Mission 43: White Wolf Woes. (SOM, Luppy)

[Cirrus]

The tundra was a blank sheet on the landscape of Drum Island. Nearly lifeless, the cold fangs of the arctic weather bit into all that came here. I say nearly lifeless, because one man was walking in the snow. His footprints engraved in the cold ground until a blizzard hit, an event that was very likely in the winters of Drum Island. This man stood towering at 8ft 6, dressed in bright orange, and wore a crown. For anyone that didn't know him, he could have been the ruler of this place. On his back, a sceptre was strapped. On top of the sceptre was a golden orb. This man, his attire aside, looked like a normal human being, like you and me.

Except, he wasn't. The man I am describing is "Checkmate King" Alek Sorenson. He is a cyborg. This means he can do things many other humans cannot, as well as things other cyborgs can't. So why was Alek Sorenson walking through the tundra? A mystery to all but himself. No one but he knows how he got here, but there is one thing we can all safely say is in our knowledge.

Alek Sorenson is not alone.

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Alek walked through the frozen wastes of uncivilised Drum Island. Nothing resided here, not even the hardiest of animals. That was normal, apart from one thing. A group of outlines were moving towards him at an astonishing rate. These outlines had sharp fangs, black claws, and a penchant for raising cain.

Arctic wolves.

These wolves were sly, cunning and intelligent. They worked in packs to take down their foe and devour their prey. Against a normal opponent they would have overwhelmed the unsupecting Alek, but the "Checkmate King" is no normal opponent. The wolves all pounced upon Alek, an unseen force in the heaviliy falling snow. They pinned him, and grinned madly, before they made to rip at his flesh.

"Get off me you vile beasts!" cried Alek.

Using his superior strength, Alek Sorenson threw the wolves off of his person. He looked around, concentrating now, and made out the figures of the animals.

"Now I've seen you..." he began.

He had targeted three wolves infront of him, and immediately shot them using the pistols in his fingers. The other wolves saw this with their adapted eyesight (they were used to the snow obscuring their vision and had since evolved to deal with it), and backed off slightly. A bold one ran at Alek from behind, but he promptly turned around and planted his foot in it's face. The force from a normal kick would have set the beast packingnot badly hurt, but, being a cyborg, Alek didn't have normal limbs. The kick was so strong that it broke the wolf's jaw clean off. The animal went into shock, and Alek took the moment to make an example of it. Alek Sorenson kicked the wolf between its eyes, and the animal flew backwards as far as the eye could see. After a while, a loud thud could be heard(the animal had hit something solid).

As expected, the rest of the pack ran off with their tails between their legs.

"Foul beasts." commented Alek.

He cleaned his shoe, and trudged on. If he moved too slowly, he would get lost in the seemingly endless expanse of the tundra. All that remained of the fight was a small trail of blood that denoted the direction the wolf had temporarily taken flight in.

[luffy890]

Ruppi was walking around the Tundra and he was fighting the Arctic Wolves too.

Ruppi then saw a figure it was a human called Alek. Ruppi started walking to him and he saw he defeated some wolves.
The young pirate then saw that Alek wasent done.

A Wolf was stalking Alek without Alek knowing. The Wolf then launched at Alek, but Ruppi hold the Wolf by the collar and then unsheated his Katana and stabbed the Wolf in the spine killing it immeadiatly.

Ruppi then went away from Alek. Ruppi ran away he didnt feel like talking to a stranger. The young pirate then got attacked by The Arctic Wolf's again "Hmmmm you Wolfs never got enough right" Rippi said with his Aloof Lazy voice. Ruppi then said "You guys will like this move it has your name on it but i dont feel like fighting you guys." Ruppi then sat beside the Wolf. The Wold growled and Ruppi said "Calm down i am not going to hurt you."

The wolf then came beside Ruppi "Guess i have a way with Wolfs." Ruppi then started patting the Wolf. The Wolf cuddled with Ruppi and licked his hand and closed his eyes. The Wolf then got up and ran away. Ruppi decided to meet Alek Ruppi went to Alek and said "Who are you?"

[phoenixflame]

White. White. Man. The noticable figure on the white landscape of snow and blizzard was a man. Not just any man, but a pirate. A pirate named Syg, who now cursed with any word he could think of. He cursed that his rum froze. He cursed the weather. And he cursed this place.

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Just a few minutes ago, he was sitting in a warm bar, surrounded by girls, and he told them how he defeated a family of bears, when a man ran in, ''Some people spotted two men out in the blizzard! We have to help them!'' he shouted.

Then the girls looked at Syg, and Syg knew what that look meant. He took another sip from the bottle of rum he was holding, ''I'll go and help them. This is nothing for a warrior like me.'' he said. He then picked up his stuff, he hid some warm blankets in his bag and left to search for those men.

