You hear the calls for ‘land ho’ from your crew. You wince as you quickly step out from your quarters, the sun shining brilliantly in a clear blue sky. As you look ahead you see what must be Failsafe, the island of explosives. The island resembles more of a giant city than a proper island. A metropolis of tan grey buildings and towering factory smoke stacks dominate the coastline. It is these same smoke stacks that belch out the thick smog into the air, like a hungry volcano constantly threatening to erupt. The clear blue sky you enjoyed only a few minutes ago is quickly overtaken by the choking smoke, and a dim twilight seems to rule over the island. Every so often you see explosive plumes burst up in seemingly random locations. You’re not sure who named the island “Failsafe” but they clearly had a sense of humor.

Your crew skillfully leads the ship into the Navy’s base on Failsafe. As your ship slows to a stop, you immediately notice that the battleships docked here are extremely well armed, and a few brazenly bear some unapproved experimental weaponry. Being stationed at a weapon manufacturing island has its perks it seems.

After consulting a few officers and contemplating on the matter, you've decided the need for discretion is necessary once again. Only two officers will go with you into Failsafe, anything more could compromise the mission.

>Choose two officers to accompany you on your mission into Failsafe

>>22668013
Could you repost stats for them?

We're going to want investigation more than anything else, and maybe people skills as well.

As much as I like her Marianne probably isn't the best suited for this mission.

Alfonso and Rosewater.

>>22668013

Rosewater and Hitoshi - Rosewater to disturb uncooperative people and Hitoshi to shut her up and follow us into the sky.

and for those joining us:

>Lieutenant Commander Alfonso

Your closest friend. Very high people skills. Wields a mighty hammer into combat.

>Lieutenant Hitoshi

Devil Fruit User. Can silence anything around him. Skilled martial artist. Deployed by Vice Admiral Dalmation to monitor your crew.

>Lieutenant Marianne

Unswerving loyalty combined with remarkable sword skills makes this femme fatale a superb marine. An expert on pirate lore and bounties. Awful with people, may or may not be your number one fan.

>Ensign Cage

Expert pirate hunter. Very reclusive. Deployed by Vice Admiral Dalmation to monitor your crew.

>Ensign Big Ocean

Chief Medical Officer and ship cook. A giant of a man who puts his friends before himself. Skilled with people but poor at investigation.

>Ensign Rosewater

Master Gunner and expert on ship maintenance and weaponry. The biggest pervert on the Grand Line. A great marine until she spots an attractive woman or an opportunity to make a lewd joke.

>Ensign "Ricochet" Read

Assistant Gunner and the ship's sharpshooter. An expert on the six pistol fighting style. Has a problem with authority.

>>22668107

Also, Rosewater with us so she doesn't do naughty things to the ship with all these toys on hand. (Previous sage was a mistake, this one is just a bit off-topic.)

>>22668101
Okay, looking at an earlier thread.

Alfonso, he's Excellent as People and Info Gathering. And Hitoshi we don't have any crew better than Fair at Investigation, but he's damn good at combat and being able to move silently means that he's better at investigating a place than his skill level would suggest.

>>22668150
Rosewater and Marianne for hilarity

>>22668170
Hilarious, but we won't get anything done with those two around.

On a side note we need to hit the bar with Rosewater some time, pick up chicks together.

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>>22667993
mfw this thread

>>22668013
Alfonso and Hitoshi.

Alfonso because he's awesome. Hitoshi because he's useful, and his connection to Dalmation means that we have backup and reliable testimony from Hitoshi if CP gets their panties in a knot.

>>22668197

What, SNOW them a good time? Go out and have a bit of THUNDER?

And for those who want the raw stats:

Captain Abrams:
Excellent with people
Excellent at investigation.
Excellent in combat.

Alfonso:
Excellent with people
Poor at investigation
Excellent in combat(it seems Alfonso has been training!)

Hitoshi:
Fair with people
Fair with investigation
Superb in combat

Marianne:
Poor with people
Fair at investigation
Unmatched in combat(the strongest of your crew)

Ensign Cage:
Poor with people(Fair when concerning pirates)
Fair with investigation(Excellent when concerning pirates)
Fair in combat(Excellent when concerning pirates)

Ensign Big Ocean:
Excellent with people
Poor at investigation
Fair in combat

Ensign Rosewater:
Excellent with people(poor with attractive women)
Fair at investigation
Fair in combat (Excellent in ship combat)

Ensign Ricochet
Fair with people
Fair at investigation
Excellent in combat

Few more minutes for the last couple of votes to drip in, and then it begins.

>>22668256
Last thread was the thread that ended in head pats right?

>>22668270
Yes, yes it was.

>>22668244
Do any of our crew know how to use Haki? I'm guessing if anyone does it'd be Marianne or Hitoshi.

Do we know about Haki?

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>tfw time for Marine Quest

>>22668244
Alfonso and Hitoshi

Rosewater and Marianne

Hmm. Alfonso is a given, but... I'm split.

Hitoshi's devil fruit skill might help his ability at skullduggery, but if Cage's specialty comes into play here, he'll be unparalleled (except by us) at investigating.

>>22668427
I don't think it will. I don't think Jeremiah is anywhere near your normal Pirate. There's something hinky going on.

>>22668450
Hmm.

FLEET ADMIRAL! Let's ask Cage if he thinks his pirate-hunting specialty will help here!

Crowe has to be a CP agent who went awol. They're trying to bring him in to keep him quiet now.

CALLING IT.

>>22668280

The Captain does not know haki. To your knowledge none of your crew knows Haki, but that does not mean they don't know it or can't use it.

>>22668450

Correct. Jeremiah is confirmed a criminal, but strictly not a pirate.

>>22668500
Be honest, but don't give away everything.

"I'll be blunt with you. I'm here looking for someone. The details are classified, so I can't say who. Very hush hush. I'm trying to keep a low profile, so I'm not planning on squads of marines bursting through people's doors. My father was a detective back on my home island before I went off and joined the navy. I'm trying to follow in his style for this one.

Don't worry, the man I'm looking for shouldn't be too dangerous. Just a thief, from what I've been told. Now, Captain Coco, since I've been upfront with you, could you tell me if there's been anyone suspicious arriving here within the last few days. I know, I know, asking if there's someone suspicious in the Grand Line is like asking if there's fish in the water. But I mean someone more suspicious than normal."

