Post by Grandest on Dec 16, 2018 17:01:54 GMT -5
(OOC: Responses from Rebecca are written by Kiwimaru)
With plate after plate arriving at the table, Hao was soon almost entirely engrossed in eating his fill. Pork Cutlets, Fried Chicken, A Caesar Salad, all if it going down the hatch so fast you would have thought Hao had a Devil Fruit with the ability to make food disappear. He barely seemed to slow down to breath, his entire eating style completely at odds with his pretty-boy appearance.
*Nom. Nom. Nom.*
"You should try this chicken casserole it's quite good. This burger isn't so great though and is this Firecrab? Hmm... Not bad."
He seemed to be running a stream of consciousness rather than a conversation as he continued to scarf down food. A while later, strange food magic aside, Hao let out a satisfied burp as he used one hand to hold up the nearly ceiling-high stack of dishes.
"Man, that was good~" Moaned a satisfied Hao, his belly looking way too flat for a man who had probably just eaten enough meals for a small army. Rubbing his stomach with contentment, Hao decided he might as well get things started, otherwise, after all that food, he'd probably just fall asleep and not even remember why he was here.
"Okay! Time to go! We needs to be vewy vewy quiet. We're going mustache huntin'!" Hao joked as he stood up from his bench, while the waitress, looking completely exhausted was slumped on a stool nearby... She looked up shakily as Hao stood and her eyes seemed to brighten.
"A-are you finally done? I was supposed to take my break two hours ago... I can't feel... any of me..."
The waitress looked down at herself, making sure she still had arms and legs and that this evil customer hadn't eaten them. Sighing in relief that she was still entirely intact, although currently numb from the neck down she tried feebly to stand, only to end up slumping back onto her stool. Hao looked at her a bit sheepishly, fishing out a really large tip and slipping it into the woman's lap. He had already left the money for the meal on the table, and looking to make sure Rebecca was following, he slung his Zanbato over his shoulder before heading out the door.
There was still daylight, although closer to evening and pretty warm as they stepped outside of the bar. Hao took a breath of the sea air blowing in off the Grandline and turned in the direction of the docks. The information dealer had mentioned that Mustache Man Skim liked to stay on his ship, so that was where Hao was heading first. So far his plan basically came down to... sabotage some ships, pick some fights, make sure not to fight everyone all at once. Keep the little one following him safe...
'Hrm... Perhaps I should leave her behind?' He eyed Rebecca dubiously, wondering if she would even listen.
"So, uh, how do you feel about hanging back and staying out of danger while I go pick a fight with pretty much every pirate on the island?" Hao asked Rebecca, curious about what her answer would be.
"I'll just watch from a safe distance," she replied calmly.
Hao let out a sigh of relief upon hearing her reply and nodded.
"Okay, good, then I'm about to go get this party started," Hao said with a wide grin, his adrenaline rushing through his body as he walked out toward the docks casually.
He danced a bit, a hop skip and a skip hop, his fingers tapping idly against the large sword resting on his shoulders. His first target being the rather large ship with a Pyramid and Crossbones Flag. It was the closest and looked the most unguarded at this time. He stepped out onto the dock, stumbling a bit as though drunk, muttering unintelligibly under his breath as he looked around.
"Argh, where she be hidin' me stinkin' ship... I knows I parked her around here some-ah-wheres..." He muttered, not loud enough to draw attention but loud enough that if someone were looking at him, he wouldn't seem like he was up to no good.
More often than not, being stealthy in public places like this just came down to looking like you belonged. At one point he stumbled, catching himself on the large, pirate ship, his hand slapping against the wood, towards the rear of the ship, his power activating. He chose to break the part of the ship he touched into much smaller blocks than he normally would, small enough that they were nearly invisible as his power spread through the ship and toward the rudder. He couldn't really break down the whole ship yet, he wasn't nearly good enough with his fruit for that but he could break their rudder and make it damn near impossible for them to go anywhere.
Soon, almost entirely unnoticed by anyone, there was a "sploosh" at the back of the pirate ship as the rudder dropped off into the sea as it broken into small blocks that swirled down and beneath the dock and out of sight. Hao would have a use for all the blocks he could get soon enough he suspected so no reason to not start gathering them now. He continued down the dock, toward the end of the wharf, his boots clunking against the would as he moved, still stumbling to and fro as he went. Until he finally seemed to realize he'd reached the end, and that his ship wasn't there.
Cursing loudly, he began stumbling back the way he came, heading for the next ship on the agenda. However, just as he was about to head in that direction, he noticed a good lot of pirates up ahead, pushing a woman into an alley. Hao couldn't help but sigh, three pirates... All at once, it could be pretty tricky but maybe he could pull it off. One of them, he thought he recognized from the descriptions the man gave him... Hrm... what was his name again? The guy wasn't super important almost like a footnote but well... It wasn't like Hao could just let them do what they planned to do anyway.
Casually scraping the scabbard of his sword against the ground beside him, almost like he was using it as a walking stick, he began to channel his Tsumu Tsumu no Mi into the ground, breaking it down around him as he moved closer to the scene, each step giving him a larger amount of materials to work with. The one pirate, who stayed outside the Alley, probably to stand guard, got a rude surprise, as Hao used his power on the ground. The materials he had already gathered rose up behind the man, Hao giving him a jovial wave, using the motion of his hand to control his power, forming the blocks into a cube-like structure, a technique Hao called Stack Stack Boxing as the cube smashed the man in the back of the head before he even noticed anything was going on.
