The members of the Sweet Pirates smiled as the new guy adorned in gleaming armor began regaling them with a tale of his upbringing from his mysterious homeland. Gerald Yopenheimer easily captured the attention and imagination of the friendly crew, eyes widened in shock and disbelief multiple times throughout his tale.
Mikami, more than anyone else, seemed absolutely blown away so far. He loudly giggled and looked around at his friends to affirm everyone was hearing the wild story being told. His attempt at being quiet still resulted in the boat gently sloshing in the moonlit nighttime waves.
The crew began laughing at the end of the story, some began quietly clapping. Mikami however seemed bewildered yet enamored entirely.
"DO YOU THINK THE ANTS TOOK THE DINOSAUR TONGUE?" The naïve behemoth asked innocently to one of the swabbies.
"See, I knew this guy was the real deal." Said the pirate with eyepatch from before.
"Nobody waltzing around the Grand Line by themselves is just some weakling." The other swabbies joined in excitedly admiring the suit-adorned man.
"So, Gerald..." He started again.
"...What were you doing in Shoal Town?"
His question referenced the place where Gerald had originally met the Sweet Pirates: it was a beautiful town under the World Government's jurisdiction.
...
The town reeked of the sea, but in a way that was welcomed rather than accursed. The populous was bustling on this particular day, carts pulling goods up and down the streets to ships docked at the port.
One ship however was anchored away from the loading port, a teal ship flying a white flag with a black Jolly Roger with canid features. The Sweet Pirates were in town, but not for goods for their journeys at sea...They were here to catch a man and a woman; wanted pirates. Sweet was here to kill off some competition...
During the rising of the sun nobody would have expected the mayhem that was yet to occur in their small coastal town. The gulls cried and the chimes in the streets rang out in the sea-breeze just like any other day for Shoal Town. All was peaceful until a chase broke into the booming streets!
A single gunshot rang out as a pirate fired her pistol into the air to stir up a panic in the crowded area, and sure enough it worked.
"DON'T STOP CHASING THEM!" An angry fishwoman's voice carried through the already bustling central hub. Sweet Einsauer lagged behind, held up in a crowd; her lengthy arms shoved pedestrians out of her way but she was being outpaced by a couple of humans. Her large frame was awkwardly trapped in a maze of humans and tight alleyways. Her shoves began getting more and more violent as her frustration grew.
"KILL ON SIGHT!" She hissed out an order, over the shouting crowd, to her lizardman underling: Geck'O.
He rushed after them through the crowd of humans, he had been leading the chase for his crew and now he was the only one left running down the prey.
As Geck'O Lardez ran, crowded Shoal Town residents simply would NOT get out of his way.
Sweet, now left behind in a jumble of humans, stopped entirely to seethe in place. The towering fishwoman seethed in place for a long while, only stopping for a moment to flip a man's supply cart over unnecessarily out of frustration.
EDIT PURPOSE:
@Emperor Madoff
