Look at me! [Lily]

[shore]

OH MY GOD! Look over there! Necklaces! Shiny jewels! Fuzzy stuff that might do something or might just look super fuzzy! OH MY GOD! LOOK OVER THERE! Guns! Swords! Gloves with metal spikes on them! OHMYGODLOOKOVERTHERE! Food from all over the blues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anna was acting the part of a child in a candy store, bouncing from one vending stall to the next, holding her attention on one object or another for a few moments and then dashing off to look at something else. If one didn't know better they might suspect this young girl of ADD or just being plain stupid. She couldn't seem to make up her mind about what she wanted to look at. She clearly had no intention of slowing down either. She shouted, she squealed, and on three occasions to date knocked over a table or smaller stand in her rush to go look at something else. She was getting on people's nerves very quickly.

She didn't look like a pirate. She didn't look tough. She looked like a girl. Her thin frame didn't inspire fear like a Pirate's was meant to. Her long flowing hair didn't make people shake in fear like a pirate flag did. She was completely out of place. Not that there were no women pirates around, but they all seemed to carry themselves with a certain... way about them. A kind of tough girl look that kept the sharks at bay and told the world, Pirate women be these. This young one running around though, had none of that. She was just a child. And as she ran across the street and pushed someone's backpack out of the way she finally crossed a line. It might have something do do with the fact that the backpack was still being worn by someone. Or maybe the guy was just really uptight.

"WATCH IT! Stupid kid, you want to di-" He stopped mid-sentence. Might have something to do with the kick crossing his jaw.

See, Anna doesn't deal with shouting well. Not angry shouting anyway. She had just left her home, traveled by merchant ship, and was finally ready to really start her adventure. She had heard of the Pirate's market. She knew that people would be tough, so maybe she felt a bit overeager to pick a fight. Or maybe she just didn't like being interrupted when shopping, though she hadn't bought a damned thing. Either way, as soon as the thug started shouting a smile had crossed Annamaria Lawfell's lips. She had a fight on her hands, and in a fight the first strike always proves to be an advantage.

So she struck first. Specifically she jumped into the air and gave a wide kick at the man's jaw. He looked shocked, and he wasn't done with his little surprises yet. Not if Anna had any say in it, oh and what do you know she did. As she landed she leaned back and tensed her body up, before whipping it forward. Her fist caught the man in the abdomen, pushed him back and caused him to stumble several feat before tumbling over himself and landing on his back. He was weak, Anna could have told anyone that from looking at him. Not fat, but in no real shape. He was a newbie, no stubble on his chin so he probably hadn't really been sailing anywhere yet either. Much like Anna, only he was waaaaaaaaaaay weaker than Anna was. And a loser... also he probably never had a girlfriend either.

Anna gave a rude gesture and stuck her tongue out at her would-be assailant. At this point, a more observant man might notice that the poor fool who'd just gotten the crap kicked out of him by a little girl had a layer of frost over his jaw and against his chest. It was already evaporating, but the skin directly under it had a blue-ish tint. In a matter of seconds these signs would be gone, and most people were too caught up int he fact that some girl had just beaten a "pirate" out of no where. Anna seemed proud, as far as making a debute in the pirate world that wasn't so bad. Maybe someone would giver her a discount now.

.... wait.... if she beat a few more people up maybe they'd give her an EVEN BETTER DISCOUNT! Anna grinned again at the idea and looked around in the crowd for another easy target. "COME ON! ANYONE ELSE THINK THEY CAN TAKE ME? DAMN WUSSIES!" She had the grin of someone that liked to fight for nothing more than a few scrapes and bruises. A few backed up looking nervous, most just ignored her and went about their business, others glared back. Anna hoped someone took her up on the offer before she had to start attacking people at random! This was gonna get her the best discount ever!!!!!!!!

[lily]

Being a bounty hunter..the Pirate's Market was like a gold mine for him. Victor was getting strange looks from all the pirates around him. Some were fearful..while others were a little in awe. He was walking towards the center of the Market with his horse Adeodatus walking behind while pulling a cart. This cart was odd in that it had 3 men piled up on it who were seemingly either unconscious or dead..as they weren't moving in the slightest.

