Chapter Two: Women, Sake and Festivities! The Five Day Scramble Part I

Sat Jul 09, 2016 5:26 am

DAY 1

The sun set on Ilusia, the night life came alive from the noise and to the luminous exudes from the various pubs in the area but in the Royal Castle, two lovers flames burned brighter than most. “I’m sorry about today Eternia. I just, didn’t share your views.” Leonardo said kissing the gape of the woman’s back as they cuddle in solitude. “I understand your feelings for Caesar but as a woman who has devoted her body to the Navy… I can’t see his rationale for shooting a Noble, nonetheless Celestial, Hmph-” the woman’s words were interrupted by a kiss filled with solemn which still managed to mangle her body blissfully. “That boy, he’s had a rough life. I’m partially responsible for his strife. When I saw him for the first time, I knew I had to find out if he was Robert’s child. Once confirming it, I wanted to save him but Saint Ricardo, even saying his name disgusts me. The way he treated that child both physically and mentally, when he shot him, I couldn’t help but to have smiled. I wonder if he felt the same.” Leonardo said, clutching the woman more tightly. Turning over to face the man, their eyes met much like in the Council Room earlier today but burned with a different passion. “Justice is neither black or white. Nor Colored or colorless. It’s multi-spectrum. For every ‘good’ there’s some evil that’s eradicated. By killing Saint Ricardo, that boy has sinned in the eyes of the World Government. Shunned or not, they were furious when Mariejois found out about the situation in Ilusia with their ‘kin’. Caesar, that boy’s life of peace ended that day Leonardo. Nothing you can do can save him either. I’ll end his life with my own hands, if his existence bothers you so much my love, I’ll offer him something he can no longer find in this life… Peace. Only through death will that man’s soul get to truly rest. He’ll be hunted for the rest of his life.” Eternia concluded. “But I’ll make your pain fade.” Eternia said, blushing slightly, slowing inching inwards for an ardent kiss.

Exiting the gates of the abandoned district, the darkness crept upon the Kingdom of Ilusia and the nightlife came about. “Sora. I know we just met and I’m in no position to be lecturing anyone but your lack of care for human life, it’s a slippery slope to walk on.” Caesar stated, slowly trotted down the empty district, turning into a busy street way. Vendors as far as the eyes could see were scattered across the bustling street side, the thick crowd made it hard for marines to conduct their searches, so for the time being, the Marines shifts, were ongoing but handled with much more slack during the night. Peering into the busy street, Caesar saw a local pub that both him and his master used to frequent. Taking off his glove, he placed his hand on Sora’s shoulder, repelling them both into the shop’s backroom. Fixing his glove, Sora walked over to the door that marked private, tapping on the window three times. A small window opened within the door, “Password-” the man’s speech stopped instantly the minute he realized who it was. “Oh my.” the security behind the door said before shutting the window quickly and unlocking the door. “Girls! Caesar-chan has returned to Ilusia!” the man echoed in a very feminine tone. “Eccentric as ever Jameson. It’s nice to see you again. Has my master been here recently?” Caesar inquired. The man nodded his head in dismissal, “I haven’t seen Colt since the incident.” Jameson responded. “Oh my!” the man exclaimed, hustling over to Sora. “She’s so cute. I could just eat her up!” the man screamed gaily. “Is this your daughter-” Jameson inquired but Caesar ignored her statements and was already fraternizing with the women. “Rude!” the man exclaimed, attempting to puff out his cheeks cutely, but that was impossible. Jameson was a quite stout man but was very well built in his stature. He always wears tutu’s, with his trademark red cherry bomb lipstick and armhole shirt with the words, ‘Punk Life’ graphics on them. He’s an Okama who has travelled the sea, collecting women from less unfortunate situations and offering them a home to stay. Simply put, despite his rugged looks, he’s the owner of a host club for the richest illegal dealers in Ilusia. He’s also one of the major Kingpin’s who are currently at war with the Four Heroes of Ilusia.

The spread was superb, the finest Sake, Rum and Ale across the Kingdom. The women were all beautiful, each with an exotic look to them of various ethnicities. Caesar has been exposed to women of this caliber the latter of his life, the women in the Host Club taught him how to handle himself around women and ended falling for him in the process. With about five to six of the older hostess, combined with ten of the younger hostess clutching at Caesar’s coat tails, he was in true bliss but the women were all curious about Sora, she was like a doll to them with her snow white hair and stunning blue eyes.

Sat Jul 09, 2016 7:00 pm

Mari was just passing through, with no real destination in mind. Which was somewhat ironic for the navigator. The island of Ilusia had entered its nightlife atmosphere as soon as the sun had set. The tall dark hair woman walked around by herself simply taking in the sights. She eventually came upon a busy street with vendors as far as the eye could see. Few of them were selling some stolen goods, not that Mari cared either way. She simply weaved through the crowd of people until she found herself in front of a local bar.

