high_seas | Avast, Mateys!

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Avast, Mateys!

Who: The Crooked Bone Boys, Esper "the Conflagration" Jones, and you!
Where: All over the high seas!
When: Tuesday, March 24th
What: Fighting, fire, winning, losing, and a whole lot of smack talk.
Warnings: Just your usual potential battle-type violence.
Style: Any!
Status: Open!

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[It happened surprisingly fast. The powder wasn't so bad for Robin, since she could see what was coming from a different vantage point and got rid of the ojos fleur from Luffy's face the very instant the bomb exploded, but she was close enough and the net large enough that it fell on her, too. She couldn't even struggle to get out.

So now here they are, hands cuffed behind their backs with this world's seastone and summarily tossed into a shared cage made of the same prism-flecked white metal.

It gives Robin a headache.]

Luffy? Are you alright?

[His eyes still sting and he can't see very well and also can't really rub them at all. So he tries to rub them on Robin's shoulder, though it doesn't work very well]

I'm hungry. [and whiny and weak]

What is this stuff?

Marco mentioned this world having its own version of seastone.

[Robin takes a deep breath, shifting against Luffy in the dim light, her head pounding and her fingers reaching for his below the cuffs.

Then she chuckles.]

I wonder if it'll become a regular thing? Being stuck in a seastone cage with you.

[just groans and flops over sideways, resting his head on her lap though there's not much room to do so and he can't bend as easily and see very well and the not seeing is getting worse and he is hungry. But at least Robin's lap is soft]

I wanna be stuck with you without the seastone. [because it makes him feel gross. He shifts onto his back and tries to get his feet up the ceiling to push at it but it's tough]

Wonder what they want us for.

[Or... he can flop in her lap, that works too.]

We all have bounties on our heads, and yours is larger than most.

Or perhaps they simply hold a grudge.

[Robin continues shifting, trying different ways to see if her hands will slip through.]

The others will be along shortly. I'm sure this won't last long.

Jerks. [though he doesn't really care about the why even though he asked. He notices her shifting and guesses she's trying to get them off]

Maybe I can bite through 'em.

[shuffs to his side and tries this technique on the bars of the cage...But only ends up sliding down with his head wedged between Robin's knees and the bars. His stomach growls and he glares into the hold that is weirdly dark and full of wavy lines as his eyes sting]

LET ME OUT I'M HUNGRY!

[It seems, for a moment, as if someone has heard Luffy's demands. The lock on the hatch clanks open and bright light from above filters in to the brig. There's a shuffling, and voices, and the clink of Annuler chains. And then Sanji and Zoro are there, deposited without ceremony in the cage with Luffy and Robin.]

[Well then.]

[Robin grins, though it feels like her chest is constricting.]

Thought you'd drop in on the party, did you?

[She scrutinizes them as best she can in the renewed dimness, trying to assess their injuries.]

[Give him a second, he's busy snarling at the shitheads that dragged them over here, trying to lash out with his legs no matter how ineffective it might be. He lands right on his injured side when they're tossed in and grimaces, teeth clenching around any shitty sounds that try to escape him. Then Robin-chan's lovely voices hits him and he cranes his head back and around to look at her, a bright (if somewhat dazed and kind of out it) smile spreading over his face.]

Robin-chwan! [He gives a short, amused laugh that's slightly tinged with something darker.] Heh, well we didn't want you guys having all the...fun.

[Sanji's own voice is a lot weaker than it should be because he's not in the best shape -- mostly because of the goddamn handcuffs linking he and Zoro together. He's also got a gunshot wound in his left shoulder, though the black material of his coat might hide a lot of the blood at first, not to mention they recently took an extended dip in the ocean. There are more grazes and slashes up and down his arms, too, and the shirt underneath his coat is torn and stained red. His pants are also ripped in places, but there's nothing too serious going on down there.]

[Fortunately for them, Zoro manages not to land right on Sanji, though he does collapse onto his knees right next to him. He's got a nice new bruise under his scarred eye where someone thought it would be brilliant to punch him when he struggled, and cuts along his arms and thighs, but he seems to be in slightly better shape than Sanji. Slightly. Aside from being pissed as hell and gasping as if he'd just run three marathons and then swam a fourth. His swords are missing.

He looks up as he realizes who's in there with them, and his heart sinks even further, his eye darkening angrily.]

Shit.

[Now that he has a moment, though, he pushes Sanji over onto his back and pulls the bandanna off his left arm, so he can at least knot it around that bleeding shoulder. Won't do any of them any good to have him bleed to death.]

[oh hi, guys! He's glad more people have decided to join them. There isn't a whole lot of room here but he turns over onto his stomach, half lying on Robin's lap to rest his chin on Sanji's leg and patching him up. He notices Zoro's swords missing, too, which means these guys are going to get their butts massively kicked because those swords are important to him.]

Zoro... Sanji...

[raises his head a little to look at them both]

Did you bring any food?

[Robin and Luffy's hands are still cuffed behind them, nullifying their abilities and most movement. Robin schools her features into a cheery mask of calm, though her eyes are worried.