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So that's why Syg now was cold all over his body, searching for those people. Trying to get even a little bit of rum, he stuck his tongue deep into the bottle, but the rum was way too frozen. He hit the bottle against a tree and started licking the rum ice lolly. Just then, he noticed a few figures. They must be the wolves that the people were so scared of. he thought.

The wolves started a wild run towards him. Not waiting to see his flesh being torn, he threw the broken bottle at them, and took out two of his guns. Taking a careful aim, he fired at three wolves, which fell, but more wolves showed up. He put his long bayonets on both of his guns, and used them as swords, to lunge at the wolves. The rest of the pack ran, and pushed away the wolves hurt by his bullets. The two wolves which were slashed up, were covered by snow. He proceeded to find the two people. For a second, he thought he seen two figures, but then the snow got in the way of his sight and the both figures vanished.

Then, he looked at his leg. One of the wolves managed to take a deep scratch at it. Feeling so hard on his leg, he crawled up to the nearby tree and pulled himself up with his arms to a branch. He covered himself with so many blankets that, as he closed his eyes, he didn't even notice that he fell off the branch. Slowly he started singing, ''15 souls in the Davy Jones locker. Yo ho ho and a barrel of rum...''

He was not aware that the people he set out to look for were just 13 metres away from him.

[Nasakeshira]

The Southern Pink Haired beast, had no idea how he had arrived in this desolate place. Last he remembered he was asleep on his small ship, but now he sat cross legged in the snow scratching the bottom of his chin in utmost confusion. "Ah ha! That must be it! There was a tornado of course! It sucked me up and through me all the way out here." He stood up using the Evergreen Tree and brushed snow from his pants, "that makes a lot more sense now." The Rose man started in a random direction, "the sea is that way of course!"

A shuffle in the snow, the low growl of a single wolf. He smiled, the wolf launched itself at his back, a grave mistake. Grave indeed, he ducked down spun around grabbed the beast by its neck and slammed it into the ground, with a flick of his wrist he killed the wolf. A few scenes later Mathus had a fire crackling, wolf meat on the spit and a new fur coat. He gathered a substantial amount of snow and cleaned the wolf's fur. Mathus sat on the log, and started sipping some tea. "Huh, how'd this get here?" He questioned looking at the tin cup, he grabbed another stick and threw it into the fire while nonchalantly saying, "oh well,"

He sat silently staring into his campfire. When suddenly... a blizzard picked up, he threw a couple sticks into the fire and snatched the rest. He brought the objects into his small man-made cave, with his small camp. He went back out and lit the stick, the stick burst into flames as he quickly re-entered his cave to start a fire.

[Cirrus]

"Who are you?"

Alek turned instantly around, his face showing an expression of disdain. He didn't really expect to meet people out here in the frozen tundra, and he wasn't up for small talk. It was cold and he needed to find a village quickly.

Still, there was no escaping this confrontation, so instead Alek embraced it.
"The question is, who are you? Why do you have one of thoses wolves that attacked me earlier with you? The fact that the wolf is beside you and not attacking you indicates to me that you are their master. Meaning that you sent them to attack me."

Alek shot the wolf between its eyes using one of his pistol-fingers. He then aimed at the stranger's forehead.
"So. State your name and intentions. If they are amiable and noble, then forgive me for killing your friend. I have grown a large disliking for the things."

Alek waited for an answer. As he was doing so, he heard a rustling and some gunshots being fired around 15 metres away from his position. His gaze not leaving the man closest to him, Alek lifted his other arm and aimed it in the direction in which the noise had come.
"Show yourself or I will shoot to kill." he called.

Alek fired some warning shots at the unseen noise's position. Alek heard them rip into the bark of a tree, indicating he had missed.

He waited for the answer of the man infront of him, and for the unseen noise to reveal itself to them all.

"There is someone else not too far from here." he said to himself. He could see smoke rising in the distance, and the faint flicker of a campfire. The snow picked up into a blizzard.
"I can wait all day in this blizzard. I expect you two can't. Hurry up!"

[luffy890]

Ruppi heared him say "The question is who are you." Ruppi looked at him and he then saw him kill the Wolf easly with a gun and Ruppi could only hear the Wolf's last loud whimpers and he then saw the stranger point the gun at his forehead.

Ruppi looked at him again and said"I am Ruppi Suzuki of the Suzuki Clan and i am a pirate." Ruppi then took out his Odachi and said"And nobody bosses me around." Ruppi was getting ready to stab Alek but he then heard gunshots like the stranger Alek did.He then saw Alek point the gun at where the sound of the gunshots were coming from they were 15 meters away from Alek's position and Ruppi's position.Ruppi then looked at Alek"What is wrong with you pointing guns." Ruppi said with his Aloof voice.Ruppi then saw smoke just like Alek did Ruppi sudenlly got annoyed from all the mysterious stuff the young pirate then said"Wolf Claw." He didnt mean to harm anyone the massive damage created a crater and it made a giant sound.
Ruppi then looked at Alek and said"You seem like a criminal or a pirate the way you lift that finger gun at me you are not afraid to kill so are you criminal or a pirate."