You've decided to bring Lt. Commander Alfonso and Lieutenant Hitoshi with you.

You march down the docks with your officers flanking behind you. The Captain's jacket hanging from your shoulders sways with purpose as you make your way to the greeting party at the end of the dock. You tighten the hat around your head as a nervous tick, you're still new to being a Captain after all.

Alfonso follows behind you on your right, towering over you and Hitoshi with his massive tetsubo perched on his shoulders... you see he didn't bother to wear a shirt under his officers jacket again. Hitoshi silently follows on your right, with his black hair in a knot, and a simple hakama worn underneath his jacket. You must look quite intimidating.

Two full squads of marines salute as you walk past them to greet the commanding officer of the base. You made a bit of research and apparently the Failsafe base was run by a Captain Coco. It must be the man at the end of the procession.

You study the other Captain. A muscled man, with a grey suit underneath his officer's jacket. His face is clean shaven, and he has no other hair than a top knot shaped into a palm tree. You would be surprised by his bizarre haircut if you didn't already have four years experience serving in the Navy.

"Captain Abrams! I received the notice of your arrival only a few hours ago, welcome! Come walk with me." You walk beside Captain Coco as he leads you indoors. "I am glad you are here, Failsafe could always use a bit more military presence. These madmen will blow up the island before the year is done. Now, what is the nature of your pleasant and unexpected visit?"

Captain Coco is doing a poor job at hiding his suspicion. What do you tell him?

>>22668573

is referring to

>>22668582


To avoid making you look like a fool, I deleted that post because of some spelling errors that horrified me. I'm still trying to find the right balance between quick responses and well edited posts.

My apologies.

>>22668526
I was thinking the same thing.

Also, something I thought of: combining our powers with Hitoshi's can effectively create a sensory deprivation zone around our enemies--blinding and deafening them.

Rolled 97

>>22668582
Captain Coco, we have urgent matters assigned to us by the CP and request for your full cooperation. Anything less will be considered an act of treason. We need information.

>>22668670

Works for me.

>>22668670
That's really hostile.

>>22668670
Let's not be a dick to the poor guy. He seems like he's under a lot of stress.

>>22668670
I think the point is to BE SUBTLE. Announcing that is just going to ensure EVERYONE goes to ground and makes our job hell to accomplish.

So downvoting this.

>>22668670
I wouldn't say Treason, he's already suspicious of us. Away his full cooperation would be appreciated and remembered.

>>22668573
I like this one the best

>>22668724
A BIT LATE

>>22668736
Personally, I'm sad we didn't bring Rosewater with us.

You decide to be honest as you can with the Captain, he must be pretty stressed at your sudden arrival. You inform him that you are looking for a man: Jeremiah Crowe, you add that he might have seen his bounty poster. You take great care to keep the matter as vague as possible, but not so much as to arouse more suspicion.

"Ah, him. We completely glossed over that bounty. An impressive bounty, but the picture is awful. Nothing to go on. We might have if we knew he was already here on Failsafe." He sighs heavily at the lost opportunity "Well Abrams if you're looking for a criminal there's only one place to go: 'Unsafe', this island's back alley district. If your man is any sort of scum then he had to have crossed there. I must warn you, no one there is going to cooperate with a marine."

You thank Coco and ask him he can provide you with any other place to go on the island.

Coco rubs his palm tree top knot as he contemplates. "Well there's always the main district. Only reason to ever come to Failsafe is to get bigger and better weapons. Crowe might have dealt with someone there, as the weapon smiths don't discriminate when it comes to selling their volatile products."

Despite his distracting hair cut, Coco has given you a lot to go on.

>Consult your officers
>Go to the "Unsafe"
>Go to the Main District
>Ask Coco another question

>>22668780
REMOVE OUR MARINE UNIFORMS AND GO TO UNSAFE DISGUISED AS NOT-MARINES!

>>22668795
Remove... Our uniform?!

BLASPHEMY!

>>22668780
I say we send a couple of our lower-profile people to the Unsafe, if we can. Cage and Rosewater, maybe--I don't think anybody would take Rosewater for a marine when she's out of uniform.

>>22668795
shoot this man!

>>22668806
AGREED!

>>22668780
I would consult our officers at this particular junction.

Rolled 81

>>22668780
Let's head off to the Main District, we won't rouse much suspicion - at least not nearly as much as taking the unsafe district head on.

Inquire about weaponry upgrades, and for curious folk to gain leads. If need be using the silent devil fruit to conduct interrogations..

>>22668780
Has he had any unusual activity in port or on the island?

>>22668795

As much as it pains you, you ask your officers to remove their coats to prevent the seedy underbelly of Failsafe from recognizing you as marines.

You and Hitoshi slap your hands against your faces as you soon realize the problem: as Alfonos removes his jacket and reveals a massive tattoo scrawled across his muscular back.

In kanji it reads: "ABSOLUTE JUSTICE"

Alfonso realizes this as well and smiles sheepishly, "I might have gotten it done at Mining Island."

This might not work without real disguises.

>>22668868
Still voting for my previous suggestion.
>>22668831

>>22668815

Unless sent for simple tasks and errands, I'm going to refrain from allowing this sort of thing, just to save myself a headache from managing two different parties. I will allow for crewmates to tag team out, although it might take some time for them to get to you.

>>22668904
Fair enough.

I still recommend getting our sneakier people out for this.

Need a few more votes. Or else I just take the first suggestion(other than the one telling us to take off our uniforms)

>>22668868
Well damn. Let's start with the Main District, we might get something there, if we don't we can swap Alfonso out and hit Unsafe.

>>22668961
Let's just go down to the Main District, it's easy, it's simple, it's a good place to start. We can do some actual shopping while we're there too.

>>22668847
Aww, we can't ask Coco this before we leave? I'd rather get more info before just heading out.

>>22669009
Sounds like a good idea, asking that before we investigate stuff might save us time.

>>22669041
Yeah, we can ask about strange people, strange events, any pirates coming in that kind of thing. And if he's been having any problems because even if we can't find Crowe here, we can at least do some good.

You decide a safe bet would be to go to the Main District. At the very least you could pick up some disguises.

