Lacey and the Goblet of Fire [Jail Break!?]

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It was slowly becoming evening and the tides were starting to roll back into the beaches of Port West, bringing with them a bound, seemingly lifeless body. Lacey was of course that body, she had luckily found herself washed up on the shore after the ship transporting her to Impel Down was met with a messy end. The girl, now out of the water began to come around a little, coughing up the water she inevitably swallowed, unfortunately with her mouth shut tight with the wire, the salty water blasted from her nose in a painful manner. Once able, she pushed herself up in the sand and looked out over the sea, the realisation that she was finally free sinking in, sitting there she began to just giggle loud as she could given her oral situation. She slowly pushed herself to her feet, stumbling back a little as she continued to giggle merrily.

”Free, finally! Haha! Seven long years… I will pay them back tenfold! Prepare yourselves for me, marines!”

First thing was first though, she would need to be released from her sea stone hell, the wires sewn into her mouth played that role, some sort of genius plan by a sick scientist a few years back after Lacey became quite good at talking ineptly and rambling about nothing to no one. She looked down at her feet and huffed, with the sea stone in place she would be fine and all but she would need to have the wires removed away from wood, the second it wasn’t touching her body, she would revert back to instability regarding wood so shoes were something she would need to think about.
Now on her weakened legs, she took the time to check out the area, she could clearly see she was on a part of the island cut from a town, no ships could be seen coming or going, she would need to walk and that was going to take a while. She shuffled herself along the golden sands, talking to herself about how many different ways she could kill a marine, quite lost in the thought process she didn’t notice to much of the world around her other than the ever approaching tide.
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[Tori Tori Chopper]

Port West, an otherwise new arrival to the marine circuit within the Grand-Line. Home of many innocent townsfolk who more than welcome the marine presence in this era of pirates. With further upgrades being built onto the marine base which was already small in comparison, the marines seek to put more of a marine checkpoint upon this small town for pirates in the future to be using this route, attempting to initiate a plan such as this across every island in the grand line to ensure defence against further Pirate travellers. More recently, like many other pirates, a crew have landed on these shores never told of the new uprising marine presence in the area... And have landed themselves in a tricky situation.
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'Naaaa-na-na-na-na!~'
'C-Captain..?'
'Whaaat!? What is it!?'
'You're doing that laugh again..'

'Why didn't you say so in the first place! Assistant my ass!' A book followed the slightly shrill voice of the narrow faced marine, the much smaller man in comparison to the Captains very tall and lanky appearance ducked with a sigh before standing straight to brush off his strange butler type attire, despite the marine symbol riddling its sleeves and chest. 'T-T.. The warning has gone out again for the retrieval of the rest of the Fun-land pirates, and another notice from Impel Down has followed in regards to the small group of escapee's who might be around these W-W.... Waters...' A large exhale followed, the attempt to speak between his sudden pauses required some effort by the looks of it, the Captain who had his feet propped up on his very tall desk surrounded by mile high bookcases seemed perfectly aware of his assistants impediment. 'Eeeeh!? We still haven't collected those brightly coloured pansies!? They're idiots, get it done Private Olmes!' Another book followed, grabbed from one of the shelves by the Captains lanky arms and flung only to be dodged by a simple neck adjustment. The man exhaled, adjusting his casual suit and running his hand through his slicked back brown hair before nodding. 'Consider it done Captain Keyes.' Grabbing a note-pad from the cabinet beside the door and quickly exiting the large oval library-type office... Only to close the door just as another book slammed against it with the Captains orders to get a move on, so was the norm in the new West Port Marine base of operations.

Captain Keyes had been recently registered to the area from Enies lobby, a man with some stature if you knew your way around the marine gossip for his devil fruit ability, something which he seems to keep under lock and Keyes, or so the joke goes. Most recently or more like the moment he arrived he turned his head from the boarding boat to see a brightly coloured man prancing around the docks pretty much exclaiming his pirate ways, not to mention his Okama way of life, being the strange and frantic man that he was he instantly arrested the man himself, only to regret leaving others to capture the supposed pirates men. With a grunt all of these quite recently memories washed his mind as he spun a large decorated silver key on his desk, looking out the window to the still in construction base courtyard, and to his other side the window which revealed the small port town concealed within the natural rocky walls. He seemed to replicate locking an object on the key, the key itself remaining perfectly still and upright afterwards as he took a stand and went to follow his assistant out into the city to aid in the finding of this annoying pirate crew... Their poor and numerous attempts to return to save their captain was becoming somewhat of an eyesore, and by that he meant their vibrant clothes and over-emotional actions were just plain pissing him off for lack of a better expression. These strange men were going to get what was coming to them tonight, he would make sure of that.

'M... Ma... Mari.. Ugh..'
'Yes Private Olmes?'
'The Captain requests another scan of the shore-line.'
'We've been out there four times already Sir.'
'I know, But they can't be too hidden, they're R-.. Roo-.. Rookies after all.'

Despite his low rank, his assistant status gave him the authority around the docks, the marines who ranged in ranks definitely above his saluted, grabbing their gear for yet another look into the 'brightly coloured' boat which apparently was on this islands shores. Though other than that with the bearded mans classy attire and shades he seemed quite the authoritative figure regardless, the only thing holding him back from being the very definition of slick was his strange stutter. The man was towered by the Captains arrival, now standing he can easily be seen at about eight feet tall, and more like a stick to the more burly marines. His pointy goatee and marine style fedora disguised his otherwise creepy looking slim face, though his jacket and suit showed his rank more than anything. A small and pathetic group of colourful gentleman stood in the way of his progress, it was time to deal with it.

Meanwhile, in the enclosed Northern shores, disguising their otherwise neon projecting lights upon their boat riddles with ribbons and flags lay the Fun-land pirates in their smart hiding spot... Out in the open with a large blue sheet across one side of the ship, presuming the marines would mistake the strange looking image as anything but them, the crew partied their troubles away while they attempted to think of a means to save their beloved Captain... Little did they know that something was about to find them first.

'We can't just galavant into the base against all those marines! We wouldn't stand a chaaaance!~' a lightly dressed, long haired man with large facial features screamed with emphasis and actions, flailing his arms around almost dancing with fear, or that's what a normal person could perceive it as. 'Oh Stop it Maisy! Funshine is a respectable head-strong woman! We should have complete confidence in our Captain!' A more stern figure bellowed over the light music and dancing large crew on the deck, the elegantly clothed feminine figure stood with their thought on the matter, pointing to the crew who frolicked below. 'We are Okama pirates! Our determination and unity should be our power! Not an excuse to ignore the current situation!' The groups went silent as the music stopped, a majority of them lowering their heads in shame at the obvious concealing of their missing Captain. The dashing Okama who brought up the topic diverted her attention to a smaller crew-member, despite their excellent concealment of true genders this girl was dressed almost as royalty, her blond curly hair covering her eyes only to allow her quivering lip to be seen as she tugged on the Okama's high socks. 'Ho?~ What is it little one?' The girl stood for a moment, hardly being three feet tall though having such an effect on everyone as they mumbled and aww'd at her thinking face. She quickly skittered to the side of the ship, followed by a small group known as the Captains more notable members as one of them lifted her onto the side of the ship, the little girl pointing to someone who wandered across the beach mumbling and giggling to herself seemingly unaware of their presence.

'Such observation!'

'Well done little one!'

'I wonder who she is..?'

'Guiheehee...'

