“Wait, what?!” you quickly looked around after getting up to find yourself surrounded by a whole bunch of guys wearing white uniforms with caps with guns pointed at you. “Gah?!”

“Great. You finally stopped zoning out.” one of the men without a gun pointed at you spoke up. “You gave everyone here quite a fright you know, it’s not often that a man falls out of the sky and crash lands directly atop the execution platform.”

“I… what?” you looked straight at the man, confused at the insinuation that you had quite literally fallen into your current location… though that would explain why your body was so sore.

“Yeah, figures that you’d have that sort of response, you’ve been babbling to yourself for quite a while now, guess you must’ve hit your head pretty hard on the way down, huh? Anyway… I hope you know that it’s not exactly legal to go around crawling up the side of World Government owned property.”

“Look! I told you guys, he wasn’t climbing up the building! He fell out of the sky! I saw him!” one of the men around you spoke up before being quieted down by his comrades.

“Regardless… I think the concussion is punishment enough for acting so foolishly, so I’m letting you off with a warning… but I’m gonna need a name so I can report this. Paperwork, you see.” the man shrugged as he looked off into the distance.

A name… a name… shamefully, you actually couldn’t remember what your name was, but you had an idea! You’d just have to use Observe!

As you willed yourself into using the ability, you saw the textbox open up once more… or rather over a dozen small textboxes that formed into one long list.

[Name: Not Yet Chosen]
[HP: 50/100]
[Level: 1]
[EXP 0/20]
[Cash: 0 Berries]
[Bounty: 0 Berries]
[Rank: None (Civilian)]
[Unique Gift: Life as a Game]
[Strength: 5]
[Vitality: 5]
[Agility: 5]
[Intelligence: 5]
[Willpower: 5]
[Charisma: 5]
[Luck: 5]
[Perks]
[Skills: None]
[Activated Abilities: None]
[Inventory: White Cloth Tunic, Beige Cloth Pants.]

Well… shit. That’s no help at all! “Well… I’m gonna need a name, son.” the marine seemed to be getting frustrated with you now. “Don’t tell me that you managed to hit your head so hard you even forgot that much!”

“Uh, right, sorry… my name is…” you realized that you were going to need to come up with a name on the spot.

>John Crusoe
>Benjamin Threepwood
>Jack Whitewing
>Christopher Drake
>Another name.

>>5402944
>Another name
>Copper Jones
You know, Gol D. Roger, Silvers Rayleigh. It's an ingenious name.

>>5402944
>Benjamin Threepwood
Mighty Pirate!

>>5402944
Abduwali Muse
Somali pirate time

>>5402944

>Noddy Etch Ossen

>>5402953
+1

>>5402944
>Benjamin Threepwood

>>5402944
>Benjamin Threepwood

>>5402953
Supporting

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>>5402953
Do you really want to share a last name with a fishman retard?

>>5402944
Supportin Benjamin Threepwood

>>5403183
He'd be sharing a name with us, but I see the point. Let us compromise on the name and go with 'Copper Threepwood' then, yes?

>>5403183
Yeah, so we can beat the shit out of his subhuman ass for daring to try and tarnish our good name

>>5403196
I can get behind Copper Threepwood

>>5403196
>>5403214
So would I

>>5403183
What about Chopper Pierre? You know, so we can be named after someone better?

>>5403249
>not copper john
Because we're gonna get shat on by the first real pirate we meet.

>>5403196
How about Davy Copper? Both Gol D Roger and Silvers Rayleigh had the metal as their last name.

I think that Threepwood is winning it?

Copper Jones sounds way bettet

Alright, how does a compromise of "Copper Threepwood" sound?

>>5403277
Sure, I don't mind the compromise.

>>5403277
Sure, sounds good to me.

>>5403277
sound gud.

>>5403277
See my opinion here>>5403214
>>5403235
>>5403196

>>5403204
Also, Hody jones isn't subhuman, he's sub-sentient.

>>5403277
Sounds good

>>5403310
Even dog shit is more evolved than he is

>>5403277
>support this name

“It’s… Copper. Copper Threepwood.” you quickly came up with a name on the spot, and the marine in front of you just nodded, apparently satisfied with the name you had given… though it’s not really like he had any reason to properly doubt you either. Though as you spoke your name, your vision was obscured by more of those textboxes!

[You have chosen the name: Copper Threepwood!]
[You will receive three perks as a result of your name!]
[I Wanna be a Pirate!: After performing actions that are suitable for a pirate, you would receive double the experience you normally would!]
[A Three-Headed Monkey!: The miraculous ability to distract anybody you meet a single time by urging them to look behind themselves, only works a single time on any one person and will likely draw their ire.]
[Conductor: Electricity seems to love you for some reason, whenever lightning strikes near you, it’s probably going to hit you, fortunately though, it deals 90% less damage than it otherwise would as it passes through you with barely any resistance.]

You… really weren’t expecting all that from just your name but you certainly weren’t about to complain about it either, you didn’t really know if being some sort of attractor for electricity was really going to be very useful, but at the very least, you’d take less damage from it… which… was something, at the least.

“Right, well… you’d best be on your way, Threepwood. I can see that you’re new in Loguetown, so I don’t want to see you pulling off any idiotic pranks like this in the future. I really doubt you’d like to meet with the Captain… he’s not nearly as forgiving for stuff like this as most of the other marines would be.” you’d really like to know just where the hell you were and what sort of a world you were in, but… you supposed that you’d figure that out in time. The perks you had received would suggest that the world you were in was one dominated by… pirates of all things. They also suggested that your best course of action… would be to become a pirate, oddly enough.