After a short walk you arrive in the main district and it is absolute chaos. Shops are constantly trying to get the attention of customers with explosive displays. A few competitors seem to be testing the superiority of their weapons against each other. Entire stalls are dismantled or sent flying into the air as a result of the destructive rivalries. The noise is completely overpowering, the discharge of explosives combined with yelling merchants makes it nearly unbearable. Hitoshi is quick to pick up on your discomfort and wraps your group in a bubble of muffled silence. The ringing in your ear is still persistent, but you can at least think now.

Alfonso looks around, clearly as lost as you feel, "So, where do we start in this madness?". Both of your officers look uncomfortable in the free reigning chaos of the Main District.

>there seems to be a clothing store
>lets try out that gun stall over there

>>22669066
Yeah, I can totally get behind this.

>>22669081
Clothing stall

>>22669081
Check the clothing store. Someone with that store is more likely to watch everything that is going on around them in this madness than the gun stall people.

I also forgot to mention that we are now weaponless. The impact from the cannon ball we punched caved in our gauntlet. The sea stone was salvageable but the rest was a mess. We have one left gauntlet and 4 small seastones.

Not a big deal for a logia but something to note before we enter a weapons district.

>>22669081
Clothing store, purchase commoner clothing while causally getting a feel for the island via conversation. Charisma gogo

>>22669112
We need a set of brass knuckles that say JUSTICE across them, with the sea stones placed on the knuckles.

>>22669112
Okay, we might want to look into getting new and improved gauntlets.

>>22669112
Oh, question: Does our single gauntlet stay with us when we go cloudy?

But yeah, lets go get a gift for Rosewater, new weapon, and then some clothing.

>>22669066
I wish we could have done this before we left Coco, but oh well

>>22669112

I was going to suggest making something more like brass knuckles anyway - if we can squeeze ourselves under doors as a cloud, gauntlets might not be able to come with us.

>>22669134

Although we are not currently wearing it: yes our weapons and whatever we are wearing go cloudy with us and are not negatively affected by our powers.

>>22669157
TO BIGGER AND SHINER BULLET GAUNTLETS! Also, clothing.

You enter one of the district's clothing stores. The window displays many of the current fashions as well as work clothes for factory and dock workers. A bell rings behind you as you enter as Hitoshi disables his Mur Mur fruit ability.

"Ah! Welcome, welcome~! We're always happy to have the Marines visit our store~" An energetic girl zooms in from the back. Her greeting seems practiced, and you question how genuine her welcome really is.

>We would like some clothes(specify the type)
>Any suspicious characters
>You are very pretty, how about I show you around my ship(-5 Justice points)

>>22669217
Lets buy some work clothes. The thugs in the bad part of town wouldn't be wearing the latest fashions.

>>22669217
The first one. Second one is hardly low-profile and the third is waaaaay out-of-character.

(Also, did anyone else's browser extension stop working?)

Rolled 84

>>22669217
We would like some clothes, mainly those that would give us a bonus to our Justice. Do you have anything of the sort in stock my dear?

>>22669236
4chan X is working just fine for me. I'm on Waterfox.

>>22669217
Put on our best smile.

First get clothes, ask for ones that are what people around here usually wear. If she asks why say we're on shore leave and looking to have a day off without having to wear our Marine Uniforms.

Then after that we can ask if she's seen anything strange lately.

Also, how many Justice points do we have? What happens if they fall down to much.

>>22669236
It works on pages I already have open, but not any new ones I open. Weird.

>>22669250
We fall and the Goddess of Justice smites us.

>>22669250

>Also, how many Justice points do we have? What happens if they fall down to much.

I just did it as a gag. Although I wouldn't put it past /tg/ to completely turn the tables on me.

>>22669250

If we run out of Justice, we die. It's kinda like that Tingle RPG, but with Justice instead of Rupees.

>>22669236
>>22669236
Yeah, I thought it was just me and reset my computer. Its fucking annoying

>>22669217
Character's of a suspicious nature. Also, get us clothes that look like character's of a suspicious nature.

>>22669236
You are not the only one, there's no bloody auto-update nor quick reply.

>>22669308
yeah, i'm getting this guys problem, along with the inability to have the quick view of quoted posts

while we do the investigation, tell Rosewater that she can LOOK at POTENTIAL items to upgrade our ship with. tell her that she CANNOT BUY anything. just MAKE A LIST of things that would be USEFUL not just aesthetically pleasing. Send her with Ricochet. Tell them that if there is any ONE item they would like as personal equipment, they can add it to the bottom of the list. (though that one can extend to all the officers)

You decide to not scare her off with questions first, so you simply ask for a set of clothes. She gestures towards the whole store with a smile on her face. You then specifically ask what most people around here wear.

"Ah! Well most people usually just go about in their work clothes~. Here!" She hands you a pair of thick cloth pants, a striped shirt, and a black cap. "Course, you won't look like anyone else here since your clothes will be so clean~!" She hands Hitoshi black pants and a regular t-shirt, and gives Alfonso thick pants, a shirt, and a vest.

You ask her how much it is for the lot.

She gives you a very wide smile when you ask, "25000 Beris~!" The shopkeeper is obviously gouging you with that price, but you don't have time to argue about it all day. You haggle a little bit to avoid suspicion and settle for the only slightly less outrageous price of 20000 Beris.

You ask if you can change into the clothes and are shown to a dressing area.

You and your officers are now dressed in your civilian disguises. Hitoshi looks surprisingly ordinary in contrast to his usual traditional garb, and Alfonso still decided to forgo the shirt but at least kept the vest on to hide his tattoo. You look like regular citizens now, and you could pass off as Failsafe regulars with a bit more soot and grime on you.

The shopkeeper girl is occupied with another customer so you leave the store.

>check out the weapon stalls(roll 1d100)
>go to Marine base
>go to the 'Unsafe' district

Another reminder that I will allow officers to swap out, although they will take a bit of time to arrive.

why is the quest icon boobs with a chain piercing

>>22669414
>check out the weapon stalls(roll 1d100)
Come on Gauntlets!

Rolled 92

>>22669436
Trying that again

>>22669435
5 for 5.... Its a seagull damn it

Rolled 2

>>22669414
>>check out the weapon stalls(roll 1d100)

Let's see what there is, now that we're looking kinda normal we can ask if they seen anything odd lately without being too suspicious.

