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[hiken]

Who: The Spade Pirates
Where: Nuevo Empieza, an unnamed Military Base
When: 11/29 - 12/1
What: The Spade Pirates fall into a trap
Warnings: V for Violence, R for possible gore
Style: Action!
Status: Closed to Spade Pirates and anyone on Nuevo Empieza

The comments below are going to represent focal points during this plot!

Comments

11/29

[hiken]

[Exploring Nuevo Empieza!

The Navy will immediately know the moment the crew reaches shore, so within three or four hours, they'll have a half dozen ships geared. Halfway through the day, those ships will close in on the island. Towards the early afternoon, the soldiers will start hunting down the Spade Pirates.]

[fierybluebird]

All right, listen up punks!

[Directs and points which way to go.] Left flank, right flank, straight ahead. We'll try to send them scattering, don't separate from your divisions, got it?

[Feel free to completely ignore these directions, most of the Whitebeard pirates always did and Ace was the worst of them about it.]

[hiken]

Hmph. [Ace stood in the middle of the gangway, sizing up his dagger and axe, wondering if he had time to sharpen them.]

They picked a weird place for an ambush. With those wide streets, we'll see them coming from a hundred different places.

[fierybluebird]

[He shakes his head.] It means they're up to something. The Sun's probably in danger, but they won't expect us to attack back, they'd expect us to just run.

[hiken]

Yeah, you're right. The real danger is gonna be if I have to fight close to it, though. I'm gonna make sure I stay the furthest out so I have less to worry about.

[And, because obviously, he wants to make sure he's the last one back on the ship.]

[fierybluebird]

Ace. The captain leads, if you splinter, so will everyone else.

[hiken]

...Tcch. Fine, who's in my group? We're definitely switchin' to make sure we're goin' the furthest out, though!

[fierybluebird]

You'll be in the center then. We'll go straight ahead, be loud and explosive, and try to draw in any of the others around.

And Ace? I'll be there so if you screw up I'll kick your ass. [From Captain to rookie in ten seconds flat, feels nice, right Ace?]

[uccellodifuoco]

I give them points for choosing to keep an eye on this island, but they lose them all for bad picking of when and where to attack.

[What's that about divisions? Ikki doesn't know what that is.]

[fierybluebird]

Maybe, but the hill doesn't mean much so long as they remain between us and the sea.

[uccellodifuoco]

You say that as if they are going to remain there for long.

[fierybluebird]

[A tight grin.] Don't get too cocky. I've dealt with too many marines to start underestimating them now.

[But he kind of agrees with you there.]

[uccellodifuoco]

I'm not cocky, but they are going to have to kill me if they want to remain there. And that's not an easy task even for a god.

[Certainly he's not underestimating them, but he doubts that they are truly prepared to fight them as efficiently as they could. Chances are they are just mildly prepared or maybe just thinking that they are going to face normal pirates, not guys made of fire, guys who can heal themselves, and what not.]

11/29

[lonelygod]

Early on in the day, the Doctor heads off into town, well before the Navy starts to arrive. He's been holed up for a while now, working on some big project that he's not really willing to talk about to anyone yet. And it's not like he's worried about military action against the Spades. It's not like 'ambush' is the first thing to cross his mind.

He can be found poking through shops, carrying with what essentially appears to be junk that he's collecting. Beads, glass, jewelry, and other assorted odds and ends.

As the day wears on, he's pretty oblivious to the possibility of an ambush, but then...he hasn't really got the look of a pirate, now does he?

[hiken]

"Watchin' you work kind of makes me wish I knew more about science," Ace spoke up, manifesting from a light bulb, which exploded and sprayed out a few sparks. Those sparks quickly burst into a small fire, which he stood up out of. Ace, raising his right hand, snuffed out the flame trickling on the wall with his will alone.

Regarding the Doctor with a grin, he knew to stay out of the way.

"So, what're you workin' on today?"

