>what the hell is this ‘like’ thing? is this a desktop only thing? wtf?

Whatever’s going on, Tashigi’s in pursuit and Smoboss is covering the outside if they manage to escape her and whatever guards there are. Hell, you can even hear the king-dude and the local Commodore yelling orders.

Right now, if Detective Pistol-chan has taught you anything, it’s the importance of gathering accurate information! And maybe remembering to put the safety on. But information! That’s the priority right now!

You fling yourself down to the arena, hurtling down the aisle-steps, past the panicking audience, charging over to where the flustered guard is talking to another pair, exchanging rapid words.

>Who were they? What did they look like?
>How many are there?
>Were they armed?
>Was anyone hurt?
>Other?

(The more questions asked, the longer the delay.)

>>3400882
>>Who were they? What did they look like?
>>How many are there?

>>3400882
>Who were they? What did they look like?
>Was anyone hurt?

No time, only important questions go go go Flashman!

>>3400886
Seconding. But if anons are concerned with time, I'll just go with the first one.

>>3400882
Could we add a vote to see what Detective Pistol-chan thinks?

>>3400882
>>Who were they? What did they look like?
>>Was anyone hurt?

>>3400894
An apprentice detective can always ask a veteran for assistance! That’s how Justice rolls/shoots!

>>3400882
>>3400903
Adding sub vote

>Who were they? What did they look like?
>Was anyone hurt?
>Ask Detective Pistol-chan where are the sword thief/thieves

>>3400898
Support

>>3400898
Support.

>>3400898
Support
We need to know the level of violence we are using.

>detective mode! go!

“Who were they?” There’s no time to waste as you reach the three guards, not when there’s JUSTICE to uphold! “What did they look like? Was anyone hurt?”

One of the guards’s eye narrowed, obviously not pleased by being questioned by a Marine. The other two seem less bothered.

“There were two, a swordsman and a woman,” the original guard babbles, still panicked. “They beat us around, grabbed the meito and ran for it. The guy had a top hat and a katana, and the woman had purple hair and some kind of fans! She called the guy ‘Mr 11’, but none of us ever saw them before!”

...........

>(More questions?)
>(Follow Tashigi!)
>(Head to the docks! If they’re with Baroque Works, they must be leaving Renaisse, right?)
>(Freak out over fan lady AAAAAAGGHHHH)
>Other?

>>3400944
>>Time for detective Pistol-chan to track them down!

>>3400944
>(Head to the docks! If they’re with Baroque Works, they must be leaving Renaisse, right?)
Is it time for more rooftop shenanigans?

Oh, and maybe we should inform Smoboss of our plan, assuming he can answer a Den-Den while all smoked up.

>>3400944
>>(Head to the docks! If they’re with Baroque Works, they must be leaving Renaisse, right?)

>>3400944
>(Head to the docks! If they’re with Baroque Works, they must be leaving Renaisse, right?)
>(Freak out over fan lady AAAAAAGGHHHH)

>>3400944
>>3400954
Supporting this if we can call.

Didn't expect that for fan lady at all...

>>3400954
Support docks and call

FAN LADY HOW COULD YOU BETRAY USSSSSS

>it’s time to D-D-D-D-D...OCK...?

You doubt you’ll catch up to Tash- uh, Harry, and if they manage to escape her, there’s no guarantee Smoboss will be on the right side of the palazzo to grab them if they emerge, especially if they split up.

That said, by the name ‘Mr 11’, that definitely sounds like the Baroque Works agents Curly’s described in his reports; and if they’re not based in Renaisse, they’ll probably plan to leave ASAP.

Which means... the docks!

...... And you can freak out over your fan-tutor being criminal scum on the way. Multi-tasking!

>Take the streets/waterways, although you might have to wait for or hijack some boats along the way.
>The rooftops!
>Other?

>>3400993
>>The rooftops!
WE CANT LET FEAR RULE OUR LIVES FOREVER

Also fuck
I just remembered
Luffy and Zoro both tried to go rooftops, and both got stuck between buildings.

>>3400993
>The rooftops!
Surely nothing can go wrong.

>>3400998
This is Renaisse, which was never shown in canon. You’re pretty good at jumping, too.

>>3400993
>>The rooftops!

>>3400993
>>The rooftops!

>FLASHY VS ROOFTOPS: ROUND 1

It doesn’t take too long, the corridors empty, to escape the Palazzo.

The time has come.

You gaze up at the buildings of Renaisse; three, four storeys tall, roofs not flat, but not sharply-slanted. Dry weather, no rain-slick tiles to step on. Some gaps between buildings, especially over the canals, but not out of the bounds of possibility.

It’s happening.

You’re going to do this.

For justice.

For swords.

For the defeat of rooftops everywhere.

“Mama,” a small child tugs at her mother’s sleeve as they pass by you determinedly climbing up some kind of municipal building. If there’s one good thing about the architecture here, it’s all so overloaded with pretty ornamental features and statuary, there’s plenty to get a grip on. “Why’s that strange woman climbing up there?”

You manage to keep climbing rather than ‘accidentally’ tug a windowsill flower-display down on the kid’s head.

“Just ignore it, darling, some people are strange...”

Screw you assholes, this is for JUSTICE!

Tugging yourself onto the roof (phew, that was a lot easier than the last time you tried this sort of thing), you lock your eyes towards the direction of the docks, and RUN.

>PARKOOOOOURRRRRR, Roll 1d100, MIDDLE of 3 due to rooftops being your enemy. +25 General Fitness bonus.

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>3401024

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>3401024

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>3401024

THE EVIL OF THE ROOFTOPS HAS BEEN DEFEATED

SPURRED ON BY THE CRIES OF A KIDNAPPED SWORD, YOU BREAK BEYOND YOUR LIMITS

JUSTICE PREVAILS

or something

>>3401040
Truly, justice must prevail.
No rooftops shall bar us!
Sky's the limit!

