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[Juro]

 

The Black Flags Have Been Raised

 

As you all may know, since revealing themselves to the world, the Black Flags had taken it upon themselves to restore the ocean to what it formerly was. Unfortunately, it was a task that was easier said than done. Such an endeavor required a certain amount of manpower and resources that they just did not have at the time. The only choice they had left was to patiently stall and simply allow their organization to develop and expand. They were well aware that reestablishing peace was but a mere dream. Hence, they opted for the next best thing; preventing the world from further deteriorating. With their numbers, despite being limited in comparison to that of the Marines, this was still something they were able to accomplish.

With their influence increasing throughout the blues over the past few years, their roster of elites slowly grew. Talented rookies, celebrated champions, and even renowned veterans throughout the seas had chosen to affiliate themselves with the Black Flags, supporting their cause and lending a helping hand. However, our story will not be focusing on these outstanding individuals. Instead, we’ll be keeping our eyes on the the others who had failed to meet the standards usually set by the Black Flags when scouting for potential candidates to join their group. Considered to be leagues below the top brass, these sort of people were looked down on as they had no real place in such an organization aside from being mere grunt and lackeys. So, what was going to happen to them? I guess we’ll be finding out soon enough.

Our story takes place Nobton, an island located somewhere in the South Blue that was mostly uninhabited aside from a few towns. Being so scarcely populated made it an ideal venue to meet the less anticipated recruits. Although a bit immature in a way, it was believed by many that being seen associating with such individuals would hurt the reputation of the Black Flags.

Gathering within a huge field, our protagonists found themselves surrounded by mountains of broken down machines, rusted engines, metallic debris, and wrecked ships. Basically, it was a junkyard. And zooming right through them, racing towards the top of the highest pile of scrapheap, was the person that was responsible for their little get-together. Well, he wasn’t really a person though.

Spoiler

 

He was a familiar face to everyone, as he played the role of a messenger from the Black Flags. Not wanting to waste anymore time, the jumpsuit-wearing bear started mashing several buttons on his rocket-like automobile. Its headlights surprisingly withdrew towards the inside and were immediately replaced by three Den Den Mushis. Without any warning, the communicator snails spoke in unison, making their words echo throughout the area.

“Some of you may already know me, but let me introduce myself. I am Bosko.”

Bosko pointed to himself as he blankly stared at everyone below him.

“As a representative of the Black Flags, I’d like to welcome you all, but let us skip the formalities and get to the point. We have no place for any of you in our organization. None of you are welcomed. Well, at least that’s what the majority agreed upon.”

The Den Den Mushis cared not for anyone’s reactions and gave no one any opportunity to ask questions.

“Our division commander, however, has shown some interest in all of you and would like to make use of your skills. He is truly the epitome of kindness.”

Bosko folded his arms across each other and rested them against his chest as he nodded. Although he remained silent, his actions obviously showed that he agreed with the statement everyone just heard.

“But you should all know, before making your induction official, I was given the task to judge whether or not your talents would be of use to us.”

His hands were now on the handles of his rocket mobile as its engine began to rev. The trio of Den Den Mushis uttered one last sentence before retreating back into the machine.

“Hopefully, all of you make out of this alive.”

And with that, Bosko waved good bye as he took to the skies and left the area. In his wake though, dozens of pirates and criminals took his place. For some reason, they flooded the junkyard and charged towards the Black Flag recruits. This definitely seemed all to strange and was quite unlikely, but little did they now that days before his arrival at Nobton, Bosko was busy spreading rumors throughout the South Blue. In the world of the lawless, gossip regarding the gathering of Black Flag greenhorns had spread like wildfire. Many saw this as an opportunity to make a name for themselves and gain some infamy in the process.

 

This was probably the test Bosko had spoken off. 

 

OOC

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Kind of rushed, but it was this or a longer delay. So, yeah. Anyway, most are autokillables with reason. Hopefully, I can do more in the next update. 

 

[Johnny Paradise]

Gus

 

Gus was upset. He thought he would be welcomed into the ranks of the Black Flags, but it seemed like most of them had no desire for someone like him. The nice bear, however, gave him hope. Gus appreciated friendly people. Though he wasn't aware of this before now, he also appreciated friendly talking animals. They were just as good as friendly people.

 

The test Bosko had prepared for him was quite underwhelming, however. Though Gus may not have been the greatest fighter, he was rather adept at warfare. The pirates running towards him would likely trounce him in man-to-man combat, but that didn't matter--Gus had a scrap heap.

