Adventure on Silver Island! Enter the Shohin San

[Dimitri]

The ship off the coast of Quarry Island, which was delivering supplies to the workers in the quarry has capsized due to the raging winds. Dimitri is plummeted under sea level due to the mass of the sinking ship, swimming downwards to avoid danger, Dimitri realized he was out of danger and relaxing his lungs, attempted to swim back to surface. No man could fight against the force of the seas this day, and so, Dimitri was tossed around by the will of the seas. Sent into a spiral, a pack of Aquatic Monkeys swarmed pass the red hair clown, who firmly clutched his hat from being lost in the vicious oceanic elements. Blacking out from the lack of oxygen, Dimitri's will power gave into the force of the sea current, allowing it to take him where it pleased. The Aquatic Monkey's chuckled at the redhead, as they hunted a shoal of Catfish, watching as the sea currents push the teenager away from Quarry Island, towards Silver Islands shores.The rain poured as if the heaven's had lost God himself that fateful day that Dimitri arrived on the shores of Silver Island. Unfortunately for him, when he had awoken, he was nowhere near Quarry Island anymore, the ocean had bestowed him on the shores off the coast of Silver City. With blurry vision at first from the sea water, Dimitri looked up, sniffing the air around him, trying to gain a sense of where he had washed up. Vision returned, the red haired clown sat up, emptying the water from his iron tipped boots, hoodie, shirt, tie and well, the majority of his attire. After sitting staring off into space for a few minutes, he sprung up, which was slightly difficult on the sandy shores which caused him to trip a bit, regaining his balance, he set his clothes to hang some nearby rocks on the cove under some densely grown patch of 'Fast Oaks' .

"This definitely isn't the Quarry Island the old man on the ship was explaining to me..." Dimitri mumbled to himself. Before Dimitri could even gather his thoughts further, a giant catfish jumped out of the water, wiggling majestically in mid-air before falling back into the water. The Catfish's scales were bright silver, similar to the color of an old issued Beri. "Guess I found my dinner" Dimitri said chuckling. The clothes he had rested on the rocks, now dressed in merely, his boxer shorts and socks, were elevated into mid-air by the Fast Oak leaf trees. The wind had halted for a few minutes, while the rain pour calmly on the shores. "I need to find shelter, I could get sick like this." Dimitri thought to himself. Using his acrobatics, Dimitri jumped from tree to tree, losing his footing a few times but eventually reaching the top of the Fast Oaks and retrieving his clothes. As the rain didn't appear to be ceasing, Dimitri finally found a patch of Fast Oaks, grown so closely together that the rain merely dripped through the creases of the leaves patches. The forest stemmed for a few miles it seemed and eventually in the distance, one could see the main wall of the city.It had been thirty minutes since Dimitri had arrived on the isle and all that had happen so far was, him getting soaked completely. Lifting off his black fedora, a fresh stream of sea water spilled onto the forest oceanside floor. The rain ceased momentarily, though the sun couldn't seem to be seen, only small pulses of silver light through the grey sullen clouds. Putting his clothes back on, and tipping his trade market fedora, Dimitri walked through the forest. The Fast Oaks flickered in out and of existence due to the erratic nature of the winds and the preying Silver Owls which thick silver feathers seemed to camouflage them as they soar along the grey skylines. Finally, making to the outer walls of Silver City, Dimitri followed along until he arrived at the Southern Port, where a plethora of ships were docked.

