>>3856913
>stare the infantryman in the eye while slowly tearing up every book you can find.
One day, we will combine all our alternate egos to create the ultimate, schizophrenic being.

>>3856913
>head out to get some food.

Remember we are still injured so we can’t fight for a couple of days or we will make Klaus sad again.

>>3856913(OP)
>head out to get some food.

>>3856913
>head out to get some food.

>>3856913
>browse the shelves for anything interesting. (DC has gone up since last time, due to less time to search)

>>3856913
We need to recharge our One-Piece-MC healing factor
Aka
>Get food

>>3856913
>>head out to get some food.

>>3856913
>go steal someone else’s lunch.
Crows don’t need to hunt for themselves.

>AQCAW FOOD

You fling your cawrent book to the side, leaping to your feet as you cast your fearsome gaze across the bewildered infantryman "I, Karasu... require sustenance."

"I, uh, I can look for some worms? Or... bird-seed?"

This man is a saint. But! You, Karasu, hunger not for the grandiose meals of your people, but to slum it with the trash food of humanity!

"Lead me to your kitchens, pitiful human, caw! Karasu shall deign to test your primitive Marine meals! Be proud!"

"O- okay...?"

For some reason he shies away from you as he leads you down the stairs and cawridors towards the kitchens. Weird. At least he recawgnizes that he's unworthy of your presence.

"In here, Mr Karasu, sir," he stutters, morning you into the massive cafeteria attached to the kitchens.

There aren't many Marines here - even with this daylight, you suppose the shift is lighter than the 'day' one - but Fireplace is lounging at a table with HOLY CRAP HOW MUCH FOOD CAN HE EAT

Wow.

You thought Strawbrat was bad. Just... wow.

The Marines seem to think so too, from their awed or terrified stares at the Shichibukai in the corner.

>Go get some food from the buffet area.
>Go take Abs' food, he doesn't need all of it. Besides, you eat like a bird. Caw.
>Demand entry to the kitchens so you can cook your own food.
>Other?

>>3857010
>Demand entry to the kitchens so you can cook your own food.

We must prove the supericawrity of avians in all things.

>>3857010
>Demand entry to the kitchens so you can cook your own food.

>>3857010
>Go take Abs' food, he doesn't need all of it. Besides, you eat like a bird. Caw.

>>3857010
>Go take Abs' food, he doesn't need all of it. Besides, you eat like a bird. Caw.

How could we call ourself a bird if we didn't.

>>3857010
>>Demand entry to the kitchens so you can cook your own food.

I'm still waiting for Flashy to actually grab a handful of grubs or something and casually chow down while he screams internally all to stay in character.

>>3857010
>Go take Abs' food, he doesn't need all of it. Besides, you eat like a bird. Caw.

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>3857090
Don't tempt me. I'll make him do it.

Rolling for delicious wriggly treats.

>>3857063
Support

>>3857129
Very jiggly.

>nice food you got there. be a shame if anything... happened to it. C-CAW

You saunter over to Fireplace, ignoring the weakling human trailing after you.

Abs barely pauses eating at your approach, glancing up in surprise at the sight of you as you stand like the regal avian that you are.

"Food," you say.

"Yeeeah, correct, it's foo- hey! That's mine!"

You can't cawll dibs (partly because that's a Marine tactic, and partly because your mouth is full), but you clasp your arms around the small pile of food you've grabbed and glare at Abs with the full force of your feathered fury. And keep chewing.

>Swallow and say something (what?)
>Crush him with the power of your DOOMGLARE (glare roll)
>Show your avian generosity by giving him some food back. Possibly by throwing a vegetable at his head.
>Other?

>>3857156
>>Crush him with the power of your DOOMGLARE (glare roll)

>>3857156
>>Show your avian generosity by giving him some food back. Possibly by throwing a vegetable at his head.

We've going to become the biggest corvid cryptid on this train or die trying.

>>3857156
>Crush him with the power of your DOOMGLARE (glare roll)

>>3857177
You're off the train now, unless you mean the crazy train. In which case, ALL ABOARD, CHOO CHOO, NO BRAKES HERE

>>3857156 #
>>Crush him with the power of your DOOMGLARE (glare roll)

>Swallow and spit the food back out. It's how you feed baby birds, and Abs is a big baby.

>D O O M G L A R E

>Roll 1d100, best of 3 to cawmmit murder (of crows) via your piercing and handsome glare

>>3857156
>>Crush him with the power of your DOOMGLARE (glare roll)

Rolled 46 (1d100)

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>3857195

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>3857195

Rolled 56 (1d100)

better roll and show these mongrels wat a real bird looks like

>48 on Somewhat Intimidating Glare... not enough for a Shichibukai

Abs squints at you as you fix him with the most unimaginably terrifying glare you can summon. "All right, all right, you can have the food, no need to pout. There's plenty more in the kitchen."

... The hell does he mean, pout?!

You refrain from slumping in on yourself, and instead roll your shoulders slightly, ruffling your cawgeous, mate-attracting plumage that all the Marines are clearly jealous of. "I don't pout!"

Fireplace looks politely doubtful, and shoves another forkful of pie into his stupid human mouth. Asshole.

Screw it. You sit down and start eating, imagining that each piece of food you skewer is Fireplace's organs.

(Hunger sated! FOR NOW...)

>Say something to Abs.
>Nab one of the Marines and talk to them instead.
>Sustenance achieved. Now you must find your nest- uh, cawters.
>Other?

Going to sleep, update in morning! Thanks for playing!

>>3857231
>>Sustenance achieved. Now you must find your nest- uh, cawters.