Now I too must run away, from the pun police!

>>3401024
Inb4 Flashy shouting while roof jumping I AM A MAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN

>>3400889
Also in case my id changes, this is me

>>3401040
Everything for our weapons! Since tecnically Harry won it.

>>3401040
Oho. Special Move name idea:
>JUSTICE FLASH
>Flash of JUSTICE
>Weapons are/of Justice!
>Oh god oh god oh god
>SMOBOSS HEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPPP
>TAAAASSSSSHHHHIIIIIIIIGGGGGIIIIIIIIII

>>3401060
>>Head down and try to figure out what ship they might be planning on leaving on
>>Send a quick message to Smoboss say you're trying to find the thieves ship

>82 + 25 = 107

You charge like a sprinter, and jump like a... long-jumper? Huh, you’ll have to work on that. In any case, under the heat of the mid-afternoon Sun, you run the goddamn rooftops of Renaisse like you were born to it.

(General Fitness +1, new Parkour skill +3)

Your boots find traction on the roofs with ease, eyes picking out the best places to run or jump to, without losing your balance at any sudden shifts in height or angle.

Gaps between buildings? No problem. You’re ready for each one, judging with an accuracy borne of intense training with combat-distances where you need to push off from, and with how much force.

Canal? Big deal. Small building squished between two taller ones? Whatever. You jump it in a heartbeat, without even thinking. Dodge aside some weird looking gargoyles, plunge through a rooftop garden, onto a ledge far thinner than you’d normally consider safe, hand out to grab a corner as you swing yourself round, grab onto a windowsill (smile politely at the gawping man inside), pull yourself up, across a tiled rooftop, avoid the loose-looking patch there, another canal to jump -

Huh. Kinda nice view from up here.

But mostly importantly, the docks are straight ahead, and you have CRIMINAL SCUM to await!

>Head down and try to figure out what ship they might be planning on leaving on
>Head down and wait at the docks entrance
>Lurk on the rooftops and keep watch
>Call someone? (Who/what to say?)
>Other?

>>3401066
>>Head down and try to figure out what ship they might be planning on leaving on
>This might be a job for... Detective Pistol-chan!

>>3401066
>I don't see anything that needed changing from the first tho. Except the Criminal Scum /to/ await

>Shout: I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL BAROQUE WORKS SWORD THIEVES

>>3401066
>Head down and try to figure out what ship they might be planning on leaving on
Ask pistol-chan.

>>3401068
No wait cancel this

>>3401066
>>3401070
If luck favors us, Pistol-chan can get a lucky perfect first shot!

>>3401066
>Head down and try to figure out what ship they might be planning on leaving on
>>Call someone? (Who/what to say?)
Bossman. Inform him of our findings.

>i choose you, pistol-chwaaaaaan

You glance over the side of the building you’re currently on, judge the distance, shrug, and drop.

Hitting the ground at a crouch, the pressure slams up your legs, breath exploding from your lungs, before you straighten up, ignoring the cracked concrete beneath you.

Stepping out from the buildings, into the docks proper, you scan your eyes over the busy area.

There’s the White Mist, nice and obvious - another Marine ship too, one of the local ones. Aside from that, nearly a dozen merchant and passenger ships, as well as an assortment of smaller boats and pleasure yachts, doubtless belonging to people coming for the tournament, or rich local nobles. Even apart from them, there’s far more fishing boats than you could reasonably check...

You grit your teeth. Then your hand reaches for Detective Pistol-chan, drawing him from his holster.

>Politely ask Pistol-chan for assistance.
>T H R O W~
>Other?

>>3401089

>Politely ask Pistol-chan for assistance.

>>3401089
>>Politely ask Pistol-chan for assistance.

>>3401089
>Cracked concrete
Our boi Flashman is getting stronker erryday :,D

also
>Politely ask Pistol-chan for assistance.

>>3401089
>>T H R O W~

>>3401089
>>T H R O W~
I wanna use our auto crit for this

>>3401089
>>T H R O W~

>>3401089
>T H R O W~

>>3401103
Does this count as combat?

>>3401089
>Politely ask Pistol-chan for assistance.

>Politely ask Pistol-chan for assistance.

Let’s not be rude.

>>3401113
No, but I can have Flashman shoot himself if you want, that would count as combat.

>>3401126
>Uses nat 100
>Flashman shoots himself
>Uses Haki to dodge
>The bullet billiards into the culprits

Sure why not

>>3401098
>getting stronker
or he be fat

>manners maketh man

You gaze down at Pistol-chan. She gleams back at you, waiting.

“Pistol-chan,” you tell her, a lone man talking to his gun in the middle of the docks, as one does. “I gotta find these guys. Partly because they’re criminal scum that might have information about Baroque Works, and partly because Tashigi will murder me if she thinks I let them get away with her new sword.”

Pistol-chan feels cold in your loose grip.

(+1 to Pistol-chan Awakening)

“So, uh. Help? Please?”

Something... doesn’t feel right here.

>Roll 1d100, best of 3

>>3401152
Pistol-chan PLS

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>3401152

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>3401152
well, let’s see

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>3401152
DICE GOOOODS

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>3401152

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>3401154
Ree

>76, beat DC for Haki, +1 Haki, DC decreased to 64
>76 + 20 = 96

You kind of feel that... it’d be a bad idea to let go of Pistol-chan right now...

boredom-interest-DANGER

You’re turning in an instant, Pistol-chan raised and pointing at the source, ten feet away, standing casually with amusement on her face and a pair of wickedly-spiked fans in her hands.