"Let's see.." Victor said to himself as he walked onwards "That's about...3 million with those guys combined.." he turned to Adeo "You think we could do better and aim higher?" he tapped his chin as he said this while Adeo simply sighed and nodded slightly before picking up the pace to keep up with Victor's fast pace walking.

It was then that Victor saw some sort of crowd gathering a little ways off down the street. "I wonder what all the commotions about..." he began to push past the crowd and peered over someone else's head just enough to be able to see a girl who had just beaten up what seemed to be a pirate much larger than herself. Victor wasn't really shocked or intrigued by this to be honest..but he was interested in the pirate.

Moving through the crowd who would reluctantly move out of the way of the boy and horse, Victor walked over past the girl uttering "Excuse me Miss.." as he got a good look at the man who was lying on the ground. "Hmm...he may be a newbie pirate but his bounty is 10,000 Beri...pretty decent." he picked up the man and was about to walk away when he stopped and turned to the young girl mustering as much natural charm and charisma he had (which was a lot ._.) he said "Thanks for the help~" before winking and turning to leave.

[shore]

Anna shouted at the crowd, she made rude gestures to several people, hell she even pointed at some and told them to bring it! But no one seemed fool enough to get pulled into a fight with her just from a bit of taunting... and it annoyed the hell out of her. She started glaring at people and fumed, very literally, as people seemed perfectly content just ignoring her. No fair no fair no fair NO FAIR! How was she supposed to get a super awesome discount for beating people up if no one would let her beat them up! What kind of selfish pricks were these people! A gentleman would let her punch the daylights out of 'em until she started getting handed neat free stuff. Anna stamped her foot down in frustration, a small bit of fog coming off the ground where she'd childishly stomped.

Then, THEN!, you know what happened! Someone talked to her, that DIDN'T want to fight! LAME! Someone was behind her and called her miss, well that was okay she guessed. She hated that this person clearly didn't want to fight, if he did he would have just cheap shot her in the back. Also, she liked being called miss, made her feel like a grown up! She turned to see who was talking, some pretty boy. She wasn't sure he'd be any good in a fight anyway. "Hmm...he may be a newbie pirate but his bounty is 10,000 Beri...pretty decent." He said, before hauling the guy up in a cart with a few others. Wait, that guy was worth money!? Shouldn't Anna get that money then? That prick was gonna- "Thanks for the help~" He said, he did something to his voice too that made it sound weird. It sounded like some of the guys that would hit on her mom back at the inn.

Then she caught something that stopped her dead in her tracks, and to the unobservant or anyone that couldn't read her mind it would appear she had stopped at the man's words. Taking a deep breath she pointed her finger at the man and cried out "WAIT A MINUTE! I took that guy out so his bounty should be MINE! BUT! If you want to take him then- Anna grinned as she started forward. "You have to let me see your horsey!" Anna told him, rushing past him quickly so she could get a good look at the horse. She LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED animals, so cute and fuzzy and cute with those big eyes and adorable nose and CUUUUUUUTE! (Warning, Anna cute factor explosion!)

Anna started bouncing around the horse looking at every inch of it. "Look at you! You are sooooooooooooo cool! WHat beautiful eyes, what pretty hair! Look at those hoofs! I looooooooove your tail! AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" As Anna scurried around the horse it became instantly nervous, stepping slightly away from Anna no matter what side she ran too. Finally she ran in front of it and looked directly into the horse's eyes. It tried to back up a step but the cart it pulled made that a little difficult. "Come here cutie!" Anna reached out gently to stroke the horse's nose, but the animal seemed to know better than to let the animal loving Anna pet it.