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Despite the little girls adorable laugh their attention was fixated on the oblivious newcomer who waltzed the shores beside them. 'It could be a dastardly trick at our otherwise good and welcoming natures set out by that horribly ugly man.' A much larger yet just as dressed Okama stated in a high pitched voice. 'Hm.. I'm going to check it out! Don't you try and stop me!' The others seemed to plea and gasp in shock as the tall Okama hopped from the boat and skipped over to the woman, almost tackling her with a large hug and spinning her with the use of her excellently executed twirl on her heel. 'State your identity! Immediately!' The beach wandering woman was spun off in front of the woman as she took a pose of sorts to address her seeming authority to know the answer.

'In the name of OKAMA!'

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Apologies for the length, and in advance if I can't keep to the same pace I presume you will be dishing out in the future. I've laid out a few characters as you can see, you may have control over any one you want at any time, and I'll move along with whatever ones you have not coordinated. Lacey sounds like a very interesting character in quite an interesting mission, lets see if we can make this a memorable event for your character~

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The girl was having a good old think as she continued down the beach, enjoying the sand between her toes as one does on a day at the beach, her stumbling around not being much of a problem as she went. It was surprising to her that she had been so lucky to wash up in empty area of the island, anywhere else she’d have been captured whilst she was still unconscious for sure. Not really focusing on what was around her, she was startled as a foot came and landed just in front of her own, her eyes barely even had time to widen before she was grabbed and spun around several times. Once let go of she stumbled around dizzily, giggling happily having enjoyed the ride, then placing her hand upon the shaven half of her head to steady the dizziness her emerald eyes quickly met with strangers, a wide grin on her wire sealed lips. She was about to begin her explanation but as she tried to speak, she was obviously unable too.

”An Okama? Surely not a marine, just a gay fellow on the beach. I want to ask his help, will he help? How would he? Does he live here perhaps? Maybe a ship? Could he be a pirate? So many things I need to ask, want to ask.”

The girl would jump excitedly on the spot as she tried to think of what to do, her mind raced with one question after another, she would of course have one thing in her mind though, getting this damn sea stone out of her face. Her hands rustled about the arms of her straitjacket until her hands came from little sleeve holes half way along them, the buckles of said sleeves were long to the point that they dragged on the ground, she then proceeded to raise a hand to her mouth and with two fingers made a cutting motion along her mouth, still with her silly grin. Would the Okama understand though? That was her only concern, that and the fact that if he did have a ship, she wouldn’t be able to board it without footwear. She tilted her head to one side and kept her eyes set on the Okama, waiting for some kind of reply, she wasn’t quite at full strength but it was at a level enough for her to protect herself.

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[OoC - For the time being I shall leave the NPCs up to you, see what you throw my way, but I can forsee a few times where I will need to do some stuff so, that is fine by me ^^ Sorry if my posts aren’t super long, I’m re-learning how to RP slowly but surely xD]

[Tori Tori Chopper]

'What does she want!?'
'I don't know! She's just... Has such a strange hair style.'
'I can't see from here!'
'She seems okay! I'll bring her over!'

The tall woman offered her hand, despite the strangely dressed girls little game of charades and odd piercing sense she seemed harmless enough, if not seriously needing of a wardrobe check. 'Come on dear, we'll fix you right up on our ship~' The strength of the Okama didn't really display the strength of the rookie crew, her slender figure actually packing quite a bit of muscle from it as she attempted to drag or lift the woman from her spot on the beach and escort her back to the ship, hopping back onto the deck with a cheer and applause appearing upon her return from the mysterious dangers of the beach right in front of them. 'That was so brave of you Dee!~' She bowed, placing the newcomer in in front of her. 'Ladies, we've got a serious situation here.' The group seemed to agree, gasping in unison as she scurried over, raining her with measuring tapes and fabrics before suddenly having some sort of formal attire constructed for her in mere moments. 'Nononono!~ We should respect her fashion! It's these..' The group closed in on her once more and looked curiously at the wires which riddled the girls mouth, mumbling and spreading noises of thought and even concern as they all noticed what they really were. 'I bet you it was the marines! Oh you poor thing~' The leading figure once again spoke up with a cough of attention, extending her hands as a pair of scissors was quickly placed upon it, turning to face the girl as she leaned down for a closer inspection, all of the fellow crew members faces piling up on top one another to get a look. 'Now you stay real still sweetie, this won't hurt a bit..'

'She looked starved, she's going to need some food!'
'Yes! Fetch her something to eat!'
'And I'll get her one of the wigs!'
'Betsy...'
'Sorry...'

With the sharp and precise snipping of an Okama against a legendary blade of craftsmanship, even the wires with hinted sea-stone didn't stand a chance as the majority of the restricting stems of weakness were removed from their latches. 'There you go. Now this will hurt a bit I think, but you seem like a big girl~' She said with a giggle in her voice for assurance as she began to remove the tips one by one from her lips. 'Uhm! Dee! Her feet!' She raised a brow in curiosity, looking down to see the area around the girls feet seemed to be slowly catching fire. 'Gasp! The woman is cursed!' A voice came from a behind observant, leaving the group to leap away from her at the mere words. Dee, so she was called, shook her head at her fellow Okama's actions, placing the bundle of wires she had removed into small arcs, before pinning them back into the girls ears with expert ear piercing. Taking a cloth and patting out the flames which seemed to also burn her sandles in the process, the woman shook her head before motioning for an object, one the Okama's skittering over with a chair as the girl was pushed down onto it. Concern flowed through the group as the little girl waddled over to the newcomer, and with a strange blank face she sat beside her leg and began to fiddle with her hair. 'It seems our little one likes you, maybe you can help us after all..' The word passed around like Chinese whispers as Dee nodded in confidence, eventually the others went from frowns to smiles in acceptance of the idea, this may have been the person of their dreams after all.

'We've seen people like you before, able to do very strange things, Hm? Well you keep those ear-rings on unless you want to blow up the whole ship!' She said with a huff as she strolled off to look to the marine base over the small rocky landscape which sheltered them from immediate detection. 'Our Captain is up there, her poor and innocent ways got her captured, unaware of the marines which pestered this island... And alas, we are too delicate to simply retrieve her ourselves.' The crowd followed like a play, whimpering and sniffing at the thought. 'Though with your help! The Fun-Time Okama's might just be able to take out Captain back! And sail to our promised land! Eee! Just the thought of it gives me tingles!~' The crowd went from an overjoyed state the a sudden act of fear as one of their own shouted from the crows nest. 'Marines! They're coming to take us awaaay!~' The crew hopped and ran frantically around the ship for a moment only to stop in their tracks from a stomping of a high heel. 'This is her chance to prove herself!' Dee looked to the small search party which turned around the rock side, hardly 10 of them in the bunch, placing her hand on the probably seriously confused woman and pointing to the approaching combatants. 'Show us your feminine grace! Fight with me! Fight for the Okamaaaa!~' The group cheered as Dee jumped off the ship in a perfect split and pranced towards the marines as they drew their swords and approached the Okama vessel in return.

The crew-members cheering their fellow Okama on.
As well as the strange new arrival to aid her.

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The pink haired psycho wouldn’t have to wait long before a response came to her, in the distance there were voices to with the Okama replied. Now paying more attention to her surroundings, Lacey became quite aware of the ship just off the coast. The inhabitants of which didn’t seem all to threatening to her, seeming more concerned about her appearance that anything else so when it came time for it, Lacey accepted the Okama’s grabbing of her and was happily dragged along to the ship, though still a little worried about the wooden surfaces. Her grin was wide and though her laughter was muffled, you could still tell she was quite happy with the applause and cheers received as she boarded the vessel, she was quickly set upon by almost a dozen of the Okama on the boat, measuring her up for clothes one would presume, Lacey couldn’t help but wiggle around and giggle though, she was rather ticklish and would have protested if she could open her mouth, which quickly became the centre of attention as the faces of many queens were almost in contact with her own. She was completely aware of what was going to happen next and a quick look down to her feet confirmed that this was about to become pretty bad in a big way.

