Many Partings (DBP->Lanterns Thread)

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Syphalia sat at the front of the Los Anicetos and sighed. It had been quite some time since the unlucky happening on Reverse Mountain. The remaining Dancing Blade Pirates had been extremely depressed, the crew didn't seem the same after all. Most likely they'd part at the next island, it was a sad thing, and they were just getting started as well. They had just made it to the Grand Line. She sighed once more and started to turn away back to the cabin when something caught her eye. A small shadow in the distance, it was an island. She went to call land ho to the crew, but it didn't really matter in the end.

Maybe she would try to rally them to continue on the crew but she doubted that they would in the end. This was a depressing end, but she would continue on. If Jack really had died she'd continue a crew on in his legacy. She hadn't exactly cared for him, but a captains a captain, his memories should continue on. What would she name them, her crew supposedly . . . in the darkness of the world how would she continue on. She needed a light, to continue, a light in the darkness. A Lantern. That was an idea, she went back to the cabin to think on it.

A bit later when the crew made docking at Waterway City, she sat on the edge of the ship watching as members went their separate ways. Bella and Momo were some of the first to go, Momo was sure Jack was still alive and had set out to meet with him. Bella had gone off, Syph really didn't know why but she wasn't about to stop her. Pierce and Tomas had left to do something, they said they might return but she was unsure if that would really happen. Only her and Xun remained, she turned to face him as he stepped to the edge of the boat. "So do you want to continue on with me? I know you were the first mate, so i don't know if you want to be the captain." Syph smiled slightly, it'd be nice to have at least someone continue on with her.

Not far off on the roof of a nearby tavern, two men kept an eye on the two members remaining on the ship. They were quite shady to be honest. Wearing large gray coats and top hats one grabbed a small den den mushi and talked into it. Only one mark signified who they were, a small badge with the letters S.H.O.C. on it. The man spoke into the den den mushi "Both 'Firefly' Syph and 'Blaze' Xun have been spotted, 'Typhoon Swell' Jack has not made an appearance yet. They are at Dock 4 at Waterway City. We will continue tracking. Out." These were small members of the S.H.O.C. organization reporting back to the operative that was covering Crescent Moon Empire.

In the nearby city of Crescent Moon Central, Blue Operative Varrus was just getting the information and the files. A small database of information had been gathered on these 'Dancing Blade Pirates' with a total of three DF users amongst them they seemed to be quite the challenge. The Recon Sector from the Blues had sent the information the second they found that the pirate crew had left the blues for the Grand Line. This crew was being assigned to Varrus, as well as a few others that had enterd the Warring Route. He sifted through the papers, each of these three members had quite the bounty on their heads, even with the captain of unknown position the other two still were threats. He would deploy two Red Operatives and a small group of marines immediately, apprehend the targets before they got away was the mission.

S.H.O.C. had been made for this job the Specialty Hunter Operative Core was extremely good at taking down DF Users, almost all their members could either use Haki for the higher ups or had use of Seastone weapons for the majority of the members. Seastone was Varrus' personal weapon, he had no ability to use Haki for the time. They of course worked with the world government for a price.

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Xun had flown over reverse mountain and crossed upon the other of the world. From there he had waited for the approaching ship he knew would come. It arrived later the solemn faces of his crew mates depicted a sad presence over the monumental even that should've been joyous. He learned quickly about what had occurred while he was waiting. The moment settled and hovered over him lasting much longer than it should have. The majority of the time sailing to the next island was spent listlessly staring out at the mountain as the ship sailed farther and farther away. His monotonous expression remain as the crew split at Waterway. Xun turned his head slightly to face Syph as to answer her question. She smiled hopefully. An awkward moment of silenced passed as he took a long breath.

Turning away to face the sea he said, "I don't know Syph." He watched the waves bounce in the slight wind. He brushed the back of his head running his fingers through his hair. The weight of the next words would impact his life. His bout of depression still lingered. He turned back to her and finally said, "I will stay with ya'. The world is lonely place. People go insane without someone to talk to."

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(OOC: i'm not sure as to a plot atm so lets kinda just roll with wtv haha)

Deth looked off, he wasn't sure of what he'd do. It was to be expected she guessed, this was a large change from the previous plans. He turned back around and said he had decided to stick with her, it was a relief to know she'd have some company, apparently he had the same idea in mind. She smiled, looking back at the Los Anicetos she sighed, the ship was a bit big for just the two of them. They'd need something smaller, more their size, at least for a while. "Common lets get off this ship, too many bad memories, and way too big ya know! Maybe we should sell it . . . or burn it ya know either way."

Hopping off her perch she walked down the ramp onto land. This was Waterway City in the Crescent Moon Empire there should be no reason that they couldn't get rid of this ship in trade for a smaller easier to handle ship. She was kind of sad to let the ship go, she of course had been one of the key people in choosing which ship they would take. Walking away from the dock she wondered where they would go from here. She reached into her pack and searched around, she had had a log pose when she had first joined the DBP. So that could lead them to the next island hopefully. Her hands felt through the pack, but no glass orb could be found . . . "CRAP" she freaked out slightly, had she given it too Tomas? It was quite possible, he had been the navigator so obviously it was his to use.

She sighed, a flaw in her plan, well it could be worked out. She strolled through Waterway City looking for a shipwrights, where she could get the Los Anicetos appraised and sold for a smaller ship. It was a large ship it wasn't like anyone was just going to take it. Or so she thought, back with the two S.H.O.C. operatives on the roof they were already planning out what they were going to do. A group of marines was already on the way to pick up the ship, only Jack Dancer had not arrived yet, and he would be the target as well as the ship. These pirates were not getting away, they had made a fatal mistake in leaving their ship basically unguarded.

Now the two operatives had only to find "Blaze" and "Firefly" and they could call today a great day. This was going to be the day they got promotions. Oh yeah today was the day.

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Xun agreed with the sentiments voiced by Syph. Perhaps the end of the Dancing Blade Pirates would lead to something new altogether. He dismissed the thought from his head, the hopeful visions of the future were only that, visions. He reminded himself.
"I'll just salvage our things from here then." He said as she left into town. Xun made his way slowly up to the ship. He climbed down the stairs leading below deck. His first stop was going into his room getting what he needed and couldn't live without. In the end he took a few of his clothes his sword and a picture. He stared intently at it. Sitting down on the bed he noticed all the small details. The warming smile of his mom and dad. He was in between being lifted up. It was one of the few remaining objects he had that belonged to his family. He put it into the bag with care. He had the time to decide. He took a short detour through the kitchen to grab a small knife.
He wrote a quick message reading, "We had some adventures together, but it times for me to go." He walked up above deck once again. Taking the knife, he pinned the note onto the main mast. He went into town, rented a room at an inn and went inside to rest a day before going elsewhere.

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I just can't seem to find the motivation to post anymore. I am going to retire from Rping at this point.