Mission #11:Kicking nass and taking manes (Jack & Hitsuyona)

[Anirion]

Once again, sailing across the seas on his boat... Jack still remembers what happened at Loguetown as if it was yesterday, or... it probably was? Jack has been asleep a lot of the time so he can't really tell, however it has most likely been a couple of days after... Jack checks to make sure the sail is adjusted right, going in the direction he wants to... however, he notices that a wooden plank under the deck of the ship is gone... at that exact moment, he starts to hear some parts of his boat starting to crack off.... realizing the boat isn't gonna stay together much longer... he rips off a upper standing wooden plank and starts using it to fasten the speed to possibly land somewhere... seeing an island in sight, he starts to peddle faster at it... as he goes near the island, half of the boat cracks right off, luckily his supplies and bag are on the other side, so nothing was really lost but he's squeezed on that side now! struggling to keep peddling he is only a few meters off the shore but as the boat still starts to go apart even faster, he throws his bag of supplies and den den mushi right at the shore, it successfully lands he attempts to jump himself off the boat, but the wooden plank he jumps off rips off and he falls into the water... drowning, unable to swim because he's a devil fruit user.

Luckily, the waves seem to save Jack, and he washes up on the beach... after a couple of seconds later an unknown guy runs over to where Jack is, pushing his chest to get water out of his mouth, Jack finally coughing and breathing heavily... Jack immediately grabs the guys hand and shakes it heavily "Oh thank you! I would've died!" and the man appears to have some sort of disappointed face, like a "Are you serious?" face, pointing at the waves saying "You do know... you were literally only 2 meters away from shore where you nearly drowned right?" Jack... being somewhat embarrassed at that, but then shakes it off, saying "I have a reason for that! you see, I am a Devil's Fruit user!" the guy face seems somewhat skeptical about this, saying "Why do you call it "Devil's Fruit?" isn't it just Devil fruit?" Jack, wondering this at himself saying "I don't know to be honest, everyone else says "Devil's Fruit"... but you seem to not believe that I am one! let me show you!" Jack grows a spore on his hand, the man then starts to laugh, in response to Jacks showing he says "HAHA WHAT? A MUSHROOM? SPORE? what is that good for? gardening? oh my god... thanks for the laugh kid." the man walks off and Jack seems agitated... but he better let it go, starting fights will only lead to trouble.

Jack grabs the rest of his supplies and the Den Den Mushi seems scared and hiding in his shell after the powered throw... maybe he's just resting, Jack thought, walking through the town, hopefully there's a store nearby that sells materials like wood, so Jack can try to build up a boat to travel again... but as he walks around town, it doesn't seem that lively... some houses even seem... abandoned, some are boarded up, some seem like the door was forcefully bashed in... then noticing a brown-haired girl by a building that seems much more organised, waving at the girl as he walks up he says "Hello? is there... some form of leadership or a mayor or something in this town? I'd like to speak to him or her." the girl nods in response, opening the door and going inside, signalling Jack to follow... going up some stairs, she opens one room going inside, then says "Mr. Mayor, somebody is here to see you..."  the mayor already in a conversation, but looks to her saying "God dammit! can't you see I'm already busy?! just... bring him in here and he can wait until I'm done talking with this gentleman..." then she goes outside, telling Jack to go in and wait patiently by the door, as Jack walks in the room he notices a black-haired man, his hair being swept back wearing a black fedora and suit, with a badge on his suit saying "Mayor" and another guy with Spiky, Teal-colored hair... he waits by the door patiently, as requested off him.

[hitsuyona]

It had been several hours since Hitsuyona had arrived on the island, and made his way into what could only be described as a perfect example of the broken windows theory. Every other house that accompanied the streets followed the example of the next, that is, they were all in some form dismantled. Whether this meant that they were nearly destroyed, or simply lacking of doors or windows. This came off as surprising to Hitsu, and disappointing all the same. It would prove to be difficult making money in a town that looked as if it couldn't afford to maintain property damages. The young man decided he would make his way into the heart of town to weigh the pros and cons of remaining on his island, as opposed to the debt that followed cutting his losses to find business elsewhere.

