A Forgetful Marine

[Shisha]

"Next....Time... Wait..."

Hey eyes opened, finding only the sight of dirt, rubble and brickwork filling her vison. As she pulled herself up the rubble her head was buried in fell away, leaving a perfect imprint of her face stuck in the ground below her, almost looking up back at her like a photo made of rock and masonry. With a few blinks of confusion and a slight sniffle, making more dust fall from her face, she shot back up sitting cross legged staring at the face hole before her, much to the sudden surprise of the citizens who had gathered around after the commotion the marine and that group of others had caused hours earlier. As she rubbed the back of her head, a bold and the least scared of the onlookers approached, reaching out slowly, shakily, nervous of girl.

"Hey...Are you Alri..."

Suddenly Sukkari shot up off the ground, getting up onto her feet and having a good, long stretch. One leg at a time, hands on her ankle as she looked around. With absolutely no idea where she was, or how she'd gotten there. Or how for that matter she'd ended up signing the floor with her face. All she knew was, her head was pounding like a steel drum. However it happened, it must have been one heck of an impact to knock the sense out of her thick skull. The Poor man who'd approached had backed off by this point, steps backwards from her but still found himself caught like a deer in headlights, frozen as the marine turned and looked calmly at him. For the longest time nothing was said, no movement from either of them, not even a tumbleweed for good measure. Until just as suddenly as she shot up, Sukkari beamed a broad smile his way, patted him on the head and happily strolled on past him.

"So where exactly am I? For the life of me I can't remember a thing.." she stated, for some reason her head was full of images of her captain throwing her off the island she was.... Still on?

"This is Fuschia Town. You've...been in the ground for a few hours now. What the hell happened here?!" Understandably confused and concerned the man turned to face her, only to freeze again as she saw her bent over backwards, hands on her lower back her face upside down looking right at him on his shorter level. This time she looked confused herself.

"Fuschia Town? Rings a Bell..." Righting herself she turned and squatted down a bit for the shorter man, smiling back at him. "...Was I with anyone? more Marines? Anything?"

"I d-don't know, we found you in that crater about Two hours ago"

And before he could continue the Marine was already off, leaving him shouting angry expletives in the background and hopping around like an Angry Gnome. Grabbing her coat that had been caught on a fence this whole time, putting it back on as she went, walking towards what she assumed would be the town center. From there it would be the docks and then, hopefully she'd hook back up with her ship. Hopefully...

[Aromancer]

Lee emerged from the ship he'd stowed away on, trying his best to remain unseen. Thankfully, his figure had always remained somewhat on the smaller side, so it wasn't too difficult. The young man had hitched a ride out of the Grand Line after making the executive decision that he was in no way equipped to handle the Grand Line at present. Fortunately, he was back in his homeland: the good ol' "weakest sea in the world" East Blue.

Granted, there was kind of a lot of East Blue, and Fuscia Town wasn't that close to his home in Logue Town. But it was close enough, and he doubted he could show his face again in Logue Town anyway. And for all the comparative size of the East Blue, it was a metaphorically small pond, and he was a comparatively much bigger fish in it. Here, he would be able to take in a few decent bounties and hone his skills in preparation for the day when he would head back out to conquer the Grand Line once again.

That was, if he didn't get arrested for stowing away first, of course. Fortunately, he seemed to be able to remain undetected as he climbed down off the ship, helped along by his Coiled Serpent technique when necessary; the ability to dash faster than the eye could follow was helpful when one was trying to remain unseen.

Finally, he was out of the docks. Lee finally took a moment to relax, heaving a deep (slightly shakey) breath before rushing to the nearest bounty office to pick up the latest Wanted posters... when he ran directly into a young woman in marine garb.

"Ow! Ah man, I'm sorry," Lee said, picking himself up off the ground where he had fallen. He took a moment to brush himself off before reaching a hand out in case the woman needed his assistance standing back up. "You okay? I really should've been looking where I was going, that's my bad."

[Shisha]

Scratching her head in confusion, Sukkari stood on the corner of a road she didn't know, in a town she had no memory of. No clue of its Layout, or what direction to go in. Her plan had been to walk into the town center and from there, make her way towards the sea, yet despite heading towards the mass of blue all around the island, had made seemingly no progress towards it. A frown on her face as she looked around, swearing she'd walked past that same sign post before, not realizing the impact she'd woken up from had left her sense of direction, somewhat impaired. Poking her tongue out at the pole she turned to walk around the corner until...

..She found herself flat on her back, a series of papers flying around above her eventually settling randomly around. A few blinks later she heard someone talking to her, asking if she was ok, if she needed help. So she answered in her usual way of simply getting up, but in a weird fashion. Staying perfectly stiff as she seemed to just float back up to her feet from her laying position, actually just using her Devils fruit powers to playfully show off.

