"Heeeeeeyyy, anyone there?" Raystia called as loud as she could that even the currents started changing directions. Incredibly huge ships towered over her boat with an overwhelming presence. In addition to getting recruited, her stomach had been rumbling so it was a chance to also get some food. "Well, the bigger the ship, the better right?".
We'll see about that.
She paddled her way to the biggest ship with the Blackbeard flag tied to its mast. She found that the edge was at least 60 metres above her head.
She thought about what to do next. Jump? But she loved her boat and would be saddened to part with it. After much thinking, she took a rope and tied it around her waist professionally. The other end of the rope was tied to the hole that was centered on the tip of the bow. She made sure the mast, the sail and her backpack with all her supplies in it were fastened to her back securely. The combined weight of the boat and her supplies should be about a ton but that didn't matter at all to a Raftelian.
She ran up the towering ship, as a child of the chief of avillage, she had the insane capacity to do so. Raystia had been up training her body since she began how to speak and due to the insane training her father has put her through, running up the side of a wall was mere child's play.
"BZZZZTTTT!" The friction of her shoes against the hard wood of the Blackbeard flagship had been enough to generate a series of sparks.
She landed on the deck with a huge thump. The floor cracked at the impact of both her feet and the boat. "Well, that was not so bad." she thought.
"Who goes there?!" a coarse voice rumbled throughout the entire ship.
Before Raystia, the Blackbeard crew were sitting and drinking merrily on the main deck."Who the hell are you, brat?". The man who the voice belonged to wore a black coat over his burly, rather hairy body and his shirt was clumsily unbuttoned. He had a messy, gruffy black beard adorning his face. Everyone halted their merry mood and raised an eye of suspicion towards the unwanted visitor.
"Uh, are you people pirates by any chance?" she simply said. Though she encountered a few of them before, the group of odd, enigmatic characters before her made her assumed that they were instead a bunch of entertainers.
"Zehahahahhahahhh! Pirates she says! Of course we are, what else could we be then?"
"Oh I see... Then would you recruit me?" she asked rather positively, seeing all the food and drinks in front of her, she just couldn't help but be enticed.
"Yeah, sure, but uh *hic* have this apple, you look so hungry." Doc Q shuffled to her and handed her an oversized apple. Without thinking, she took a huge bite.
The rest of the crew laughed hysterically.
"ZEHAHAHAH! I haven't seen someone so stupid and careless before." Blackbeard exclaimed, his spit flying all over.
An imaginary question mark appeared over her head. "What's so funny?" she said. Raystia smugly made her way to the huge and flamboyant couch where the crew was sitting and occupied an empty spot. Almost everyone was dumbfounded. "Why aren't you dead yet?!" exclaimed Catarina Devon. In her eyes Raystia was just an annoying, rebellious teenager who ought to be thrown out the ship and who just happened to not die from the lethal poisoned apple Doc Q tricked her with.
"I see, you have a rather strong immunity to poison." Laffite said with his never-ending smile of his. "Admiral , let's hear her out before deciding how to deal with her."
"Hmph, fine. So what do yer want brat?" Blackbeard snorted. "Please recruit me." She tried again. Raystia stood and made a bow. She knew she had to be polite at times like these...at least.
"What makes you think I'll recruit ye? Yer looks ain't bad though, can ye fight? How did you come here anyway?"
"Ah right, before that, let me introduce myself first. My name's Raystia, I don't have much experience being a pirate. I do have some fighting skills and whatnot. My boat is made from Goldenwood so it's not a problem for these waters. I'm very good at cleaning by the way! And you are?"
The crew looked at each other again. Is this kid for real?
"Hooooiiii! Haven't you heard of the mighty Blackbeard pirates? HAHAAHHAAHAHAH!". A huge man donning a mask said rather very loudly.
"What an interesting kid, okay let's see... how about ye defeat one member of my crew and then I'll let you stay on this ship. But first let me introduce everybody. Is that okay? Or do ye prefer being thrown out of the ship along with yer peculiar puny boat? "
"Okay I'm in!" Raystia replied without hesitation, totally ignoring his remark of the Grace mini 1. It's a small bass boat which recently ran out fuel that made Raystia resort to canoeing it and depending on the strength of the wind using a sail.
"That's what I like to hear!"
Blackbeard exclaimed. He was having a meeting with his main crewmates but this brat just had to interfere but at least things got a little interesting.
"Hey, don't touch my stuff!"
Raystia yelled in protest as she noticed someone neared her belongings out of curiosity.
"This blue-haired bastard is Avalo Pizzaro, if you want to fight him go ahead though yer won't stand a chance! ZEHAHAHAH!"
"Hey the rest of yer bastards, go ahead and introduce yerselves, Imma go take a nap." Blackbeard made his way back to the couch and yawns loudly.
"Roger, admiral!" They said in unison.
So the entire crew presented themselves. It seems like this wasn't the only ship belonging to Blackbeard. There were others which were entrusted to the cunning Laffitte, the sophisticated Shiliew, and the rather loud and huge Burgess.
"How the heck did you get through the automatic security cannons brat? The logs attached to each side of the boat should have shot down any intruders instantly. Wait a second, how did you get up here anyway?" Shiliew attacked Raystia with questions that had been in his mind for quite a while.
"Alright alright, one at a time, jeez. I didn't know there was security system in place okay? Maybe it failed to detect me or something. You mentioned logs?" Raystia looked over the ship and realised for the first time there were humongous tree trunks attached to each side of the ship. The front of the ship didn't had any such attachments due to its curved nature. It also seemed that that there were metal covers which probably opened whenever the cannons are needed. Weird to have logs attached to a ship that was painted in midnight black professionally and it resulted in an unique and contrasting look. "Any more questions?" She said. "Do you possess a devil fruit ability?" Laffite said. Having no Devil fruit powers basically means 0% chance of survival unless you have some excellent haki or possess some crazy strong skills. Well, this is what it means to survive in the New World.
"Nope." She replied. She did possess something however, but had no reason to reveal it to anyone just yet.
When nobody was asking her anything more, Raystia sat and started to gnaw at her finger, a sign that she is in deep thought. She once again looked at her potential opponents. They were all much bigger than her 6ft/1.8 metres stature. The only exceptions were Laffite and Augur who despite being way taller than she was like everyone else, were much skinnier.
"*Yawn, have you decided who your opponent is gonna be, brat?" Catarina said, clearly growing impatient.
Well, having the options to fight someone whom she wishes is great considering this is the Blackbeard crew which is known for its merciless and notorious reputation. However, what Raystia does not know is that almost everyone used to be a prisoner from level 6 of Impel Down which in itself is a testament to how crazy strong everyone is.
"Hey, I've been wondering for a while but is that giant over there part of the crew as well?" She couldn't help but notice the towering giant peeking at what was going on from the shadows.
"That's Sanjuan Wolf, the biggest giant ever, you really haven't heard of us have you?" Laffitte said.
"Hmmmmm...I see." The presence of the giant does not surprise her as she had visited Elbaf a number of times during her childhood.
Raystia spend a few minutes in deep thought.
"Alright, I decided who I am going to fight against."
Everyone widened their eyes and became a little more alert.
Who is it going to be?
"You."
Raystia stands and points at the admiral himself, Blackbeard.
