>>3931888
>Apologies for the horrible delay,
I didn't cry, you cried.

>>3931888
>>our dashing protagonist, Harry Flashman!
Welcome back! I hope you are getting huge overtime pay for all this extra work you are putting in.

>>3931888
>someone else (Irrelevant Alternate Universe Doppelganger, Silvers Harry!)

I kid.

>>3931888
>>our dashing protagonist, Harry Flashman!
I also didn't forget to vote.

>>3931888
>someone else (you gotta say who)!
Zolo/zoro our sword rival of ever late omakes


FUCKING FINALLY YOU'RE BACK, I THOUGHT ANOTHER GOOD QUEST WAS GONE FOR GOOD

>>3931888
Welcome home, senpai.
>our dashing protagonist, Harry Flashman!

>>3931888
>>our dashing protagonist, Harry Flashman!
pls don't die spiboss

>>3931888
>our dashing protagonist, Harry Flashman!
We have kneecaps to shoot! Glad to see you back spider lady!

>>3931888
Oh thank fuck. I was starting to worry you'd pulled a Crusty.
Oh, and nice trips.
>>our dashing protagonist, Harry Flashman!

>>3931905
>overtime pay
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahaha minimum wage shift work is so much fun

Although it's Christmas soon, so I'd be feeling even worse if I had to buy gifts WITHOUT these extra hours.

>>3931940
If I disappear again, I'll put an update on the general thread so people know what's up. Or I'll fake my death and hide in the sewers. Probably the latter, it sounds more entertaining.
>nice trips
Thank you, I lucked into them myself.


Looks like our all brawn no brains sugar-addict is the winner! Honestly surprised Zolo didn't get more votes, but oh well! Update incoming.

>it's good to be back in this den of depravity

"So the Revolutionaries were here?"

Fireplace shrugs at your question, maybe a little self-consciously. "Something about a slave owner who was getting his ship repaired by the Galley-La company? I dunno, it's not like I have anything to do with Revolutionaries. Obviously." He shoves a forkful of bacon into his mouth and stares you in the eye.

Yeah, you can't see any reason for Abs to lie to you about that. Seems legit.

"So," Sunglasses pipes up, "what's the plan now? We heading back to the White Mist?"

"They'll probably pick us up here soon, unless we arrange otherwise. Maybe a couple of days." Klaus waves in your general direction. "Unless Smo-kun gives an order, it's basically Mr Ranking Officer here's decision."

You sketch a bow, to which Hat and Sunglasses politely applaud.

"Soooooo?" Hat looks at you, obviously eager to know what the hell you're going to do now. To be fair, you rarely know what you're going to do (or what you're doing), either.

>We'll meet up with the White Mist when it arrives!
>We're going to take a detour to a little island that's having some orphanage trouble...
>I'm gonna make sad faces at Smoboss until he lets me have some time to get some hard-core training in. (Invite Hat&Sunglasses y/n?)
>I'm going to find out who needs new bounty photos around these parts and maybe try doing my job for onc- I mean, like usual.
>Other?

>>3931954
I thought you lived in Europe, ain't you europoors always trying to flex on us americhads saying that you have universal health care and good work conditions and shit.


Where is all that good shit now??

>>3931967
>>We're going to take a detour to a little island that's having some orphanage trouble...

>>3931967
>We're going to take a detour to a little island that's having some orphanage trouble...

>I'm going to find out who needs new bounty photos around these parts and maybe try doing my job for onc- I mean, like usual.

We can do both

>>3931967
>>We're going to take a detour to a little island that's having some orphanage trouble...

>>3931968
Shit work is shit work everywhere.

>>3931967
>>We're going to take a detour to a little island that's having some orphanage trouble...

>>3931968
It's called 'my colleague got fired and everyone's scrambling to cover shifts' and 'I'm trying to get as many hours as possible because Capitalismas is next month'. But the healthcare is a delight, so there's that!

Y'all wanna adopt all the orphans, don't you?

>>3931967
>>3931972
I support this

>>3931978
>Y'all wanna adopt all the orphans, don't you?
Well we will need crewman for our next promotion right?

>>3931978
>>3931982
They will be adorable meat shie- I mean sons and daughters who we will cherish forever.

>>3931978
They shall be the first step in our ascension, from being the omni-son, to becoming the omni-father

>>3931985
Whitebeard, is that you?

>won't somebody think of the grubby little brats?!

You have a Plan, with a capital P. "We're going to take a detour to a little island that's having some orphanage trouble..."

Hat frowns. "Is that... an actual duty?"

"No, I just want to threaten the landlord into being less of a shitbag," you cheerfully explain.

"That's probably illegal," Klaus says, not actually sounding all that bothered.

"You're all welcome to be somewhere else when I do it!"

"I'm just gonna assume I'm not meant to be hearing this," Abs mumbles around his second helping of breakfast heavenliness.

>Feel free to come along and help him see the error of his ways, Fireplace. It's for the orphans! And justice! And probably a little bit of fun. (Abs continues as ~Party Member~)
>That's a good, deaf Fireplace. Carry on not hearing. (Abs leaves the gang soon)

[AND]

>Get the first ship to the island after breakfast
>Hang around Water 7 a while longer
>Other?

>>3932014
>>Feel free to come along and help him see the error of his ways, Fireplace. It's for the orphans! And justice! And probably a little bit of fun. (Abs continues as ~Party Member~)
>>Get the first ship to the island after breakfast

>>3932014
>That's a good, deaf Fireplace. Carry on not hearing. (Abs leaves the gang soon)
Go away abs, you will distract us with your cheese graters, also bring unwanted attention to us or something

>buy some salt and then go to the orphanage

>>3932014
>That's a good, deaf Fireplace. Carry on not hearing. (Abs leaves the gang soon)

Buy salt and split

Why did my post dissapeared?

>>3932014
>>Feel free to come along and help him see the error of his ways, Fireplace. It's for the orphans! And justice! And probably a little bit of fun. (Abs continues as ~Party Member~)
>Buy some anti-ninja salt and then leave

>>3932028
You were bamboozled.

>>3932014
>>That's a good, deaf Fireplace. Carry on not hearing. (Abs leaves the gang soon)
Get out Abs. This is a marine and Hobo only party.