>>3857231
>Say something to Abs.
Abs

>>3857231
>>Nab one of the Marines and talk to them instead.
We should try to find out where Wado is.

>>3857231
>>Nab one of the Marines and talk to them instead.

>When I said update in the morning actually meant evening

>Talk to Random-Marine-chwan about (topic/question)?

>>3857231
>Sustenance achieved. Now you must find your nest- uh, cawters.

>>3858883
>Ask him if he knows anything about the Meito our Cawptain will be examining

>>3858939
>>3858883
Try to pry out of him the new owner

>tell me everything you peasant

You and Abs eat in almost cawmpaniable not-quite-silence, based on both of you being far more interested in the food than each other.

Once you're done, you turn an eye towards one of the Marines eating at a nearby table; a likely sort, you expect, to submit to an interrogation by KARASU, FUTURE CORVID EMPEROR.

Plates shoved away, you approach him from behind, so he's less likely to flee in fear of your terrifying visage.

... Caw.

You clasp a hand on his shoulder, feeling him flinch beneath you as he turns his head to look upon your regal mask and glorious presence.

"The meitou, Wado," you declare. "What do you Marines know of it?"

"W- what?"

>Where is it.
>Who's the new wielder.
>Tell me how shiny it is.
>Other?

>>3859049
>>Tell me how shiny it is.

the only real option

>>3859049
>>Tell me how shiny it is.
>Who's the new wielder.
So that we may check the blade's sheen ourselves at some point, we must know.

>>3859049
>>Tell me how shiny it is.

>>3859049
>>3859064
+1

>>3859049
>"I said: Wado I-caw-monji, tell me what happened to it. "

Ah you gotta love this autistic RP, can we also steal shiny cutlery from tables like a real crow kleptomaniac?

>>3859076
Don't be ridiculous. Birds don't steal.
If it's shiny, or tasty, then it already belongs to birds. We're just reclaiming our rightful property.

>>3859076
Yes.

>>3859091
Double yes.

>gives us the precious shiny, my sweet, CAW

You lean in closer, to the Marine's paling face and panicked eyes. "How shiny is Wado Ichimonji? Tell me, the noble Karasu, who now wields it, that I may gaze upon it's resplendent sheen, pitiful human."

"I, uh, I," burbles the Marine, so unevolved that he hasn't even managed to grasp his own species' language. Understandable. Human brains are small, weak, and don't even taste good. "I - haven't... seen it?"

You narrow your piercing, penetrating, other words beginning with p, eyes.

"But! Um, I, I hear that it's going to, uh, go to one of the Cipher Pol agents? I think it, uh, g-got delivered today, so... maybe tomorrow...?"

HMMMMMMMMM (caw).

>"An acceptable reply. ... FOR NOW."
>"How cawn I find this Cipher Pol agents, Human?"
>Stare him in the eyes and steal his cutlery.
>Other?

>>3859171
>>Stare him in the eyes and reclaim your cutlery that you have magnanimously allowed him to use.

>>3859171
Probably going to be Kaku, being the resident swordsman. If that's the case, Zoro's most likely going to get it back. But there might be a twist, we can't guarantee who it is just yet.

>"How cawn I find these Cipher Pol agents, Human?"
>Stare him in the eyes and steal his cutlery.
>"My thanks for your generous cawntribution."

>>3859171
>>3859181
+1
Even if Kaku has it, we need to try to get it back or Zolo will lose faith in us.

>>3859171
>>3859181
Support

...we're going to end up stabbing one of the CP agents to death with this spoon, aren't we?

>a cawlinary adventure in the cawfeteria

"How cawn I find these Cipher Pol agents, human?" You need to see the shiny- no, you need to, ah, check who's wielding it... because of Zolo... but also - shiny. Caw.

"The- the Tower of Justice is apparently where they're based?" He seems oddly bothered by your charming and casual cawstions. "I, um, dunno which CP department it'll be, though?"

Adequate.

You sharpen your gaze, like sharpening a sword, but less swordy and more gazey. "My thanks for your generous cawntribution," you praise the white-faced, twitchy human, as you gracefully pocket his cutlery.

"Wait, what are you-?!"

"I'm Karasu!"

You flounc- no, SWAGGER away, plumage flowing in your wake.

C-CAW! SHINIES ACQUIRED!

>There is more cutlery here. Reclaim it. For your people.
>To your nest! These Cipher Plebeians will no doubt be asleep until the morrow!
>To the Tower of Justice! Shiny sword! Shiny!
>Other?

(I'm not sure what Fireplace is doing in the background, but probably choking to death from laughter.)

>>3859226
>>To the Tower of Justice! Shiny sword! Shiny!

>>3859226
>To your nest! These Cipher Plebeians will no doubt be asleep until the morrow!

>>3859226
>>To the Tower of Justice! Shiny sword! Shiny!

>>3859226
>To your nest! These Cipher Plebeians will no doubt be asleep until the morrow!

>>3859226
>>To your nest! These Cipher Plebeians will no doubt be asleep until the morrow!
Still injured. Not the time to be taking on CP. Not sure how much we'll have recovered by the morning, but it's more than we have by now.

>>3859226
>To your nest! These Cipher Plebeians will no doubt be asleep until the morrow!
And then
>To the Tower of Justice! Shiny sword! Shiny!

>to sleep, perchance to caw

With one set of cawtlery safely reclaimed, you generously decide to leave the rest for the humans to use. With no claws to cawt their food or beaks to pin it in place, you cawn't help but feel sorry for the pitiful things.

For now, you saunter majestically towards the doors, your original escort racing after you. Despite the light, it's still night-time, and the Cipher Peasants likely run on regular time, which means the agent will probably get Wado tomorrow. There's no point in tracking it down now.

