>>5392378
>Other
>"Fine. But not here. And only you. (bring her to the ship)"

>>5392378
>Other
>I'm tired, I'm hungry, I have no milk and I have a place that can solve all of that now. You wanna talk now follow me, you wanna talk later you know where I live. You got legs that ain't broken right now and a brain that can do the thinky thing. Make a choice cause I already made mine.

>>5392378
>>"Sigh. Fine." (sit)

>>5392378
also, minor thing. I thought Lucci was a leopard not a jaguar?

>>5392380
I can second this.

>>5392385
He is whatever we like him to be, but more importantly I really like the reason why we spared them and how that "yet" is pointing somewhere very, very, dangerous: towards Silvers ambitions forming a more clear goal in his mind.

>>5392378
>"Sigh. Fine." (sit)

>>5392383
Support
Welcome back boss

>>5392378
>"Sigh. Fine." (sit)

>inviting the three very dangerous CP0 agents to your ship. While you have one of their traitors on crew
Smort

>writing

>>5392385
No, you see that is because of a little known secret in the One Piece community called: I am a dumbass

>>5392378
>"Sigh. Fine." (sit)

>>5392404
Fuck just missed it

>>5392404
that the kaido strategy?

"I'm tired, hungry, have no milk left in me and feel like a bat ate and pooped me out. And right now there is a place five minutes from here that can solve all those issues. You wanna talk? Fine. But we're doing it in my turf. Got that? And if you bozos try anything I'm feeding you to the crabs in the cargo hold. Got it?"

"Sheesh. When did the whippersnapper get an attitude like that?"

None of the agents aside Kaku has the mental presence to even react to your statement but they all end up following you back to the ship. Most likely only to satisfy their morbid curiosity. They are a bit on edge, being surrounded on all sides by vicious pirates ready to decimate them if they show any hostility but they seem willing to cooperate a little. Back on the ship they are forced to stand as you stuff your face with all sorts of food and drinks. Mary is eyeing you like a cat that has its favorite toy being dangled in front of it, without ever averting her attention. Kaku is busy repeatedly tapping the butt of his katanas in nervousness and Lucci is glaring at Clown who's desperately trying to avoid eye contact.

"So it looks like you've made your decision Soir Bleu."

"..."

"What's wrong? Isn't this what you wanted? Or are you ashamed of your poor choices in life? Don't worry. I'll help you with that-"
As Lucci grins at your crew member with no small amounts of implied malice he sees a chopstick dart past his nose which flies far off the ship and embeds itself in the walls of the marine fort you're still docked at. He looks at you and adjusts his hat.
"Message received."

"Good. Because if you threaten one of my men again the next one won't be a warning shot. Clown decided to join me. Which makes her my crew. Even if she did betray me that's something we'll deal with ourselves. But I won't allow you to even look at her funny!"

But as you're having a staring contest with Lucci someone else is also fruitlessly trying to lock eyes with you even for a moment. Unfortunately for Mary there is a certain someone standing between the two of you with a rather sharp looking scythe being twirled between her fingers.
"Hey. Government bitch. Back off. You stay in that neat little circle Silver drew for you or I'm cutting your legs off. Oh and one more thing. This may not be Silvers order but if you keep eyefucking my husband like that I'll gouge your eyes out. Got it?"

"You..."
Mary grins at Nutmeg.
"So you're the pirate whore who tied him down! Good-"

"ENOUGH!"
You stomp your leg on the ships deck and the Dauntless begin rocking.
"I didn't know that was possible but I had enough of murder for today! So all of you calm down and let's get this over with before I loose my appetite!"

Using both arms you scoop up all the remaining food, plates and all to just shovel it all in your mouth. After filling your belly you finally feel alive again and lock eyes with Mary.
"Alright. I'm ready. Say your piece."

"W-What? Me? What do you want me to say?"

"You're the one who wanted to talk. So do it."

"M-Me? You're the one who came out of nowhere and apologized to me! Saying that you understand me! I thought you finally grew sensible and changed your mind!"

Hook chortles at this.
"Heh. They both share a single brain cell."

"I said that because I finally get how it feels when someone you care about just up and leaves you! Everything else is the same! Why I left and what I did. And I have no regrets about any of it."

"Then... fine. I'll talk then. It's about time I got all of this off my chest. I... hate you. I despise you Silver from the bottom of my heart. I detest you because of what you took from me. I once had a brother. An innocent, brave boy that didn't know fear. One I could look at with hope. One that could inspire me to fight against my illness. I wanted to pay him back one day and give him the nice, happy life he deserved. One where he'd want for nothing, one where we could be there for each other. Forever. Because as long as we were both happy nothing else mattered! But you took that dream of mine and stomped it into the mud! You tarnished everything I fought and struggled for! I'm... happy that you found your strength and courage. But you killed that boy to get it! You murdered him! And you never stopped since-"

"Oy-"

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU FILTHY FISH-MAN! I'M TALKING! Sniff. Look around you! You're big and strong. But at what cost? What you're doing is wrong! Look at all that death! With every one of your "adventures" you leave behind a thousand little Silvers who grow up without moms and dads because you KILLED them! You're not free. You're just a monster who disregards all the rules! No better than a feral animal! And I... I still love you. But if you won't come to your senses then I'll have no choice left but to put you down. Because that's the only thing I can do for my little brother anymore. To not let him live on as a monster."

>What do I care about any of that? There is me and my own. Nobody else matters
>And just what did any of those people I killed ever do for me? Did they try to help me?
>Nice story. Except for one part. The person you are so in love with never existed. That was a nothing. A nobody. I was born a pirate!
>Other?

>>5392450
>>Nice story. Except for one part. The person you are so in love with never existed. That was a nothing. A nobody. I was born a pirate!

Like seriously, didn't Mary making him play with her get him beat afterwards by other people?

>>5392452
yep

>>5392450
>Nice story. Except for one part. The person you are so in love with never existed. That was a nothing. A nobody. I was born a pirate!

>you and your parents were literally the only people from that little island that I don't hate. I'm glad they're all dead

>>5392450
>Nice story. Except for one part. The person you are so in love with never existed. That was a nothing. A animal. I was born as the pirate!

Man, you gave us two right choices here. Because let's be honest Silver does go pretty heavy into "Only me and mine really matter"

>>5392457
I think we can save that for the latter half, cause I'm sure she has realized that we did wait until after she had left.

>>5392460
That's not true. Children matter to silver

>>5392462
as do people pushed down and enslaved, hence the "'and mine" bit.
Hell Outer Heaven also counts as does Fishman island. The only rule there is if Silver considers you one of his people or not.

>>5392450
>Nice story. Except for one part. The person you are so in love with never existed. That was a nothing. A nobody. I was born a pirate!
>Stop being deluded

>>5392450
>And just what did any of those people I killed ever do for me? Did they try to help me?

Its too wordy for Silver to say but from what I understand his sentiment is basically "everyone has a choice and they chose to be between me and what I wanted."
At the end of the day Silver kills people, he knows this and accepts this. He knows he leaves survivors in his wake and if one of those should get strong enough to kill him then that's just the cost of doing business.
Acting like he gives a fuck would be a lie because no one taught him to give a fuck. Mary was too young and stupid to do it, her parents were too cowardly to do it, his parents were too dead and the people on the island too evil.

Eliza taught him "do as thou wilt" and he engraved that mantra into his fucking bones.

That's his world, that is his reality. He does as he wills and whatever happens because of that happens.
If Silver makes "Silvers" then that's only because ripples tend to spread.

>>5392468
I'd say you've misunderstood a fairly fundamental bit there; It's not the cost doing business, it's the moral and just thing to do.
He can do what he wants because he is able to enforce his wishes with violence, and that in and of itself justifies why he should have them.

It's why he has such a need to be the most dangerous person, because that makes him the most moral and because then nobody else can force him to do as they want.

There really isn't any "what did they do for me" mentality, if they died then they should have been better, like Silver pushed himself to be better.
And if his ravages pushes an army of orphans to take up the sword and hunt him down he has made them into better people. It's wonderfully fucked up.

Well that's wonderfully one sided
>writing

>>5392471
The whole "What did they do for me" stuff is in relation to "Did anyone ever care to help me when I needed it" and since the answer is a decisive no, Silver is not inclined to take others into consideration. Only when it strikes his fancy

"Nice story. One small problem. There is no other me. I was born a pirate. There was nothing before my mom taught me what it means to be a pirate. That boy was empty. So stop being deluded. And as for those scum on Amble Island? I'm glad they are all dead and I'd do it again a thousand times. You and your parents were the only ones I didn't despise. But then again I don't exactly remember any of you helping me when I got beaten."

Mary is just looking at you with a mortified expression. She's in utter disbelief after hearing those words leave your mouth. The way her mouth trembles you get the impression she's begging for someone, anyone to help her, to tell her this is not real. Her colleagues are not budging. They just stand there with their arms folded. They already knew all that. Or if they didn't they just don't care. More importantly it's beneficial for them if she goes through this on her own because she can't handle it and she'll break.

"Sigh. It looks like you don't get it. So I'll do you a favor. The only thing that matters is strength. You fight to get stronger. And you fight ever stronger things so you can be even stronger. Because if you're strong you can do whatever you like and there is nothing anyone else can do about it. What if I leave behind a few mini-me's? Their parents were the dumb ones to stand against me. And what will they do? Come after me? I hope so! That sounds like fun! And if they get strong in the meantime then I did them a favor."

"You're... utterly mad!"

"No. You're the one who's mad because you refuse to accept how the world works. You think the World Government rules because they are so good? No. They rule because they have the most strength. They have men and guns and ships and admirals. If they didn't nobody would care. And pirates exist because the Governments dogs just aren't strong enough to take them all out. The world is ruled by strength. It's that simple. The real madness is not trying to be as strong as you can possibly be. Because that means your life is not in your hands. It's in those who could kill you."
You take a deep breath.
"I am the sanest man in this world."

>>5392494
>"I am the sanest man in this world."

What a fucking line holy shit.

>>5392494
Holly mollusks that was a hell of a line

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>>5392494
Now that is one hell of a Silver moment.
Fucking aced it.

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Now the time has come for Lucci to make his stand. He walks over to Mary whose entirely world view is being shaken and he puts his hand on her shoulder.
"You heard it from him."

"S-Sifu?"

"He's correct. And it's because he's correct that we do what we must. Do you understand the need for Absolute Justice now? Everything the government does is justified because of that infallible truth. Think about the incident at Ohara, the rebellions, the erasure of history. All the atrocities we commit in the name of "Justice" are not just necessary but morally good. They are needed to maintain the order of the world, the supremacy of the World Government. Because if we fail that then it means men like him will be free to do as they wish and unleash their will on the world. Think about the reports we received from the territories of the Emperors. If we falter then that's what the entire sea will be like. With your "brother" at the spearhead."