The main area of this town had a bit of activity about it, albeit mostly villagers going about their daily business. This showed ever the slightest bit of promise to the bounty hunter, but it wasn't nearly enough to justify his staying quite yet. Disregarding most of the general public, Hitsuyona made his way to the center of this town-square he had manged to find himself in. He found himself being led to believe that one of the few buildings left 'untouched' by the trends of vandalism would lead to some justifying knowledge about the situation regarding the majority of this place. Of course, having entered such a building brought a bit of hope to the young man. It would appear that by the signs and the texts upon them, that this specific building was an office. A young woman approaches him, and inquires a question. "May I help you sir?"  Hitsuyona ponders this for a slight moment before replying. "Yes, may I speak with someone about the current situation regarding whatever crime may have befallen this town, and it's neighboring ones as well?" The woman seems a bit caught off guard by this, but gently smiles and signals for him to follow. "Right this way sir, you should speak with the mayor regarding that matter."

He is led to a room labeled 'mayor' above its heading, and is allowed to enter immediately. Finding that the man was currently free with nothing to distract him from answering any questions, Hitsuyona takes it upon himself to do so without wasting any time. "Mr. Mayor, might I ask what crime may have come to this town? I couldn't help but notice many signs of vandalism or forced house entry on my way to this place." The well-dressed mayor stands up from his seat, and adjusts a fedora that was currently being worn. "Of course young man, but I must ask why you request. You don't seem to be a marine, nor a member of any government." Hitsuyona clearly caught on to what this mayor was implying. His body language suggested quite the opposite of his 'kind' words. Just the way his facial expression when he said 'of course' adjusted suggested he wasn't feeling so inclined to give out any info on the matter. "I am a bounty hunter, among other things if the price is handsome enough. If you have criminals in the area causing problems, I can handle them swiftly for a fee, and its much faster than waiting for the timely process of the marines to eventually get involved."

The mayor's appearance changes a bit, and he gets a smirk upon his face. "Well in that case, please do help us, if you can. We seem to have thieves in the area, and quite the handy ones at that. Before you can react to the sounds of a beaten down door, and rush to help your neighbors out, they're already gone with anything of significant value. The only thing they leave in return you might ask, considering there always 'has to be something', is a damned peace of fur. In every location." Hitsuyona raises his eyebrows as the man speaks. While he was interested in the sound of what the man spoke of, he was rather quick to change his mind about Hitsu. That wide change in attitude had caught him off guard, but it was apparent this mayor clearly wished for this issue to go away quickly. While the bounty hunter wasn't the most kind hearted, or evil person, he still expected something out of this. "I could look into this, free of charge, the only thing that will cost you is handling of the said criminals. I only charge if I successfully do the service that I guarantee, but don't pay me a penny less than whatever it is you offer and I agree to." With that being said, the same woman from earlier enters the room. After she speaks, it would appear that the mayor was upset at the news. It was as if he was suddenly extremely anxious to get this situation dealt with. Either way, Hitsuyona disliking such scenarios steps aside. "We can talk terms of payment later, for now please speak with this man, I am in no rush. It will take time to do this job anyway."

[Anirion]

After the talk appears to be done between the spiky haired man and the mayor, Jack walks up to the mayor, Jack puts his hand forward for a handshake, the mayor also putting his hand forward and both handshake, then the mayor says "Well then, how may I help you sir?" Jack reply's saying "Well... I'd like to know about what the deal is with this town... empty houses? broken doors?" then the mayor says "Another visitor? hmm... well, that gentleman with the spiky hair also asked about this, but I'll tell you as well... you see, there are thieves that live nearby somewhere that steal from this town, as soon as we get to the scene from reported sounds, it's like they disappear as quickly as they arrived, the only piece of evidence that shows is a fur that is shown from every crime scene... to be honest, I think it might be pirates just as well." Jack, interested in this piece of fur, possibly able to figure out what it is due to being a doctor, he says "May I have a look at one of these fur's? I have some experience as a doctor, I've healed animals in the past and might have some idea."