Rolled 68

>>22669414

JUSTICE JUSTICE!! (Also weapons)

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>>22669435
MOTHERFUCKER I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA SHOW UP

>>22669399
is this a viable thing to have done? you don't need to bring any attention to it, but could make a fun story to tell, that and it gives us a list of potential ship weapons we could get.

>>22669442
just like ZQ when the main character was named 'David Lister'... never really shed the 'Red Dwarf LOLOLOL!!11!one' joke...

Rolled 93

>>22669448

JUSTICE JUSTICE JUSTICE!!! (random experiment)

>>22669526

once again proving that JUSTICE only works when it is important. after all, better weapons make for swifter JUSTICE.

Rolled 19

>>22669526

JUSTICE! (if this even works)

Rolled 6

>>22669559
stop doing that.

>>22669559
JUSTICE! = 19
>>22669448
JUSTICE JUSTICE!! = 68
>>22669526
JUSTICE JUSTICE JUSTICE!!! = 93

Therefore, more JUSTICE = more good.

>>22669575

speak for yourself...

Rolled 29

>>22669559
>>22669575
In the name of science, we must test the luck based on how much justice there is in a post. Here goes control

Rolled 58

>>22669592
Going for science
JUSTICE JUSTICE JUSTICE

Rolled 43

>>22669608
>>22669592
JUSTICE

Rolled 15

>>22669592
>>22669608
>>22669618
JUUUUUUUUUUSTICCCCCEEE!!!

You decide to look around the various weapon stalls and explosive displays.

Most of them are swamped with customers, pirates and sailors alike are bidding over particularly dangerous looking weapons.

You don't see anything interesting for yourself, but you think Rosewater would be at home here like a sea king in the Calm Belt. You take out your den den mushi and key in the ship number. You ask the operator to patch you through to Ensign Rosewater.

"Hello~ who is this? If you're calling about my erotic phone service I'm afraid that is only after dark."

You explode as loudly as any of the displays here as you tell Rosewater it's the Captain.

"Aha! I know Cap'n I was only joking. I stopped doing that a few months ago." You have no words for thirty seconds. "Ara? Cap'n? Hello?"

You snap back into it as you tell Rosewater to check out the wares here at the main district, but ONLY to inspect.

"UPGRADES CAP'N? I'M ON MY WAY!"

You have a bad feeling about this.

With that done you decide to return to your investigation. You honestly have no idea where to start with all of the stalls and stores that are open here.

There seems to be some more stores in a few of the alleyways beside the main courtyard. You think these discrete shops would be the kind of place a criminal on the run from CP6 might go to.

There are much less people here in this area. The shops seem less interested in getting as many customers as they can in your store

Roll1d100 for investigation!

Rolled 2

>>22669629
Scientific note: Elongated JUSTICE does not seem to be as good as normal JUSTICE.
JUSTICE JUSTICE

Rolled 27

>>22669632
INVESTIGATION TIME!

Rolled 46

>>22669632
Justice Investigation!

>>22669592
>>22669608
>>22669618
>>22669629
>>22669642
Conclusion: Science and JUSTICE Luck show no current correlation. As you were.

Rolled 93

>>22669632

STOP ABUSING THAT!!!! YOU CANNOT EXPECT THE AMAZING POWERS TO TENDER TO YOUR EVERY WHIM!!!

rolling

>>22669632
Can we also get our gauntlet upgraded and repaired?

>>22669694

The Captain was unable to find anything like this on his way through the district.

There are a few shops in the darker alleyways, one in particular had large crates being packed with rifles by a small group of workers. Each shop you visit is very unfriendly, they have no interest in your business or your questions.

>Consult officers
>Return to Navy base
>Go to the "Unsafe" district

>>22669709
aww, oh well.

>>22669732
Talk to officers on our way to Unsafe?

>>22669738

seconding

>>22669732
Consult officers and make our way to Unsafe.

>>22669738

Some sort of CONCHference call?

>>22669789
No, just the officers we have with us. I don't think we have a Conch for a Conference call, sadly, those are above our paygrade right now.

>>22669732
Consult officers as to how we would dirty up our clothes so as to pass as workers.

>>22669813
We should also dirty up our clothes on the way. We want to look the part.

>>22669877
We could get into a fight with someone, and if we find a bar we can get information at the same time.

You decide to head over to the "Unsafe" district. On your way there you decide to ask your officers about the current situation, unafraid of anyone listening in thanks to Hitoshi's ability.

Alfonso is first to speak up as usual, "We know about as much as we did when we started Captain. Hopefully we can learn a bit more in this 'Unsafe' district. But I'm not looking forward to mingling with criminals."

Hitoshi nods in agreement, "So far we've come up on nothing. We should be careful with how we deal with the people in Unsafe. If we make too much attention for ourselves, Crowe could make a break for it and we're back to square one."

You bitterly accept your officers' review. So far you haven't learned much, and you're not any closer to capturing Crowe.

After just over a half hour of walking, you arrive at what could only be the "Unsafe" district. The sun is beginning to set, and the nightlife already looks to be out and about. The Unsafe District is full of vagrants and unseemly people. A few men have already been thrown out of bars, and you hear pirate shanties echo against the alley walls.

You walk around the district, doing your best not to arrest any pirates that you recognize from wanted posters. After a quick walk through the district, there seems to be three main places of interest: a popular bar, a black market weapons dealer, and a long alley way holding various vagrants and bums

>Invesigate bar
>Investigate weapons dealer
>Investigate back alley

>>22669945
This is a good idea.

>>22669956
>Invesigate bar

We can gather info and beat some sense into these peoples' head.

>>22669956
>>Invesigate bar

Dirty ourself up first, look the part, and then hit the bar.

>>22669956

Go, back alley!

>>22669988
Hold off on the back alley until we're nice and presentable to the vagrants. They're more likely to trust us if we look like workers.

You decide to investigate the seedy but popular bar that seems to dominate the Unsafe alleyways: "Bo's Bar".

You start to move to enter the bar, but a large bald bouncer stops you before you even make it to the door.

"I haven't seen any of you around here. Think you can just walk into 'Bo's Bar' right off the boat? Think again. Now, I asked you who you were."

The bouncer seems very impatient and ready to kick you back into the street if you don't give him an answer he likes.

