Southerly meeting: The Children of the Earth. (open thread)

Pissed Off
"A shichibukai here on my vessel?" Captain Gold said he let out a smile then turn his attention toward the man. He rise up off his throne room chair he open his mouth then said," It is in fact time for you to leave my vessel  shichibukai for scum like you are not welcome on here this vessel "
 He scan the vessel seeing the Fishman escape both attacks with ease he watch as several parts of his the deck was burn due to the battle. He said," Dam nit must I clean up after your mess all the time Cliffer?"
He place his hand on the deck as he crouch down he said, "Rock Touch." The deck and anything within 20 feet in all direction turn into solid rock repairing any damage the ship took due to the blazing fire. He was quite hot he knew it was because of Cliffer overwhelming power he grin as he raise up he witness the shichibukai power so he knew he can teleport items which was rather bad for him.

He said," Time to suit up." He crack a smile the ship begin to set sail away from the shore since there was only 2 pirates to do this it had taken some time. Captain Gold said, "Quake." He slam his fist into the ground or the deck as it release a large shockwave cause the ship to move back ,and forth, for 30 feet everyone could feel the force. It send flying wood, and rock debris direct at   the shichibukai, and Cliffer too since this move was an all that effect all.

Shit
Surely this move would those off anyone it would be a great decoy he seen the captain reach to aim for the deck. He knew with the training with his captain he knew what was coming next he said, "Sorry Captain. He go-" He jump then spin around as flying rock hit against his twisting body some of the rocks was burn on impact he said, “Aurai." He shoot out a flying lava dog wave at his target at sure speed attempt to hit the warlord since the shit was rocking back, and forth surely this would affect the way he move plus the quake move. The lava dog traveling directly toward the warlord as Cliffer made a loud thud against the deck as he control the dog lava wave. Plus the heat of the ship was great it may cause the deck to sweat ,and the warlord to sweat too would he be able to dodge this attack?

Verve had experience with battling enemies of the government, including one gura gura no mi user he assassinated. This wasn't nearly as devastating. He almost lost his life against that man. He kept his balance perfectly. As debris fell close, he would dodge the smaller debris and propel himself off of the larger debris. This way he could keep this man in his sights.

"You obviously are used to fighting multiple opponents. That gives me a certain advantage. I am used to fighting multiple opponents as well; however, the fact that my power is concentrated and I have more experience will allow me to defeat you. Your attacks are... Too broad, for lack of better words."

He threw another tomahawk at the captain.

(Umm you can respond wry go ahead!)

Not going to work
Cliffer grin as the man with little effort toss ,and dodge there attacks with ease.
He smirk as he wave his hand the lava wave was redirect directly toward the man once more it attempt to hit the man. The Dog like lava spin around as it aim directly at the warlord who wasn't looking.

Captain Gold
"MH mm, that not going to work." He grin he ignore the axe like blade he knew he would try to teleport it. But what he didn't know is that he was ready for it regardless he declare in a low voice "Tekkai Kenpo Roba no Kamae" He disappear in a blur if speed as he reappear behind the user his hands turn into a rock fist as he thrust it downwards in an attempt to punch the man legs out to attempt to break them from behind him in a low position.

(OOC: Let's pretend my character went through all these posts, you guys went crazy :O)

Francis stood behind Cliffer, his sword out in front of him and his eyes looked onto the man in front of him. He was ready to show off his devil fruit powers when it was needed. He watched Cliffer attack the man.

"Don't worry, we got this."

((you guys just carry on for now. The fishmen will be recuperating for the moment.))

Mach loan

Verve moved at high speed behind gold and stood there waiting for him to attack again, with his guard seemingly down completely. He had no opinion of this man. He had fought stronger men.

[sorry, but all of my battle posts with mein are straight forward, often relying on the reply to actually do anything, so they will be short. I won't blame you if you do the same]

Gotcha
He whisper, " Rock Grab." Since several parts of the area all around him was cover in rock the deck was . Several ropes of rock attempt to grab his ankles along with his hands. Not only that the deck had small rock bump capable of making people trip this was for his fast movements.

