Go Get 'Em, Tiger! Manhunting in Mirrorball!

[Fox]

Tired of following rumors and dead ends, Calcifer had called a vacation day and had coaxed Vepar into it by hinting that there might be a lot of hot guys at a resort island. She had agreed, and the two of them had made landfall. Calcifer was using his human disguise, which was basically him folding up his body into a vaguely humanoid shape and then awkwardly flailing around in an attempt to walk. For some reason, this worked on people. Today, he was wearing some swim trunks and a shirt that said ‘Insquidious Me’ on it in large print.

They were out by the beach. Calcifer was trying to pick up women to varying amounts of success while Vepar reclined on the beach and waited for flocks of men to rush to her. They’d offer to apply sun tan lotion on her. Or they’d show off for her in the surf. And, to be honest, she was into all of that. Sadly, most men were intimidated by a forty two foot tall woman, so no one ended up approaching her.

It was all Vepar could do to keep her lip from quivering. At least the view was nice. She was laying on her stomach in - what she thought - was a rather fetching one piece swimsuit. She’d kicked up her legs and was holding her head in her hands, watching hottie after hottie walk by. Not one of them spared her a second look while she was practically drooling over them. There was one with the bronzed skin of a god and golden hair that shone radiantly in the sun. Oh, she just wanted to wrap him up in one of her tentacles and squeeze that gorgeous body. But then, she supposed, he’d pop.

Vepar sighed softly and traced little drawings in the sand while beachgoers gave her a wide berth. Why couldn’t she find herself a man? Hmph. This White Tiger fellow that she was looking for had better be the hottest damn thing on the planet. All this trouble that she was going through for him. Vepar pouted.

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Vepar | #000000 (Black) | Post Count: 1
Calcifer | #00FA9A (Medium Spring Green)

[shenta]

Natsu had come to the resort island of mirrorball cause his informant had told him that his youngest brother katsu had been sighted here. There was also a rumor going about that here recently there had been a sighting of a revolutionary that had a pretty good bounty on there heads. But honestly Natsu did not care for the beach and sand as he could be doing better things with his time like tracking down the criminal scum of the earth like pirates or those damn members of the revolutionary army that goes around screwing with the plans of the Marines.

Tho since he was already here any way and he had yet to see any sightings of this revolutionary nor his dumb ass brother he decided to go and see if he could score him self a woman and have a good time. Normally when people are at the resort they wear shorts but Natsu was not a normal man so he did not have on any of his top cloths on but he left his pants on and had one pair of flip flops. Natsu was a very handsome person as he had black hair that slicked back and spiked and black eyes like coal. He had a scar running down his head that started at his hair line and went down towards his ear. On his ears he had a silver ear ring that looked like a cross.

Natsu felt bad as he had went and lost his way once again, he was trying to head to the bar to get a stiff drink but seemed to have found his self at the beach where the waves was crashing against the sandy banks. He was a little mad but he would not let that mess with him trying to find a woman so his six feet topless self started strolling the beach when he noticed a very large fish woman, she was not bad looking to be of the marefolk people so he started to walk towards the woman with a devilish smile on his face.

[Fox]

It was because she was a squid mermaid, wasn’t it? Vepar wasn’t one of those fish tailed mermaids that people imagined so loftily in their minds when they thought of mermaids. No, she had the lower half of a giant squid. Definitely not as attractive. It probably didn’t help that she had her tail split right now, so mostly, she just looked like a giant woman wearing a - what was obviously an adorable… right? - swimsuit. Or… maybe it looked more like a wetsuit. Were diving suits as attractive as swimsuits?! She didn’t know.

Putting a hand to her chin as her brain quickly ran through the probabilities… no, it was fine, right? Vepar self consciously ran a hand through her jet black hair. Her green highlights shimmered and caught the sun. She was adorable, right? Oh… maybe a cute little sun dress would have helped her show off her figure better and had more contrast. Mmm. Her green eyes darted around to check if people were grimacing at her hideousness. She could care less what women thought, but no man was giving her the time of-

Ba-dum! Ba-dum! (Doki-doki!)

Vepar thought her heart skipped a beat when she saw a total hunk of a man striding toward her. He was topless - not unusual for the beach - but he also had a scar on his head - scars were hot, everyone knew this - and he was wearing pants and flip flops. It was definitely an odd look. But the thing that had caught her attention was that he was looking - and smiling - at her! Her face flushed a bright red.

H-he was looking at her, wasn’t he?! Oh Neptune, what should she do?! Vepar glanced around very quickly to see if anyone else was around that he could possibly be looking at - no, people tended to stay away from a giant lady. She tensed up. She had to play this cool. She couldn’t just throw herself at him. No, no, that was how men got crushed and how her last date had turned into a solo dinner. Play it cool.

