Mission #60 : Motion Pictures

[☆彡 Youniverse]

Ahh, it's been some time. Bruce has recently bumped into the island of Toroa. An island known for it's rather "elitist" culture. The island is packed with events such as balls, concerts, swordsmanship.. it's safe to say this island is just filled with life! The sun is making it's first appearance to kick off the day whilst Bruce has just hopped off his raft. Will our "hero" get lost in the deluxe walls of the island or will he maneuver swiftly and smoothly through this materialistic prison? Only time can tell.
So without further ado, let's get this thread started.

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It's dark. The night had grown old and has now gone to rest, allowing morning to slowly creep in to fill it's space. Bruce is caught between the transition of the night to morning. This is what we call the early stages of Dawn. 

"Sheesh, finally some land."

Bruce had been stuck at sea for 24 hours so to see some land was a rather refreshing and reassuring sight for him. The concept of travelling the world does indeed sound fun however the actual "travel" part can be pretty boring, especially whilst doing it alone. Anyways, he had found some land and that's all that mattered to him now. A rumble emitted from our young man's stomach, reminding him that he was in need of some food. Bruce stretched out his stiff muscles and took a look at the new setting he had put himself in. It was strangely quiet. Too quiet. The abundance of noise raised Bruce's suspicion levels a bit. He decided it was nothing big and that his hunger was his number one priority at the moment. Bruce took his first steps towards the island's building and as he approached it's many buildings he began to realize just how big this island was. It was early in the morning so there weren't much people around. Bruce's eyes locked onto this girl in a navy blue dress, her blonde hair was tied into a ponytail with an equally navy blue bow. 

It seemed food wasn't the only thing Bruce was hungry for.

He would quickly slide in front of the girl's path, interrupting her steps. This alarmed her and caused her to bounce backwards.

"Excuse me m-"

Bruce stopped halfway through his sentence. He... he couldn't hear his voice?

"I SAID EXCUSE ME MISS!" he would yell, causing the woman to scream and flee away from the deaf imbecile. 

What was going on here? He yelled at the top of his lungs and still couldn't hear anything at all! Before Bruce could think too much about this situation, a hard object fell onto his head causing him to collapse forward onto the cold ground. It was a flower pot thrown out the window by an angry citizen who had just had his sleep interrupted by Bruce's annoying yell.


Things had escalated rather quickly in such a short amount of time...Bruce had just found himself in another unique situation.

[The Shimmering Banana]

The smell of wet grass filled his nose as he jogged on the paved sidewalk surrounding a wooded lake. The sound of his boots hitting the ground causing the birds to in the trees to tweet louder and louder. Otto loved everything about the mornings the way the sun looked rising over the treetops, the smell of the morning dew sliding down blades of grass, the feel of the morning breeze across his cheeks but mostly the sounds of the world waking for a brand new day. He continues his jog passing a few others at this time of day. The sight of people at this hour was kind of scarce but it was a person that Otto was looking for. Just a few meters away at a local park there had recently been reports of a man attacking women at dawn. So being new in Toroa the bounty hunter had taken the petty job assuming he could make a quick buck. Step after step the young man looks around his surroundings to find a sign of anything out of the ordinary. Raising his hand to wave at a slender woman as she jogged past him in the opposite direction. Her light blue eyes catching the Saru-Man’s attention as they crossed paths his lips even slightly moving into a smirk. The pair quickly passing one another Otto continuing his patrol his brown eyes surveying the area. As he made his way around the lake he past some of the more exquisite landscaping the cultural mecca had to offer. Along the path tall bushes trimmed in the shape of animals lined the shore of the lake.

*Rustle rustle rustle*

In the same bushes the young man hears some sort of movement. Normally hed just shrug such a small noise off assuming it was just a square or a bird but given the circumstances Otto slowed his pace yet continued to jog. His small hutches being all he really had to go off of in this type of case. There was no real description of the man given the limited visibility at this hour. He turns the corner and completely stops behind a monkey shape bush hoping that he would be right. Right he was as a man in a grey hoodie comes stumbling out of the bushes moments after he turned the corner. ‘Cause that's not suspicious’ thinks the eager hunter as he begins to change into his hybrid form. His shape almost identical to the six foot hedge he was hiding behind, his tail protruding from the bush as it sprouted from his backside. He then pops out from the bush and begins to briskly walk after the man. If it was the attacker he didn't want to arise suspicion to himself and ruin his chances of catching him. And if wasn't the man he was looking for he didn’t want to seem as if he was following him causing him to react negatively.