”Oh fuck nuggets, oh shit, oh Celestia! I need to stop them, run away, before I catch them all on fire! Beautiful, orangey fire!”

Seeing some real fire after so long was something she could get behind, sure, but not on a ship of people that were trying to help her and thus began the struggle. She tried to back up from the scissor wielding drag queen but with so many people around it was difficult to even get anywhere, she even tried to wave her hands in protest but alas her attempt were futile and before long she could feel the wires being pulled out from her lips. As the wires become totally removed, Lacey could instantly feel strength returning to her and she started to laugh out loud, that was until her ears were pierced as people noticed the flames at her feet, at least this time she could talk. She coo’d happily as she checked out her weird new piercing and was suddenly pushed onto a seat as her fires were quickly put out.

”Oh my goodness! You have no idea how irritating it is not being able to talk sorry about the floor by the way I can’t control my powers when I am in contact with wood so it just catches fire and people start hating on my I usually just laugh though but it can be dangerous when I am on a boat so can you maybe loan me some shoes? That would save your ship quite a lot of trouble I promise…” Her head snapped back and forth as she inspected the people and their ship, and caught some breath. ”Could you possibly loan me some toothpaste or mouthwash? I’ve had those wires in for years now and my mouth tastes like a thousand asses and probably smells about the same some food sounds pretty awesome too but don’t go to all that trouble for me just simple food with be fine as long as it’s better that being syringe fed stale milk but if you have some fresh milk I would like that a lot please and thank you…”

It was at that point a few Okamas ran off, maybe to fetch the things she had mentioned in her wall of speech, it had been far to long since she could let out her voice and she couldn’t be happier. A small member of the crew approached her and Lacey smiled cheerfully at her in silence, she didn’t say anything though witch was odd, one of the other Okama did come in and say though, that she must like her, that made Lacey happy because she enjoyed making friends, even more so now that she had not one in the entire world, this was the first of many, that was certain to her. It seemed she had been accepted by the crew, though it was clear they disliked how dangerous she was, the Okama that met her on the beach began to explain to her the predicament they were in, marines having captured their captain and now they couldn’t leave but were also to… frail and dainty to do it themselves. Lacey couldn’t have been any more thrilled at the prospect of killing some marines and if it worked out that she helped these nice people too, who was she to complain? It was at this point a toothbrush was given to her and she began to brush immediately, giving them a good going at as the crew became distracted by a group of marines coming up the beach, Lacey grinned as she spat the foam into a bucket nearby and got on her feet, stretching her back out a little which made an audible popping sound several times before it was done. The Okama, now known to be named Dee, took her a while to pick that up, jumped from the ship and headed out to confront the marines and was expecting Lacey to join her, she needn’t of asked twice. A pair of shoes were passed over too her and after hurriedly pulling them on she yanked at the wires now in her ears and tossed them on the ground.

”Okay ladies, this could get a little heated, be sure to stay back unless you wish to feel the burn~ Time for Lacey to kill herself a few marines!”

She cackled manically as she dove from the ship and to the beach, she then started to move quickly to catch up with Dee, not saying a word but just keeping an eye on the approaching party, unable to keep herself from laughing loudly as she did. It seemed a little silly to be stood around to long waiting for the marines to just shoot them up, but for now she felt like waiting, to see what they were planning by sending such a small amount of men to a ship full of pirates.

[Tori Tori Chopper]

'Hop~ hop~ hop~ hop~'
'W-What is he doing!? Stop, or we will open fire!'
'Hoppu~ Hoppu~'
'Dammit, get in touch with the base now! We ne- UGH!'

'Oooookama leap!' The supposed leader of the small group of marines was sent digging into the ground as his squad moved aside for the tall and muscular lady to sand board the man across a small portion of the beach and into a rock face first, the Okama's were indeed rookies, though to be in such a place in the line showed their opposition that their capture was a mistake rather than a competition of strength. The marines were going to stand no chance, the person who told them to come here knew that full well though disguised it with their strange intents and ways, portraying them as being weaklings in fancy clothes rather than explaining the full picture of the situation. 'Aaand~ Kick!' The grounded man with Sand in his shirt and rock in his face was sent spinning back into the group, following close behind with strikes of grace and elegance as each one of her challengers was sent to the ground with hardly a means to call it a battle. A few were left aside, some that Dee had done with purpose in order to see the newcomers potential despite their hopes of it being substantial enough to take this little skirmish further into the marines lair. A final pose was struck as the back hand of the Okama sent the final marine into the air and back down with a large red mark on his chin, standing straight before giving a bow to the confetti launchers and dancing ribbons upon their ship, looking back in assumption that the girl had completed the task of dealing with her three or four assigned fighters. 'Filthy pretend justice! Your little men are nothing compared to a defined woman!' Dee seemed to point to the highest tower of the new marine base which seemed to just peek over the rocky covering of the beach-side. 'Scout parties!? Enough is enough! Our Captain needs to be rescued!'

It seemed the arrival of the strange girl seemed to ignite a many times tried fuse, the announcement which bellowed maybe a little too loudly over the beach seemed almost like a signal as the Okama's behind them hopped and skipped over the boats camouflage and pranced towards the base with smiles and giggles. 'Hohohohooo~ It seems you've done quite a number on us all rather than simply being the saviour I thought you'd be.' Dee said with a strange wink before patting the half-haired woman on the head. 'Our Captain is within those walls of the small city now run by the dirt which call themselves the marines... She was only looking to start a party upon our arrival and they arrested her on the spot..' A small sniff followed, pulling a cloth from her chest and wiping her face before scrunching it to show her determination, lifting the small girl who had seemingly wiggled her way over and started pulling on her boots. 'Let us go little one! Through aid of our Fiery friend we will bring the wonders of Okama to this island!' She would have danced away were the little girl not on her shoulder flailing her arms around with an innocent giggle, the base was through the town first which was bound to be dotted with marines who kept watch for such pirates attempting to dock on the not yet fully known marine occupied port, it was going to be a tough cookie that's for sure.. But it was the final straw! Death or Die! Rock 'n Roll!~

'Uugh.. Base, come in base..'

While the Okama found their footing on the marine controlled island, a island Captain and his assistant observed the small huddle of people returning like ants from around the rocky natural guards of the town. No doubt from these being florescent ants that their marines had failed in their task, leaving the slick-suited man to have no doubt as to who was trying to contact him over his DenDen Mushi... It was only a matter of whether he wanted to know the obvious from them or not while the Captain loomed over him with a mumbling grit slipping from his mouth.

'... Y-Y-.. Yes? This is Olmes.'
'Sir!.... One of them and some strange woman with pink hair...'
'I think a lot of them have bright coloured H-Hair...'
'She isn't one of them... Ugh... We didn't stand a chance.'
'As we have seen P-Private...'

He let out a sigh, simply hanging up as the apparently grounded man continued his wimpy moans of being beaten up by manly women and their small pink haired accomplice. 'Is there a problem Olmes?' The Captain leaned inwards and in turn over him, his height causing him to nearly arch the much small man as he shook his head. 'We are going to have some C-C-.. Company it seems.' ]The Captain broke out into his strange laughter, moving to his desk from the large observatory window and pulling his sword from the chairs build in sheath, waving his hand over the still key laid to rest before as it submitted to imbalance though caught before it could make any sort of break for the table surface. 'Then we can finally deal with this menace ourselves! About time these idiotic fancy dressers stopped hiding like the sorry excuse for pirates they are!' The lanky man waltzed out of his office towards town, the assistant watching with a half-eyed glare as he began yelling at marines who stood around the courtyard, knocking them into formation and proceeding out the main-gate. 'This is Olmes.. All squads keep an eye out for some O-..Od-... Oddly dressed civilians in the town heading towards the base.' The DenDen changed expressions quickly as numerous marines responses with acknowledgement, the man slicking back his hair before walking to the door himself... Taking a large rifle propped up beside it before casually strolling towards the soon to be battlefield ready to make use of himself.