 

Running towards the nearest pile of junk, he tossed smoke bombs into the midst of the charging pirates and set up some delayed explosives on the scrap heap. When the pirates charged through the smoke and beneath the pile of scrap, Gus would trigger the explosives, sending the tall pile of scrap crashing to the ground on top of the legion of criminals.

[Rainbow Dash]

Daisy me rolling, they hatin'

 

The young girl stood her ground as the onslaught came. The man's words had been harsh, so harsh it nearly brought Daisy to tears. Oh if only she hadn't mistakenly signed up for the Black Flags! But it was too late to be weighed down with such regrets. Far too late. She wouldn't let something so silly as a simply error ruin her life. Daisy swore to herself she would make the best of it.

 

At first Daisy did her best to duck and weave from enemies, only attacking lightly. She didn't want to ruin her clothes. After seeing how hard one of her allies was fighting with his explosives she felt deep shame. She couldn't let something as petty as worrying about getting dirty stand in the way of justice! Her dainty hand enclosed over the head of a pirate, bones creaking under the pressure. She flung him away and sent him flying into others

 

Daisy grabbed one by the leg and used him as a club to beat his fellow's into a pulp. She tossed him aside when another came at her from the side. The knife in his hand was swatted aside and Daisy grabbed his shoulder and leg.

 

"Those of you who would break the law!" she cried, lifting him above her. She dropped to one knee and slammed his back down hard upon it. "I WILL BREAK YOU!"

[I-Am-X]

Kagura

 

"Well shit,"

 

The moment she saw a talking bear she knew something was up. But it's not like it was a surprise or anything considering the organization they were joining. It would've been far more suspicious if they didn't do this and just let whoever in. Instead, she was thrilled. She joined to do something about the Pirates, right? Test or not, it was the killing 2 birds with 1 stone kind of thing here. She knew it wouldn't be easy, this was exactly why she wanted to join them. Fodder for Kurenai to feed on. It was quite a pitiful sight, to think she once idolized them. Soon after thinking that, she shook her head. She knew that all pirates were different, but all the same. She joined to rid the seas of the scum, and she will do just that.

 

She had no mercy for the likes of this lot. While their numbers may prove challenging, she'll burn them to ashes. Honestly, whether they keep'em alive to bring to justice or leave a mountain of corpses, mattered little to Kagura. She'll stop them through whatever means she deems necessary. Pulling her blade from the sheath, she rests the blade on her shoulder. I'll just have to remind myself to cut and fry up some bear steaks later. But for now, I might as well enjoy myself. With a grin, she slightly opens her eyes and raises her blade and points it forward as she takes a puff on her pipe. Within seconds, the blade is coated in fire as she assumes her stance. She didn't have much time to ready herself as a pair of Pirates came her way. Not like she needed it, with a powerful flaming slash, she easily disposed of them and burned the ones behind them with her flames.

 

As they started screaming as they burned, Kagura's grin remained plastered on her face with her eyes only slightly open. "Don't tell me that you can't handle a little bit of fire?" Her grin growing wider.

[Chizzy]

Edited by TG arteezy, 10 March 2015 - 05:43 AM.

[Jod]

In Love With the Coco

music: Feel Right

 

 

Orooba smelt some thing in the air, it could only be one thing. Unconcious pirate, it looked like he could smell into the future, cause soon enough their was gonna be a lot of them about. He looked at the buch of them screaming yelling , and all round nasty horde of pirates charging towards him. Maybe he could try reasoning with them.... NAH! 

 

Without wasting time he pulled out a bottle from his bag, it was a fresh brew of cola. Before tasting it Orooba held the bottle to the sun, checking for the color of the seemingly black liquid.  It looked to be a good brew with that perfect amber color when held to light. So without much fanfare he plonked off the cork and chugged the delicious cola straight on. 

 

It didnt take even a second for the sugar to hit the wolfman, the glass broke as  his grip suddenly grew stronger. Taking in a deep breath he howled loud and at the sky, the sound reverberating through the din of the surrounding battle.

 

"AwooooooooooO!"

 

And then he was off. The sugar rushed through his blood, making every trill and chirp of his heart into a thunnderstorm of energy.  He grabbed a pirate by the collar, a fellow with an over large musket, as he rushed by. Then with the help of his other arm flipped the man over and drove him deep into the ground.

 

"On the Rocks!" he cackled.

 

Then he leapt off the ground and executed a wolfman special spinning uppercut flip kick on a poor pirate that had hoped to catch him unawares and spear him through the side. All 34 of the mans teeth flew of in unison, glittering in the sunlight as if they were gems. The pirate cartwheelled through the air only to collide into a group of unwary gangsters. Soon enough they were nothing but a tangle of arms. 

 

"and a well placed chaser!"