Mari knocked on the door and the little slot at the top opened up followed by a man's voice asking for a password which just made Mari chuckle. Next thing Mari knew, the door opened, revealing the stout man behind it. Upon seeing him, Mari couldn't help but smile. "Been awhile, hasn't it Jameson?" She said in a friend;y tone. This bar/ host club was owned by Jameson who just happened to be an old drinking pal of Mari's father. "My, my, Mako-chan's little bud has bloomed into a beautiful flower~ Speaking of your father, how is he doing? Mari had a complicated smile on her face. "unfortunately, I haven't seen my dad since I was 19, so about three years now." Jameson, frowned. "Oh, I see... well, would you want a job here, you're definitely beautiful enough, plus, you'd be payed well~" Mari just laughed. "sorry Jameson, I'm a pirate through n' through! And that ain't changing anytime soon!" Jameson puffed his cheeks out as he tried to act cute. "its such a waste of you beauty though!"

Mari just walked away over towards the bar counter, not paying much mind to the swarm of girls that seemed to be gathered around a single man. She ordered herself a martini and got it fairly quick. She took a sip and glanced over at the gaggle of girls. She could see a person with a top hat and dark hair. Her curiosity was now piqued.

Mari attempted to get a better look at the person inside the swarm of woman. It was indeed a man, one with a pretty nice face to boot. That would explain why pretty much all the girls in the place were swarmed around this man. Of course, there was the exception of Mari not being "taken" by his looks. She just kept to herself, drinking her martini.

While she enjoyed her drink, she heard one of the girls address him as "Caesar". That must have been his name, and for some reason, it struck a cord with Mari, though she couldn't understand why. For the time being, she wouldn't worry about it.

Then, all of a sudden, Mari felt a pair of man hands on her shoulders turn her swiveling bar stool to be facing the man and the swarm of girls. "Caesar-chan~! This pretty young woman is my old drinking buddy's daughter. Ain't she a beauty?"

"Oi Jameson, what the hell are you doing?! I didn't ask you to introduce me to him did I?" Jameson put his hands up in the air, trying to act innocent. "Ara~ Mari-chan, you seemed interested in him, so I thought I'd help you out. Besides, you're a beautiful lady, you should find yourself a good man or two~" He said winking. Mari just blushed and frowned. "sheesh, that old geezer never did know how to mind his own business, did he..." she said softly under her breath. She looked up at the gaggle of woman and the man called Caesar in the middle of them. She took a deep breath, "Hey there, you seem to be Mr. popular, don'cha? Though I can understand why, these girls seem to be taken with your face." She said with a light chuckle.

Sat Jul 09, 2016 7:26 pm

Sora followed the man through the streets, she assumed he was familiar with them due to his upbringing was just on this one island. When they reached a certain point on the island, the man grabbed her shoulder and whisked them in front of a back alley bar. She was about to say something about not wanting to be in some pit bar, when he knocked. She had listened to his words about her lack of concern about human life would lead her down a darker path. She assumed his words were the price of him ferrying her to Water 7. That if she wanted a ride there, she couldn't intentionally kill Marines like she had been doing.

She wasn't going to explain that she was fighting a one-sided war against the government and that killing was apart of war. Even if she were the only one fighting that war against the world government. Deciding on her course of action, the girl entered the bar with the man. She almost ignored the comment about her being his daughter and said, "He is only a little bit older than I am. And no, I'm not his girlfriend or anything like that." Having said her piece in the matter, the girl headed towards the bar, not really caring what they thought of her.

The girl was just going to wait the heat off, and head to the dock with the man in order to head towards Water 7. Then once there, she'd be off on her own again. She had her reasons why she was fighting, they were her own selfish desires to seek revenge against the World Government for killing the only family she had ever known. Once she was done, she would find a new family, a new nakama to adventure with, to life for. Sora would live for that dream after her dream of taking down the corrupt government.

Too often, that she had came across men of the government tormenting innocent people. Even if she were apathetic to their blight, she killed the men of the government anyways. Sora, did not like seeing the strong bully the weak, especially those of the government. She often did not seek out the dogs of the government to kill them, no… Often times they came after her on their own due to her bounty. She showed them no mercy, the collateral of those battles were minimal at best due to her using weaker explosions then what she could do when she cut loose.

Sitting at the bar, the girl didn't notice the newcomer, a woman with a cowboy hat, bikini top, and shorts, come into the host club. Sora ordered the finest sake that the club had, with a nice hearty steak, baked potato, and vegetables. The man behind the bar nodded, when she told him to keep both the booze and the food coming. She had over a million beli, and could afford to waste a lot of it on one night's feast. When the alcohol came, she started to sip it with a pleasant sigh. She hadn't eaten in days, nor drank anything in over a day. But that was the life that she chose when she chose to be a solo pirate, and having only a very small raft.

It was also one of the many reasons why she was so small, she didn't eat daily, nor did she drink water or milk. She was suffering from malnutrition, that was going to be changing after that day. Her body had grown use to her eating so little. Pushing her kenbunshoku senses out to their maximum range the girl, monitored the kilometer radial range that she had for potential hostiles heading towards the bar.

She could still feel the streets being littered with Marines and knights, but none of them were giving the host club any notice for now. The girl felt the presence that she had felt earlier growing ever closer to where they were. It was as if they were tracking the duo by their scent. All the girl could do is refuel her body, and wait. Why ruin everyone's good time, when the enemy was going to do that for her? Chuckling she sipped more of her alcohol.