Out in the hallway, you pause to point at your escawt. "To my nest!"

"... Your quarters?"

Duh. "Obviously, stupid Human!"

The human - a youngish male with cropped brown hair - closes his eyes briefly, before speaking with an oddly despairing tone. "Follow me, sir."

You do so.

Your cawters are surprisingly nice - not quite minimalist, they're still obviously designed for respected guests. While you'd prefer a nice tree, it'll do, even if you eye the soft-looking bed with disdain. Weakling humans, not appreciating a good branch and a brisk night breeze, caw!

Shedding your glorious plumage and human clothing, you curl up in the plush nest and drift off to a beautiful dream of black feathers and shiny, shiny objects.

>Roll 1d100, best of 3

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>3859264
Dream time

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>3859264

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>3859264

>>3859270
>>3859272
>>3859273
The dice are in a mood for mediocrity today, it seems.

Rolled 85, 72 = 157 (2d100)

>>3859270
>>3859272
>>3859273
Huh.

Karasu is the Silvers Harry of the Flashman world.

In any case,

>IT'S OCTOBER 6TH (in England, anyway)! Happy birthday Flashy, Ta-sis, Doctor Oniichwan! Select a skill to add +5 to...

>>3859280
Can we put it towards our weapon swap speed?

>>3859280
Uh shoot what are the names of our weapons again? I forgot what our Sabre was called....

>>3859280
>Armament Haki
It being slightly easier to activate might save our life.

>>3859280
>>IT'S OCTOBER 6TH (in England, anyway)! Happy birthday Flashy, Ta-sis, Doctor Oniichwan! Select a skill to add +5 to..
Seduction.
...
No, not really.
>Sword
It's our bread and butter, and it's getting harder to improve it.

>>3859280
>>3859302
Support.

>>3859300
Your sabre is called Doesn't Exist. Do yu mean Ray Piero-san, your rapier?

Also, going to sleep now, update actually in the morning this time. Thanks for playing!

>>3859298
Yes you can, just saw this. You can put it towards any technique and I'll give it the equivalent of a +5 boost.

I think we should go for weapon swap speed because it'll seriously benefit all of our styles of combat, and Klaus and BPQM said so.

>>3859406
I would go for it if we hadn't lost Observation Haki. We need something immediately useful.

>>3859411
I respect Armament and wouldn't be too unhappy if we end up going for it, but it gets consistently easier to train up every time we get a boost to it, and I don't think a 16% chance to activate it would be all that much more helpful than an 11% (I think that's where we're at, anyways). Although it is actually three 16% or 11% chance rolls...

>>3859385
support

>>3859415
We can only use Ray-san right now so our weapon switching just isn't very useful. I don't think it'll be as hard as Armament to train either.

>>3859298
Support. Wepons swap!

>>3859280
>>3859385
This man knows the importance of putting the free bonus on the hardest to raise skill.

>Support: Conquerers Haki

>>3859385
+1

>>3859385
Support

>>3859385
... I didn't mean that one...

>>3860117
Really should have established exceptions. I knew you likely didnt want that one as conquerors are kinda special so I didnt vote for it but others understandably had no such consideration.

>>3860117
You really brought this upon yourself OP, you should know by now that munchkins are always lurking waiting to strike.
Still, if it's any consolation, I'd prefer the weapon swap skill.

>>3860117
BPQM you have this massive issue of leaving a giant pile of shinies for our munchkins to graciously collect for our glorious avian overlords. you need to stop saying things like >>3859321
when you say any technique of course people will min max hard.

>>3860153
>>3860164
>>3860167
Yeah, this was my fault I know. It's no problem, I'll just bump up the enemy difficulties from here on. You're not going to be knocking anyone but mooks out with CH anyway.

Update later, got called into work early (ah, flu season~).

>>3860170
You can say no, you shouldn't need to be watching exact wording like that. And anyone who says that going back on that is being an asshat is behaving like a child.

>>3859298
a conquerors boost on a free boost is a tiny brain move, supporting something new we could realistically learn right now

>>3860242
This

>>3860170
just veto the conquerors as you didn't even want it risen.

Not on topic but what happened to our wound on throat is it healed? Do we sound like batman because of it?

>>3860264
Think we spent a crit to make that miss

>>3860242
Exactly.

Additional cooking or a boost to a lesser used weapon is where I think it should go. Like the fans perhaps? Especially as it looks like we might interact with the person we learnt how to use them from again.

>>3860170
Putting my vote toward weapon swapping, or alternatively whater has the most votes beside conquerer's.

>>3859280
I'll put a vote to weapons swapping, conqueror's is a thing that should be given at BPQM's discretion since it is such a unique thing

>>3859298
>>3859280
Gonna support weapon swapping. Klaus does have a point about knuckling down and really getting good with our weapons, plus we need to give our ~eternal rival~ an aneurysm by fighting him with everything but our swords eventually.

>>3860382
this

>>3860382
I just want to see flashy use the Lance he got from sky island for once. But then again if he gets parried he’s screwed. However in one piece sword fights are more about flailing your swords against each other until one opponent speaks enough to use a special move. So Flashy might be fine.

I'm glad CH isn't winning, but why not put the points into something we can actually use? We're crippled and could seriously use the boost for the upcoming clusterfuck.

>>3859280
Supporting Weapon Swap boost

>>3860264
>>3860265
This is correct, you made it miss via spending crit. Will tally for CH or weapon swapping soonish, unless someone wants to do it for me, just got home. Update soonish.

>>3859280

>Weapon Swap

Okay, you now have a 90% chance of success for weapon swapping rather than 70%. Retroactively, you've been working on your dexterity etc.