Freaking out it reared up, causing Anna to back away and fall on her butt. The horse pulled the cart away from Anna to the side of its owner. Anna sat for a moment before she started to cry loudly, tears running down her cheeks and off her chin. The few tears that hit the ground managed to almost instantly turn into a smoke like cloud and vanish completely. "WHaaaaaaaa! Dhat duuupid horse hades me! Whaaaaaaaa" Anna cried, curling up a little and sobbing loudly. SOB She made a loud sniff as she tried to stop crying but then started to bawl even louder. Why didn't animals love her as much as she loved them?

"I Hade your sdupid horse and I hade you! GO AWAY! Whaaaaaaa!" Anna cried, making an ever larger spectacle in the middle of the street and causing some of the new arrivals to the scene to give Victor a rather disapproving look. Who made a sweet little girl like that cry!? It was just wasn't right.

[lily]

"WAIT A MINUTE! I took that guy out so his bounty should be MINE! BUT! If you want to take him then- Anna grinned as she started forward. "You have to let me see your horsey!" Victor tossed the man into his cart before uttering a simple "Sure. Fair trade." The girl procedded to move over towards Adeodatus "Look at you! You are sooooooooooooo cool! WHat beautiful eyes, what pretty hair! Look at those hoofs! I looooooooove your tail! AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Both Victor and Adeo sweatdropped at the girl's display of affection..it was..a little on the eccentric side. Adeo picked up something strange about the girl..she smelled weird and he could feel a change in temperature when he got near her. As a result when she said "Come here cutie!" he attempted to back up almost falling over the cart but was able to steady himself.

When she kept advancing Adeo reared up in an attempt to get away and as a result...he knocked over Anna to which she started bawling and making a large scene in front of everyone. "Adeo look what you've done..." Victor said sighing as all the pirates in the area were giving him dirty looks. He reached into his pocket and took gripped his hand around a small piece of crystal that he used his power to "absorb" before moving over to Anna and crouching down next to her.

"Hmm..it's seems you have something behind your ear miss.." he brought his hand up to her ear before generating a bridge about the size of a grape that was completely round in shape. "Oh? What is this? You had this behind your ear!" he smiled and opened her hand attempting to place the crystal in her hand. He then attempted to lift her to her feet and walked her over towards Adeo. "See? He's not so bad." he said as he attempted to place her hand on Adeo's nose to which Adeo was reluctantly going to let her do.

[shore]

Anna continued to sob and cry, not even thinking about the crowd, the people, or what on earth she had just tried to do. From a practical stand the horse was completely within its rights and if anything smart to not want Anna to touch him. It would have been the same as willingly dipping its nose in liquid nitrogen, which for all intents and purposes Anna was. Even as Anna continued to cry her excess tears on the ground started to build, creating small patches of frost over the dirt. It wouldn't last long, not unless she continued to cry like she was. Was all of this rather childish? Why yes, yes it was. But Anna loved animals and she ended up heartbroken every time one rejected her. The worst part was that she couldn't even be mad at them because it was her own damn fault for eating that stupid devil fruit... wait no it wasn't! It was her cruddy dad's fault for sending that fruit to her! In between her tears she made a note to start hating her dad just a little bit more from then on.

As Anna started to calm herself down, meaning she wasn't sniffling as much as she cried, she became aware that the man who owned the horse was in front of her now. Great, now she got to talk to mister greedy too. Him and his hateful stupid cute fuzzy lovable horse. She started to cry a little harder again. "Hmm..it's seems you have something behind your ear miss.." the man said before moving his hand behind Anna's ear. As he pulled his hand out from behind her head he had some little round thingie. Yeah, thingie was the perfect word to describe whatever it was. Anna stopped her crying, more or less, to stare at him for a moment. She still had some tears running down her cheeks, but she stopped her sobbing.

"Oh? What is this? You had this behind your ear!" He said, as if he thought it was a clever thing to say. She just looked to the little thingie and then back to the man. Back and forth until finally she asked "Are you some kind of fruit user?" Anna asked, although she was referring as to how he had pulled whatever that was out from behind her ear. She hadn't even considered that he had a power to make that little grape sized bridge, just that clearly only someone with a power could have magically made it behind her head! Yep, no way that was just slight of hand as far as Anna was concerned. Then eh reached and picked Anna off the ground, she quickly shifted out of habit so that he grabbed her clothes when lifting her... though even that should have been surprisingly cold to the touch.

