The three human members of the Golden Apple Pirates look down at a messy, burnt glob of something. Kaori sniffed. "Um, what is that?" she asked. "It smells awful." Skales prodded at it with a fork. It let off steam and started to bubble. "I think it's alive." He whispered. Diana was pulsing. "You know I can't cook!" Kaori looked up at the sound of her voice.
"What is it?"
Diana sighed. "It used to be corn." Kaori heard the disappointment in Diana's voice. 'It can't be that bad, right?" she asked them. She grabbed a fork off the table and stuck it in the steaming blob. She put it up to her mouth and ate it.
"Well?" asked Skales. Kaori's face turned green, but she swallowed. "Oh yuck!" she coughed. "How can anyone mess up corn THAT much?" she leaned on the wall, coughing. I don't know! All I did was boil it!" groaned Diana. 'You just… eat it raw or something. Skales can't cook, Kaori, you can't cook either!" Kaori raised an eyebrow. "Skales can't cook?" Skales shrugged. "I burn water when I boil it." Kaori groaned. "Right. We need a cook. And a doctor, I'm gonna hurl."
Diana handed her a bucket.
After Kaori had hurled, Diana pulled out a few apples from them to eat. They now sat at the table, eating the apples. "Okay, so there's only three of us, four counting Kai." said Kaori. Thanks for counting me, Kaori. Kai said.
"We really need more people before we head out to The Grand Line." She went on. "Can we pick them up along the way? Or do we need to put posters on or something?" asked Skales, thinking. People apply, that's how it works normally, but we of course, are not normal .pointed out Kai.
"True dat." agreed Diana. "Well maybe we should make a list or something?" asked Kaori. "Like we can do that." Skales said. Kaori threw her hands in the air.
"Who the hell cares? Let's just pick them up along the way!" She pointed at Diana. "You, are NOT allowed to cook anymore!" Diana nodded. "Good call." She agreed.
They were interrupted by a large banging sound. "What was that!?" asked Diana, fear in her voice.
"HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW? I'M BLIND!"
Skales ran up the stairs, Diana trailing behind him. They pulled open the doors, expecting the worse. They had docked. "That was fast." muttered Skales. Diana leaned over the edge. "It's the Grand Line, shit like this happens." Kaori didn't seem to be in a good mood. "WHERE THE FUCK ARE WE? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!?" she yelled, pissed.
"We docked!" called Skales down to her.
"Oh man!" cried Diana. "We crashed! We need to get some timber at this town." She motioned to the town that was in front of them. "We crashed into the harbor." She told Skales. "So, I'm guessing that's not good." He asked her. She shook her head. "Not good at all." Skales noticed the people of the town walking around, carefree.
"Why are they not screaming in fear of our ship?" he asked Diana. 'We don't have a Jolly Rodger." She pointed out.
Kaori sniffed the air. "Okay, I smell timber a few meters from here, and…" she trailed off. "Yeah?" asked Skales. "Jester?" she asked. "What?" asked Skales. "The circus. It sounds like a show, I smell jester shoes." Skales raised his eyebrows. Diana had gone in for her sunglasses and Kai, and was now next to Skales. "I told you she was good." She smirked a little to him.
Skales looked at her and nodded. "Point made."
"So, I'll go with Kai to get the timber, why don't you and Kaori check out the jester guy/dude/thing." suggested Diana. Kaori nodded and leaned forwards. "Let's go!" she cried, excited. She jumped over the railing and landed on the wooden dock with expert precision. She looked up. "Bust a move, Snake Dude!" she yelled. Skales brought the rope ladder down and followed her as she moved towards the crowded fish market.
Snake Dude? asked Kai. "It's Kaori nick name for him, he hates it." replied Diana.
That sounds like Kaori.
(Hi guys again! It's Bob, miss rlb190's line space/ narrator/ anything else! Right now, I'm a line space)
Skales had finally caught up with Kaori after he pushed through a crowd. He found her staring right ahead at the sound of footsteps. She had her sunglasses on, he noticed. "What's going on?" he asked her. "You tell me." She responded. He looked up. It was a man, who sure did look like a jester. With an open purple vest that stopped just below his ribs with an orange sash with short tail and slightly baggy purple pants with the ankles tapped off. His shoes were also jester like, purple with the curl at the top and tiny sliver bells on the tips.