The strange man went from a stumble to a run as his intended target had most likely been the woman that had passed Otto just moments ago. With his increase in speed Otto also increased his returning to his former jogging pace following the assailant. ‘There she is’ thought the Saru-Man as she comes back into his vision watch the strange man pick up his speed. The afro headed hunter picking up the pace in his pursuit of the man. The strange man then sprints towards the blue eyed woman and tackles her to the ground. Otto leaping into action as it was now a fact that this had to be the man he was looking for. “That's all the proof I need” he says to himself as he reaches the toppled pair kicking the man off of the woman. “Get off of her punk” he says to the creepy stalker as he goes over to his body standing above him. The man laying on his back as he quickly reaches for his pistol. He gets one and only one shot off the barrel of the pistol ending up directly beside Otto’s ear. The loud noise ringing his bell causing a high pitched squeak to run through his head. He instinctively leans forward and head butts the scum causing him to drop his weapon and pass out in the grass. “To easy” says the successful hunter as he reaches into his backpack and retrieves some black zip ties to restrain the man. The terrified woman running off into the distance Otto calling out to her “You're Welcome!” the woman still not stopping. It was then that the bounty hunter noticed that although the ringing in his ear had diminished his hearing had not returned yet. He yells once more “Ahhhhhh!” with no resolve he could still not hear his own voice. This not being the first time this had happened Otto assumed his hearing would come back shortly and continued to secure his capture slapping the man awake. “Get up” he says after each slap the man awaking after the seventh with both of his cheeks swollen and a knot on his head from where Otto head butted him. “Ah! Your up” says Otto the man mumbling something Otto having no clue what he is saying.” Yeah your little stunt has me def for now so I can hear and don't want to hear your excuses. Not my job to prove guilt just to bring you in. So let's not make this difficult.” he continues finishing his comments with a forceful punch to the stalkers gut. The slimy man getting the picture and willfully walking along with Otto as they head back into town.

[☆彡 Youniverse]

Bruce has found himself in a situation which was out of the ordinary. It's not everyday you wake up with one of your five senses gone. Without the ability to hear, things were only going to get tougher for Bruce. Will he let that stop him however? Probably not. He was going to have to watch his movements carefully from here on out and make sure not to get into too much trouble.

I say that but I know that deep down inside.. he's just going to get into more trouble.

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Bruce picked himself up from the ground. His head was aching with pain, he ran his right hand through his hair but was interrupted by what felt like a bump in the middle of his head. The remains of the flower pot were scattered all around him. Our young hero knew that he was going to need some medical attention as he was suffering from a terrible headache. As Bruce rubbed his sore head, he attempted to recollect his scattered thoughts. He searched through his mental library... and found almost nothing.

He looked around in order to get an idea of where he was, it looked like he was in the middle of some sort of town. How'd he get here? Was the first question which ran through his mind. The right hand which was caressing his sore head felt a type of liquid. Bruce examined his right hand and saw that his fingertips were painted with blood.

"Where... who... what...why..."

One after another, questions began to race around Bruce's mental domain. Both his hands were on his head in an attempt to get rid of this sudden abundance of questions. He fell to his knees, the pain from his head only grew stronger, he was now suffering physical and mental pain. Moments later and the questions finally began to disappear, he picked himself up yet again. Bruce caught sight of a man who was staring right at him. What was his problem? Bruce turned his head to a nearby window and that lead him face to face with his reflection.

Blood was slowly making it's way down Bruce's right cheek, the source of the blood seemed to be from the top of his head. However that wasn't what surprised Bruce the most, as soon his reflection met eye to eye with him. He realized something... something extraordinary... he was a..a..

handsome devil.

Just like magic, his memory came back to him. He was Bruce Loan aka the sexiest man alive with a silver tongue who could charm the coldest of women and a golden heart full of love. Bruce wiped the blood away with his sleeve and dusted his clothes off from the dust. Now that he had his identity back, he needed to get his handsome self to a medic. Bruce turned back to face the man from earlier, the man was now walking into a building which had the red cross sign right outside it's doorstep.


Bruce rubbed his hands together, things were finally going his way. He walked towards the building with a spring in his step and a smile on his face.

Despite Bruce being an idiot.. you have to admit that his man's charisma is pretty admirable.

[The Shimmering Banana]

The journey to the base was a considerably uneventful one. With the exception of a few tugs and jerks here and there by Otto’s prisoner. His restraints making it more than difficult for the fiend to get away. Even if he did it wouldn't be a problem for the bounty hunter to capture him again. Even if he was temporarily deaf in both ears. What a shame too as the sounds of the early morning still filled the air as they walked towards the city. Or perhaps a good thing with the obscene things the villain was yelling out as he was dragged yelling. Within mere moments they were in the early morning hustle and bustle of the city. Workers and shop owners alike making the commute to their jobs waving politely as they passed one another. Most of them looking down as the rebellious man passed by them still yelling out obscenities. The people's reaction alerting the hunter that the man was obviously saying thing that weren't rated pg 13. Otto looks back at the angered man attempting to read his lips only being able to make out the word F@€×. His eyes widen as he back hands the man on the back of the head “Watch your mouth there are women around!” yells out Otto, uncontrollably loud as he can't hear himself, nodding to a group of maids walking past them.