You glare at Lucci and he feels his body stiffen almost to the point of petrification.
"Come on Pussycat. Stop lying! We both know there is nothing "good" about what you guys do. All that slavery. All that death. You are no better than us. You only get away with calling yourself that is because you're in power. But once that changes nobody will pretend even for a second that they miss you guys!"
You grin and stand up to look Mary straight in the eyes.
"Now you heard what I have to say. So-"

>If you want to be with me so badly then fine. Join me!
>I believe it's clear now that we got nothing in common with each other
>I think it's time for us to leave. Out of respect for Bears request I won't hurt you. But that courtesy has its limits.
>Other?

>>5392531
>If you want to be with me so badly then fine. Join me!

>although I'm running out of back space

>>5392531
>>I think it's time for us to leave. Out of respect for Bears request I won't hurt you. But that courtesy has its limits.

>>5392531
>I think it's time for us to leave. Out of respect for Bears request I won't hurt you. But that courtesy has its limits.

>>5392531
>Other
>Get off my ship

>If you want to be with me so badly then fine. Join me!

>although I'm running out of back space

>>5392531
>I think it's time for us to leave. Out of respect for Bears request I won't hurt you. But that courtesy has its limits.

>>5392531
>I think it's time for us to leave. Out of respect for Bears request I won't hurt you. But that courtesy has its limits.

i think we should field the offer, since then its up to her to finally cut the tie and have us go full enemies, where as if we just tell her to leave then theres still some sort of connection or hope

>>5392531
>If you want to be with me so badly then fine. Join me!

I fully expect her to say no, but it would be interesting to just go "Yes I'm right, come be right with me"

>>5392567
Yeah i don't expect her to take the offer either, though wouldn't be mad if she did. but its about giving her the power to actually try and rebuild the relationship by joining us or finally cutting it off entirely, no more trying to "save" us, what our relationship evolves to would be decided by her then and then

>>5392570
and its a decision she'd need to accept since now its HER decision, no longer in our hands, like i don't think it'd matter how many times we reject her, a part of her will always hold onto that hope until the very end unless she makes the active decision to reject us, cause like i have no doubt even if she was about to kill us as it is now she'd probably try one final time to convince us to go with her b4 she killed us

>>5392562
Hmmmm
Fair point actually

>writing

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"If you want to be with me so badly then fine! Join me and let us sail the seas together! But I will not be some government dog or let anyone tell me how to live my life ever again!"

You extend a hand to Mary with full sincerity. She however is too busy sobbing and wiping her eyes to take it. Once she's done venting her emotions and is ready to make her choice she looks completely drained and exhausted, in some ways even worse than when you beat her into the ground during your mad rampage. Looking at her own palm she clenches it into a fist and takes a deep, painful breath.
"No. Thank you. I am a marine. Like my mother and father before me. I won't abandon my duty and I'll keep fighting. But thank you for the offer. And for finally opening my eyes. I only wish that our memories together meant something to you. But I guess even that's too much to ask for."

"Mary. After you were done happily playing with me I was beaten for not working. The only warmth I felt from your "games" were when the grown ups grabbed the fire iron afterwards. It was not any better than what I usually got."

"Yeah... I guess it wasn't. Just remember one thing Silver. When the time comes for you to suffer through the same thing you put others through don't expect them to care about your sad story. It doesn't justify your actions."

"Never said it did. My strength does that. Goodbye Mary. Oh. And one more thing. I promised Bear I won't hurt you. But that courtesy has its limit."

She seems surprised by that.
"I don't care about what backroom deals dad made with you. I'm a grown up and can take care of myself now. So the next time we meet Silver it'll be on the battlefield. Remember that!"
She turns away from you and begins walking.
"Lucci. Kaku. Let's go."
They leave the deck of your ship but you do catch one more thing that Mary mutters once she feels like she's far enough away from your ship.
"Sifu. I'll forward my resignation from Aegis to you."

With them gone you give the order to the Dauntless to disembark. Out in the open water and away from all the nonsense of the marines Marcella looks upon you.
"That was a bit heavy Silver."

"Yes. And?"

"Just saying that you could've been gentler. Almost felt bad for the stupid government girl."

"At least it got through to her. Now it won't hurt her."

"You sure about that?"

"Yeah. Wounds can't heal when the weapon is still in them."

"And if Clown did the same to you? Would you still be saying all that?"

"Yeah. And I'd do the same thing Mary wants to now. If she wants to kill me now then that's fine. I'd do the same. Doesn't mean I'll let her though."

"Don't let Spider hear me saying that but... Jesus."

>>5392594
Oddly enough I was hoping she would accept. I knew she wouldn’t but I was still hopeful

>>5392603
Yea, I hear you. I do.
But we burned way to many bridges along the way, and she's spent the last years being bombarded with "Silver is absolutely evil" which to be fair isn't entirely unfair.

It's been said before and I'll say it again: I hate Mary the person, I do. I absolutely love Mary the character tho, and this was everything I could have hoped for with a discussion between them. Heavy, emotional, neither person really being able to bring themself to hate the other even if it would have made it so much simpler and you can just see that if things would have been a little different, just a little different, it could have been so different between them. Just fantastic

>>5392594
Ah fuck, sucks that I wasn't here before, I wanted to tell her to get some actual friends who can handle her needy bitchy self, like Silver did. Just not him. Hopefully she'll reach that conclusion on her own.

oh btw been rewatching wano lately and had a thought while doing so, would silver just straight up murder tama on sight if he sees her use her DF on a gifter?

The next couple of days on the Dauntless are very tense. Not due to the typically harsh weather of the New World but because of internal tension. Most of the crew is giving Clown the cold shoulder, with none of them addressing her directly or even calling her by name. It's understandable. Once someone betrays your trust it's very hard to forgive them and even harder to rebuild that trust. But it's not something that's too healthy on a ship when your life could very well depend on that other person. Unfortunately you can't do much about it yet.
"YOWCH! Stitcheees! That hurts!"

"Quit being such a big baby. If you did not destroy your own body like that we wouldn't be doing this-"

"OW! That wasn't me! That was the bat!"

At least as Stitches is busy applying medical alcohol to your wounds and rebandaging them Nutmeg is there to help you lick your wounds.
"Come on now. Who's the big bad pirate?"

"Me!"

"That's right. And who's not afraid of a little needle?"

"M-Me?"

"Correct! Now how about we get your mind off of that? What are you going to do about the problem?"

"Which one?"

"The Clown one."
She looks out the window of the infirmary through which Clowns song can be heard. Since her "proper" joining of the crew she started playing songs worthy of pirates and the crew undoubtedly performs better when they work in sync with her rhythm. But the problem is still there. The others are hazing her. Which is fine up to a point. But should stop eventually.

"Hmmm. Not sure yet. We done here Stitches?"

"For now. We'll have to redo your bandages in the evening though."

"Hnnng. Okay let's go. Could you help me with my coat Nutmeg?"

With a little help you dress yourself and go out to look at your crew working hard like a dutiful little colony of ants. Thankfully Dexter the rat-mink you picked up is having no issues fitting in with the others. Though he mostly stays below deck during daytime as the harsh light hurts his eyes. In turn he converted a storage room to a personal little mushroom garden which he cultivates both for eating and recreational use. But he's not the one you're most concerned about now. Listening to the wind you locate Clown who's playing Bink's Sake right now and fly over to her.

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"Hi."

"Hello Silver. How are your injuries?"

"Getting better. Still hurts a little."

"I... see."

"Hey don't worry about it. I did that to myself because I was dumb. It wasn't your fault."

"I'm trying. But I can't help but feel guilty after causing you so much trouble."

"Everyone makes mistakes. Except me because I'm awesome. But it's okay for everyone else. It's all gonna be okay. Just keep being cool Clown."

"Hm. Thank you Silver. Now did you want something else? A song request perhaps? I can be a whole orchestra if you want it."

"Actually I wanted something else. What's your name? I've been wondering that for a while now and I'm confused."

"I... don't know myself. I had many over the years. A new mission, a new identity. Even Soir Bleu is not my real name. Just a code. I forgot what it was originally. So you can call me whatever you wish."

"I see."

>Pepe was fine
>Soir Bleu is nice
>You'll always be Clown to me
>Other?

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>>5392610
>Silvers face when he sees a smol child with some funny dangos

>>5392635
>>Other?
Pepe was nice, and you'll always be Clown to me... mhm, yeah Pepe the Clown it is!

Actually where are we in the timeline atm? i assume dressrosas currently happening or about to start since i think one of the crew would have mentioned if doffys defeat hit the newspapers

>>5392635
>Other?
>Silver wasn't my name either until I took it. Everyone should have one of their own and If you want a name then we just need to find a good one and make it yours!

>>5392652
>Support

>>5392635
Backing this >>5392652

I still wanna breed the clown.

>>5392652
Supporting.

>>5392637
I'd like to think we'd try to talk to her and teach her why what she was doing was wrong, but...

>>5392652
Fitting
>writing

>>5392652
Support

>>5392675
I mean silvers shown a continous 0 policy attitude for slavers, and we've tortured and killed a kid b4, so silvers hands are obviously rated E for everybody, so don't see any reason IC why silver would just not immediately blast her on sight if he saw her using it, especially if it was on a gifter, not sure how he'd react if she used it on an animal though

>>5392706
Well for an animal it's more like... taming? I guess?
Since animals don't really have sapience it's more of an instant if temporary taming effect as opposed to mind control. So if Silver saw that he probably wouldn't think much of it
On Gifters though he'd get pissed. Infinitely more so if she tried it on him

>>5392713
Well with one piece animals their levels of sapience can vary wildly, like what if she fed some to laboon and then ordered him to attack brook type of scenario, since thats 100% something laboon would never do

>>5392722
oh shit you're right
well Laboon would have to do it I guess
the gifters have shown no inclinations for rebellion nor wanting to hurt their allies
aside Speed I guess that traitorous whore

>>5392731
IC i can see silver not seeing animals as particularly sapient, since i can't remember us having any kind of meaningful interaction with any animals in the quest, unless im like forgetting something so probably wouldn't immediately kill on sight if he sees her use it on an animal, unless he bonds with an animal b4 he meets her i suppose, like a parrot or something to make us even more of a stereotypical pirate :V

>>5392742
crabs

>>5392742
oh wait actually im a dumbass, i forgot about our cannonball bois, so yeah theres that

>>5392742
we have a pet crab, anon. We talk to our ship. there is reason to believe silver thinks animals have the capacity for sapience

>>5392749
There is pretty solid evidence to believe Silver thinks rocks and trees have the capacity for sapience.
Constantly hearing voices, will do that to you

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"I had no name either until I took up Silver. I think everyone should have their own name and if you want one then you just need to find one you like and make it your own."

"Hmmmm. Giving yourself a name feels a bit egotistical. But I think I can see the wisdom in that. Not really sure what I'd like to be called for now. So I guess Clown will do for now."

"Alright Clown! Now how about that song?"

"Bink's Sake again?"

"You know it!"

"I know I agreed to it but I'd just like to play a different song every now and then..."

"No chance!"

"Fiiiine. But only if you promise not to sing!"

You raise a finger in protest but stop.
"Okay. For now."

Clown then returns to her music with a harmonica in her mouth, a violin on her shoulder and a big drum with a cymbal on her back. You climb into your hammock to the sound of her soothing performance and await todays newspaper since you can't really do much work given your current condition. After receiving the paper from the News Coo you see Nutmeg getting in with you.
"Hey scoot over a little."

