Billboards and Blitz; Rumble in the Sin Jungle!

[Tokoz]

 

 

     It was late afternoon, and the city looked incredible. The lights were starting to turn on as the sun waned, and it was like watching a great behemoth of glitz and glimmer stir from an ancient slumber. The already flashy locale became something more hypnotising, clubs and casinos attempting to lure passerby in. Playhouses had young people outside in tight clothing, handing out flyers, and a near-uncountable number of other diversions lined the streets. 

 Along said streets, viewing but not yet sampling, strode the form of a young man. Normally in such scenarios, his head would be bobbing above the others around him, or his clothing would stick out in some flashy manner. Instead, he seemed to blend in, head at shoulder level if he was lucky, and clothing a bit drab, if well-kept. A pair of round spectacles jiggled slightly as he moved along, crunching on a pear he had acquired through totally legitimate means. 

 This city was so bright. It almost made him want to curl up and snooze at times, but instead, he was wandering the town. So many tempting possibilities. Still, before he decided, he did have a decent bit of cash. Perhaps he should go for a drink. Pulling out a wallet, he flicked out a few bills before popping it back into his sweater. Just a quick nip into the nearest bar down the street.

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The next morning, Amino City Police Station, Drunk Tank/Petty Crimes

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  That had... not gone as planned. Sure, he had decided to have a drink or two more, and sure he had perhaps proceeded to flirt with a very nice looking lady, who's boyfriend had made unfortunate allegations about his height. He may or may not have then knocked the guy's stool over when he wasn't looking, but that was no reason to (correctly) assume that Jorum was at fault and start a fight. A fight that ended about 3 seconds later, and DEFINITELY ended when a pair of cops rolled in, found him standing over an unconscious dude, and decided to frisk him. There was a lot of he said, they said afterwards.
 
 He said that wallet was totally his, they said why do you have 4 wallets, he said he was indecisive, stop judging him, they said he was going to the station for pickpocketing, he said he'd rather not, they dragged him along anyway. Thankfully, he was sober enough to quietly lift the wallets one at a time out of the cop's pocket, and dump them into the street as they dragged him along. By the time they got there, the cops couldn't find the money, the head officer thought they were keeping it for themselves and holding out on him, and the ensuing argument had gotten him stuck in one of the cells for the night. 

 Rubbing his messy hair, Jorum sat up and looked around. Now, who was he sharing a cell with? Not that he intended to stay here for much longer, it was already boring in here. 

[SheerHeart Attaku]

    It had been a while that the man had been sitting there next to her, granted she was hidden by a shadow as she was against a wall, but regardless they hadn't spoken to each other. It wasn't until he made an effort to look around and actually acknowledge her presence that the light from the small window would shine over the mink in the shadow. He would see her sharp smirk and her eyes looking directly at him.

She had been fairly tall, although it might have been a bit hard to tell since she was sitting. Her back was against the wall and she had one leg out and stretched while the other was bent upward. On that higher leg she rested right arm which seemed to have a hook on it. Her tail wagged slowly as she looked over the man.

    Her yellow iris and sharp pupil focused on him, taking a good nice look over his lazy visage. She had probably only been in that cell for maybe an hour or less before he had to come in and share the cell with her.
"Potto potto...so you've finally noticed N'Doul me here, have you?"
   
    She said...not with a cockiness but a firm tone of sass in her voice. She chuckled some more under her breath as she looked to the cieling. "Let me guess...you are in here for some small tuffle? hm...maybe..." She spoke with the utmost confidence...was she really this insightful?

"Aha!...you're in here for streaking aren't you!?"
    She said with a confident smile, pointing at him with her index finger on her left arm. The mink now with her head facing the man had a visible eye patch on her other eye.
She wore some form of a crop top both the actual shirt and her yellow jacket.
Other than that were some dark blue jeans that almost looked black with the lighting in the cell. 

[Tokoz]

Waving a hand, Jorum stared at the mink. "Well, I was sort of drunk. Sobered up, though." One side-effect of his gluttony, he seemed to get sober quickly. Bit disappointing, but oh well. Still sitting, he tilted his head and stared at her. A Mink, hmmm? He had heard of them, but they were quite uncommon, in his experience. Seeing one outside the Grand Line was new. Falling backwards, he looked up at her from the floor with a flat expression.

"Yeah, you could say that." Hmm. Would she actually guess this? Not the hardest to guess, but still reasonably impressive.

Or then again, perhaps not. Streaking wasn't exactly his style. Not usually. "Close, but nope. I was out drinking, looking for some poor souls who had lost their wallets, when the police claimed I had stolen them. I agreed to come along to sort out the mess, but sadly they refused to believe in my innocence and threw me in here. Think I'll probably leave soon, though. What about you?" His sleepy-sounding explanation was rather matter-a-fact. It wasn't as if he was hoping he'd leave, but rather that he just hadn't bothered to go yet. Rather strange, given the young man's apparent lack of strength.