Vepar looked at the man, smiling in a way that she hoped was coy, and gave him a little wave. Oh, no. Oh, Neptune. Had that been too forward? But he was so gorgeous. MM! Her face still felt hot, so she was pretty sure that she was still blushing, but she didn’t want to seem easy. Men didn’t like easy women. Or… was it men didn’t like sleazy women? Was waving sleazy?!

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Vepar | #000000 (Black) | Post Count: 2
Calcifer | #00FA9A (Medium Spring Green)

[shenta]

Natsu continued to walk toward the tall woman as he noticed that she locked her eyes on him and then waved. She was not bad looking in fact he would be a idiot if he did not walk up and hit on her, but would that be to forward natsu wondered. In the end he really did not care, she was just one woman out of a large sea of fish. If Natsu ended up dropping the ball he at least knew that there was other girls here at the mirrorball island resort to hit on and try to luck out. He was now basically up on her as he stood 4 feet away and looked down at the woman, now that he was closer and got a better look natsu could see that her bottom half was that of a squid which normally would drive humans away but Natsu knew that she had a very human looking top half.

" Hey there hows it going, I'm not sure what is hotter today this blazing heat or your beautiful body. The names Natsu how about we find the bar and have a drink."

Natsu laid it on pretty thick so if she had decided to turn him down then he could not blame her but why would she, natsu was the best looking guy there on the beach by far and he knew it. He had been looking for the bar any way before he got lost so he thought maybe if he had some one with him then then chances he found it would be better. As he stood there waiting for a reply Natsu wondered if him being stuck at the marine base with mostly guys had made him rusty when it came to picking up the ladies.

If natsu was being honest with him self he was not much of a beach kind man but instead he could be training and getting stronger or out there right now looking for his brother, but his men insisted that Natsu took the week off and relaxed some, they said him working so hard was not good for his health which they was right it really wasn't. Tho back to the woman she was still laying there which made him wonder if she did not want the other people on the beach to see she was a mere folk cause even still a lot of people was scared of her kind.

[Fox]

Gosh, what a hunk. Vepar made sure to wipe away her drool before he got close enough to see it. When she looked back, he had stopped about four feet away. What would he do? Would he ask to put some sun tan lotion on her? Buy her drinks? GO BACK TO HIS PLACE?! No, no. Calm down. Just wait. He’d let her know. He did speak, but of course, Vepar couldn’t hear it. She read his lips instead, hanging on every word and growing more and more flustered. Drinks! He was going to buy her drinks! Gosh, and he complimented her. She felt dizzy with joy.

Still! She had appearances to keep up. Vepar smiled her most seductive smile and nodded, rising up from the sand with as much grace as she could muster. She towered over Natsu, but she was used to that. She leaned down and gently pressed her index finger into his palm as if he was escorting her by holding his hand.

Vepar waited for him to take the lead and turn away. She needed to flag down Calcifer just in case she needed an interpreter, but she also didn’t want to look away for too long. Otherwise she wouldn’t be able to read the man’s lips, and she did not want him to think that she was ignoring him. Unless that was hot. Was it hot? She wasn’t sure.

It didn’t take long to spot him and try waving Calcifer down, but he was very preoccupied with rubbing suntan lotion on the backs of multiple beachside babes. Damn that stud! He didn’t see her, and she couldn’t wait for him. She’d just have to do this on her own. So, Vepar took very practiced graceful strides beside Natsu, looking down at him and carefully watching his lips.

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Vepar | #000000 (Black) | Post Count: 3
Calcifer | #00FA9A (Medium Spring Green)

[shenta]

Natsu watched as the lady would get up on to her feet or legs what ever they was called and she then placed her hand in hers as she wanted him to lead the way. Natsu could also tell that she was reading him lips which made him wonder if she was deaf. He did not know much about the fish people under the sea but he did know that there was a lot of different kinds within her peoples race, and almost all the fishmen he had come across in the past was very strong so he wondered if that was the same for the female of there race.

Once her hand was in his natsu would lead her to the bar where they would sit down and he then orderd them some drinks. " I'm not sure what you like to drink lady so order what ever you want it's on me." Natsu would say to the woman as he looked at her. Just then the bar tender walked over. " Hey natsu boy it's been a while since I last saw you around these parts. Hows work been being a big shot now. Also have you had any luck finding your brother."