Sun Jul 10, 2016 5:53 am

“One Prime Steak with Baked Potatoes and Steamed Vegetables!” the head waitress said, winking at Sora as she delivered her order. “If you need anything else just holler, name’s Diana Waters cutie.” the woman with long flowing red hair and meadow green eyes announced to Sora. “You have heavy eyes miss. Why aren’t you joining in with the festivities? Caesar has always been a clown.” the woman mentioned.

Meanwhile, Caesar’s eyes switched focus to the woman Jameson had put before him. She wore a plain obsidian top with navy jeans, a woman with a figure like hers walking around in an outfit like this was surely to be noticed, almost as fetching as Caesar figured himself. Breaking away from the crowd of girls, Caesar kissed each of the woman squarely on their cheeks, shuffling through them with his crafty footwork, as if he was dancing a jig. Actual, his motion could be likened much to the jig, as the man clapped his hands and danced in merriment, picking up a pitcher fill with ale before dancing over to the seated woman’s position. The motion slowly dissipated as the woman fainted, some trying to clutch onto the man as he advanced and others were simply content with just a glimpse of Caesar’s bad boy like energy. However, it was neither for love nor lust that Caesar entertained these women, in his free time, pastimes likes these kept him sane. In the confines of the Castle's walls as his time as a Jester, the only women who treated him as human aside from his mother, were the local chamber maids and circus performers. He spent tons of hours, helping them with their choirs and learning about their everyday lives, since to him, life outside the walls meant more to him than just an adventure, it represented freedom. It became comfortable to him, the conversation of with that feminine energy that curved his fears from the beatings of the Noble women, ‘the average woman isn’t like that’, he’d run through his head as he interacts with women in a flirtatious manner. Caesar’s networking was his therapy, the liquor was his medicine and his recovery were moments like these, where running into a new woman either ended in rejection or acceptance.

One meter, that’s what separated Caesar and the unknown black headed woman. Closing the remaining distance, Caesar crouched down on one knee, taking the woman’s hand and kissing it gently. “I don’t know what they see in me either actually. I’m such a broken thing. Much like women feel uncomfortable being hackled at, I feel like all they do is undress me with their eyes. My names Caesar J. Cofresi, I’m an entertainer by cloth but pirate by trade.” Caesar said smiling gently. Shooting a look directly into the woman’s eyes, he slowly stood upwards, releasing her hand and responding to Jameson, “She is quite the Gem to behold, Rishi Rishi.” the man chuckled merrily. “How about it for old times sake, Caesar!? Play us a piece on the piano!” Jameson shouted in rebuttal, ale in hand. Using his Paw Paw fruit powers, Caesar disappeared from the woman’s position over by the keys. “Kya~~~ He disappeared! How’d he do that!?” one of the woman who was cosplayed in cat attire exclaimed. “Don’t ya’ know silly, Caesar is a famous magician who used to perform with the Lalooza-” one of the younger workers babbled, before being cut off by Jameson’s stern look. “Don’t mention Lalooza around him-” Jameson was interrupted by the first few chords of Caesar’s melody. “It’s fine, Jameson. I have no problem people talking about Francisco and the others.” Caesar said, playing on the eerie yet, chipper melody. “Their deaths taught me that the revenge I seek lies neither in the simple deaths of Marines, nor the acclimation of fame. What I seek” the man said, before striking the last few chords in the pieces introduction section. “Maybe this piece will explain the pain.” Caesar said, beginning the piano piece.

“I’ve searched for the souls of the fallen and lost,
Neither in blood or in gold, could be bought.
Across the lands,
I’ve peered to the peaks.

The joy that they bring me is gone.

The memories earned lest not to be lost,
No worth in silver or gold.
I’ve searched for the souls of the fallen and lost,
Neither in blood or in gold, could be caught.”

The whole room froze, lost in the scuttling notes which cringed with soul and depth. It neither killed the festive motif of the city, nor did it enhance it. Much like the clutching words from Caesar’s mouth, it brought tears to the eyes of many of hostesses. “Caesar-” Jameson tried calling for the man, almost wanting to walk over and comfort him but he was frozen with confliction on what to say.

Hopping from rooftop to rooftop, Ves in his half Zoan form was signalling in on the scent of Roxanne’s attackers. His fur freezing upwards as if they’ve been exposed to prolonged cold acted as sensor’s which he used to follow Caesar. However, a slight overcast filled the skies and the change in the climate began to mess with his senses, causing Ves to postpone his search until tomorrow. In Ilusia’s Royal Castle, Roxanne’s wounds were being treated by medical personnel but nothing much could be done about the damage from the explosion, some of the scar’s she gained would never fade. Roxanne was shattered mentally, sitting in her room she stared through the window at the moon. Ves crashed into the middle of the market street, where one of the marines approached him. “Roxanne will live, sir. She’s awakened in great pain it seems. Maybe visiting-” the marine grunts mouth was squashed by the man’s firm paw. “I won’t see her like this. The next time I see Roxy, she’ll be proud that I’ve done my duties, no matter what.” Ves said, holding back the wielding tears in his eyes.