>>3932014
>>That's a good, deaf Fireplace. Carry on not hearing. (Abs leaves the gang soon)
>>Get the first ship to the island after breakfast

>>3932014
>>Feel free to come along and help him see the error of his ways, Fireplace. It's for the orphans! And justice! And probably a little bit of fun. (Abs continues as ~Party Member~)
>>Get the first ship to the island after breakfast

>>3932014
>landlord
Didn't we settle on threatening super mysterious buyer?

>>3932014
Thank fuck this isn't dead
>Feel free to come along and help him see the error of his ways, Fireplace. It's for the orphans! And justice! And probably a little bit of fun. (Abs continues as ~Party Member~)
>Get the first ship to the island after breakfast.
>Buy anti-ninja salt

You'll have to pull fireplace abs from my cold dead hands.

>>3932014
>Feel free to come along and help him see the error of his ways, Fireplace. It's for the orphans! And justice! And probably a little bit of fun. (Abs continues as ~Party Member~)
>Get the first ship to the island after breakfast

>>3932048
To be fair, Abs IS basically a hobo right now. Poor Shichibukai without even a cool castle to lurk in. So sad.

>4-3 split for Abs, tentative split-up soonish but I'll leave it open for now and he can separate on the island or whatever. Did I name the island? I can't even remember. Oh well!

Breakfast is hurriedly finished, not because of any particular haste, but just because it's damn good and you all want to shovel it down your throats. Why can't you have a Sanji-esque cook on the Mist? So cruel...

Minashigo island is two days away, and with a number of ships having been dry-docked in Water 7 over the course of the Aqua Laguna, they're eager to leave as soon as possible.

You at least manage to restock on that evil, eye-gouging salt before conditions become safe enough that the relieved merchant captains are willing to set sail, and board a trader's ship. It's a wonder just how many doors an officer's uniform opens.

>Roll 1d100, best of 3 for any events today at sea

And several more votes for Abs since I started writing. Bagel-Boy's popularity is rising.

>>3932072
I thought it was the landlord, but feel free to correct me if I'm being a dumbass (as usual)

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>3932080

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>3932080

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>3932080
Threatening the landlord won. I think the original plan was to do it as Karasu though.

>>3932080
Nah it was landlord I was misremembering
>>3932087
Good day at sea it is!

>>3932088
You can change when you get there, if you want.

>>3932087
>99
OHOHOHOHO

>>3932014
>Feel free to come along and help him see the error of his ways, Fireplace. It's for the orphans! And justice! And probably a little bit of fun.

>R-R-R-RANDOM EVEEEEEEEEENT

Oh golly gee, I hope your ship doesn't get run into...

1 it's doctor oniichwan uwu~
2 oh look abs it's some of your ex-brothers ahahahaha oh shit
3 it's an old woman, no, it's a little girl, no, it's bonney-chaaaaan
4 that's no criminal... that's a lifeboat
5 a Marine patrol? That's just boring.
6 that's my assassin way, believe it

>Roll 1d6, first rolls count. We'll vote on which of the three from there.

>>3932123
First *3* rolls, beg pardon. I can write. Maybe.

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>3932123

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>3932123

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>3932123

>>3932125
>>3932126
>>3932128
So... Bonney, Boat, or Boring.

Please vote for one of three!

>Bonney (not the okama)
>Helpless losers
>Marine patrol which is totally boring don't pick this

>>3932136
>>Helpless losers

>>3932136
>>Helpless losers
Hey losers stop paddling and get on a ship.

>>3932136
>Helpless losers

>helpless losers
Yay you are back bp! And not dead! Sorry for harrasing gunsxglory for you but I figured you might see it in your off time if you were safe also why can't we keep abs? On the dl at least

>>3932136
>Helpless losers

>>3932136
>Helpless losers

>>3932136
But I wanted to see big brother!
>Helpless losers
Fine, get in the boat, assholes.

>>3932136
>>Helpless losers

>>3932209
Doctor Oniichwan is very busy doing important doctory pirate things, like doctoring and pirating.

Good job on not picking the Marine patrol who are investigating the trail of those Big Mom pirates from a while back! That would only have put you on the trail of who your mother is, which would have been boring as fuck.

Helpless losers, here we come!

>>3932282
You're a cruel spider.

>ca-caw, it's- no wait, it's flashy to the rescue!

The merchant vessel is happy to have several Marines along to protection, happy once they find out Klaus is an ex-Commodore, and somewhat less happy to have a Shichibukai along for the ride. (Seeing as he's actually polite and apparently sets ou to charm them with overt friendliness and a lack of setting them on fire, they relax a little, although you're not sure if that'll last when they find out how much he eats.)

Sucks to be them.

You're lounging around on deck, watching Klaus run out minions through a new drill, when the look-out yells, and all free hands race to positions - either to pull up the sailors sighted on a lifeboat, or defend the ship if it's a trap.

"I just wanted ONE peaceful day," you complain, which is a blatant lie. You're definitely up for stabbing/shooting some pirate dumbass if they decide to attack- but unfortunately, as the trio of tired, scared men get aboard, it's obvious they're exactly what they seem; civilian survivors of a lost ship, all other hands dead or missing.

The mood takes a turn for the worse as you linger close to hear their frightened rambling to the merchant captain; not weather, not sea-kings, but a small pirate ship desperate for supplies and working on sheer bloodlust.

And led by a fat, ugly guy who obliterated their mainmast with some kind of weird, darkness-spewing bullshit so they couldn't escape.

Ah. You bite your lip. Now that's a description that's a little familiar. The problem is that as the guy who wrecked a Shichibukai before he had to flee Garp, this is more than just some small fry...

>Whatever he's planning, this Blackbeard guy is too dangerous to leave him to it. If you can figure out where he's heading, maybe you can get on his tail...? At the very least, he needs a photo, right?
>Nooooope, you can't deal with a guy like that (and Abs doesn't need to know either). Stay on course and just report the incident via den den.
>Other?

>>3932283
I said not to pick it, I don't know why you gullible innocents keep trusting me. It does fill me with glee, admittedly.