>what do you say? roll1d100

Rolled 38

>>22670106
>>22670106
Roll for bobo's bar

Rolled 90

>>22670106
"The Dentist." If he asks why we say that, we knock his teeth out.

If he doesn't ask...erm...

Rolled 49

>>22670106
"I'll have you know that I'm the rootinest and quite possibly the tootinest man you're likely to see today. So unless you'd like me to remodel your face I suggest you let me get a drink."

Rolled 27

>>22670106
rolling

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>>22670125
THIS

Rolled 97

>>22670106
"The people who are going to close this bar if you don't get out of the way. We're inspecting this place on the order of [some institution]"

In other words complete bullshit.

despite >>22670177 having a better roll, i'm seconding >>22670125 as it includes active (al-be it indirect) Justice.

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This bouncer is getting on your nerves, and you calmly reply.

"The Dentist."

"The what? What the hell are you talking about get out of here!" he attempts to make a move to grab you but you pull back your fist and slam it into his face with a straight jab.

The impact sends him flying as he pitifully wails, "Oh... the Dentist.". He soars through the door he was guarding and lands unconscious on the bar floor. You casually walk in over the bouncer, prepared to fight. The whole bar is looking at you and the knocked out bouncer now. No one is making a sound. You prepare for them to draw swords and charge you at any second. After a few moments the bar erupts into laughter, some rogue pats you on the back and hands you a draft.

You're in.

After the bar scene returned to normal you sit down at a vacant table with Hitoshi and Alfonso. You scan the bar. A band is playing in the corner, leading a good section of the bar in shanty songs. Flashy lights shine in the bar, lighting everything in different vibrant colors. The patrons are a mishmash of pirates, vagrants, travelers, and other rowdy types. Together, you mark out three notable people in the bar. The first is the barkeep, guaranteed to have seen everyone come in and leave the bar. The next is an old pirate who seems like a regular, he constantly goes around the room challenging people to fights as he spills his alcohol all over himself. The last is a trio of okama who seem to have taken an interest in you and your group since your explosive entrance.

The old pirate might be more loose with information after some drinks, or a fight, while the bartender will probably ask for a bribe. If we're given a choice I say we go with the pirate and beat him down.

>>22670321
The barkeep probably knows a lot, though the drunk might be more talkative. I say we start with the barkeep.

You decide to see if the bartender can recall one of his former patrons.

You walk up to the bar and order another draft. As you hand him the money you decide to ask him a question, you have his attention now after all.

>ask him a question roll 1d100

Rolled 36

>>22670511
Say we haven't been in town for long and would like the lay of the land before we start doing much. Ask if there's been anything out of the ordinary, anything more suspicious than usual, any strange new arrivals in town other than us.

Rolled 32

>>22670511
J-j-j-j-j-justice

Rolled 52

>>22670511
Ask him if he's seen any new faces pop up recently, we have a...friend who we think came to the island recently.

Rolled 18

>>22670511
"There been any other new arrivals in town, one might be an associate of mine."

Rolled 44

>>22670511

"hey, you hear of a fella called Crowe? i hear he's got a helluva bounty on 'im! i plan on gettin' 'im ta join me crew! that'll send me reputation rite thru the roof!!! so, d'ya know where 'e mite be!?"

>>22670511
"Have you served drinks to anyone who seemed to blend with the crowd?"

Rolled 67

>>22670623
I'm iffy about saying his name, we don't want any of this to get back to him.

Rolled 46

>>22670633
Messed up the dice.

>>22670633
That's a really vague question. I'm sure a lot of people blend with the crowd, or else what would the crowd consist of?

>>22670646
Yeah. DON'T mention his name.

The dice desire no progress tonight. Their will be done.

>>22670321
Okama, as creepy as they can be, are usually pretty helpful if they like you. If the other two lines of inquiry don't work out, we should talk to them.

(Out for the night. Good luck with the JUSTICE.)

You slip a few coins more coins into the hands of the barkeep. You ask him if he might be able to tell you about one of his patrons that might have been here earlier.

"Heh! Take your drink and get lost!" It seems he's not in the mood to answer the questions of inquisitive undercover captains.

>Talk to the old pirate
>Talk to the okama

Rolled 95

>>22670735
>>22670756

Rolling for Okama.

>>22670773
I can't disagree with that roll. Let's visit the fabulous folks over there.

>>22670773
"..." Sullenly look into our drink and close our mouth. Mutter something about the Bartender's dental before going to these Okama's.

You decide to go over to the okama. As they see you walking forward they start getting excited and speaking in hushed whispers with each other.

"Ahoooo~! How lucky for us to get a handsome man like you at our table ahmmmm~!" The largest okama speaks to you as soon as you arrive. His large head is covered by a blonde wig, and he winks at you behind thick mascara and heavy makeup.

His friends look as odd as he does, one is wearing a large fluffy orange wig and large heart shaped sunglasses, and the other has his mouth curled in a lewd smile as he pats down his silky black wig.

You have no idea how to speak with these people

>Roll1d100 and attempt communication with the okama creatures

Rolled 80

>>22670756

Rolling for Old Pirate, just in case there are any optimists.

Rolled 74

>>22670963

"JUSTICE!"

Rolled 92

>>22670963
"I. Am. Looking. For. A. Man." Speak very uncomfortably.

Show them the picture.

>>22671016
Thisthisthisthisthis.

>>22671016
This is going to be hilarious.

they will clearly know excactly who and where Crowe is, they will also know what he is doing as they work for Ivankov. Therefore Crowe is a revolutionary, therefore the 'classified information' is regarding the world government, therefore we don't know any of this as it is meta...

>>22671016
adding vote to this

Rolled 53

>>22671076
Makes. Sense. To. Me.

"I. Am. Looking. For. A. Man." is all you can muster through a forced smile.

"Ahmmm~! Aren't we all!" says the blonde one.

"Ajuuu~! How romantic" coos the red haired one.

"Ahuuu~! How disappointing." the black haired one sighs.

They laugh as your face flames red in embarrassment. You restate your intention and show them the wanted poster.

"Aha! So you're a bounty hunter, how disappointing" the blonde one pouts. "But we might have seen this hunk here earlier from before... A hu hu hu!"

"Of course we will only tell you if you, ahmmm~!" the red haired one crosses her fishnet legs as she pipes up "Do a little something for us first!"

