Tides of a New Era ~ A One Piece RP ~ New Thread! Open!

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Wano

"That will be no issue," Raiden said in reply to Masaki, catching the hilt of the katana. He gave a nod of thanks to his comrade before rushing at Tatsuo, the two clashing blade to blade. The next series of exchanges were nearly too fast to keep track of, and consisted mostly of Tatsuo blocking Raiden's attacks. At the next standstill, Raiden glared at the other captain and his hand sparked. A spark also went through the blade, and it began to glow as it heated up. Tatsuo's eyes widened and with a grunt he jumped back.

Shuji glanced over his shoulder at Ursa and his eyes sparkled seeing her transformation. "So cool!" he cheered, giving a flick of his tail. Now with heightened spirit and morale, Shuji turned to the enemy pirates with a wider grin and gave a loud click of his pincers. One pirate quickly approaching him soon found himself held up in the air. "Here you go Ursa!" Shuji called out, tossing the poor pirate her way.

Masaki smirked "Thanks Captain. I'm gonna go and help the rest of the crew take out some more troublesome enemies" he said as he started to walk towards Ursa and Shuji. A few of Tatsuo's crew came after him but he quickly took care of them and hit them with his tendril sending them overboard. "Everyone stay back!" Masaki shouted to his crew "Deal with the small fries and I'll handle the two of them" He said as he got into a fighting stance when he got close enough to the two "Unless you two just want to surrender now. It's only a matter of time before the Cap'n takes down yours" he said

Can't believe it's been a month since the last reply lol)

Replies incoming!!]]

I'm still here)

Hey!! Would y'all rather pick up where we left off, or kinda reset things a bit? I'm fine with either!]]

(Just checked back and yes I am still here to rp ^^)

i'd rather continue but im also good with a restart)

(I also would like to continue, but I wouldn't mind restarting if it's an option)

(Oooh, cool, Can't wait to see it ^^)

Sorry if the replies are kinda short! >_<]]

Buster Call

The dome that had formed around the leopard made his heart sink even lower than it had felt already. His mind was invaded with thoughts that this was to be his end and only hoped that he'd been able to buy his companions enough time. Hayle shut his eyes tight as black started to border his vision, and took a deep breath before opening them once more. Taking his weight off the spear he tensed and rushed forward. With all his leftover strength he began stabbing the blade at the wall of snow, imbuing the attacks with electro after a few more jabs.

Melody's stone face did not change expression at the remark from Marcus. She waited as patiently as she could while the denden mushi rang... and rang... and rang... It went on for quite some time without any sign of even being noticed by the other end of the line. Then, finally, there was a click and loud static could be heard from the snail. At the same time, the sands died down ever so slightly around the island. "What is it?" a gruff voice asked, hardly audible over the white noise.

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Shichibukai
Pardon me for a moment while I recall what this meeting was to be about xD]]

Arana shrugged at Matogai's comment. After all, what did she care if he paid attention or not? Sure, she brought him over here but in the end they were colleagues in name only - even if she did like to meddle here and there. She fixed the shoulder of her kimono and glanced to Oren wearing an obviously fake frown. "Oh, come on, it's been ages since we've been called over here, and I arrived precisely on time. The least you could do is a polite 'hello'~" she said before waltzing into the meeting room with a chuckle.

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Wano

Shuji's head wobbled a little as he watched Ursa spin the pirate around and around, his eyes then following the poor soul as they were thrown out to see. "Nice throw!" he cheered with a snicker and a swift whack tothe head of yet another approaching pirate. However, at Masaki's words he turned around and his lips curled in a snarl. "We'll never surrender to the likes of you!" His tail swayed slowly back and forth. "Besides, you're outnumbered here," he added with a glance at Ursa.

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Sabaody

The group walked quietly along for a little while with nothing but the rustling of the grass beneath their feet and the distant sounds of bubbles popping around them, until Kyoden's brief directions broke the silence. "We turn right up ahead," he mentioned, pointing to a tall numbered tree looming up ahead. "Our ship is rather small compared to other crews... will that effect the amount of time it takes to coat it?" There was a slight pause as the group changed direction and a row of ships could be seen. 

Scarlet ran a little bit ahead and pointed to the merchant ship they were calling home for the moment. "Here we are!"

Rayleigh nodded in response to Scarlet, and after taking a long look at the ship he nodded yet again. "It could take a little less time with less ship to cover," he answered.

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Elegant Pirates

Olivier looked up from a dress shirt he'd been eyeing and turned to Raion. It took the man a moment before he opened his mouth to answer his friend, and started with a sigh. Then a quick shrug. "It could be seen as a bit odd that he was so quick to be friendly with us, but I will admit he does seem quite harmless... though I may still not be as trusting as Adeline," he replied in a low voice. 

Noticing how secure the dome she created was, Kuren kicked her way into the sky and quickly started to make her way back over to the marine ships. At that point, seeing all the cannon balls firing around her, she didn’t want to be caught up in a vulnerable situation. Looking back, she saw the snow leopard man break his way through the barrier, but she didn’t care at this point. He survived a one on one against her, but he still had the entire Buster Call to worry about.
While she made her way to the ship she came on, she noticed Vice Admiral Paloma still seemed to be occupied. From a distance she couldn’t tell who she was fighting, but it had to have been another revolutionary. Of course, she wouldn’t dare go near where they seemed to clash, considering the Devil-fruits involved would make Kuren’s Snow-Snow fruit completely useless.
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(The meeting could have to do with the two Yonkou fighting and about the revolutionaries with the buster call? I think there was a thing with Bucky planned, but I’m not sure?? Up to you tho lol)

Oren gave Arana a frown with what she said, annoyed with her childish tone. “Following the rules is not something to be rewarded, it should be expected,” He replied harshly, gritting his teeth before thinking, Of course a pirate would be so relaxed about breaking the rules if they all think so selfishly. He didn’t have to be nice to the Shichibukai, he just needed to tolerate their presence for this meeting. With two Yonkou making contact and one of the other Admirals being occupied with a buster call, things around HQ seemed to be stressed out as is.