>>3932326
>Whatever he's planning, this Blackbeard guy is too dangerous to leave him to it. If you can figure out where he's heading, maybe you can get on his tail...? At the very least, he needs a photo, right?
Aw fuck.

>>3932326
>>Whatever he's planning, this Blackbeard guy is too dangerous to leave him to it. If you can figure out where he's heading, maybe you can get on his tail...? At the very least, he needs a photo, right?
Who knows. Maybe if we're lucky, we can sink their lifeboat, watch them drown and spin it for kudos and/or a promotion.
We need to outrank Smoboss at some point so we can see his head explode... with pride? And joy, at seeing us do so well. Let's go with that.

I doubt we're that lucky, but I can dream, damn it.

>>3932326
>>Whatever he's planning, this Blackbeard guy is too dangerous to leave him to it. If you can figure out where he's heading, maybe you can get on his tail...? At the very least, he needs a photo, right?

>>3932326
>>Nooooope, you can't deal with a guy like that (and Abs doesn't need to know either). Stay on course and just report the incident via den den.
Abs is definitely going to try and fight him and even if we help him we won't win.

>>3932326
>>Nooooope, you can't deal with a guy like that (and Abs doesn't need to know either). Stay on course and just report the incident via den den.
A B O R T

Also who needs a mom when you have like 10 dads.

We haven't even fully recovered from our injuries. This is a terrible idea.

>whatever he's planning yada yada let's go fuck 'em up! Believe in the flash that believes in his camera!

>>3932326
>Nooooope, you can't deal with a guy like that (and Abs doesn't need to know either). Stay on course and just report the incident via den den.
There's Flashman stupid and just plain suicidal and this is the latter. If he can take down Garp then we shouldn't go anyway near him (Abs's jobber aura was probably on full blast during that fight so of course he lost, we'll ignore him)

>>3932326
>Nooooope, you can't deal with a guy like that (and Abs doesn't need to know either). Stay on course and just report the incident via den den.
This

>>3932326
>Nooooope, you can't deal with a guy like that (and Abs doesn't need to know either). Stay on course and just report the incident via den den.

>>3931888
I am so happy to see you again, It has been so long.

Going to sleep, will try to get an update or two it in the morning. Looks like staying on course is leading by one vote! Night all, thanks for playing!

>>3932457
I missed you too, random anon.

>>3932326
>>Whatever he's planning, this Blackbeard guy is too dangerous to leave him to it. If you can figure out where he's heading, maybe you can get on his tail...? At the very least, he needs a photo, right?

Can you imagine how hard to kill Blackbeard would be without the dank-dank fruit to nuke his defense?

>>3932573
He shrugged off a direct attack from Whitebeard despite that nuked defense. He's also a skilled enough fighter to scar Shanks, the Yonko who used to spar with Mibird. We can't win.

>>3932642
Uh, yeah? I'm just saying, could you imagine if he didn't have it?

>>3932326
>>Nooooope, you can't deal with a guy like that (and Abs doesn't need to know either). Stay on course and just report the incident via den den.

>>3932326
>Whatever he's planning, this Blackbeard guy is too dangerous to leave him to it. If you can figure out where he's heading, maybe you can get on his tail...? At the very least, he needs a photo, right?

>>3932326
>>Nooooope, you can't deal with a guy like that (and Abs doesn't need to know either). Stay on course and just report the incident via den den

6 for chase after him like a deranged paparazzi!

7 for NOTHING TO SEE THERE, NOPE

>onwards to orphan island! (that's literally what it's called, no-one appreciates my expert naming criteria)

"Aaaaaand we're staying the hell away from this one," you mutter to your minions and Klaus. The former nod fervently, the latter clapping you on the back.

"Prettyboy, that's the smartest thing you've said in a month."

Klaus is fired. Rodent is your dad now.

The surviving crew members are hurried below-decks for food and any medical treatment, while you head off to your quarters to report the event to the local base, with the help of Mr Speedy (what a guy). By the time Fireplace finds out what's going on (if he even does), Blackhead or whatever should be well out of reach and not worth chasing after.

You hope.

Well, that's a problem for future you!

>Anything to do/train/etc for the rest of today?

>train cannonballs

>>3933177
>Tell Klaus and the Minions about our new Armament theory

>>3933177
>>3933236
This. we need to tell Klaus that he can do Armament.

>>3933177
>Read a book, good book that teaches you how to be a efficient liar

>Switching from cannonball to tellinh Klaus he can to do armament

>>3933236
>>3933177
Support

>>3933177
>tell Klaus that he can do Armament

>>3933177
>>tell Klaus that he can do Armament
lets keep our unified theory secret

>>3933261
Support

>>3933177
>tell Klaus that he can do Armament

>>3933177
>>tell Klaus that he can do Armament
"Heh, this took me 10 years to master... SIKE"

>no klaus u r the armament

You should be able to train tomorrow, with your arm feeling far better - although Observation is still out of action - which brings you to your next (of many) issues.

You're pretty damn sure metal-cutting is Armament. And air slashes. Which means Klaus CAN use Armament, he's just been stuck in Basic Mode because he didn't know any better.

... Mustn't rub this in his face. Mustn't rub this in his face.

"Heeeeeeey," you say, totally not rubbing this in his face, as you attempt to sneak up behind him on the first night aboard. It doesn't work, because SOMEONE still has functioning Observation. Hint: it's Klaus.

He doesn't glance up from the important task of making Rodent do running jumps through barrel hoops. You're a little concerned. "Yeah?"

>(Be nice about it)
>(RUB IT IN HIS FACE AHAHAHAHAHA)
>Other?

>>3933857
>>(RUB IT IN HIS FACE AHAHAHAHAHA)

>>3933857
>>(Be nice about it)

>>be nice about it
>offer to help him further learn

>>3933857
>(RUB IT IN HIS FACE AHAHAHAHAHA)

He'll make us suffer for it anyway, might as well enjoy one of the few times we'll get to bully klaus

>>3933857
>>(Be nice about it)

>>3933857
>(RUB IT IN HIS FACE AHAHAHAHAHA)

>>3933857
>>(Be nice about it)

>>3933857
>(Be nice about it)

>>3933857
>>(Be nice about it)

>>3933857
>>(RUB IT IN HIS FACE AHAHAHAHAHA)
It's time, after all these threads we finally get too bully klaus, how wonderful.