"Oh yes, pleaseeee~!" the black hairs lewd smile returns.

>Do you do the "little something" for the okama?

>>22671180
If it is for Justice we will suffer through pretty much anything. If Alfonso or Hitoshi ever talk about it we will rain inside their rooms for a month.

Rolled 17

>>22671180
Clinch our fists.

"How. About. I. Continue. To. Stop. Myself. From. Doing. Something?"

Rolled 25

>>22671180
"No."

>>22671180
Well what is this a little something? I aint sucking no dicks

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>>22671180
Surely they'll tell us what they want first, right?

>>22671180
Ask what the little something is before we decide.

>>22671196

why just their rooms? why not give them both a personal storm cloud that spawns additional clouds to everyone they tell?

but we can at least hear out their offer...

Rolled 6

>>22671180
offer hand
"how about a DANCE!! "

Rolled 7

>>22671204
Don't forget to add a twitch to one of your eyes.

>>22671180
"Maaaybe?" No tongue?

>>22671229
With lightning, and thunder.
>>22671238
apparently justice doesn't dance well, this must eventually be remidied

>>22671229
>>22671221
Im voting for hear out the offer

>>22671257
Same.

You ask what that little something might be.

"AHOOO~! A KISS! A KISS!" the three trill in unison.

A kiss seems harmless enough, although you doubt Alfonso would ever let you live it down.

>do you give the okamas a kiss(it's a normal kiss you're not making out with them)

>>22671312

what EXACTLY do you know? i'm not doing this just to find the bastard has a bounty or 'was here but left'!

>>22671312
We can threaten Alfonso with bodily dismemberment and his own personal thundercloud. It's for Justice, we do it.

>>22671312
The things we do for justice.
Give them the kiss, tell our officers that if they ever mention it, very bad things will happen to them.

>>22671312
Information first. We'll negotiate after.

They said they "might" know. Maybe we can also threaten them for a serious discussion with some small thunder.

>>22671312
... They did not say who was getting the kiss. Make 'em kiss each other.

Rolled 44

>>22671312
grab some ass/boob for justice as we kiss

>>22671349
talk to your officers
Try to get them to each kiss one.
Mutual assured destruction
We win

>>22671312
Fine! But we do it in the most manly heroic way possible!

>>22671365
3 of us 3 of them
One of them tells, we tell.
MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION I SAY

You ask the okama in a fit of stutters if their information is any good.

"Ahuu~!" the black one says sadly, "You don't trust us?"

"This information is a bargain for the price! Ahm!" the blonde one chirps as he puts on a bright red lipstick.

"Who knows you might enjoy it! Ahaaa~!" giggles the red hair.

You ask if it has to be you.

"YESSSSS~!" the okama do a ballerina leap as they yell in unison.

>Kiss them
>Hell no

>>22671436
>Kiss them

Shoot our friends a look that says "If you say anything about this, ever, to anyone, you're going to wish I was merciful enough to kill you."

Then do it. They try to use tongue we're biting it off.

>>22671436
JUSTICE CLOUD POWERS ACTIVATE: CLOUD COPY!

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>>22671436
We bite the bullet, we need that info.

>>22671462
the things I do for justice

>>22671436
Kiss them. Kill our friends at the -first- hint of a laugh.

>>22671436
Do it. If we can punch cannonballs out of the air, we can kiss some goofy cross dressers.

>>22671436
Kiss them in a way so ridiculously passionate that no one Alfonso tells will possibly believe him.

Make it electrifying!

>>22671477

catch the kisses with clouds, give one to each of the officers. make a pact to never mention this again.

>>22671477
I still vote for MAD, but if we cant then whatever

>>22671477
we zap em if they laugh

>>22671436
>Hell no

I don't trust these guys to not screw us over.

>>22671493
Do this. Also, find some way to get Hitoshi to look away just as we do passionate kisses. Have no one believe Alfonso that it is anything more then a chaste peck.

Guys, we have cloud powers - if we don't want to be seen, we can throw up some really thick fog.

>>22671592
We do, but I'd rather not announce that we're a DF user to the world unless needed. It's a good thing to keep up our sleeves.

Why are we choosing to pander to these guys when we could be getting information by beating a pirate?

>>22671494

This

>>22671493
this, take refuge in audacity, and hope no one else backs his claims up.

>>22671609

Because Okama have the hearts of Maidens. And aiding maidens is justice.

Then again, I thought that most Okama were anti-government or something.

>>22671609
We don't have any confirmation that that guy knows what we want to find out or if it'd be accurate.

You have to bite the bullet. This is the only lead you've gotten all day.

You lean forward with your lips puckered out. They all lean in at once, the blonde one kisses you on your left cheek, the red hair kisses you on the lips, and the black haired okama kisses you on your right cheek. That was it? You were expecting worse. The lipstick doesn't seem to want to come off too easily however.

"Pfffftt---pf-tpf--pfffffGYAHAHAHAHAGYAHHHAHAGYAAHAHAHAHAAHAHA" Alfonso seems to have spontaneously combusted on the other side of the bar. You will have it raining in his room for the rest of the year. Hitoshi just has his face buried in his drink, but you can see the creep of a smile on his lips.

"Ahuu~! See that wasn't so bad!" the blonde one trills.

"We actually just wanted to see if you would do it! Nuhuhuu~!" the black one giggles.

You remind them of your bargain.

The red hair jumps up and down and claps his hands, "Ah yea! The bandaged ojisan!"

The blonde one has a smug look on his face, "Ahmmm~! We saw him alright. He didn't do much other than enter and leave the bar. We even know what ROOM he stayed in the other night. Number Twen. Ty. Two!" he finishes with a wink.

Finally a lead!

>talk to the barkeep
>talk to the old pirate
>go upstairs

>>22671637
Talk to the old pirate, and give Alfonso a punch.

>>22671637
Send Alfonso to talk with the pirate, and have Hitoshi help us sneak upstairs.

>>22671637
Carry yourself with absolute dignity up the stairs and check his room.

>>22671637
>Beat Alfonso
Also
>Go Upstairs

>>22671637
>>talk to the old pirate
get words of wisdom but that man a drink

first get string drink wipe off lipstick

>>22671657
This, Alfonso can do the talking while we investigate, no need to waste time.