Sitting up, he eyed her again, half-turned. The glasses glinted slightly, and he cracked a slight smile. Not bad, not bad at all. "What're you in for? Protective custody from all your suitors?" Seemed like a classier line than 'if I said you had a nice body, would you hold it against me?' Although honestly, this stone floor was pretty damn cold. Jumping up, he slid onto the bench, holding himself. "Brrr. Okay, done with that." He contemplated snuggling up to the furry damsel for a moment, then dismissed it. Not yet, he barely knew her. Plus, he didn't intend to stay long, anyway.

[SheerHeart Attaku]

    
    She paused for a moment before pulling back from leaning. She chuckled for a moment at his guess as to why she might be in here, locked up along with him in this jail. She looked to the ceiling, an imaginary question mark floating above her head as she saw the words of his as...too big..or at least didn't make it into her vocabulary from what she did in fact learn on her way to where she is now. She shrugged it off though, pretending that she understood but didn't have anything to reply with.
She tilted her head towards his direction nudging him with a shoulder, while her arms were crossed kept her eye closed to make it seem like she was a "bad ass" and she was getting ready to tell a story that would be sure to spin a gentleman's mustache. She opened her eye and widened her smirk a bit.

    "hmm, you wanna know why O'l Oxxi is in the slammer huh?" 
She said with that same smirk. Oxxi chuckled again, wagging her finger at the man. "Well...I guess I will tell you, just so you know right now I am trying to get a bounty...any will do...as long as the world government is aware of how much of a threat I am! Potto potto~!" she announced before beginning to explain.

It was earlier this morning...


    The so called Oxxi had been standing on a bench or something that would put her at a higher standing point. She had caused a medium amount of attention but they would soon walk away after a few minutes.

"Potto Potto~! what a nice island...I think after I come back from the new world and become infamous I will come back and claim it as my own..."
Two passing by authorities had slowly looked her way. "...eh?"

"Hailing from Zou...It's me! Kizou F. Oxxi! it has been a long time coming and the sun is still rising for me...but soon enough the world will know that name! Potto potto! Why...Even now there's a for-" 
"Another one of these...should we do something?"
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"Eh..she's technically not harming anyone...but just incase there is some property damage or something let's toss her behind bars until she calms down..."

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....Present time...

    "And as I was storming fear into those around me, a few authorities of the island had found themselves rather terrified of me! So, they did their best to put me in here...of course I let them as I know I can escape easily! hehehe..." It looked as if she hadn't even been telling a story anymore but merely gleaming in her own ego.

a few feet away a guard had been twirling a key around his index finger and caught a glimpse of the fox. 'oh...almost forgot she was here...' he thought to himself as he begun to walk over.

"Of course it's been somewhat a waste of time, I figured I might be able to find some others willing to join me on my quest! Alas it doesn't look like there is anyone here besides us..." she said with her arms in a post shrugging pose, shaking her head.

[Tokoz]

The young man cocked his head, listening to this speech, as the guard came moving over. How interesting. She was looking for a bounty, huh? Well, who was he to disappoint. First off, though, it was time to leave. He had officially gotten bored in this cell. Moving over to the bars, he stared at the man with a frightened expression. "Please, sir, let me outta here. This woman's talking about all the horrible stuff she's gonna do! I'm afraid..."

The police officer rolled his eyes, moving a bit closer as he looked over Jorum's shoulder at the eye-patched mink behind him. She was a wild looking one, alright. This kid didn't look like much. His mistake was taking his eyes off of Jorum, however. The young man's head bowed, and a nasty grin flashed on his face. The bars in the prison were criss-crossed, not wide enough for a typical person to slide through. However, a limb could fit through. The man had stayed out of reach of his arms. Shame his arms weren't his only limb. "Afraid you're going to be in a lot of trouble for this, bozo." 

Swinging his feet up suddenly, the formerly slow young man displayed a surprising speed as his lower half suddenly shifted into a snake's tail, the end jabbing out suddenly and whipping around the distracted guard's neck. Yanking his hips back,he threw himself backwards, stopping suddenly as the guard's forehead hit the bars and he slumped, totally stunned. His sudden backwards movement had left his face upside-down right in front of Oxxi. "Ready to blow this joint?" He winked once, the now yellow eyes twinkling, before he swiveled back. Reaching through the bars, he grabbed the guard's key belt and quickly unlocked the door, holding it open. "After you, Ms. Oxxi." He gave a dramatic wave of his arm, like a Maitre De, and chuckled. "Let's go cause a little bit of chaos, why don't we? After all, you did say you wanted a bounty."