Sun Jul 10, 2016 2:24 pm

Mari watched as Caesar got up from his seat and kissed each girl on the cheek as he maneuvered his way through the swarm. His foot work was similar to that of a jig. As he closed the distance between himself and Mari, many of the girls he'd kissed were now fainting while others tried to cling to him. To be completely honest, Mari was kind of bored watching him. Then again, she never did care for flashy or frivolous men. Now, the two were only a meter away from one another. Caesar kneeled down, took Mari's hand in his and kissed the back of it. Caesar looked up at Mari smiling gently after responding to her earlier remark. Saying he didn't really understand why he was so popular and something about being uncomfortable like a woman. He then introduced himself as Caesar J. Confresi. He then boldly stated being a pirate which pique Mari's interest in the man once more. Caesar then looked back over at Jameson saying how Mari was definitely a beauty.

Mari just looked at Caesar. "Pleasure to meet you Caesar, name's Mari Kuribayashi. And... Like yourself, I too am a pirate." however, he didn't seem to hear her for next thing Mari knew, upon Jameson's request he'd began to play a rather eerie and sad tune. It's melody and Caesar's lyrics seemed to bring a tear to the eyes of many hostesses. However, Mari was the exception. It seemed this man had been through quite a bit. Mari's relatively happy past couldn't even begin to compare. She felt his pain and suffering being laid out by the melody and his words.

"Such a terrible past he's had it seems..." she said quietly to herself.

Mari downed the rest of her martini. She turned her attention away from the piano playing and moved her glance over to a very petite young girl with a doll like appearance. Yet for some reason, Mari could feel the child's blood lust so strongly. Mari saw all the food she was eating. It was a bit of a sight to behold. Then again, she'd seen stranger things before during her years of traveling.

She figured it might be best to not disturb the girl's meal and when on to order a meal herself. "Hey Diana, whip me up some pork chips with mashed potatoes please!"

The lady smiled. "Sure thing Hun! Comin' right up!" Diana then began to make the food. Now, Mari just had to wait while she continued to listen to the sad song of Caesar's heart.

Mon Jul 11, 2016 11:28 am

As the night went on, Sora had downed many dishes that were meat, and vegetable related. She consumed, beef, chicken, pork, turkey, and lots and lots of other kinds of vegetables. The short and skinny girl tossed back what looked like five times her bodyweight in food. After a couple hours, the girl was finally satisfied. There was no change in her appearance for some reason. She was content to just drink for the rest of the night. She was buzzed from all the sake she had consumed, and was still drinking.

Over the course of the last couple hours, Sora never let up her sensing, and had sensed the rage in the man that had learned of what Sora did to the woman that she had fought earlier. Sora wondered what happened to the woman but it wasn't really that important to the girl. She was a pirate working towards bringing down the corrupt world government. It may of been just revenge when she had first started her journey, now… Now the girl wanted justice for everyone who had lost family to the government's tyranny. She may be apathetic to the blights of other people, but that was one thing she would never ignore.

Sora had thought over what she was doing over the course of the last couple hours, and had found out that she wanted to lend a hand to help those that couldn't. She wanted to take revenge for those that had lost family to the Celestial Dragons, and the corrupt Government that had gave them power. The girl realized that she was no longer just fighting for herself. That realization had caused her to choke on her sake for a moment until the woman known as Diana patted her back to help her swallow it the right way.

The white haired girl had done something that she hadn't done since she was in the Soaring Pirates, she had thanked the woman that helped her. Changing was the girl, and she liked the change. It seemed as though Caesar was a good influence on her. The girl did not smile or anything yet. All she was doing was keeping her face schooled in the expression that she usually had, and that was a scowl.

As the night went on, the girl listened to Caesar playing the piano and wondered what kinds of things he had experienced in his life to make him sing of lost. It was part of the reason why Sora had started to think about what she was doing. Yawning the girl looked like she was going to pass out. It was late in the night and the most she had slept in the last four days was four hours earlier that day when Caesar made her pass out and took her to some old lady's house.

Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, she finished the last of her sake and started to ask for coffee so she could stay awake. She was in enemy territory and she wasn't going to sleep and leave her defense in the hands of someone she still did not know that well. Sipping the frozen coffee beverage that the girl ordered she watched the club for the first time since she had got there. It was decorated well, and she had realized she hadn't given anyone her name. Shrugging, it'll come out when it comes out the girl supposed.

She was content with just sipping her 800 calorie caffeine beverage. Sora's sky blue eyes wandered towards the woman with the bikini top and shorts. She was sure she had seen that one somewhere before, the girl wondered where it was. But she definitely knew the Burgundy Clown. Sora shivered at the thought of knowing that she had asked a clown to help her out. 'Damn you Oga,' she thought about the origin of her fear of clowns. Stopping her drink the girl swallowed the rest of the caramelly drink that she had been consuming. "Are you Mari Kuribayashi?" She had asked, she was curious about where she had seen the face, and the only place she could place the face was several wanted posters of the woman known as the 'fiery fist'.