“I thought it was you I saw throwing himself across half the city, boy-o,” she muses, looking unconcerned by the gun aimed at her head. “Long way from home, aren’t you?”

>???

>>3401171
>>Fan Lady....

>>3401171
>"Well, you know how it is being a Marine-"
>*Shoot at her mid-sentence*

I figure making a bit of noise could get us some backup if we don't get time to make a Den-Den call.

>>3401171
>"Sorry, but who are you again? I definitely don't know your name."

>>3401171
>What was your name again?

>>3401171
>"So we meet again... what was your name again?"

>her name is fan-lady, i already told you

Stay cool, Flashy. Stay cool.

“So we meet again... what was your name?”

Fan-lady gives a lazy smirk, idly flicking one of her fans. “Call me Miss Thursday.”

“Cool, cool.”

>I’m Ensign... Tashigi.
>We gonna fight?
>Where’s the meito?
>So, how’ve you been?
>Other?

>>3401213
>"Sorry Miss, I'm busy next Thursday."

>>3401213
>>3401218
Pft Support

>>3401213
>>Where’s the meito?

>>3401213
>>"Sorry Miss, I'm busy next Thursday."
Support.

>>3401213
>>3401218
Supporting

>>3401218
Too good not to go for

>>3401213
>no trouble fan-dame, me and my partner here just want want the sword back. Ya better start flapping your guns and give us the truth, Detective Pistol here isn't the patient sort if ya get what I mean
20's cop speak ahoy

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>>3401213
>>3401218
>>"Sorry Miss, I'm busy next Thursday."
Damn it, this is too stupid to not do.

>>3401225
>>3401218
Shit that's good, but I insist on the 20's accent with it

>>3401218
>>3401225
>>3401227
>>3401228
>>3401232
>>3401235
The important question: Are we making a terrible joke, or is it the part of our brain that's taken one too many GPPs (Garp Propelled Projectiles) talking?

>ohohoho puns

“... but sorry, Miss, I’m busy next Thursday.”

The emotions stutter for a brief instance, before low amusement-annoyance flares, her eyes crinkling at the edges. “Cute. Now, you gonna step aside, Ensign? I’d hate to have to get rough.”

>Really? I’m kind of looking forward to it.
>Well, I (shoot her)
>Counter-offer, how about you surrender?
>Other?

>>3401240
>>Really? I’m kind of looking forward to it.
>>Reach for the twins...

>>3401240
>Counter-offer, how about you surrender?

>>3401240
>Well, I (shoot her)

This totally isn't a cheap shot or anything, just, uh, a surprise attack. And aim for a leg or something, we don't wanna kill her.

>>3401240
>>Counter-offer, how about you surrender?

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>>3401240
>>Well, I (shoot her)

>>3401240
>>Well, I (shoot her)
We could do the long drawn out duel, spiked fans vs Cut-chan and Ka-tan, but really Indy had the right idea.

>>3401240
>Well, I (shoot her)

>awwww, you take after your father, cheapshot sanji

You shrug slightly. “Well, I-“

You pull the trigger.

>What are you aiming for? (Which body-part? Can be multiple if you fire multiple bullets. Different DC for different shots.)

(Say if you want to use crit.)

>>3401240
>>Well, I (shoot her)

>>3401262
>Leg, cut down her movement and hopefully make her drop to the floor.

>>3401262
Legs. She has a somewhat long-ranged weapon but priority should be to prevent her from running away anyway.

>>3401262
>>Leg, cut down her movement and hopefully make her drop to the floor.
No on crit. Not quite desperate yet

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>looks like you guys are voting for one leg rather than both

>Roll 1d100, best of 3. +27 bonus. Miss Thursday gets +32 to dodge. Between your final score and hers; beat her by +1, you just scrape her, +10 minor leg injury, +20 major injury, +30 you manage to get another shot off and hit her other leg as well.

Say if you want to use crit beforehand, I won’t allow it if you roll and fail.

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>3401277
Yeet

>>3401262
Gut. Should keep her down for a good while.
She'll need serious medical attention, but it's treatable and she wont die quickly enough that she can't get it. She'll likely need to cooperate if she wants it in time to do her any good, though.

>>3401262
>>Leg, cut down her movement and hopefully make her drop to the floor.
Stops her making a getaway, and yeah limits her mobility so she won't be able to do too much damage with the fans.

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>3401277
I apparently need to refresh more often.

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>3401277

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>3401277

>>3401284
Anon coming in with the clutch.

Guess Fan-Lady no longer has a leg to stand on

>>3401277
>>3401284
40+32=72
vs
90+27=117

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>40 + 32 = 72
>vs 90 + 27 = 117 + 20 Haki = 137. +1 Haki, DC drops to 63.

BANG

You sense a flare of shock-pain-whathefuck, but you’re already changing aim as she starts to stumble-fall, Haki helpfully telling you exactly which direction she’s trying to stagger in, despite the hole decorating her lower leg, and

BANG

Oh look. Her right leg matches.

This time she falls forwards, toppling to her knees, a blur of PAIN-RAGE-PAIN, and she’s dropping-the-fans-no-she’s-throwing-them-dodge

>Roll 1d100, best of 3, for avoiding a pair of slicey-dicey fans flung at your face (+26 general fitness bonus, Miss Thursday is +40 for fan-skill but -8 due to Being Shot malus)

>>3401297
>100
oh shit son

You might not be so pretty for long...

>>3401297
Oh, hi nat 100. So, uh, let's use that auto crit...

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>3401297
DAILY CRIT TIME

>>3401297
Yeah, can we use the auto crit?

>>3401297
Auto crit time

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>3401297
We'd still lose to her bonus anyway even with the autocrit

>>3401307
Yep, just vote for it and I’ll add it to whatever roll you make. It’ll auto-negate an enemy’s crit anyway, even if you still somehow end up with a total lower than theirs.