>THE TIME HAS COME

You wake to a beautiful day, which means literally mothing because it's always a beautiful day on Ennies Lobby. Oh well.

Dragging yourself from your cawmfortable nest, you shower and dress, before heading to

>the cawfeteria. Breakfast and your cawmpatriots await!
>the sparring grounds. Some light exercise with your uninjured arm can only help.
>the Tower of Justice. Shiny sword! Shiny sword!
>Other?

>>3860597
>>the Tower of Justice. Shiny sword! Shiny sword!

>>3860597
>the Tower of Justice. Shiny sword! Shiny sword!

>>3860597
>>the Tower of Justice. Shiny sword! Shiny sword!

>>3860597
>the Tower of Justice. Shiny sword! Shiny sword!

>>3860170
Sorry didn’t mean to cause trouble with it half expected you to veto it and move on.
>>3860597
>the sparring grounds. Some light exercise with your uninjured arm can only help
If it comes to blows it might be best to be in the best possible shape for the fight

>disregard food, acquire shiny

Wado Ichimonji must be found. By you, specifically. Now clean and dressed, you make your way over to the building you were directed to, the Tower of Justice, where the Cipher Pol departments are based.

Soon, c-caw!

There's a prim (and bored) looking woman sitting at a desk as you enter the admittedly-magnificent building, peering at you through her pince-nez. "Name?"

Aha! Straight to the point. Admirable, for a human! "Karasu!" You swish your glorious plumage around.

She doesn't react to your terrifying name. "Reason for your visit today?"

>I seek shiny swords to gaze upon, c-caw! Tell me where I may find Wado Ichimonji, human!
>Beyond your cawncern, human Weakling!
>Tell me who your finest swordsman is, that I may challenge them to a duel!
>Other?

>>3860652
>I seek an audience with the cipher agent who is to receive wado ichimoji, caw. My master, the great Shishibukai Dracule Mihawk believes speaking with him will be good for my training, caw.

>>3860652
>>I seek shiny swords to gaze upon, c-caw! Tell me where I may find Wado Ichimonji, human!

>>3860652
>>I seek shiny swords to gaze upon, c-caw! Tell me where I may find Wado Ichimonji, human!

>>3860686
+1

>>3860686
Support

>somewhere at breakfast, klaus is jealously twitching over his chosen apprentice/maybe-son calling someone else master

You fix her with a noble stare, worthy of your cawvid kin. "I seek an audience with the Cipher Pol agent who is to receive Wado Ichimonji, caw. My master, the great Shichibukai Dracawle Mihawk believes speaking with him will be good for my training, caw."

Her expression remains unchanged. "Do you have an appointment?"

>................. Yes.
>Nooooo?
>(Stare her in the eye and start stealing her stationary)
>Other?

>>3860786
>(Stare her in the eye and start stealing her stationary)

>>3860786
>Of course i don't, caw. Men of fortune rarely make appointments, but take opportunities where they can get them. Either you can help me here, or i cawn find him myself and drop in unannounced. (intimidating glare) When someone asks why i did so, i'll be sure to mention you, caw.

>>3860786
>>(Stare her in the eye and start stealing her stationary)

>>3860786
>Yes.
>>(Stare her in the eye and start stealing her stationary)

>>3860786
>(Stare her in the eye and start stealing her stationary)
>"...This is an impromptu business cawll."

>>3860950
Support

>>3860786
>(Stare her in the eye and start stealing her stationary)
>"...This is an impromptu business cawll."

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>3860950
Support

>>3860950
Support

>>3860950
Support

>>3860950
all of my yes +1

People do remember we are representing Mihawk right now? In public?and as such acting like a buffoon may have severe consequences?
>>3860811
This

>>3862137
Were it to actually look like we could cause problems for him, Mihawk could just say "That cabin boy? I killed him for being annoying." and people would basically just be stuck with no recourse. Or just, you know, glare at whoever is bothering him and not give a shit because the Shichibukai are just about beholden to the Celestial Nobles, if anybody, and barely even that.

>ur my stationery now

Appointment? Bah. You stare her right in the eye, even as you start plucking particularly nice-looking pens off her desk. Ooh, shiny. "... This is an impromptu business cawll."

Now, she shows a reaction, eyes narrowing although her voice remains bland. "I'll see if they're available as soon as my property is returned. SIR."

"Not necessary, believe it," comes a faint whisper of a voice from - right behind you.

>Roll 1d100, best of 3

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>3862188

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>3862188

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>3862188
>>3862191
!!!

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>3862188

>>3862191
[MENACING]

>99, you smooth fuck

You don't even flinch. Sure, you didn't see or hear them approach, but so what? As a representative of the crows, an entire army could march up behind you, and you wouldn't care.

Instead, you cawfully finish slipping a particularly lovely silver-cased pen into your pocket and cawsually turn your head to look at the human.

And a human it is - a youngish male, as far as you can tell human sexes, clad in a neat black suit, black wraparound sunglasses, black headband, and an expression even more blank than the receptionist.

"And you are?"

The human stands motionless, presumably looking at you from beneath its sunglasses, before murmuring in a slow, barely audible voice. "Agent Kirizuma... CP4. You are... looking for me, believe it."

And that's when you see the fine scabbard at his hip, and the recawgnizable hilt emerging from it.

>Hey, human. Give me that sword, caw.
>Never heard of you.
>Fight me, trash.
>Other?

(YOU THOUGHT IT WAS KAKU! BUT IT WAS HE, KIRIZUMA!)