With plate after plate arriving at the table, Hao was soon almost entirely engrossed in eating his fill. Pork Cutlets, Fried Chicken, A Caesar Salad, all if it going down the hatch so fast you would have thought Hao had a Devil Fruit with the ability to make food disappear. He barely seemed to slow down to breath, his entire eating style completely at odds with his pretty-boy appearance.
*Nom. Nom. Nom.*
"You should try this chicken casserole it's quite good. This burger isn't so great though and is this Firecrab? Hmm... Not bad."
He seemed to be running a stream of consciousness rather than a conversation as he continued to scarf down food. A while later, strange food magic aside, Hao let out a satisfied burp as he used one hand to hold up the nearly ceiling-high stack of dishes.
"Man, that was good~" Moaned a satisfied Hao, his belly looking way too flat for a man who had probably just eaten enough meals for a small army. Rubbing his stomach with contentment, Hao decided he might as well get things started, otherwise, after all that food, he'd probably just fall asleep and not even remember why he was here.
"Okay! Time to go! We needs to be vewy vewy quiet. We're going mustache huntin'!" Hao joked as he stood up from his bench, while the waitress, looking completely exhausted was slumped on a stool nearby... She looked up shakily as Hao stood and her eyes seemed to brighten.
"A-are you finally done? I was supposed to take my break two hours ago... I can't feel... any of me..."
The waitress looked down at herself, making sure she still had arms and legs and that this evil customer hadn't eaten them. Sighing in relief that she was still entirely intact, although currently numb from the neck down she tried feebly to stand, only to end up slumping back onto her stool. Hao looked at her a bit sheepishly, fishing out a really large tip and slipping it into the woman's lap. He had already left the money for the meal on the table, and looking to make sure Rebecca was following, he slung his Zanbato over his shoulder before heading out the door.
There was still daylight, although closer to evening and pretty warm as they stepped outside of the bar. Hao took a breath of the sea air blowing in off the Grandline and turned in the direction of the docks. The information dealer had mentioned that Mustache Man Skim liked to stay on his ship, so that was where Hao was heading first. So far his plan basically came down to... sabotage some ships, pick some fights, make sure not to fight everyone all at once. Keep the little one following him safe...
'Hrm... Perhaps I should leave her behind?' He eyed Rebecca dubiously, wondering if she would even listen.
"So, uh, how do you feel about hanging back and staying out of danger while I go pick a fight with pretty much every pirate on the island?" Hao asked Rebecca, curious about what her answer would be.
"I'll just watch from a safe distance," she replied calmly.
Hao let out a sigh of relief upon hearing her reply and nodded.
"Okay, good, then I'm about to go get this party started," Hao said with a wide grin, his adrenaline rushing through his body as he walked out toward the docks casually.
He danced a bit, a hop skip and a skip hop, his fingers tapping idly against the large sword resting on his shoulders. His first target being the rather large ship with a Pyramid and Crossbones Flag. It was the closest and looked the most unguarded at this time. He stepped out onto the dock, stumbling a bit as though drunk, muttering unintelligibly under his breath as he looked around.
"Argh, where she be hidin' me stinkin' ship... I knows I parked her around here some-ah-wheres..." He muttered, not loud enough to draw attention but loud enough that if someone were looking at him, he wouldn't seem like he was up to no good.
More often than not, being stealthy in public places like this just came down to looking like you belonged. At one point he stumbled, catching himself on the large, pirate ship, his hand slapping against the wood, towards the rear of the ship, his power activating. He chose to break the part of the ship he touched into much smaller blocks than he normally would, small enough that they were nearly invisible as his power spread through the ship and toward the rudder. He couldn't really break down the whole ship yet, he wasn't nearly good enough with his fruit for that but he could break their rudder and make it damn near impossible for them to go anywhere.
Soon, almost entirely unnoticed by anyone, there was a "sploosh" at the back of the pirate ship as the rudder dropped off into the sea as it broken into small blocks that swirled down and beneath the dock and out of sight. Hao would have a use for all the blocks he could get soon enough he suspected so no reason to not start gathering them now. He continued down the dock, toward the end of the wharf, his boots clunking against the would as he moved, still stumbling to and fro as he went. Until he finally seemed to realize he'd reached the end, and that his ship wasn't there.
Cursing loudly, he began stumbling back the way he came, heading for the next ship on the agenda. However, just as he was about to head in that direction, he noticed a good lot of pirates up ahead, pushing a woman into an alley. Hao couldn't help but sigh, three pirates... All at once, it could be pretty tricky but maybe he could pull it off. One of them, he thought he recognized from the descriptions the man gave him... Hrm... what was his name again? The guy wasn't super important almost like a footnote but well... It wasn't like Hao could just let them do what they planned to do anyway.
Casually scraping the scabbard of his sword against the ground beside him, almost like he was using it as a walking stick, he began to channel his Tsumu Tsumu no Mi into the ground, breaking it down around him as he moved closer to the scene, each step giving him a larger amount of materials to work with. The one pirate, who stayed outside the Alley, probably to stand guard, got a rude surprise, as Hao used his power on the ground. The materials he had already gathered rose up behind the man, Hao giving him a jovial wave, using the motion of his hand to control his power, forming the blocks into a cube-like structure, a technique Hao called Stack Stack Boxing as the cube smashed the man in the back of the head before he even noticed anything was going on.