Island Kingdom of Alabasta

[Larsi]

Original Post By: madao
Musashi (west block)
Musashi followed along with the man since things would be easier with no civilians around to disturb. As they reached a place with no signs of people around, Musashi was pushed towards a nearby wall as the man spoke to him

- Who are you?

At the same time he was about to punch Musashi before he could give him a reply, Musashi quickly took out his sword and held it so the man would cut himself but to his surprise not did it even phase him, it felt like steel clashing with steel a devil fruit user? This guy definitely isn't an ordinary citizens...and where the hell are those two?

-hey hey calm down there buddy, why are you suddenly attacking me? First you offer to help me and now you attack me?

Musashi pushed himself free and took a few steps to the side so he could have free space around himself with his sword held in both hands and in a defensive position.

Minuano (outside east wall)
It didn't take long before a gust of sand appeared and engulfed the area around them which temporarily blinded Minuano and made it harder for him to see around. Usually something like a sand gust wouldn't be alarming but since he was previously warned by Larsi, he decided to be on the safe side and so activated his precognition (65.3 reaction withing 21.2 m radius). It didn't take much time before he sensed something from behind and it was then two voices could be heard.

-Come on Minuano!

-Pirates do not cause ruckus in this country!

Minuano was gaining his vision back and looked up and saw the towering figure of Larsi move towards him while looking behind him at the owner of the other voice, seeing the actions of his captain, Minuano instinctively unsheathed his sword and at the same time spun around- aiming to cut down whatever was behind him in a diagonal shape.
-Then let's see if you can stop us!

Halfway through his attack, Minuano's elbow bumped into Crocodile's stretched out arm as it barely touched Minuano's neck before being pushed away to the side. Ughh what did that touch do? I feel slightly dry in my throat.
Turn 2 (Minuano and Musashi)

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: guan yu
StrawHatter said:

While Straw was enjoying his drink, he can hear Yamamoto is inside the bar. Straw couldn’t figure out his exact location since it was very loud inside so he screamed Yamamoto! What are you doing here? What’s wrong? You want me to help? Straw stood up from the barstool and tried to locate Yamamoto.

"What the hell are you doing here . . . ?! I've told you to stay and not to go anywhere, right?!", Yamamoto shouting right after he enters the bar where he saw Straw was already inside the bar holding liquor and look very wasted.

"And what is with that bottle in your hands . . . ?! How the heck did you still have time to get drunk at a time like this . . . ?! Give that bottle to me . . . !!!", said Yamamoto as he took a big bottle of sake from Straw's hand.

"With you getting this wasted, you better stay here . . . !!! You hear me . . . !!! Go ahead and drunk yourself to death . . . !!! After all of this over, I'll pick you up if you still alive from alcohol poisoning by then . . . !!!", said him angrily. Yamamoto then getting out of the bar while holding the bottle that he took from Straw and heading towards Musashi's location.

"But seriously, why did Musashi also wanted to drink with his friend at a time like this . . . ?! It's so unlike him at all, really . . . Or perhaps his friend was some sort of an informant and knew the whereabouts of Crocodile . . . ?!", thought him wondering as he walks towards the alley.

As he getting closer to the alley, Yamamoto could vaguely see from far away, two people standing facing each other in a very quiet place, far away from any civilians.

"Is that Musashi and his friend . . .?! But why did they go to a hidden place like that . . .?! And why did they facing each other like that . . . ?!", Yamamoto was very confused seeing that. "Mmmmm . . . Could it be . . . !? Is Musashi and that man . . . !? Oh dear . . . !!!"

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: dragomir
Straw hears Yamamoto enter the bar and locates his position with his ears. What am I doing here, what are you doing here? I'm clearly trying to enjoy my drink. Nope! You never said tha-
Before Straw could finish what he was saying, Yamamoto interrupts him. And what is with that bottle in your hands . . . ?! How the heck did you still have time to get drunk at a time like this . . . ?! Give that bottle to me . . . !!!

Yamamato yanks the bottle out of his hands. Straw was shocked at this action from his crew mate.
With you getting this wasted, you better stay here . . . !!! You hear me . . . !!! Go ahead and drunk yourself to death . . . !!! After all of this over, I'll pick you up if you still alive from alcohol poisoning by then . . .!!!

Straw gets ahold of himself and hears Yamamoto footsteps begins to walk out of the bar. Straw was pissed, he gets off his chair, takes out his gun, running towards where he thought Yamamoto was going. But due to him being intoxicated, he was running side to side.
HEY! GIVE THAT BACK YOU LITTLE- Straw couldn't finish the sentence as he bumped into a table, as he was falling down, he accidentally pulls the trigger and ends up hitting someone in the leg.

Guy that got hit: Ow! Fuck, my leg! The man exclaimed, dropping on the ground while holding his leg. Others, came up to him.
Man 1: Sir, are you ok?
Does it look like I'm ok? The guy snapped at the other man. I just got shot, and you're asking me if I'm ok.
Woman 1: Oh my Gosh! Someone get the doctor!
Man 2: I'll go! The man ran out the bar towards where the doctor lived.

Straw was slowly getting up from his fall, grabbing his head with his hand as he hit it real hard. Ahh, the hell is going on?
Bartender: Did you not realize what you did? You shot a man in the leg!
Straw was shocked. He turned around to face where the voice was coming from. Did I now?
Yes you did. Get out of my bar! The bartender came to Straw, and shoved outside the bar, Straw hit the ground again on the streets. There was a crowd outside the bar murmuring as they heard the gunshot.

Straw got up and cried out for his crew mate.
YAMAMOTO, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: sallucion
Two mad faces is what Eve saw when she pulled the ears of both boys. She knew she couldnt stop them from doing what they wanted to do, especially not Koujiro. As Eve was looking around it seemed like nothing was happening so far. Was the captain already in battle with croco? How were the others doing on the other side?