Mon Jul 11, 2016 3:19 pm

Traversing the marketing district, Ves nose picked up on thousands of scents. The smell of the deep fried dumplings, the aura of a woman’s amply applied perfume or even the sweaty nobles who searched for patronage to quench their thirst. Ves possessed Olfactory Memory, meaning much like people have a keen sense of sight, Ves remembers everyone’s scents, even since a child. For example, Roxanne has used the same shampoo for all her life, cherry blossom peach with a hint of wild lily, it was small things like these that kept his nose impeccably sharp. Shaking his head in confusion onto why at these moments he always thought back to Roxanne but these thoughts faded as a familiar scent floated into his nose perimeter. Combined with the abilities of his Inu Inu No Mi - Model Bloodhound, the man morphed into his half-zoan form, walking on four legs, he lunged through the host-club door, sniffing the front room for a familiar scent. Howling, the sound of the man’s release, caused the patrons at the front of the shop to pass out from banging pain in their ear drums. The marine troops that had been following Ves stormed the room, over forty in their numbers. Jameson heard the commotion from the backroom, Diana, dropping her plates rushed to the room’s snail transponder monitors. “It’s Ves! One of the four Heroes have arrived!” Diana exclaimed, gulping painfully as if a rock had lunged in her throat. The situation was much more grave than what even Diana would have reported, aside from the forty odd some troops within the bar, another twenty created a perimeter around the shop. “Caesar. You should leave here immediately. Right now, the reports are only searching for you, I’m sure that if you leave, I’ll be able to pass Sora and Mari as hostess at the club. I can’t afford you fighting here and losing your life! Colt would never forgive me!” Jameson pleaded. Grasping the bottle of rum firmly in his hand, Caesar tilted the liquor down his throat, wiping it away as he stood from the keyboard. “I’m not leaving Sora all alone by herself, Jameson. Besides, if they're looking for me, I can take this outside-” Caesar’s vision and speech patterns became tangled, almost tied tongue as he passed out. Diana walked over to Caesar, strapping the man over her shoulders.

“I’ll make sure he gets outta here safely, Jameson. Girls! Put on the hostess outfits!” Diana said, opening a passageway in the floor, in which she escaped with Caesar. “Sora. Mari. All you have to do is simply smile and keep a low profile! It’s Kimono Night!” the Okama said with a smile on his face, wiggling her fingers in excitement to see how Sora and Mari would look in the outfits. “My nose isn’t mistaken… The scent I found on Roxanne’s clothes are definitely here.” Ves concluded. Exiting from the backroom, Jameson greeted Ves with a broad smile. “Welcome to the Blue Moon Cafe, where the most beautiful girls in the world unfold before you. How may I help you, Count Ves?” Jameson inquired. “We have reason to believe your harbouring fugitives in your establishment, you don’t mind if look around do you?” Ves said sniffling doglike form.

OOC wrote:*Note: Count is a title given to all of the Four Heroes who rule over Ilusia in good favour for their service.

Sun Jul 17, 2016 11:59 pm

Sora continued to sip her coffee beverage sobering up nicely when she heard the howl from the front room. It was incredibly loud and painful to her sense of hearing. She resisted the urge to wince or cover her ears. It seemed as though someone brought a sniffing dog with them, or one of them were a zoan user of a canine devil fruit. Not caring in the least, they may increase the physical aspects of a user, and give them nifty abilities of their animal, but overall they didn't have the overall destructiveness of most Paramecias and Logias.

The girl waited and watched until she finished her drink. Placing it on the counter, Sora watched as one of the girls knocked Caesar out and had started to take him out of the room. The supernova girl decided to play along with the okama and the hostesses and started to undress in the middle of the room, not caring a wink about her modesty. Getting dressed in a dark blue kimono that had white sakura petal designs on it, she made herself useful by starting to gather up empty mugs and garbage from the tables.

At that moment as she started to clear up one of the tables, the dog man erupted into the room in order to find Sora and Caesar. Sora didn't care if they attacked her. She'd fight back against the zoan user and the forty man that he had assembled. She hadn't tested a couple of her newly trained techniques in battle yet, and wanted to see how they worked, especially her explosive flight technique, and maybe a couple of her inventions, she wondered how the nail cluster grenade worked as it was her most recent invention.

The girl continued to pretend to do what she appeared to be, a hostess cleaning up a table. One of the hostesses had hid Sora's clothing beneath the bar so there wouldn't be a pile of clothing on the floor near the bar. Sora had her Kenbunshoku haki activated granting herself slight pre-cognitive capabilities in case the dog man attacked her, due to her being one of the fugitives that he was talking about. Sora wondered how he found them, but filed it away as him having access to the power known as Haki as well.

(OOC: It's been nearly a week, we have given Mari chance after chance to post, so I am posting now.)

Mon Jul 18, 2016 4:51 pm

As Jameson and Ves entered into the backroom, Ves eyes' popped out in perversion towards the beauty of the ladies at the hostess bar. “You weren’t kidding when you said most beautiful did you, Old Man?” Ves said grinning, sticking out his tongue in his animal zoan form and panting. Ves signalled for his men to file into the room, each of them sliding into the booths, signalling towards the hostess to take their orders. “Don’t have too much fun guys, I picked up the scent of the person who took out Lieutenant Roxanne. Now if I can just pin my nose on it.” Ves said warping his nose into it’s canine state. One of the girls walked up to Ves, pressing her chest on the man’s hand before she could even fully touch the man, his hand struck onto the floor. “Don’t touch me wench. You’re way too low class for me to even consider you.” Ves said, sticking out his tongue. Continuing to sniff around, Ves slided into the booth as Jameson rushed to the woman’s aid. “Captain Ves!” Jameson excluded, in frustration. “I don’t care what you say or do to me… but don’t touch my girls.” Jameson said snapping back at the man’s violence. Cracking his neck, he kicked his feet up on the hostess table, “Lighten up. Your girls? You mean these sheep. These uneducated shit stains couldn’t be considered human. I might sound crude but my beautiful Roxanne’s face was injured just because some hot shot freak in a clown suit thought he was relevant. Let me share a little secret with you, Old Okama Chief, I was one of the marine officers stationed in Ilusia when the bloodline of the ‘J’ was being oppressed. I’ve watched that dirty half blooded kid smile and juggle just to keep alive. To think he’d have anything to do with Roxy’s disfigurement, it rubbed me the wrong way. Her body’s mine to defile and mine alone.” Ves barked, laughing menacingly.