Natsu looked back at the bartender as he shook his hand, it had been about a year now since he had last visited this place. " you know sall same day different shit, I been pretty busy lately but no I have yet to find katsu but I heard he might be here so that's why I'm here." Sall looked at him and shook his head as he was cleaning out a cup then poured natsu a drink. " well I can see your with a lady friend so I shall talk to you later old friend." Natsu then turned back to look at the woman. " now where was we before I got sidetracked." Natsu would ask the woman.

[Fox]

Once they had gone over to the tiki style bar, Vepar sat with her legs off to one side. She made sure that she was at the end of the bar so as not to be discourteous to other patrons. Natsu and the bartender struck up a conversation after he asked her what she wanted to drink. Instead of looking at the menu while they talked, Vepar waited until they were done so that she had an idea of what they had been talking about. She had a lot of questions, but she put them aside for the moment.

Drinks, Vepar signed. The sign for drinks was basically just pantomiming drinking, so even if he didn’t know sign language, she figured that it would still get the point across. Running her finger over the menu, she pointed to the Tequila Sunrise on the menu. The bartender raised an eyebrow at her, but called over a few - very - attractive men to come over and help him make it in a quantity appropriate for her. She wanted to ask Natsu about his brother, but Vepar instead signed a question at him.

Do you know sign language?

While ogling his body was satisfying, Vepar wanted to get to know him. She could only learn so much from just reading lips. God, he was definitely hot though. She hoped that her being deaf wasn’t a deal breaker. It had been for some other guys. Those men were such bummers. They’d broken her heart to pieces. Cal had said they didn’t deserve her, but it wasn’t fair.

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Vepar | #000000 (Black) | Post Count: 4
Calcifer | #00FA9A (Medium Spring Green)

[shenta]

Natsu still could not get over the fact that this woman before him was so tall, he had meet a giant once in his life and that was another fellow marine like him self so he had been around tall people before but to find a tall fish person like her and to be beautiful was almost to good to be true. Natsu had to look up just to be able to see the woman as she looked though the menu before she pointed to a pretty good drink so the bartender called some of the other workers over to help the man make such a large drink but then again it would take such a huge drink just to be able to effect such a large woman as her self. 

" My self i shall just have some bourbon on the rocks." Natsu would say to the bartender who had another one of the workers pour it up for him, taking the glass he would take a sip from it as they handed the lady her very large drink.  Natsu had noticed that she did not speak much and she was always using her hands which told the Marine that she must be deaf and was using sign langrage, luckily Natsu knew a little bit of the hand motions to get by cause when your doing a stealth mission you do not need to speak cause it could give off your location. 

She had signed to Natsu asking him if he how to do signing so he would sign back to her. " Just a little." It was not like he spoke to people a lot that used it so besides his stealth missions he did not have a use for it. Natsu would take another sip of his drink. " So what is your occupation, being a merfolk i bet you get to do lots of traveling." Natsu would sign to her as he took yet another sip of his drink, he did not wish to drink to much and savor his drink cause as a marine officer in the navy he never knew when there would come a time when he was needed to perform his duty.   

[Fox]

Vepar took the large barrel that the bartender had managed to mix the drink in and sipped it. It wasn’t the best, but it was good for people who were likely not at all used to mixed drinks for plus sized customers. Still, she needed to drink it for the sake of Natsu at least. She took another sip and glanced down at him, feeling her heart flutter a little when he signed at her. It was just a little, but she could work with that.

I’m a traveling doctor, Vepar signed, Being a mermaid actually makes it dangerous to do.

Vepar took another sip of her drink and continued.

Being as big as I am scares most mermaid hunters though.

She tilted her head at him and added, What do you do for work? She figured since he was looking for his brother that it would have to be something where he traveled a lot. A bounty hunter maybe? Ooh, that’d be hot. And it would explain the scar. It would make them a little star crossed, but bounty hunters weren’t exactly obligated to capture their bounties. Maybe he’d make an exception for her. Oooh, that would be soooo romantic. Vepar smiled dreamily and took another sip of her drink.

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Vepar | #000000 (Black) | Post Count: 5
Calcifer | #00FA9A (Medium Spring Green)

[shenta]

Natsu watched as the bartender gave her a barrel to drink her beverage from and noticing the look on her face when she took a sip of the drink he could tell that she did not like it or it was probably not made right, after all when making a drink for such a tall person like her race you had to be exact with the mixing or you could completely fuck up the drink. Natsu saw that she signed to him that she was a traveling doctor and being a mermaid made it very dangerous but luckily cause of her size she said the mermaid hunters was scared to attack her. 