With both Koujiro and Drago still busy with the woman, Eve decided to have a look around on her own. Eve moved her way to the west block, maybe Musashi and the others are in battle and what is better than a surprise attack?

Eve didnt walk anymore, but instead she was running. Why am I running?... There it is, west block. Lets see what is happening here.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: smileyman
PELL'S ADVENTURE TO FIND THE MISSING ONE.
(Almost above The giant and Crocodile's location.)

With falcon eyes Pell could easily spot crocodile and the impending attack about to land. Knowing even if he dove he would never make it in time, He launched a shot aiming for the giants head. Some would call it undignified but it came quite natural to Pell in his current form. The shot flew through the air at breakneck speed, the white of it almost imperceptible to naked eye in the desert sun and the solids lying within unseen until the time that the feces would find its target. It was an effective distracting tool even if it didn't do any damage.

With that Pell dove intending to strike the giant the moment he created an opening.

CHAKA'S ADVENTURE OF HOLDING THE LINE.
(Chaka is still on the right most building looking over the southern block stairs.)

"Kouza: "Your terror of the kingdom of Alabasta is about to end, king Nefertari Cobra! Or should I say, murder Nefertari Cobra! Because of you there is no rain and you are sucking the life and the future of this kingdom by killing women and children. This will be no more! Unlike you, we do not want to destroy the capital and kill innocent people. Whoever wants to leave the capital, he is free to go! We want just the king and the royal court! If Cobra comes out and surrender there will be no bloodshed, if he doesnt then we will storm the castle and take you out by force. You have until sunset (OOC: Consider it by the next turn)""

Chaka listened with relieve and amusement "The entire Alabasta Royale Guard stand between these rebels and the town , yet they still believe their voices will carry past the ruckus to the civilians. Do they not realise how much noise so many people can make even when standing still? even the use of megaphone den den mushi will have no effect. Additionally, my men are strong willed they will not listen to this ramble. As it may be, it is of no concern to us, it is good to know they do not have the King." Chaka thought

Having no megaphone den den mushi but knowing the men that hear will spread the message
"MEN DO NOT FALTER! THESE REBELS WISH TO THROW THIS COUNTRY INTO CHAOS. WE WILL NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN! DO NOT LET THEM ENTER THIS PLACE! HOLD YOUR GROUND UNTIL THE LAST MAN!!!" Chaka screamed over the chaos. "Hopefully Pell can bring news soon." Chaka thought. "Now its just a waiting game. We cannot break our line by attacking first."

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: capt_nakedpanda
Central Square
Larsi said:

Covering his head, on his knees, the pirate felt a hand trying to touch him. Too caught up with his predicament, he angrily tried to swat it away, thinking it was Eve. In fact it was the pretty woman from before trying to touch his face

Dragomir said:

Drago was in a love state and could only focus on one thing. The woman. Drago broke away from Eve's grasp which ended up causing him to shake away the woman's touch. He fell on the ground, his mind racing with thoughts.

Does she love me? Will we get married now? Can't fucking believe that she just, just touched!

Drago was lying on the ground, his eyes into space.

Feeling the slap on his hand from Koujiro, Mr.2 got a bit pissed off but manage to hold back and not express that feeling on his face. That slap wake him up as well remembering that he is actually on a mission. He pulled back his slapped hand and pressed it to the chest while covering it with his other hand. Then seeing both men looking at him, Mr.2 noticed that one of the guys was giving him a love stare.

Mr.2: "I guess it wont hurt to get two birds with one stone."

Using this opportunity he tried to get some information.

Mr.2: "Poor things. Nothing to be scared of. Why were you in such a hurry boys? Here you go, take my hands, get up. Un deux trois, up"

Reaching out his hands to both Drago and Koujiro Mr. 2 gave out both boys a smile waiting for their response.

End of turn 2

Larsi said:

Once his fist was next to Crocodile, the air around it would crack, sending forward a shockwave even at such a close range wide enough to encompass the entire body of the Shichibukai. However due to the close proximity he was sure that Minuano would not be hit.

Fully materilezed from the sand, the shichibukai underestimated his opponents and surprised by the fast reaction of the both of his opponents, even though he though he had the element of surprise, Crocodile realized that in a matter of speed he does not have the advantage. However, from his experience he knew that the worst thing to happen in battle was to be indecisive.

Crocodile: "Looks like your bounties are not just for show."

Seeing the approaching fist Crocodile did not have time to move away, instead his arrogance made him stay, tank the hit and take try to take down his initial target. With his high mastery of the Devil Fruit he managed to raise a wall of sand between him and the giant's punch, trying to block it (-1 tier of DPR).

Ruffles said:

Halfway through his attack, Minuano's elbow bumped into Crocodile's stretched out arm as it barely touched Minuano's neck before being pushed away to the side. Ughh what did that touch do? I feel slightly dry in my throat.

In the same time, feeling the cold steel of Minuano's sword running through his sand body, the experienced pirate changed his attack to Minuano, feeling that he might try to run away from him now. Instead of his direct touch (Desert Encierro) the Shichibukai wanted to use an attack with bigger range. His plan was to form a blade out of his right hand to damage and dehydrate the young swordsman.

However, in the middle of his motion and creation of the blade, the sand wall was destroyed and Croco felt a sudden shock-wave pushing through his body, even though there was no direct contact. Surprised that the attack connected even with his logia body, before he was sent flying, Crocodile attempted to finish his attack to Minuano by extending the sand blade even further, aiming at the closest part of the man's body - his arms holding the blade (Barján). The shear power of the giants punch was enough to make him fly tens of meters aside and clash into a sand dune, raising a could of dust.

Crocodile: "So it seems the big dogs do not only bark, but they can bite as well..."