[phoenixflame]

Syg thanked the lord that he fell off the tree, because just as he opened his eyes, some bullets drove deep into the tree. Whoever fired those is pretty good. Such a blizzard going on yet he would've me killed if it wasn't for the stroke of luck. he thought.

Just then, he remembered the man asking for him to show himself. He picked up a tough and big stick and helped himself up, and used it to walk since the wolf injured his leg.

He came out of the blizzard and saw the person who dealt the cards, he had a target on a man and in Syg's direction. Syg knew that the man has to be calmed.

''Hey there, my friend. My name is Syg, rarely changed to Sygmund, my close friends, which I seem to have none now, call me 'Rum'. My intentions were truly noble, as I came to help you and the other man to get to a nearest town. There is a nasty bunch of wolves here,'' he said, and pointed at the dead wolf, ''but I see you already know this. The gunshots you could've heard back there was me trying to fight the wolves. But I was all out of rum, thus my flexiness wasn't that good. One of them hit me hard,'' he said, pointing at his bleeding leg, ''and now I am in no condition for a close combat. So you could hide those guns, for I am not your enemy. Now that I told you what is what, I hope you can tell me two things. First would be, kindly, your name and your intention. Second one, have you got any rum? This freeze works bad on rum, and seeing you, I guess you might be a man with lots of beverage.'' said Syg, hiding his guns, and slowly approaching the men. It seemed that he would not be the one to save anyone today.

[Nasakeshira]

Mathus was dreaming, one day he'd be the worlds greatest pirate... his dream shifted, the image swirled in his head. A great bonfire, on the last warm island he'd been on. He opened his eyes and shot straight up. His head hit the top of his man cave and he rubbed his head. He crawled out of the fresh and powder-like snow. The blizzard's peak had passed, it was calming down yet the storm still raged, he observed before yawning and stretching completely ignoring the storm as if it was nothing.

As he was setting up makeshift snares and traps he heard two shots ring out through the lightening blizzard. Two hares fell from the tree, "hope he doesn't mind if I take these." He grabbed both of them by their necks and walked back to base camp. Half hoping to meet the guy who shot the food, he put the hares on the spit and waited for them to roast.

A few minutes later a gigantic artic wolf appeared out of the trees, this one was battle scarred. A blind eye, scar running across it's ear to it's blind eye, multiple scars covered the body. It made eye contact with Mathus and as if on cue the rest of the pack came out. They circled the camp's perimeter as the scarred beast walked into the center challenging him. "You wanna fight?" The beast responded with a growl, Mathus stood up and accepted this beasts' invitation. He circled the camp staring at the wolf...

[Cirrus]

"I am Ruppi Suzuki of the Suzuki Clan and i am a pirate." Ruppi then took out his Odachi and said"And nobody bosses me around."

Alek was going to shoot Ruppi in the face. His finger was aimed squarely at his forehead, and he could kill him on a whim.

But, he didn't.

The kid had spunk, and Alek liked that in a person. Besides, he had already calculated 174 plans to deal with him if he made another move.

"Wolf Claw." He didnt mean to harm anyone the massive damage created a crater and it made a giant sound.
Ruppi then looked at Alek and said"You seem like a criminal or a pirate the way you lift that finger gun at me you are not afraid to kill so are you criminal or a pirate."

Alek looked at the crater Ruppi had created. It was quite large, especially since you counted the snow as a dampner of power.
"I am Alek Sorenson. I am a pirate, and I am going to become Pirate King."

Alek saw that the attack had missed whoever was hiding in the snow. He was about to call for the unseen noise to hurry up again, when the person spared him the trouble.
''Hey there, my friend. My name is Syg, rarely changed to Sygmund, my close friends, which I seem to have none now, call me 'Rum'. My intentions were truly noble, as I came to help you and the other man to get to a nearest town. There is a nasty bunch of wolves here,'' he said, and pointed at the dead wolf, ''but I see you already know this. The gunshots you could've heard back there was me trying to fight the wolves. But I was all out of rum, thus my flexiness wasn't that good. One of them hit me hard,'' he said, pointing at his bleeding leg, ''and now I am in no condition for a close combat. So you could hide those guns, for I am not your enemy. Now that I told you what is what, I hope you can tell me two things. First would be, kindly, your name and your intention. Second one, have you got any rum? This freeze works bad on rum, and seeing you, I guess you might be a man with lots of beverage.''

