Opening (Chess Pirates)

[jubakilaque]

(OOC: SOM has actually left the forum so...I'll just fight this guy with you.)

Looking up, Silo saw his nakama, Mathus fighting a marine. This man must have escaped his attention, although how the wotan had no idea. He spoke with a rather obvious and conspicuous speech impediment, something that Silo would have thought made him the subject of ridicule. Rushing over to his crew mate's aid, he thrust a hand out, grabbing the marine by the neck and holding him up.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Eh? ye pirate scum are no match for- EH! PUT ME DOWN!"

El Corrupto was suddenly hoisted into the air, while his opponent, a pink haired lad, slashed with a dagger that suddenly became a sword. Thinking quickly, Corrupto unsheathed his katana and blocked the strike. Then he dropped out of his jacket, the spikes on the collar would dig into his assailant's wrist.

"Ye pirate scum! Tryna take me down from be'ind! Prepare fo' def!"

El Corrupto ran forward, katana by his side. He jumped in the air and slashed, sending a black wave at the pirate. The attack would appear to emit a negative energy, sending all affected into a deep corrupted state. This was part of his Haki, although not having fully mastered the technique, Corrupto had, ironically, corrupted his own ability.

"Black Wave!"

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

A few quick manoeuvres later and the marine was out of his grasp. The spikes on his collar had hurt a little, but his wotan skin was more than tough enough to deal with it. Then the marine launched an attack one with the name of 'Black Wave'. It was odd, as Silo had never seen a sword emit such weird wavelengths such as these. The blade seemed to taint the air, almost...corrupting it.

His instincts told him it wasn't a good idea to stick around, and thus Silo flipped backwards. It wasn't enough however, for when the attack landed it sent a wave of dark aura around the boat. Silo felt a bad feeling inside, and then he passed out. He wouldn't remember it, but while he was insensible his body was acting on its own. In fact, El Corrupto had made a zombie of him.

Silo was attacking Mathus.

[pablostudioz]

Riley smiled as his artwork unfolded upon the enemy. It was now time for his next step. Using his HiLighters once more, he made drawing of water all over parts of the ship. This had caused the illusion of the ship being flooded. One marine had freaked out tried to plug what he had thought was a leak, to no avail of course. Another weaker marine was running around in circles screaming, "we are all going to drown! Oh my god! I don't want us to go down!"

This made Riley chuckle a little. "These guys are such idiots." He shook his head and returned to the crew's ship. The only thing left was to go hide out. He had done his job and taken out quite a few. The rest was up to his acquaintances. "It should not be too hard," he thought, "There's only a small handful left." The ship shook slightly. "Must be another cannon going off." He continued to walk toward the door. As he began to slowly open it, a knife flew by. It missed him, but left a large gash in his hoodie. Looking down at this, he was left with the emotion of rage and anger.

[Nasakeshira]

The black wave descended upon the ship, being the reckless kid Mathus is he took the wave head on. Unlike Silo his instincts had not told him to dodge. A strong gust of air hit him, digging his feet in he held his ground. Looking around it seemed nothing had changed, it was just a gust of air. This El Corrupto was all talk and no show, wiping his mouth Mathus let out a laugh, "thats it? Pathe-" breath knocked from his lungs by a sudden hit from to his side by Silo.

All the marines had turned on each other attacking anyone in sight. The fishman's hit sent him into the side of the ship smashing some barrels. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR!" He yelled at his nakama, but something seemed wrong. Now that he had a minute to look about he realized that the ship had an aura of corruption. Rising from the splintered barrels, he stood arms hanging lose. "Eh, well I always wanted to fight a fishman. This'll be exciting!" He rushed forward to engage Silo, sliding under his legs he popped up behind Silo and threw an uppercut, in mid swing the blade suddenly expanded.

(@juba: Want to enter into a seperate thread xD to fight corrupto and zombified you. Also its knife dang it not daggers!)

[jubakilaque]

The act of betrayal seemed not to deter the energetic Mathus, who subsequently punched up at the wotan with his knife. Corrupto didn't care for the well-being of his zombie, and as such didn't command Silo to dodge the attack. However, the cuttlefish wotan did have some sense of what was pleasant and what wasn't, and as such grabbed the entire attack, knife hand and all, with one fist. The knife dug into his flesh, but this didn't appear to pain him.

Silo threw Mathus to the side of the boat, using such force that the Chess Pirates' martial artist would be thrown overboard.

-----------------------------------------------------

"Ye-haha! That's eet, kill yer friend!"

El Corrupto laughed in sadistic delight as his zombie was combating the pink-haired kid. Deciding to add insult to injury, he sent another 'Black Wave' at the pair, intending to slice them both up.

"Yehahaha! DIE! DIE ALL OF YOU!"

-------------------------------------------------

Silo had thrown Mathus by this time, saving him from the attack. However, he could not save himself. The attack slammed into his thick skin. It would seem that corrupting a corrupt person turned them good, as the haze disappeared from the wotan's vision.

"Eh? Mathus!"

Running off of to where he had last seen the martial artist, the wotan was desperate to save his friend.

[Nasakeshira]

Flying into the water Mathus was able to get a big gulp of air before going under. He swung his arms pointlessly as he began losing energy, he kept sinking and sinking. I wonder how long I can hold my breath, he thought to himself. His body became tired, a stone in the sea, as the devil robbed him of his energy. Damn wotan I'll haunt him to the ends of the world if I die now,[/i][/color] he couldn't hold his breath any longer and a lot of air escaped.

As he faded deeper into the sea he had a sudden burst of energy, I haven't achieved my goals yet! I can't die here, I refuse to die. Damn it sea! He began kicking and swinging his arms. His descension slowed as he refused to give up. "SILO, HURRY UP!" The pink-haired pirate screamed.[/size][/font]


((OOC: Short post yea I know))

[jubakilaque]

Silo dived into the water, searching desperately for his friend. A time of around 15 seconds elapsed, before Silo caught sight of Mathus.

"Mathus!"

He cried out unhelpfully; if anything the energy from his screams would propel the devil fruit user deeper and deeper into the sea. Silo kicked, and within a few seconds he had his thick meaty hands around Mathus' frame. He kicked again, rising up to the surface of the water without seconds to spare. If he had been any slower Mathus would have died.

"Mathus!"

He shouted again; the wotan's speech was becoming a little repetitive. With his free hand, Silo used the move known as 'Sea Current', lifting both he and the crew's martial artist out of the water and onto the Black Queen.

He held Mathus up in the air, and, because he knew next to nothing about resuscitation, shook the pink haired lad until he was dry. Placing his hear to Mathus' chest, Silo could hear the faint beat of his nakama's heart. He was alive.

"Woot! Alek! Trent! Mathus is alive!"

Silo's cries of joy echoed over the empty ocean. The Haymaker had multiple holes in it, and the wotan thought he could see the faint shape of a red cape drifting in the sea. Alek wore a red cape.

"No..."

He whispered, refusing to believe it. Silo wailed.

{THREAD END. THREAD EXIT}