At this point I believe when we tried read Sea King with observation something in our brain clicked that allow us think better as an animal (in this case a crow). So I think this RP isn't good for Flashy mental health in the long run

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>3862221
Rolling to become BIRB.

As if Flashy isn't mentally defective anyway, caw.

>>3862220
>>Never heard of you.

>>3862220
>>Never heard of you.

>>3862220
That actually makes things easier, I suppose.

>>3862220
>>Hey, human. Give me that sword, caw.
This is even worse than Kaku. We need to save Wado from this horrible naruto cosplayer immediately.

>>3862220 #
>>Never heard of you.

>>3862252
He's going to be the number one agent, believe it.

>it's the chuuni society

"Never heard of you."

"I will... count that as a success... for my assassin way," Weirdo says, utterly motionless, utterly silent, but for his quiet voice. "Who wields the blade... is unimportant, believe it. Only that the blade... strikes true."

He pauses.

"... Believe it."

"I'm not getting my pens back, am I," the receptionist grumbles from behind you.

>Lies! A true swordsman deserves to be known, caw!
>Kukukukuku! As if you know anything about shiny swords, pathetic nobody!
>Karasu refuses to believe it, caw. The relationship between blade and wielder is everything!
>Other?

>>3862304
>>Karasu refuses to believe it, caw. The relationship between blade and wielder is everything!

>>3862304
>>Karasu refuses to believe it, caw. The relationship between blade and wielder is everything!

>>3862304
>>Karasu refuses to believe it, caw. The relationship between blade and wielder is everything!

>>3862304
>Karasu refuses to believe it, caw. The relationship between blade and wielder is everything!

>honoraburu swordsman

You bristle, plumage rustling. "Karasu refuses to believe it, caw. The relationship between blade and wielder is everything!"

Weirdo just... doesn't react. No flinch. No tilt of the head. Maybe he stares, not that you could tell behind those dark glasses. "Childish... nonsense. A tool is... a tool. Nothing more, believe it." His hand drifts toward Wado, fingertips gently touching the hilt. "Wado Ichimonji is... a tool to strike down... the unrightous. One cannot... have a relationship with... a tool, Mr Karasu."

You scowl.

>If you and your blade don't know and trust each other, you cawn't cawll yourself a swordsman, human.
>Of course you have no relationship with Wado. She wants her true wielder, c-caw.
>Maybe Wado thinks YOU'RE the tool, caw.
>Other?

>>3862338
>>If you and your blade don't know and trust each other, you cawn't cawll yourself a swordsman, human.

>>3862338
>>Maybe Wado thinks YOU'RE the tool, caw.
Who is using who? Maybe the sword is using you.
This kids' an amateur. Everyone knows you have to be one with your blade. You can't do that if it's just a hunk of metal to you. What a C-tier swordsman. Even Hat and Sunglasses are better than this clown.

>>3862338
>>If you and your blade don't know and trust each other, you cawn't cawll yourself a swordsman, human.

>>3862338
>If you and your blade don't know and trust each other, you cawn't cawll yourself a swordsman, human.

>>3862338
>If you and your blade don't know and trust each other, you cawn't cawll yourself a swordsman, human.

>>3862338
>Maybe Wado thinks YOU'RE the tool, caw.

>>3862364
You cant help but scoff at such bullcawrap. "If you and your blade don't know and trust each other, you cawn't cawll yourself a swordsman, human."

You don't have as much of a connection to Ray-san, his being fairly new and all, but you know Ka-tan and Cut-chan, and they know you. Even if Klaus thinks higher-grade weapons would be better, even if they're just standard Marine blades, you're a proper team.

"If you... say so," Weirdo dismisses, still sounding almost obsequiously polite. "There is... no use in our disagreement, believe it."

You sniff. "Becawse you know I'm right, caw."

"Because it serves... no purpose," he corrects. "Mr Karasu... may I ask... why did you accept the position... of Lord Mihawk's cabin-boy?"

>??????

Going to sleep, hopefully a long update streak tomorrow. Night all, thanks for playing!

>>3862432
>I need to get stronger
>???
>Get wado
>Profit

>>3862432
>I am cawrrently searching the world for the Crow-Crow Fruit so that I may take my rightful place as the Emperor of the Crows! Following a powerful and influential Shichibucaw like Cawptain Mihawk would give me a much better chance of finding it, caw.
I think our backstory was something like this.

>>3862474
Support.

>>3862474

>Meanwhile, the other canon Karasu suddenly sneezes, and getting the distinct impression there's a pretender out there in need of a schooling for some reason

>>3862474
Support

>>3862432
>>3862474
Kek support

>>3862474
this

>one day you will find the crow fruit and eat it to become LIGHTNING CROW. and also die.

Hmm? What's that? Could it be... BACKSTORY TIME???!!!???!!!

Trick question. It's cawlways backstory o'clock.

"I am cawrrently searching the world for the Crow-Crow Fruit so that I may take my rightful place as the Emperor of the Crows!" You sweep your sexy, sexy plumage out behind you, tilting your head to let the inferior human-made lighting shine off your mask. "Following a powerful and influential Shichibucaw like Cawptain Mihawk would give me a much better chance of finding it, caw."

"Ah. I understand, believe it." Weirdo gently touches his chin as he whispers. "You're insane. Still, that's... of no concern. Although you won't... receive a bounty, being on... such a crew, a file will be made on you. Although... Lord Mihawk will likely kill you soon anyway, believe it. Has your... conversation with me assuaged your interest, Mr Karasu?"

>Yes. I have decided you are unworthy of such a blade. Give Wado to me, caw!
>We've spoken enough. Now, we must match blades. By which I mean duel, not find similar ones, c-caw.
>Not yet. (Other questions/comments?)
>Other?