>be BORING, booooooo

You settle down besides the swordhobo as his rat flings itself gleefully through another raised hoop. Is this a work-out routine? "So. I was kind of doing some Armament training recently, and I've come to what I think is an accurate conclusion about some other sword stuff..."

And then, being the nice, charming angel that you are, you politely lay out your belief that Klaus is a dumbass who's been using Armament for a couple of decades without even realizing it. You don't say the dumbass part, though. You enjoy not being stabbed.

Klaus, having slowly turned to look at you throughout your findings, just stares.

You stare back. "... Are you okay?"

He closes his eyes, expressionless. "I'm gonna dropkick myself overboard."

"That sounds... impressively flexible."

"Unlike me thought processes, apparently." He opens his eyes again, mouth twisting to a scowl. "I need to up my own training, as well as yours."

You perk up. "You think I'm right?"

"Most likely. Even if you ARE wrong, though... I should still probably try to get a better handle on Armament, seeing how far we're getting into the Grand Line, and how you're picking fights with lunatics like Mihawk."

"Ca-caw," you solemnly say, blessing him with a finger-gun.

"... Exactly."

(Klaus now aware of his blatant ignorance! Hurrah! You can improve his training speed by actively assisting.)

Rodent gives a tentative squeak, and Klaus holds a barrel hoop back up. "Three more jumps, and you'll get a handful of peanuts," he informs the thrilled rat, who happily complies. ...This is weird, right?

Well, it's still nice and peaceful. The waves are steady, barely noticeable here below-decks, weather calm for once.

>Stop dancing around the awkwardness of potential adoption and have a proper discussion about it.
>Flee to do something else.
>Timeskip to tomorrow morning training.
>Other?

y no bully

>>3934000
> Flee to do something else.
> Read a book!

>>3934000
>Timeskip to tomorrow morning training.

>skip to training tomorrow, notify Klaus to train with you

>>3934000
>>Stop dancing around the awkwardness of potential adoption and have a proper discussion about it.
Legally aquire dad

>>3934000

This >>3934032
Geez finally caught up to the active thread. That was a trip.

>>3934000
>Timeskip to tomorrow morning training.

>>3934000
>>Timeskip to tomorrow morning training.
These two have already exceeded their limit on Feelings and Emotions. They need to engage in some SPORTS before they develop Testosterone Deficiencies!

Hey I'm reading though the archives ATM and have some ideas for special moves for Flashman.

>Billiards Counter: A more defensive version where Flashman redirects a bullet fired at him.
>Billiards Trickshot:After using OH to predict the right oath Flashman fires Pistol-chan and uses whatever is in the area to redirect the bullet.
>Cross Slash. A combination of twohanded Flying Slashes and aidontsuck. First Flashman launches one diagonal Flying Slash before changing weapons and launching a second one with a bit more speed so that the target at the same time as one single cross-shaped slash.
>Electric Cross: Same as the last move but with electricity from his DF added to it. Assuming that doesn't include the risk of anyone finding out what his powers actually are.

>>3934593
What if we base our attack names off mythological creatures, kinda fits with the whole Arthur thing too. So like maybe instead of calling it billiards, we charge it with electricity and call it fairy dance or something, using observation and magnetism to shoot electric bullets everywhere and curve em around all weird.

>>3934646
Could work but I used Billiards because they are variations a on a move he already has called Billiards

Rolled 54 (1d100)

Not sure when I'm finishing tonight, update... some time?

That said, for now please

>roll 1d100, best of 3 for morning sword training

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>3934713

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>3934713

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>3934713
Nat 1

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>3934713

>>3934721
Flashman: Training Autist is BACK!

>>3934713
Do we get bonus because Zolo took wado anticlimactically and make us look like idiot?

>rival bonus bp?

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>3934742
>>3934777
Yes, it's at 1d10+5 at the moment because seriously, you sucked. At least he hasn't seen past the Karasu disguise yet.

>>3934218
Get out, Sportacus.

>>3934593
These sound good but NO-ONE'S EVEN TRAINING BILLIARDS DAMN IT so I guess that'll wait for the time-skip.

>97+74+12(rival bonus)+9(dual-wield bonus) = 292. No Observation bonus as it's still not working for now.

You sit with Klaus and the world's most oddly-named rat in a silence that eventually becomes a little more comfortable, even if you're both still clearly avoiding Emotional Discussions. Sure, it would probably be better to do before you're back on the White Mist, but let it never be said you're not both experts in avoiding uncomfortable logical actions!

... Screw it, you're going to bed.

Training the next day starts at 6am sharp, and Klaus doesn't even have to drag you out of bed for it, you're so eager to test your arm.

It's... pretty all right. By which you mean you're (not literally) on fire. Despite the lack of Observation, Klaus runs you through your normal Mata, then straight through into some new moves, which you follow like the expert in badassery that you are. And sure, maybe that's a little something to do with the fact you got your ass kicked by Zolo (or Karasu did), but who cares? Even Klaus looks mildly impressed by your technique and speed today.

(Swordsmanship +1! Pouncing Racoon Style +2! General Fitness +1! Armament +1, DC lowered to 81! Ka-tan Awakening +1!)

By the time you take a well-earned break, you're confident you're at least a little better than you were when fighting Zol- Zoro, even without taking the injured arm into account.

Next up, while you're resting; helping Klaus get a grip on Armament like the kind and benevolent student/son that you are.

>Roll 1d100, best of 3 for combat teaching

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>3935348

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>3935348

Rolled 75 (1d100)

THE POWER OF RIVALRY

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>3935348
aw come on, we can't possibly make him WORSE at armament

75 + combat teaching + ribary bonus + dad bonus bp....?
Think of how flashy is nicely teaching rat papa

>>3935371
... Maybe I SHOULD give you dad bonuses. Hmmmm.

>75 + 13 combat teaching + ... 5 new papa bonus = 93. No, you don't get rivalry bonus for this because you're teaching someone else rather than training yourself.

Klaus takes to Armament like a duck to a puddle. He may not be quite in his element, but he's making obvious progress with the shifted mindset (and probably inspired by the horrifying realization that you're far better than him at this).