the mayor nods his head in agreement, giving a piece of fur to Jack... thoroughly checking it, it's extremely light and he knows well enough that it couldn't be a wildlife animal such as a tiger, or a lion, etc... giving the piece of fur back to the mayor, Jack says "It's likely the fur of a rat, mouse or anything small really... all though the color of the fur is weird." the mayor then seems somewhat skeptical, then asks "How would you know that? who exactly are you?" Jack was just about to say he was a pirate, but with the crimes that happened around town, he thinks they wouldn't exactly trust him or would do something to him on based accusation that he did it... so he says instead "Oh uh... I'm... a marine!" the mayor seemed even skeptical of this, he says "You don't have a marine uniform? and apparently you're a marine doctor? give me some sort of proof" Jack then opens up his hand, and a spore pops out of his hand, to show that he is a devil fruit user, also showing his Den-Den Mushi, as well as his weapons, then saying "You see sir... I'm an... undercover marine, I was assigned to go undercover with a certain dangerous pirate group, but they saw through my disguise and somehow figured out I was indeed a marine, I was running away but then they blew up my boat, so I crashed here... I would contact... uh, base but my den-den mushi isn't working for some reason." the mayor appears to believe his story well enough, then says in advance "Well then... as a marine, surely it's your duty to help us citizens in need? there's a bounty hunter over there who is going to look into this as well... I'd like you both to work together to solve this, and solve this fast... two minds are better then one, with your Devil Fruit powers, I'm sure you'll be able to catch the culprits... now please, get to work." Jack nods, waving goodbye to him then walking over to the spiked hair man, waving at him and saying "Hello... my name's Jack, Jack E. Raiiri... or just Jack, or according to an old friend of mine... maybe Jacke, Jacky... yeah, anyway what's your name?"

[hitsuyona]

Hitsuyona watches as the other individual approaches the mayor. The two shake hands before immediately getting to the point. It would seem this man wishes to know something similar to what Hitsu came here to find out. The mayor speaks of something very similar to what he told the bounty hunter just moments ago. This was to be expected, however, was the newcomer to request looking at this fur that always seemed to be left behind. Not to mention this odd looking fella had experience as a doctor, but it wasn't the weirdest he'd experienced in his days. This man's description of what it likely was wasn't really all too sophisticated. It seemed like an educated guess, but it was more than Hitsuyona could tell from a simple glance.

The mayor seemed a bit skeptical to his answer though, and speaks up to question him. This man's response however causes Hitsuyona to raise an eye. He keeps an eye on this young man while the two go back and forth. While his words suggested one thing, the way this man went about speaking gave an uncomfortable feeling that it was otherwise. 'an undercover marine?' While Hitsuyona couldn't necessarily up and claim it to be false, he just simply held his doubts regarding the situation. When the mayor speaks as though these two are going to be teaming up, Hitsuyona gets an awkward facial expression. This young man soon comes forwards to introduce himself as many different variations of 'jack'before asking for the bounty hunter's name. Letting out a sigh to this prolonged introduction, he gives in to the request. "The names Hitsuyona, and hopefully yours is an alias. If i happened to be a pirate your cover would've been compromised." 

Looking over to the Mayor, Hitsuyona's face showed the slightest hint of irritation. "Even if I am working with a marine, my services aren't free." He lets out a scoff to this before returning to his desk. "Very well,I will pay you 1 million beri if you get to the bottom of this." Hitsuyona nods at this, and looks back to the young man known as Jack. "We best not waste any time, marine, would you like to question individuals who may have come into contact with these thieves, or survey these crime scenes more closely?" Regardless of Jack's reply, or lack thereof, Hitsuyona signals his hands as if to let him know he is taking his exit. He had no plan to stand around to talk about this, they could discuss any matters on the way.

