Post by Blaka on Nov 4, 2016 11:21:58 GMT -5
"Kchhhhh..." sharply inhaling when she broke out of the water, Nadikia Kind slowly rose from the sea. Deep violet eyes stared straight ahead. Without pupils or white in them, there was no way to tell where they were looking. Her arms looked like she was wearing gloves, covered in blood from fingertips to elbows. As if she was still under water, her hair was hovering around her head, disobeying the laws of physics. Behind her, the surface of the waters had was coloured in a thick layer of dark red. Mimbre was nowhere to be seen. All that was left of him was this crimson puddle.
"SHINGETSU ASADA!" the mermaid screeched.
Nobody answered. They had to have moved elsewhere. In the distance, the statue of the pirate princess was still towering over the treetops. Nobody else seemed to be around. That would be her next destination. To kill the leader of Butterfly's friends. If she met any of the other Queen Pirates on her way, they would meet the same fate. Maybe this time Butterfly would remember, realise that she was being punished. All these years being imprisoned in her own body! Forced to only watch while this scatterbrained child was doing whatever the hell it wanted! Kia would make the moron pay. Clearly audible through half the jungle, she screamed yet again before dashing forward into the jungle:
"BUTTERFLY IS GONE! THE REAL KIA IS COMING! COMING TO GET YOU ALL!"
"Dude, no, that's a dumb name! I'm not joining anything that's called the Green Goblins!"
"I'm telling you man, people would be real scared of us! Goblins are scary!"
"Cheers to that!"
"Oh shut up Dave!"
Dave's shared flat, Platform Island, South Blue, 10 years ago. A group of about a dozen alduts, all between 18 and 20 years old, had assembled to decide and important vote. Well, really they had assembled to have a couple of beers and laze around in their bunks. It was a cheap and narrow room that barely fit two triple-sleepers and a table to eat at in it. Accordingly, the table was taken over by a single beer crate while the people had to sit on the beds, cramped together like sardines in a can. But it had turned into an important vote now, so whatever! All day they had played around with the idea of how cool it would be to actually do something about all this crap out there in the world. 'Stick it to the man!' was the motto. Granted, none of them had any actual combat experience. Ideas like smearing insults on the walls of Marine bases, play pranks on all those stuck up nobles, heck, maybe even rob a treasury somewhere. Although that last suggestion already seemed way too dangerous. You could actually go to jail for that stuff...
"Nah man, I like it!" yelled a fourth guy from one of the middle bunks. "My vote goes to Green Goblins, got that Rez?"
"Kiriri!~ Don't worry I got it!"
That voice belonged to the new girl their oldest member, Roza, had brought with him. Rezadora Raiz was her name, some supposed genius exchange student from Dauntaun. She was sitting together with him in one of the top beds, a pencil in her hand and a notebook on her lap. To be honest, whenever Roza introduced them to a new girl, said girls were always a little on the crazy side. On one hand, she seemed like an incredibly awkward nerd with her giant glasses and strange ticks. On the other hand, the treasury robbery suggestion had come from her, and she had sounded completely serious about it too.
"So, three votes for Green Goblins? Does anyone else want in...? Which one do you want honey?" she nudged the man next to her. Roza Maleza, a tall and muscular young man with wild red dreadlocks, absentmindedly staring out the window.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. Show me the options again."
Before his request was fulfilled, he recieved a smack in the forehead with the notebook.
"Pay attention why don't you!?" All around laughter ensued while Roza turned bright red. Maybe, his friends thought, this one wasn't too bad after all.
"Okay okay..."
Reviewing the list, young Maleza really only saw one possibility.
"I like The Oak." he grunted.
"Right? Me too." Rezadora chuckled as she put down two more tallies next to 'Oak' on her sheet. "That's...8 for The Oak. We have a winner people!"
"They shall all tremble before The Oak!" cheered someone in the lower bunks and raised his beer.
"They shall all tremble!" repeated the room in unison.
"Tremble! Tremble before me!" the abbess shrieked as her giant body was catapulted forward and crashed right into where her opponent had been a split second earlier. Just in time, Melosa had managed to roll to the left out of harms way. With about three meters between her and the mantis' deadly blades, the pirate princess pushed herself up again, panting. She'd have to end this quickly, otherwise the monster would soon overwhelm her.
Not that Rezzie would give her any chance to do so.