Sanji needs help, and fast.

Zoro needs his swords back.

Luffy, please.

And they all need to get out of this cage before their ship is destroyed and their nakama taken hostage as well.]

[What a puzzle.]

[Her brows furrow, beginning to think it over.]

And do either of you know how to pick a lock?

[Just grunts as Zoro pushes him over, but he's too tired to argue with him in any way and just lets him do what he wants. His eyes widen at Luffy's question and then an irritated expression dashes across his face.]

Ah...fuck. I brought you a shitty bento but it's probably shark food by now. Think it was still on the other ship when it exploded. Dammit, what a waste!

[Grumbles to himself, before glancing back to Robin.]

...Could probably figure it out.

[for his part, he shakes his head.] Nope. Never learned shit like that.

[satisfied with his first aid, he sits back with a huff and looks all around. The other two don't have use of their hands at all, and he's guessing the cuffs are the same as the one binding him to the cook.]

You guys okay?

Mmmmmmmmmm

THIS SUCKS! I'M HUNGRY!

[rolls around back and forth]

Oh well.

[shifts to rest his cheek on Zoro's less bony and more comfortable leg and goes to sleep. Didn't even get his five hours. Rude jerks.]

[Robin inclines her head toward Sanji, her hair up in a half ponytail.]

There wasn't much time this morning, so I used bobbypins to touch up my hair. If you can use one to get me out, I can pick the other locks.

[Wow okay gosh NEXT TIME HE WON'T LOSE TRACK OF YOUR DAMN LUNCH WHEN HE'S BEING SHOT AT LUFFY SHEESH. Huffs. Robin-chan's hair is so pretty, though, all long and dark and sleek and she's definitely saying something important to him so friggin' focus up and pay attention, man, damn.

Sanji actually wishes he didn't know what a shitty bobby pin was, but they sure had plenty of the things back on Momoiro Island. ...Though, probably he knew what it was before that, but that's where his brain just went anyway. Ergh.

—Right, sitting up now. With effort. And wincing.]

Yeah, sure, let's try it.

[He reaches for Robin-chan's hair and absolutely doesn't marvel at how soft it is or run his fingers through it or anything like that, nope! Just gently tugs the bobby pin free and gets distracted watching as her hair spills over her shoulders.

...Ahem.]

'Kay, turn around.

[chillin' over here, arms folded, squinting through the bars in search of his swords. Those assholes had to have left them in the brig somewhere.]

[There may be a brief distraction as a bubble containing an enemy pirate smashes against the side of the cage. The poor mook groans from the impact, but the force does not shake his gooey prison loose. He turns and looks his prisoners in the eye. Good, all accounted for still. Now if he could just get out of this thing and take care of this damn mer--

Keimi bashes into the side of the bubble with the full force of her athletic tail, sending the slippery bubble crashing over the side of the ship. Don't worry, the bubble will keep him from drowning, so long as he doesn't find a way to pop it.

The young mermaid drops to the floor, panting hard. She's looking a bit beat up, some cuts and bruises on her arms and face, but a familiar-looking green fabric is keeping her in better shape than she should be.]

Ah, hey... everyone. What are you doing in that cage?

[Robin shakes her head a little to settle things after Sanji picks the bobby pin out of her hair, and is in the process of turning around when Keimi's bubble smashes into their Annuler cage.]

It's made of something like seastone.

[That's really all she needs, right? The rest ought to be rather obvious.]

We could use some keys. And Zoro's swords.

[She glances at Luffy.]

And some meat.

You didn't come alone, did you?

[Don't be fooled, she's glad to see the little mermaid out and about. Please don't get caught!]

Meat?

[wakes up at that word, half asleep but his face is a little something like

so, sorry Zoro's pants.

He crawls forward, trying to push his face through the bars of the cage, his tongue hanging out. Kind of like a zombie of meaty love]

Keiimiii, did you bring meaaaaat?

Keimi-chan!!

[Ahhh he wants to go out there and help her! Not that she particularly seems to need it, look at her being all fierce and awesome...

A sharp twinge in his shoulder pulls his attention away as he cringes, but Robin-chan's on top of things. He lets her do the talking and scoots back slightly to angle himself behind her where he can get to work on trying to pick the lock on her handcuffs.

Can't be that hard, right?]

C'mon you stupid, shitty thing. Work.

[Ah, there! ...Maybe. Did that do it?]

[ew Luffy get off. Zoro shoves him away and shifts toward Keimi, though he can't move far due to the other end of his tether being occupied with the whole lock-picking thing]

Keimi! See if you can find my swords. Those assholes dropped them off somewhere around here, I didn't see where. If I only had them, I could cut us free.

[drops his eye for a moment] I could cut my hand off and get out of these damn cuffs.

N-no, sorry I didn't bring any-- No Zoro-chin you aren't doing that! I'm not giving you your swords back if you're going to go cutting yourself up.

[Still, she's not strong enough to break the cages on her own, she'll have to improvise something.]

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