As the women cross the street to move away from the odd pair, Otto smacks his captive again, “Nice going you scared them off” he continued to yell continuing to drag the man off as the women snickered still walking away. A few buildings down the afro headed young man approaches the marine building the stubborn criminal tugging away harder than he had the entire walk. “Come on!” says Otto “not like you didn't know where I was taking you!” he continued the yelling alerting the marines inside. Just then a small platoon of at least ten men came out of the building holding rifles surrounding the pair. On of the men calling out to Otto “State your business here” Otto seeing not being able to see his mouth just stood there quietly. The platoon cocking their weapons as their commanders question went unanswered. The arm motions being a familiar one to the young hunter he quickly yelled out.

“Wow wow wow. I'm a bounty hunter here to turn this guy in.” reaching into his sack to retrieve the bounty poster. The group of marines carefully watching his every movement in case he tried anything suspicious. The monkey man waving the white flag so to speak causing the platoon leader to call out “At ease men. You come with me” addressing Otto at the end. The men quickly grabbed the criminal from Otto’s custody the deaf man still left standing outside. “So where's my money?!” he called out the commander looking back at the rough looking man with a confused look on his face. The marie waiving his right hand towards the building as if he were saying follow me.

‘Hmmm maybe this hearing problem is a little worse than I thought’ thought Otto as he strutted into the base. As he walked i. He could see the marines shoving the criminal into a holding cell. “Serves him right!” he calls out still screaming, the official looking back with the same strange look on his face. ‘Whats with this guys?’ thinks the confused hunter still none the wiser to his own loud mouth. The marine saying a few words as he looked back then turned his head forwards again cutting off any chances of holding a conversation with Otto. As they reached the cashier the official left Otto with the young woman who was appointed to give him his beri. The girl rambling instructions quickly to the young man as she looked down at her desk. Otto knew she said something but what was it. “Excuse me could you repeat that last part!” he yelled, the woman placing her finger to her lips making a shushing motion. It wasn't till that moment that Otto realized how loud he was being. “SORRY!” he yelled once more quickly realizing it again topping his mouth with his hands. Attempting to talk quieter the monkey man whislers “Sorry that guy shot his pistol a little too close for comfort and now it seems I’ve lost my hearing for the moment.”

The woman understanding his poor man's situation pointing at the instructions upon the wall behind her for bounty recovery. He does as the sign says retrieving his bounty hunter id caid and the copy of the bounty notice. The woman giving him a thumbs up indicating that everything was in order. With the push of a button hardware opened up and the woman handed Otto a stack of bills. The man replying “Thank you” as the woman then placed a business card atop the counter to a local medical clinic, pointing at her own ears hoping he would understand what she was trying to say. Otto taking the advice as he stared at the card and placed the money in his backpack. With a bit more money in his pocket his work here was done, now it was time to tend to himself starting with his hearing.

[☆彡 Youniverse]

Now that Bruce has regained his memory, it was time for for him to seek some medical attention. He had just reached the island and he has already found himself in a predicament.. I guess this is just typical for him. His lack of hearing was going to be an obstacle in his way but hopefully it'll be an obstacle which would soon be removed from our handsome hero's path.

Let's see what this idiot does next, shall we?

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Bruce pushed open the door leading into the building and marched in with his chest out and his shoulders high. He studied the room, there were a few people sitting down on the chairs in front of the counter, they were waiting for their turn to get examined by the doctor. Behind said counter was a female with short blonde hair, she seemed to be busy filling out some paperwork. Bruce stopped in his tracks and began to fix his clothing. It was time for him to lay down some charmingly poetic lines. Bruce did a little dance as he approached the counter before spinning on his heels and resting his right arm on top of it. The woman was too absorbed in her paperwork to pay our man Bruce any attention. Bruce cleared his throat in an attempt to get some attention however that lead him to coughing violently and uncontrollably. He began to step away from the counter but little did he know that behind him was a sign which read:

"Beware: Wet Floor"

Our hero fell victim to the puddle on the ground slipped, hitting his head once more onto the ground leading to him getting knocked out cold. Talk about a smooth pick up. Minutes passed and Bruce began to slowly regain conscious, his eye lids began to gently open and his vision was a bit blurry at first. As his sight regained focus, he realized he was laid on top of a bed with a man watching over him. This man was equipped with a stethoscope around his neck and was donning a long white lab coat. His hands were equipped with an equally white pair of gloves. I think it's safe to say this man was a doctor. Bruce noticed his revolver and blade were placed on a desk behind the doctor.