He only manages a brief few flickers of Armament, but the fact he's managed to manifest it at all is impressive for the first lesson, especially as it doesn't seem to wear him out anywhere near as quickly as it does for you.

Hopefully by the time you make Captain, your Armament will be far more easy to hold onto! But for now, you internally sulk about your Haki reserves.

(Combat Teaching +2! Klaus' Armament confirmed and started successful training!)

>Roll 1d100, best of 3 for Mystery Roll~

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>3935397

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>3935397

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>3935397
THE BOX

>>3935406
Damn

>>3935406
>beats the 98 DC
... reeeeeeally? REEEEEEEEALLLY???

In other news, I hate everything.

>you'll find out what that roll was for some other time, if I don't cry myself to death

As your muscles heal up from their aching state, Klaus working furiously on his Armament, you've got some free time to yourself. There's one more day at sea, which you can start off by

>Choose first major action of the day! Train/read/interact with someone?

>>3935420
>Train rankyaku
Our legs are sufficiently recovered by now, right?
If not, then disregard that. I'm sure there's somewhere we can practice with Pistol-chan.

>>3935420
>train billiards

>>3935420
>Train Billiards
Loved the anon's idea of working on this until we can use it defensively. Right now we're pretty limited defensively, let's try and get a few more options.

>>3935420
>Train with Pistol-chan

>>3935420
>Train weapon swapping

>>3935420
>Train Billiards (lightning version)

>>3935420
>Train Billiards

>>3934593
>>3934660
Don't use your name outside of MIQ you silly.

>>3935420
>Train weapon swapping
Dad said no unsupervised devil fruit or sword training on the ship.

After we get to the island, we should bond with Klaus over a nice fatherly game of BASEBALL!!!

If we lack supplies, just substitute cannon balls for baseballs and swords for bats.

>>3935420
>>Train weapon swapping

BILLIARDS IS WASTE OF ACTION. ITS ABILITY THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND SOMETHING WE WILL NEVER USE

>>3935420
>Train weapon swapping

>>3935420
>Train weapon swapping.
We gotta work to unify our skills into one.

>>3935478
We can use it to deflect enemy projectiles so it's not completely useless. Deflecting our own bullets is stupid though.

>train weapon swapping
Personally I view billiards as a last ditch effort move when there are too many enemies to take on at once

>>3935420
>Train weapon swapping.
Gotta go with this one. I'm still in favour of steamrolling right towards weapon skill consolidation.

>>3935420
>Train weapon swapping
Gotta get our basics down pat before we start working on fancy moves.

>>3935478
>One Piece
>Ability that doesnt make sense

>>3935752
My boy Katakuri pointed out that even in One Piece inefficient moves are just silly.

>>3935420
>Train weapon swapping
Gotta get that swapping down

Yet another late shift today, good old Friday's. In the meantime

>Roll 1d100, best of 3 for weapon-swapping training

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>3936117

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>3936117

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>3936117

>>3936129
holy shit.

>>3936129
o boy

>>3936129
Oh this was my roll. I guess I redeemed myself from that nat1 I rolled that almost caused Flashy to die after someone's 100 blew up the Ark with a cannonball. Fun times. My only two rolls for this quest too lol

>butterfly in the sky, flashy autism way too high, its in a book take a look weapon autist

>looking forward to bp's tears of critical rage as flashy masters YET MORE. Anyone else? I mean this IS what happens when flashy gets put on a short hiatus, his sheer luck has time to ferment and ooze everywhere

>>3936129
I love this quest so much

>>3936129
Weapon switching was meant to be.

>>3936264
Clearly we needed to return to our roots.
Drop the devil fruits and fancy techniques. Pure weapon autism is the way.

>>3936129
Insane how do we keep doing this

>>3936321
But we can't drop Goro-chan after they entered us. Think about what that would do to their self-esteem.

>>3936348
Goro-chan is a wild beast that needs tamed by someone a big more experienced with Logias. Hopefully Smoboss gets us figured out post-timeskip.

>>3936470
Are we going to play disembodied hands catch with papa Smo?

>>3936129
THERE IS NO GOOD IN THIS SINFUL WORLD

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

<3 we love you bp now spider has to give us shinies

>>3936706
no shinies 4 naughty childrens, only spidery fury >8888(

>100 + who cares

What to do while Klaus is glaring at his current sword and trying to make it all... Armamenty? What to doooo...?

You could practice a lot of things. You could go read a book. You could torment your beloved minions. Or... you could work on your ability to switch weapons mid-combat so you don't have to restrict yourself to a couple of types in each fight.

Sure, you've already got a GOOD chance of easily swapping weapons out, but it isn't perfect, and a badly-timed fumble could leave you with worse than a temporarily injured arm.

Screw it. This'll help with a whole bunch of things. Gotta have your basics mastered, right?

With your drive to give your precious children equality turned up to MAXIMUM AUTISM, you take a deep breath, rest your hands on your Lightning Dials, and -

Become the god of dexterity, apparently.

Cutchan-Katan-Fantwins-Jittesan--

Lightning turning to metal, or switching from one hand to the other, storing or retrieving them from sheathed or Dials, you blaze through a full session like Smoboss through his cigars after you've just pulled something stupid. (Again.)

You are become Harry Switchman, Switcher of Weapons.

(Ambidextrous update; weapon-switching now at 100%, will never fail to split-second switch a weapon under reasonable circumstances including mid-combat! General dexterity increase! Unarmed Combat +2! Starting bonus with new weapons increased from +5 to +8! Battle Fans +2 due to increased dexterity! Whips and any other flexible/chained weapons improved to +10 due to increased dexterity! GGnM: Lightning increased to C.8! Perception +1! You look really fucking cool while switching weapons mid-combat!)

... Damn, you're awesome.

(Select one bonus due to nat100, you jerks)
>+15 to next (non-Conqueror's Haki) training roll
>All new weapons start at +15 instead of +10
>Appearance/reappearance of one non-New World character of your choice when you choose
>Other? (Subject to veto)

>new weapons start at 15
>train with hat/sunglasses

>>3936761
>All new weapons start at +15 instead of +10
This seems fine to me

>>3936761
This is really good but there is one little problem, if we pull weapons from lightning we will have to explain it somehow. So when we still keeping our logia a secret we will have to rarely use it.