While he had these thoughts suddenly he felt like puking, shaken by the shock wave. After vomiting the cocktails from earlier mixed with blood and a sharp pain was cutting through his stomach, Crocodile continued in his way of thoughts.

Crocodile: "Its been a while since I had a competition. This shock wave hit me without touching me... So your power is a ranged one... Lets see about that big boy!"

Gained some distance duo to the hit, Crocodile tried to blend in with the dust while placing his hand on the sand to feel if there were any enemies approaching creating shifts in the sand.

Mr. 1

Ruffles said:

-hey hey calm down there buddy, why are you suddenly attacking me? First you offer to help me and now you attack me?

Musashi pushed himself free and took a few steps to the side so he could have free space around himself with his sword held in both hands and in a defensive position.

Mr.1 was irritated that the man was able to block his attack. Blocking his blades is something that no ordinary man can do and there was slight frustration that could be read on usually calm face of Mr.1. This made him want to end the life of the man in front of him even more.

Mr.1: "You are not from around here, that is suspicious, that is enough for me. Miss Doublefinger if you may."

Then a muffled sound was heard.

Miss Doublefinger: "Time to become swiss cheese!"

Waiting for the signal patiently to attack from ambush, Miss Doublefinger suddenly crushed the wall with her hair all in spikes aiming to pierce the man's body and pin him on the other wall in the narrow street. The attack was followed by a loud noise that could be heard on the main street.

Miss Doublefinger: "Sea Urchin Stinger!"

Spoiler: Sea Urchin Stringer

Sea Urchin Stinger (シー・アーチンスティンガー Shī Āchan Sutingā?): After turning their hair into a ball of spikes, the user charges at their opponent.(1 Mastery, 21 Strength, 21 Movement Speed) Destructive Potency Rank: C

End of turn 2 for MR.1 Miss Doublefinger


Rebels

Rebel solder: "Kouza, our demands havent been met and the king has not surrendered."

Hearing the unfortunate news Kouza bowed down his head knowing what comes next - death and war.

Kouza: "We did not want the situation to go down to this. But the king left.us no choice! We gave time to the citizens to move out of the city and we saw big amount of people running away from the capital. Now its our turn.

I know many will not make it through this battle, but have in mind this! Every blood, sweat and tears spent today will be to water the seed of the new kingdom of Alabasta! For Alabastaaaaaaa!"

A powerful roar from the army could be heard as the eco was caried through the hot air of the desert.
Leading the attack himself Kouza and the rebel army stormed the capital.


Miss Mery Christmas (MMS) and Mr.4

MMS: "Oooooh it looks like they are finally starting. Finally starting! I was sick of waiting! I wonder can we join the fun at some point. What do you think Mr.4?"

Mr.4: "Waaaaaaa haaaa haaaaa haaaa"

MMS: "Why did I even bothered..."

Mr.4: "Ooooooook"

MMS: "You are so slow! Ah, my back hurts, back hurts!"

Mr.4 and MMS were sill guarding the kidnapped king on the hills near the south gate. They were watching the battle heating up and impatiently waiting and wondering if they would get any part of the action.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: dragomir
Drago was too focused on his thoughts to notice that Eve had run off.

Is it time, t-to show her my feelings now?
Capt_NakedPanda said:

Mr.2: "Poor things. Nothing to be scared of. Why were you in such a hurry boys? Here you go, take my hands, get up. Un deux trois, up"

Hmm?

Drago sees the woman reaching out his hand out of his peripheral vision. She was saying something. Wait, did she just say to hold her hand? Oh yes! H-hold your hand? Hell yeah! Drago took the woman's left hand.

When he got up, he kept holding her soft hands for a few more seconds, staring into her eyes as if he was staring into her soul, trying to think up of a good argument. Damn, your eyes are beautiful.... Man that was weak.

I should stop holding her hand now. This is probably making her uncomfortable. Drago feels hot with embarrassment, he jerks his hand out of hers. Oh, uh, sorry haha, Giving the woman an awkward laugh at the end. You dumbass, what the hell was that?

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: larsi
Central Square

Still clasping his ear, Koujiro rose to his feet, looking around him. He saw Eve run off, seemingly in direction of the other group. We'll talk later you ass... He thought to himself, turning to face Drago and the woman. She was so calm in the chaos.
Capt_NakedPanda said:

Mr.2: "Poor things. Nothing to be scared of. Why were you in such a hurry boys? Here you go, take my hands, get up. Un deux trois, up"

Too calm. People were running off screaming, and here this random woman decided to try to calm them down. Taking a step back, Koujiro reached within his jacket, pulling out a revolver, loaded with his strongest bullets,(B-rank) aiming it at the woman. Drago, get away from her! He then turned his attention back to the woman. Who are you?


Outside City
Larsi wasnt a man to let an opening go to waste, at least not against an opponent of this calibre. Already rushing forwards, the giant noticed a couple of things at once. First was that the Shichibukai had flown farther than he had anticipated. Second was that he had sent off another attack towards Minuano, but he trusted him to be able to avoid it. Third was a projectile heading towards him, sensed by the same color of observation that had sensed Crocodile. It was a weak projectile though, so he was only wary of whoever sent it, as it came from up above.

But his main focus for now was Crocodile. Not wanting his prey to escape him, the giant send a surge of vibrations through his body, a wave of pain following it. And then nothing. He wasn't a fan of using this technique due to how it felt during, and after, but right now he didnt see a better choice. His body entering shock, fueled by adrenaline, allowed him to push past his limits, traveling and reacting at higher speeds(90+10=100). Try to keep up Minuano. But watch out, we've got company.