>>3863093
Try to steal shiny wado while not breaking eyecontact

>>3863093
>Yes. I have decided you are unworthy of such a blade. Give Wado to me, caw!

>>3863093
>We've spoken enough. Now, we must match blades. By which I mean duel, not find similar ones, c-caw.

>>3863093
>We've spoken enough. Now, we must match blades. By which I mean duel, not find similar ones, c-caw.
We gotta stay in character. It is the only way!

>a fine-feathered fight

Your eyes narrow. What blasphemy is this? And to cawll you insane?! You'll show him insane! KUKUKUKUKU~!!

"We've spoken enough," you coldly announce, eager for retribution. "Now, we must match blades. By which I mean duel, not find similar ones, c-caw."

"An intriguing... prospect," Weirdo says politely, still motionless. Or still still, to double up the words. "One I... will not refuse. It is not... my assassin way, to... turn down a chance... to further my abilities, and test... my new blade, believe it."

>BELIEVE THIS, CAW! (Screw honor, you're a pirate and he's an assassin! Draw Ray-san and start slicing and dicing!)
>Let us agree to terms, caw. Should you lose, I will claim Wado. Should I lose, I will claim Wado.
>Lead the way, human trash!
>Other?

>>3863172
>>Let us agree to terms, caw. Should you lose, I will claim Wado. Should I lose, I will claim Wado.

>>3863172
>Let us agree to terms, caw. Should you lose, I will claim Wado. Should I lose, I will claim Wado.

>>3863172
>Let us agree to terms, caw. Should you lose, I will claim Wado. Should I lose, I will claim Wado

>>3863172
>Let us agree to terms, caw. Should you lose, I will claim Wado. Should I lose, I will claim Wado.

Very fair and balanced terms. Generous of us, even!

>>3863177
>>Let us agree to terms, caw. Should you lose, I will claim Wado. Should I lose, I will claim Wado
>If he says no propose to arange him with positive(ish) meting with Mibirds with you will be there to posiby (but unlikely) blunt posible situational. (Well if we lose he will be intrested who he needs to set up to fight Zoro anyways.)

>>3863172
>Let us agree to terms, caw. Should you lose, I will claim Wado. Should I lose, I will claim Wado.

>>3863172
>>Let us agree to terms, caw. Should you lose, I will claim Wado. Should I lose, I will claim Wado.
hearty kek

>traditional crow bargaining techniques

"Let us agree to terms, caw," you gracefully agree. "Should you lose, I will cawlaim Wado. Should I lose, I will cawlaim Wado."

"... did you mis-spea-?"

"No."

Weirdo bobs his head in a barely noticeable nod. "Then sadly, I... must decline. Instead - if you win... you may take Wado. If... I win, you will help arrange a duel between..." His hand tightens, almost clenching around Wado's hilt, even as his face pinches slightly. "... the apprentice of... one of your travelling partners... specifically, Flashman Harry, believe it."

Wat.

>Never heard of him, either, caw.
>That handsome devil, caw? He'd cawrush you in an instant! ... Believe it.
>... Sure, sounds cawsome.
>Other?

>>3863297
>>... Sure, sounds cawsome.

>>3863297
>>That handsome devil, caw? He'd cawrush you in an instant! ... Believe it. Very well. I caw-ccept

>>3863297
>>Never heard of him, either, caw.

>>3863297
>... Sure, sounds cawsome.

>>3863297
>... Sure, sounds cawsome.

Pff, well, okay I guess. A truly herculean task, but we'll see what we can do.

>>3863297
>... Sure, sounds cawsome.

>>3863297
>That handsome devil, caw? He'd cawrush you in an instant! ... Believe it.

>>3863297
>... I don't caw which on is it but sure, sounds cawsome.

>mfw when flashy just casually accepts this random stranger wanting to duel his other identity

"... Sure, sounds cawsome."

"Very... well." He relaxes again, stance straight but loose. "Follow me, Mr... Karasu."

"I loved those pens," the receptionist grumbles as you walk behind Weirdo.

He leads you through several corridors bustling with besuited men and women, as well as admin workers; not a word spoken.

>Roll 1d100, best of 3 for perception
DC 75/90/100

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>3863326

>>3863326

>>3863327
Well, fuck me.

>>3863327
nice

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>3863326
>>3863327
Nice

>>3863331
Don't forget to claim your trip, so Bob can put your nat100 in the pastebin.

Still need one more roll.

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>3863326

>>3863327
This quest is amazing. Who needs observation.

>>3863334
I don't remember how it works

>>3863344
It worked nice

>>3863327
>Jamming our Observation haki made us use the power of our own EARS and EYES
Woah

>>3863376
The weighted gi has been tossed aside

>>3863327
Observation haki w h o

Also does Naruto want to duel the actual Flashman or the '''Harry Flashman''' who won that duelling tournament. The answer to this depends on whether we need to go all out on procuring the most manliest fake moustache known to man.

>>3863376
It's like choosing between the blue pill or the red pill. Will you choose your average, shitty, false life of Haki, or the terrible truth of actually paying attention to things.

... Flashy paying attention to things. Ha! I crack me up.

Update soonish, just got home.

>forget Hawkeyes Mihawk. fear... CROW-EARS KARASU, CA-CAW!

Maybe it's the noises of staff walking briskly past. Maybe youre actually paying attention becawse you're going to be... fighting? Sparring?... with Weirdo. Maybe it's Wado herself, pissed off with her new wielder and reaching out to tell you something.

Whatever the cawse, there's something (okay, a lot of things) off about Weirdo, and it finally hits you when Weirdo leads you from tile to cawpet to tiles once more.