"So, you're finally awak-"

"Louder."

"SO YOU'RE FINALLY AWA-"

"Louder."

"SO YOU'RE FINALLY AWAK-"

"I CAN'T HEAR YOU."

The doctor shook his head and went to his desk. He opened a draw and pulled out a notepad and a pen. He began to scribble on it before returning to Bruce and showing him the message on the notepad.

"So you're finally awake?"

"Well, duh."

The doctor seemed to be getting fed up with Bruce. Bruce reached for his forehead as it began to feel a bit itchy, to his surprise... their was a bandage wrapped around it. So, the doctor actually took care of him, how sweet! Bruce got up from the bed and began to reach for his weapons. He felt a tug coming from behind him. He turned to look and saw that the doctor had his hand out... as if he was asking for money. Bruce leaned in and gave the doctor a kiss on the forehead before picking up his weapons and dashing out the room.


"GET THAT IDIOT!" the doctor would yell as he pointed at Bruce who was now racing towards the exit of the building.

Two muscular men stood at the exit of the building, Bruce quickly scanned the area around these men and realized there was another exit. The windows. He changed the direction he was sprinting towards and made way towards the windows. The men caught onto Bruce's plan however they were too late to act as Bruce was already crashing through the glass window. The two men ran out the building and began to chase the idiot as he attempted to escape.

Bruce had tears in his eyes.

His princess.

The woman at the counter.

Would he ever.. meet her again?

[The Shimmering Banana]

“0210 Grace St.”

The address written on the business card given to our young adventurer by the marine official. Said to be a doctor that might be able to tend to Otto’s hearing problem. As the tan skinned man approached madness overcame his surrounding unknown to him. Due to the poor visibility of the back window and his loss of hearing Otto had no idea what was going on just twenty feet away. His knock on the door actually being what may have distracted the bodyguards when the escape escaped. He waited another moment the large men having been robbed rushing to the door crashing into Otto. The trio falling to the ground making a great thud as the monkey man was squished.


“Aughhhh!” he squealed, squinting his face as he attempted to shimmy from under the two large guards. “Get off of me!” he yelled out at the top of his lungs his lack of hearing just making it even louder. The boy was upset not only was his hearing loss but these two large offs just toppled him over. “What's the big deal?!” he asks as the men quickly get up to their feet attempting to chase after the thief. “Oh no you dont” continues Otto reaching for the shirt collar of one of the guards before he could go after Bruce. “Hes getting away!” calls out the guard as his partner continued his pursuit. As his face was not facing Otto the hunter did not understand the situation and yanked the large man back causing him to fall on his butt.


The man rises back to his feet and the two spar off with a battle of words most of them being obscenities. Otto having no idea what the man was really trying to say his stubbornness not letting him calm down and attempt to read the situation. The noise out front making the doctor assume they had caught them thief. He runs outside to see one of his guards arguing with Otto and begins to yell at the guard.


“What are you doing?”


“Sir. This guy stopped us.”


“Who is he?


“I don't know but we ran i to him as we were running out.”


“Waite you ran into him?”


“Yeah but he grabbed me after.”


“Who wouldn't you idiot you ran into him. Did it ever occur to you that he was a patient?” he finished off then looking at Otto as he stood before the men confused and huffing from his argument. The doctor bowing towards Otto apologetically “Sorry Sir we just had a thief run through here… Well never mind that come with me.” he says Otto remaining in place as he stuffs his finger in his ear and rapidly twist it. ‘It’s getting really annoying not being able to hear anyone” he thinks as he shakes his head no. “Please follow me” repeats the confused doctor. The Saru-Man now pointing to his ears shaking his head no again. “Not another one” sighs the doctor as he waives Otto into the establishment. The hunter looking up to the gods in thanks as he walked in passing a beautiful woman on his way in. The two men sit down at the desk with the first thing the doctor addressing was Otto’s form of payment. The hunter placing money on the table using the notepad to express how insulted he felt. ‘I’m a bounty hunter doc. I have all the money the sea has to offer’ he writes. His words inspiring the doctor to devise a plan as as he wrote his response. ‘Sorry Sir. I didn’t mean to offend it's just that another man with a hearing issue just ran off without paying’ taking a break from writing he takes out a device and motions for Otto to turn his head to the right. He presses a button and a light clicks on shining into Otto’s ear. He then backs up and continues to to write ‘I have an idea’ then motions to turn his head the other way. The light shines through the doctor backing up again and finishing his proposition. ‘Look your a bounty hunter right?’ Otto simply nodding his head ‘How about you track down that guy and I forget about your tab today?’ Otto answering ‘ No thanks I'm done working today. I just want to get my ears fixed.’ the doctor reading the note in disappointment. ‘Ok well your ears drum is swollen you won't be able to hear for the next week or so’ Otto's mouth hitting the desk as he read the news. ‘A week? Isn't there anything you can do?’ the doctor cunningly replying ‘Well I do have a medicine that can help but it seems like you just don't seem to have enough’. Otto realizing the doctors plan pulling out the remainder of his money and slamming it on the table calling out “Nice try doc!” the doctor simply writing down ‘still not enough’. It was clear he wasn't going to give up so Otto just decided to agree with the man's demands “Ok doc so you're gonna play it like that huh? Don't suppose you have a picture of the crook!” continued to yell Otto the woman at the front desk printing out a picture from the clinics surveillance footage. The woman walking over to the bounty hunter handing him the black and white picture the man thinking ‘hmm she's cuter than I thought maybe I’ll ask her out once I catch this punk and get my hearing fixed’. He gently takes the picture from the woman and thanks her with a bow before taking his leave.