At speeds that would seem much like a blur to everyone there, except for Pell, he charged forward. At this moment Crocodile would still be heaving, as Larsi had started his chase right after sending off the first attack. His fist pulsing with energy and still imbued with invisible haki, he used his momentum to swing it down towards where the Shichibukai was crouched. Should it make contact with him, the bubble of energy would burst, releasing a concentrated blast into Crocodiles body, causing severe damage to everything in his torso.
Spoiler

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: madao
Minuano/Larsi vs Crocodile

After just a little touch from Crocodile, Minuano understood that the man they were up against wasn't to be underestimated, his earlier counter simingly had no effect as it just passed through Crocodile's body. It was then that Larsi appeared and with a quake punch sent Crocodile flying a good distance but not before Crocodile managed to follow up with another one of his attacks, sending a crescent shaped sand attack towards Minuano.

Try to keep up Minuano. But watch out, we've got company Larsi said before he quickly dissappeared

As the attack flew towards Minuano decided to not waste anytime and thus infused his sword with hardening haki as well as activating his precognition and quickly cut the air infront of him where the sand was coming from, and by distrupting the atmosphere he managed to send the attack up in the sky where it would not be a hinder to him.

As he was done dealing with the attack, he looked towards the direction Larsi had sent Crocodile flying, there he saw the towering figure of Larsi appear and attack Crocodile who must be there. Minuano hurried himself towards them with his precognition activated so he could be ready if anything sudden happened and with hardening still imbued in his blade he prepared to follow up on Larsi's attack with his own Eight Flower Mantis, hoping to finish off Crocodile while he was still down.

Musashi vs Mr 1/Miss Doublefinger

Musashi could clearly see the frustration in the eyes of his opponent and knew this guy was not one to mess around with unless he'd want to die in a blink. As Musashi stood there observing his opponent and waiting for his next move when he spoke
Capt_NakedPanda said:

Mr.1: "You are not from around here, that is suspicious, that is enough for me. "

Hey buddy, you have no right to say anything...you look just as suspicious with those blade like hands!

Miss Doublefinger if you may.

huh?

Musashi heard a female voice...
Capt_NakedPanda said:

Miss Doublefinger: "Time to become swiss cheese!"

...suddenly the house wall to his left got destroyed in just a mere second and a scantily dressed woman burst out with spiky hair and flew towards him. He was lucky enough that he wasn't completely next to the wall and thus barely had the time to react(60 reaction) by lifting up his leg and try and stop her in her tracks even if one of the spikes managed to hit his leg. Now stuck together with her, he swinged his sword straight for her head with a diagonal slash from above. I see, there's more of you...not wasting any time Musashi quickly raised his voice and called for his crewmates, hoping that they'd be close enough to hear him GUYS, BACKUP IS APPRECIATED OVER HERE


Realising he was dealing with two devil fruit users all alone for the time being, Musashi quickly activated his precognition haki and awaited the opponents next move (60+ (50*0,1)=65 reaction within 20m(50*0,4))

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: guan yu
Yamamoto continue his walks through the alley way towards Musashi, still holding bottles of liquor on his hands. As he is about 100 meters away from Musashi, Yamamoto saw something went off. The wall near where Musashi was standing, suddenly got destroyed in just a mere second. And then suddenly someone burst out from the destroyed wall and flew towards Musashi.

Seeing that, Yamamoto trying to rush out to help Musashi. "What the heck is going on there . . . ?! Is that an enemy attacks . . .?!",Yamamoto thought to himself. "Shit . . . I hope i made it in time . . .!!!"

As he just about 50 meters away from Musashi, Yamamoto stopped his movements as the figures that coming from the destroyed wall became clear. Turns out that was a wan with a spiky hair with a quite peculiar clothing. Yamamoto also could sense a strong enemy presence coming not only from the woman, but also from the man that he thought was Musashi's acquaintance.

"Shit . . . Shit . . . Shit . . . What the fuck is going on here . . . ?!", Yamamoto was very confused with the development of the events that happened in front of him.

"That man is very strong . . .!!! I don't think that I'm able to fight him with my current state . . .!!!", Yamamoto thought to himself. He then rapidly hiding behind a small building near him while trying to figure out what he must do.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: sallucion
Eve was running as fast as she could. She still has that weird feeling. Almost felt like she knew her crewmates are in danger. Only 2 seconds she thought about the worst before she immediately thought about positive thing. Its Musashi there after all, they should be fine. Eve did not notice she pushed away a lot of people, leaving her nothing but mad faces and swearing.

Finally Eve reached the east part of the city. Now the only thing she had to do was searcing for her crewmates. There wasnt much to see, only people here were all of a sudden starting to run away. Well I suppose I know where to find some action.

"Guys backup is appreciated!" This was the first thing Eve heard once she finally noticed what was going on. A wall hit to small pieces, Musashi standing there with his sword, surrounded by a spiky woman and some guy she didnt recognize. Thats not the only thing Eve noticed, no it was Yamamoto that Eve picked a glance of behind a wall. In a hurry she went to where Yama was.

Alright Yama, Im here to support you all. What are you doing behind this wall? Why are you not helping Musashi? Eve already knew the answer and she did not expect a reply from Yama. Yama, they have no idea that we are here with musashi, this gives us the adventage of the battle. I have a plan, what eve said when she prepared he Clima tact, but I need your help. I dont want you to fight, but atleast help Musashi out and distract them. Can you do that? You have to trust me.

Eve join the fight against Mr1. And Mrs Doublefinger.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: dragomir
With his much better hearing than regular humans, Straw heard a distant cry away. He recognized that voice. Is that Musashi's voice? Holy shit, I think it is! And he needs help! It seems to be coming from several blocks down the road to my left. I need to get there to help Musashi! Musashi's cry wasn't the only sound Straw heard(besides regular street noise), he was hearing a clopping sound of footsteps. It wasn't like human footsteps, animal steps, to Straw's blind eye it was a camel and someone was riding on it.

That clopping sound. It sounds like a horse. Horses in the desert? Nah, what else could it be? Ugh...oh wait, a camel yes! Never seen them but I've heard about them. There's probably someone besides it or riding it.