If only he had chosen to work in one of the Blues instead.
Maybe he wouldn't be in such odd situations.

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”Lacey Battle Theme“

Seems there wouldn’t be to much of a conversation, she had no reason to doubt the Okama but she still wanted to see if there was more to the story, evidently there wasn’t, no skin off her nose right? She was quite impressed with the fighting style of the Okama, even when faced with guns. Dees opponents would be her own, her decisions would decide their fate, as for the group she would tackle herself? Their fate had already been decided, eight years ago in that tiny white room. The pink haired girl dashed forwards through the sand, kicking up a cloud with every step till she came into contact with furthest forward marine on her side, she planted her heel at his feet and twisted her body so that her right arm was furthest back from her enemy, she then extended her fingers and in a flash trusted her palm forwards, hitting the solar-plexus cleanly, the man would wretch forwards before being sent stumbling backwards and falling down several feet from her position. The other four marines would look on in awe, with their rifles raised as they watched the flames on her palm flicker. ”Palm Flare~”.

”She… She’s a devil fruit user, take her down now!” One of the marines yelled as they finally became aware of their friend on the floor whose clothes were rapidly catching fire, he was clearly in to much pain to move much and as such couldn’t take off his clothes. Lacey put her arms back to her side and began to snicker hysterically as she watched her opponent burn up. ”Ke ke ke, If you want to save your friend from becoming barbequed, shouldn’t you try and save him? And I do mean, try!” She cackled even more so having taunted the men, one of whom dropped his weapon on the sand and made a dash for his comrade, seeing this, Lacey wasn’t about to stand there and allow it to happen. The mad woman charged the man with swiftness and brought him to the floor, her right hand on his face, griping tightly as he called out in pain, She made sure to let his see through the gaps in her fingers as she smiled down upon him with her iron grip, pushing his head deeper into the sand. ”Scream for me, please?” Her tone was that of a woman flirting with a man to get her way, sweet and soft, nothing like the actions going on in front of the group, the man was whining lowly as his head was being squeezed but it wasn’t enough, she tightened her grip and could feel his skull beginning to cave, at that moment her hand, once more caught fire, lighting up the mans head like something out of a marvel comic. ”That‘s a good boy.” She chuckled as his volume went way up, screaming like a pig caught in a trap, Lacey continued to crush on the mans head till she was certain he had blacked out and then got herself to her feet, facing the remaining three marines.

Wasting not a second, the pink haired girl charged forwards and attacked the nearest man with her red palm style, ”Beat Down~” She landed several blows on his body and face and sent him tumbling backwards, losing his weapon in the process and being knocked out. Her feet then picked up speed once more as she dashed for the final two and she wasted little time in disposing of the first, ”Force Palm~” she said with a grin as she slammed her hand into the mans stomach, winding him as he went flying back and into the ocean, now struggling to swim and breath at the same time. One more to go, she stood more formally as she approached the trembling man, to scared to even pull the trigger for whatever reason, idiot. She came right up to him and slapped the rifle from his hands and pressed her chest against his with a seductive grin. ”L-look after me, sempai…” She feigned a little blush as she grabbed him by the collar and pulled his face to hers, kissing him what seemed romantically as her tongue entered his unwilling mouth, that’s when it became apparent what was happening as smoke began to emanate from the mans nostrils and the gaps in the kiss, she was lighting him up inside. She pulled away from the kiss, grinning with her lips on fire, she just let the man fall to the ground and stepped over him, moving to join the Okama, licking her lips to put out the flames.

”That sure felt nice, wanted to make those bastards suffers for oh so long.” She told Dee with a grin as the group of them began to walk toward and into the town, upon arrival, Lacey would turn to the Okama’s substitute leader smiling, but with a serious look on her face. ”The civilians here, they are likely to get in the way, be sure that you folks are careful, it‘s only the marines I want to see suffering before my eyes.” She then lifted her arm to the Okamas shoulder and began to laugh loudly, as if telling him to just let loose and really take it to these marines, because after the scenes on the beach it would be obvious that she was not taking any prisoners and was looking to exterminate them all.

[Tori Tori Chopper]

'An odd sense of C-Conflict it seems..'
'Will you quit blabbering to yourself Olmes, What do you see!?'
'A large group approaching through the main S-Ste-... Streets, Sir.'
'And are they doing well!?'
'Well enough...'

The higher ranked marine barked and complained as the DenDen's teeth sharpened, his eyes flailing about as Olmes decided to just place it beside him, bringing his Rifle up to his shoulder as he flicked the many scopes attached to its long model back and forth like he was having his eyes tested at the opticians. His stance wasn't at all professional, the Rifle propped up by his slightly raised knee as his other leg simply dangled off the large tower he sat upon. The Okama's and company were like little coloured sweets skittering around the slight complexity of the port-side town, a few flames and flying bodies of white and blue giving him more of an idea as to how easily they were being pushed aside in this new spur of momentum towards their Captain. 'Y-You're crew seem to have found their figurehead, sadly she seems to not fit your crews R-... Running trend.' He tilted his head to a muscular man, wearing quite an off fashion of leather and belts as he grizzled from underneath the material which muffled his protests. 'Though by the looks of how this W-Woman handles herself... She M-Ma-... May be fitting after all.' A chuckle admittedly escaped his lips as he peered through his now perfectly measures scope as a marine seemingly burst into flames, it was quite a talent to be able to do something so destructive through something so subtle. But alas, it was his job to prevent the things he was observing from happening, as much as he enjoyed the skirmish going on below him. 'L-Lets make sure they at least deserve the prize they are trying to a-aqui-aq-... Ugh.' Screw it, he had made his point, taking a quick inhale he fired his weapon without a second thought, rubbing his hand through his hair before getting back to work on lining up a second wings-off-fly worthy attack.

Sssssss-SHEW!

The glint of the scope which reflected above the glorious white tower ahead of them was more than visible, as if the shooter wanted to be seen by the approaching horde of graceful Okama and their new accomplice. But it took such a person to understand the one behind the gun, the attack was a warning shot by definition, two rounds flying through Dee's perfectly kept hair, and another aimed to clip the new woman's cheek. 'She is up there, I can feel it!' the other Okama's who had become envious of Lacey's kissing order stopped in their tracks as their captured marine flailed in panic. 'What better place to put such a high valued queen that atop an ivory tower!' Dee almost stuck a pose to compliment her poetic charm but was instead reduced to flinging a charging marine to the side as she had to re-calculate the situation. She was aware that their objective rested above such a high object, though to simply continue skipping through the town in such a fashion would no doubt produce what the smaller interesting newcomer protested, civilians will become the shield to support their unjustified schemes! This Okama could feel it in her bones. 'Quickly my fellow Okama! Depart our own ways to the tower! We must not fall victim to our watching eye!' Her poetry did the situation no justice, that sniper was a man beyond accuracy, giving him a single opening after ignoring his otherwise gracious attitude would spell many casualties. The Okama heeded Dee's advice, dispersing down the alleys protected by slanted houses as Dee herself continued to twirl and split around the approaching line after line of attackers.

