Chapter 3
The crew
Sunglasses replaced the hood. It was far more convenient this way. Regarding the rest of the small crew that girl-woman managed to acquire – they reacted to my presence with reserved suspicion. It was mutual. The only one to quickly break his reserved-ness was the blonde man whose name I fail to remember. He was the crew's cook – which aside from his fighting abilities was pretty much about all the usefulness he had exhibited until this point. Mayor drawback was his complete and utter fixation with any female that got within his sight. Unfortunately, that also included me. I do wander if it would stop if he saw my eyes. But, no. Revealing something like that so early would defeat the purpose. The purpose being my amusement at their reactions.
Back to the cook. He was by far the most annoying creature I had encountered so far (even counting Azura). Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that he could simultaneously feed the bottomless pit that was monkey D. Luffy and still produce food for the rest of the crew I would have thrown him overboard that first day.
The navigator was a joke. No- it wasn't her skills as a navigator I was doubting, she had surprisingly enough proven quite adept at that. It was more the fact that she was a money-obsessed pile of weakness that couldn't hold her own in a fight even if her opponent was a blind, three-legged alley cat.
Completely useless as of now. I was not amused at the thought of having to save her ass in the Grandline when that stupid happy-go-lucky captain got herself into mayor trouble (as amusing as the thought of a fight in any other content might be). So naturally, as the first mate, I would have to drill some skill and stamina into that sniveling pile of weak flesh.
Oh, if only my troubles ended there! No, the sniper (read liar) of the crew was just as, if not even more pathetic. God, where did she pick these people up?
The only one that appeared somewhat useful was the bad-tempered swordsman. Ironically, he wanted to pursue Bovary's lifelong obsession – the title of the Greatest Swordsman in the World. Well, good luck with that – at his currently level I wouldn't let him polish the shoes of the Greatest Swordsman in the World, let alone let him challenge him. But, apparently that boat had already left harbor and crushed and burned to a crisp. Didn't seem to defeat the poor fool's spirit however. What a pity.
However, I have no doubt there will be no shortage of entertainment in the future. Call it a hunch if you will.
And, with that thought I let a small smile grace my face as I stared out into the endless sea.
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IMPORTANT A/N!
Decided to try something different with this fic. If you have suggestions for one-word prompts to write chapters from, they are more than welcome. Chapter will range from a minimum of 400 to up to 2 000 word, depending on the prompt and if I have an idea or material to go from. Chapters will mostly not be posted in chronological order.
I was originally going to abound this, but suddenly I was thrown back in the One Piece hype and impromptu decided to continue this. Anyway, hope you enjoyed it and see you next time.
On a side note, to however reads my other fic Uzumaki Nori that should be updated somewhere in the next two days.