Rolled 33

>>22671637

go upstairs. pirate can wait till we have gathered all other clues. and we can remind Alfonso that as friends we 'share the pain' by using cloud powers to move one of the 'kisses' to his cheek.

rolling for power, JIC

>>22671671
He can also beat the pirate in a fight.

>>22671689
So could us or Hitoshi. We're a damn good group for punching things in the face.

>>22671705
Hitoshi can silence our footsteps incase we need to surprise anyone up there.

Though now that I think about it we could do the same with cloud feet.

>>22671737
I like this idea, and having Alfonso talk to the Maiden's to get any more info, and then onto the old man if we're back and he's finished witha ll three of 'em.

You decide you might as well see what the old sea dog has to say before you head upstairs.

The old codger is bothering some drunk for a fight. The old pirate hasn't realized yet that the drunk had fallen asleep on the bar top.

You tap him on the shoulder to get his attention. He whirls around with a look on his face that reminds you of a mad dog.

"SAY WHAT, OH YEA WANT A FIGHT NOW DO YOU BOY RAHARAHA! WELL THERE'S PLENTY OF IT RIGHT HERE! RRRRRRA!" He leaps towards you in a grappling stance!

>Combat! A move and a d100

Rolled 64

>>22671776

introduce pirate's face to bar top.

Rolled 32

>>22671776
bow to him but smash our for head agents his nose

Rolled 17

>>22671776
Introduce Teeth to fist

Rolled 17

>>22671776
Right straight to the solar plexus.

Rolled 25

>>22671776
No Cloud Cloud Fruit usage. Knee him in gut and then punch him in the face.

Alternatively grab one of his arms midleap and throw him into the ground.

Rolled 89

>>22671776
"Taste my fist!"

Throw a kick at him.

Rolled 71

>>22671776
Kick him in the balls, it'll make sure our cover as not being a Marine stays intact, who'd expect a Marine to do that.

>>22671776
>You tap him on the shoulder to get his attention. He whirls around with a look on his face that reminds you of a mad dog.

"Free dental checkup!" PUNCH!

Rolled 6

"I'm The Dentist. Know what I use to numb the pain? JUST ICE."

Then punch his teeth in.

He tackles you to the ground! He may be old, but this pirate has some crazy strength! He whirls you around and around until you almost get dizzy and then tosses you against the wall. You leave a small imprint as you slide to the ground. Damn this old man! You couldn't even get one hit in! This might be harder than you thought.

"RAHAHARAHA! HAD ENOUGH THEN BOY?!" the old man is flexing his large biceps in front of the other bar patrons. The okama seem to have made a little cheering squad for you. Alfonso looks like he might die from laughing so much.

You get back on your feet and assume a fighting stance again.

>Roll1d100 and an attack

>>22671964
Flex our own biceps right back at him.

Wait for him to leap, dodge like paper and then smash his punk ass into the floor.

Rolled 88

>>22671964
Flying kick attack.

Rolled 25

>>22671983
Forgot dice.

Rolled 17

>>22671964

[Insert JUSTICE-based pun here]

Rolled 21

>>22671964
Try to use our logia power. Throw some thundercloud at him.

Rolled 28

>>22671964

THROW ALFONSO AT HIM!!! his laughing will erode his will to fight...

Rolled 35

>>22671999
No Justice Puns, we're trying to keep our identity secret.

>>22672004
Let's not reveal the ace up our sleeve if we don't have to. We don't want to be remembered like that.

>>22671964
Feint a punch, actually kick him in the balls.

Rolled 85

>>22671964
Dodge the pirate and punch Alfonso directly in the face

Wow the dice fucking hate you guys tonight.

Rolled 25

>>22672051
This is what happens when we take off the coat.

Rolled 5

>>22672062

Eat a coat and then jump on his head.

Rolled 72

>>22672062
This is obviously the reason. Justice frowns upon deception. anyways, punch the pirate in the gut.

You wait for the old pirate to strike again, determine to turn the tables on him. He prepares to leap again... and instead does a sliding kick! Damn pirates! He sweeps you up from under your feet and you land hard on the arm that had just healed. The pain shoots back up through your body and you're left gasping.

The old pirate gets up and chuckles, you're not sure if hes going to taunt you again or finish you off. Before you find out the barkeep breaks a bottle over the old codger's head and tells him to get out. The old pirate is successfully distracted from you and sobs as he begs the barkeep to let him stay.

Well that was embarrassing. Alfonso rushes over and kneels next to you, the mirth in his eyes are gone as he checks to make sure you're fine. You're not sure if you can look your officers in the eye after being beaten up by an old pirate.

He gives you a chuckle, "Never could hold your liquor could you Captain. You know how some people get really angry or really sad when they're drunk? You just get shit at fighting gahaha! Come on! Up you go."

You smile as he helps you up, good old Alfonso.

>talk to the barkeep
>go upstairs

>>22672179
>>go upstairs

Fucking dice.

>>22672179
>go upstairs

This is a perfect time to experiment with our powers. See if we can make only our feet clouds. Maybe we'll surprise someone.

Rolled 92

>>22672179

Go upstairs with nothing bad happening on the way.

>>22672179
Upstairs. We've wasted enough time on shenanigans and JUSTICE awaits.

>>22672230
Not the time or place to experiment, we keep our DF powers secret for now. Hitoshi can use his because they're subtle and he has a lot of control over them, we are neither of these things.

It's time to investigate Crowe's room. The bar is still very lively and you motion Alfonso and Hitoshi to follow you.

As you walk up the stairs you wheel around to your two officers. "This has been a bad enough night for me already, not a word of what has happened here to the crew. Understand?" They nod their heads, even Alfonso is serious. You suppose they're not cruel enough to jape at your already wounded pride.

Hitoshi completely silences the movement of your footsteps as you look for room twenty two. While your own movements are silent, you can hear all of the unseemly and decadent festivities coming from the bar and the other rooms around you.

Finally you come to the door. It's a normal wooden door with a carved '22' on the front and a grated vent above it. The door is locked and you don't hear noise from inside. The okama said that Crowe only stayed for one night, but you're not sure if it isn't currently occupied by another guest.

>what do you do?

Rolled 3

>>22672329
Have Hitoshi silence everything in the room and directly outside the room. Kick the door open. BRING JUSTICE TO ALL INSIDE!