'Stop right there! Criminal scum!' Dee stopped in a most dramatic fashion, turning around with a cute and innocent duck face to the brow-raised Captain who had a sword pointed at her in front of an organised firing line. 'You cannot stop the Okama way... Captain~' He nearly spat at the Okama's tone, clearly disgusted by their nature before glancing around at the complete lack of number's he was expecting to be following this much larger feminine individual. 'Maybe we should act more civilised, after all we are all men of honour.' Both seemed to be more than prepared to throw subtle insults at one another as the marine in line looked about in concern for no proper orders being given. 'Men! Lock off the side-routes! Encase the scattered freaks and take them in one by one!' Dee gasped, diverting his troops away from the threat which was right in front of him was not only dirty, but nigh on insulting! 'You should be paying more attention to the challenge before yo-!' Dee tried to move from the post she had previously made, her eyes flicking about in confusion as she looked back to the Captain who hand his positioned hand pointed towards the Okama leader. 'I think you'll stay right there... Besides, if there's anyone that we marines can consider a threat it is certainty not a batch of brightly dressed She-males.' Dee gasped at the comment, was this a Devil fruit at play? She was locked in place as if a clamp had limited the Okama's limbs to as much as budge before moving back to where they previously were. 'Now this woman, she seems to be the spark of all this chaos, no pun intended you deranged brat!' He prepared his sword, in quite a posh fashion no less, breaking into a quick forward step with his long legs and streaming a flurry of small swipes towards his opponent.

What came after again riddled in mystery, slicing a piece of cobble from the ground, kicking it into the air and performing the same hand gesture as before, the slab floating on the spot as he cleaned the specks of dirt from his blade before reversing the hand movement, the rock beginning to fall from the air only to be kicked by the man to head straight towards her to finish his small combo. 'Be careful sweetie! He seems to have a trick up his gangly sleeve!'

'If you shall not come quietly!'
'Than you shall pay for your crimes with your blood!'

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The invasion of the town was going quite well, with a crew behind her, a pretty strong one too, the marines in the streets were taken care of quite easily. The streets had been cleared for the most part of civilians, the odd few still remained but those would quickly make was when they spotted the pirates coming toward. It was all going quite smoothly until she felt a sting upon her cheek, she winced and flung herself against the nearest wall as she looked toward the direction whatever it was came from, she couldn’t see anyone with any kind of gun. It was then that the Okama with her at this time, Dee, had spotted the marine tower up ahead and seemed to think that her captain was up there, along with what seemed to be the shooter, Lacey giggled and took herself off of the wall, dealing with the useless marines that came her way and leaving a soon to be trail of dead, burning corpses, that was the hope anyway.

”Good idea sending the rest through other streets, saves us the trouble of being flanked. I get the feeling though that their best will arrive here soon, seeking us two out.” She had barely gotten out her words as she watched everyone else scatter down the various streets and alleys, looking as energetic as could be, when their charge came to a halt as another marine came out before them, bellowing something Lacey was sure she had heard before, He was pointing his weapon at Dee though and she seemed to know who this man was, having called him captain. ”Well that was quite a prediction right there, perhaps my latent mutant abilities have awoken and I can see into the future!… Or maybe this guy is just really predictable. Either way, I intend to resist you, good sir~ For I have a job that needs doing, should you try and persure me, I shall send you to the void where you can spend your death with the dread father.” Lacey giggled and stuck out her tongue at the man, though this just seemed to irritate him greatly, the pink haired girl would use this opportunity to back up a little and see what he was capable of, he was a captain after all.

The Okama and the captain spat back and fro with venomous words, also a few orders were given to the remaining marines to close of all the side routes and capture the scattered pirates, at this point Lacey was leaning against a wall nonchalantly, watching and waiting with a grin, it was certainly becoming interesting, even more so when Dee suddenly seemed to become incapable of speaking, she hadn’t quite seen what happened but it peeked her interest that was for sure. Having incapacitated Dee, he turned his attention to the smiling Lacey, she had by this point pushed herself off of the wall and moved to the middle of the street, looking right at the marines eyes with her own emerald ones. ”Degenerate? You have your superiours to thank for that one. Had it not been for them, I could have been a normal girl, working on the family plantation and earning a small wage, instead, you had me reduced to this and I am going to make sure each and every one of you pay.”She laughed out loudly and pulled her hands out from under her obscenely long sleeves and beckoned the man over with her hand gestures. She needn’t have provoked him though, he seemed quite happy to come to her as proven by him swinging his sword toward her, he was fast, a little to fast, Lacey managed to reflexively dodge most of the swings, barely, but a few had landed, her clothes had gotten quite torn up and a couple of cuts had formed on her snow white skin. His attack though had seemingly stopped sor whatever reason and he began carving up the ground, then again he used his strange power, causing the cobble to simply float undisturbed mid-air before he then shot it straight toward her, she managed to pull her head out of the way in time, the cobble passing through her hair as it followed her head. ”My, you are an interesting one aren‘t you? I think I‘m going to have fun with you, I do hope you cook up well.” She snickered and snapped her fingers, lighting up her hands with flames, with a few steps forward she was at the mans gut and trusted her palms toward him. ”Palm Flare~” If the hit landed the man would be sent back a few feet with some burn marks upon his clothing and possibly a little bit of fire that would need attending too. The girl had a plan formulating in her of so unravelled mind, she would just need to see more of how this man fought before she was certain it would be worth it.

[Tori Tori Chopper]

'Naaa-na-na-na-na!~'

The woman's little speech was convincing, the spite filled words caused the marines behind the Captain to shiver and tense as she slowly approached to combat them, the Captain himself however wasn't convinced. 'Blabber all you want about the doings of our organisation of justice! But its good for you to know now that not everyone in the marines are as shadowy as the ones that cursed you with your horrible appearance.' A chuckle escaped his lips as he wiggled his blade from side to side in his speech, truth be told Lacey wasn't even of horrible nature in regards to her appearance if not beautiful behind her otherwise rebellious and scarred being. Her attack came soon after, her steady attack giving him enough time to unleash that monologue of his before she launched a strike. Dee was still suspended with screamed and wiggles in attempts to break free, which gave her some general idea of what was going on, not like it was going to stop the strange little woman anyway. The Palm flare as she so accurately called it was quick, though the Captains ability was about to come into play once again. 'Lock, Down~' He pointed his spare hand to the approaching palm, twisting it at the wrist with a grin as a subtle wind seemed to channel from his hand at the motion and outwards in a small tube like fashion, much like Dee the ability ground Lacey's attack to a halt whether she liked it or not leaving him to burst out with laughter in the process. 'Nice try little girl! But I'm afraid in a place like this you must prepare for the strange!' He wiggled his fingers, revealing small tubes running out from his wrist and onto his finger-tips, a technique he had been using for years along with many other tricks of the trade. 'W-What is that!?' The tall Okama exclaimed after the previous guess of a Devil fruit not being the case. 'What? You expect me to just reveal my plan of attack in a simple sentence, who would do that!?'

'Pretty please?'
'... This discussion is over, strange man.'
'Thats no way to talk to a woman.'
'Y- You're clearly not a woman!'