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Ursa turned her head as she noticed Masaki walking over. From what she knew about him, he was the second in command and had a bounty that almost reached a billion. While she wasn’t intimidated that his bounty was higher than her’s, or Shuji’s, she just knew he was someone she shouldn’t underestimate.
Flipping her sledge-hammer in her hand with ease, she rested it on her shoulder before responding “It’s cute you think sparky stands a chance against the captain. You should worry about yourself first.” Quickly, she took a step and hurled the large hammer at the other pirate.
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As Bucky walked through the archipelago with the pirates, he couldn’t help feeling he was on cloud nine from sheer excitement. Not only was he in the presence of the Rayleigh, first mate to the pirate king himself, he was also getting pointers on how to coat ships from him. A few times he had to wipe away random tears in his eyes because of how in awe he felt.
Once they reached the ship, Bucky couldn’t help but look over it. By the general shape he could tell it was some kind of merchant ship. If they were pirates, then it was most likely stolen. He ran a hand against the body, looking it up and down. There was some scuffs here and there, but nothing serious. He couldn’t help but wonder if it was made at his home in Water 7, or elsewhere. He looked back at Rayleigh when he explained how long it could take “of course, since there’s less surface area to cover, it would naturally take less time.” Soon, he took a couple steps back from the ship and set down his tools so he could pull out a small notebook from his pockets. He wanted to make sure to get all the details about coating so he wouldn’t forget later.

Buster Call

There was muffled silence from the other end of the denden mushi for what felt like a very long time. "I see," finally came the answer before it cut off abruptly. The sands swirling around the tiny island slowed and there was an eerie lull over the waters - save for the far-off booming of cannons. As if flicking a switch the sands roared into an all out storm in the next moment, easily double the size of what it had been before. If one looked closely into the surging tempest, you could just make out a single more closely concentrated stream headed towards the escaping refugee ship. Once it reached the deck Ari resumed his normal human form and looked out to survey the scene. The storm he had set off was continuing on its own now, too powerful for him to control any further.

As cracks started forming in the barrier of snow, Hayle couldn't help but be surprised. He thought that he would have been stuck in there for the rest of the siege. The shards of daylight gave him a little renewed hope and he began chipping away harder at the small opening. He also hoped to not see his companions completely defeated upon getting out.

Melody watched Marcus with narrowed eyes. His message to the other line sounded innocent enough yet the shard of mistrust was still there. "Finished?" she asked, but before Marcus had time to answer, Dash interrupted.
"Uh, Boss? There's something you needa see!" he called from his position further out on deck. 
Melody turned to face him with a frown. "What is it."
"One of our own is sinking.. and, uh, really fast..."
"What."

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Shichibukai
Yeah, after looking back on things that's what I think I had planned~ And I did see some ideas floating around about Bucky, as well as Matogai potentially joining the Revs]]

"All I asked for was a simple greeting, though a reward would also be nice," Arana murmured with a chuckle. "I have been on my best behavior as of late~" She pulled out a chair at the large round table and sat down, daintily crossing her legs and resting one elbow on the table and chin propped up on her hand. She glanced around and raised an eyebrow as a few more lower ranking marines shuffled in to sit at the back and one more pirate with a marine escort. She recognized the fellow warlord, but it was a face she hardly knew and saw even less. "I see this will be yet another poorly attended meeting," she sighed. It would have been a good chance to mingle and get an idea of what the others were up to.

The large doors at the back of the room slammed open, causing all heads to turn and look to see what the commotion was. "Sorry I'm late!" came a voice from the now open doorway. The pink-haired man bent over to retrieve his fallen papers before rushing up to the front of the table. "We'll start the meeting in just a moment!" He set the small stack of papers on the table and began sorting through them.

"Coby? It certainly has been a while since I've seen your face," Arana remarked.

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Wano

"Small fries?!" Shuji repeated, with a little bit of a voice crack on the first syllable. He was conveniently forgetting about the fact that he had just went up against these pirates on his own and gotten captured quite quickly. However now was different. The rest of his crew was here, and Ursa especially was really strong. This Masaki was clearly underestimating the situation now. Movement out of the corner of his eye distracted him from Masaki, and he turned to see another couple of pirates approaching him. His pincers went black as he coated them with haki and charged at the newcomers. "I'll cover you, Ursa!"

Sabaody

Rayleigh turned to look at Bucky for a moment and smiled as he gave a nod. "That's right," he said. He set down his tools and giant brushes before giving the ship's exterior a good and thorough look-over.  *We're gonna pretend that Rayleigh started explaining the basics of coating to Bucky because the actual coating process hasn't been explained anywhere.*

Meanwhile, the others were sitting off to the side on the grass entertaining themselves. Calli was playing a simple tune on a guitar and Calli was humming along. Kyoden sat leaned back against a smaller mangrove and was attempting a nap.

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Elegant Pirates
May need to pause this group, or find something else to do with them if Rain isn't back soon...]]

Olivier let out a chuckle, subconsciously rubbing his forehead as if Raion had actually carried out his words. "Well, one of us has to be if we want to get anywhere," he said. In reality, he could say that all he wanted, but we all know that even at the slightest persuasion from his sister Olivier was sure to get swept up in her excitement and give in without a moment's hesitation.