"Ugh. Fine. But this is so uncomfortable."

"I don't care!"

"When are we gonna get back to Totland anyway? We've been at this for a few days now."

"We're still quite far away. Which is why we had to go straight back. Mama wouldn't appreciate if we missed the big event."

"Yeah yeah. But didn't you say that the groom is not even there yet?"

"I did. But keep in mind we will have to participate in organizing the whole thing."

"Hnnnng. All this work and no play make me a dull boy."

"What no play? You're still recovering from smashing that marine fort!"

"Yeah but that was not me!"

"Sigh. Whatever. Hey are you gonna read that thing or not?"

"I'm on in, I'm on it! If you'll just let me."
As you flip the pages open Gu brings you your afternoon glass of milk and you thank him for it. Taking in a big sip you almost immediately start choking on it and spit the vast majority of it on the paper.
"WHAT?!"

"Ew."

The rest of your crew gathers around young, curious about what you've read.
"They did WHAT?! HOW?! Those... BASTARDS! Now everyone's gonna be talking about THEM! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

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You crumple up the paper and toss it away in frustration. With big bold letters the papers talked about an alliance between Straw Hat Luffy and Trafalgar Law taking down the man known as the strongest Warlord, Donquixote Doflamingo. Not only that but that Monkey fuck SOMEHOW managed to get himself a fleet of over FIVE THOUSAND STRONG!

"Whew."
Murray whistles as he reads the article.
"Yeap. That'll overshadow Outer Heaven for a while at least."

"YOU SHUT UP JAWS!"

"Not just that but their combined bounty is in the billions. Wow."

"YOU TOO HOOK?! Why must the ones I love hurt me so?"

"We're just stating facts Silver."
Will nods.
"But anyway what are we gonna do about this?"

"What?"

"This."
He points at Doffys portrait.
"You made business with him before."

"And?"

"And they are taking him to Impel Down right now. Don't you wanna do something about that?"

"Oh no William. That wouldn't be a good idea. He's a former Warlord who committed severe crimes. They'll most likely have a small army escorting him to prison. It'd be foolish to try and stop them. Besides he's allied with Kaido, whom Silver's been bullying for a while now."

"Harassing Spider, harassing! I didn't bully him!"
But Bullseye makes a good point. Doffy did you a solid back then. Or tried at least. And besides, he just had such a nice and innocent smile. At the same time however, yeah it's out of the way, likely very dangerous and you might anger Mama if you dilly-dally. Decisions decisions.

>Change course! We'll rescue the flamingo!
>Bah. Who cares?
>Other?

>Change course! We'll rescue the flamingo!
Need to do something to get our bounty up, since either our rampage didn't bump it up any or it hasn't been long enough for the survivors to report on it and our bounty to get offically updated, so we need to do something to ensure we breach the billion milestone, if WG doesn't already do that from us awakening

>>5392755
>>Change course! We'll rescue the flamingo!
all we know is that he was a cool dude who brought a circus to the town and invited us to a party. now monkey went and roughed him up for "no reason" so obviously theyre enemies, which means we should be friends

Wait is any of the crew gonna read the newspaper further and find out about the whole sugar slavery debacle that doffy ordered? since if silver finds out about that he'd only break doffy out so he can kill him himself

>>5392755
>Change course! We'll rescue the flamingo!

The man brought us a circus, we are Not leaving him to rot in some stinky prison!

>>5392766
did the newspaper reveal that info, or did the wg do more cover up? question for both quest canon and actual canon.

>>5392769
fujitora kinda went out of his way specifically so it wouldn't be covered up though

>>5392771
i bet if we do chase doffy down, he's gonna see us and freak out, thinking we're hear to end him after learning about his kingdom. if we dont learn abuot it, it'll be funny.

>>5392771
like im still down to break him out still, but just so we can kill him ourselves, since that kinda slavery would be absolutely horrific to silver, like just a step below tamas fruit in terms of slavery since while you're kinda trapped in your body and forced to obey atleast you can still think and feel your own thoughts

>>5392761
I don't know, see on one hand a CP0 agent with access to all kinds of top secret nonsense defected and we destroyed their ambush, and island. So it makes sense that our Bounty would get attached to a rocket engine

On the other a CP0 agent with access to all kinds of top secret nonsense defected and we destroyed their ambush, and island. Neither of which I'm sure anyone is particularly keen on actually admitting ever happened.

If the government is clever, and that is a big fucking if, they'l wait until we do something. Anything really, blow it out of proportion and use that to up to bounty officially so that they can have their cake and eat it too.

>>5392769
That's... an excellent question and I don't think it was ever adressed
Like
>>5392771
said Fujitora specifically said he didn't want it covered up to reveal how badly the WG dropped the ball on that. So... maybe?

>>5392755
>>Bah. Who cares?

Maybe afterwards we can look into breaking him out.

>>5392778
Yeah i think the only thing that would be covered up in the dressrosa incident is doffy being a celestial dragon but otherwise fujitora leaked everything else

i think we do need to decide whether doffys slave nation aspect is written in the newspaper b4 we make a decision on this, since IC that completely changes what silver would do here

>>5392785
A little late for that, but either way Silver wouldn't want him in a prison.
It's either unacceptable because we like the guy, or unacceptable because prisons are evil and killing someone for doing something you dislike is moral.

>>5392778
logically, the wg would want to provide validation for the straw hat bounty boost, but they wouldnt want to share his heroism. Morgans doesnt give a fuck, though. The wg would report on the strawhat fleet and the defeat of doffy, and fuji+ morgans would put in slavery and general "how fucked dressrosa was" for the sweet views

>>5392787
Well i agree, like if the slave nation aspect is written in the newspaper silvers going 100%, not actually for doffy though, i imagine silver would do it to kill sugar herself, since her existence is something silver will never accept, plus he'd never allow her power to fall into the WGs hands, since she and the rest fo the family is probably on the same boat as doffy

Well that seems like a support for going after Doffy
>writing

HOWEVER
I'm going to need a dice roll for this one.
3d10 raw
best of 3, dc 25, no crit

Rolled 4, 8, 4 = 16 (3d10)

>>5392800
doffy's day is going to become so much worse

Rolled 3, 3, 10 = 16 (3d10)

>>5392800
oh man that DC and no mods. Fingers crossed.

Rolled 3, 10, 6 = 19 (3d10)

>>5392800

>>5392811
>>5392810
>>5392808
Oh that's sad. But it's to be expected
I guess y'all forgot just who tf was tasked with dragging Doffy to Impel Down

>>5392816
nah it was gonna be fun to catch up with the granny

>>5392816
hmm IIRC aren't we immune to tsurus DF? if so thats 1 of the 3 main threats nullfied, or atleast weakened against us, and sengokus might just choose not to fight at all, could see him sitting back and letting whatever happens happen unless we try and kill some marines, then he might step in

>>5392820
We are, but the rest of the crew might not be.

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"HNNNNNG! Hook! Map! Get me a map! Now, where is Dressrosa? Which direction is Impel Down? And where are we? Right. They are on this line and we are that way. Alright everyone! Change of plans We're heading in that direction and cut them off!"

"Are you serious? I just told you that Mama will get mad if we're late!"

"Once Mama hears of this she'll understand! Now to your positions! And Stitches. I don't want to wait for recovery. I want it now!"

While the others were busy navigating the ship you received rapid tissue replacement surgery. After all why wait for natural healing when you can just take the bad parts out and put some fresh ones in? And with some extra food to facilitate your healing you feel ready to take on the world again. Good thing too because as it happens the trail that you found and followed lead you into the heart of a massive and wild storm that seemed intent on stopping your progress.

"Jaws. I see a rogue wave in front of us. I don't want to."

Murray punches a hole into the massive tidalwave that blocked your path and you sail through it. On the other side you see not one, not two, not even three but four fully manned navy warships armed to the teeth with the biggest cannons they could fit on there. A quick lookover with your ears tells you that they have nobody on any of those ships that isn't a marine, save for one.

"Ya think the Marines finally lost their marbles eh lad? Four ships just to transport a wee man. Lunatics."

"Myeeeh. What-what are we looking at here?"

"Make no mistake gentlemen. That one person they are carrying is worth every precaution. He's regarded as one of, if not the most dangerous of the Seven Warlords. He's the one they called the Heavenly Demon. Donquixote Doflamingo. And may God have mercy on us if we attempt to free him."

"You're such a negative nancy Spider! It's gonna be fine! Lookie over there! We even have help!"

Everyone looks the way you're pointing and they see a singular ship attacking the convoy head on. This absolute madman is none other than Jack the Drought, one of the All-Stars of the Beast Pirates. A man who is regarded as a walking natural disaster. It makes sense that he's here. Doflamingo was working for Kaido so of course the Yonko would want him rescued. He will serve as the perfect little distraction for you.

>>5392816
how about ya boy jack?

>>5392840
So whens silver gonna ask jack why he doesn't dry up the ocean to fight better? :V

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While the four ships get in formation in order to fend off Jack you sneak up behind them with your ship. With its speed and black paintjob they won't be able to detect it before it's too late. But as you get close to one of the warships you hear a cry loud enough to overwhelm even the sound of thunder.
"Cavalier you VERMIN! What do you think you're doing here?"
Jack roars at you, alerting the entire convoy to your presence.

"Cavalier? Here?"
"Oh great."
"So we meet again at last."

"Thanks Jack..."
You grumble as you observe the three heavy hitters that just noticed you. One of them is Fujitora, the man who almost killed you in Mary Geoise who's become an admiral since. Tsuru, the old lady who really should've retired a long time ago and the one who almost captured you that one time. And finally former Fleet Admiral Sengoku himself is here. Great. Just great.
"HEY JACK! Before you get any ideas I didn't come to mess with you again! You hear?"

"Get in my way maggot and I'll destroy you as well!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5XpBd2hp7U

"Issho. Focus on Jack and the Beast Pirates. Don't let them board any of the ships!"

"Understood."

"Tsuru! I'm handing over control to you. Coordinate the ships.

"You mean keep doing what I've been doing? Fine. Fire the cannons!"

"I'll handle Cavalier."

The rickety old man jumps from one ship to the other and walks to its edge so he could face you. He drops a bag of crackers on the ground and transforms into a massive golden man and raises his palm to strike. Not being one to resist a challenge you take flight and go straight at him as he winds up his thrust.
"Alright! Time to see what you're made of old man! Silver Style: Silver VOICE!"
As you gather your strength for one of your biggest attacks he simply lowers his palm and aims it at you. A moment later a golden wave of force is projected from it and smacks you in the face. The explosive force of his attack is so great it not only obliterated your own but it also blasted you right back onto your ship. Bouncing from the deck and hitting the main mast as well you fall down and feel one of your teeth wobbling a bit. After carefully touching it you felt it falling out without resistance.
"Ugh. Grampa hits different."

"I've been waiting over two years for this moment. Come Cavalier. Fight me. If you're not a coward."

"WHAT?!"