Captain Gold used Tekkai Kenpo Roba no Kamae once again as he attempt to follow him in combat he aim to attack him in the direction the man my flee to dodge the attacks using the same combo like last time.

Cliffer
He had a bad feeling how was he post to fight someone who he can't keep up with he thought.
He thrust his fist forward as they turn into a magma fist he said,"  Ryusei Kazan." He release a torment of flames fist( heading directly at the man who may be distract by the Rock grab which Captain Gold did. The attack sore in the sky as it aim directly in the soul area of the man.

Francis watched as the two planned their attacks. His eyes widened as he saw that both men had powers. Were they evil wizards..? How in the world could they have obtained such great power? The man was indeed in a pinch, was there a way to evade such an attack? Who knew. Francis watched as the two attacked, sighing in relief, he rested his long sword over his shoulders.

"Gahah. Looks like I didn't have to come in the first place... he said, trying not to look to fazed at the men's powers.

However the battle was still going on, could the man have a trick or two up his sleeves? Only time could answer this question. Francis began to get a little nervous, the smoke powers he pulled off a while ago might show. He didn't know how he could trigger such power and he didn't want to know. He just wanted to know if there was a way to get rid of such a freakish power.

(Apologize for this, you fell for a trap. Because I activated the attack last turn, you can't dodge it... However, you can choose where it hits and/or reduce the damage)

Mein quickly threw bombs at the ropes of rock.

Bomb loan mark II

The bombs accelerated, destroying the rock ropes before they got near verve. Verve smiled, though the smile could not be seen from his mask. He jumped upward as his tomahawk rushed past where he just stood, striking gold. In an attempt to follow up on gold, he decided to attack discretely.

Poison Loan

He held the bottle in his hand waiting for the thick drop of venom to reach the eve of its fall.

(Okay this is why these small sentence need detail so we can know what you doing. One line just saying you ain't put forth afford into the rp. So if you not putting no forth effort why are you rping in this thread.-.- Also take note you ignore Cliffer attacks too if you didn't feel like rping in this thread take your leave I hate lazy rper it take out the fun in the rp.)


Captain Gold seen the Town hawk near him he thought this Tekkai Rock skin. Gold body turn into solid rock as the Town hawk hit home in the shoulder area the Town hawk bounce off like he was a made of steel. Some part of his rock appearance broke he can only turn half his body into rock those.
The force of the Town hawk was send back at Verve while he was in the air too. Smoke was made due to the bombs that destroyed the rock ropes but what was more important since he was in the air it would be hard to dodge this next attack.

Captain Gold thrust his hand into the deck as he made a small opening to the next level of the ship attempt to leave to the next area while still in Tekkai Rock Skin.

1st Mater Cliffer stand
The other magma fist hit some parts of the deck creating medium holes in the deck area. Not only had that some of the first hit the sea too.
Cliffer seen the man counter each move with ease it pain him to see he was being toy with. He raise both his arm once more then said, " Ryusei Kazan." In a low tone. This time he release a torment of magma fist about 40 this time he place his soul into these attack as each magma fist sore in the air attempting to hit the very man who was busy in the air.

(OOC: I didn't ignore cliffer's attacks. Verve jumped. As in, the attacks didn't hit him. Two, perhaps you should take initiative in trying to figure out my strategy. I shouldn't have to spell out everything I am doing and am about to do, though sometimes I feel generous and do; typically, a good rper explains what appears to be happening more than what actually is in order to do sneak attacks. Lastly, insulting the only staff member who makes an effort to like you and is trying to help you beyond the norm isn't wise; not only is the insult presumptuous, but it is immature by following with that you would like me to leave if I don't improve. Two opponents that are below Verve's standards aren't going to be enough for him to do anything complex. This is why I wanted the fishmen to be a part of the battle to; then, it would be even enough that he could make long posts. Until this occurs, you're barking up the wrong tree. But since you have such a problem with it all, I'll be curteous and explain Verve's every thought, every action, and every justification in insipidly tedious detail.)

