Avast, Mateys!

[highseasmods]

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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Comments

[yourotherleft]

[Zoro had managed to keep a path clear, so the railing was really the only obstacle in the way. He doesn't even have time to sheath any of his swords, he just stumbles and forges onward, close enough to the cook to keep from stretching the chain, and leaps on command.

The ocean hits them with as much force as the explosion going off behind them, taking his breath away and forcing Zoro to clench his jaw hard so he doesn't lose the sword. Everything is heavy - his pants, his boots, the sayas at his hip, the chain, the cook. At least his body's desperate need for air keeps him kicking until he can surface again, breaking the water with a snarl and a cough. He swallowed too much seawater, he's really got to remember to put the swords away before jumping.

But first...]

...cook?

[serving_love]

[He's a few seconds behind Zoro, but it's probably actually a good thing he's chained to him in this case -- if Zoro didn't sink, then there's no way Sanji could. Still, he refuses to leave all the work to the other man and kicks as hard as he friggin' can to reach the surface again. It's hard because that explosion rocks the sea around them, making the water choppy and the waves powerful.

But he surges out of the water eventually, hacking and gasping for breath. His legs keep moving, fighting to keep him above the surface, but they feel like two shitty weights dragging him down and his left arm is all but useless. Trying to tread water with it is a bitch, and he blindly reaches for Zoro with his other arm, hand grasping at his shoulder. More seawater splashes into his mouth and fuck, for the first time in his life there's a faint worry lurking in the back of his head that his legs are going to fail him.]

Z-Zoro. [Weakly pushes some wet hair out of his face, looking at the other man.] You okay?

[yourotherleft]

Yeah. [and relieved to hear him speak. He can tell things are going from bad to worse, even if the sea was their only option.] Y'know, aside from feeling like I've never trained a day in my life.

[Under the water, he shifts his grip on Shuusui and slides it into a saya, any saya, doesn't even care if it's the right one. Finally, one hand free! His left arm curls around Sanji to keep him afloat, at least as far as the chain will allow. Wadou gets sheathed next, but he can't even reach Kitetsu with his other hand. He'll just have to cling to it for now. Bits of busted-up ship are floating by in the water, so he keeps an eye out for one to haul himself onto.]

Nice move, but now we gotta get ourselves out of the water. You're not gonna last with that shoulder.

[totally trying to keep the concern out of his tone, and probably failing. It looks bad, and a dousing in seawater can't possibly be good for it]

[serving_love]

[It's not, it's just making it sting all the more, but it's okay. 'Tis but a scratch. Just a flesh wound. He's fine.]

I'm fine!

[See?

Though he sags into Zoro even as he says it and hates himself for it. He doesn't want to put any unnecessary weight on him.]

Just...find Merrily. Here—

[It didn't escape his notice that Zoro was only able to sheath two swords. Since Sanji's injured arm is already under water, he feels around, searching for the hilt or even the blade.]

Lemme help, hand it over. I won't drop it.

[He can at least manage to get it within Zoro's reach.]

[yourotherleft]

[shush, cook, he'll take on any and all weight necessary to keep them both alive. He can feel that hand bumping against his knuckles and turns his hand so the blade is facing away.]

Here. You got it. Right there.

[he still doesn't uncurl his fingers until he can feel that Sanji has a hold of the hilt, mainly because it's Kitetsu - the cursed sword doesn't just give its trust to anyone. Good, now he has use of his arms as well, though they're already cramped from exertion, right down to his fingers.

A toss of his head lets him look around. Hm, burning ship over there, that's not it. There's another ship very nearby, and Zoro could almost swear he just saw bubbles and lightning. The girls were supposed to be protecting Merrily, so that must be Merrily - never mind that he ought to know the figurehead and flag on sight but nooo he's paying attention solely to the fight activity on deck.]

...shit. Keimi and Lorelai are fighting. We gotta get over there.