"He's goading you captain."

"I know Angel but-BUT-"

>Ugh. Fine. We're clearly out of our depths here.
>BUT HE WON'T GET AWAY WITH THAT!
>Other?

>>5392853
>BUT HE WON'T GET AWAY WITH THAT!

>>5392853
>jaws want to start sinking a few of their ships while i bully the elderly?

as fun as a fight sounds, he's clearly proven his superiority, and our goal isnt to dunk on the marines, this time. If we can distract him and get to doffy, we win. Try to laughing bomb the waters and have jaws get us to the otherships, maybe?

>>5392853
>Other?
Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, Silver won't fight seriously, just distract the old man for Jaws and any others to sabotage the other ships where possible.

>>5392868
>Support

>>5392853
>grampa hits different
bruh...

>>5392868
>>5392862
>>5392885
>>5392877
This hare-brained scheme seems to have won
Very well

Roll 3d10+3
Best of 3
DC 25, Crit 30

No update will follow however as it's getting very late. Instead I'll start with the results of the roll next time
Good night. And see you guys later

Rolled 6, 4, 9 + 3 = 22 (3d10 + 3)

>>5392895
At least we got a mod this time

Rolled 1, 9, 3 + 3 = 16 (3d10 + 3)

>>5392895

Rolled 1, 4, 2 + 3 = 10 (3d10 + 3)

>>5392895
Fuck our luck

Damn we really need to do something to get ourself a bigger mod, it feels like its been forever since we passed an actual important role, thing is besides getting control of our awakened form no idea what we could do to get bigger mods

>>5392919
We're sorta vaguely on the cusp of awakening our Devil fruit iirc. So hopefully we can work on that sooner than later.

>>5392919
Clearly we haven't been fighting enough
the issue isn't big modifiers, it's being strong enough that the DC is lower by default

We need to go on a rampage. A long, sustained, unreasonable rampage with little purpose other than picking a big goddamned fight.

>>5392926
we will need a mid adventure training arc at this rate like luffy got to get more gains. and the training session was not a good part in wano.

>>5392951
I mean i'd say even rn luffy beats us, i don't see us beating him in gear 4 atm, once we have control of our awakening we probably pull of the win but even then the problem is that luffy has way more ahead of him, getting all the advanced haki where as we'd probably could only get advanced conquerors and observation considering we're practically a cripple at armament and then he has his own awakening

>>5392968
like im genuinely trying to think of anything we could do to boost our power besides the things stated above, only way i can think to upgrade our equipment is if we somehow manage to give them DFs, since our armaments crippled so not shot of us turning our sword into a black blade

>>5392982
I think Sleepy has implied in the past that we're going to do the same Conc Haki armor thing that Kaido does.

>>5393016
>sleepy
Goddamnit,I meant Spooky. I should probably go to bed.

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>>5392919
>>5392926
>>5392968
>>5392982
In all honesty, I like our abilities better. Luffy's shit is literally punch harder/faster/wilder. And tank damage.
I think our power is more closely tied to observation and the voice of all things. I mean bats use echo location to find their way, and technically all matter is vibrating in one way or another, so our power is almost clarity of vision. We can see and hear what other's can't. Every armor has it's gaps. If we can't win change the game.

Damn dudes I missed the last thread and I thought this quest died holy hell.

>>5393199
spooks was on vacation

>>5393205
I know. I went and found the previous thread when I realized in the opener I was missing some stuff. Wild ride. Goddamn triple 1, whew. I'm glad no one suggested to fuck the clown when roided out, very mature of everyone.

>>5392919
>Goes into the real bigleagues
>Man this is a lot more difficult then the kiddie pool
Tho I will remind you that we manage to not lose horribly to Katakuri and help up hungry Big Meme for a while, Silver is not a light weight. He just isn't on par with the proper monsters, yet.

>>5392951
Fuck no, that was the dumbest thing OP did and we earn our damn medals like pirates: By stealing them from someone else!

>>5392982
Sustaining multiple transformations for more then five minutes, firing a laughing bomb out of Parley (it makes anime sense, alright?), combining Melchanims fire with the Silver Style to create fire that has physical force/weight in it? Hell, heat is increased movement and so is vibrations so it should work together!

We're a superfast batmonsterman that can fuck with vibrations and create fire and explosions. If you can't work with that then you need a drink or two in you, hell here is one: A transformation that extends the claws of our batfruit and lets them function as tuning forks, complete with a low and ominous hum emanating from them.

>>5393026
Agreed, Luffy is boring and wins by having way more hp then everyone.

>>5392895
I gotta say: Glad you're back Spooks, I actually missed ya and what an absolutely banger of a return it was, just a great session.

On the bright side, despite us failing miserably against Sengoku we don't need to win win, even if that would be quite something. Just keep him busy for long enough for either the crew to come help us (and wouldn't that be a fucking scene!) or extract the flamingo... I expect a Tom&Jerry style scene where a saw pops up through the floor and cuts a perfect circle around him.

>>5393215
All the female crew mates are good.
Marcy, Hagetaka, Lydia, Ann, and Nutmeg (Spooks gave her character the anime never would have shown)
But there's something sexy about Clown. Can't put my finger on it. They tried with Nami, but they nailed it with Robin.
If any analytical anons want to take a shot be my guest.

>>5393404
Lol
Silver has caused more headaches for Sengoku than anyone
>raided a tax ship
>injured Hina (high ranking marine)
>Gelded two marine leaders (forget their ranks, one was a giant)
>Assisted in the rescue of a survivor of Ohara (Decimated CP9, killed the majority, injured the leader)
>Committed a massacre of a noble family (after escaping capture Coyote Ugly style)
>Has married into the Charlotte family, upsetting the balance of power
>Teams up with wanted criminals (Crocodile)
>Is currently trying to prison break Doflamingo (world noble and Shichibukai) at the same time a high level Kaido commander is assaulting them
Grandpa Sengoku will kill us just to relieve his headache.

>>5393982
My mans wants a woman who can lie to his face. But also tuck him in and read him a story.

>>5394003
It's partly due to her not choosing a name. She's undecided. And a girl who's undecided will put her heart and body out under duress. Not to mention she sings a good sea shanty

>>5393999
I think you may be forgetting
>Kidnapped Daunty
and
>Stole our devilfruit

>>5394149
Also created underwater ANCAP Island AKA Outer Heaven

Okay I think tomorrow is feasible for a short session

>>5394936
Yippee

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"Alright. New plan!"
You say to yourself as you take to the skies again. Floating between yours and the marines vessel you grin at the giant man of gold. Letting out a sharp whistle you fly higher and clap your wings together. As you start falling you pull them apart, revealing a swirling ball of enslaved air and sound. When you hurl it like a dodge ball at the water it explodes, sending vast amounts of water in the air in the form of a pillar. Before it could subside you take off with all your speed and burst through the water with a high octane kick.
"Silver Shooting Star!"

Old man Sengoku is unimpressed by your display and catches your leg with his palm. His body sturdy like adamant barely even budges. Even the massive ship which he planted his feet on only starts tilting a little before falling back in place. They were both built to withstand harder things than that. Before he could close his grasp you kick off of him and fly circles around him. Following you with his observation he doesn't even bother to look at you.
"Was that really the best you can do-"

"How about you stick around and find out?"

"Or did you really think that could distract me from the fish-man you signaled?"
You gasp as Sengoku raises his hand.
"Men! Sea mines!"

You see the marines on board hurling barrels full of explosives into the water, some of which quickly detonate due to the proximity of your first-mate. Hearing Jaws scream as the first bombs go off you glare at Sengoku with eyes full of fury. Charging him head on you receive another golden blast of energy from him but this time he sends you barreling towards the waves. As you get submerged you loose all your strength and curse the marine with a lot of gurgles. Thankfully an injured, bleeding but still very alive Murray grabs you by the arm and lifts your head above the water.
"COUGH COUGH! Jaws!! Are you alright?"

"I've had worse."
He hisses.
"But I don't think I can board them with only one arm. Sorry cap'n."
You glance at his other hand and you see it bleeding pretty profusely with chunks missing from it and a lot of shrapnel embedded in his flesh.

"No. I'm sorry Jaws. And he will be!"

"Right. Give him hell cap'!"

With all his strength Murray tosses you in the air which you use to land on the battleship. Now in your human form you stand face to face with Sengoku the Buddha. He scowls at you.
"I thought you'd have the smarts to run away."

"You wish."

"Good. It's about time someone put an end to your mindless rampage Rocks. The world moved on and seldom needs a beast of the old age making a mess of things. Tsuru was powerless and Garp, the old fool, could never bring himself to smothering a child, no matter how vile he may be. So in the end it falls to me to put you in your place."

"Hey! Big, old, fat and shiny! I don't know what the heck you're talking about! My name is Silver! You should remember that so they can put it on your grave!"

"Are you now?"

"What?"

"Whatever you think you are the truth is that you're just the pale imitation of a dead man made by a madwoman. A weapon forged by a demented individual who hated the new world and couldn't live in it. And consequently Little Rocks you have no place in it either. It was us who buried those monsters. And I'll be damned before I let anyone resurrect those nightmares!"

Sengoku takes up a fighting stance and locks eyes with you. This titan who clearly demonstrated that his strength rivals that of the admirals even in his old age wants you dead. But he'll pay for hurting Murray and insulting you. Fighting him however would be... dangerous. It's obvious you can't pussyfoot around the issue. You'd need to bring all your strength to bear. But that could destroy the ship you stand on, the Dauntless and could even eliminate Doflamingo if the worst comes to pass. You could make a run for it and go straight to Doffy in an attempt to break him out. But that'd mean getting cornered by a bunch of marines. Or you could fight in an... indirect manner. He is mighty. Everyone and everything around him is not. But if you think about it carefully there is one more option. He must pay. But not necessarily today. And that'd undoubtedly piss him off.

>Fight Sengoku without holding back
>Run and search for Doflamingo
>Let's see how he likes when it's his pals that get targeted
>"See you later dumb-dumbs!"
>Other?

>>5396362
>Let's see how he likes when it's his pals that get targeted

Go for the Pidgeon take two, Silver style Boogaloo.
In all seriousness tho, leaving Sengoku to kill our crew and smash Daunty is not a good plan.
and if Murray is out of the picture, well hopefully Hook and Angel can work their way through the ships hull and extract Doo.
A thought strikes me. How much money would one say a chunk of a high end Marine battleships side be worth? Say about enough for a pair of aforementioned pirates to enter through?

>>5396362
>>Fight Sengoku without holding back

>Run and search for Doflamingo

If we release Doflamingo, even if we get cornered, we can go all out then

>>5396362
I wasn't paying attention. Where are we? on a boat?
Fat boy can't swim. Break the boat! Break the island if you have to!

>>5396391
I don't think Sengoku would just sit down and have a cup of tea the moment we are out of sight friend, and we are the one best equipped (maybe with some help) to keep him from killing our people and wrecking our ship.

>>5396393
Marine prison ship, transporting Doflamingo, who we want to save because he gave us a circus, to impel down.

>>5396399
Break the fuckin' boat! Whoever can still swim, pull doffy's ass out of the water.