“You’ve gotten heavy Caesar. Before I used to be able to lift you in my arms.” Diana exclaimed as she advanced through the tunnels, panting heavily. Caesar slept peacefully, snoring in synched succession with his heartbeat. Diana rested Caesar inside the clearing of the underground tunnels which runs throughout Ilusia. “Wait here… You’ve suffered enough. Let your big sisters take care of you now, Cae-chan.” Diana said, kissing Caesar on his head. Rushing back through the tunnels towards the hostess bar, the sensation of Diana’s lips on forehead took him back to Caesar’s story times with his mother but dreams about her never lasted too long, the haunting fact that he could no longer remember her face, or the fact that he knew she had died for keeping him secret, the immense guilt caused the clown to sweat heavily in his sleep. Before the gratification of the shocked expression on the King’s face as he was shot burned into his mind and then, he always awoke with a smile on his face.

Sitting up, Caesar began to yawn, his body was still feeling groggy from whatever were the contents of the cocktail he consumed from the bar. The cavern was lit from the glow of the rare stalagmites and stalactites that hung from the ground and ceiling respectively. From the distance, Caesar heard a whistling noise approaching him. It had an eerie tune, similar to that of the one he would’ve played inside of the diner. However, the score was different, it’s contents were different and it was these distinct alterations that created the melancholy mood. The air suddenly felt heavier, as it did when his mother had first past, in times like this, his mind would run to her faceless smile that hovered over his mind.

The figured appeared, it was an enemy. Though, it was neither one that either party identified with as yet. The giant of a man, wearing a viking helmet and a gigantic axe on his shoulder, would emerge from the cave with a happy go-lucky smile. “Your-” Caesar exclaimed. “Ohoho… It’s the clown from the harbour earlier today.” Uxio, the shipwright declared. “I see you’ve taken off your mask. One would think you had a bad face at that too, but it’s amusing enough.” the man comment jollily. “Right. The weird old’ viking who talked liked a pirate, Rishi Rishi.” Caesar stated. “A pirate- Ohoohoho… Yer’ a funny brat. If my superiors heard you, it’d be trouble. I already get enough trouble as is.” Uxio whispered. “Didn’t catch that?” Caesar said, picking himself off the ground, dusting off his checkered pants. “I have extra lunch, how about a bite, mit’ help clear your mind.” Uxio stated. “I’m sorry. I don’t swing that way. I pitch for the straight and narrows.” Caesar responded smugly. Uxio’s face lit up with pink from embarrassment, “Idiot, I don’t either ya’ brute. I have a wife as well.” Uxio said banging his chest in pride.

Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:32 pm

The table that the dog man sat at was the table that Sora was cleaning off in order to prepare for the next customer. By seeing the nose of the man, she knew instantly that he was going to attack her sooner or later, and hoped that she'd be able to have fun with the man before Caesar either came back, or simply did not come to help her. While she was clearing off the table, the girl kept her head down. She knew that she'd probably still have some traces of the woman's scent on her if it wasn't burned away completely by the explosion that wrecked Roxanne's body.

Other than the hair that had touched Roxanne and was subsequently exploded, Sora's body had no other contact with her body. She listened to the monologue that the man had been speaking, he insulted the hostesses of the club, worst yet he had insulted the man that helped her get to somewhere safe to sleep off her little faint earlier that day. As the man talked, Sora became angrier and angrier. She could not just let him talk about the girls, Caesar, but the fact that he had raised a hand to a innocent woman that didn't know what she was doing, that rubbed Sora the wrong way.

Even if Sora was a heartless bitch, even if she were a Pirate, she would not strike a innocent like that. In the middle of his sentence about her disfigurement, Sora smirked straight at him. "Caesar had nothing to do with her disfigurement. I did, dickweed," she said before snorting. The girl started to form a loogie, she did not care what he was going to do in order to retaliate. She had to end this man right there and then. He was worst then some of the pirates that he had met and destroyed during her journeys. Hacking the loogie directly at the man, she attempted to strike the loogie against the man's chest.

'Loogie Cannon,' the girl thought while the explosive loogie flew through the air towards the man. She hoped that he would not dodge the man, and would let the spit wad bomb hit him directly in the chest, without forming a defense against an attack. Sora hoped the man thought that she didn't have a devil fruit and not try to dodge the loogie or anything like that. "I may be a pirate, but you are worst then most of the pirates I've met scum," she said while the loogie continued to travel towards the man's body.