'S-Sir.. Don't get sidetracked.' He grunted, adjusting his jacket which was flailed about in his yelling at the Okama, removing the DenDen which mumbled inside it and brought it closer to his face. 'Thank you Olmes, it means a lot coming from someone who isn't even doing anything!' A light cough followed on the other side of the DenDen, the Captain looking to the side-paths the other Okama's had used to scatter, only for it to be themselves running into a trap. In turn cuffed Okama's of all sizes huddled out from the alleys with marines presenting their guns as if they were the ones responsible following close behind them. 'Oh, I apologise Olmes, it seems your plan went much smoother than I anticipated.' The smart marksman was obviously out of anyone league despite hie minor rank, the maze like systems of the condensed town nothing more than a playground to a man with eyes on every path and a good weapon in hand. 'And there we have it Folks! The stupid rainbow gang taken down by the hands of this fine marine Captain! I dare say that sometimes I even suprise myself with talent and excellence!' The Captain burst into laughter, two suspended and a horde of Okama's on their knees with rifles to their backs left nothing much more to say about this horrible attempt to rescue their Captain who wiggled and grunted behind the true brains of the operation above. Despite Olmes being quite a smooth and collected young man, he knew too well how the Captain used his ranks and connections to make any situation reward him instead of the true individual of action.

'Now! Olmes! Shoot every last one of these people ahead of me!'
'R-Ra... Rather barbaric Sir, I advise you reconsider your opti-'
'And I advise you do as I say before any type of privilege you own is taken from you! Or must I remind you that I am the source of your power here!?'

A much more aggressive noise came from the DenDen, it seemed the man was on his last nerves with the Captain as two rounds echoed about the now silent town, the Captain about to laugh if the events that unfolded did not simply rip his hopes of victory to shreds. Two bullets skimmed the Captains jacket, the colour of his sleeves quickly going a light purple and green as the hissing of cut tubes told too well the unleashing of what was going to come next. 'W-What did you do Olmes! I-I'm going to have you rot in Impel down for this treachery!' One of the coolest laugh's you'll ever hear escaped the DenDen as the hissing suddenly became a right out pop, the gas contained in small canisters inside the Captains clothing exploding in a mess of colours spreading about the open space the marines and challengers resided in, otherwise leaving nothing but rainbows to see until the dust had cleared. Even the DenDen had been frozen in place with a strange look on its face! The Captain as well as all his marine suspended in their attempt to escape the inevitable, leaving Dee and Lacy to move about as they pleased. 'What is going on I wonder..' The consumed Dee pondered as she flopped to the ground, unprepared to catch herself from the sudden fall.

'OOooolmes!'

'Haha.. D-Don't be so hard on yourself Captain... This will be a Gr.. Gra... Grand story to tell.' Olmes made himself more visible amongst the mesh of White towers and blue skies, standing in his victory as the glint of his scope flicked past the eyes of his targets. He had every intention to make this victory one of his own creation, rather than that of the Captains... But by no means was he suggesting that he was on the Okama's side. 'Allow me to give you a sporting head-start, you and the Okama strange G-Gir.. You know who you a-are..' Another shot bounced around the open skies, soaring past Lacey with a skimming of her leg. 'You've got t-t-ten minutes, and I start shooting those s-static targets.' Olmes was suave, that's for sure, but by no means was he not one of the more emotionless marines. The Okama were indeed stuck like the rest of the marines, it seems the gas had only reset those already stuck in place and froze everyone else, thus was the effects of the gas the Captain previously possessed. Olmes turned back to the Captain with a grin, putting on some shades which slid down from his forehead and taking aim, awaiting for his targets next move.

'Make that N-N... Nine minutes.'

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Horrible appearance? How dare he, scars and unfortunate hairstyle be damned, she was pretty and she knew, this man must have been some sort of elitist though, expecting his woman to live at home, cooking and watching their children, sexist pig! Despite the grin on her lips, these thoughts occupied her mind as she stood their, frozen in place by whatever technique this man had used, oh how she longed to roast this man alive, struggle as she might though she couldn’t even activate her ability, she was helpless and knew it,. Through her smile she hissed as the marine revealed some strange apparatus beneath his sleeves, was that a part of this technique? So strange, she thought before having to agree that, you really have to accept the strange if you want to survive on this ocean. More bad news, all of the crew that had split to occupy some of the marines had been captured, she had by now realised these weren’t just your run of the mill marines and they had some good higher ups, smart ones but not that smart. The Captain and his second in command seemed to be having some sort of disagreement about killing the Okamas and herself, strange though as she hadn’t expected nor ever seen mercy from those with power.

What happened next was unpredictable by anyone’s standards, the sniper in the tower took a shot at the sleeves of his captain which released some sorts of gasses into the air, what kind of gasses could cause people to just be stuck in place like this? Even stranger, inanimate objects, Lacey recalled the chunk of cobble that came her way a little earlier. Suddenly, she jolted and had to quickly steady herself, she was free and could move, had the release of gas reversed the effects? She could only guess at this stage. She quickly took in her surroundings, both her and Dee had been released, everyone else was now as they were moments ago, living statues. ”Interesting… That was something I don’t wish to experience ever again, I hate being bound and more so gagged, fucking marine bastards, doing whatever they want to whoever they want, can’t even trust your own men ehh, Captain?” She had slowly circled the frozen Captain as she spoke, grinning her grin and knew it was painful for the man to watch. ”Now, before I go end your treacherous little buddy up there, how about I stay faithful to my original idea and cook you up something fierce hmm? I think you‘ll find I am quite merciless when it comes to you people.” She shot him a much more innocent yet flirtatious slime as she neared him, to his horror moments before contact her lips would blaze up. Once pressed against him, Lacey would lock her arms around the mans head for leverage and begin to set him alight from the inside, when she pulled back, she gave a girly giggle and pecked him on the cheek, leaving a flaming lip print.

”Not bad, Captain. Enjoy your agony, I know I will.” She then turned away from the slow roasting man and let out a sigh of annoyance, one more obstacle to over come then they could complete their mission, the pink haired girl with lips still alight spoke up to the man in the tower. ”Your trechary may have save my life, but don‘t believe for one second we‘re going to turn tail and leave? No no no, we plan to complete our task and no one is going to stop us. Dee, you can stay here and attempt to unstuck your friends if you want, I‘m gonna go find your captain.” With that said Lacey began to dash, leaving Dee to make a decision on what she was going to do, Lacey was not going to wait though, weaving through the streets as she came closer to the building and inevitably got herself inside, taking out anyone or anything that. Once inside, it was time to commit a little arson she though, laughing manically as she clicked her fingers. ”Mantle of Fire!” She called out loud and her entire body burst into flame, everything she touched including the floor caught fire with every step she took, making her way up the many stairs wondering how much resistance she was about to face.

[ooc - Sorry for the wait and the crapiness of the post, shits been going down and yadda yadda yadda, should be back to a half decent post schedule from now on though :3]

[Tori Tori Chopper]

'F-.. Fire. An odd power to h-have..'
'Sir! She's breaking through to the tower defences!'
'... Uugh..'
'Sir?! What should we do? S- Aaaargh!'

The shout didn't need a Den-Den to send it across to the perched rifle-mans ears, he could hear it down the winding staircases between that spark of a young woman and the colourful older Okama's precious Captain. He had watched the whole event unfold after leaving the marines and his own Captain to their fate, the display of smoke coming from the presumed dead man locked in place was slightly gross, for lack of a better term. The Okama's had not followed their odd looking accomplice, rather the ones who could still move tried to free their accomplices from the clutches of the gas. Olmes could never really understand what his commanding officer used, apparently something from an island deep within the new world extracted from plants.. Not that it really mattered anymore with it failing him and simply getting him killed in the process, something slightly ironic rang about it in thought. His mind had been away with the observance of the others leaving him to be a little ignorant to the approaching flames which brought dense heat and fumes up the staircase a long with it. It was a very interesting skill, leaving the Private a little outmatched in brute force should the woman hop up and set everything a-blaze within this small bell-tower like structure. 'Looks like we're going to have to get o-on the move.' He gave a cool smirk to the tied up captain, giving him a sharp kick as his position left him to roll up and over the protective stone railings and down onto a building a fair bit lower than the tower itself. He didn't have time for anything fancy, no waiting to give the girl a quick wave before falling, she would no doubt follow as her insane first impression implies.