>>22672329

have Hitoshi make the immediate area around us mute, then we kick down the door and search the room

Rolled 56

>>22672329

Turn into a cloud and float through the vent.

>>22672329
First, silence the area, then check the surrounding area, float up a bit cloudy and look through the vent. If there's no one in there just float in and unlock it from the other side, no reason to leave mark of our passage, if there is someone in there we can sneak up behind them, due to the mute field, and knock them out.

>>22672365
SMART

You tell Hitoshi to upkeep the area of silence. You concentrate, and your body turns into a wisp of cloud. You're still unused to this form, but you're getting the hang of it quickly enough. You snake in through the vents into the other side, there doesn't appear to be anyone in the room. You phase out of your cloud form and unlock the door for your officers.

You order them to search the room, there has to be something here...

>roll 1d100 for investigation

Rolled 17

>>22672449
Look under frames and carpets.

Rolled 44

>>22672449

hopefully our keen eyes will find a clue...

Rolled 88

>>22672449

We find evidence of stuff and things.

Rolled 17

>>22672449
>1d100
checking under the bed

Rolled 95

>>22672449
Search room for secret panels

Searching under the bed and carpets yield no results. You check the closet and you find a small black disc. What could this be used for?

"Ah! Isn't that a transponder recording?" Hitoshi rubs his chin as he speaks, "Yes. I'm sure of it, this is a recording. Captain, you have a den den mushi right?"

You take out your mini transponder snail and place the small black dick on a needle just underneath the receiver. You set the snail to speaker mode and listen.

At first all you hear is static but then the sounds of something being set up is made clear, finally a voice speaks:

“Director, by the time you hear this message I’ll be long gone.. By now the pirates that I armed with military grade weapons should be finished rioting around Failsafe, and I’ll have already left. Did you enjoy that little distraction? Ah. You thought you were close?” -hollow laughter- “I’ll never let you catch me, not before I’ve warned each and every person on this list. If I have my way, and I swear I will, you won’t send one more soul through the Gates of Justice. And when you finally look like the bumbling idiots that you are and the World Government is just about ready to toss your ass on to the street, I’ll reveal everything to the world. You’re finished.” Kacha!

Director? Pirate rioting? What the hell is he talking about?

Alfonso looks out the rooms window, "I don't hear or see any rioting out there Captain, maybe he expected this 'Director' to find the recording much later."

Hitoshi nods, "That means Crowe is still in Failsafe."

You motion to head back to the ship and prepare for interception!

BOOM! A massive explosion rocks the bar. Gun shots are heard ricocheting in the street. This is different than the usual explosions from Failsafe... these feel more like...

A riot. It's begun! You don't have much time! Can you stop the pirates from tearing the city apart? Can you stop Crowe from getting away? Or is it all too late?

FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON: MARINE QUEST!

>>22672632
> and place the small black dick on a needle just underneath the receiver.

wat

NEXT TIME ON MARINE QUEST:
>THE FIRES OF CRIME THREATEN TO CONSUME FAILSAFE
>CROWE MAKES A MAD BID FOR FREEDOM
>CP6 ENTERS
>WILL JUSTICE PREVAIL?

Next session for Marine Quest VI and the continuation of the Failsafe Arc will be on Tuesday 6:00 Pacific 21:00 server time.

Thread open for one piece discussion or Q&A.

First of all, great session: very in-keeping with the humor of the setting.

Second, someone archive this.

Third, we need to learn Tekkai. Imagine if we could use that while spread all over: "Iron Cloud Abrams" has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

>>22672646

>black dick

Yea that happens occasionally. You should have seen it when Marianne put her mouth to her face or whatever ridiculous typo I made.

>>22672697
Typos or no, you're doing a great job. Thanks for running Fleet.

Rolled 58

>>22672695
>"Iron Cloud Abrams"
>not "The Iron Storm of Justice" Abrams

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>>22672695

Or perhaps

Steel Rain?

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>>22672695
>>22672716

Thanks guys. You remind me why these 5 hour+ sessions are worth it. They're great practice for writing and getting whatever one piece fix I can as I wait for the latest scans.

Have some fantastic Ivankov cosplay, since okama seemed to steal the show... which is so like them! Crazy okama.

>>22672755
What clues did we miss along the way due to our TERRIBAD rolls?

How dense and hard can we make our clouds? Can we make Sea/Island Clouds? With practice would we whip up Hurricanes and the like?

>>22672778

Barkeep wouldn't have told you much just that you're on the right track. But you had the opportunity to alert the Navy base of a planned riot if you kicked the old pirate's teeth in or found out that Crowe purchased a massive amount of firearms from one of the Main District back alley dealers.

Currently all you know is that you are made of CLOUDS and that you can influence the type of clouds you become. Although I will not limit any ideas that utilize the full effects of clouds I will judge it if it is in the character's ability to successfully achieve it.

While I am completely all for Abrams eventually mastering the art of cloud density, weather manipulation, and things like sea/island clouds, he will need a lot of practice or some kind of catalyst for him to "unlock" the powers(similar to how Luffy needed to see CP9s Six Styles to think of Gear Second or how Robin can't make clones until after the time skip training). If this was not in quest format I would have Abrams go for a 6 months training program on Weatheria.

>>22672858
Damn dice being cruel.

Turning into a pile of zappy clouds and enveloping someone ought to be pretty easy and unless they happen to have Haki or something similar we won't give a single fuck about them trying to hurt us.

Given that we have a Six Forms guy with us we can see Tekkai as a catalyst for pulling off really fucking hard clouds. Hell the Six Forms in general is a great catalyst for all sorts of crazy stuff.

We shall become the Storm, our voice will be as Thunder and our strikes like Lightning.

>>22672778
>Can we make Sea/Island Clouds?
there is now way in hell we'll be able to make sea clouds seeing as they effect DF users like the real sea. think about it, does turning our body into our kryptonnite sound like a good idea?

>>22672951
Well, I wasn't referring to the Kairoseki part of them, that might not end well, but to their solidity and so on.

Also more weather control would be cool, being able to call down hail, sleet, ice, wind, massive rain, and thunder would be great. It'd make us into an utter ship killer.

>>22672985
sea clouds are sea clouds because they act like the sea in every way that matters. anyway there are better clouds to make like iron cloud, string cloud, or swamp cloud.