>>3401297
Yeah it's time for autocrit

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>3401297
Autocrit time.
If we get Haki bonus on top we might even get out unscathed

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>3401297
AUTOCRIT

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>3401297
>Auto crit

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>3401313
oh,k then. add crit to whatever this is, then

>>3401315
Uh. Oops?

>>3401297
>It's time for Autocrit

Let's not get our good looks ruined here

>>3401313
Well shit, then I vote for autocrit.

>100 + 32 = 132
>v 57 + 26 = 83 + 100 = 183

Avoided despite no Haki bonus! Update in a while, heading home.

Pity that’s given her time to get her chain-fans out, let’s hope you can shoot through a whirling hurricane of death.

>>3401331
JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL

>>3401331
Good thing we have a gun and she can’t walk :V

>>3401357
Doesn't matter if she SLICES YOUR HANDS OFF AT THE WRISTS HAHAHAHAHAHAhahaha... ha.

>132 v 183

Two metal fans, spread open to reveal their top edges thinned into a curved blade, go flying at your face. They're aimed damn well - a flurry of panic breaks your Haki as they're suddenly right in front of you, and only a graceless dodge-stumble to the side saves you from having to learn blind-fighting. Or death, you suppose.

The fans slash past, one half-impaling a wooden post, the other hurtling past, and you don't bother to check where it landed, because Miss Thursday is already swinging another pair of fans at you; these ones the chained fans you first practiced with.

She also looks seriously pissed off.

Will she just fuckin' surrender already?!

>Get back out of range without being hit (medium DC)
>Shoot her again without being hit (DC variable, fairly to very high)
>Draw second weapon and block/attack (DC variable)
>Other?

>>3401424
>>Get back out of range without being hit (medium DC)
Then we can shoot her at our leisure from safety.

>>3401424
>Get back out of range without being hit (medium DC)

She's got more fan experience, so we need to get out of range ASAP.

>>3401424
>>Use Haki and Cut-Chan to sever the chains connected to her fans.

>>3401424
>Get back out of range without being hit (medium DC)
First things first.

Are her fan chains metal? Can cut through them with our swords? The fact the they're ranged is the most dangerous part about them right now.

>Draw Jitte, entangle chains, profit

>>3401424
>>Draw a second weapon and cut through the chain
>Cut-chan

>>3401441
Yes, they're metal, and you can cut through them.

>>3401424
>>Get back out of range without being hit (medium DC)

Let's get back out of range and look at our options first.
Cutting through the chains sounds good, but I'd rather not risk it if we have the chance to outlast her stamina-wise (due to her leg wounds), or if we can exploit her injuries to take her down without coming near the fans.

Why are we trying to cut the chains, entangling them is probably easier and would give us a way to either disarm her or prevent her from running.

>>3401464
Cutting the chains will disarm her too - since she needs to get up close and personal to be able to effectively use the fans without the chain, and with her two legwounds I'm betting that Flash can overpower her pretty easily.

The most dangerous thing about the chained fans is that she can get a good hit on us without having to move around a lot.

>>3401424
>>Get back out of range without being hit (medium DC)

>get back out of range

>Roll 1d100, best of 3. Bonus of +26, 45/75/100 DC for low/med/high success of avoiding both fans

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>3401484

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>3401484
Brave Sir Robin?

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>3401484

That feel when your entire post deletes itself... from Notes.

I need a new phone.

Fuck everything, food time.

>>3401534
food time is good time

>let's see what i can remember writing, fuck you phone

The sight of two bladed half-moons swinging at your face sends up a flurry of panic, but then you stagger back from the first one (almost slicing the bridge of your nose, way too close), before Haki kicks in for the second and you easily avoid it.

A few feet of rapid backdrops to avoid avoid swing, and both of you can tell you're out of range, unless she can move... and judging by the rapidly spreading pools of blood under her kneeling legs, that's not really an option.

The fury on Miss Thursday's face dulls to mild frustration despite the agony she must be feeling, as she slows the fans reels them back in, grabbing them by the hilts rather than the chains as you steady your aim on her.

"You couldn't at least beat me with fans, boy-o?"

>Drop the fans and surrender.
>Thank you for recognizing I'm a guy, it's appreciated.
>Tell me where your buddy and the sword is, and I'll leave. You might even get away in the meantime.
>Other?

>>3401627
>>Thank you for recognizing I'm a guy, it's appreciated.

>>3401627
>>Thank you for recognizing I'm a guy, it's appreciated.
>>Tell me where your buddy and the sword is, and I'll leave. You might even get away in the meantime.
"Might" with the biggest quotation marks we can verbally express

>>3401627
>Thank you for recognizing I'm a guy, it's appreciated.
>Tell me where your buddy and the sword is, and I'll leave. You might even get away in the meantime.

>>3401627
>Thank you for recognizing I'm a guy, it's appreciated.
>Tell me where your buddy and the sword is, and I'll leave. You might even get away in the meantime

>>3401627
>>Thank you for recognizing I'm a guy, it's appreciated.
>>Tell me where your buddy and the sword is, and I'll leave. You might even get away in the meantime.
>>Unless Tashigi catches you.

>>3401627
>Thank you for recognizing I'm a guy, it's appreciated.
>Tell me where your buddy and the sword is, and I'll leave. You might even get away in the meantime.

>gee golly whiz im honestly surprised

"Thank you for recognizing I'm a guy, it's appreciated," you say, because politeness is important, and it really is a relief not to be called 'girl-o' or 'girly' or something. "Now, tell me where your buddy and the sword is, and I'll leave. You might even get away in the meantime."

Your Haki detects first confusion at your thanks, then a curious intensity of suspicion-hope-determination at your offer.

