" Nanami had now received the attention of everyone with some of the pirates whistling and some of them making lewd noises. She moved her thoughts away from that "What kind of resources do you have to make such claims? If i remember correctly the New World is ruled by the 3 current yonkous right? Anubis "Desert Prince" Nefertiti and the Anubis pirates, Maximillion and the Dusk Pirates as well as Roko Cloud and the Blizzard pirates, what makes you think we can stand up to them ?" Some of the crowd nodded in agreement, the Basho brothers were simply leaning back and taking count of the people here.

Chiros cleared his throat and finally spoke " 'Beautiful Blade' eh, you are as beautiful as the rumors from your side of the ocean said you are... but you are also quite negative arent you..." Chiros then pointed his walking stick at Nanami "Let me ask you a question, why is it that we fear the yonkou?" Nanami immediately replied "Because they are considered the strongest pirates in the world and the closest to One piece?" Chiros waved his stick "No!! We fear them because of the size of their crews, the talents on each of their crews, and the territory and followers they have!!" At this everyone pretty much nodded including Nanami who sat back down slowly as Chiros continued talking "If we pool our resources together if we join and unite, then we can create a force, slowly we will take the grandline first and then move into the new world with enough fighters and warriors at our command we can become a powerful force, the likes which has never been seen!!" One of the Basho brothers put their hands up "And who will lead us then old man? You? No offence i dont like taking orders from has beens like you, you lot had your shot" Some of the pirates were furious but others nodded in agreement, Chiros simply chuckled, "I wont be the one leading you..." He points his walking stick to a person who walked behind him, it was his grandson "Chiroku will be leading you " The room went quiet as they processed it , the basho brother who spoke up went silent as the Church of the Light spoke amongst each other Berk and Austin looked to their leader "Your holiness, what he speaks off, should we really take part in this?!!" Austin then grumbled "I know that guy, Chiroku is considered a one man army.... Unholy used to send him on secret raids against certain islands and all by himself he would wipe out an island......, usually it was unpopulated , but one had a community in it and everything....." The Grand Bishop stood up and stood on the table looking to the Deli pair on the stage "Now... my friends.. i know you once knew a friend of mine who was considered an Unholy pirate, he was a man of the light who died in that tragic battle, however , what is it we all stand to gain in this endeavor?" Chiroku this time replied "The gain will be the chance to head into the New World and have a chance to survive....." Chiroku walked in front , Deon took a close look at this man, he was quite famous for all the wrong reasons, there was no doubting he was strong, Deon looked at the underlay of his clothing, there were alot of tattoos on his body, other than his face it was all over. Chiroku lifted his hand "We know how to fight the marines and the yonkous, we can break them... especially Anubis.... we have the connections and we have the way, so how say you?" The pirates began discussing amongst themselves.

[[Outside the island]]

A few marine ships began gathering, about 12 ships were enclosing and surrounding Kokoyo island. In the sky there was also a solitary blimp, with navy colours and a flag with a blaze mark on it. On top of the blimp stood a man wearing a cap, a red maroon suit with a white undershirt, and a emblazened logo which said 'Justice' on it. He spoke "Attention all vessels, you are to engage the enemy on sight, there are many reported pirates on this island, engage and eliminate all targets or capture them, i dont want to see any of the civilians harmed in all this understood?!!"

[[Admiral Nishki D Rock]]

Figuring that the enemy was coming after he noticed many more ships approaching, Hiei left his cards alone and grabbed his staff. He had one of his explosive plants ready to fire. "[b]Shisui! Get over here, we need to coordinate a plan of attack!"

Taking the explosive seed in hand, He turned around and aimed at the building that he figured everyone was in. Firing the seed, he watched as it flew and grew as it hit the building, exploding in a powerful blast. Nobody would get hurt he figured, but it would certainly get their attention.

This had to be a joke.  Pure numbers might be able to stand a chance against your every day scallywag, but the Yonkou?  The moment any of them caught a wiff of rabble on their territories, they'd just send a few of their higher ups to clean it up without a fuss.  Numbers wouldn't mean anything to a skilled fighter.  Even if they did somehow acquire some of the territories, Avis knew that looking for trouble directly with the Yonkou was pure folly.  She had vaguely heard of Chiros and his son in passing, but the old man must be going senile.  They had to have some sort of plan beyond amassing a large number of pirates then running amok.  Her chuckle eventually gave way to a belly laugh that could be heard from all corners of the room.

"AHAHA- oh...  You're serious."  Avis cleared her throat and wiped a tear from her eye to regain most of her composure, but a wide grin remained plastered across her face.  She stood up from her chair and stepped onto the top of the table to get a better view of Chiros and the room. By now most of the room was looking at her in a state of confusion; many thought she was mad, or had a bit too much to drink.  "Let's play pretend for a moment and say that wasn't an entirely laughable proposition, old timer.  What are these connections and means you speak of?  Go ahead, enlighten me."

[[In the building precisely 2 minutes before the blast]]

Chiroku spoke to the woman who had just stood up "There are remnants and allies of the unholy pirates who would gladly side to us, not to mention some slavers who might be interested in working together with us... we will get the slavers their cargo or inventory, and then from that we will gain a foothold in the world... slowly we will become more and more powerful... with our contacts in Shabondy and across the other islands, we will gain more and more money and gold from selling slaves, and finally we will make incursions , unchallenged for sure, and then with our might , we will rush the yonkous, starting with whoever is the closest. With our collective strength grown, at least the entire grand line plain will be ours!!!"
Suddenly one of the the pirates, noteably Marvin Basho suddenly realized "Hang on... aint that Avis Ridley?!!!!" The pirates suddenly heard and looked, realization dawning on their faces as the blast hit the side of the wall, causing a hole in the wall of the mansion. One of the pirates shouted "ITS A BLOODY SHICHIBUKAI!!! WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!!!"

Nanami and Deon got up , so did Marvin and Morten Basho. Deon downed his drink "Your kidding, THE Avis Ridley is here? This far back the grandline? Today is going to suck isnt it...." Nanami unshackled his sword from her back "The female shichibukai Avis Ridley, truly i am blessed with a fine opponent today....."

[[On the blimp]]

"sir, someone fired a shot at the side of the mansion!!" One of the soldiers were reporting to Admiral Nishki who remained on top of the blimp looking down "No matter, carry out the barricade, capture these pirates at once, ensure that civilians are safely evacuated in the process" there was a crackle from the den den mushi as the soldier spoke "Sir, another report..... there is a rumor from HQ that Avis Ridley is here!!!" Nishki gritted his teeth "Well thats fantastic"

Santo who was about to say something about how ridiculous the plan sounded, but was shocked to hear that a Shichibukai was there at the meeting.  "How could it be!"  Santo whispered to himself.  "How could a Shichibukai be here with such weak minded fools, such weak imps!"  Santo decided to get on this shichibukai's good side and yelled out, "Idiots!  Why would a shichibukai come here.  They would be heavily outnumbered, this is probably just a look alike pirate hoping to gain infamy by dressing up as an infamous person!  Come on you're all making fools of yourselves, scrambling around, we are here to be formulating plans to take down a Yonko, even if that woman right there is Avis Ridley, the yonkos are also enemies of the World Government and therefore enemies of the shichibukai, so no point in going crazy over the fact a Shichibukai is here!"  Santo sat back down in his seat awaiting the reaction of everyone else. Before felling the tremor of an explosion on the side of the building, "What the fuck was that!"

im closing this thread due to the fact one of the main characters cant take part due to inactivity