Hey you! With the camel! There's someone with the camel right? Straw shouted at the direction of the clopping sound in a rasp tone. The man riding the camel was a bit startled, after he recovered he turned his gaze to Straw. Yes, what do you want?

I want you to take me several blocks down the road. Since I am blind, I need someone to take me there.
The man looked at Straw, with an eye brow raised in surprise as to how a blind man could tell that there was a camel.

Hmm, alright sir, I'll take you to your designated place. The man, stepped down from the camel, grabbed Straw and hauled him on the 2nd hump of the camel with some difficulty. He got back up on the first hump and they rode out for several. The camel rode near a wall with fighting beside it and Straw yelled at the man to stop. The man stopped the camel and as Straw got off, he looked at Straw in confusion. Uhh sir, there's a fight here.

Good, where I wanted to be. I can hear Musashi in pain.

Ugh, ok. The man took off on the camel.

All right boys, Straw is here to help!

Straw has joined the fight against Mr 1 and Miss Doublefinger.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: smileyman
PELL'S ADVENTURE TO FIND THE MISSING ONE.
(Low above Crocodile's location.)
Pell saw Crocodile fly through the air and adjusted His course to reach Crocodile while still in beast mode.

"He must be injured, I have to intervene or ill risk losing the last lead we have!" Pell thought.

Just when pell thought he was clear, he saw larsi move at a speed that matched his own flying speed, in an apparent attempt to attack crocodile.

Larsi was a about the same distance from crocodile as pell and pell knew he was going to be cutting it close.

Pell tried with all his might to speed up the same thoughts running through his mind again "If Crocodile die, all his knowledge dies with him. I must know what he knows about the missing one."

Something happened which pell dreaded. Larsi's speed had matched his own exactly and his plan to remove crocodile from harms way would not succeed. His tactics therefore changed "Ill attack" Pell decided in an instance. Instead of targeting crocodile he will attacked larsi, a giant having a giant's eyes, his eyes was going to be an easy target. Pell in his dive turned his claws towards larsi's eye intending to blind him and thereby grant crocodile an escape.

CHAKA'S ADVENTURE OF HOLDING THE LINE.
(Chaka is still on the right most building looking over the southern block stairs.)

Chaka rushed forward when it became clear Kouza would be leading the assualt.

Chaka just made it to the from of his soldiers line just in time to meet Kouza in battle. Chaka expertly swung his sword at Kouza's head as he came in close while screaming "You shall not pass!!"

The soldiers surrounding him, made contact with the rebel army at the same time.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: joby
SOUTHERN ENTRANCE INSIDE THE CAPITAL
-rebel army

The wind howled through the corridors, alleyways, backstreets, and main thoroughfares of the Capital. A quiet roar could be felt and the earth almost felt as though it were shaking..... the shaking grew and so did the roar. What at first felt like the cry of a monstrous beast stomping up the Southern Entrance to the massive city, could no longer be localized to a single entity as Seven Hundred Thousand Soldiers stormed Alubarna.

Shields and swords clanged together as the rebel army flooded the streets, pouring out in every direction. Kozha had given his warning.... every one with a weapon was an enemy now!

OUTSIDE THE SOUTHERN BLOCK
-MMC/Mr4/Cobra

MMC: "It's starting it's starting! Gah--my back! Hmmmm what to do about Cobra... can't take him with us.....
Mr 4: "OHHHHHHHH I GOOOOOT ITTTTTT"
Cobra: "Hey wai--"

WHACK! Mr4 smacks Cobra across the back of his head with his large bat! Cobra slumps to his knees and falls facefirst in the sand. He's knocked out cold!

MMC: "OI! YOU MORON WHAT DID YOU DO!?"
Mr 4: "NOOOOOOW WWWEEEEEEE CAAAAAN GOOOOOO!"
Lassoo: "BARK BARK hah hah hah hah"
MMC: "I guess that's true..... gah! My back! My back! Follow me and don't fall too far behind!"

MMC almost doubles in size and sandy brown fur grows all over her body, her nose stretches outwards into a proper snout, and her hands become massive claws! The strange zoan transformation continues until she reveals herself to be a gigantic mole! Full beast transformation!

Jumping up into the air, she dives straight into the earth and jumps right back out the top of the hole she had just dug--

MMC: "Burry the King up to his neck here so he can't get away even after he wakes up!"
Mr 4: "Haaaaaaa O......K.......! Waaaa Haaaa Haaaa"
Lassoo: "WOOF!"

Once they had finished taking care of the king, MMC dives back down into the ground and begins tunneling underground below the Capital, following the footsteps of the massive army now heading toward the Central Square! Mr4 and Lassoo following right behind her crawling through the tunnel!

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: capt_nakedpanda
Crocodile

Larsi said: ↑

At speeds that would seem much like a blur to everyone there, except for Pell, he charged forward. At this moment Crocodile would still be heaving, as Larsi had started his chase right after sending off the first attack. His fist pulsing with energy and still imbued with invisible haki, he used his momentum to swing it down towards where the Shichibukai was crouched. Should it make contact with him, the bubble of energy would burst, releasing a concentrated blast into Crocodiles body, causing severe damage to everything in his torso.

Staying in the cloud of dust crocodile was already crouching with his hand in the sand. Not being able to see a thing in front of him he was relying on the vibrations created in the sand.
What he felt was some huge tremors of something heavy approaching way too fast.

Croco: "You are surely not wasting time big boy. But that straight forward impatience will cost you!"

Assuming from the size that this should be the giant and acknowledging that the approaching big object is way too fast and too close for him to dodge only by speed and his visual senses, Croco used his experience to combine his speed with his DF mastery (excellent mastery 81-99).
Manipulating the sand around him, Croco created almost in an instant a huge deep whirlpool of sand with him in the center. The fast movement of the sand created an air pressure which sucked the dust cloud into the sand whirlpool. The sands were swirling towards the center and from there they were creating a column of sand serving as a jump-start for Crocodiles dodge to his left.