[☆彡 Youniverse]

One bad events just leads to another, talk about a domino effect. Bruce may have gotten his head injury looked at but seconds later, he just gets himself into more trouble. At least he the medical attention he needed.. and for free aswell. 


Sometimes I get tired of commentating Bruce's life as it's always just him getting into trouble but hey.. it's kinda funny to witness.

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Bruce turns a corner and looks back as does so only to realize he was getting chased down by only one man. That's funny, he could've sworn he was getting trailed by two men. I guess this just meant less trouble for our hero. The man chasing Bruce was quite fast, in fact, he was catching up to him pretty quickly. The gap between Bruce and the man was beginning to disappear and Bruce realized that he needed to do something about it before it was too late. An idea quickly came to Bruce's mind, if the man wasn't going to slow down, he was going to have to use his own speed against him. The man was closing in quickly and moments later he was just an arm's length away from Bruce! The man reached out to grab Bruce by the collar however he barely missed as Bruce decided to take a turn into the alleyway. It lead to a dead end but that's what our young hero needed. He charged towards the wall and the man followed in a blind rage. Once Bruce was close enough, he jumped towards the wall and bounced back, driving his right elbow right into the man's nose. The force Bruce used to push his elbow onto the man's face was reinforced by the man's speed which he used to run into the elbow. It knocked him out cold. Bruce landed on his back and his elbow was smeared with blood, he rubbed it against the wall in attempt to get some of it off.

"Well, that was fun." Bruce thought to himself as he looked down at the unconscious man.

He made his way out of the alleyway and caught sight of a group of kids surrounding a pink haired girl. They were chanting something whilst they pushed her around. The girl's clothing was covered in dust and some parts of her face were painted with dirt. 

Bruce ignored it and kept on walk- HA! Got you. You were thinking Bruce was a douche huh? Of course he wouldn't do that, don't you remember his "golden heart full of love"?

Bruce approached the kids, he was unable to hear what they were chanting but that really didn't matter. 

"Oi, don't you lot have better things to do!?" He called out to the kids, pretty loudly since he was unable to hear his tone of voice.

The kids turned to face Bruce. They looked pretty annoyed that he interrupted their little "session". One of the kids even charged towards Bruce. Bruce held his palm out and pushed against the kid's head, his arms were too short to reach Bruce so they were just flailing around. 

"Sheesh. These kids are pretty active."

Bruce used his other hand to pick the kid up by the collar and chuck him back towards his friends.

"Get lost."

The kids stuck out their tongue before running away from the scene. The pink haired girl was left crying on the ground, she was covering her ears. Bruce sighed. How was he gonna communicate with her now? He bent down and tapped her by the head. The girl slowly looked up.


"My... naaaaame... isssh... Bruuuce" Bruce said, trying his best to control his tone of voice. It was hard speaking without hearing what you're saying.

The girl wiped her tears away and titled her head to the side. She seemed pretty confused. Bruce cleared his throat and tried again.

"My.. na-naame... izzz... Br-u-ce." This was getting hard. Insanely hard for our young hero.

The girl covered her ears once more and closed her eyes tightly. Couldn't she hear him? Was he talking too loud? Bruce rubbed his chin in order to try and figure out the situation. Could it be..

Maybe she's in the same situation as him. Bruce trapped her head and offered her a ride on his back. Life's hard, even harder without one of your five senses. Bruce was too much of a soft guy to leave her on the streets like that.

But the things is.. how is he meant to look after her if he can't even look after himself?