[he has no energy at all to swim, but swim he does, keeping one arm around Sanji to pull him along. Like hell if he's going to let some stupid chain send them to an undignified and watery grave.]

[serving_love]

[Curls his fingers around the hilt and squeezes it good and tight. Complain all you want, you shitty arm, Sanji ain't letting go. He starts to bring Kitetsu around, hoping to pass it off to his other hand so Zoro can take it from there, but then Zoro goes and mentions the girls and say what now?

Sanji's head snaps up, a new fire burning in his eyes.]

Keimi-chan is—and Lorelai-chan—what?!

[Oh look, a sudden magical burst of energy!

...Though it's nothing like when his usual burning passion is ignited, but at least it's something. It fuels him on, makes his kicks a smidge stronger, makes him grit his teeth that much harder.]

Let's go, we can't let those assholes damage the ship! The ladies'll do their shitty best but we gotta help!

[yourotherleft]

[Argh, stop thrashing, cook, you're making this harder than it has to be...]

Calm down, I'm swimming as fast as I can! Put Kitetsu away for me, I'll handle the rest.

[so he says, but any energy from Sanji is clearly a big help. Zoro strikes out for the rear deck of the ship ahead of him, which sits just at the waterline, not even thinking about whether it's Merrily that has a deck like that. The girls are definitely fighting there, so that's where they have to be.]

[serving_love]

[But his ladies!!!! Hmph. Fine. Sanji grumbles a bit, but arguing -- and even talking, really -- requires too much effort.

...Here's hoping he doesn't poke Zoro in the leg or some shit while he tries to sheath the sword.

Nah, he'll manage.

Luckily he's too distracted, both by doing that and by watching the various attacks going on above them, to pay attention to the ship... Also, you know, the lack of strength, feeling lightheaded, probably a decent amount of blood loss (since he doesn't usually go around losing shitty gallons of it like some people), all of this COMBINED means he's actually pretty out of it right now and is struggling to keep the blackness at the edges of his vision from taking over.

Nnngh.]

[yourotherleft]

[Zoro doesn't need haki to tell that Sanji is fading, and doubles his efforts as best he can. They'll be really damn lucky if the blood in the water doesn't attract sharks. Maybe they'll go for the survivors from the other ship...

He gets them to the rear deck and waits for a wave to wash them up high enough to grab onto the railing, so he can just haul them both over it at once. Only with his reduced strength, that doesn't quite go so well. He gets Sanji over, and then the pitching of the ship in the waves takes him out of reach, smacking his face against the rail and then leaving him dangling at the other end of the damn chain for a moment before another wave pushes him back up so he can at least get his arms around the railing. Needless to say, it's a comedy of pathetic errors before they can actually consider themselves safe on the deck. Just through that door, then they can go up to give a hand...

...only when the door opens, there's a collection of enemy pirates on the other side, just waiting to take them prisoner. Oops. This is not Merrily at all.]

[serving_love]

[Hits the deck with an oomph and a wince, then just lies there on his back for a moment, trying to catch his breath. The tugging on his arm tells him that Zoro's still having some difficulty getting over, and he tries to help, wrapping both hands around the chain and pulling hard, but it's probably mostly the wave and Zoro's own attempts that get him over the shitty railing.

But once he's there, Sanji collapses backwards again and lets his head thunk backwards off the deck.

It's possible he might pass out for JUST A SECOND OKAY because the next time he blinks his eyes open, they're suddenly surrounded.

By the enemy.

Which is about when Sanji remembers that Merrily doesn't even have a fucking rear deck like this.

........So he laughs. Can't help it. Ahhhh, his stupid dumbass marimo. Though this is partly his fault, too. Mah, well, let them think they have some kind of victory here. Sanji can still see the attacks from Keimi-chan and Lorelai-chan up above, and Celestia-san could probably just blink at all these fuckers and take them out somehow.

Plus Luffy's still out there somewhere with Robin-chan.

OR SO HE THINKS, until they wind up tossed into a cage right next to the pair.

Goddammit.]