Ruffles said:

Minuano hurried himself towards them with his precognition activated so he could be ready if anything sudden happened and with hardening still imbued in his blade he prepared to follow up on Larsi's attack with his own Eight Flower Mantis, hoping to finish off Crocodile while he was still down.

Crocodile didnt have time to worry about his landing, so he ignored any preparation in that part and just tried to get out of the way. Jumping to the side Crocodile managed to jump left of approaching attack, but the giant's fist connected with the sand pillar and his right foot. The moment it made contact, the shishibukai knew that this is the end for his right leg. Even though the impact of the strike was so focused in a single point and it only connected with the base of his leg, the powerful punch vaporized the sand pillar and the right foot of the pirate above his knee (similar to Kyros). Because the pillar of sand was destroyed by the giant, crocodile had to rely on his own speed.

Short after the giant's attack, while crocodile was flying low above the sand pit, Minuano appeared in front of Crocodile.

Croco: "What a good dog you are! Following up on your masters attack"

Without much delay, Minuano released a series of slashes trying to finish him off while in a weakened state.

Activating his Precognition Observation haki Crocodile managed to redirect and fence off 4 of the slashes with his superior Hooking mastery. Then using the sand under him the experienced pirate tried create a wall of sand to trap the sword inside in order to block the rest of the slashes. However, the slashes were infused with Haki and with two swift gracious slices the wall of sand was gone like it was paper. In that point Crocodile was open and two slashes connected, while the shishibukai was protecting his head from a fatal blow with his hook and his other hand. One of the slashes cut him though the chest and one stoke his hand near the wrist. Both slashes created bleeding wounds which were painting his stylish clothes in dark red.


Following Minuano`s strikes the pirate rolled on the sand, lying on his face bleeding, not too far from the sand pit. Crocodile then pulled his head up, looked towards the giant and his smaller human pet, then placed his bleeding hand on the ground.
Since the giant weights much more than a regular person and Larsi and the smaller human were rushing impatiently towards him, Crocodile hoped that both of them didnt have time to react too the moving sands and they were trapped inside the whirlpool sinking or at least with limited movement. Crocodile tried to use this opening to surround them in even more sand and limit their movement even further, by creating a dome of sand around them. Turning his hand in to a sand blade Crocodile pulled his arm up and stabbed the ground sending the blade through the ground like fast moving torpedo.

Croco: "To bring down a giant you need a giant blade!" - then smiled looking at the attack shaping up.

Rushing through the sand, the blade was gathering more and more sand, leaving a trail of missing sand behind itself. Reaching the dome and its target (Larsi) the blade would expand aiming to cut the giant though his stomach. (Desert Spada attack). As for Minuano Crocodile was just aiming to bury him under the sand.


While the attack was moving the experienced pirate stuffed the wound with sand creating a new leg for him to try to stop the bleeding. This would work to prevent the bleeding but the pain of putting weight on this leg would still be strong.


Mr.2


Dragomir said:

I should stop holding her hand now. This is probably making her uncomfortable. Drago feels hot with embarrassment, he jerks his hand out of hers. Oh, uh, sorry haha, Giving the woman an awkward laugh at the end. You dumbass, what the hell was that?

Larsi said:

Too calm. People were running off screaming, and here this random woman decided to try to calm them down. Taking a step back, Koujiro reached within his jacket, pulling out a revolver, loaded with his strongest bullets,(B-rank) aiming it at the woman. Drago, get away from her! He then turned his attention back to the woman. Who are you?

Looking at the man pointing a gun from close distance Mr.2 didnt say a word and run a quick analysis of the situation in his head.

Mr.2: "Seems like this look do not have any effect on this guy with the revolver! However, it seems the other guy is over his head now! Not to forget it seemed that the liver boy (Drago) was mad at the pistol guy (Koujiro). Ooooooh can I sue that! Un deux trois, lets test their friendship!" Mr.2 was smiling inside his mind, praising himself for the idea.

Mr.2: "Oh my, what do you mean!" - said Mr.2 by placing his hands in front of his mouth looking all scared and starting to tearing up - "What have I done wrong"

Then a single tear slide down on Mr.2 cheek turning his head towards Drago, speaking with the words barely coming out, choked by fear.

Mr.2: "I havent... I havent done... anything wrong! Help me, wa-yoooo..."


Mr.1 and Miss Doublefinger (MDF)

Miss Doublefinger was annoyed how well the man was able to react to her ambush attack in the narrow space which made her express her frustration.

MDF: "Why cant you just accept your faith and die already..."
Mr.1: "That sounds good, just let me kill you!" - added Mr.1 in calmer voice.

Ruffles said:

Now stuck together with her, he swinged his sword straight for her head with a diagonal slash from above.

Using the situation that they are stuck together the man swang his sword aiming at the woman's head. Since the female assassin was with her head down she was not able to see what was really happening above her head, however her partner tried to warn her.

Mr.1: "Miss double finger shake your head!"
MDF: "What?!"
Mr.1: "Do it, now!"

MDF trusted her partner and shook her head from side to side as hard as possible. The spikes sticking out started shaking left and right and the man's sword slash hit couple of the spikes and cut few chunks of them on the ground.

MDF: "Was that my heir!? Did you cut my hair?! Oh now you have done it!"

Getting even more angry for loosing part of her hair, MDF shook her head again. In the same time the man started screaming for help.


Ruffles said:

I see, there's more of you...

Ruffles said:

not wasting any time Musashi quickly raised his voice and called for his crewmates, hoping that they'd be close enough to hear him GUYS, BACKUP IS APPRECIATED OVER HERE

Mr.1: "What! There are more of you!?"