[The Shimmering Banana]

‘It was time to look for clues’ he thought exiting the medic office in search of who he assumed was jdt another common croom. ‘This is ridiculous. I have enough money for the stuff’ continued the conversation with himself as he began to do just that “LOOK for clues”. ‘I could just go for a while without my hearing’ he thinks slotting two sets of deeply imprinted footprints. Obviously caused by the guard chasing the accused down the back alley. ‘Nkt like i'm not just as good at tracking with my other senses’ thinks otto as he begins to now run in their direction hot on the trail of the pair.

The boy ran as quickly as he could in hopes to end this hunt as soon as possible. Looking down he notices a changes in direction and turns down an ally. A slight squint to his eyes as it was clear that it was a dead end. ‘Did I miss read something?’ questioned Otto as he slowed his pace towards the end of the alley way. It was then that he saw a large man surrounded by a group of young punks. “Hey what's going on here!!!” yelled the hunter as the kids lept back against the brick wall. “You guys kill that guy?!!” he continued forgetting that his voice was over exaggeratedly loud. The supposed leader of the group stumbling over his words attempting to explain to the man

“N..na..No Sir. He he he's not dead. W..w..we find him here like this. It it must have been that guy with that pink haired girl” his speech not going over so well as all Otto did was stick his finger in his ear and twist it back and forth replying “can you say that a bit slower”. It was one thing to look for clues it was another trying to get information out of someone. The boy slightly calmed down attempting to explain to Otto but it was no good between his speech impediment and the hunters loss if hearing there was no way he was going to understand. ‘I can't read his lips if he doesn't stop starting like that’ he thinks as he pops his head back looking to the sky for answers.

Taking a deep breath he pops his head back in place as stares down the kid. Still assuming this kid had useful information he pins the kid back onto the wall. The others instantly running away “waite d..da.. don't!” the boy screamed out in terror. The bounty hunter then lifts the boy off his feet the angle of the daylight allowing the sun to shine on his golden blond hair. “Huh what's that?” says Otto as he nitice a single strand of pink hair. He moves his apeish hand in to remove it the boy passing out before his fingers touched his scalp. Otto let the boy fall atop the bodyguard who remained unconscious. ‘I wonder’ he thought as he walked back out of the ally continuing his search.

He was back at square one in terms of exact direction but he did know which way the young man went and that he was that he was capable of taking out the other guard. Knowing that there was no way those punk kids could take him down as easily as Otto pushed them around. But for some reason he felt good, it wasn't a real clue but he did find that hair on the boys head. Why did he have a pink hair on his head? Could it be what he asked for a sign from above? Either way his gut was telling him it had some kind of importance. He looked down hoping to catch a hint of the boys foot prints again with no success. With the hair in hand Otto walked blindly down the path in search of someone with pink hair.

[☆彡 Youniverse]

*There's a sign hung up in this section of the post*
*It reads: "I'm out for a bit, enjoy Bruce doing stuff*
*You shrug your shoulders and assume the narrator's busy at the moment*

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"COME BACK WITH THAT!"

Bruce yelled as he chased the pink haired girl through a series of crowds, she held a scabbard over her shoulder and wore a smile on her face as she attempted to lose Bruce and get him off her tail. The girl had hopped off his shoulders and stolen his damn scabbard, now she's on the run. The girl saw this as her idea of "fun" but for Bruce this was just more trouble coming his way. The girl ran into a shop and Bruce dashed in behind her, he was sticking to her path like a magnet, he needed that back urgently. 

She hopped onto a crate before hopping onto the counter of the shop, the shopkeeper was too distracted with his newspaper to realize a small girl had just ran into his shop. Bruce jumped for the girl in hopes to hold her down to stop her from getting away with his stuff but she was too fast as she evaded Bruce's jump attack by hopping off the counter as quick as possible. Bruce ended flying into the shopkeeper instead, causing the man to shout and fall backwards knocking down the shelves of liquor which were stacked behind him. Bruce didn't take any injures as he used the man as a cushion for his fall, our young hero didn't stop here. He quickly picked himself up and began to chase the pink haired brat down the food aisle of the shop. 

She quickly zoomed through that aisle and ran into the one beside it, she pushed down one of the shelves holding up the food to delay Bruce's chase for her. Bruce jumped out just in time, he landed in a roll and ended up hitting down a pyramid of canned food.  The girl saw this and laughed before making her way out of the shop. Bruce grabbed a can from the floor and chucked it towards her feet, the can missed one of her foot but that didn't matter as she ended slipping on it instead. She fell backwards onto the floor and Bruce leaped for the scabbard. 


He finally got the damn thing back.


The girl got up and smiled at Bruce. Bruce looked up at her before sighing.


