Inktober day 8: Star
Sorry I haven't updated in a while! Too busy from death by cousin... one of the worst ways to go...
Usopp was thinking hard about something. Franky knew, he had seen the same face on Iceburg many times.
"Hey, Usopp-bro. What's on your mind?"
"Oh hey Franky. It's nothing, I'm just trying to figure out how to make my firebird star more potent. Either more flame, or more heat, but I don't know how to implement either," Usopp said with a sigh.
"Well, what do you use for the heat element?"
"Usually it depends on how fast I draw, but I want a way for it to become a constant. Maybe an acid, so it would burn either way, but then the acidic qualities could have unforeseen drawbacks... Aha! I'll make a test run! Thanks Franky!" Usopp said excitedly. He ran off to make a batch and test them. Franky laughed at his antics. Long-nose really was incredibly similar to Iceburg at times.
Later, Usopp returned, brimming with joy.
"I finished it! The sure-kill firebird star mark 2 is go! Now I need something to test on..." As soon as he said that a marine ship sailed past.
"Usopp! This is a brilliant time to test it out! Now go! We'll give you the brunt of it!" Luffy called as he flew onto the other ship.
"R-right!" Usopp went up to the crow's nest and fired his firebird stars. As they hit the marines, screams of agony could be heard as the acid burnt though their clothes. The acid wasn't lethal, but it hurt like hell if you had any in contact with skin. Usopp smiled to himself. The acid worked. Now to see...
He shot at an abandoned sword on the floor. The acid started to pattern the sword, but not so much as to be unusable. The floor was a different matter. There was now a sizeable hole in the deck. He saw Zoro running past.
"Oi, Zoro! Look out for the-" he was cut off by Zoro falling face first and swearing as he did, "...hole."
"Usopp! Tell me about these things sooner!"
"I did! You weren't listening! Hey is there anything in that hole?" Zoro leaned in and picked up a sword.
"This is pretty impressive. I didn't know this could be done to swords," he said. On the blade was a streaky pattern following roughly the grains in the wood. Usopp was also impressed. Who knew?
That was the day Usopp invented acid etching.
Hey folks! There may be a few inaccuracies in terms of acid etching. I know for a fact acid etching is like printing, you need to block out parts you don't want printed on. The technique may well have been around for Zoro to know about, but let's pretend not. Don't blame me for the sudden change of topic, inspiration gave me the fist of love. I will try and update more, I'm just a bit writer's block-ish. Sorry again!
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