Realizing that the situation can shift very fast, if enough reinforcements arrive Mr.1 and MDF exchanged a look and decided to take their chance and go for a big blow and reduce the numbers as soon as possible.
Shaking her head left and right MDF was trying to ruin the balance of the man. Then she tired to direct Musashi with his back towards Mr.1 trying to leave him defenseless for Mr.1 to attack his back.

Hoping that the man has been unbalanced by the MDF shaking and with his back facing Mr.1, he wont be able to defend as usual. The DF swordsman placed his hands in front of his chest in X figure with his fists clinched. Opening his fists a metallic sound was heard similar to the sound of knife being sharpened. From that position Mr.1 stretched his hands to the side and started moving towards Musashi. His long arms were covering the whole width of the narrow alley and they were scratching the walls of the building leaving marks on the wall and making annoying high pitched sounds (blackboard nail scratch sound). Then with two quick steps Mr.1 rushed with all his speed towards the man's back. With a fierce X motion, from top to bottom, like a tiger jumping at its pray, he tried to cut the back of the man and tier off as much as possible skin and muscles, to make it hard to wield the sword. (Atomic Spar move)

If MDF does not manage to turn Mushasi with his back towards Mr.1, he will attack similarly but which ever part is turned towards him (sides or chest).

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: dragomir
Get away from her? Why? Drago looked at Koujiro in puzzlement. I don't understand Koujiro. Explain why, I should get away from her.
Capt_NakedPanda said:

Mr.2: "Oh my, what do you mean!" - said Mr.2 by placing his hands in front of his mouth looking all scared and starting to tearing up - "What have I done wrong"

Drago switched his gaze to the woman, when he heard her speak. A sympathetic look on his face.

Capt_NakedPanda said:

Mr.2: "I havent... I havent done... anything wrong! Help me, wa-yoooo..."

Drago's heart was tearing apart when he saw the girl began to cry and ask him for help. He almost felt like crying for her himself. The woman was innocent in Drago's mind. He had no idea what to do to help her. He was beginning to feel anger towards Koujiro for making the woman cry.

Oh no! She's crying! Koujiro that bastard. What's wrong with him? Making a poor girl cry for no reason. Drago turned to look at Koujiro, anger boiling up in him. Oi, Koujiro what the hell is wrong with you? You're, you're making this innocent girl cry for no damn reason. Drago was struggling to stop himself from lashing out at Koujiro. Even though Koujiro was his crewmate, things like this was unacceptable to Drago. This bastard better have a good reason for this, or else, I don't know what I'll do to him.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: larsi
Outside the Eastern Wall

Charging headfirst towards his prey, the giant made note of him hastily trying to perform some sort of technique, but it seemed to have been too late, as it wasn't stopping his assault on the Shichibukai. As he reached within striking distance of Crocodile, he movement out of the corner of his eye. Determined not to let his target get away unscathed, the giant tipped his head aside, avoiding having the attack pierce his eyes. At the same time he didn't change the trajectory of his attack, and even though he couldn't see as he had moved his head, he felt his fist connect with something more tangible, and then said object shattering. As he grinned at his successful attack, he felt claws digging into his cheeks, but they barely broke the surface, leaving shallow lines across the side of his face, blood seeping from the cuts.

As he felt the claws dig into his skin, Larsi swung his free hand upwards, aimed at the bird, before it could get away. The air would crack in front of the assailant, releasing a shockwave towards Pell, hoping to damage and blow away the annoying pest. At this point the pirate would stop sending minor vibrations throughout his body, causing him to feel sluggish and in a lot of pain. Searching around himself for the shichibukai, he saw him a good distance away, bloodied in several places, but seemingly ready to continue the fight. Starting to lift his leg, he realized it was heavier than it should be, even in his weakened state. Looking down, he just not realized the trap he had been caught in. To his side was his first mate, also caught in the same trap.

Minuano, jump up on my head! Hurry! He could see his foe readying another strike. Calming himself, drew a deep breath, waiting for his friend to get to safety atop his own head. Calming himself helped, and he was finally able to reactivate his color of observation again, sensing his surroundings once more. Once he felt Minuano having reached his shoulders, the giant stretched his arms out. He could feel the attack being launched towards them, cutting its way towards them. Well, there was no way for him to run, so time to kill two flies with one strike.

Watch the air, will you? He spoke calmly, so that only his friend could hear him, not a hint of fear in his voice, then slapped his palms together, sending vibrations all throughout his body, except for his head this time, to spare Minuano. All at once, from everywhere from his shoulders and down exploded an almost spherical shockwave, blasting away anything in its path. The sand around them was blasted back, freeing him. Not about to wait for the whirlpool to settle in again, Larsi ran sideways as there was only one place the onslaught of sand wasn't stopped, and that was where the blade of Crocodile had clashed with the shockwave, the two cancelling out each other. Rushing up the incline, his long legs would take it in stride, and reached the edge of the whirlpool before the sand had even settled. Turning to face Crocodile, he sensed as well as he could, hoping to pick up whatever counter attack he would throw at him, though he was unsure how well he would be able to locate him in the chaos, and as bloody as he looked, Larsi would be very impressed if he managed to collect himself enough to use his color of observation.



City Square

Knowing Drago could be quite impulsive at times, Koujiro also took a step away from his crewmate, while not taking his gun or eyes off of the woman. Young as ever, Drago seemed to not understand the situation they were in, complaining to Koujiro about his actions.
Dragomir said:

Oi, Koujiro what the hell is wrong with you? You're, you're making this innocent girl cry for no damn reason.