Verve was highly disappointed so far, but he noticed the two opponents seemingly in sync. The captain was preparing for something, and his follower was sending projectioe magma attacks. Magma is dangerous to all, even verve. Carelessness could cost him his life with a world-class logia user abord the vessel. He caught his tomahawk and used it's velocity and his agility to increase centrepital force around his body and change postion, allowing him to use advanced acrobatics to avoid the majority of the magma fists, but with 40 aimed at him and being mid air, even he couldn't dodge them all. He noticed the acrobatics had made his poison bottle near the dripping point.

Poison loan

Targeted at the captain, the poison, milliseconds from falling out of the bottle, appeared a mere inch away from his neck. Quickly he had to think. How could he deflect these next four magma fists, and the final three afterward? It occured to him. Using his devil fruit, he loaned himself a large boulder he had dodged earlier and positioned it to block the four. Then, using the boulder as a brace, he immediately changed direction and went for a three-way attack on the magu magu user. He threw a dagger seemingly in the direction of gold, though not in truth. He then threw his tomahawk at the magu magu user, with a bomb in hand.

Dagger Loan Mark II
Axe Loan
Bomb Loan

With the dagger intended to fly out of sight, it would teleport behind the magu magu user while his tomahawk would teleport to his side. The bomb would teleport adjacent of the two, to the front right of his shin. With an all-direction attack like this, two being high-speed and one being an area-of-effect, he suspected the target would suffer severe damage by at least one of the targets, but this set up meant that unless the user had high-speed motion, that at the very least they would be propeled by the force of the bomb. He would land on the deck in the next instant, and immediately run to try and make it difficult to keep up with his location.

"What in the wor-"

Francis leaped backwards from the bomb as it exploded, however the blast sent him flying backwards. Getting back onto his feet he looked at the masked man in the sky. Panting heavily and his sword was now out and ready. This man was a man of many tricks, to make weapons disappear and re-appear like it was nothing was truly a amazing skill. Francis decided he had to somehow help. Running in between the two men (Cliffer and Gold). He closed his eyes and began to mutter to himself.

"Please work...please work... please work"

He focused hard and then suddenly his body dissolved into mere smoke and covered the two men including him. Now they were in a smokescreen, they could send attacks from any angle.

"Craaaap. Can't hold this state for too looooong. Please hurry."

Captain Gold
The captain fall to his knee's as the poison hit his neck still in his Tekkai Rock Skin stage he release it oddly fast as he spit up blood. He watch as some random man help them for whatever reason that is he seems most please by the man action. He regroup he felt sick to his stomachs as he did one amazing move.  He change his hand into a large spear of rock, and one long hook that look something like a spear. As his right was a spear he propel it forward as he used his left hand as a hook to grab at the loan devil user legs.

Cliffer Heat
(Lava aura: The user coats his body to match his element he said body temper/the aura reach the temperature of magma itself. Anything that touch it that is metal would be melt on impact or once they are close enough. It said it also able to effect the weather around it too cause it to get extremely hot.)

The dagger itself was melt a lot it reach the level of melting point as it grew near Cliffer making the metal dull on impact it send him falling back. Not only that the bomb impact came into effect the press force him to hit the ground with the thud. The heat itself was reduce due to his Lava aura if that wasn't enough before any of those items came near the thrust his hand forward ,and  Aurai he created a dog like wave that spin around his body acting like a shield burning just about everything that came it way melting the metal completely.