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Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:03 am

Day 2

There was no longer a doubt in Ves mind, the girl who had indeed confess to be Roxanne’s assailant, zeroing in his concentration on her scent, her hostility towards him, it all confirmed it for him. However, this realization did nothing but infuriate Ves because in his warped mind, a peasant girl had injured the woman he valued as an ‘unnegotiated bargaining chip’, still having yet to confirm his acquisition for her hand in marriage. As loogie travelled towards Ves, the man morphed into his half Zoan form, avoiding the streamline attack, by pouncing to the right. “Canine Pound - Blitz!”, Ves shouted. The man had leaped about five or so meters away from the disguised waitresses position, now standing on all fours, Ves’ body began to morph into his full zoan form, bearing his fangs and his eyes became black and beady, his coat smooth, almost to the point it sparkled and his floppy ears were almost so comical, that at times, even his marine underlings couldn’t help but laugh. However, what stifled these laughs was nothing but Ves marine record, he wasn’t a man to be played with. Snarling at the woman, “I’ve spent the first four years in the Navy tracking down scum like you, now you’re scent is forever planted into my mind, Sora, the Supernova. I recognized those clear blue eyes of yours from the wanted posters.” Ves said, sticking out his tongue, panting.

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Uxio and Caesar now shared a meal, a pot filled with baked beans. Caesar ravenously went through the bowl, eating seconds and thirds of the man’s special chilly beans. “Ohohoho, you have quite the appetite boy. By the way, your ship is so interesting! It’s such a beautiful vessel. It’s make. The sails and it’s hull are sturdy than most ships I’ve ever seen in the West.” Uxio exclaimed jollily. Resting his bowl on the ground and giving thanks by clasping his hands together, Caesar stood up and stretched. “I don’t know much about ships but when I first saw her, she spoke to me. I knew ste- I mean, it was the right boat to purchase.” Caesar responded, almost revealing the origins of how his ship was obtained. “Thank you for the meal, giant-san. I’ll have to be taking my leave now. I need to get back to my new friend, she tends to be a little gun-ho at times.” Caesar said, tilting his hat towards the man, as he advanced towards the cavern’s exit. Opening his senses, Caesar used his Kenbunshoku like a radar, using it poll the location of staircase which would lead back to the restaurant. “Hey kid. Can I ask you one question?” Uxio shouted before Caesar left. “Don’t got much time old man but shoot.” Caesar's rebuttal with his eyes closed, in deep concentration. “After everything this Kingdom has done to you, why return?” Uxio said sternly. Shocked, Caesar peered over his shoulder, opening his eyes and looking towards the man, “No matter how crooked a family is, home is always home.” Caesar responded smiling. “Paw Motion - Ashi No Ugoki!” Caesar shouted, repelling himself a couple hundred meters below the ladder which lead into the restaurant's back room.

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The stiff silence in the King’s Castle was enough to suffocate those who weren’t able to handle the news. Roxanne, had passed away from the severity of her wounds. A single marine Captain dying, one would conclude that as an everyday occurrence, however, two things made the Royal Court tremble in silence from the reports. One, it was reported that Caesar was responsible for Roxanne’s death, which placed the King in a painful position of naming Caesar as once again, a terrorist to the Kingdom. Two, the share pressure which Eternia exuded when she received the report from the Kingdom’s medical unit. “Caesar…” Leonardo thought compassionately. “I must begin the hunt for this murderer. News speaks of Ves occupying being accompanied by a large force downtown, I will rally the troops and give aid to his cause.” Eternia said coldly. “Eternia… Wait. If you find Caesar, don’t kill him. I want him alive.” Leonardo said, almost begging. “Even for you my love, I can’t make such promise.” the woman uttered under her breath exiting the chambers, with her hand firmly clutched onto her sword.

Rumor spread through the Kingdom, one of the Twelve Zodiac, the titles given to the Navy’s upcoming powerhouses to combat the Supernova’s, The Horse, had died.

OOC wrote:I'm so sorry for taking so long. I just haven't been in the right state of mind lately. Life kind of hit me rough and it killed my muse but here's my post.

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Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:19 pm

Sora, jumped back away from the dog man. She did not expect that the idiot would be able to dodge her Loggie Cannon technique. Looking around her, she was sure someone was going to get hurt if she fought the dog man within the hostess club. Making up her mind, Sora ran towards a wall while covering her body in her Busoshoku Haki to increase her defensive capabilities and smashed through it. "COME GET ME KITTEN!!!!" She had taunted the man, trying to get him to go after her rather then having him stay within the club and potentially endanger the lives of the women there.

They didn't need their lives ruined by Sora and the kitten fighting in the club and completely ruining their place of business. Besides, she wanted to the kitten out of there in order to use her most destructive technique on him at near point blank range, and didn't want to injure the women within the club. She wasn't being noble, she wanted to fight at her full strength without endangering the women.

Using her Kenbunshoku Haki she was able to sense the Kitten was giving chase from the taunting that the girl had done. She had hoped that the man had taken the bait, and it went swimmingly. She was using her Kenbunshoku Haki to get detailed information about her surroundings and was trying to find a nice open field for her to use against the Kitten that was chasing her. She did not want to get innocent people involved in her fight with him. She wondered if Caesar was taking care of the Marines within the club if he had made it back there yet.