"You called that a swarm earlier!? How about this!? Ovación!" Before Mel could even raise her swords to parry, the praying mantis started her next onslaught. At least twice per second, both her arm blades began slashing wildly through the air, sending out dozens of bright green slashes, each about half a meter long. This close, there was no way the Queen Pirate could dodge an attack like that. All she could do was stare in horror and hope this would not kill her.
"SHINGETSU ASADA!" the mermaid screeched.
Nobody answered. They had to have moved elsewhere. In the distance, the statue of the pirate princess was still towering over the treetops. Nobody else seemed to be around. That would be her next destination. To kill the leader of Butterfly's friends. If she met any of the other Queen Pirates on her way, they would meet the same fate. Maybe this time Butterfly would remember, realise that she was being punished. All these years being imprisoned in her own body! Forced to only watch while this scatterbrained child was doing whatever the hell it wanted! Kia would make the moron pay. Clearly audible through half the jungle, she screamed yet again before dashing forward into the jungle:
"BUTTERFLY IS GONE! THE REAL KIA IS COMING! COMING TO GET YOU ALL!"
"Dude, no, that's a dumb name! I'm not joining anything that's called the Green Goblins!"
"I'm telling you man, people would be real scared of us! Goblins are scary!"
"Cheers to that!"
"Oh shut up Dave!"
Dave's shared flat, Platform Island, South Blue, 10 years ago. A group of about a dozen alduts, all between 18 and 20 years old, had assembled to decide and important vote. Well, really they had assembled to have a couple of beers and laze around in their bunks. It was a cheap and narrow room that barely fit two triple-sleepers and a table to eat at in it. Accordingly, the table was taken over by a single beer crate while the people had to sit on the beds, cramped together like sardines in a can. But it had turned into an important vote now, so whatever! All day they had played around with the idea of how cool it would be to actually do something about all this crap out there in the world. 'Stick it to the man!' was the motto. Granted, none of them had any actual combat experience. Ideas like smearing insults on the walls of Marine bases, play pranks on all those stuck up nobles, heck, maybe even rob a treasury somewhere. Although that last suggestion already seemed way too dangerous. You could actually go to jail for that stuff...
"Nah man, I like it!" yelled a fourth guy from one of the middle bunks. "My vote goes to Green Goblins, got that Rez?"
"Kiriri!~ Don't worry I got it!"
That voice belonged to the new girl their oldest member, Roza, had brought with him. Rezadora Raiz was her name, some supposed genius exchange student from Dauntaun. She was sitting together with him in one of the top beds, a pencil in her hand and a notebook on her lap. To be honest, whenever Roza introduced them to a new girl, said girls were always a little on the crazy side. On one hand, she seemed like an incredibly awkward nerd with her giant glasses and strange ticks. On the other hand, the treasury robbery suggestion had come from her, and she had sounded completely serious about it too.
"So, three votes for Green Goblins? Does anyone else want in...? Which one do you want honey?" she nudged the man next to her. Roza Maleza, a tall and muscular young man with wild red dreadlocks, absentmindedly staring out the window.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. Show me the options again."
Before his request was fulfilled, he recieved a smack in the forehead with the notebook.
"Pay attention why don't you!?" All around laughter ensued while Roza turned bright red. Maybe, his friends thought, this one wasn't too bad after all.
"Okay okay..."
Reviewing the list, young Maleza really only saw one possibility.
"I like The Oak." he grunted.
"Right? Me too." Rezadora chuckled as she put down two more tallies next to 'Oak' on her sheet. "That's...8 for The Oak. We have a winner people!"
"They shall all tremble before The Oak!" cheered someone in the lower bunks and raised his beer.
"They shall all tremble!" repeated the room in unison.
"Tremble! Tremble before me!" the abbess shrieked as her giant body was catapulted forward and crashed right into where her opponent had been a split second earlier. Just in time, Melosa had managed to roll to the left out of harms way. With about three meters between her and the mantis' deadly blades, the pirate princess pushed herself up again, panting. She'd have to end this quickly, otherwise the monster would soon overwhelm her.
Not that Rezzie would give her any chance to do so.
"You called that a swarm earlier!? How about this!? Ovación!" Before Mel could even raise her swords to parry, the praying mantis started her next onslaught. At least twice per second, both her arm blades began slashing wildly through the air, sending out dozens of bright green slashes, each about half a meter long. This close, there was no way the Queen Pirate could dodge an attack like that. All she could do was stare in horror and hope this would not kill her.