Shaking off any remaining liquid from his clothes, well, the water that could be shook off, he tipped the shore shack vendor along the port he now walked, picking up a rainbow colored umbrella from the stack that lied in-front of his stall. A little boy named Jack, trailed along the sides of the shore, working with the orphanage in town, saw the red head, black hatted man and wondered why he was so oddly dressed from everyone else. He shrugged and chalked him up as some looney. Dimitri really did look ridiculous, due to the rain water, his dry baggy attire made him look even more like a clown, than he did before. Exiting the port into the main market street of Silver City, the bustling stalls and arrangement of Victorian dressed patrons intrigued Dimitri. Taking in the scenes, he slipped into a nearby Tavern, peering over to the wanted board. " 'Young Lion' Leonard Le Clerc, 'Syph the Firefly' Minalion...' and few other pirate captains and rebels to name a few. Sitting at the bar, he overheard two drunks talking about the situation of debates in Silver Island, something about 'Completionist' and 'Unfinishistas' at war over the finishing of Silver Castle. This island was peculiar, from the distance to the shore, he could see Silver Castle's walls, standing proudly, sort of like a sentinel to the island. The man's words became slurred but the sentence that really intrigued Dimitri the most was, "I - *hiccup* heard, er' is a hidden maze underneath Silver Castle! Damn Completionist are probably hiding treasure in them!" one of the drunkard duo shouted. "Hmm... I smell adventure. Shishi" Dimitri thought to himself.

[Aang]

South’s Blue smell surely was different for Kaido. It was his third time visiting the south, the first two ones being when he was a child. This time, he was here for a job. Two bounty-heads that had escaped before, were now in disguise, hiding somewhere on the well-known archipelago. There were news all over the Blues, telling that some low ranked thieves and pirates were now on the Silver Islands. That’s how Kaido knew that his targets were there.

The island’s atmosphere slightly different, as the pressure was a little lower, the air had a saltier scent, the warm sun threw his gloomy beams all over the place, and the waters were way more whirly than the northern ones. After days of travelling and sailing, he was finally on the Silver Islands Archipelago. It was said that the islands were home of industry, good food and education. All of these in such place had to be guarded considerably, of course, by the government itself.

First of all, Kaido anchored his small boat taken from a previous island, to where he had to fly all the way to, then he set foot on the warm sand. The feeling of that grainy thingy all over his feet was no business of pleasure for him, as he was not exactly the beach-lover, if we could call him that. There was one thing he liked though, the balmy breeze that he could feel whenever the wind blew. Unfortunately, he could not enjoy it as much as he wanted, since he was on the island for business.
“I have no time for this, they’ll escape from me again, and I don't want that.” The redhead murmured for himself, while closing his eyes. He took a deep breath, then he opened his eyes once more. His whole body became fuzzy, covered in feathers, as his limbs became wings and claws. His different colored eyes were now of a bright yellow, as his face was now an eagle’s.

Quietly, he started flapping his wings, gaining more and more altitude. The southern winds were a bit of a trouble at first, but he quickly got used to them. He started fluttering around the whole archipelago, with a view of analyzing it. Since he was in his eagle form, his field of vision was greatly increased, and so was his sight. The islands were more spread than he had thought. Besides the islands that were covered in forests and beaches, there was a lot of civilization around. Lots of restaurants, shopping centers and many tourists attractions. There were many people all around, but there were some points that he had to check. There was an enormous old-school market, where you could find a variety of people selling all kind of things. From food, to all sorts of dangerous weaponry and slaves. Since the bounties liked to disguise themselves, he had also thought about some sort of university that was around. It was not as well populated as the square market, but it was less of an obvious place for hiding.

Easily, he landed somewhere near the market, going back into his human form. Now all he had to do is gather more information on the subject of the bounties.

[Dimitri]

Sitting at the bar a bit longer, Dimitri stayed around following the two drunks once they eventually left the bar. It was evening time now and the drizzles had begun once again. Dimitri began to tail the two drunks until they ended up walking into the downtown Market district. The men stopped into another pub, sitting at the corner table, barely able to sit up straight. Dimitri entered the pub shortly after them, b-lining pass everyone and sitting where the two drunks laughed hysterically. Signaling to the waitress for a bottle of brandy, which he watched the men drink for about three to four hours straight at the previous spot, he poured them drinks, with the three glasses he was awarded for his patronage. Dimitri put on a drunken voice, pretending to be intoxicated as his fellow ‘bar’ mates,
“Ello’ gentlemen! Good day to you kind sirs’” Dimitri stated.