>>3936761
>All new weapons start at +15 instead of +10

>>3936761
>Other? Faster Weapon Awakening rate.
QM says how much, of course.

>>3936786
If we keep our logia a secret.

>>3936761
>+15 to next (non-Conqueror's Haki) training roll
Do.. we really plan to pick up even more weapons? Surely we're almost capped out

>>3936786
Pretty sure it's a general skill for weapon swapping, not just for swapping with Dials. And the best way to keep it a secret is to leave no witnesses

There is no cap, we need a shortbow a longbow a crossbow a butter knifr, bottles, kitchen knives, a dagger, bostaff, longstaff,spear, halberd, chakram, hoolahoop, escape boat,coffin, yo-yo, and finally ballon-sword-sama

>>3936798
I kinda like this slow grinding it feel really special to make us work for it and not giving us things like conqueror's

>>3936807
I dunno, it's been 30 damn threads. Would it hurt to get them a little bit sooner?

The only issue is we are slowly falling behind in terms of big bonuses against others, the only time we have a chance is when we use our best weapon skills which are safety locked behind other personas at times which while fair is a bit of a hassle

>>3936761
Beautiful, I say +15 instead of +10.
Seems to be better in the long run

>>3936824
Its going to be big shounen moment when all our personas will be linked together. Like when Rock Lee took off his weighs and fights at full power, can you imagine losing a fight and then it's suddenly revealed we were these people and then swiping the floor with our opponent?! DON'T YOU WANT VIEWERS TO BE HAPPY!?

Fair but we would have to link all of our weapon skills into one, flashy can do it but can we do it quick enough to stay relevant?

>>3936822
To be fair, some of these threads are basically one or two in-game days. You'll be getting a biiiiiig boost after the week/fortnight training timeskip though!

Confirming +15 start to new weapons rather than +10.

You have two more major actions for the day to complete before the ship arrives, I'm gonna save some time and have you vote for both now:

>First major action (e.g., train a weapon, read, talk to someone, write haiku about swords, commit sudoku)
>Second major action

>>3936883
>catch up with Hat and Sunglasses
>read science book

>>3936883
>>3936897
support

>>3936897
this

>Catchup/train with hats and sunglasses
>invite and to train too

>>3936883
>>3936897
Support this

>>3936883
>>3936897
This one

>Any particular topic with Hat&Sunglasses?

Also

>Roll 1d100, best of 3 for ~science~

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>3937044

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>3937044
>Have you been keeping up on your training? Any new /SPECIAL MOVES/?

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>how electricity travels through the nervous system relating information from the brain,

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>3937044
Just some catch up with the general stuff like:
> How have you been?
> Are you enjoying the trip?
>What are your feelings about the World Government?

>>3937056
Science!

>>3937056
Hell yeahhh

>bp eating her own web
>okay I got this
>make them roll for science
> 2 90+
>bp eating all eight of her legs
>poor spiderqm

>>3937056
[ANGRY SPIDER NOISES INTENSIFY]

I'm going to curl up in my web and sleep, screw you all. You're all out to get me. ALL OF YOU.

... Update in morning, night!

Night bp you are the best

>>3937084
BP you need to calm down on the salt intake, it's not good for healthy growing spiders.

>>3937084
Night! I don't know what were you expecting from training montage~!

>>3937084
Gnight friend spider

>>3936824
Yeah but when we finally get that weapon consolidation, Flashman instantly becomes a monster of flexible combat. See, I gave a little thought to something Mibird said when we tried to use Observation on him: Our range of potential moves is incredibly limited when we're facing down somebody of his caliber, so Observation does effectively nothing. What if it wasn't? We saw firsthand the effects of using Observation on somebody who has an arbitrarily high number of potential moves to make. We can do that, except exponentially. It's not just 10,000 moves with a weapon, it's 10,000 moves per weapon, for ten different weapons, with the ability to switch it up mid-sequence.

I want to be able to give Katakuri a migraine just by walking into viewing distance. I want anybody trying to use Observation when Flashman is on the field to fall into a coma.

>>3937522
We could probably make it even more seizure inducing if we could throw in the "styles" of every different persona we end up making
Like, Arthur and Karasu would probably wield a rapier or a katana differently

Oh that's very fair... wonder if bp will let the chaos affect obs. Users though, does using the lightning logos with our weapons count as a separate style too?

>>3937522
>>3937687
Fuck using the lightning logia and its speed combined with the ability to do non human possible movement would make the number of potential avenues of attack even higher. Dear god we'll just be some kind of obs haki brain melter.

>>3937734
>>3937522
:)

Also, late updates today because it's B R O K E N B O I L E R D A Y, YAAAAAAY

>>3937522
I don't know if it would work on Katakuri that well since he seems to have actual precognition and not just predictive abilities. Like what we do isn't see the future but see the possible moves someone can perform but Katakuri is explicitly stated to be seeing the future.

We still love ya bp stay strong!

>>3937750
U got this dawg

>>3937754
I dunno man, I don't really want to get temporal dynamics into this. I always figured it was just hyperbole and he was just REALLY REALLY GOOD at working out which potential future was the statistically likely one, and constantly re-evaluated on the fly in such a fashion that for all intents and purposes, he can see the future.

At least that would still break down if you completely overload the variables.

>>3938214
>I don't really want to get temporal dynamics into this.
But the peculiarities of being made out of lightning is fine.

A lot of stuff in One Piece exists just because it sounds cool. If it was just Katakuri being so good at predicting that it seemed like precognition they probably would have mentioned it at some point.

>>3938214
Honestly, this is how I saw it, too.

Worked past midnight, now going to collapse. Update in the morning. Dying. Night all.

>>3938512
Good night QM, take care!

>>3938528
BPQM died in their sleep

press f to pay respects.

>hello hat hello sunglasses hello 96 SCIENCE

You'll dock late today, but for now... you probably shouldn't train anything TOO destructive on the ship. Not around civilians who, although likely Grand Line natives, might panic if you start throwing air slashes around.

Instead, you head over to Hat and Sunglasses to assert your dominance as their superior officer/aniki. Or to talk to them. Same thing.