He was hurt badly but that only piss him off more his coat was dirty he made the weather hotter as he stood the smoke surround him he had no choice. He said, "Kazan Baku." He thrust his hand forward at the rock surface of the deck of the ship. (Cliffer transforms his hand into magma, and then punches the ground. This results in an eruption of volcanic rocks around the punch area and several spots around it, inflicting damage to anyone within the blast radius.) Even the Captain may be hit by this attack this is how much he was pissed off by that man. Blood fall out his wounds as he was bleeding minor but not to bad he had a mild headache and one pissed off attitude. his clothes was tore due to the impact ,and crap.

(OOC: fishman or aid is welcome to responded now.)

(OOC: Unless the OOC is directly plot related, it should not be posted without an IC post; in most cases, the chat or PMs works fine for this. All you accomplish is making the thread longer with fluff and increasing your post count, which doesn't matter. Kind of an unspoken rule of rp is that you actually need to rp lol)

Verve had been ignoring the other man, having no interest in him. His smoke screen did prove to be an inconvenience, however, as Gold's hook and spear successfully tripped him and made him flip onto the deck. Verve kept his cool and his balance and flipped backward. He continued running evasively, suspecting the fog to dissipate soon. Unknown to the the fool who made it, however, this only helped the kashi kashi no mi.

Dagger Loan

Verve used his dagger loan in an attempt to sneak attack Gold. The heat around him was getting very annoying, but heat was merely heat and as long as he performed evasive maneuvers he could dodge the magma. His maneuvers typically included sidesteps, flips, and rolls.

Not sure
As the spear made contact the warlord did several successful flips ,and rolls away from the fire. He tried to do the same but he could barely move instead he fall back down into the hole he made early in the battle. As the dagger came closer as he fall he was hit by one magma rock as it begin to burn threw the rock slowly. He shed his skin as the dagger hit his Tekkai which made his body as solid as a iron causing the weapon to deflect off as he fall to the next level of the ship.

1st Mate
Cliffer was pissed seeing his attacks didn't hit the man or cause him any problems he decide to release a torment of fire fist about 60 this time. Aim them at the man who was flipping, sidestepping across the deck. The deck was badly burn but the rock made the deck look like it had several smug marks across the deck along with holes threw out the deck. He aim his attack at the man with great effort yes he was getting tired too since he was doing a lot of attacking but he didn't do any damage yet.

Verve noticed mid-flip a pitch black condor flying above. He quickly jump upward, loaning himself more debris to move around and dodge. He removed a small bag tied to the condor's talons, addressed as an urgent message to the shichibukai. Apparently, he was being summoned. He used the debris to quickly appear behind the magu magu user. Verve was no longer interested in this battle; only in the summons. Why would he be needed?

"You survive this day. You do not interest me any longer. Seek me out when you are stronger. You'll be interesting if you grow."

Verve disappeared, running at 100% soru speed across the water and using more loaned debris, he disappeared into the island. He ran to the other side, where his navy ship was.

"Captain, I have been summoned in Paradise. Arrive in a fortnight or risk your job... Or your life."

The marine, frightened greatly at that the fact this was merely the second time Verve ever spoke to him since last time he was simply announcing that he would be riding with them, quickly got everyone in order. He was going to wait for the handful of marines off the ship, but Verve slit a privates wrist and used his blood to write a note to the remaining marines to stay on patrol along the shore for pirates, as Verve had encountered some. Before allowing the private to seek medical attention, he held up the young boy's wrist and tapped, as if he had a watch. The Captain ordered to set sail immediately. Verve bundled his note and tossed it high in the air; the condor grabbed the note and flew to deliver it to the remaining marines. The ship moved faster than Verve had ever seen a marine vessel move before.

[Exeunt: Verve Mein]

The repair
Cliffer took command of the vessel while the Captain tend to his wounds due to the poison.
Cliffer remember the words of the warlord which was." You survive this day. You do not interest me any longer. Seek me out when you are stronger. You'll be interesting if you grow."

These words was stretch in his mind. He said," Smoke boy. How about helping me fix the ship now?
What is needed to do this task?"
The battle with the man play back over ,and over again he would train soon. But first they must repair the ship, and from a plan to get supplies.