What was a little chaos, after all. Besides, he had been getting a bit bored, and he could always do with some amusement. Also cash. Cash was always nice. His body had shifted back to normal, the jail not exactly great at containing even his Hybrid form without getting a little cramped. "I'm afraid I didn't give my name. Jorum Gandyr, eater of the Hebi Hebi no Mi: Model Titanoboa, one of the Ancient Zoans. Pleased to meet you."

[SheerHeart Attaku]

    In the middle of her speech she noticed Jorum had went up against the bars and seemed to be pathetically pleading for his freedom. She leaned back and folded her arms behind her head, her smile still prominent.

She figured her intense life was too much for him to register and decided to let him be, it was amusing enough to see him squirm to escape the prison. In that time she had not been paying attention to what was being said she heard the impact of a body hitting concrete. and opened her eye. She would see the man's lower half looking like that of a serpents. Oxxi looked to his upside down.
    She blinked twice, not immediately responding as she was still taken off guard by the sudden shift. She would watch as he would take the keys fromt he knocked out guard unlocking the door and holding it open. He mentioned causing some chaos as she had mentioned looking to get a bounty.
Before she could say anything Jorum would most likely noticed her tail wagging behind her. She would stand up onto two feet and walk forward out, seemingly blushing from the prioritizing to leave the cell first...even though it was probably just him putting on a purposely gentleman like act for the sake of the moment.
    "Err...-AHEM- I could have done that myself...heh.."
    She said holding her fist to her mouth as if she was coughing. The man introduced himself as Jorum and that he had also been a devil fruit eater. She once again, paused for a moment after which her tail would wag estatically, she let out a light giggle at the introduction, intrigued that he had eaten a zoan as well.

"Heh heh...believe it or not I also am a devil fruit eater! a zoan as a matter of fact! I ate the Mushi Mushi no mi and became a Potter Wasp mink! speaking of zoans..."

She bent down a bit, wrapping her arm around his shoulder.

        "An ancient zoan? thats pretty amazing...how big are you in your full form? You know...I bet you could make some chaos by transforming and bursting out of the front door! of course...if you DO get that big I'll wait outside or maybe you can transform as soon as you get out there! Although it would be much more amazing to burst out of the doors as a serpent Potto potto..."

[Tokoz]

"Oh, I'm sure you could have, but that look on his face..." Jorum snorted. The guard had been pretty damn surprised by that, no doubt. As Oxxi walked out, he noticed her tail wagging. That was the only thing he noticed in that region, however. Nothing else. You can't prove anything. Gaze snapping back up as she started talking to him again.

Another Zoan eater? And a Mink no less? How very interesting indeed. A potter wasp... Hmmm. He had never encountered an insect Zoan. He would have to see what she could do. Still, it should be funny watching people react to a giant wasp/fox. Chuckling, he patted her arm as it wrapped around his shoulder, pausing in the corridor as the noise upstairs shifted to what sounded like footsteps towards the staircase.

"Oh, I'm pretty big. You're right, though, I could make some chaos like that. It's almost like you read my mind there." Winking, he moved back and spread his arms. "Let's get ready to rumble, then. See you outside?" His body started to lengthen, and with a sudden shift, he moved to hybrid form, gathering momentum as he went for the door. Passing Oxxi, his tail totally accidentally gave her rear a quick smack as it twisted, following into his now 13 meter long body. The police outside the doorway were bowled over as the massive serpent smashed through the door, sliding rapidly up the staircase and just running over anything in it's path. "Race you to the door!"

She'd probably have the advantage, honestly. Kind of hard to beat flight. Still, he wasn't about to complain. The World Government would probably slap him with a bounty for whatever happened here, but honestly? He had grown up a worker on Heretic Cabal. He didn't give much of a shit what the gods of the World Government said. He was a sinner through and through....

[SheerHeart Attaku]

        Just as she expected a mythical snake zoan was nothing to joke about! She watched as he morphed into his zoan form, feeling the smack on her behind from his tail. She took a few steps back as his length kept on for the longest time. Oxxi chuckles at the reveal of his transformation, raising her hooked hand past her snout. 
"Potto Potto! what an interesting development!"

     She says enthusiastically She watches him advance as he shouts 'race you to the door'. Luckily for him, she had no intentions of winning, instead she quickly transformed into her full zoan form to catch up to him and when she was close enough she'd land on his serpent body. Holds a hand onto his leathery flesh she chuckled once again as she rode him like a giant snake mount. Reverting to normal once she landed.

"Saddle up boy, saddle up!"
She shouted as he advanced out of the jail. She scooted up to get closer to his head as they would soon make it out of the jailhouse and would proceed to make problems for the world once they actually made it out into the open world.

"I wonder what we should blow up! You think they have any jewelry establishments we can plunder?"