Serious: Ain't no rest for the wicked, even less for the sane

The air was filled with smoke as the shiloutte of the burning town became smaller and smaller, it had been an eventfull day, but a great one. Everything she wanted to happen, had taken place just in one day, she had reunited with Miko, she had blew up a church, pissed of some marines and showed them she was alive, she met a great swordfighter who joined them and last but not least she was on the seas again, they were ready to sail back to the grandline and get their adventure started for real this sea was to puny for the great Maryn Soll. 

'' Musician next we need, violin !'' Maryn sighed as she looked at Genzo and Miko who were with her on the ship, that was sailing to basicly nowhere for now. they needed someone to be able to sail and probably none of them were, though what did a location mather when there was no music, first goal was to find a musician, then to find a better ship and maybe someone to bring them to the grandline.

Maryn was just being maryn as she had three ghosts fly around her, which she comunicated with, not by words but with emoting, waving at them and just being generally silly. the ghosts seemed to enjoy it though. 

Sailing for a few hours they had encountered nothing but the vastness of the sea, some seagulls and a news coo, a very classy one who carried a rose in his mouth, but he wasn't here to deliver papers maybe just to fetch them, Maryn did not know.

Time passed by pretty quickly, the atmosphere was a little tense and weird, but that was usual the case with Maryn, which she was totally ok with.

As time passed and silence mostly filled the sky Maryn was happy to hear a boom. though that happpyness only lasted for a mere three seconds, as a cannonball flew right through their mast making it break off and land in sea. as more cannonballs followed, she quickly send out her ghosts to posses the cannonballs and drop them into the sea next to the ship.

THere was no time for partying yet, as a new barrage of cannonballs flew towards the ship, infront of them the sight of a marine frigrate became clearer and clearer. They would not forgive Spiritus mundi for what they had done. as cannonballs were flying towards the spiritus mundi ship.

After climbing aboard the ship and gaining his new blade the Ieti one of the three cursed blades that he'd been after Genzo couldn't wait to play with his new toy. Swinging it around getting used to the weight. It was heavier than expected but something that would only help his muscle expansion.

Looking towards Miko he felt an air of rivalry. But he knew who was better. Without a doubt it was clearly him. With two swords stolen from guards & the ieti in his possession Genzo was a happy man. Swinging the blade around quickly he stumbled a little due to the weight and would start again.

Swinging it he could see that small projectiles were being released but he'd need to be stronger to make them actually count for anything. Grinning as he held it Genzo could see his eyes & smile in the blade.

Sheathing it he heard Maryn's comments about needing a musician. he still wasn't so sure what she was saying but nodded anyway. He didn't plan on staying long but leaving the "crew" upon the next island as he got what he wanted.

The Ieti was all his and no one could take that away from him. Standing on the edge of the ship he looked out wondering where the next island was and how long he'd have to wait. As he looked out something started to form and seem much clearer. Grinning a little with hopes of an island he started to see something speeding towards him.

Before Genzo knew what it was a large cannon ball from a Naval Frigate revealed itself to him by sweeping him to the ground as it passed close to his head. The vacuum it brought with it floored Genzo.

Looking up he caught sight of ghosts stopping a few more cannon balls and heard more sounds of gun fire.

"Great" he muttered to himself rolling his eyes. He might not even reach land. But it would be a chance to test out his new sword. With cigarette between his lips he inhaled then exhaled & got to his feet. Looking at the canon balls coming his way Genzo unsheathed his Ieti.

"What's our plan of action Captain?" he asked turning to face Maryn waiting for a response.

It's been one hell of a day for Miko, but it seems like all that was slowly but surely drifting away behind her, burning town and all. And to think, in all this madness, she reunited with her captain and even bagged a new, good-looking crew member to boot. Overall, a pretty great day but could've been better.

Miko sat in her self-designated room which, while it wasn't the same as her old room, at the very least had a desk, a quill and some paper to write on. The bed was also rather comfortable, but it was a little obvious that whoever slept in this liked to eat while in bed.

She sat down at the desk and took up the quill and a sheet of paper to practice her calligraphy; God knows how long she's been neglecting to do this, she must be slightly worse at it now! At that very moment, Miko realized that she didn't have the right writing utensil for the job, or an inkwell either for that matter. She threw a small fit of rage where she snapped the quill in half and jammed it into the desktop. She even crumpled up the paper into a ball and shredded it to pieces.

Deciding that maybe now wasn't the best of time to practice writing, Miko decided to maybe go up on deck and see how things were faring up there. By the time she went up, there wasn't really much going on. What's-his-face was off swinging his new sword around like a joker and Maryn was just being Maryn. Not long after, Maryn up and declared that they needed a musician! Excellent, now the ship rides won't be as boring!

"Excellent idea, my queen! Oh, what kind of musician should we get? A pianist? A violinist? A string quartet? They're just so many to choose from!" Miko exclaimed loudly. She was very obviously entranced by the idea of a musician being on board, seeing as it would be another person for her to boss around, plus dinner AND a song. And so Maryn said they wanted a violinist. Cool.

Sword guy over didn't look like he was too interested in the idea, and kept on swinging his sword like a amateur. Heh, if Miko had her sword on her right now and not sitting with her cape, she'd show him a thing or two about swordsmanship. One grade A lesson in asswhooping with a blade!

It was too bad that their voyage was so rudely interrupted by some cannonballs who destroyed the mast, which rendered the ship incapable of much movement anymore. Miko sighed a sigh of disappointment and walked back inside to grab her cape and sword; she expected a fight was about to happen very soon and it was gonna be a bit chilly out there too.