With a broad smile she waved it all off. "Who me? Oh I'm fine. It'll take more than th..." she stopped in her tracks and looked the man over. Having to look up just a tad from his slight height advantage, she scanned him quick and spotted the papers he held, the wanted posters. And that strange looking weapon of his. Like a curious child the marine circled him and poked, prodded and inquired at the strange blade.

"You're sword is Dumb. Their supposed to be straight right? what's with all the points? why is it Green?. Looks like a plant you know that right?." She stopped herself and shook it off, simply out stretching her hand to take his with a friendly meaning. "Sorry, i get carried away. Names Sukkari but, if you're looking for a place to use those things, Can't help you. I'm... Lost if you can believe it"

[Aromancer]

Lee stared at the girl for a moment, dumbfounded by her bluntness. The instant she touched his blade, she would feel her energy draining from her body, as the seastone sapped her strength.

"This sword is your worst nightmare," he said, drawing it and allowing it to glint in the sun for a moment. "The Shichishito is a legendary blade, the likes of which hasn't been seen before or since! These branches symbolize the seven branches of our family tree, uniting as one! They're also great for catching enemy weapons and disarming foes! As for why it's green..." he smirked smugly. "You've probably already guessed, but it's made entirely of seastone. That means it's almost indestructible, and if it touches somebody with a Devil Fruit, they immediately lose all their power and become helpless."

He slashed the sword to show off his own prowess with the blade, before returning it to his back. "This sword is the perfect weapon for fighting enemy Devil Fruit users. The biggest and baddest pirates on the seas almost universally have Devil Fruit powers, meaning the Shichishito can destroy them all with ease. It's one of the most powerful weapons in the world, and I will not allow the likes of you to disrespect it!"

Well, the girl had introduced herself, so the least Lee could do was return the greeting. "I'm Lee," he said, "Viper Lee. And these posters are actually out of date. I was just going to toss 'em and get a new batch from the bounty office here; gotta stay up-to-date on the pirate scene in my line of work." He chuckled. "A bounty hunter's job is never done! Which is good, 'cuz I like to stay busy!"

He jerked his thumb towards the military base. "If you need to find your unit, I think the marine base is thataway. You are a marine, right? You dress the part, but you're way more disrespectful than anyone in my old unit... no offense."

Well, that wasn't entirely true. Lee himself had been pretty damn disrespectful, too. But he'd never really counted himself as a marine anyways.

[Shisha]

As Lee continued to talk at length about how amazing his sword was, Sukkari found his words very soon changing into mumbling, increasingly muffled and incoherent babbling. Each word seemed to last an eternity to the young marine who's eyes began to drift off his mouth to literally anything else. Foot tapping as the man focused on his blade, her attention at that point totally lost on him. To the point where as he was distracted she was looking up casually at the sky above them, noticing silly shapes in the clouds above. At times she'd look back at the man, almost smiling at how into his sword he seemed to be, but it didn't last. There went that cloud looking like a fish on a unicycle again...

The slash of his sword drew her attention back, with a visible startled reaction. Even if it was lost on him. All for the best as she actually heard that part, Seastone. She'd never really come into contact with it before. Sure she Knew of it, something of a legend. Despite Not really getting why it wasn't a well used and wide spread item the Marines used. For a moment she wondered if she could somehow get her Feet on a pair of Seastone boots. But shook her head, realizing how dumb that would be for her especially. Once again finding herself trying to interject now and then, raising a hand, trying to get a word in edge wise. And failing.

Lee's thumb suddenly leading the way for her made her eyes light up and a smile to creep over her face. "Oh Thanks! I've been walking in circles for I don't know HOW long alr..." Sukkari peered over his shoulder towards the direction indicated only to take a step back at his last comment. A frowning and pouty face as she visibly crossed her arms and looked annoyed at him. Fronting on him almost poking a finger into his chest. "I'm Not Disrespectful, I was just saying that sword looked Dumb. And Yes, I am a marine thank you". She held down the compulsion to make a proud and heroic pose as she said that. "Sounds like you're old unit were sticks in the mud. Can't handle a little friendly banter Sword guy?". She giggled a little, actually ruffling his hair with her hand.

[Aromancer]

Lee rolled his eyes at the Marine girl in annoyance as she ruffled his hair. "You have to listen to somebody if you want to banter with them. Don't think I didn't notice the way your eyes were glazing over while I was explaining my weapon's history to you." He brushed his hair back into his preferred style. "Anyway, take it from somebody with firsthand experience: you're never gonna get anywhere in the Marines with that attitude."

With that, he turned back around to head to the bounty office. He needed to offload these captives ASAP. Fortunately, being on a Marine island, they seemed to know better than to attempt to escape.

"Have a good one, Marine girl," Lee said, waving goodbye to her. "And consider a career change; we Bounty Hunters make WAY more money, and we get to act however we like!"

Indeed, it was a good time to be a Bounty Hunter. So many pirates with such high bounties on the seas; Lee allowed himself to fantasize about what it would be like to apprehend one of the bigger pirates!