It's a casual talk, the pair taking a break from their own training - just swords, no Logia - but it's nice to discuss their upcoming officer's exam and training without the imminent panic of whatever bullcrap you've got yourself caught up in. Or having to say caw every few words.

(Increase to beautiful subordinate bonds, uwu~ improved training for minions, increased likelihood of passing exams)

SCIENCE comes next, when conversation ceases and they return with renewed vigour to stabbing the air.

Whether it's your refreshed mind or the words mysteriously changed overnight, as you settle down with your book on SCIIIIEEEEENCE, you discover that it seems to be making a lot more sense than usual. In fact, you think you understand better how to control your lightning now you understand electricity's nature a little better...

(GGnM: Science increased to B.1! GGnM: Lightning increased to C.6!)

>Anything quick to do before ship docks? (E.g. disguise self as Karasu, talk to anyone, blow up ship?)

>>3939936
>>Anything quick to do before ship docks? (E.g. disguise self as Karasu, talk to anyone, blow up ship?)
no

>>3939936
>Blow the ship :,)

>>3939962
Are we sure this one is a boy?

>>3939976
_/(8)\_ who knows

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>>3939962
>>3939976
>>3939997
FOREBODEN

>>3939997
We can't even check it out because our observation haki is shot for a time being.
Lets not risk it.

>>3940018
What are you, a hetero or something?

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>3940021
I speak for the dice gods, and the dice gods say fuck off with your queer shenanigans.

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>3940024
But the dice gods love a good confused boner. Ask Fop.

>>3939936
Also voting to just get ready to ree at some orphans. I mean orphanage haters.

>>3939936
I think we are ready to dock, doc.

>>>3939962
H- how lewd...

>>3940024
Speaking as a raging homo myself, I must confess that when people reject a ship because 'ew that's gay' rather than 'that's completely illogical because it's a goddamn vessel' or 'this is a sex/romance-free quest' or 'but we'd get mouth splinters', it just makes me more inclined to throw gay shit in. It's petty, immature and spiteful, but it sure is satisfying!

>continue to ISLAND OF ORPHANS

Minashigo Island is surprisingly pleasant-looking, despite the EVIL DEN OF DEPRAVITY that is the local orphanage. That is to say that the main port is at a large, cheery town filled with cheery people going about their cheery business, little knowing (or caring?) about the VILLAINY IN THEIR MIDST.

Which is to say a landowner playing an orphanage and a real-estate mogul off each other for profit. In a completely legal manner, but still.

JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL!

"All right," you announce, as your rag-tag group of assorted malcontents stride down the gangplank in the late afternoon. "First up,

>Let's find someplace to stay the night. We can start fresh in the morning!"
>TO THE ORPHANS!!!!"
>we're gonna go visit a certain landlord!"
>I require sugar. The sweet, sweet ambrosia of the gods."
>Other?

>>3939936
>Nope

Also did whichever minion get the Base-Base fruit eat it already or are they still waiting to get the official go ahead? I can't remember.

>>3940134
>>we're gonna go visit a certain landlord!"
While we still have the element of somewhat surprise.
Also get sugar on the way.

>>3940134

>>3940144
Sounds good to me, anything we can take from the landlords place?

>>3940134
>TO THE ORPHANS!!!!"

>>3940134
>TO THE ORPHANS!!!!"

>>3940134
>>Let's find someplace to stay the night. We can start fresh in the morning!"

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>>3940134
Eh, yeah, I probably could've used a different choice of words. I was mostly trying to go for the running joke(?) of the dice gods disliking lewd/romance content (outside of silvers harry's bullshit).

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>>3940189
>yfw

>>3940197
This quest is a huge mistake desu.
It would probably be far better suited to Akun.

>>3940139
Still not eaten. I think. I generally need to do a read through of older threads... Or take better notes. One of the two. Consider it not eaten for now unless someone says 'hey dumbass QM, he ate it three thread ago'.

>>3940189
Silvers Harry doesn't have romance either. He just has waifu. Waifu with daddy who will murderise him to death. And that's not romantic at all!

>>3940134
>we're gonna go visit a certain landlord!"

Early start tomorrow so I'm going to sleep, but it looks like landlod is winning by one vote. Night all!

>>3940254
>having a waifu isn't romantic at all

Waifufags btfo by based spider.

>>3940252
That's a strange way to talk about the best quest currently on this board besides SCQ

>>3940428
Imagine thinking this quest belongs anywhere near the top.
It's middling at best, and that's being generous.

>>3940564
I don't really want to know how you measure the quality of a quest because it's probably wrong. But I'm just going to say you have a mightily unpopular opinion and everyone here is going to ridicule you.

>>3940573
Everyone here can indulge in this mess of a quest should they so wish, it's just that it's an objectively bad directionless slog with terrible characterization and misrepresentation of canon characters.

>>3940586
Anon goes into a quest he doesn't like, and rather than moving on, he decides to stay and ridicule everybody who does like it, claiming his opinion as gospel truth despite seemingly not knowing what the word 'objectively' means.

>>3940597
My opinion is based on an objective unbiased analysis of the "story" and the characters therein.

It's really not my fault that you enjoy this disaster.
There's no accounting for taste.

>>3940597
What kind of a moron goes somewhere he doesn't like, anyway? That'd be like me going to a Turkish restaurant.

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>>3940586
Imagine actually thinking your shitty opinion is the gospel truth for the rest of the world.

So mad, so sad.

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>>3940252
>>3940564
>>3940586
>>3940600
Congratulations on your most successful fishing sailor!
With such effective bait, your crew will be well fed throughout your voyage!

>>3940857
Imagine not being able to defend this shit.

None of these arguments bother defending this quest by pointing out any positive qualities.

But it's OK.
You don't need to try to justify your infatuation with something with no creative value.
Some people think catching deadly diseases is a fun activity.

>>3940941
you mad?

Guys, it's cool. Anon is right that this quest IS middling quality at best. I started it as an experiment to force myself back into writing with no real plan, and what little I had of one went swiftly off the rails. And I'm cool with not not having a superior quest, because I don't have the time or energy to put real effort into planning and writing quality plots and posts! You guys are also right, though, that deliberately coming into something you KNOW you won't like and then bitching about it is really pathetic and kind of amusing to watch.