((after this post. benjiro and sweet dreams can post whenever.))

Things slowly went sour, as the amount of cannon balls in the sky increased. as did the damage to the ship. the crew did their best to stop a cannonball here or there, but not all the cannonballs were stoppable and the ship sustained a lot of damage. But maryn seemed to not be so bothered


'' Miko a violin awesome be'' 

as another cannon ball flew right through the hull making the ship slowly fall appart.

'' A new ship, I will get, you guys wait here''

Maryn slowly left off hovering in the air, off to the big marine ship that had been attacking them.

As Maryn flew off what she had not realised, is that the ship slowly drifted off and capsised, there was no way to steer it left, and those on it were no where to be seen.

-- 2 hours later --

Poke

Poke

Poke

'' Hey you two wake up''

A young girl. at around the age of 8 was holding a stick poking both Miko and Genzo. 

'' They are dead, you should not be around them'' 

Another kid would yell, he was a little older and seemed to be commanding the girl.

'' Come on simon don't be so rude, they might be wounded and need help, or better they could be pirates''

'' Mom will kill you if she hears that'' 

'' She won't hear that anyways, its still chaos in town''


the young girl poked the two a bit more with a stick as she slowly decided to let them be. 

The island they were on, wasnt too big , surounded by beach and one big town in the middle where around 5000 people lived, on the other side of where Miko and Genzo were was a dock, and on the outskirts of town were a lot of farm buildings. the town had a few bars but something was seemingly going on.

Noah's eyes widened as he saw the two prone male bodies washed up on the shoreline of the island and the two younger children who were prodding their lifeless bodies with a stick. Quickly ducking down behind a railing that overlooked the beach, the young boy began to panic as his breathing began to increase and he connected the dots in his head. He could over hear some of the conversation between the two children but not all of it coherently but what he did hear sent him into freak panic “Kill” “Pirates” “Chaos” .

As he began to quiver he realised something he was at the scene he was an accessory to this crime, Noah could be held accountable too he had heard stories of the Marines fabricating evidence to bring criminals to justice. Maybe his father had connections within the marines and this was all an elaborate rouse to get him sentenced to death ?! Had his father set up the kindly merchant who had helped him to flee the island ?!

“AM I REALLY GOING TO DIE !?” said Noah aloud but Noah was not going to die, today was not the day for him to be wrongfully prosecuted by the allegedly corrupt Marines and his Lord Father. If he used evidence such as photographic evidence to show the murderers with the body there was no way he could be tried in a court of law! Unhooking his Camera strap from around his neck Noah peered through the viewpoint and clicked the capture button but he had once again forgotten to turn off the flash as well as the sound as a bright burst of light shot down onto the sand below and the sound of the image being taken echoed around the beach, giving away his position.

As Noah lowered his camera he screamed internally.

What a drag. Just when Miko thought she was able to get some rest and relaxation, some idiot attacks the ship she was riding on. Oh well, at least she still got to kill the people responsible for this. She casually strolled over to her room and grabbed her sword and threw on her cape. While she was doing that, she noticed a bit of a sinking feeling with the ship. She looked out of her room's window and saw that the ship was actually sinking!

"Aw, shit!" Miko blurted as she blasted her way out the door and up onto deck. Before she knew it, she made it up onto deck then the boat sank into the bottom of the ocean. Being weighted down by her clothing and weapon, the lady had no choice but to drown.

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...Something was poking Miko. There she was lying on the sand like a beached while, waves splashing onto her back every so often, She felt like just lying there a little longer but nah, these kiddies who were poking her were getting on her nerves; Something had to be done about them.

And so Miko got up a little and coughed out the water in her lungs before taking a great, deep breath. Damn, it felt good to breath again.

"I'm not dead, now stop poking me you little brats." Miko plainly uttered as she shot the two a mean glare. Miko looked around at her surroundings and found out that the guy they picked up on the previous island was with her! And maybe dead...Oh no, this is gonna be one of those days...

Cannon balls were flying, the sound of cannon fire, waves beating the sides of the ship and the smell of gun power which stung his nostrils. With a sword in each hand one heavier than the other thanks to it being the Ieti, Genzo charged towards the cannon balls and did his best to deflect them.

Swinging his Ieti into a large thick rope it snapped allowing the anchor to fall. As the anchor dropped a cannon ball smacked into it. A loud ringing was heard as it echoed all around and shook the ship. It hurt Genzo's ears. The cannon ball however was deflected even if the sound was agonizing.

As that sound faded Genzo's surroundings became darker and darker. He could see less and less. Panic started to envelop him and run through his veins. Felling the ground beneath his weak grow weak it finally shattered and Genzo discovered himself fully submerged within the water. Unable to breath or even more properly everything went black.

Making sounds under water to express his distress Genzo's whole world went black and soon his mind would do so too.

He felt lifeless, motionless alive and dead at the same time. As something met with his kidney, a small smile covered his face. Next up a slightly harder prod met his kidney followed by another and another then by an even harder one. Grunting as it hurt Genzo felt soft crushed sand against his face.

Opening his eyes he looked up to find two small kids poking him with a stick. His killer instinct however saw two threats. Without a second thought nor much restraint at all, Genzo picked himself up in a matter of seconds, removed both of his blades rolled around on to one knee and placed both blades against the necks of the children.

A blade for each he pressed slightly too hard as he noticed that he nearly had chopped clean through their necks with such ease.