He fell with a little grace through the use of the vines which riddled the tower, landing beside the captain and slowly kicking him along as he kept his weapon fixated on the tower. 'It always was a bit of an E-Eye sore..' He began to whistle to himself, loading a small but special round into his weapon and firing a precision shot back up into the tower as he fell from roof to roof slowly making his way back towards the ships. The layout of the city town was rather strange due to the natural defences laying paths around the outer areas, the back becoming much more of a slope onto the risen land rather than occupying the nature-forged dock in which the Okama's approached the area from. The many rooftops allowed him to shuffle the large captain down like a staircase, firing special round after round to cover his tracks with their quick but at least slightly timed explosive properties.. He wouldn't want the lady to simply chase after his own footsteps after all. But he insisted on being steps ahead of the woman, rather than just leaving explosives for her to see as she approached in attempts to catch him in time, there needed to be the icing on the cake.. Something which would just exclaim for her to quit while she was ahead. He decided to take a quick break, the rooftops slowly having small chunks blown out of them as well as the tower top falling which gave him a small change to ponder his actions, taking a Den-Den from his pocket and addressing the other marines who were not victimised by gas or flame.

'Sir?! Whats going on over there? We heard something like conflict!'
'R-.. Ri.. Yes you did private, though the Captain has died in his efforts..'
'What?! We need to contact HQ, get some reinforcement down here no-'

'Now n-.. Now Private, simply move your forces around the base and into the square by the dock, I have captured the majority of the opposing force v-via the Captains last attack with his gas.' There was no comment to his order, being the head-honcho now that the Captain was dead despite his lack of rank, the suave marine got his way into the systems without the need of fancy symbols and words by his name. And with that the next choice in their little game unfolded, no doubt the woman had caught up to him enough for him to yell out her next challenge by now. 'S-So you have a choice Maam!' He said as he shoved the Den-Den away and pressed the rifles nozzle against the Captains cheek. 'Either you save the crew, or J-.. Just the captain!' His genius admittedly made him chuckle to himself, coughing to clear his throat and running his fingers through his hair to maintain that cool appearance under pressure. The marines could be seen from the roof-tops they stood on, a small battalion shuffled through in large numbers towards the still stuck and helpless Okama pirates, while Olmes continued to roll the captain towards the marine made docking area on the other side of the town with intent to up and leave. Olmes was not the man to take prisoners though, he would easily as much as drop the Captain after a good show than he was to kill him before departing back to HQ.. Though the thought of the Okama's fate constantly lingered as countless marines from the rear base on the island continued to stream towards them.

A tricky decision indeed.

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The flaming girls progress through the tower was somewhat slow but certainly destructive, those marines that had been kept behind to keep an eye on the building had already begun fleeing the place, escaping by any means necessary. Flames had now engulfed the lower two thirds of the building and thick black smoke poured from each open window, the building was in turmoil, many dead soldiers littered the corridors, poor souls that failed to escape in time. Lacey had finally reached the final set of stairs that would lead her to the sniper and the prisoner captain, she began her accent slowly, listening to what little she could hear from the room above, not much of it was audible over the roaring flames but she got a gist of what was happening above and quickened her pace, hoping to confront her enemy in the building, putting some pressure on him, alas he had opted to hop out of the window to the roofs below, she hadn’t expected him to do such and didn’t rush in the first place, now she was cursing that decision. ”Oh, you sneaky man, escaping in such a manner. Though they do say the pleasure is in the chase.”

Without hesitation the pink haired pyro moved through the office, making sure to leave enough of her beautiful flames behind to toast the room before hopping up onto the railings of the balcony and looking down upon the city. She quickly spotted her mark dashing along the rooftops, making a mess, most likely in an effort to slow her down, but he would find she was not so easily shaken off and one quick jump later she was on the very roof that the sniper had landed moments ago. The moments she laded at her destination, some sort of chain reaction that was to be fair pretty obvious began its course, the flames inside of the large marine building had spread exponentially and as such found their ways into the supplies and more importantly, the gun powder barrels. In what could be called a baptism of fire the lower three floors of the building were obliterates, glass, concrete, steel and other flaming debris flew in every which direction through the town and before long the entire base began to crumble and fall down behind the culprit. Lacey began her pursuit of the marine and captive captain, hopping from rooftop to rooftop with some grace, going through the explosive rounds as if they were nothing, not like they could burn her after all, she just had to stay sturdy as to not be forced off of one of the roofs.

Minutes of chasing later and they had come to a stand off, the marine seemed to believe he was in the better position of the two, though he was over looking a few of the facts, perhaps he would be less inclined to smirk if he thought about it for a moment more, or until the girl open her mouth from an adjacent roof, keeping up with the man but keeping some distance as to not spook him to much, her lips, hair and other random patches of her body still lit up with flickering flames. ”On the contrary, marine. These pirates gave me but one task, to save their captain, nothing more. They are pirates and as such should be more than willing to die for this cause, so you are my only real target right now as you have what I seek.” She hopped across another roof and was finally on the same as the retreating man, she cracked her knuckles and grinned her hellish grin, staring intently at the man.

”Now, you seem a smart man, much more so than your predecessor. So I hope we can strike up some sort of compromise, after all, you have something I want and you desire to leave this island unscathed, correct? That said, I will allow you to leave this island, I will not come after you, I will not be an obstacle, I only ask two things of you in return. Firstly, you release the captain to me, secondly, you tell your main base of my exploits here today, bending the truth to save your own hide of course. As for my name? I was thinking, “Hot Lips“ Lacey, catchy no? Though do throw in this, I want to grab a certain mans attention. “Subject two hundred and twenty three is free, your days are numbered“.” She then folded her arms calmly as she awaited the mans response to her offer, it seemed like a good thing in her eyes, you couldn’t really put a price on your own life after all, though some people had that kind of personality. Just how many marines had died this day though? Lacey thought to herself, she had tried to be somewhat sparing, needing some to remain alive so that word of her escape would reach the ears of those that really cared, letting this lone man go free though, that no longer mattered and the lives of any marine still on the island was now forfeit to her whim.

[Tori Tori Chopper]

'Two hundred and T-.. Twe-.. I see..'
Mmmph?

His free hand moved about his face in a massaging motion as he contemplated the idea of simply doing as she requested, more out of his own benefit rather than that of her threat. She held herself too highly, and much like the Captain who he annoyingly had to follow not moments ago until his sudden demise he seriously disliked those who attempted to project ego's they could not back up with their true selves. She ignored the marines who could have easily been at the Okama's who asked her to save their Captain right now, or at least that's what he had presumed since she had been randomly tagging along with a bunch of manly women for the majority of the afternoon.. And he hardly thought that this was all in her good nature that she would suddenly decide to aid them out of the kindness of her heart. This was a woman of lust and passion which the Okama's would always aim for though never really understand, he wasn't sure whether to like the flaming woman who decimated the marines base of operations on the island or not.

'This will not g-go well for you at all.. I Ho-.. Hope you know this.'
Mmmph!

Did she? More to the point did she really care of the actions she had carried out with such interesting displays? She was clearly someone the marines had valued in the past, she expected to outrun people who actually represented justice such as himself? By not means was he inflating his ego here though, he had been playing with the whole group of rascals much to his hearts content pirate and marine alike. Without the leadership he deserves he picked no sides, as it was clearly displayed in the aid of his higher up's demise. This woman spoke as if she was going to rule above and beyond, all because she can carry out a little revenge. For of a person of fair pessimism he for one didn't see much hope in her future, he had taken down small fry with fruits to give them that little boost with ease across the Grand line with the same cocky smirk to every one of them. He could end it all right now, but the question was why didn't he simply end it the first of many chances he had?