Thu Aug 11, 2016 11:06 am

"Hey ugly!" Diana shouted towards the marine Captain, Ves. The man's attention was disbursed from chasing after Sora momentarily, to turn to the woman, who now held a musket in hand. Slobbering all over the host club's floor, he inched closer and closer to the woman. "What was that you called me.... you wench!?" Ves said furiously. "I said leave that girl-" the woman's words were muffled by the man's huge paw crushing her mouth shut. "Ugly... Do you know who I am!? I'm superior in looks, power and money you stupid little bar whore. They are two types of people in this world. The blessed and the cursed. Guess which category you and I fall into." Ves said snarling, as he threw the unconscious woman to the ground, her grip on the musket released. A stray shot fired a bullet into the man's knee cap, Ves fell back on the bar counter, crushing it's surface, now rolling around on the floor. "That bitch!" Ves exclaimed.

Attempting to open the latch of the door, a considerable amount of weight now stood atop the latch. Initially unable to push the floor door upwards, Caesar pressed his palm against it, repelling the latch open, and sending the three marines who were standing atop of it to tumble over. Springing upwards, flipping in mid-air, about two meters off the ground and landing in between the marines, Caesar glared over to Diana. "What's the big deal with poisoning me eh!?" Caesar exclaimed irritated. However, his petty frustration ended when he realized the woman was unconscious and injured. Her supple pale skin was now marked by a gigantic paw mark, similar to the prints of a dog, as blood trickled from her mouth from whatever injury she sustained. Cracking his neck violently, Caesar eased towards the gigantic dogman, "I'll ask this one time. Why did you attack Diana?" Caesar asked calmly. "Assumptions won't get you far, Clown-" Ves uttered, his words interrupted by his agile reflexes responded to the force of Caesar kick, "Pounce - Osoi Gakarimasu", the man uttered. Intercepting the kick with his enhanced Zoan hand, a light bruise formed on the man's hand. Morphing back into his human form, Ves took firm grip onto the man's leg, lifting him upwards and slamming him into the ground using a pop up power-bomb, a wrestling technique Ves had learnt in the Navy. The sound of Caesar's back impacting against the cement caused the clown to lunge backwards, creating distance about two meters between him and Ves.

Ves assessed the damage of the kick to his right hand, "Heh... This kid is pretty good." the man thought to himself. Lifting his hand into mid-air, Ves made a universal signal which all marines in a commanding position are trained to recognize. All of the marines took aim, placing guns towards Caesar's direction, the hostess and Sora. "I'm not exactly the fair kind of fighter either. I have no reason to take you on one on one. I'll bring you back to the Castle as a reward for Roxy's recovery present, bullet ridden and all." Ves said grinning. In the distance, a squadron of five marines ran frantically to Ves position. Rain drops slowly began to descend from the heaven's, the words the marine party relayed froze Ves in his tracks. Tears began to trickle from the man's eyes, not in mourning from the lost of the love his love, nor from the fact that she had passed before he could see her once again. It was frustration, the kind of tears a child sheds after he looses his favourite toy. With this frustration, comes irrationality. "Kill them..." He uttered silently at first. "Shoot them all now men! Roxanne has perished! They have murdered one of the heroes who have brought stability to this shithole of an island. I want them dead! Kill the clown! Murder those bitches! Leave me the white headed child to me... She'll offer as my new plaything." Ves exclaimed in anger.

"Slapping Thrust Pressure Canon - Tsuppari Pad Ho" Caesar exclaimed. Before the marines, who were already shook by the Captain's news and orders, Caesar shot pressure bubbles which caused all of the troops who were in the immediate area, twenty in number, bodies' to crumble from the shockwave of his repelled air. "Jameson. Take the girls into the underground tunnels. I apologize in advance for the damage to your place." he whispered towards the Head Hostess. "Ves. These women are my hostages... I've implanted miniature pressure bombs in their body. If they don't listen to my orders they'll detonate. Ultimately, they have nothing to do with me. I'm just a dirty pirate who was using their place for shelter." Caesar declared, as the rain fell more violently in the wee hours of the morning. "Caesar-" Jameson shouted but the glare from the Crimson clown silenced him instantly. The opinion among the remaining troops wavered, all of their weapons were now aimed towards Caesar and Sora. The lighting crackled in the backdrop of this scene, most of the nightlight district goers, on-looked from underneath shelter of the various shops. "Hostages eh? All you've just done is added more crimes to your long rap sheet as is, kid. Fine, I'll believe your ridiculous claim. It is evident your using a Devil Fruit and besides, it was you and that white haired wench who killed Roxanne!" Ves exclaimed in anger. "Full Zoan Transformation! Demon Bloodhound" Ves exclaimed, his body mutating and morphing in a grotesque manner. Clocking in at almost 7' tall now, Ves lunged towards Sora, who was now on the outskirts of the bar. "Paw Motion - Ashi No Ugoki" Caesar exclaimed, appearing in front of Sora, intercepting the man's advance. "Clamp! - Kuranpu!", Caesar exclaimed, slapping his hands to clamp the man's body between his two paw's. The shockwave was violent enough to cause the man's huge from to contort from the shockwave.

"I've lost ten times as much and felt twenty times more pain than you ever will, mutt. I won't loose anyone else on my watch." Caesar exclaimed. "Are you okay, So-chan?" Caesar inquired.

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