[lonelygod]

The Doctor blinked for a moment as the light bulb suddenly produced an Ace, and he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Normally that would've drawn a series of whats from him, but months with the prankster had accustomed him to strange goings on.

"Today? Well...I'm working on making a time anomaly detector. It's not perfect but it'll go ding if there's something weird going on with time."

[hiken]

"I see. Though, I don't get what could be weird with time," Ace said, confirming the fact that dimensions weren't a thing he understood, though he was clearly curious. Overlooking what the Doctor had found, Ace began suddenly rummaging through his pockets for some of the small things he had stolen away from the city of interest. Mostly, he just liked novelty items and things that qualified as souvenirs.

"I found a bunch of things," He started, looking over what he dumped on the table. "Anything good?"

[lonelygod]

"Has it never struck you as odd that Sora just...returned to life like that? Or that we're never more than a few days from where we started?" He can't help but give Ace a skeptical look at that. And the pile of junk, but there are some useful things in there.

"Well, yeah. These little metal chains, they're great. Always useful, little chains. And spoons. Oh spoons are good. And so are these little glass beads. You can never have too many of these."

[hiken]

Thinking on it a moment, Ace drew his hands into his pockets for something else. He pulled out a 'watch' with three glass spheres attached. In each glass sphere, there was a compass spinning on a floating ball, each one constantly turning in different directions. Occasionally, they would get stuck and point to the ground.

He shrugged, figuring his New-World Log Pose would be a suitable sort of answer.

"That's a log pose made for the New World. It's set to distinguish between a ton of different magnetic fields all at once and discern the intensity of strength in them so you can navigate on the Grand Line," He repeated it verbatim, though it wasn't a textbook line-read. Ace knew exactly how the Pose worked and how it best functioned. He didn't need to carry it either, but it didn't hurt. He checked it everywhere they went, to see if it would be useful.

"Stuff like this is normal, where I come from," He continued, eyes focusing on the needles. "If a friend comes back to life, that's weirder than normal, but still. If I question everything, I'll use up all my good words for when they really matter."

11/29

[vysecaptain]

[Not long before the Navy arrives in person, Vyse can be found wandering around town. He looks a bit different than normal, having detached the bottom parts of his sleeves and removed his eyepatch in an effort to make himself look a little less...piratey.

Not that it helps too much when he's stealing at least half of the items he's buying from the shops. An unused candle or two here, a few interesting-looking metal objects there.]

[hiken]

[Ace made little noise as he followed Vyse with a can of beans and a spoon, watching what his crewmate had been interested in taking from the city. His own wares hadn't been much, but he had definitely stowed away a ton of the canned food he found. Food in cans hadn't been new to him, but it was such a commodity that he was still amazed all the same. Not having to salt it to keep it fresh made food better, he thought.]

Ah. I forgot. You should tell me if you see any snail transponders. [He said, his mouth full of beans.]

[vysecaptain]

[Food in cans is something Vyse is mostly unfamiliar with. Metal trash cans and cans of oil, yes, but he's far more used to seeing food that's either fresh or contained in barrels or crates of some sort. With the exception of drinks, they usually come in bottles.

He hadn't noticed Ace following him until he spoke up, startling Vyse.]

H-huh? Uh...hi cap'n, where'd you come from?

[Also eying your can of beans curiously.]

Tell you if I see what?

[hiken]

[Slosh slosh went the beans. Ace's eyes sort of rolled to the sky in deep thought. That's where his thoughts were--up in the clouds where he couldn't reach them.]

Well, snail transponders. Maybe you guys don't use 'em? They can be used for long and short-wave communication.

[Ace added another spoonful of beans to his mouth, continuing.]

...And, they're actual snails.

[vysecaptain]

[And this is why Vyse secretly thinks his captain is completely nuts sometimes.]

Never heard of 'em.

[His world has just barely mastered short-distance radio broadcasts.]

What do they look like?

[hiken]

Snails. [Ace blinked slowly, not realizing that it could have been less obvious.]

Well, snails whose shells open up and transponders come out.