"I can hear the bells." whispered Kaori. The most prominent thing was his mask on. It was a white featureless helmet over his head with two black circles where the eyes should be. Skales found it creepy but cool at the same time. He was on a tight wire about 10 feet from the ground, walking across it juggling flaming torches.
Skales described it for her, just as the crowd gasped.
"Is he alright?" she asked eagerly.
"Yeah." Skales said. He had just switched to jumping on one foot across. Then he suddenly jumped and almost floated down. The crowd that had gathered cheered. Skales took notice right away. "That's not a trick." He muttered. Kaori sniffed.
"He smells like iron."
The crowd diminished as he bowed, and started to take the tight wire down. Soon, it was just the performer and the two of them. The guy looked over at them, and cocked his head, like; "What?"
"That thing you did before…" started Skales. The guy nodded.
"It was Devil Fruit?" he asked. The guy nodded again. "You don't talk much?" asked Kaori. He shrugged.
Skales got a twinkle in his eye…
(LINE SPACE TIME! It's Bob again! Line space!)
Meanwhile the Sniper of the Golden Apple Pirates was getting some timber. With some arguing, she managed to get it for a deal, at 10,000 beli. Now she was wondering the streets, trying to find the harbor. She was turning to look at a vendor, when she ran smack into another person. They bumped heads, and both were pushed back.
"Ow!" went the other person. Diana's sunglasses fell off, and she started to blindly grope for them. The person gave her the sunglasses.
"Thanks!" Diana said. "Sorry about running into you!" she tried to apologize to the person. The person stood up quickly. "Yeah!" the person helped Diana up. "I'm Lisanna." The person said, holding out her. Diana took it. "Diana." They both turned mid-shake at shouting. A bunch of marines started to run their way, shouting and pointing. Lisanna showed panic in her eyes. "Run!" she shouted, lugging Diana and the timber. "What?!" asked Diana, running with her.
"I've gotten into some trouble, and you're stuck with me!" she laughed. "Got a way out?" she asked her.
"I've got a boat at the harbor." Diana replied. Lisanna pulled into a sharp right turn. "I got it! Does it matter I'm a solo pirate?" she called. Diana gasped and filled her lung with air. "Not at all!" she laughed, adrenaline pumping through her. "Does it matter if I have a crew?" asked Diana. She could smell the sea air. Lisanna laughed again. "Not at all!" they veered down the pathway, and finally speeding out towards the harbor. Diana pointed out the ship floating.
"There!"
As they neared the ship, Diana waved to Skales who was on the ship. Skales nodded and started to flail the sails and maneuver the ship from the port. Lisanna ran ahead and stopped next to the moving ship. Diana flung the timber onto the ship, then brought her hands down on her knees. Lisanna stepped on her hands and Diana brought her hands upwards in a swift motion, sending Lisanna into the ship. Diana grabbed the rope ladder and scaled it, then pulled it up. She fell onto the deck gasping and pulled herself up. The marines looked over at the ship, cursing.
One fired a gun at Diana, who yelped and shut her eyes, wincing. But instead of impact it was deflected with a dinging.
Leon Lafoyette stopped the bullet by sticking his arm in front of Diana. She blinked. "Thank you." She said, a little winded. He nodded.
They blew away from the port and out of the marines reach. Lisanna turned to the crew. " .AWESOME!" she laughed. "Oh, this is a pirate ship! You guys are pirates? Where's your jolly rodger?" she asked. Diana shrugged.
"Ooh! And your ship is damaged at the hull! I can fix that!" she pulled a pair of goggles and gloves from her belt, and Diana noticed her for the first time. She had short black hair and sparkling blue eyes. She had a light spray of freckles across her face, and had a brown tool belt on.
She grabbed the timber and walked near the hull.
"So, you guys need a shipwright or something? I can do that!" she said. Diana nodded, but Kaori had another idea.
"WHO THE HELL IS THIS?" she yelled. Lisanna grinned. "I'm Lisanna Donner, the new shipwright. Who's the silent-but-deadly-jester?" she asked them. "Our new crew member." said Skales grinning. "Captain?" asked Diana hopefully. Skales shook his head no. "Darn." She muttered.
I could be captain. joked Kai.
Lisanna looked at the book on the railing. "This is gonna be SO much fun!"
Hey guys! Sorry it took so long, I've been having problem with my computer! I still need oc's!
Leon Lafoyette- Barrett M107
Lisanna Donner- mylil'demigodflock
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