>>5396362
>Fight Sengoku without holding back

Uh. That's pretty divided
So I guess fighting Sengoku wins?

Roll me 3d10+4, best of 3
dc:25, crit: 28

Rolled 8, 7, 3 + 4 = 22 (3d10 + 4)

>>5396427

Rolled 2, 6, 5 + 4 = 17 (3d10 + 4)

>>5396427

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Rolled 8, 6, 1 + 4 = 19 (3d10 + 4)

>>5396427

Bruh
>writing

triple fail against Sengoku, what are the odds?

>>5396433
Quick math says about 40-45%?

"Kekekekeke! Okay old man! Let's see what you got! But if you lose I'm smashing you to bits! And this ship! In fact I'll just smash everyone and fish Flamingo out of the water after! Because I AM SIL-"

Your eyes snap open.
"-ER! E-Eh?"
Looking around the place you see that you are in your room. Outside your cabins window you see that it's the middle of the day and it's perfectly sunny outside.
"Huh? That's weird. Guess it was all a dream. Oh well. Time to get to- WHOAH!"
You fall down face first when you attempt to get out of the bed.
"Stitcheeeees. I've fallen. And I can't get up!"

About half an hour later the others manage to hear your pleas for help because they were busy having lunch and they pick up your crippled rear end from the floor. They seem equal parts relieved that you awoke and annoyed.
"Okay. How long?"

"Y-You were out cold for five days."

"Huh. Neat. Did we win?"

"Myeh. No-no brother-friend. You got knocked out. Yes-yes! T-Then the ship grew legs and began punch-fighting!"

"Yeah. We had to bust our asses to get you out of there! So you better be grateful you little bastard!"

Hagetaka nods.
"But at least we did destroy one of their ships. It's unknown if that enabled the Beast Pirates to do anything else. As we had to run away."

You try to rub your eyes as best you can but it's pretty hard with your arms in casts. Finally getting some help from Lyda you lay down in your bed.
"Hmmmm. Not good. I keep loosing. Gotta figure something out about that. Anyway what's the plan now?"

"We're heading back to Totland. And you better heal quick. If Mama sees you wrecked like that she might get angry."

"Because I lost?"

"No because you'd ruin the perfect picture of the wedding in her head."

Stitches then claps her hands together.
"Alright everyone! I'll get Silver back on his feet. But he'll need ample rest to do that. Omukade, could you prepare him a liquid based diet for the next couple of days?"

"Will do doc. Just tell me what you need."

As they all leave the room one by one however you call out to one of them.
"Bullseye!"

"Huh? Need something bro?"

"Yeah! Get me my weapons!"
You point at your tools of war that are sitting in the corner and have the boy lay them on the bed next to you.
"Thanks Will."

"Is that really necessary?"

"It is Stitches! Now please heal me!"

Damn, have we won any really important fight since the timeskip? and like im not talking katakuri where we managed to get a symbolic victory where we knocked him on his back but like a genuine victory against someone worth a damn

>>5396495
every DC is a 28, what can you do

>>5396495
we beat ivankov, after losing, and we didn't kill him

>>5396498
I mean even with ivan i wouldn't exactly call him someone worth a damn, even with what the QM said about when he fought an admiral he more just survived against an admiral through fighting smart IIRC, and even then in our fight where we "won" he wasn't actually that hurt when he retreated, he just ran after seeing our massive attack, but realistically probably could have kept on fighting there, of course i might be misremembering here

Cause like at this point are performances are just embarassing really, like silver talks alot of shit about how he's gonna be the strongest and what not but the minute it comes time to back that talk up with some action he immediately gets stomped hard, and it'd be one thing if that bothered silver IC and he actively tried to make sure it didn't happen again but he just doesn't seem to really care, which seems weird with as said all the talk about being strong and what not

The next week or so passes by in what feels like a heartbeat. Other than eating whatever meat slurry or soup Toxin cooked up for you and sleeping you didn't do much else, even allowed Lyda to work on you without as much as a yelp. According to the good doctor it was quite unnerving how you didn't react to anything and didn't even blink the whole time she was working with you. But by giving your body some actual downtime it could heal itself properly and by the time you entered within the boundaries of Mamas territory Lyda could remove your casts without any issues.

"Alright. Try standing up now!"
Without the aid of a crutch you manage to get out of bed and not only stand but walk perfectly. Lyda shakes her head.
"If only I could figure out how your body works I'm certain I could find a way to heal any injury. But now I'm also convinced your healing factor is powered by sheer stupidity."

"Well it's not like it's perfect."
You retort as you pot on your shirt and start buttoning it up, covering the uncountable number of battle scars you've earned over the years. They are good reminders though. Of the times things didn't go exactly according to plan, or did and there was just no better alternative. These last couple of defeats also remind you of those earlier times and make you smirk.
"Anyway it is very handy that I can get myself back into fighting condition like that. Now just gotta make sure I won't have to use it again! Though I probably will! Kekeke!"

You step out onto the deck for the first time in over a week and smell the fresh, overly sweet air of Totland. After making your way to Wholecake Island you are greeted by a small ensemble of Big Moms underlings who offer to take you straight to her chateau, they even brought a plus sized carriage just for Greki.
"Greetings Captain Silver!"
The chess piece bows to you.
"Mama is waiting for you. Please come with us."

"Uh-huh. Quick question. Are the Germans here?"

"I'm afraid not. Our esteemed guests have not arrived yet. Though they did send a message that they are nearby. They just want to wait for the remainder of their kingdom so they could arrive at the same time. Now please come with us-"

>Yeah okay.
>Mama can wait a bit more. I'll go and say hi to my bros
>Other?

>>5396495
Dice do be a bitch sometimes

>>5396512
>>Yeah okay.

>>5396512
>Yeah okay.
>Give mama a hug

>>5396513
Yeah dice can be a bitch, but IC this massive L streak silvers been on seems like something he'd atleast put some thought into somehow stopping, cause rn he seems pretty content being built like a side character

>>5396512
>Yeah okay.

>>5396511
So I'm gonna say that I quite like that we're getting our shit kicked in by the big names out there, the New World is supposed to be scary. It's supposed to be dangerous, and if we'd win all the time that just wouldn't be the case.
And we have a few wins and more importantly hints of proper strength: the island buster we pulled against Ivankov and the monster point transformation. There is room to grow.

That said you may be right, in that while I don't think Silver is capable of doubt him wanting to do something big and flashy and impressive to compensate does sound about right.

>>5396512
>Yeah okay.

>>5396527
Yeah but the thing is theres a bit of narrative dissonance here now, like tons of ppl constantly go on and on about how big of a threat silver is and how strong he is, hell big moms giving silver practically a several mile long leash when she normally just slaps ppl with a collar and holds that, all because she thinks he's strong, and yeah we've done a few cool things but none of them in actually BIG fights, like it'd be like if luffy revealed gear 4 against like baby 5, its still an impressive technique but the fact it was used against someone relatively weak devalues it, idk i just kinda want to see silver get frustrated at this so it atleast feels like its something he'd work to improve and stop, but rn it doesn't seem to actually bother him or motivate him in any way, like when kaido bodied luffy that motivated him to get better but silvers reaction to all his loses are just "eh i'll do better next time"

>>5396533
well we can't just stop the presses just to have a training arc or something, the show must go on

Aww Silver loves his new mom so much he's willing to ignore his brothers in law. How cute
>writing

>>5396533
Big Mom also called us weak, that we need to "grow up quickly". They didn't say "wow Silver is going to wreck everyone he comes across" they all say "Yea if we let this fucker live he is going to wreck everything in a few"

Yea I agree that it causes a moral issue for Silver as he *needs* to be the most dangerous person in the room to feel safe and to justify his actions. You also gotta remember that Silver ain't reasonable, I think it was Spooks who once compared him to the "If we win, we win, if we run away we didn't lose cause we can always come back for annuva go!" mindset

You want to "improve" alright, I'm with ya. As long as you do it Silver Style!
Find a dragon, impress Spooks and beat the daylight out of it (then steal the pile of gold)

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"Yeah okay!"

You all get into their carriages and they waste no time taking you to the center of the island where Mamas palace stands tall and proud. The city itself is in quite a festive mood with the people all preparing for the upcoming wedding. Even more than usual the streets are overflowing with color as the citizens decorate their streets and homes. The homies are even more jolly than usual and sing happy tunes about the festivities that are on the way and all the fun they'll have. It almost makes you jealous that you didn't get quite as much attention but you'll be a good boy just this once. After arriving you get out of the cart and address the homie that opened the door for you.

"Alright. Take us to Big Mom!"

"I'm afraid sir that Mama only requested Your audience."

"Oh. Okay. Nutmeg? Shall we?"

"Only You Sir. Mamas orders I'm afraid."

Looking over your shoulder you see your wife taking a step back.
"It's okay. I probably already know what she wants to say. You go ahead."
Shrugging you follow the chess piece but your ears catch something.
"This is gonna be so bad..."

Taking an elevator up you arrive at Mamas throne room in record time and the homie practically shoves you inside before closing the door behind you. Mama is standing with her back turned to you but she's aware of your presence as the chess piece announced it before. Thus it's only logical that Zeus and Prometheus gasping is just theatrics to amuse her.
"Oh look Mama! Silver's here!"

She turns around with a big, creepy smile on her face.
"Well if it isn't my favorite son-in-law! How are you doing Silver?"

"MAMA!"
Flying over to her you stand on her shoulder and hug her cheek.

"Aww. You're just as cute as a button! Let's have some tea and cookies!"

A small army of Big Moms servants strolls in and prepare a table for the two of you. Either she has all of this set up just in case she gets the munchies or this is what she wanted to do with you from the beginning. Both are equally likely. But after stuffing your face with sugary cookies and green tea you finally get to business.
"So Mama. What did you want to talk about?"

"Oh we can talk about that later. First I want to hear about your adventures. Did you have fun outside?"

"Sure did!"

"Oh do tell!"
You give her a pretty detailed rundown of everything that happened since you left Totland and she patiently sat through all of it. Few details seemed to surprise her though.
"Yes. I see. So you had your fun. But it sounds like you had some trouble out there. Like that damn Sengoku. Old man should really just kick the bucket and stop being a thorn in my side."

"Eh. It's not that bad."

"Really? I thought you'd be more frustrated at your own failure."

"Well it was hardly a fair fight."

"Oh?"

"But anyway tell me about this wedding! It sounds fun!"

"Oh it's gonna be! How much do you know about it?"

"A little."

"Well then-"

>>5396591
What does silver mean about it not being a fair fight? like we both had our crews, hell if anything it was slanted in silvers favor since he can fly where as sengoku was stuck on a boat

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"The marriage will happen between little Pudding, you've met her before. And one of the princes of the Germa Kingdom!"

"Oh I know those guys."

"Really?"

"Yeah... we met at sea. I liked their comics. But they uh... they were kinda lame. I get now why they say to never meet your heroes."

"Oh that makes it easier then. And how much do you know about them?"

"They are supervillains."

