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

[alovingheart]

[She stands as well.] Sure! Think it's stopped raining food yet?

[allendsmeat]

Hahah looks like!

[the crow's nest has windows but it looks pretty clear out there for now.]

Come on!

[he opens the hatch at the bottom and makes his way down the ladder]

[alovingheart]

[She hesitates for a second, looking down at her skirt. Well... it looks like it's the only way down, so...

Her thought process concludes with what is basically a mental shrug, and she heads down the ladder without really caring all too much if anyone down below on the deck could see her bloomers because. Well. They're bloomers. And these are pirates, not dignitaries from other kingdoms that she needs to impress.

Likely they'll be seeing her in bloomers or possibly even trousers at some point in the future anyway.]

[allendsmeat]

[he sees them briefly and isn't entirely sure why she's wearing pants under a dress but it doesn't matter. He jumps back and lands on deck.] This way.

[and he'll wait til she's down until he shows her the most important room on the ship. Come see the galley!]

Isn't it great?! Shishishi.

[Sanji was probably in the bathroom or something because the galley is empty except for a glass jug of tea]

By the way, are you any good with locks? [staring at the one on the fridge for no particular reason whatsoever]

[alovingheart]

[She skips the last few rungs and drops down easily, looking fairly proud of herself when she doesn't even so much as sway or lose her balance. But she doesn't celebrate long, because now she's following Luffy to the galley.]

Locks? Well... I, uh, I used to try picking them when I was younger, but... [Usually the kitchen pantry. Occasionally rooms in odd wings of the castle she'd been super curious about. (Never a room that people were occupying, though. If a room that was occupied was locked, it meant they didn't want you around. Unoccupied rooms were totally fair game though when you're like ten and have nothing better to do but explore every inch of the castle.) She hadn't always been successful in her lock-picking endeavors, but on occasion, she had.]

...Couldn't you just ask someone to open it for you, though? I mean... You are the captain.

1/2

[allendsmeat]

Yeah I can but they don't wanna do that. [arm fold] It's definitely a problem.

[there's meat in there he can't get. booo.]

[allendsmeat]

Well, nevermind. This way!

[out of the galley now and lightly jogging to the other side of the ship, absently dodging a small hail of brussel sprouts]

[alovingheart]

[She thinks it's a little odd that his own crew won't open something when he wants it open, but... Well, whatever the reason for that is, she'll probably find out eventually now that she's part of his crew.

Anna follows him quickly, and isn't quite as successful while dodging the vegetables - she gets one stuck in her hair very briefly and has to shake it out before continuing.] Ugh-- So where are we going now?

[allendsmeat]

Here! [he opens the door and goes in. It used to be a store room but now it's kind of a sitting room. There are small couches and some books and a fish tank with some fish swimming around.

A very tiny pink elephant is resting on one of the couches, giving them a dirty look and feel free to play with the grumpy palm sized thing while Luffy presses his face to the aquarium glass]

Yoo, Army! Are you sleeping?

[alovingheart]

[Anna takes a peek inside before following him in, doing a 360 turn to look at everything. She stops at the tiny pink thing and tilts her head slightly. That was rather unusual. She'll head over to it, pausing for a moment to look back at Luffy, a smile returning to her face as she watches him press his face against the aquarium.]

Who's Army? Also... what in the world is this thing? [She points down at the elephant as she's standing at the couch it's resting on.]

[allendsmeat]

This is Army. [gestures to the mottled octopus that's climbing up Luffy's arm from the tank. It waves a tentacle as if in greeting]

That's Trunks. I guess she's a elephant but there are a lot of them there. She can blow bubbles when she's in a good mood or if you poke her on the butt enough-- but then she gets grumpy.

[alovingheart]

Oh, it's an octopus! I've never actually seen one before. Except in books. Same with elephants, but I'm pretty sure most of them are supposed to be pretty big. So they're both from around here?

[allendsmeat]

Yeah there was this pretty cool island with a whole bunch of weird animals. They weren't all grumpy though.

[holds out the octopus]

Watch!

[and the skin color shifts and changes so that at the end, the octopus has more or less copied Anna's face]

[alovingheart]

[That's... Actually a little bit disturbing. Immediately she takes a step back, and, well, she's not really sure what to say about it.] Oh, that's, uhm. I didn't-- I didn't know they could do that...

[allendsmeat]

Yeah. It's cool right? He can do others too. [a few of the tentacles wrap around his wrist and pretty soon the octopus is a copy of his grinning face]

I bet Robin could teach him to read and then we could talk to him since Chopper's not here.

[alovingheart]

[She laughs a little. While she was initially shocked and disturbed, it's probably something she'll get used to, as she does with most things.] Well, it's certainly an unusual talent.

Chopper? Is that someone from your home?

[allendsmeat]

Yeah he's our doctor. [he holds the octopus and wishes he could draw him so that Army could copy him] He's really cool...

[Luffy misses him a lot. And Usopp. And Franky]

Maybe he'll come here and you can meet him.

[alovingheart]

[She can't help but smile fondly. Luffy seems friendly and kind, talkative in a way that doesn't annoy her but definitely keeps things from being boring, and oddly charismatic in a way that seems very unique to him. And she can tell that he misses who he's talking about.]

I hope so... I think that would be nice.