'M-My skin will be just fine..'
Mmmmmmrr~

The muffling repetitive gestures of the Okama captain as his teary body shook around like a fish out of water ceased as a strike to the side of his head with a rifle sent him face first into the roofs patterned slates. It gave Olmes at least a moment to think of what he wanted to do with the overconfident woman who stood before him barfing words of smug confidence and victory. His adjusted his suit, his tie in turn followed by another running of his fingers through his hair as he pushed the Captain towards the pirate with his foot, spinning his large rifle onto his back and flicking his shades up from his face to his forehead, revealing his otherwise oddly coloured eyes. They were almost teal, though the pupils were sharp enough to stare right into your soul, not like he needed to give any explanation towards their popping appearance.. He had a more direct mark to leave on the woman who thought she was swimming in safe waters. 'Y-You can have your Captain.. Their Captain.. Wha- W.. Whatever.' He took a step forward, flicking his hand into his pocket and sliding a glove firmly onto his hand before pressing forward and over the Captain with impressive Haste, the fingerprints of sea-stone pressing firmly against the woman's cheek with all their weakening potential. A quick and delicate kiss came and went before anything could have really been comprehended, a smirk covering his face as he reversed in his steps.. A subtle note as to the power he wouldn't be losing any time soon.

'Ju- Just try to pick your enemies a little more c-ca.. carefully next time.' He blew a little smoke out from his mouth, the sea-stone obviously not having enough of an effect the completely diminish the users powers with one glove alone. 'Hot lips.. S-Suitable indeed.' He gave a relaxed salute, shoving his hands into his pockets as he began his hop further and further towards the other side of the island, the pitter patter of marines and in their battalions marching off after him despite previously being told to go after the Okama. In the sheer silence of the situation bar the marines valiant footsteps Olmes' whistling bounced through the wind, after his little display of power of the situation leaving the event as a whole something much left to question as he departed from the scene. Only for an awakening Captain to make note of his saviour.

'Baaah! As much as I loved this gag I find it much easier to communicate without it.' The large yet rather slender man, oddly podgy in all the most confusing places such as his arms and upper legs to counter his muscular bare chested form hopped to his feet, still binded by the hands and feet though Okama-ly enough to prance and spin in victory of his own ability to communicate. 'What a joy it is to be able to make small talk once more without me sounding like a sock puppet, especially to my knight in white shining..' He looked the woman up and down, the appearance hardly matching his compliment. 'Hm.. Well white at least.' He looked around, rather confused at where he was, the knock to the head seemingly leaving him lacking in memories of recent moments. 'One minute I was up in a tower being held against my will by a dashing man in a suit and now I'm on a rooftop.. Hardly a place for such a woman as myself to be placed in such a state.' He giggled to himself, proceeding to hop from roof to roof back in the direction of the previous skirmish.

'Come now dear! I can hear my elegant fellow Okama's cries of joy already!'

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I've kinda left the Okama's, who are free by the way, and the ending.. Or at least part of the ending to you. You're more than welcome to continue this on a little bit more, simply point me in the right direction and I'll take over the majority of the text.

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She shook her body suddenly, taking away most of the flames on her body, just a few patches on her arms and torso, her lips and hair remained alight though, she actually quite enjoyed the feeling of her lips being on fire, breathing in the flames and they would tickle the back of her throat pleasurably. She gave the marine a smile of knowing and nodded, she was fully aware who she was making an enemy of and if she was honest she didn’t care. ”I understand how much danger I am putting myself in, I’m not stupid. Problem is I hate the world government and I hate the marines… I’d just rather get this done with now as apposed to later. I’m not very patient as you could likely tell.”

In her mind, it was safer for her to make a scene and know that people would be after her from that moment, apposed to trying to remain somewhat hidden and eventually being found out without her knowing and being out manoeuvred, this way she always knew to watch her back and wouldn’t get too confident. She watched as the marine hit the captain she was here to save and then raised her foot to stop him as he was kicked in front of her, seemed to be going smoothly enough. One thing she had began to ponder was the mans stutter, she wouldn’t voice the query since things were going smoothly and she didn’t want to piss him off or something, still, it was quite a dominant speech impediment. She was about the kneel and untie the Okama when she realised the man was still coming ever closer, he placed a finger on the girls cheek and she felt the sudden but familiar rush of sea stone weakening her body, she then would feel the mans lips against hers, now extinguished. It wouldn’t last long and he would turn his back and start to leave afterwards, she was taken aback certainly, it was kind of creepy in a way, She would manage a smile though. ”You should be careful yourself, you don‘t know where I‘ve been.”

She said with a flirtatious tone before finally he left, skipping the roofs and heading toward a ship no doubt, Lacey immediately get the captain untied, he seemed excited enough for someone who had just been kicked across a roof. Once free he began thanking his saviour, though it wasn’t quite what he was expecting, then again, who would expect someone to look like she did in the first place? Add to that his confusion about the whole situation and it was clear he needed some kind of explanation. ”Your crew asked me to help get you back, that guy was going to escape with you but I convinced him otherwise, I’m Lacey by the way. We can hold off on the thanks till we get your people to safety though, who knows what’s happening to them right now.” With that she and the Okama captain would get themselves down from the still flaming rooftops and to the ground where they would hurry towards the last place the rest of the crew had been seen, the Okama pulling off some ballet as he made his way there.

When they arrived at the scene they would find many a dead or unconscious marine as well as some very injured and some unconscious Okama. The captain would obviously be distressed at the state of his crew, though they were more than excited to see him returned to them relatively unscathed, mainly a nasty bump on the head where the gun had hit him. Those of the crew that were able to launched into dramatic poses upon seeing the captain and would all dive toward him, creating an awkward looking group hug with blood and tears. ”I don‘t mean to ruin the moment but I think you ladies should get to your boat and sail away as soon as possible. No doubt reinforcements will come to find out what‘s happened, you‘ll need all the time you can get to sail away.” Dee, having broken away from the Captain now set sights on lacey, twirling forwards and grabbing her, spinning her around with tears in his eyes. ”Lacey~ You are a woman of your word. I don‘t think we could ever thank you properly for saving our beloved captain~” Lacey would laugh happily at being spun around, she was actually happy to find that the crew hadn’t been decimated in her absence, this was the grand line though, pirates here had to be competent or they’d never survive. It was at this point more than any other that her decision to sail with a crew of her own actually felt right, though it would not be with this crew here today, these Okama were nice enough but, she didn’t feel as though she could belong amongst them. She explained this to them as she helped tend to the wounded and carry those unable to move themselves toward the ship. Their final farewell was one of tears and dramatic poses, as with everything an Okama does.

Now, the only issue was, she had to hope another crew came along to find her before the marines did, also she needed food and a place to rest, the villagers probably didn’t have that high an opinion of her. She would try her best to change that though, carrying all the corpses of the marines to the beach, piling them up out of site of the prying eyes and made a bonfire, it wasn’t the most pleasant of scenes, but it was the fastest of ways for her to dispose of four dozon dead marines in a rush. After that she would aid with the cleaning up of the streets and putting out of the fires that remained, she clearly wasn’t like though, snide comments shouted at her all the while, she didn’t care though, she never meant for hard to become of them and she stood true to her word, innocent people were just that, innocent and she didn’t want to cause harm to them. Once she did what she could, she would get what supplies she could from those willing or to scared to say no before she took herself to an area of the island where she could watch the sea and wait for the next adventure to arrive.