"And I'm supposed to believe you'll stick to that, ah?" Her eyes narrow at you. "Swear to it. By whatever you hold most dear. Then I'll see whether I believe you."

>???

>>3401675
>"I'll swear to you, my biggest Fan-Girl."
She did help us discover the twins. She's like a mother in law or something. Like Smoker.

>>3401675
Hm... what’s a good answer to this. The bonds with our fellow marines (aka tashigi, smoboss, hat and sunglasses, mina, and soon to be fop)(and yu+klaus)? Our compass? Weapons?

>>3401675
>>I can only promise I'll leave you here. If Smoboss, Tashigi or some other Marine catches you, I can't do anything.

>>3401683
I'm taking important notes for Flashy's personality based on whatever you decide (if you DO decide) is his most important thing.

It can be something abstract as well as people/things.

>>3401695
In that case changing to swearing on his family. His new one. Interpret family as you wish.

>>3401681
Supporting
>>3401675

>>3401675
>>3401686
Changing to
>>I swear to you on the name of the family I've made. I promise you that I'll let you leave on Smoker, Tashigi, Klaus and all the other people who treat me like family, I will let you leave.
My dumbass didn't notice the swear by whatever you hold most dear part

>>3401675
>"I swear on my family!" Then begin listing every single member, from Cut-chan, Ka-tan, Jitte-san, Smoboss, Tashigi, etc. Even Klaus (ew)!

>>3401675
There's nothing stopping someone else arresting her after we leave, and I don't 'think' she'll be able to get far on those legs?

As to the question, I'm leaning more towards our friends/my honour as a Marine. Considering our talk with Smoker, and his ever increasing bond with those around him it feels like the biggest thing in his life. Object wise it might be his weapons/compass, but overall I'd say they rank second.

I suggest his fathers compass.

>>3401681
>>3401675
Supporting. She did introduce us to our fans, after all, and mentored us when she had nothing really to gain from it.

Plus we can't leave this convo without pulling t least ONE fan pun.

>tfw Flashman is only smooth when weapons are on the mind

>>3401675
>I swear to the the family I've made, the compass I keep, and the sweet dragon tattoo on my body! ....You wanna see it?

>>3401737
>... You wanna see it?
Somewhere, Smoboss feels the urge to stick Flashy with more latrine duty...

>>3401675
>>3401681
Support.

4 for fan-girl, sort of 4 or 5ish for ~bonds~ with people. Will wait for any more changes.

We are a marine we don't negotiate with pirates did papa Smoker didn't teach you anything?

>>3401759
Seconding the bonds we've made with our new family.

>>3401759
I'll vote to swear for our comrades then.

>>3401759
Vote for bonds.

>>3401675
>>3401681
Voting for fan girl because she did help shape and influence Flashman too. Listing all our bonds and leaving her out is a bit...

>>3401768
She's not a Pirate tho

>

You take a moment to figure out what you value the most, and aside from terrible puns, the answer comes easy. The people you care about. Who actually, somehow (and sometimes you can hardly believe it) care about it. The sort of people you never had after the orphanage, or even while you WERE there, where they cared for you out of duty and a liking for children rather than any particular preference for you as an individual.

"I'll swear on my -" 'friend's, you open your mouth to say. "- family." Slips out instead. "The bonds I've made with the people I've grown close to. Tell me where the sword and Mr 11 are."

Thursday stares at you. Beneath the bland expression, she feels like surprise-tiredness-thoughtfulness-annoyance-regret-acceptance. It's muddy as all hell.

"Okay," she says finally. "I actually believe you mean that. Color me surprised, boy-o. So here's your answer - Mr 11 had the sword when we split up. And last I saw, he was already getting his ass kicked by some pissed-off Ensign with a katana. So. Are you still going to walk away and leave me?"

She smirks at you, and you can tell from the vindication-bitterness-acceptance that with all her cards played, she's uncertain only if cuffs or a bullet await her.

>Then I guess that wasn't really worth the promise, was it? (Arrest her.)
>A deal's a deal. (Walk away.)
>Other?

>>3401814
She is C R I M I N A L S C U M though.

>>3401848
>A deal's a deal. (Walk away.)

We'll keep our word.

>>3401848
>Other?
Ask for a fan fight if we ever meet again. Then leave to find tashigi

>>3401848
>I'm all for honoring our deal, but do you want me to bandage your wounds first? I kind of just realized shooting you in the legs over a sword was a bit of an escalation and now I feel bad.

Ooc this is mostly because I think this would throw her off and that would be funny

>>3401848
It may not have resulted in anything, but a deal's a deal. She told us where her partner and the sword were, that was her end of the bargain.

Now's the time when we walk away and leave her - and find Smoboss and tell the marines where she is. We never promised we wouldn't do the last bit, and this way, we're giving her a chance to escape. A lousy chance, seeing as she's been shot in both legs, but still a chance.

>>3401848
>A deal's a deal. (Walk away.)

>>3401848
>Sure, but do you want me to? I don't think you'll be going far without help.

>>3401848
>>A deal's a deal. (Walk away.)
Lets head towards where Tashigi may be, look out for Mr11 in case he managed to get away from her - small chance given he took her sword, but still.

>>3401868
Seconding

>>3401869
Thirding

>>3401868
Support.

>>3401894
Do you mean seconding or did you reply to the wrong post? Going to start counting votes in a minute or so.

