One Piece: The Southern Seas

Post by **Doodleshark** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:41 pm

Darryl wasn't too happy at the moment. He didn't look happy, either. How many happy people do you know that mutter agrily under their breath?

Anywho, Darryl had just been fired from yet another restaurant for causing the other staff to quit due to anxiety. Wasn't his fault that dumb waitress didn't hold the food right... or that cook didn't know how to cut carrots. How was Darryl supposed to know that telling somebody that they suck at slicing orange vegetables would distract them enough to cut off their thumb? It hadn't even come all the way off, for goodness' sake!

"Stupid boss-man firing me just because I beat that stupid guy's over the stupid head with my nunchucks just 'cuz he told me there was a stupid fly in the soup..." Darryl mumbled. At this rate, he would never be well known enough for his culinary skills for him to host his own cooking show! He needed some way too boost his standing in the eyes of the public...

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a couple people mulling about around a sign reading "Wanted! A pirate crew!". So what? All pirates ever did was-

...

Darryl stopped and stared at the sign.

...

Then he looked away, took a few steps, and stared at the sign again.
"Pirates, eh?" He thought, "That just might help me out! I mean, so many people 'round are pirates anyway, so a pirate cook oughta get more attention than a regular ol' cookin' cook. And since pirates eat so darn much, good cookin's probably in demand! I should go join!" Darryl confidently strode over and promptly... didn't do anything, because he didn't want to interrupt the other people's conversation. I mean, sending a guy to the hospital over a fly in a soup was one thing, but interrupting a conversation, well that's just plain rude!

Post by **Kaida** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:52 pm

Kaida after finally being allowed a break, which consisted of the whole afternoon, was out the back door befor anyone could call her back. She headed down to the docks when she stopped when she saw a sign saying "Wanted! A pirate crew!". She also heard the conversation they were having with the hyper teenager whome she had seen around town sometimes, but never spoken to befor.

"If he doesn't have a ship I can get us one!" She said inserting herself into the conversation.

Post by **Josiah** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:34 am

"I really don't care who has the ship." Talene turned to the new girl. "But if you do maybe you'd be intersted in a little game of chance? This bag of berries against the ship. What do you think?" Talene pulled a moderately sized pouch out of his/her coat and held it up.

Post by **Kaida** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:28 pm

"I said I could get us one, not that I have one, there's a big difference" Kaida replied as she tried to guess how many berries the bag could hold.

Post by **Giga-Gar** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:54 pm

"Berries! What kind? I hope they're blue berries. I'm running low on them and I need it for my anti-oxydent pills. You should try one." Marcus interupted. He then grabbed some pills from his pocket and displayed it on the counter of the pirate stand. "They come in strawberry, cherry, and blue berry," he said, motioning to the pills. "My pills help fight free radicals, which damage your skin. But there's a hitch. It's still in it's testing phase and I don't know what most, if any, of the side effects are. So, any of you want to be my guinea pig?"

Post by **Kaida** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:09 am

"Um, I'll pass on the guinea pig offer, and were talking about money not berries and... wait" Kaida said as she looked at the guy. "I know you, you're the guy that just got kicked out of the pub becuse you told a drunk pirate not to smoke because it was bad for him!" Suddenly remembering the scene at the pub.

Post by **Silver** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:17 pm

Silver didn't have to wait long before his rather unusal method of forming a pirate crew had attracted a small crowd. He didn't respond to their proposals right away; they began interacting with each other instead, exactly as he had hoped. A crew that can't work together wouldn't do much good.

Squirrel boy then turned to the dissenter who had questioned his method, said, "I won't get much of a crew this way, huh?" then stuck his tounge out.

"Ok! You're all in!" he said, standing up from behind the lemon aid stand and pointing towards the four people in front of him. "And I do have a ship, but I'm not sure if it'll hold all of us..." his eyes shifted towards a little rowboat tied up at the nearby docks. It hardly even qualified as a rowboat... considering there was only one oar and it was broken in half. "So if you can get one, that would be great! Oh, and I'd love to be a guinea pig, but I'm afraid I only do squirrel."

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:13 am

"Whoa, whoa, who said anything about joining your crew?" Talene eyed the "boat". "I'm a top notch navigater, I wouldn't have any trouble finding a job on half the crews in town. What's so great about yours? Where are you sailing? What's you goal? If you can give me a good answer and get a real ship then I'll think about it."

Post by **Giga-Gar** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:43 am

"Hey kid, where do I sign up?" he eagarly said. He then noticed that Talene was looking at him like he was crazy. "What? Every other pirate crew that I tried to join had a smoker on them, and it was usually the capitan," he explained. he then turned toward the ocean and shouted, 'YOU KNOW ITS BAD FOR YOU!"

Post by **Kaida** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:47 pm

"Yes, uh, boat, hang on" And once again Kaida was off befor anyone could stp her. She returned about 10 minutes later with a large bag. She dumped the bag on the ground and opened it so they could see that it was full of gold.
"Theres aways pirates here and its easy to steal from them for someone with my abilities, as long as i don't take to much at once. If I did rumours would have spread and some more causious pirates would have avoided this place completely. It's taken me 7 years to get this much and it should be enough to get us a ship, well one that will get us somewhere till we can get a real good one." She explained in a long-winded speach. Did I mention that she talks allot befor?

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:52 pm

Talene's gaze quickly went from the boat to the bag. "Hey, do you know to play card?"

Post by **Stevenson** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:41 pm

A gunshot sounded. Seconds later, a boxing glove whizzed by Talene's head and socked Dr. Marcus in the face.

"Stop being an idiot." a voice called out. It was Pierce, standing further down the pier. He had what seemed to be a cigarette in his mouth. For Marcus, the man was easily recognizable as the reason he was kicked out of the bar. He walked up and waved the object in the doctor's face. "This is medicine. Medicine. As in, good for me. It just so happens to keep my heart in full working order." he extinguished it on the ground. "Now...." he began, but then took a moment and noticed his surroundings. "Er...what's all this hubbub about?" he asked, scratching his head.

Post by **Silver** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:55 pm

Silver worriedly looked at the doctor for a second - he had kind of been hit in the head with a boxing glove and consequently knocked to the ground - but his attention quickly shifted to the one responsible for the attack. Marcus wasn't exactly doing anything exciting. "I'm forming a pirate crew! That's what the hubbub is about. You wanna join?"

Post by **Giga-Gar** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:04 pm

Meanwhile, Marcus was sprawled on the ground seeing stars in front of his eyes. "Oh look. I can see the Big Dipper," He said, dazzed. When he came to, he noticed that a new person was there. "Hey there! I'm Marcus, The only compitant doctor on Yoake Island. Who are- wait a second, I know you. Your that guy who was smoking in the bar!" Marcus yelled. "Have you ever heard of a little something called Emphysema? Ya, it affects your lungs so that you spend more energy breathing than anything else. But there is good news. I can run some tests on you to check how bad the damage on your body is. All you have to do is do as I say and promise not to press any charges, ok?"

Post by **Stevenson** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:25 pm

Pierce looked down at the doctor. "Compitent? Doctor?" he asked. "Perhaps you've heard of something called medicine. It helps someone. And that's what this is." he held his "cigarrette", which was now clearly emitting green smoke. "There's nothing harmful about it. I need it to stay alive." he confronted the doctor. "You should probably think about things before spouting off at the mouth-I hear it's hazzardous to your health to be a moron." he chuckled, and looked over at squirrel-boy "A pirate crew? And what daring adventures would this crew of your partake in? Something exciting, I hope." he grinned.