Still not taking his eyes off of the woman, Koujiro raised his voice, annoyance apparent. Look around yourself, the entire city is in chaos, people are running for their lives, yet she remained calm as ever! Only now when confronted about it does she act up. I don't buy it! Don't make me regret taking you along... Not prepared to take any chances, he wasn't going to let Drago decide the outcome. Pulling the trigger, the gunshot resounded all throughout the square, the bullet flying straight towards the forehead of the woman. As recoil lifted his arm, he cocked the hammer back once more, ready for another shot. If she was what he thought she was, then she would likely have no problem dodging a frontal attack such as this. If not, well it wouldn't be the first civilian he had killed.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: madao
Minuano/Larsi vs Crocodile/Pell

Of the eight slashes Minuano had attacked Crocodile with, only two managed to hit him cleanly, wounding the Shichibukai and send him rolling away a few meters. The constant use of haki had drained Minuano of quite some stamina and as he stood there looking towards their foe he saw Crocodile put his hand on the ground and moments later a whirlpool of sand appeared around Minuano and started to suck him in, he tried to run away but his legs felt heavy and he could barely move them, let alone fight.

Larsi said:

Minuano, jump up on my head! Hurry!

Minuano looked up towards Larsi who had extended his arm to him and with a few heavy steps reached him and once up on his arm, he started to quickly climb up towards Larsi's head.

As he was climbing he took notice of the birdman that had appeared in the corner of his eye and once he had reached Larsi's shoulder he whispered to him as he looked towards Pell:

- leave our new friend to me captain, I'll try and keep him away from interfering with you and Crocodile.
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Musashi and co. vs Mr 1 and MDF
Capt_NakedPanda said:

Mr.1: "What! There are more of you!?

Musashi looked towards the bald man and realised that his call for help in the heat of the moment had also alerted his opponents. He didn't have the time to give it much thought when the woman suddenly started to jerk her head left and right, in what he came to realise was an attempt to get him off balance.

The two of them kept on going back and forth for a while until Musashi almost had his back towards Mr 1, wait a minute...are they trying to get me in a pincer attack!?- Musashi who was still stuck with one leg on the head of MDF made a jump forward with his other leg as Mr 1 charged towards them and aimed to leap off her head and land behind her- getting out of the pincer as well as freeing his leg from MDF's spiky hair.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: guan yu
Behind a stone wall of a building by the side of the road, Yamamoto sits on warm sand. Hiding and observing the ongoing fight between his friend Musashi against a man that Yamamoto had originally thought was Musashi's friend but it was an enemy and also a woman who could turn his body into a thorn.

"Damn, I think that person is Musashi's friend, that means Musashi did not tell me to buy them a drink, but told me to pick up Straw.", Yamamoto thought to himself. "But even though I know what Musashi's true intentions are, it's still useless.Straw's getting drunk and it might make things worse if I bring him over here."

When Yamamoto was busy observing the ongoing struggle and looking for ideas to help Musashi, suddenly someone came and approached him from behind which shocked Yamamoto.

Sallucion said:

Alright Yama, Im here to support you all. What are you doing behind this wall? Why are you not helping Musashi? Eve already knew the answer and she did not expect a reply from Yama. Yama, they have no idea that we are here with musashi, this gives us the adventage of the battle. I have a plan, what eve said when she prepared he Clima tact, but I need your help. I dont want you to fight, but atleast help Musashi out and distract them. Can you do that? You have to trust me.

"Oh . . . It's you, Eve . . . ! Damn . . . don't suddenly come out from someone's back like that . . . !! You scared me a little right there . . .", said Yamamoto to Eve.

"Well, anyway . . . I'm glad that you have come . . .! Since you are here, i also have an idea. What about we do a combination attacks?", ask Yamamoto. "I'll throw some of these booze towards Musashi's enemies. Then you strike them using your thunder while they are soaked in the water! It sure will increase the damage output from your thunder . . .!"

Without waiting Eve's response, Yamamoto preparing two bottles of liquor then throw it away from behind the building towards Musashi's enemies that seems to be focused on Musashi.

 

[Larsi]

Original Post By: krogothwolf
Sigmund was sleeping. He was sleeping blissfully and in his dreamland completely uninterested in the area around him.

Dream:
He was dreaming of finding the ultimate treasure in the most hidden of rooms then feasting the night away. Oh it was a lovely dream. He couldn't wait to dive into that roast steak he saw steaming on the plate, mouth drooling at the sight of it. It smelled delicious. He twirled the ring he had on his finger, the ring that held secrets he would unlock. His companions were laughing and slapping him on his back at the daring deed he had just pulled. Impressed that he could actually complete the most daring of all robberies. He would be known far an wide as the man who stole the treasure of....

Sigmund bolted up right, waking up from his dream.

Curses, I didn't actually steal something that famous? Sigmund thought to himself as he rose from his slumber. I thought for sure it was real this time. Its been to long since I've taken anything, must be boggling my mind.

He got up from his bed and got dressed and stumbled his way to eating area. It's awfully quiet today, he wondered, he opened the door to the kitchen and started to look for something to cook. Odd, he thought as he glanced around, why does it look like no one has been here in a bit? Sigmund was very confused right now, usually someone was in here, either eating or getting a drink and it was way to quiet for him. He just garbed a roll and went up deck, and looked out. His eyes opened wide and his jaw basically dropped.
OH CRAP! WE HIT LAND! OH CRAP OH CRAP OH CRAP, Sigmund yelled as realization dawned on him, EVERYONES GONE ON AHEAD WITHOUT ME! OH CRAP I FREAKING OVERSLEPT! CAPTAINS GONNA KILL ME.

Sigmund then moved as quick as he could, grabbing his items and practically leaping off the ship to get to shore. He moved as fast as his legs could carry, running full tilt in the direction he saw the captains footprints head.

WAIT UP EVERYONE, COME ON, IM SORRY FOR OVERSLEEPING GUYS, THIS ISN'T FUNNY!! He hollered after everyone as he ran. Goddamn how could he have overslept.