>>3401848
>>3401869
Supporting

>>3401848
>>3401868
>Supporting

>>3401868
Support. But be sure that her fans are out of arms reach though

>>3401848
>>3401868
+1

In light of late votes after I've already written most of the update, yay

>leave
>offer to bandage first

>>3401961

>offer to bandage first
but do we have bandages?
Because if not, we get to show of the amazing tats anyway

>>3401961
>offer to bandage

>>3401961
>offer to bandage first

>>3401961
>>offer to bandage first
>>3401968
RIP OFF THE SHIRT AND FLEX THAT SEXY TAT

>>3401968
You're a god damn genius

>>3401968
>>3401975
Seconding, you brilliant bastards.

>>3401975
This

>>3401968
>Smoboss: (feeling a sudden urge to strangle Flashy)

... dammit, guys.

>>3402022
It's not like we weren't already dead, fuck it and go for broke I say

>>3401961
>>leave
Seriously, if we bandage her she might actually get away. Just leaving will surprise her enough

>>3402046
Bandages won't suddenly give her new blood and muscle mass to replace what we shot out of her anon.

>>3402022
>>3402045
This pretty much. What does a dead man have to fear? Besides Garp I mean.

>>3402146
Two Garps

>>3402157
B-but the Garp-Garp fruit is just a myth!

Fuck it, I've tried, but there's no way Thursday's letting you treat her legs. Sorry guys, it's just not her.

>>3402188
It's ok, we could offer and she says no
Nothing to it

>>3402188
Did we at least show off T H E T A T S ?

>>3402188
Her (blood) loss

>any excuse to flash (hoho) the tat

The information she gives you is... pretty much worthless. All it tells you is that there's nothing you can do, that the problem has probably already been solved.

But...

"A deal's a deal," you say, feeling shock-confusion-reluctanthope. And then you turn back to the direction of the Palazzo, and walk away, leaving a silent, bewildered Thursday bleeding on the ground.

Then you pause and turn back. "So I'm all for honoring our deal, but do you want me to bandage your wounds first? I kind of just realized shooting you in the legs over a sword was a bit of an escalation, and now I feel bad."

She stares back at you, bewilderment rising. "... I tried to kill you."

You shrug. "Well, to me, that's pretty much a normal 'Thursday', haha!" Then you finger-gun, because you're some kind of punning genius.

She stares even harder at you, blank-faced, before looking down at her bleeding legs. "Trying to get me out of my pants, huh, boy-o? How unexpected."

"... I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have to lose all of them," you say, because you're lacking in experience in the 'removing other people's pants' department. "And - okay, I don't actually have bandages, but I could use my shirt?"

Thursday scoffs. "Just fuck off if you're really going to."

She feels like she means it... so after a few seconds, you do.

You take to the rooftops again, because it's faster, but not quite so urgent that you go at full speed; all the same, you have to pause to answer a den den call from the White Mist, reporting gunshots at the docks, followed by a search for the perpetrators - a pool of blood found, but nothing else.

You're pretty damn sure that Thursday, assuming she even survived, didn't get away by herself. Millions, or Billions, or whatever they're called?

Either way, by the time you get to the Palazzo, it looks like it's all over, struggling crowds of spectators safely leaving, which you doubt they'd allow if a dangerous thief were still around.

>Call Smoboss.
>Call Tashigi.
>Decide they can call you, and go get victory ice cream.
>Other?

>>3402193
Sadly, no. Alas. You could always take a picture of it and hang posters everywhere?

>>3402173
you made me scared

>>3402217
>>Call Tashigi.
Welp, that was all kinda useless.

>>3402217
>>Decide they can call you, and go get victory ice cream.
>>Get some for the others too.

>>3402217
>Decide they can call you, and go get victory ice cream.

>>3402226
Well, I was kind of expecting you to fight her with fans and thus pick up bonus fan skill points from being good enough to pick up more of her style, but that didn't work out... that said, you opened the way for future possibilities, and prevented her from killing herself to escape capture, so not an entirely bad result?

Plus Flashy realized how he considers those close to him, established his own honor in keeping a promise despite getting basically nothing in return, and even offered to assist a woman who'd just tried to kill him, further establishing his character development.

Besides, Miss Thursday got away in canon too, so not as if it's a worse result than before.

You've also unlocked a Future Event you otherwise wouldn't have got, via all those write-ins, ohohoho, etc.

>>3402217
>Decide they can call you, and go get victory ice cream

I kind of hope she makes it out, she's a fun lady.
>Sadly, no. Alas. You could always take a picture of it and hang posters everywhere?

:(
.....I guess we could but it's just not the same....wait have we even shown it to Big Sis? We should go do that later!

>>3402260
You know, that Miss Thursday is smart enough to kill herself to avoid capture, but stupid enough to pull this stunt, is remarkable.

Crocodile got BW the governmental greenlight by making them an organization of bounty hunters and mercenaries. These two idiots stealing a Meito in such a obvious way while being ID'd, would have caused him to kill them and turn them over to the Government, in order to keep his organization clean until he got his hands on Pluton.

>>3402260
I liked how this turned out. Flashy's Justice seems to revolve around doing what he feels to be right, going with his heart about what's fair and what matters.

Oh my god, It just hit me. Our Justice Is Heart Justice

>>3402291
I like that

>>3402217
>>Call Tashigi.

>>3402268
Eh, BW has a pretty low profile generally.

If Flashman didn't know who they were thanks to Curly, I'd bet he'd think they were just run of the mill thieves with a fondness for stupid codenames, rather than BW members.

>fuck it, it's ice cream time

You know what else Renaisse has, apart from canals, fancy architecture, and asshole royalty?

Really damn good ice cream.

You remind yourself how much you deserve this pure and beautiful treat as you lounge outside a cafe, enjoying the remaining daylight hours, and presumably your last few hours of life.

You also wonder if Tashigi's washed that fake stubble off, yet. Well, they haven't called yet, so they're probably busy interrogating Mr 11, or whatever.

... This really is great ice cream. Maybe you should get seconds?