As he was taking a sip from his drink he saw her ask him what he did for a living, he was about to tell her when one of his stupid subordinates  ran up to him. " Excuse me chief petty officer Natsu Ignel i have the current wanted posters and was asked by Captain Siegfried over at shell island to pass them along to you sir." Natsu wanted to hit him for interrupting him while he was on vacation but he did not instead he took the posters and sat them on the table where he noticed the top poster belonging to a wanna be pirate who only had a bounty of 2 million berry's. " thank you ensen that shall be all." Natsu would say as he gave the man a look which could stab right though him. 

Natsu looked back at the mermaid woman as he would sign to her. " sorry about that my work is always getting in my way. Now as to what you asked me i am the chief petty officer in the marines but i use to be a bounty hunter but the  justice of the marines called me." Natsu would sign to the large mermaid lady then took another sip of his drink. 

[Fox]

Before Natsu could answer her question, a Marine jogged over to them. Vepar stiffened reflexively and was tempted to bat the man away before he could cause trouble for her while she was on her date. However, the next words that came out of the Marine’s mouth almost made her spit out her drink. Chief Petty Officer? Her eyes bulging a little, she glanced back and forth between to ‘listen in’ on their conversation. Wanted posters? Oh… oh boy.

The stack of bounty posters felt like hot coals burning through the countertop and their relationship. Vepar took a long drink to steel her nerves before looking back down at Natsu. She managed to smile somewhat naturally - she hoped - and nodded. Ugh, why were all of the hot men so hopelessly inaccessible? This was a little more star-crossed than she liked. After all, the Marines had been responsible for the death of her brother. Come to think of it, didn’t Natsu have one? She thought she remembered it being mentioned.

I thought someone mentioned a brother earlier? Can you tell me about them?

As she spoke, Vepar strategized what to do about the stack of bounty posters. She could try to reach around Natsu, but that might look suspicious. Hm. As if hearing her thoughts, a familiar face appeared, slapping Natsu on the back. Calcifer! If it had been any other time, she might have killed him for interfering with her date, but this time, she had a use for him!

“Well, well, well. What’s all this then?” Calcifer burbled out of his ‘flawless’ human disguise. Really he was just using his tentacles to make arms, legs and a body. Somehow, it fooled people. Vepar wasn’t exactly sure how though. He was clearly a squid pretending to be a person.

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Vepar | #000000 (Black) | Post Count: 6
Calcifer | #00FA9A (Medium Spring Green)

[shenta]

Natsu would grab the wanted posters away from the lowly grunt before he would tell him to get lost before he got hurt, natsu would then lay the wanted posters down beside him as he would look at them later on when he was not so busy. Besides the marine interruption Natsu date was going pretty smoothly, he would watch as Vesper signed to him asking about his brother which was mentioned before and wondered if he could tell her a little about him. Well Natsu did not see any harm in telling her about him after all he was a damn pirate now which he was tracking so any info he might be able to get would be great. 

" Sure, my brothers name is Katsu Ignail, he is my younger brother but 5 years ago he decided to head out to sea in order to become a filthy no good pirate, just the thought makes me so mad so im out here in the blues tracking him down to bring him to justice. " 

Just as Natsu had finished telling her about her brother Natsu could feel a hand suddenly slap him on the back and shoulder which being a Marine his instincts kicked in, he would reach up as he grabbed the person by the arm as he would flip them over his shoulder slamming them down on to the ground, it was never a good idea to sneak up on a marine tho being out of uniform people here probably did not know he was a marine officer. 

" Sorry pal but you should never sneak up on people like that, one of these days you might get hurt a lot worse." Natsu would say as he helped the guy back up on to his feet as he would hand the guy a drink as a sorry which he should feel grateful that he was doing that in the first place as he was not normally so nice but he did not want to come off as rude in front of the lady.  

[Fox]

Calcifer wasn’t exactly expecting such a hostile reaction from Vepar’s new man, but as Natsu tried to grab him, he used his squidly wiggly powers to escape. It wasn’t hard, given that he didn’t have any bones. So where he might have ended up tossed on the ground and bruised up, Calcifer was perfectly fine and upright. He did still take the drink though, raising it to his beak.

“Hey, no worries, pal,” Calcifer said leaning over the bar, “You didn’t get me. That was close though! Nice try.”

<Spill it, Cal. On the posters,> Vepar communicated through their fishy frequency.

Without a question as to why - mostly because Cal didn’t like this guy - Cal did as he was asked and pretended to fall forward, aiming with his cup to splash the posters - and Natsu incidentally. Vepar shot him a death glare for that last bit. The news about his brother had unsettled her, but she wasn’t about to let a little thing like her being a criminal stop her from having her date!

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Vepar | #000000 (Black) | Post Count: 7
Calcifer | #00FA9A (Medium Spring Green)