The smoke-screen suddenly disappeared and Francis was back into his original form. He began to pant as he lied on the damaged deck of the ship. Getting up, he faced the two men.

"I know a man who could happily fix your deck. He got cheap prices so don't worry."

Francis leaped off the deck of the ship and landed safely, he signaled for the men to follow him.

That man was crazy.
Cliffer grin the man was most crazy. Seeing the man about to jump into the water hole hearty in hopes of helping them was quite funny. He used his speed in hope of grabbing the man shoulder before he can jump. If the man was smart he would have seen a lot of water because the ship was away from the docking area of the island itself. Cliffer said," You Fool!, You a devil fruit user if you jump in here water you would die." He then attempt to place the man back on the damage deck as he said," You Two set sail back to the island."

The pirate did as what they was ask. The fish man the dead ones was would be a great source of food too Cliffer thought since he was in charge, until his captain get better he thought it would be best to repair the ship then.
He said," What is your name boy? As he walk to the throne room chair he said," How much would he charge us, and tell me about this island too I have a idea." He then sat on the throne room chair as the wave for the man to follow him.

(OOC: Let's pretend that Francis never jumped into the sea, I thought we were already docked )

Francis followed the man into his throne room and watched him as he sat on his chair, well... throne. Francis just laid against a wall and place his long sword beside him. Listening to the man's question, he shrugged.

"I don't know much about the island, sorry. I'm just as clueless as you are since I just arrived on it. However for prices, it'll be a good 890 beli I'm guessing. I took a look at the man's papers earlier today."

Francis, while waiting for the man's response, decided to review what had happened earlier in the battle. The man seemed to posses some sort of weird power. Just like Francis, so did the man sitting on the throne. He decided that he needed to know more about these so called powers.

"Excuse me sir, but what exactly are these powers? Like yours, mine and that masked man. We all had some kind of power however what are they?.."

Knowledge
Cliffer rose up off the throne room chair then said," I once heard that all the Devil Fruits are the Sea Devil's incarnations. If you eat one you'll gain a special ability, but you won't be able to swim. So if you ate this fruit you will not be able to swim ever ,and... gain a power or a great power. There are levels of fruit to or types as for me I am a logia fruit user I guessing you are one too."

He rub his chin the walk over to examine the man he then clear his voice as he spoke," If you agree to join us for a period of time I will help you master this power."
He then reach back to deliver a great slap at the man head. He was seeing was the man power going to active if he was in trouble by the cause of reflex.

If it didn't work he stood there as he wave the man to follow him below deck to the training room where he ,and his master train at.

Francis listened to Cliffer's words. Fruit.. great power? Francis recalled eating a weird fruit in the past, could this fruit have triggered this weird power? He thought to himself and looked up at the ma, just in time to catch his question.

"Sure, I suppose I can tag along for a little while."

Just as he was about to ask for a handshake, he noticed the man sending his hand towards his face with great speed. His head suddenly broke down into smoke.

"Wooooow, how the hell did I do that!? Hehe... I guess this is what they call an air-head."

On reflex
Cliffer watch the man turn into his element on contact he grin this is quite a weird fruit indeed.
Hitting nothing but smoke he exit the damage deck as he walk down the long narrow path of the vessel walk up to a large steel door. He pull out a key as he unlock the door unlocking the door he said," We have arrive."

The man would see a large room the size of two living room put together this room had a lot of damaging smug across the wall, and had a lot of rigid rock across the floor. It seems it was made out of rock, and metal so the lava can't burn the stone, and the rock can't dent the metal it was a perfect place to train his powers at. He said," It seems like you can change your appearance once you in danger. Furthermore you turn into a gas which is quite weird I wonder if you can take damage once you turn into gas...”
He flex his muscle then close the door once the man enter he said," You can start first whenever you ready!"

He thought to himself, " I wonder where those devil fish man people at!"