His footsteps are utterly silent. You don't hear his cawlothes rustle or clink. You cawn't even hear him breathe.

Not a single sound escapes him, except when he speaks.

This must be the work of an enemy Devil Fruit.

>(stay silent, like him)
>A Sound Devil Fruit, caw? How weak.
>Other?

>>3863420
...that mother fucker.
>Stay silent, like him.
Don't give away that we know his secret.

>>3863420
>>(stay silent, like him)
Bitch ass motherfucker

>>3863420
>>(stay silent, like him)
Niisan would not approve of this.

>>3863420
>>(stay silent, like him)
Son of a bitch.

>>3863420
>Stay silent, like him.
Can't wait to tell lighthouse gramps we sniffed out a sensory devil fruit while our observation is on the blink.

>>3863435
To be fair, this guy is an idiot for keeping active for no reason. Of course someone would notice.

>>3863420
>>(stay silent, like him)

>i am the most evil of spiders, ohohohoho

You keep your disgustingly human mouth cawlosed as Weirdo leads you along to the training area. If he has some kind of sound-based Devil Fruit, you'll need to watch out for it - but at least he can't suddenly pull out a Zoan or Logia on you.

"In here, believe it," Weirdo murmurs, showing you into - wow. Cipher Pol doesn't slack on its funding, caw. The sparring hall is massive, walls solidly reinforced with metal, likely thick cawnsidering the five inch thick steel door that stands open.

A cawple of agents are bandaging some nasty cuts, nodding to Weirdo briefly before leaving. A shame you didn't get to see them spar.

"No... maiming," Weirdo says, walking cawmly towards the centre of the hall as he draws Wado in one smooth - and not silent - movement. "No killing. Beyond that... to surrender, or inability to fight. Acceptable?"

You give a cawsual nod, sauntering out opposite him, and drawing Ray-san in one sleek movement. "Let us begin," you crow.

>Roll 1d100, best of 3 for reaction time

+39 General Fitness, first DC is 90, if you fail that, same roll is used again but with a -20 malus

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>3863455

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>3863455

Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>3863455

>>3863458
And there we go

>>3863458
Noice~ Karasu sure is cawpetent today...

>94 + 39 = GOOD JOB

Weirdo doesn't move towards you - instead, his free hand twitches across his suit, deftly pulling something small and round from a discreet pocket, before flinging it between you -

You move fast, with the fury of your corvid kin encawraging you on. Leaping back, away from what must be an explosive - No.

It erupts, yes; but in thick black smoke, a sudden cloud billowing out, large and rapid. Within a second, you cawn't see for meters around the smoke-bomb, even though you managed to jump cawlear in time; the rest of the room is still well-lit by ceiling lights, but the smoke barely disperses, cawlinging oddly to that one area.

As for Weirdo -

Where the cawrap is he?!

>Roll 2d100, best of 3
First is perception (DC 50/70/90)
If you pass that, 2nd is reaction time (DC 60/90/120)

Rolled 100, 36 = 136 (2d100)

>>3863480

Rolled 41, 23 = 64 (2d100)

>>3863480

Rolled 61, 8 = 69 (2d100)

>>3863480

Rolled 22, 92 = 114 (2d100)

>>3863483
OBSERVATION WHOOOOOOOOO? Bad reaction time tho

>>3863483
well, uh, plus 39 to general fitness means that’d be a 75 reaction, yeah?

>>3863483
YOU CAN'T ESCAPE OUR CORVID EYES

>>3863491
Yes, also

WHAT THE FUUUUUUUCCCCCAAAWWWWKKKKKK

>100, 75

(Perception skill acquired, at +5!)

You don't hear anything from him - but you don't need to. A brush of air against your back tells you where he is, caw.

You move cawkwardly, but just fast enough; Wado slashes silently through the air as you spin around, stumbling back a step as you lift Ray-san to parry the meitou.

It works, just about, barely blocking the blade from slicing across you, caw, but it's uncawmfortably odd to realize the cawlash of steel on steel is non-existent, utterly silent.

"How dishonorable..." you croon, eyes narrowing beneath your mask, while Weirdo remains dispassionate, darting back a step as he readies Wado.

"Only victory counts," he states, voice bland. "That... is my assassin way, believe it."

You do. Or at least you believe HE believes it, as is only natural for a brainless human, caw. More importantly, his hand is moving once more towards his pocawt -

>Leap forward and attack with Ray-san!
>Use your own pocket-weapon... WATER 7 POCKET SALT TO THE FACE ATTACK
>Male humans apparently keep their genitalia external. Kicketh the dicketh, caw!
>Other?

>>3863504
>Use your own pocket-weapon... WATER 7 POCKET SALT TO THE FACE ATTACK
Fight fire with fire. Well. Salt.

>>3863504
>Use your own pocket-weapon... WATER 7 POCKET SALT TO THE FACE ATTACK

>>3863504
>Male humans apparently keep their genitalia external. Kicketh the dicketh, caw!

Gotta keep up to tradition of doing this to every Wado wielder, caw

>>3863504
>>Use your own pocket-weapon... WATER 7 POCKET SALT TO THE FACE ATTACK

>>3863504
>>Male humans apparently keep their genitalia external. Kicketh the dicketh, caw!

>>3863504
>>Use your own pocket-weapon... WATER 7 POCKET SALT TO THE FACE ATTACK
We beat Zolo like this the first time, just with sand instead. It's like poetry.

>>3863512
Well, the first time you beat him was in Loguetown, via dick-kick. Alabasta was the sand attack.

>>3863504
>Use your own pocket-weapon... WATER 7 POCKET SALT TO THE FACE ATTACK

>>3863504
>>Male humans apparently keep their genitalia external. Kicketh the dicketh, caw!