"Close. Those comics of theirs may be a work of morgans but they are the ones who pay him to do it. It's a nice way for them to mystify themselves. They spun these elaborate tales that are half truth half fantasy. So things get confusing and nobody really knows if they are actually real or not. That and it helps their reputation, which is quite rotten."

"Oh?"

"Indeed. You see. Those fancy-pants German used to be part of the World Government one time. But their king got a bit too greedy and wanted to dominate the whole North Blue and take it for himself. They did not like it. Not one bit. So they got kicked out, their land stripped from them. The Germa packed up their kingdom and now live on their moving sea forts built on top of massive snails. When all their ships come together they reform the proper Germa Kingdom. But as it stands they are not usually in one place."
Mama takes a big sip of her tea and tosses several dozen cookies in her mouth.
"And while normally a kingdom would meet its end after getting kicked out of the World Government they still survive to this day. Thanks to their very advanced technology. But they became shadows of their former selves. Little more than mercenaries and assassins, guns for hire that work for anyone willing to pay. Many times countries buy their services just so the enemy can't."

"Neat. So you want to get them into the family because of their science. Right?"

"Precisely. That Judge, he discovered so many interesting things! But I'm most interested in one particular one. How to grow humans! If I got my hands on that, with my resources I could finally create an army with which I can take over the world! MAMA-MAMA!"

"So we get to have a party and then the real fun begins eh? Kekekekeke!"

"Mama-Mama! Indeed! Well it'll take a while before we manage to figure out how exactly it all works. But once we take the Germa out of the equation nothing will stand in our way!"

Your laughter stops.
"W-What?"

"Hmmm? Oh. Yeah. I forgot. You were not told yet!"
Mama grins.
"This whole wedding is a lie! When the time comes we'll slaughter the Germa! Down to the last man! And then we take everything they have for ourselves! Mama-Mama!"

You feel shaken.
"What? Why? But they are family?"

Now Mamas laugh stops and she looks at you with annoyance.
"Wrong. Not until they marry into the family. And this is not going to be a real wedding. So they won't be part of it. Ever."

"But Mama... I don't understand!"

>>5396604
Pretty sure germas still part of the WG, since they could go to the reverie, they only got booted after they started shacking up with Big mom

"What can't you understand about that? We'll lure them into a trap, murder them all and take their stuff! It's what pirates do!"

"But why? If you marry them into the family you'll get their stuff anyway!"

"Sigh. Because they need to be taught a lesson!"
You look at Mamas familiars and their usual cheerful appearance is gone. Their faces now reflect Mamas inner, boiling rage.
"This wedding was arranged for years now. But that dog Judge kept stalling. He did not want to marry one of his sons into my family and instead searched for some bastard of his to use as a sacrificial lamb! Do you see Silver? The Germa did not come to me in good faith! They only want to use me for their own end and don't show me respect! They just want to use my name so they can safely take over the North Blue! They want to leave my territory and leave their runt with me while they go and fulfill their own ambition! They only want to take and take without giving me anything in return. That bastard doesn't recognize me as his better and thinks he can use me like that! Well I'll show him! We'll destroy everything he cherishes. His kingdom, his children, his legacy! MAMA-MAMA! And when I use his technology to take over the world nobody will even know it was his to begin with! It's the perfect insult!"

"But... I-"

"Oh? Oh don't you worry your pretty little head my boy. You won't have to do anything. Mama will handle it! All you have to do is be on your best behavior and enjoy yourself! It's gonna be a party after all! Oh and maybe you'll be needed for security. You know. If some little rats try something. You wouldn't want anything to happen to your family, would you?"

"N-No Mama."

"Excellent! I knew I could count on you! Awww don't look so gloomy. It doesn't look good on you! Tell you what? Once all this ugly business is over and we stuffed ourselves full of wedding cake we can talk about the army I'll give you!"

And that is all I can do for today. Hope you had fun.
I'll see you guys on the weekend!

>>5396606
Oh shit. I just checked. You're correct. Ah well. No biggie. Not like it makes any difference

>>5396621
Thanks for running Spooks!

>>5396620
Hmm why is silver so upset about this? like i fully expected him to come in and demand big mom to call the wedding off and kill them instead and then be pleasantly surprised when he found out that killing them is the plan, with maybe abit of grumbling about the tactics used

>>5396624
Because more family is more good. Why wouldn't you want a bigger family?
Also Gu has kind of fallen flat for Poison Pink

>>5396627
cause they're slavers?

>>5396629
That really wasn't the reaction when we met them tho, it wasn't "You fuckers are scum and I'm gonna start working on that problem" it was "Why would you ever do that to family?" A very similar one to what we're going through right now.

There's also the very arguable point that Germa arn't slavers, Judge is. Everyone else is just the victims.

>>5396632
I mean if we start going by that logic then we wouldn't have killed the child CDs in marineford, they probably hadn't brought any slaves at that point

>>5396633
>Doffy as a 4 year old child asked his father to buy him more slaves
Are you sure about that?

>>5396642
Yeah his father to buy him slaves, he didn't buy them himself, they were just household slaves he used, so then we get on the question does just benefiting from slavery mean silver would kill you? which murdering the child CD would imply, and by the logic all of germa 66 is on the kill list aswell

>>5396632
The way I see it, Silver would love for Judge to get french revolutioned, but he might be squiffy on Pink facing the noose. The others would be a mixed bag, but so far the signs point to them all being weenies and scum anyway.

>>5396643
Bro the kids thought they should have slaves. Why are you overthinking this? Keep it simple. The kids wanted slaves, therefore they are slavers. So they get the brick lobotomy.

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>>5392378

>>5396620
I mean, this honestly makes perfect sense.
It's a fake marriage, simple as that. She's setting up a trap, and never intended to bring them into the family.

Now, if the goal really was to accept them, only to then betray them later, that would be a dick move. But this? This is fine.

Nothing to get confused over or feel bad about, we're just fucking them in the ass.
That indeed is how pirates do.

silver was actually the ex-captain of the kuja pirates and empress of amazon lily from 3 generations ago all along huh
i see

>>5398352
What?

>>5398257
I would say it is a bit of a grey zone, just because while it is indeed what pirates do family is something of nerve for Silver.

>>5398456
he means shakky

Okay. That new chapter was baller.
So let's continue the thread tomorrow!
I was gonna do that anyway but now I'm a bit more pumped

Mama continues laughing to herself while you simply space out. But her commanding presence coupled with her powerful voice manage to catch your attention once she's done cackling.
"Oh yeah. Silver. Before we do anything I need to be sure you understand the plan. So listen up! When the Germa arrive you will be on your best behavior. Don't do anything to them even if they do something to piss you off! They'll pay for everything. Eventually. But we want them to feel comfortable and not suspect a thing. When they come here they'll be treated like royalty, and their brat will be given to Pudding who'll get him to drop his guard. Everything will proceed normally until the day of the wedding. And only at the very end of the ceremony when they are about to kiss do we act. The Germa goons will not be allowed in so we only have to deal with the Vinsmoke family. The groom will be shot by Pudding, the rest of the family will be captured by my other children and we'll shoot them all down like rabid dogs. They'll be disarmed, trapped and likely very drunk. And we'll have special weapons that'll tear their freakish mutant bodies apart! Mama-mama! If everything goes well you won't even have to do anything! But if things do go south I'll need you to be there and break ANYONE or ANYTHING that'd ruin my plans!"
Linlin then leans in closer.
"Can you do that for me?"

>Yes Mama! (Agree eagerly)
>I'll... try (Agree reluctantly)
>I-I can't agree to that Mama! (Refuse)
>Other?

The first update may take a while as I got some chores to do.
But after that we'll be going at full speed

>>5399703
>>I'll... try (Agree reluctantly)

>>5399703
>>I'll... try (Agree reluctantly)
You know I'm torn on this, so I'll go with the "i'm torn on this" option.
I can't point to why it's wrong within Silvers morality, because it really isn't. But it still doesn't sit right, you know?

Would be better to just kill them the moment they step ashore

>>5399712
I mean we can ask? just straight up ask big mom why we don't just murder them all once they're all ashore

>>5399722
You know what, this is a good point.
>Why don't we just ask Big Mom we we don't just murder them once they're all ashore!

>>5399712
Former vote

>>5399703
>>I'll... try (Agree reluctantly)

>>5399703
>Why don't we just kill them when they all get here? i can't imagine them being strong enough to even challenge katakuri let alone you, atleast from what i felt when two of them were on my ship

phew
turns out I could easily finish my chore in time
crisis averted
anyway, I see what you're saying
just to avoid voting for the same thing twice are you all okay with reluctantly accepting after asking for her reasoning? feel free to post if you want a reroll or not
>writing

>>5399738
Sure bossman, I can see the logic behind that.

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"Erm... Mama?"

"Hmmm? Something wrong?"

"I'm just wondering why go through all this? Why not just kill them outright when they arrive? Why lie to them about making them f-family? I'm sure you alone could do it. Not to mention Katakuri and the others. So why?"

She glares at you for the first time in a way that could be interpreted as anything less than entirely positive. Annoyance, or more like mild frustration perhaps. Linlin then takes a deep breath and in a condescending tone tries to enlighten you a bit.
"Silver, Silver, Silver. Come here. It's all very simple you see. The thing that we want from the Germa Kingdom is their technology. Which is all located in their fancy castles. Which might get damaged if we fight near them. We don't want that. And yes, I could crush those bugs. But don't underestimate them. Their infinite army and the Vinsmokes especially, with their modifications would be annoying to deal with. If by any chance we can't kill them in a timely manner they'd just run back home and sail away on their mobile kingdom. In short, we need to eliminate the Vinsmokes far away away from their castles and do it quickly. And the best way to do that is by stripping them of their gadgets and hitting them with weapons that make a mockery of their modifications! And what better place to do that then at a wedding? We'll just strip them of all their weapons for "safety reasons"! Then we trap them with Perosperos ability and execute them! Simple!"

"Ah. I see now. Sorry for not getting it be-"

"And then I'm gonna eat all that delicious cake over their cold dead bodies! Mama-Mama!"

Of course. In a way the whole wedding is for the sake of Big Mom. Because she wants to have a party. And this is as good an excuse as any.

"I'll try my best Mama. For the family."

"Mama-Mama! I'm so glad to hear that."
She pats you on the head like some gerbil.
"Now I won't be holding you up for much longer. Go! Have fun. Say hi to whomever you like. We'll have some family gatherings where we'll go over the details later so don't worry about that. Oh and one more thing. Remember to behave. We don't want to tip off our prey!"

You excuse yourself from her throne and find a chess soldier waiting for you. Giving you a salute he speaks up.
"I hope your meeting went well sir!"

"Just shut up and take me to my crew."

"At once!"

Several dozen floors below you are escorted to the hallway where your boys were given rooms and once there you dismiss the homie before gathering everyone for a group meeting. All of them get a bit nervous when they see your face and they realize something has upset you greatly. Once in Grekis room which is the biggest of the lot you knock out every homie in the room and sharpen your ears in case anyone comes to snoop on you before explaining what went down with Big Mom. They are a bit surprised by the whole event being a gigantic trap essentially but it's hardly shocking for them.