[Anirion]

Before having a chance to talk with the man, he seems to walk out the exit, and disappears fast, Jack tries to follow him, rushing outside but the man already appears to be gone... "Ah gee... oh well, it's probably better this way, that guy seemed like trouble..." Jack then looks to the brown-haired woman in-front of the building, then asks her "Say... can you lead me to one of the crime scenes?" she nods and points in the direction to his right, "There is a house in that direction with a slight lighter brown then others, you can't miss it, that's where one of the crime scenes are." Jack going into the direction that the woman told him to follow, after a few steps ahead he finds the house that is slightly light brown... the house looks somewhat damaged and the door is broken, suggesting it is indeed a crime scene of where a robbery happened... looking at another house, it appears the bounty hunter is already at work... Hmm... better to not disturb him then. Jack thought, it's probably better to work solo then to work together on this, Jack walks inside the light brown house, seeing everything inside was indeed messy.

Jack thought the best way to start finding some evidence was to find some possible hidden entrances in the home... if they manage to escape as quickly as they arrived according to the mayor, surely they have some sort of secret underground base? Jack thought... Jack checks around the rooms, upstairs, bedrooms, everything and no signs as to how they could've gone from the inside... then at that moment, Jack trips over a broken plank and crashes into a wall... breaking it, standing up he sees there is actually some sort of hole in the room he just broke into... a secret room or something? now that Jack thinks about it, looking at the wooden planks of the room they seem to be hurriedly built... as if they had no time... Jack is thinking about going into the hole but these are experienced thieves they are after... he'll need his new "Partner" to help with him on the based chance the hole does lead to the thieves hideout... 

[hitsuyona]

Hitsuyona continues to make his way out of the mayor's building, and back into the streets of this town. Instead of being followed by 'jack', it seemed Hitsuyona was going to be doing this solo for the time being. He'd had plenty of time to respond, but it didn't exactly matter anyway. The bounty hunter felt confident that he could find some sufficient evidence with or without him. Making his way down the streets, there was a house that catches Hitsuyona's eyes. It was directly across from a house that stood out from the rest, being a lighter brown. Stepping into this home would prove to be a simple task, seeing as it was missing a door altogether. Looking around for a bit, he notices that the place looked ransacked. The bounty hunter was starting to think this 'scene' was completely compromised, because it looked as though scavengers had taken whatever the thieves left behind.

Hitsu continues to look around the place just in case there was something, rather, anything aside from broken parts of the home, and cobwebs. Throughout his search the only thing he notices is the so called 'fur' that remained at all crime scenes. The thing that made such information seem odd to Hitsuyona was where it was seen. The fur was hanging in the creases where the two cabinets crossed paths, and in other various tight places. After having taken notice to this, he hears a sudden crashing sound in the nearby distance. It sounded like part of someone's home was being broken apart. The bounty hunter takes haste in running towards the direction he heard the sound coming from. "What the hell?"

Running into the house that is a lighter brown, Hitsuyona would soon find Jack to be causing trouble of sorts. The 'stuttering' gentleman of earlier who couldn't get his full name out, was now tearing apart houses. "So what all did you break?" Taking a closer look at the wall that Hitsu assumed Jack had broken, he notices something interesting. There was a hole that seemed to lead somewhere, and it was underground of course. Walking closer to this hole, Hitsuyona looks down only to see darkness below. After standing above it for a moment, a wretched smell accompanies his nose. He holds his hands over his face to guard from the absolutely terrible smell. "You either found their means to escaping, or the entire towns sewage system." He was reluctant in what he was about to speak next, but it more or less had to be said. "Not it."

[Anirion]

Jack somewhat a bit ticked at the bounty hunter saying that, how could he just rule that out so easily? a secret room with a hole? "Uh... I don't really think it's a coincidence, especially with how fragile the walls are, they seem to be built quickly... but still, maybe we should ask the mayor about it, I'll go on ahead... if you want to confirm, check the hole? otherwise... see if any other crime scenes might have a hidden room like this one." then waving goodbye to the bounty hunter, walking outside... heading to the direction of where the office building is, as he walks by certain houses, he thought he noticed a shadow hiding behind one of them... probably just my imagination Jack thought, as he continued to keep walking, he started to hear noises around the houses... he's pretty sure someone is following him... as he keeps walking faster and faster, he finally catches up to the office building to see the brown-haired woman there... Jack sighs in relief, saying to the woman "Oh gee... say, did you happen to see anyone around her-" at that moment, Jack gets slashed on his back by a weapon of some sort... he turns around, to notice a black hooded figure with a sword...