>Roll 1d100 for random event/encounter, best of 3

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>3402320

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>3402320

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>3402320

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>3402320

>>3402330
So close

>68, almost got that 90 DC, but instead got a boring number. boooo

When the den den rings, you naturally expect it to be Smoboss or Tashigi, so you're mildly surprised when Sunglasses' worried voice comes over the line. "Aniki, are you okay?"

You look down at the last few remaining scoop of your ice cream. "Uh. Yes. I've been... busy."

"Oh, good! We were starting to get worried, no-one's seen you since the sword was stolen!"

"Right, yeah, it was found again, right? I think I heard." BLUFF. BLUFF, YOU FOOL.

"Yeah, Ta- uh, Harry-aniki got it back, and the Mr 11 guy. Looks like his partner got away, though."

>Wow, that sucks.
>Uh, yeah, about that...
>Yeah, I chased after her but couldn't catch her.
>Other?

>>3402384
>Yeah, I chased after her but couldn't catch her.... I tried to follow her across the rooftops.

>>3402384
>>Wow, that sucks.

>>3402384
>>Wow, that sucks.

>>3402384
>Wow, that sucks.

Just play along, boys. We don't need to lie but they don't need to know.

>>3402384
>>Wow, that sucks.

>it's treason, then

"Wow, that sucks," you say, for lack of anything more convincing. "Mr 11 talking at all?"

"Not as far as I know, but the Captain's in with him now! The local Commodore's ticked off because we're refusing to hand him over for interrogation - I don't think there's any proof that he might be in Baroque Work's pocket, but the Captain isn't taking chances."

"Yeah, he wouldn't," you say, thinking of the rampant corruption it must take to let a guy get away with setting up Baroque Works and giving him almost free reign to take over a country.

Why would anyone WANT to rule a country, anyway? From what you've seen, most people hate paperwork, why do they want more of it? Dumbasses. "We're still leaving tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah, in the morning. Oh, and there's some new kid on board, who was looking for you? I mean, he said Tashigi, but he obviously meant you."

New k-?

You freeze.

"Um. Has he said anything about..." You being a girl? No, you can't even suggest that out loud. The second Smoboss or Klaus find out, you'll WISH you were dead. "Actually

>I'll be heading back to the ship soon, anyway."
>Can you tell him to meet me in town?"
>Do you know if Smoboss still wants to murder me?"
>(Other?)

>>3402447
>I'll be heading back to the ship soon, anyway."

>>3402447
>>I'll be heading back to the ship soon, anyway."

>>3402447
>I'll be heading back to the ship soon, anyway."

>>3402447
>>I'll be heading back to the ship soon, anyway."

>

"- I'll be heading back to the ship soon, anyway." After you finish your ice cream, naturally.

"All right, I'll tell everyone you're okay! See you, aniki!"

Sunglasses cheerfully signs off, apparently not too badly hurt by whatever his final tournament placement was.

Meanwhile, you stare at the melting dribs of creamy, sugary goodness.

Miss Thursday. The woman who casually let you use her fans, even taught you how to use them, recommended you a place to get your own. A nice enough woman. Except she's a criminal. A criminal working for another criminal who wants to take over a country and murder a bunch of people in the process. And she tried to kill you.

Not like she was apologizing for it, either.

You kind of want to punch something, but you don't think that would make anything any clearer. Might be satisfying, though.

And what are you supposed to do? Tell Smoboss, 'oh hey, Miss Thursday taught me how to how to use fans! Also I let her go because of a technicality, even though she gave me zero useful information. Tee hee!'?

You don't think it would be latrine duty for that. Maybe the brig, instead.

And yet... what use would telling anyone be? Would anyone gain anything by it? You know her home island, sure, but not her real name. You doubt she'd have told anything if she were caught, or at least no more than Mr 11 would.

Smoboss would probably believe you if you told him you had no idea who she was when you first met, but it's going to have to go in an official report someday soon, especially with Vice Admiral Garp involved, and would anyone else accept that you just have a really weird life?

It's just... a whole bundle of trouble. And no matter how you turn it over, or what you try and shake out of it, you've got an unpleasant feeling about the whole thing.

Well. That's a problem for future Flashy.

>Head back to the ship.
>Anything else first?

(Going to bed, thanks for playing!)

>>3402517
>>Head back to the ship.

>>3402517
>>Get some cigars, it works for Smoboss for some reason
>>Head back to the ship.

>>3402530
Wait cigars for him or for us? Let's leave the smoking to Jitte-san.

>Head back to the ship.

>>3402517
>Head back to the ship.

>We recruit Miss Thursday to be our Robin
Make it happen

>>3400881
So, Fun Fact. I've been looking at the New Thread announcement for the last 13 hours and 17 minutes, somehow never actually realizing it was a New Thread announcement.

>>3402833
You need more training anon, luckily Papa Garp is coming to sort you out

>>3402833
Getting deep into Flashy's character, huh? I can respect that.

>>3402530
Hopefully Flashy doesn’t try to light one up himself. Not sure he could handle the results.

>>3402517
>Get some cigars, it works for Smoboss for some reason
>Head back to the ship.
Forgot to vote.

Not writing just yet, but are you guys getting cigars for yourself or Smoboss?

>>3403568
I was hoping for us.

>>3403568
I'd say for the boss. Got to try to appease him somehow.

>>3403568
Us

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>>3403568
chocolate cigars for us
real ones for smoboss

>>3403568
>>3403616
+1

>>3403616
support

>>3403616
this

>>3402517
>>3403568
>>3403616
This

>>3403616
Support

>>3403616
Oh yes
Picture it: boss, flashy and mina, all three Jitte&Cigar

>>3402833
I'd also like to add that when I first read this comment, I imagined you literally looking at the same comment for thirteen hours straight, perhaps occasionally refreshing the thread. If this is actually what occurred, then I'm impressed, but please seek medical attention.