The men started to laugh at the man’s speech pattern, they both thought that this red haired man was far gone on his drinks. “How may I help you stranger?” the man on the right said slurring his words. “I was sitting in the bar a few hours back and recognized you… I was wondering, what’s so great about this treasure underneath Silver Castle!” Dimitri exclaimed loudly. The man’s face got serious for a minute, gushing air between their teeth as quickly as they could to silent the clown’s claim. “Sshshsh” they said, pulling Dimitri’s head down to the table where they made a slight huddle.


“Who told you about the treasure!?” one man said with his eyes barely open. “It was you who did.” Dimitri said pointing to the man on right. “ME?” the man exclaimed. “Richard! You said we’d split it 50/50!” the left seated man exclaimed. “I’d never tell anyone about this. We’d lose our necks! We’re guards of the Royal Silver Court, if we didn’t report this to the boss-” Richard said angrily after being accused of such treachery. Dimitri quietly sat smirking watching the two drunks go at it, he’d barely sparked the means of suspicion and they were already singing like canaries.


“Richard! What about those secret books you were saying would sell a fortune!?” Dimitri exclaimed dropping his hand on Richard’s shoulder all chummy like. “You told him about the Devil Fruit Log! You idiot!” the left seated man shouted. “Shshi… Actually you did” Dimitri thought. “No I never met this man in my life! Hey clown! Get lost! One more word out of you and we’ll throw you in the holding cell!” Richard shouted. “Calm down Richard, were off duty and it’s your fault for telling some black market miser in the first place! I knew sharing this secret with you was going to end up like this, damn drunkard” the left seated man shouted. “Drunkard! Looks who's talking Fiore!? The man who goes drinking every Wednesday with his mistress! I was stupid, I should’ve never told you about this treasure” Richard exclaimed hopping out of his seat and tossing it into the nearby wall. “Hoho, well this is getting personal, time to wrap this up” Dimitri thought. Standing up, Dimitri put his pistol to Richard’s chest, “It’s over. You're under arrest by the World Government under the suspicions of stealing the Royal Treasure” Dimitri said with authority. “I knew this would happen! Damn! It’s all your fault!” Fiore shouted wailing his hand in the air. “You guys have two options! Go to the local holding cell or report everything you know to me immediately!” Dimitri said chuckling to himself.



“Fine! Officer- Look we didn’t mean any trouble… Put the gun away, maybe we can cut you in to” Richard said slyly. Dimitri's face appeared to get generally, though on the inside he was dying of laughter. “Are you trying to bribe a loyal member of the marine core!?” Dimitri shouted. “No sir! H-H-He really wasn’t, I’ll tell you everything, have a seat please!” Fiore exclaimed. Dimitri put away his weapon, plopped his butt into the seat and folded his legs, pouring the brandy into his now melting blocks of ice. The waitress had already called the authorities, so Dimitri had little time before this bar dispute was cleared up. “Speak up!” Dimitri shouted. “One day, we were walking through the basement of the Castle, doing our regular patrols sir and then, we got lost in what seemed to be a secret entrance of sorts” Fiore said barely putting his words together properly. “Then-” Richard interjected. “We found this room of treasure, beri, crowns, chests locked and unlocked, we got so excited we freaked. However, when we tried to find this treasure again, it was no where to be found. Hence our dilemma and that was five years ago. All we keep finding is a bunch of old dusty books-” Richard said still flustered by the disappearance of Dimitri’s pistol which was last positioned towards his head.


“Last question, where’s the entrance to the castle located?” Dimitri asked taking off the ridiculous drunkard tone. “Everyone knows that, it has four entrances. The main ones are closed off to the public and the Western area is the only other way into the castle that isn’t guarded but for a marine like yourself once you identify yourself with the World Government-” Fiore said, his speech was interrupted by the bullet that was now fired into castle guards shoulder, Richard, as he walked away. The scream from the lady sitting adjacent to their table echoed throughout the room. As the guard’s passed out body landed through her drink and into her lap. Dimitri tipped his hat to the bar keep, throwing him a small pouch with a few beri, as he entered into the street, he dashed off towards the Castle’s Western Entrance, looking to survey the area before he put his first heist into action. "I don't work for the savages who killed my nakama!" Dimitri shouted. "Call the- marines! My partner was just got shot in broad daylight!" Fiore screamed.