Throughout the man's monologue, Alek never shifted his aim from his head. The "Checkmate King" had them both under his palm, he could kill them before they even thought of attacking.
"Hello Sygmund. This is Ruppi. For no reason other than my own, I am going to be calling you Syg from now on. If you are to be believed, and your voice does not betray you on this occasion, then you are of no threat."
Alek lowered his arm. The man hadn't seen his finger pistol in action, so this would have seemed odd to him, as if Alek was holding an invisible gun.
"My intention is to discover why there are wolves prowling this area when clearly, apart from them, we are the only animals out here. Unfortunately for you, I do not have any rum, and to be drinki-"
Alek stopped abruptly. Something had stirred over in the distance, around near where the smoke he had seen earlier was. This was a problem, because if he were to take down the origin of the noise, then he would have to turn around, giving Ruppi time to become hostile. He figured he could compensate, but he wasn't in the mood for fighting today. For now, he would leave it alone.
"-ing in this weather would be madness. Alcohol is a depressant, meaning that your reactions would be significantly lowered, leaving you prey to any wolves that pick their fancy."
Alek finished his sentence.
"Wait here, get to know each other. I assume that we will be working together. I have something I need to take care of."
"Bishoppu:Kuikku Undo." he whispered.

Alek seemed to disappear as he used Wiatr to move next to the campsite flames. A man with rose pink hair was facing off a giant wolf. It would have been ridiculous that Alek didn't spot it earlier, but this wolf seemed to have experience in stealth, as evidenced by its multiple battle scars, which seemed to be at least 3 years stale.
"Hello there stranger." said Alek cheerfully.

As he said this, he shot the beast three times on its right leg, bringing it down in a thump, surely alerting the others he had rudely left around 30 metres away. He wasn't used to wolves, but his perceptive personality had compensated for him massively so far.
"So, since he won't be moving for a while, would you care telling me who you are and what you're doing out here?"

[phoenixflame]

''Mate, normally that's the effect of alcohol, but for me-'' said Syg, but the man was already gone. He checked around his body for any injuries from the early fall, but finding none, he sat down. He polished his guns a bit, but quickly got bored and fell on the ground. He felt something drive itself into his body, and when he looked, he saw his hip-flask. He swung it around a bit- there was something shifting inside it. He took a sip, and he grinned. It was rum. He was about to take a massive gulp, when some shadow showed up. Thinking it was Alek, he got up and hid his hip-flask. But the shadow was some other man, and, how interesting, he was holding some wolves on a leash.

''Well, well, well. Who do we have here?'' spoke the man. Syg tried to grab his guns, but the man grabbed him and hurled him onto the wolves. Syg felt his hands and legs being cuffed, as the man was taking him somewhere. Knowing that nothing good will come out of it, he rolled off the wolf, but the man grabbed him and tied him to the wolf. Slyly, Syg grinned as he was being dragged across the snow, and the rum was slowly dripping from his hip-flask.

[Nasakeshira]

As the tall man shot the wolf, he looked at him in disappointment and yelled at him, "HEY YOU! WHY'RE YOU RUINING MY FUN?" Blowing steam out of his nose he looked back to where the battle scarred wolf was shot, only to be greeted by the sight of snow. A blood trailed off into the woods. "WHAT AM I DOING HERE? WELL I DON'T KNOW BUT I AM NOT TELLING YOU NOW!" Storming off towards his camp fire, he sat on a log and stared into the flames. He smiled deviously, "well I may be able to tell you something. But first do you have any meat? I’m starving." Turning head ‘round mouth watering he looked at him with deviously slitted eyes, hopefully this blackmail will work. He wiped the a spot off for the man to sit, slapped it hard twice and offered him to sit.

Leaning towards the fire he hunched his back and began speaking in a pirate’s story telling tone, “you see it was a dark and cold night… I was just celebrating my spoils of defeating a legendary sea monster! In fact it was an army of legendary sea monsters! I was sleeping on the deck of my small ship. Eating the delicious meats of those monsters.” He paused as he bit a chunk of meat from the bone and looked into the sky, still hunched over the fire. Continuing with his story in his lowered and hushed voice, “as I slept a storm picked up! A massive gale of wind blew me into the calm belt. Aye! It was dangerous, as I drifted for days. Days of hunger. Days of boredom. Days of peeing into the calm belt. Eventually stopped by the mystery forces of the world, for only a moment… And the next thing I knew I was flung far! FAR! FAR! Into the day into the night, I traveled for days on end! DAYS I SAY! I DAYS! Last thing I can remember is flying through the sky and then waking up here in this desolate snow land.” He sat straight backed and threw the finished bone into the fire. “That’s what I am doing here.”

(sorry for short reply, couldn't think of anything)