"Oh boy. What did I just get myself into..."


She jumped onto his back once again and got ready for Bruce to take off. She was really using him as public transport, huh?

[The Shimmering Banana]

The silence was beginning to get to the young man as he searched the streets for no other reason then a quick way to break this silence. Although he could probably just wait out this temporary deafness the lack of background noise was sure to drive him madd. The doctor said it would be at least a week before his hearing returned and that was just a few moments ago. His depressed mood taking over the hunter slows down dragging his feet along the paved street. He continued to mope around until he came to the side wall of an old brick bar. Otto plops onto the side wall his back sliding down it as he sat on the ground. A row of shops and restaurants facing him as he sat on the side like a bum asking for change. “What am I going to do?” he said to himself as he rummaged through his thing retrieving the picture of the wanted man. He then looks at it long and hard “It's so hard to communicate without being able to hear”.

He stayed in this spot mopping to himself a few people even dropping a few beri on the street besides him assuming he was in fact a bum. By not the sad look upon his face amounting him at least enough for a warm bed or a long night at a bar. ‘Not a bad hustle’ he thinks as he slides the pile of coins and bills towards himself shrugging his shoulders. “Ok snap out of it Otto!” he says aloud as another woman passes by him hearing him. The elderly lady tossing another bill at him cheering him on “That's the spirit young man” she says before continuing her walk down the street. “Thanks!” he calls out placing it with the rest of the money. Otto opens his bag and gets out his old notebook skimming for a space within it to place the new picture. His eyes noticing something interesting as he finds a blank page to stick the picture to. It wasn't a bounty poster but it would serve the same purpose for Otto. This man was now in his records and was worth more to Otto than any other average Joe.

The hunter looks down one more time at the picture before closing his book and stuffing it back into his sack. Popping his head back up his eyes sealed as he took a deep breath, opening his eyes as he exhaled. “What is that?” He said as he witnessed a commotion across the street...

‘Wait can you witnessed a commotion’

… A chace between two people in a shop one large one small. The smaller one having pink hair. “It can't be” He said to himself as he slowly rose to his feet. “I'm no where near that lucky” he continued as the pair bounced around the shop some more before the pink haired girl slipped and fell to the floor her guardian retrieving her as they attempted to flee from the store. “Wow I am that luck” said Otto as he made a positive I.D. on the perp, that's bounty hunter talk for he saw Bruce. Of all the things that could happen to the young hunter he never thought that the person he was hunting was going to commit the act of, what seems to be, theft in the same afternoon. One of which was happening right before his eyes. He quickly ran across the street blocking the doorway of the shop screaming out to pair of miscreants. “STOP! I’M HERE TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE DOC.!” forming into his hybrid form his tail spanning the length of the doorway as well hoping to intimidate the destructive thieves.

[☆彡 Youniverse]

It's not everyday you wake up deaf and then later on the day meet a hybrid human monkey. Bruce was having probably one of his most craziest days ever today, he was the chauffeur of a little girl and now he had to defend both him and here from this... thing? human? monkey? I don't even know what it is to be honest with you.

What species monkey is it even?

I ain't really big on animals so I can't provide any accurate information about them. Now that I think about it.. is that even a monkey? Could be like some new species of dog. Whatever it is, it's standing in the way of our young hero.

Will he defeat this monster or will the monster defeat him?  Find out in the next episode of Bruce and the (insert a synonym for dumb) bunch. 

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As Bruce made his way out the shop, his exit was interrupted by the sudden appearance of a human spider monkey! (Read that sentence again and try not to laugh.) Bruce jumped backwards and looked at the hairy figure which occupied the exit of the shop. The man-thing was yelling something at him however Bruce was unable to pick up any words due to his lack of hearing. Bruce used his right hand to rub one of his eyes. Not only was he deaf but could he now be hallucinating? The girl on his back hopped off and made it's way to the monkey, she opened her arms wide and.. hugged it!? 

No way did she find that thing cute.

Bruce didn't know how to respond to this situation. The small girl he decided to look after for a while was now hugging a human spider monkey which appeared out of no where. Things escalated too quickly and Bruce's brain was having trouble trying to keep up with it. Moments passed and Bruce opened his mouth to try and speak.


"What.. are... you...?" he said very slowly, hoping the human monkey could read his mouth and that it spoke the same language as him.

Behind the monkey human creature, a familiar figure approached the shop. It was a man.. whose nose looked as if had been hit by a car. The man looked Bruce dead in the eye, the hate could be seen in his gaze. Bruce tried to recall who the hell this ma- Oh sh*t! It's him! The bodyguard! The bodyguard approached the spider monkey and attempted to push it out of the way so he could clear the distance between him and our young, dashing, handsome hero Bruce.

