Just Gotta Keep Sailin The Quartz

[allendsmeat]

Who: Straw Hat Pirates, possible Bloody Roses Pirates
Where: Sailing log from 7/7- 7/10, Isla de Quarzo Rosa 7/10-7/12
What: The first leg of the race
Warnings: The usual
Status: Semi-open to the Bloody Roses.



Pls date your threads.

Bloody Roses, how close we're sailing is up to you guys though probably not enough to just casually swing over without some ability. However, feel free to come encounter us at any time on the island!

Straw Hats, enjoy the veggie rain! Also remember our NPC pirates are Mama's Bone Boys who will attack us intermittently throughout the journey and send spies on board. Let's save the major boss battles til the finale, though, shall we? But otherwise, have fun!

Comments

[crankyshark]

[even after listening to Brooke and Luffy and giving a tiny chuckle at Brooke's silly
joke, all kinds of suspicions ran through his mind. What if this friendliness was only a front to get people to lower their guard? What if he got captured? How was he going to explain that to his crew? Why did they seem so completely unbothered by his bizarre appearance? Those hesitating thoughts and many more tried to convince him not to go, but with another look up at Luffy, he ignored those thoughts. There wasn't even a hint of guile in that guy's eyes. Brooke didn't have any eyes but.., he got a similar vibe from the skeleton]

[besides, he'd learned to trust his instincts in his world and they almost always served him well. They could say all the friendly things in the world and make all kinds of promises and he still wouldn't believe them if he got an instinctual sense he was being tricked. But he got no such sense here... Every bit of him was telling him these two were fully genuine]

Well, ok.... Just for a bit.

[using the claws on his hands and feet, he climbed up the side of the ship until he could reach Luffy. He cautiously looked him in the eye one more time briefly before reaching up to grab his hand (hopefully the one he was not picking his nose with) and accept his help.]

[fortyfivedegrees]

[Brook smiled his smile as Thash climbed up the side of the Merrily and made his own way up the rope he'd climbed down on; however upon reaching the side of the deck, he relearned one of the drawbacks to being so lanky. As he swung a leg over the side, his other foot caught the rope and it managed to loop itself around his leg. He gave it a sharp pull as he tried to get himself on deck, but the rope held fast and he was sent crashing to the deck floor hard enough to detach his head from his neck, sending the skull rolling across the deck.]

Um...some assistance please? I seem to have gotten ahead of myself~ Yohohohoho~!!

[allendsmeat]

Mmm [helps Thash on board and goes to help Brook] You gotta keep yourself together better. [gives him his head back] It's gonna get pretty dangerous, you know.

[crankyshark]

[once he was in board, he looked towards Brooke just in time to see his head rolling across the deck.]

What the..?! [His eyes widened and he barely managed to keep his mouth from falling open. Brooke could lose his head and just keep talking?! That was beyond amazing. He watched as Luffy casually picked the talking skull up and gave it back to Brooke. Once he was able to get over the incredible strangeness of the situation, he realized the joke Brooke had made and laughed a little but behind a webbed hand]

You guys are funny... And I mean that in a good way.

[it was certainly a pleasant change of pace from his own dry and rather dark sense of humor]

[fortyfivedegrees]

[Brook's body took hold of the head and placed it back on the spine with a snap, his jaw coming down at everything reconnected with minimal effort.]

Indeed, perhaps I haven't been drinking enough milk as of late, without enough calcium I just fall to pieces!

[Brook gave a laugh, but noticed that despite feeling like he was standing the right way...all he was seeing was the open ocean. It could have just been some initial disorientation with having his head recently reattached, so he didn't think too much on it and simply turned around to face Luffy and Thash.

To him, nothing seemed out of place. To the two pirates he was facing, the would see that he'd put his head on the wrong way.]

Yohoho, I'm glad to see you're enjoying yourself! However, I'm afraid I am still unaware of your name.

[He probably wasn't going to notice his mistake for a while on his own, anyone wanna take bets on if he'd figure it out himself?]

[allendsmeat]

Hahaha Funny? You think so? [something is weird about Brook but he can't really figure it out. That's fine though]

Were we gonna play stuff? Should I get my cymbals? [he put them in the hold somewhere and it would be awesome to use them again]

[crankyshark]

[he heard Brooke ask for his name but couldn't reply for a moment- he was too busy suppressing a laugh at Brooke's little mix up] oh, right, hahah.... Im Thash.

[he glanced towards Luffy as he mentioned getting some cymbals] oh, so you can play a bit of music too huh? I listened to Brooke for a while and I'm impressed. He doesn't miss a beat and his voice blends really well with his music, yet it's strong enough to be easily understandable.

[he looked back towards Brooke] are you going to go back and play some more? That's fine, but if you start walking as you are now...I'm afraid you'll be headed in the wrong direction. [there was his own little attempt at lighthearted humor]

[fortyfivedegrees]

Ara?

[Brook looked down and noticed that indeed, his rear end was facing the absolutely wrong direction from where it should have been.]

Oh my, how embarrassing!

[The skeleton took hold of his head and with a quick jerk, snapped it back into place with a loud crack before turning around, feeling properly oriented once more, though at Thash's praise, he put his hands to his cheeks and began to sway back and forth.]

Of course I could play more, but any more praise and I might blush!

[allendsmeat]

Hahaha I can't play music at all! Brook plays it. I just smash them together. [glances at Brook]

Wanna do a dancing one?