Where she had fallen was another larger frozen spot. He moved her up to the horse, trying to calm her down. Seemed to be a very well trained animal to ignore Anna's natural state on command. Anna reached out to pet the horse, and very gently touched the strands of hair on its face. They instantly turned a light shade of blue as frost formed over them. Anna pulled her hand away quickly "Ooh! No, I can't." She took a step back but bumped into Victor. Some of her skin touched his clothes, as layer of icy frost starting to form. "OH! Watch out!" She quickly stepped to the side and bumped into a passerby.

Almost tripping she grabbed at the stranger to maintain balance. He ended up grabbing his wrist. He shouted in surprise then in pain as his hand grew instantly, and rather painfully, cold. "OH DAMMIT!" Anna shouted letting go very quickly. Anna looked around feeling suddenly claustrophobic with everyone around her. She started to panic a little, until finally she resolved that she needed a fast out. She closed her eyes and took int he biggest lungful of air she could manage. Chisso Chisso no Cloud! The warm feeling in her chest grew and grew until she felt ready to burst... then she did. As if she had exploded a white fog erupted and spread out in all directions. Anna was gone, but yet not. Though the smoke spread out everywhere, a rather significant mass of it spread out along the ground... under the bounty hunter's cart.

Anna felt her hands first. Then her feet. Those formed first, gripping tightly to the bottom of the cart pulled by that man's horse. Her body was next, her head, then finally her hair. She quickly used one hand to tie a knot in her hair and fold it over her chest, that way it didn't drag on the ground under the cart. It was too crowded right now, she didn't do well in crowds... not when people could touch her and get hurt. Stupid fruit power, stupid dad! But if she followed this bounty guy, maybe she could try and pet his horse one more time, if she was suuuuuuuuuuper duuuuuper careful! Yeah, just real quick like when no one was... a strand of Anna's hair tickled her nose.

"Achoo!"

Anna glanced around at various people's feet as her nitrogen cloud quickly evaporated. She hoped no one heard her sneeze, she didn't want to get kicked off the island before she was through with all her fun. What was the bounty guy's name again anyway? She should asked when she was done bumming a ride to wherever he was going. Then she could pet Adeo, whose name she had learned on the fly, before the bounty guy left. Perfect plan, almost as full proof as her discount plan had been!

[lily]

Victor sighed in relief as the girl stopped crying after he had done the "magic trick" in front of her. As she looked back and forth from the ball and him Victor raised an eyebrow wondering what she was thinking. This wasn't needed as she soon said that said "Are you some kind of fruit user?" Although he was Victor didn't immediately voice it. He was more surpised at how perceptive the girl was..he had only thought she had brute strength and had beaten the pirate because he was such a newbie at...pirating.

When he went to help her up he immediately noticed how unnaturally cold she was to the touch. "This must be a fruit power.." he quickly thought in his head but still procedded to bring her over to pet Adeo. When she did though it confirmed his suspicions as a quick layer of frost formed over Adeo's nose when she touched him. As she began to worry she accidentely bumped into Victor who's clothes developed a layer of frost around them as well. She bumped into other people too and the same thing happened to them as well. Eventually she took in a deep breath and exclaimed "Chisso Chisso no Cloud!" before expanding and then exploding into a white fog which caused many people to run in fear.

Victor however stayed put and tried to determine where she had gone. It was only after hearing a sneeze from below the cart attached to Adeo that he noticed Anna hiding under it. Ignoring the panic of others as the moved to try and either help Anna or get away he walked through the crowd with Adeo (and Anna) following close behind. Coming to an alleyway that wasn't really in the open he moved down it and then stopped before walking over and bending down to look under the cart right at Anna. "Hey..you can come out now. No one else is around as of right now. It's just me and you."