"Huh. I've never seen a whole noble bloodline slaughtered like cattle. That'll be fun."

"HOOK!"

"What? Don't tell me you feel bad for those pricks? Remember what that one asshole was like? I say good riddance. This might be the first case in the history one of the Yonko will objectively make the world a better place. Nothing of value will be lost."

"MARCELLA!"
Gu smashes his fist down on the table.
"Do you hear what you're saying? She's inviting a whole family in good faith to her home! To her family! And then she'll betray that trust by shanking them when they least expect it! That's only what the lowest of scum of society would do! Those whose hearts and souls are putrid and rotten to the core!"
You sigh with relief as Omukade manages to kinda put things to words that you can't. Only for him to ruin it a second later.
"SIlver! I beg of you! You must plead with Big Mom to spare Poison Pink! The rest don't matter! You said they are all soulless slaves. They and their heartless overlord can go but she has WORTH!"

The others also start discussing things and noise fills the room. But their opinions are largely the same. They are either ambivalent or are fully in support of Mama killing the Vinsmokes, even if it somewhat bothers a select few of them. Only Nutmeg doesn't say anything until things calm down.
"Silver. I know this must be upsetting for you. But that's just how Mama, no, this entire family is. She's never done such a thing before. But I'm not at all surprised by it. And it sounds like they did much to earn her ire like that. But please, even if you dislike it you mustn't do anything harsh. Do you understand that?"

>"Yeah. I do. Don't worry. Not that dumb."
>"I'm gonna head out. Need to clear my head..."
>"No! This is wrong!"
>Other?

>>5399779
>>"Yeah. I do. Don't worry. Not that dumb."

The boy CAN learn!

>>5399779
>>"Yeah. I do. Don't worry. Not that dumb."
Just be subtle about it for once!

>>5399779
>"Yeah. I do. Don't worry. Not that dumb."

No way silver would say "No! this is wrong" at this point, if he was gonna it would have been to big moms face

>>5399779
>"Yeah. I do. Don't worry. Not that dumb."

i still think it's not the same as betraying them after a genuine marriage
it's literally just a trap

So if we do actually decide to go through with this what will silver reaction to sanji be? like i can't imagine he'd be fine with killing him because sanji is robins friend, so it'd be a that point silver would have to actively work against big mom or ask if sanji could be spared, and well it'd be up in the air if she'd agree or not

>>5399779
>"Yeah. I do. Don't worry. Not that dumb."

>>5399779
>>"Yeah. I do. Don't worry. Not that dumb."

I mean we could just kidnap Pink beforehand, or during the wedding. I'm sure we can think something up

>>5399795
A strong "meh", Sanji is a strawhats and those guys are all dicks. But they're not "kill on sight" kind of dicks until they start trying to hurt our (adopted) family.
Then they're gonna get hurt.

>"Yeah. I do. Don't worry. Not that dumb."

>>5399795
It's gonna be kinda half and half.

On one hand yeah he's on the chopping block but on the other he's not a weenie. Silver would expect him to have some way to survive on his own or at least be smart enough to make it out once he realizes it's a trap.

The other Vinsmokes he'd just write off because aside from Pink they're either tools or slavers. And even Pink is only semi-free enough to be a wonky tool.

Also he's Luffy's crew and therefore his responsibility.

Alright. No mystery encounters for you
>writing

>>5399812
I mean i'd say silver would consider robin a friend and someone he cares about

>>5399827
I think so. If not a friend then at least a fond acquaintance.

>>5399827
Yea, sure. But last I checked her and sanji are indeed different and distinct people?

>>5399831
Yeah but sanji dying would make her sad, therefore something silver would want to avoid since he cares about her

>>5399832
That feels a bit too removed for Silver to care THAT much about. If it was Silver's crew member being sad yeah sure.

But she's in Luffy's crew and her sadness is Luffy's responsibility.

>>5399839
So is his safety.

>>5399839
I mean we looked after the entire straw hat crew as a favor to a boat we literally met and befriended in like 2 minutes

>>5399846
Boats are different.

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It takes considerable effort on your part but you rein in your feelings on the matter.
"Yeah I do. Don't worry. I'm not that dumb. What Mama wants Mama will get."

"We'll have to see about that-"

"Greki!"

"Sorry Miss Silver. But it's the truth. Even if he says so the cap'n has problems with subtlety. It's just the truth."

"Myeh. Me-me has a question. What-what are you talking about?"

"Nothing Dexter."
You shake your head.
"But I'll need one of your strongest potions to sleep tonight."

"Normally me-me would say my strongest potion-drinks would be too strong for you. But I trust brother-friends ridiculous-mad tenacity. Me-me will see what me-me can scrounge up."

"Thanks. And Gu. I can't make any promises but we can give it a try at least. Maybe Mama can be convinced."

Omukade doesn't seem too reassured by this but it's not like he has much of a choice in the matter. Even he realizes that the Yonko are not to be trifled with, even if he has qualms about her plans. But with that settled you cut things short, stating that you feel like you need some rest and move to your own room with Nutmeg. After getting some of Dexters extra hard moonshine you drink yourself to near oblivion and get to bed. But your wife lying next to you senses the tension radiating from you and she tries to do something about it while you stare out of your head.
"Silver-"

"Yes?"

"Are you asleep?"

"No."

"Sigh. Listen. I just want to know what's wrong. You're clearly upset. And I want to help. But I can't do that if I don't know what your problem is. Can you work with me?"

"No. I can't explain what it is that feels wrong about this. I can't find the words. But I don't want to cause problems to the family."

"And yet you still feel upset about something."
She turns to the side and wraps her arms around you, pulling you closer. Hoping that the comfort she provides at least eases your frustration. She cuddles with you for a while before she nervously speaks up.
"Listen I... I can't fully say I've figured out how you think yet. But I got a pretty good idea. And... I think you need to know something."

"What?"

She stops and starts thinking deeply. It must be about something very important because you feel her pulse getting faster and faster.
"N-Nothing. I'll tell you later. Just try to get some sleep. Okay?"

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>>5399859
>"N-Nothing. I'll tell you later. Just try to get some sleep. Okay?"

>>5399866
baka nutmeg raising death flags

>>5399846
That was a one time favor and I don't see any other boats asking us to do it again.

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Unfortunately the night brought you little relief. Your mind was too occupied by thoughts you lack the ability to fully comprehend which left you even more frustrated. Thus getting out of bed early you left the embrace of your wife, got dressed and left in search of a solution to the problem. And you got a good idea of what might help. What always does. Violence. If you can't work the intrusive thoughts out of your head you'll beat them out. Thankfully you know just the person to do that.

Taking flight you left Wholecake Island. The person you were looking for is hard to miss so you have no problem locating the island he's on even with the many islands that are within Big Moms kingdom. Finding Komugi Island you land atop a hill and the tree that was standing next to you a moment ago flies off from its trunk as it got severed. The figure responsible for it walks up to you.
"Didn't flinch huh?"

"No."

"Hello brother. Did you come to see me?"

"Yeap."

"How did you know I was awake?"

"Mister Perfect has to keep practicing."

Katakuri chuckles.
"It's good to see you again Silver. Sorry about not seeing you even though I heard you arrived yesterday. The preparations for the wedding are a nightmare."

"It's good to see you again Katakuri."

"Hmmmm? Something wrong? I don't think I've seen you all gloomy like that before. Was the meeting with Mama that bad?"

"N-No. Actually-"

"Hmmm."
Katakuri takes out his watch from his front pocket.
"I was about to have breakfast anyway. How about you join me and you tell me all about it?"

After nodding Katakuri has his servants bring food for him as he erects a shrine for the two of you to talk in. You try your best to voice your frustration to him but you're just as incapable of telling him as you were yesterday. But like the responsible big brother he is he listens intently and nods along the way.
"I see. You're frustrated about the wedding for some reason."

"And I can't figure out why. It feels like it's right on the top of my head but I don't know! And it's driving me crazy! But I also don't want to ruin Mamas plans! AAARGH!"

"Well-"
He sips his tea after eating a giant doughnut whole.
"-what are you gonna do about it?"

"I want you to beat me up!"

Katakuri almost chokes on the next doughnut he just popped in his mouth. After struggling a bit with it he starts laughing his ass off.
"AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You're serious?"

"I want to cool off and that's the best way I know."

After wiping his mouth clean and pulling his scarf back up Katakuri glares at you.
"I have a better proposition for you."

"Huh?"

"I don't know about you but whenever I felt frustrated about my inadequacies I trained. It helped reaffirm my strength and worked out the tension. It could do you some good. And I could use a training partner as well. So?"

>"Alright. Can you teach me how to use my weapons better?"
>"Okay. I need help with my fruit anyway."
>"No thanks. I just want you to punch me in the face a lot."
>Other?

>>5399884
>>"Okay. I need help with my fruit anyway."

>>5399884
>"Okay. I need help with my fruit anyway."

have no idea how katakuri would be able to help us use our weapons better

>>5399884
>>"Okay. I need help with my fruit anyway."

>>5399884
>"Yes, thanks. I want you to punch me in the face a lot."

My enemy is my teacher, not my teacher is my teacher. Also sparring counts, right?

>>5399884
>"Alright. Can you teach me how to use my weapons better?"

Alright
Training sesh with Katakuri with Devil Fruits.
What could go wrong?
>writing

Now let's see how it goes
3d10+4
best of 3
dc 17, crit 23

>>5399887
Well he knows how to handle a spear and has decades more experience than you do

Rolled 10, 4, 10 + 4 = 28 (3d10 + 4)

>>5399912
easy

Rolled 1, 5, 1 + 4 = 11 (3d10 + 4)

>>5399912
Holy shit a DC under 20 and a crit below 25. God damn the wonders of having a willing teacher.

Rolled 5, 5, 8 + 4 = 22 (3d10 + 4)

>>5399912

>>5399913
now just is just the universe taunting our ass, the one time we have a somewhat reasonable DC we get a 28

>>5399918
we've gotten some great rolls with great timing before, against Katakuri here no less

"Okay. I need help with my devil fruit anyway."

"Oh? What kind of help?"

"Nutmeg said it's awakening. I went berserk one time and destroyed half a marine fort and almost killed six CP-0 agents."

Katakuri raises an eyebrow at that.
"Really now? Well they do say that devil fruits have a will. Zoans especially. One strong enough that it can even animate objects if you feed the fruit to them. So that's not really surprising. But I've still never heard of such thing. Interesting."

"So can you help me then? Since yours is all awakened and stuff."

"That depends on your definition of help. No. I can't magically make your awakening complete. That happens on its own. What I can do is help you prepare for when the time comes. And that should help you control it if it ever goes haywire again."
Katakuri claps his hands together and the shrine he built dissolves before your very eyes.
"Alright. Let's lay down some ground rules. You're not allowed to use your weapons. In return I won't use Mogura. The point of this exercise is to build you up, not your weapons. Got it?"

You look at your weapons.
"Is it okay if I keep them on though?"

"As long as you don't use it then it's fine. Everything else goes aside that. In fact I expect you to use everything. From start to finish."