>smokin'

Seeing as you'll be setting off tomorrow, this means it's your last opportunity to do any shopping or to avert your potential (and likely) death at the hands of a furious Logia.

In other words, it's BRIBERY O'CLOCK.

Renaisse seems more into cigarettes than cigars, but you finally find a tobacco shop with a good selection, and you've seen Smoboss smoke enough of them that you can pick out his favored brand in an instant. You go to buy a box, then remember that you ditched a supply run so you could duel a Prince while using your colleague's identity, and decide that two boxes sound better.

... Actually, make that three.

The shop-owner raises an eyebrow as you pile the three boxes down on the counter, glancing at your uniform. "Gonna be a long time at sea, huh?"

"Better than in it," you tell him, fixing him with the eyes of a dead man walking.

"... Riiiight. That everything?"

No, because you just spotted a dam box of novelty cigars made of chocolate, which sounds like just the sort of thing to give Mina and then take a picture of her. Maybe see if you can steal Smoboss' jacket for her as well, to scowl and pose- no! Bad Flashman! That's how you die again!

You, uh, buy them anyway.

As you head back to the docks, via boat and gondola this time, you wonder if you'll be buried at sea or if the bossman won't leave enough of you for a proper disposal.

>Find Smoboss as soon as you get on board and grovel for your life.
>Find Fop. He must be prevented from suggesting you're a girl to anyone. And maybe have the name thing cleared up...
>Find Tashigi, assuming Smoboss didn't murder her already.
>Other?

>>3403958
>>Find Tashigi, assuming Smoboss didn't murder her already.
If we're going to swing, might as well swing together.

>>3403958
>Buy a pack of chocolate cigars for yourself

>>3403958
>Find Tashigi, assuming Smoboss didn't murder her already.

>>3403958
>>Find Tashigi, assuming Smoboss didn't murder her already.
We got 3 boxes, the least we can do is share one with her.

>>3403976
You think Flashy's gonna give ALL the chocolate to Mina? Dream on, at least 80% is his. Sharing is caring, but not when it comes to sugary goodness.

>>3403958
>>Find Fop. He must be prevented from suggesting you're a girl to anyone. And maybe have the name thing cleared up...

>>3403982
Fair nuff

>Find Fop. He must be prevented from suggesting you're a girl to anyone. And maybe have the name thing cleared up...

Must be prevented at all cost

>>3403979
Makes me wonder, how Smoboss would feel after see both of us smoking cigars.
Would he be a bit proud we imitate him, pissed that we are using up something he could gladly use, indifferent?

>>3403997
His anger plateaus into a ocean deep simmering rage, where he is perpetually angry yet very calm

>>3404016
So... business as usual, then?

>Find Tashigi, assuming Smoboss didn't murder her already.

>big sis

The White Mist isn't overly hectic, but it's certainly bustling - the supplies you'd left the infantry to arrange have been delivered and are being loaded, preparations for tomorrow's sailing are being made before sunset, and off-duty crew are making the most of coming and going before they get stuck at sea again.

In all the chaos, you manage to get aboard mostly uncommented on. Some infantry pay more attention to you (one catches your eye and sadly draws a cross across his chest, the dick), but fortunately you're popular enough that no-one decides it'd be fun to go let the Captain know his prince-duelling subordinate is back.

All the same, you keep your head ducked low, and move fast up the gangplank and across the deck, out of sight from Smoboss' office or cabin windows as much as possible, on your way to Tashigi's cabin.

A few quick raps finds the door open slightly, Tashigi looking relieved as she sees who it is. Her lower-face looks a little red from scrubbing, but now pen-free. Disappointing. "Flashman! Where have you been?"

>Absolutely not getting ice cream as my last meal.
>Getting bribes. It's really hard to find cigars here...
>I met this chick, but we were just too incompatible. Still, at least I gave her a shot. Two, even.
>Other?

>>3404037
>>Getting bribes. It's really hard to find cigars here...
>>Offer a box for her to use

>>3404037
>Getting bribes. It's really hard to find cigars here...
>Absolutely not getting ice cream as my last meal.

>>3404037
>>Getting bribes. It's really hard to find cigars here...

>>3404037
>>Getting bribes. It's really hard to find cigars here...

>

"Getting bribes," you say, holding up the bag of cigar boxes. "It's really hard to find cigars here..."

Tashigi looks scandalized. "Flashman! As if the Captain would punish you less just because of that! He might even increase it!"

"Considering I'm looking at about ten years of latrine duty, I'll risk it. Want a box?"

"Well..." Her eyes dart around. "... I'll pay you back."

"Sure, sure." You hand over a box, managing not to smirk. "You haven't spoken to him yet?"

"Only for him to give orders about the man I caught," Tashigi sighs. "I'm sure once he's finished talking to the local Commodore, he'll come back and..."

"Tear us to shreds?"

"... Yes." She hugs the cigar box close to herself, like a shield, before frowning. "Flashman... I'm sorry for using your name like that. They don't let women compete in the tournament, and I was worried they might try to look me up, so I didn't want to just make up a name, and have them realize they couldn't find me in the crew-listing.

>It's fine, you brought honor to the name.
>Too late, you're adopted now. HA!
>Oh yeah, that reminds me. You're under arrest for identity theft.
>Other?

>Adopt another one

>>3404085
>>It's fine, you brought honor to the name.
Don't sweat it Tashigi, we would have done the same in your place.
Hell, we did the same just because it was too funny to let go.

>>3404085
>>Too late, you're adopted now. HA!

>>3404085
>>Too late, you're adopted now. HA!
Unofficial sis has evolved into official sis(unofficial).