There was a fantastic One Piece quest at the same time mine started, and regrettably it died. If someone wants to do an OP quest and can make a quality one, I'd happily play it. Hell, there's a lot I'd have done differently with this one if I'd known it would survive more than three threads. So if anon is actually, genuinely aggrieved over what this quest COULD have been instead of puns and stupidity, they should take the energy they spend trolling and make a quest of their own instead.

Update later, RL is made of fail!

>>3940960
You imply I don't run my own quest.
Or that these posts take more than 3 minutes to create.
How arrogant.

I was here from the start and saw this quest go from something that may have had some merit to a Marty Stu Meme Quest.

>>3940964
stay mad

>>3940974
It really is telling, the quality of the players you have here.
When even they can't mount any form of defence of the quest other than acting like literal children.
>"s-stay mad!"
Lmao.
You do you, friends.

>>3940960
Honestly it's less that he has an opinion (one that happens to be indefensible) but that he's treating quests as if they were novels. Like shit yeah this isn't a prime example of literary excellence because it is a completely different beast. You aren't turning this in to get an English major you won't use for the next twenty years.

He's comparing apples an oranges. Ducks and penguins. Blue and aqua. Powergirl and Supergirl. That thing where you start coughing really bad to the point that you're hospitalized and swallowing wrong. He's just absolutely missing the point of questing.

He's also just stupid. And dumb. And stupid.

>>3940978
>"Quests aren't novels so they shouldn't have any form of creative integrity or quality whatsoever!"
Interesting, so you desire to feed on garbage?

If your story isn't even cohesive and has the worst case of a betrayed premise since they needed to go back to the past in Back to the Future Part II, you might want to take a good long look at what exactly you're wasting your time for.
The characters feel flat and two-dimensional, which is interesting, considering the majority are based on interesting characters.
Flashman himself is just a conflicting mess of traits who is also a walking plot device at this point and has bloodline bullshit going on that would make even Kubo blush.

>>3940983
Sure sure, whatever you say. Keep talking and making yourself seem like a turbo-autist. I'm going to go to sleep and enjoy my life. You keep trying to shitpost or whatever it is you think you're doing.

>>3940983
>Flashman himself is just a conflicting mess of traits who is also a walking plot device at this point and has bloodline bullshit going on that would make even Kubo blush.
Gee, its almost like hes a character controlled by random rolls of an anonymous mass of people posting on Mongolian goat herding forum.
Oh, wait.

>>3940985
Wow! His character is completely controlled by RNG! That makes him great and not dreadful! Wow!

>>3940986
That explains his actions, motivations and why they are so wild and inconsistent.
Almost everything that makes him the way he is is either a result of people itt choosing one option over others or rolling a dice.
You cant compare this to a character that was planned and conceptualized even before an author got down to writing the story.
Flashman was created live, by people here, piece by piece as the story was progressing and this process continues still and will continue until the quest is over.
You are looking at this without taking any of this into consideration.

>>3940995
Anon, thats no defence for Flashman being a shitty Marty Stu.
In fact, it makes him look even worse.
Other Quests manage to have main characters that are driven by the actions of the players that don't happen to belong in the garbage.
But maybe what you're saying is that the players are to blame for Flashman being such a shit character, there is some truth in that, I agree.

>>3940995
lol

If you are having the MC behave according to dice, why even have players then?

>>3940998
>behave according to dice
Except he doesn't? He behaves according to how people itt choose him to act. Whether hes actions success or not, thats what dice decide about.
You would know this if you read the quest.
>>3940996
>Flashman being a shitty Marty Stu
>players are to blame
Yes, I guess players are to blame for rolling 100s somewhat consistently and those rolls coming in when they matter the most.

>>3941002
Merely evidence that having dice rolls for every single action that takes place is genuinely retarded.

There's no point Flashman even having a character at all.
As a character, he's about as consistent as a bipolar alcoholic drug addict.
The players itt choose to make him act like a generic fanfic marty stu.

>>3940975
I mean, your "attack" is closer to incoherent rambling yourself t b h.

"Hur dur no plot, no character personality" is clearly just your own (idiotic) opinion on the story that don't need an essay to be dismissed.

The only thing close to an actual point you raised was characters' personalities diverging from canon and even that is just wrong.

Can't really blame people for calling you an autismo when you're clearly one too, my dude. :^)

>>3941006
Could you post how does he 'act like a generic fanfic marty stu'?
Or why you feel hes 'as consistent as a bipolar alcoholic drug addict'?
I would really like some examples here, because so far you just generalize.

>>3941008
I like the blatant troll language used in the defence of the quest
Shit like "stay mad" or ":^)" make you all genuinely look like retards and undermine your own arguments.

Or stuff like "NO UR ARGUMENT IDIOTIC" without explaining
or "UR WRONG"
What a bunch of brainlets.

>>3941009
>"MUH SLAVERY BAD."
>"MUH TAKE OVER WORLD."
There's your Marty Stu.
As for his inconsistency, literally the majority of his interactions are evidence enough of that.

It's a betrayed premise too.
This quest should be renamed, the artifact title is fucking stupid and misleading.

Was it really worth shitting up the thread over one anon saying they don't like the quest?

>>3941011
>>"MUH SLAVERY BAD."
>>"MUH TAKE OVER WORLD."
Well, what is he supposed to do about it then?
Slavery is sanctioned by the world government, and they are known for doing as they please.
He can't get rid of slavery by working from the bottom up, he would get shutdown before even becoming a blip on the radar. In the situation as it is, the only way to abolish slavery is to do so from the top. But there are others at the top that would together shut him down even then!
So the only way to abolish slavery supported by dictatorial government is to get rid of the dictatorial government itself, or at least replace people in charge of such government so the changes can be made.
Its a way forward, what do you thing Flashman should do to get rid of slavery?
>It's a betrayed premise too.
I will give you that, the 'photographer' part of this quest packed its bags and sailed away the moment people started (and continued!)rolling crits in weapon training.
Flashman is too good for this job anyway.

Lads, please. You’re breaking the most basic rule. Don’t feed the trolls.