If the spider monkey human creature thing fell to the ground, the bodyguard would leap for Bruce.

If only women were this passionate to see him.

[The Shimmering Banana]

As he stood before the odd duo the young pink haired girl latched onto the fluffy teddy… monkey bear. ‘Awwww’ thought Otto as it the last person to hug him was not actually a person but the closest thing he had to family. Excepting her warm embrace the monkey man reached down to wrap his arms around the little kid. His soft hug instantly becoming a nestled cancun as the deff hunter was caught off guard by the rushing bodyguard. Time seeming to slow down for the man as all he could think about was the girl's safety. In his devil fruit form he was easily six foot tall and well over two hundred pounds. A beast of this size falling in her was sure to crush the fragile frame.

The young man tucked his shoulder as yhey fell causong his body to roll with his back facing the sidewalk. His arms still tightly wrapped around the girl's torso. Her short legs nestled within his thighs as he hit the ground his back bouncing off the concrete. His grip standing firm as he bounced once more before gently letting her roll to his side. The young girl pooping on her bottom glancing at the angered monkey as he glared at the rude bodyguard. “Hey that was uncalled for!” he yelled out as he rose to his feet “I had this under control” he continued as he slowly made his way to the large man. Placing his hand on his shoulder halting his pursuit of the wanted man.

“What are you deaf?” he questioned ironically enough given his current position. The monkey man turning his around getting a good look at his face. ‘I was definitely right’ he thought confirming a bit of information he came across earlier.

*A few moments ago*

As the bounty hunter was wallowing in his own sorrows he noticed something very interesting in his ‘Hunters Log’. The two men currently employed by the crooked doctor were actually wanted bank robbers by the name of ‘The Mahoney Brothers’. Given his predicament he wasn't in a position to say anything if he wanted his hearing back but now…

Otto reached his other arm back and swung his fist as hard as he could directly to the man known as Arthur Mahoney, the brains of the operation, causing his nose to gush blood. Arthur instantly placing his hands atop his face covering the faucet on his face. Otto taking the opportunity to let an onslaught of punches loose onto the belly of the tall suite wearing villain. It was one thing to be wanted. Even as a bounty gunter Otto wouldn't usually bother with the man especially one being worth a measly 2,000 beri. But clearly hurting a child Otto would not stand for that and if he collected the combined bounty of 4,000 between him and his brother this was definitely a fight worth finishing. Peering back at the runaway patient Otto called out “I still have to take you in so don't go running off!”. As the guard slowly caught his breath Otto went into a fighting stance and waited for his opponent to rise to his feet.

[☆彡 Youniverse]

                   

Don't mind me. Still trying to get my head around the whole spider monkey thing

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Bruce watched as the spider monkey proceeded to send a barrage of fists towards the bodyguard. Our young hero couldn't lie, this monkey knew how to throw some punches and he was lucky not to be on the other end of those fists. As the bodyguard got his ass kicked by the creature, Bruce decided this was his chance to make his great escape. Before he could make a move, he noticed the monkey calling out something to him. Bruce was unable to follow the creature's mouth and he wasn't even sure the language it spoke was something he could interpret so he decided to shrug it off. 

Whilst the monkey was distracted by the bodyguard, Bruce grabbed a can from one of the shelves and chucked it at a nearby window reducing it to nothing but a bunch of glass fragments on the floor. He then ran towards the girl and picked her up before jumping out the new exit he had made. He turned away from the fight which occurred at the shop's entrance and began to dash to a safer environment however as he began to run he felt the girl tugging his shirt.

He stopped in his tracks and realized she was crying. Bruce was baffled as to what was making her feel such a way, before he could even make sense of her crying, she forced herself free from his grip and began to run towards the spider monkey.

"Oh boy...." Bruce thought to himself as he began to itch his head.

She really liked that monkey huh? Bruce could easily run away and leave everything behind but the girl was running towards danger.

"Being a good guy is way too hard... the person grading this thread needs to give me a bonus or something"

Bruce ran towards the girl. Her little footsteps inched closer and closer to the fight, she wanted to help the monkey it seemed. Bruce caught up to her in no time but instead of picking her up and fleeing, he ran past her and towards the bodyguard. He jumped off the ground delivered a strong kick towards the man's jaw.

The momentum Bruce had built up cause the bodyguard to fall and roll on the ground. Bruce landed on both feet in front of the money creature thing. He smiled and began to fix his coat. He then ran his fingers through his hair before pushing his chest out to show his strength.

"It looked as if you could use a helping ha-*cough*"

Bruce cleared his throat and spat onto the ground. If only the writer of this post could cut him some slack and let him look cool for once.