Jack yells at the brown-haired woman "Get inside now! I'll start using my devil fruit ability and I don't want you in the way!" the woman being scared by what she witnessed, appears to be convincing enough for her to run inside... the black hooded figure starts to walk up with his sword in his hand saying "A Devil Fruit? what a substantial bluff, but a bluff nonetheless." the black-hooded figure attempts a slash with his sword at Jack, but just barely getting out of the way in struggle due to the cut on his back, he injects a spore into the ground, and it starts spreading poison around the close area. "Poison? so you are indeed a Devil Fruit User... this is troublesome indeed... I'll just wait until that poison calms down a bit, then I'll waltz right in and finish you off." Jack seems somewhat surprised that somebody would have the patience for that, but says in response "You do realize this poison can stay around for a while right? besides... I ain't the only.... never mind, I won't say anything, it'll be a surprise for you.

[hitsuyona]

Hitsuyona listens while Jack attempts to convince him what they found was surely of great use, and that it should be relayed back to the mayor. He stands there confused by the fact Jack ignored the part about going in, and insists the Bounty Hunter could do so if he wished.It was when Jack more or less gave an 'order', that Hitsuyona looks at him with a bit of frustration as he takes his leave. This young man didn't like to take orders from those he didn't see fit to lead him, and this was why he generally worked alone.

However much Hitsuyona wanted to reply to the man who was walking away, or reluctant he was to do such, he knew that he needed to verify their hunch. While Jack runs off to play messenger boy, Hitsuyona sets off towards another house to try and find some evidence. After all, once is a coincidence while twice is a pattern.Stepping into a house, the young man pulls his blade from its sheath. Walking in the direction of the neares wall he strikes it with the wide of his blade to knock a hole into it. 'Nope', the man continues on to repeat the process until he could reach a satisfactory result. After a few moments he finally gets a result just as he begun to give up hope for this cause. "Hmm, it looks just like the other one." Hitsuyona could see some fur around the general area of this hole too, and he doubted it was just by chance or MO that these people left it behind.

Seeing as two houses with the same thing would prove to be enough proof, Hitsuyona sheaths his blade and goes on to leave the house. The young man makes his way back towards the Mayor's building, and does so with a quickened pace. He moved as fast as one could without breaking into a full out run. The entire time he was moving something felt off, or rather, it felt as though something wasn't the way it should be. Hitsuyona started to get butterflies in his stomach, and this always seemed to happen when something was up. 

[Anirion]

Jack still waits in his poison, so that this unknown figure backs off... "Hmm... I don't think that cut is doing you any good you know... I'm sure you'll either collapse or your poison will run out soon enough."  but remembering about his devil fruit... it has made him lighter for running, which he might be able to use to his advantage and turn the battle around... Jack thinks of a plan to actually fight back now that shouldn't require too much effort with the cut on his back... he runs the opposite direction of the black-hooded figure, expecting the figure to follow Jack... he manages to run into an alleyway, then immediately starts preparations by planting spores in hidden spots such as a blind spot behind the bin, as high as he can place on the top of a building, basically he put the spores in places that aren't meant to be seen...

Jack waits patiently for the figure to follow through, hearing footsteps from what actually appears to be on the roof, the figure jumps down and then aims his sword at Jack saying "Ha! I got you, weren't expecting that were you?" then at that exact moment, he activated his spores and the poison surround the alleyway... the figure gets affected by it and attempting to slash Jack, he completely misses showing that itching is messing up the black-hooded figures aiming and movement... Jack then takes a swing at the figure with his fist, successfully landing a hit and continually keeps hitting the figure... then Jack grabs the figures head and smashes it against the wall, then as the figure falls to the ground, Jack constantly swings at the person until he was sure the figure was knocked out cold... Jack takes a deep breath after what happened, he then clears out his poison then he starts to feel drowsy... slowed down, he says "oh... oh crap... right... the cut... dammit"  collapsing to the ground, unconscious.