>>3863504
>Use your own pocket-weapon... WATER 7 POCKET SALT TO THE FACE ATTACK

>POCAWT SALT

>Roll 1d100, best of 3 for being salty

+10 due to YEET skill, DC 60/80/100/110

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>3863531

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>3863531
uwu

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>3863531

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>3863531

>>3863534
HAKI-SALT

>>3863534
Welp, here goes our perfectly good salt.
Right into the eyes of discount Naruto.

>>3863531
Does this trigger armament? I am not sure

>>3863546
>armament infused Salt to the eyes
AAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>3863546
>armament salt
>it's like throwing fiberglass into the eyes

Jesus

Fucking

Christ

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>3863546
Yes. You absolute monster.
Rolling for STUFF, DC 60.

>>3863562
We probably shouldn't do this. I'm pretty sure destroying his eyes counts as maiming.

>>3863562
Poor Weirdo. There go his sunglasses, too. Double-ouch.

>feeling salty

(Armament +1! DC cost lowered by 1 AGAIN DAMMIT)

Driven by the urge to not get coated in black smoke, you match his speed and then some, caw. One hand scoops into one of your own pockets, grabbing one of the small bottles of salt -

And your hand blackens as you cawrush the bottle, throwing salt and glass shards at him.

BLACK salt and glass shards.

Oops. You were just trying not to cawt your hand on the bottle, but... that works too, you guess.

He doesn't quite hesitate with his smoke-bomb, but his attention definitely switches targets; defence is suddenly his main caw-ncern, uncertain what the granules you threw are, and he starts jerking back -

(Weirdo's roll of 42 fails!)

The Armament-infused projectiles slam into his sunglasses. And through them.

>Roll 1d100 for injury
No bonus or malus
DC 30/60/90/100

>mfw when I try to give you a hard fight with a guy named after a roofing style, and you take him out with salt
I swear to Seasus, I hate you all.

>>3863566
To be fair, how were you to know how weak humans are? It's like trying to step on an ant without crushing it.

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>3863570
Rip

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>3863570
Pls don't cripple the narutard

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>3863570

>>3863572
Fucking hell

I wonder if he’ll break character from the pain.

>77, oof

The sunglasses shatter. Silently. Weirdo falls back, mouth open wide. Silently.

Blood and the gelatinous remainder of an eye starts pouring from one of his now-cawlosed eyes; but he'd managed to turn his head to one side enough that the other side (though the sunglasses lense was still broken, and bleeding gashes were evident) had one uninjured eye, a wide, pale gray staring at you in pupil-blown pain.

... Caw.

You... didn't mean to do THAT much damage. Even so, you draw your hand back carefully, casually, giving him a moment to recover, his silence bizarrely surreal. "You were within range if my chlorination," you rasp. "Surrender."

Weirdo lifts the hand holding the smoke bomb tentatively to his face, his ruined eye, and flinches at the sight of red-white goop staining his fingertips, looking disbelieving for a brief second, before regaining his odd expressionlessness. "... This is... unexpected, believe it," he whispers. "But surrender... is not my assassin way."

>... No, seriously, you should surrender.
>You know what, caw? I just maimed you. Let's cawnt it as my loss for breaking the rules.
>Very well. Karasu will accept your decision, human.
>Other?

>>3863572
So close to the DC 90...

>>3863581
>Very well. Karasu will accept your decision, human.

>>3863581
This was meant to be 88, I accidentally listed the most recent roll in the top bit. This is the correct update for an 88 roll, however. It's late, sue me.

>>3863581
>>You know what, caw? I just maimed you. Let's cawnt it as my loss for breaking the rules.
How did this idiot make Cipher Pol? Was it really just the devil fruit?

>>3863581
>... No, seriously, you should surrender.

>>3863581
>>Very well. Karasu will accept your decision, human.

>>3863581
>>... No, seriously, you should surrender.

>>3863581
>Very well. Karasu will accept your decision, human
If he's insisting on keeping up the act while one of his eyes is dripping out of its socket then its common decency to keep our edgy act up in turn

>>3863581
>Very well. Karasu will accept your decision, human.

>>3863581
>Very well. Karasu will accept your decision, human.

>>3863581
>>Very well. Karasu will accept your decision, human.

VERY fast Karasu tackling him into the ground with Ray-san at his neck

Besides, Vegapunk will probably be happy to give him a cyborg eye so he can use not!Sharingan to make him an even better assassin

>nobody expects the sodium eye-incision

... This is disgusting. Seriously. Is he going to bleed out from that? But what are you meant to do, caw?

You keep your face bored and voice cold, as Weirdo strips the remainder of his sunglasses from his face, tossing them cawlessly across the hall. "Very well. Karasu will accept your decision, human."

>ATTACK (how?)
>Let the human make the first move, caw
>Say something (what?)
>Other?

>>3863604
>ATTACK (how?)
>stab him with Ray-san!

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>3863604
>ATTACK
>Talons of yatagarasu (the move we used to kill the sea dragon)

>>3863604
>>ATTACK (how?)
Feint an attack aiming for his new blind spot but go for his good side at the last moment.

>>3863604
Let's fully tap into our edgyness and go with a "nothing personell, cawid"
He won't see it coming

>>3863604
>>Let the human make the first move, caw
Try to observe his one-eyed movement, and prepare a counter-attack

>>3863604
>>3863611
+1

>>3863604
>Let the human make the first move, caw

>>3863604
Attack

Knock the dumbass out and rush him to a hospital quick

We're not here to kill and this edgy act is just an act, flashman would never advocate this