"Why? Isn't that a bit too dangerous?"

"It is. But it's necessary. The awakening process will not be complete until your mind and body are ready for it, when there ceases to be a distinction between your powers and you."
He raises his hand which turns into mochi, falls off his arm and plops on the ground before a new one sprouts from the dough covered stump he had left.
"See? It's a subtle thing and that makes it difficult. You need to learn that there is no bat and there is no Silver. The two are each other, one and the same. And for that you need absolute control over every facet of it. Not just being able to use it but control it at all times."
Katakuri then raises his hands.
"Muso Donuts!"

Two gigantic fists appear behind him from a pair of donuts made of mochi.
"HEY! What's the big idea?!"

He chuckles.
"This may be just training. But don't expect me to pull my punches too much. I won't kill you. But that's all the mercy you get from me! No pain, no progress Silver! NOW! Are you ready?!"

You take a deep breath.
"My enemy is my teacher. My teacher is my enemy... Ready!"
He smacks you in the face.
"OW!"

Katakuri gives you no room to breathe and doesn't bother slowing down even when his humongous fists start beating you into trees or the dirt so you must fight accordingly. Using the Red Voice and Shakushi in tandem you manage to slide around the incoming punches and make your way to Katakuri. Though he's constantly slowing you down with his unrelenting barrage of attacks he can't actually stop you. Finally reaching him you've readied your fist and you're about to punch him in the face as revenge but he shouts at you.
"Stop!"

Only barely do you manage to grind to a halt mere inches from his nose. Feeling like you just got cheated out of a good punch and like your heels are about to explode from the sudden stop you glare at him.
"WHAT?!"

"I told you didn't I? This will be painful. You need to also learn how to control your own strength and hold it back. Not just mindlessly throwing it all on your enemy. Now go back to where you were. And do it again!"

You repeat the same process several time. Each attempt is a bit different because Katakuri learns from your last approach and makes the next one even harder. You dodge, jump, climb over, run on and fly above the fists as they come at you faster, in harder to follow patterns and hit you harder every time. But all of that you could deal with. If he didn't make you stop just before striking him each time. Now granted, he could probably still dodge most of those given his advanced observation haki. But that doesn't make it piss you off any less. Finally after he tells you to start over the twentieth time you snap. When the giant fist of mochi clad in black haki comes hurling towards you there is simply no intention in your mind to get out of its way. Frustrated beyond words you swing your hand to swat it away like a fly.

"Hmmm?"
Katakuri stares at you in disbelief.

You did not want to do that. Even when you did you barely realized you did it. The whole thing happened because of pure gut instinct. When the back of your hand stuck the massive mochi your arm swell with strength on the moment of impact. The strength of the Dumahim and armament haki filled the strike so fast there was simply no way to see it without the ability of future sight, as the power faded as fast as it appeared. So if there were any mundane observers around all they would've seen was you deflecting one of Katakuris attacks with your bare hand.

You rush towards Katakuri now that you have a clear shot at him. He's so surprised by what he saw that he couldn't order you to stop in time, forcing him to guard.
"Kaku Mochi!"
He puts his blocky hands over one another as you kick him. The same explosive power erupts from your legs and sends him sliding backwards.
"Silver wai-"
But before he could finish you open your mouth and a vortex of swirling fire erupts from it. Following that you run at him again, intent of punching him in the jaw while he's busy with the fire.
"ENOUGH!"
He shouts.

At his words a pair of bat wings sprout from your back and they grab the air which helps you stop in a timely manner. Now resting like a spider in its web you look at Katakuri.
"Again?"

"In a minute. I think this is a good time to take a break. But we're making good progress. You're starting to get the hang of using every facet of your skills in tandem. Your observation, armament and devil fruit abilities finally don't feel like they are holding each other back. That's good. It means you started integration."
He sits down and takes a breather.
"Aren't you gonna get down from there?"

"Get down?"
You look at your wings and freak out.
"What? What am I doing? Cool!"

"Hmph. So that wasn't a conscious move? Good. Remember that feeling. Using your devil fruit needs to be as natural as breathing."

And that's where I'll have to end for today unfortunately
I hope you enjoyed yourselves and that it wasn't too much of a bore
I'll see you guys sometimes next week. Probably on wednesday.
Have a good night

>>5399983
nah this is good shit, i want even more training

>>5399983
We've been in need of a training arc spooky, this shit good

>>5399983
I got dragged off before that last post so I couldn't say: Thanks for running Spooks!
I like the relationship Silver has with Katakuri, its strangely wholesome despite everything.

>>5400591
good old

So it looks like I'm only gonna be able to run on Thursday and Saturday

>>5403904
Where are you running to?

>>5403915
The store to pick up some milk real quick :)

>>5403904
Running is bad for your knees Spooks, go for a nice jogg instead.

>>5404109
just looked it up and the "running is bad for your knees" thing is bullshit especially if you using the balls of your feet.

>>5404244
Jogging tends to be worse than running from the way people tend to "hop" as they jog. Lots of impact going straight into your joints that way. As opposed to the forward momentum from running properly.

Really it always comes down to "are you doing it wrong?".

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>>5403915
>>5403921
>>5404109
>>5404244
>>5404249

SHIT! I was supposed to run today wasn't I? It completely lipped my mind.
Sorry everyone. This is not my week. Looks like I'll only be able to continue on Saturday

>>5405076
Told you all that running wasn't good for ya.
See you on Saturday!

>>5405076
looks like you were running out of brain cells all along

someone copied enels space laser

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Back at the new Marine HQ a tired old man is sitting at the beach by himself. He decided to watch the new recruits to see if any of them have potential. They did not. Now he's sleeping in his deck chair a good couple yards away from it, the faint noise of the drilling instructor only serving to help him sleep. Sometimes he wonders why he hasn't retired yet. The number of fresh rookies dwindles every year as the seas get more tumultuous. There are and always will be kids who want to do the right thing, those that felt the harshness of the world personally and decided to do something about it. But more and more of them get intimidated by the current status of the world and decide that meek submission is preferable. He can't really blame them. The way things are progressing sooner or later everything will escalate to the level they were before. Maybe even beyond that. Weapons and machines are being made to wage a war on a scale never seen before. It's enough to make a man question his own conviction. Why keep going? Because he's a god damn marine, that's why. Always has been. Always will be. And-

"Instructor Garp!"
There are other reasons too.

The snot bubble growing from his nose pops and the elderly vice-admiral gets up.
"Coby! Helmeppo! How are things? It feels like it's been ages since we last met."

"Sorry master! We were just busy."

"I heard! Captain hmmm? Not bad for a milquetoast."

"HEY! What about me? I've been getting promotions too! Coby's not the only one who's been working his ass off!"

"GWAHAHAHAHA! I know I know. Don't worry son. We're all aware that Coby wouldn't be anywhere without you supporting him every step of the way. Your daddy ought to be ashamed that his son surpassed him so thoroughly."
Garp smiled proudly. His star pupils have progressed so much. Knowing that they started out as human shaped string beans almost feels surreal. Despite Cobys relatively low rank he's still a Marine operating exclusively in the New World and performs far above and beyond what's expected of him with Helmeppo keeping up with him.
"I'm proud of both of you! But what are you two doing here? I assume it's not just to visit an old fool like me."

"We would've loved to visit you Sir but HQ's been working us to the bone lately! One assignment after another with no shore leaves! Even now we only came back to get orientation on our next assignment!"
Helmeppo complained.

"Really? And what would that be?"

"With the Levely coming up we were ordered to safely escort the dignitaries to Mary Geoise and to act as official liaisons."

"Guard duty? Bah!"
Garp spat on the ground.
"I hate that! Those pretentious nobles should learn to take care of themselves finally!"

"Don't say that teacher! It's our job to protect everyone. Nobles included."

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"Hnnng! You're right. But you're still wasted protecting those fabergé eggs! The waters out there are getting more dangerous every day! And they are wasting precious resources by pretending they are important! They could've at least delayed the Levely until things calmed down but noooo! They have to put everyone at risk by strutting their stuff around!"
Garp abruptly stopped his ranting and looked quite serious. His exaggerated annoyance, as well as his carefree grin both disappeared.
"Come on, really? That's what it took?"

"What are you talking about teacher? What's wrong?"

Garp turned around and as he did the two boys saw the white figure that appeared behind him.
"You know that's nowhere near the most slanderous thing I've said about the government. Or did the big dogs upstairs finally decide that they're tired of my barking? Mary..."

Mary took off her mask, shocking the boys who called out to her by name.
"Greetings. Garp the Hero."

Garp folded his arms.
"Is this how it's gonna be then? Murdered in broad daylight? I heard you guys fubar'd pretty recently and got grilled. But I still held Aegis in a little higher regard than this. Did you guys really get so sloppy? Or did Cavalier kill everyone with an ounce of talent?"

"I'm not with Aegis 0 anymore."

Garp uncrossed his arms and frowned.
"Girl... What in the blazes did you do?"

"In exchange for taking the fall for the last mission I got about half a dozen agents vouching for me. And because my security clearance wasn't that high and didn't come to possess any classified information because I was still technically a trainee they allowed me to leave. In exchange for becoming the laughing stock of the government and bringing shame to my name I can return to being a marine."

"Mary..."

"Make no mistake. I did not come to ask for forgiveness Garp."
Mary knelt down and placed her forehead on the sand.
"I'm sorry for failing to meet your expectations."

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As she gets back up and turns to leave however Coby stops her.
"Mary wait! Where are you going?"

"I said I'm done. I'll return to what I was supposed to do this whole time. Continue the family business. I'll ask for a transfer. To a ship, to a captain, to a fort. Doesn't matter. But preferably in one of the Blues. Maybe I'll actually be of some to someone there. Do some good finally."

"You should come with us! Look I don't know how you must feel but I can tell you're hurting. But you'll always have a place with us! I know we've not always seen eye to eye but we're all Garps students. And we all know how amazing you are! Remember how it was when we all trained together? It can be just like that again. We'll not hold joining Cipher Pol against you. Please! You don't have to keep torturing yourself!"

"That's sweet of you to say but-"

As she's about to reject Coby she notices a shadow looming over her. Garp solemnly looks down at her and pats her shoulder.
"Girl listen. I'm not mad at you. I'm not even disappointed. When you left all I felt was sadness because of the path you chose. Because I felt like it was because of my shortcomings that you did so. Nobody hates you and you failed no one. Not me, not them, not your parents. Because you matter. To us. To those two eggheads back there. Because you're our friend. Please. Come back to us."

"Sniff... Madhter!"

Sorry everyone for failing to deliver on the session again!
Please accept this omake as apology

Wait so kobys gonna be a guard at mariejois here? is that a change from canon with thw WG bumping up security at CD request after our rampage? since while koby did save rikus ship in canon i don't think he was on actual bodyguard duty, and was instead just out patrolling and happened to save them

>>5405974
No. Basically HQ is saying
"Look this whole thing is like an invitation for Silver to fuck our shit up. Please don't let him do that"

>>5405979
It's practically a fucking invitation for Silver. If he wasn't busy with the wedding...