You didn’t really know if you wanted to become a pirate, because that would definitely involve becoming a wanted man, but it was something you supposed that you could do in the future if you decided it was the best thing to do. “Alright… uh, thanks!” not waiting another moment, you quickly made your way off of the platform… it was a really tall platform, in truth. You were fortunate that there was a ladder that you could climb down, otherwise you may well have been stranded!

As you left the marines, you started to wonder about your place in the new world you had found yourself in. With none of your memories, and a new name, you hurried to a nearby show window, examining yourself in the reflection and being met with a somewhat handsome man as a result. Though your appearance aside, you still needed to figure out just what the hell you were supposed to do!

[Quest Received: Find Some Cash]
[Quest Requirements: Acquire at least 1000 Berries through any means.]
[Quest Rewards: 50xp, 1000 additional Berries]

Oh… so… that was apparently a thing too. Quests? It sounded pretty beneficial at the very least. Of course, the first thing you wanted to do was…

>Try to find out more about the world you are in.
>Try to find a person willing to hire you.
>Try to find out more about your special power.
>Go exploring.
>Something else.

>>5403406
>>Try to find out more about your special power.
>Observe random people and try to exploit it to extort money on convoluted scheme requiring stealing anything not bolt down and using ill-aquired items to aquire more strange items.

>perks from picking names
Following this pattern, I wonder if we could become a competent Insult Swordsman with a little bit of practice. Every time we deliver a well timed insult we gain the upper hand in the fight.

>>5403406
>Try to find out more about the world you are in.
Look for newspapers or flyers nearby, maybe we can gain some sort of insight in to the world we're in before we do anything else.

>>5403406
>Try to find out more about the world you are in.

>>5403422
>Every time we deliver a well timed insult we gain the upper hand in the fight
Shit we could have been the Dread Pirate Roberts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUczpTPATyU

>>5403422
Maybe we'll get the chance to eat an isult insult fruit

>>5403405
>>Go exploring.

>>5403406
>>Try to find out more about the world you are in.
What perks the other names would have given?

>>5403459
Crusoe, being a reference to Robinson Crusoe, would've gotten perks that allowed for far more effective foraging and general survivability (guaranteed to wash-up on an island if you fall off of a ship instead of drown, etc)
Jack Whitewing, being a reference to Jack Sparrow (A whitewing is a variety of sparrow) would've given a massive luck bonus as well as the ability to improvise ridiculous schemes
and Christopher Drake, being a reference to Christopher Columbus and Francis Drake, would've given you incredible navigation abilities as well as a massively increased chance to discover unmapped islands while on a boat.

>>5403466
Thanks Shiver.

>>5403406
>Try to find a person willing to hire you.
We’ll find out about the world one way or the other, so, this is going to be that way

>examining yourself in the reflection and being met with a somewhat handsome man as a result.
Goddamn it. Why can’t I have ONE different looking One Piece protag for a chang-!… I just realized…all One Piece characters are…kinda handsome.

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>>5403594
Ah darn, I just remembered I was supposed to attach an image for you to see just what you look like.
Minus the sword, you don't own one of those.

>Try to find out more about the world you are in.

A pirate I was meant to be, trim the sails and roam the sea...

>>5403594
>blackbeard

>>5403406
>Try to find out more about the world you are in.

Don't do anything hasty, for all we know EVERYONE has something like this, except with like, spitting knives or something.
Also, note the 1000 extra berries thing, it might pop into our hands or us happening upon it randomly.

>>5403406
>Try to find out more about the world you are in.

>>5403406
>Try to find out more about the world you are in.

Imagine looking for the One Piece when you can go looking for Big Whoop.

Alright, your first order of call would be trying to find just what this world you were in was all about, first glance would probably indicate something about pirates, and… you didn’t even really know if that was all that unusual, you knew what pirates were of course, but you didn’t have any real frame of reference to know if they were common or not. Not having any memories aside from what felt like the bare bones definitions of things was kind of frustrating.

Either way, you spent some time wandering around the streets of the town, people seemed to be friendly enough, though most people obviously just kept to themselves. You wondered just how you’d be able to find out more of the world until you spotted a stack of newspapers being sold by some bored looking vendor, and you quickly sneaked a peak at the headline, and you had no idea what to make of the headline. ‘Axe-Hand Morgan Court-Martialled! Corrupt Captain Imprisoned!’ That… really doesn’t help all that much. You tried to read a little bit more of the paper, but you quickly gained the attention of the angry looking man selling the paper and you scurried off, retreating into the crowd.

You continued wandering around, pondering just what you were supposed to be doing, you’d been dropped off with very little idea, and you quickly came to the conclusion that you’d need to ask somebody some questions, so… after a little bit more aimless wandering, you singled out a girl who was currently looking through the window of a sword shop, she had black hair and a blue jacket with a furred collar. You kept a neutral expression as you activated observe to use on the girl for the first time, and… you were pretty surprised at the result, and just how much stronger this random girl was than you were!

[Name: Tashigi]
[HP: 1816/1816]
[Level: 34]
[Rank: Ensign (Marines)]
[Strength: 43]
[Vitality: 52]
[Agility: 96]
[Intelligence: 38]
[Willpower: 52]
[Charisma: 34]
[Luck: 25]
[Notable Possessions: Shigure, a Grade ranked Meito, a high quality blade, though not to the level of the Skillful Grade Meitos and above.]


“Yes? Can I help you?” You were so focused with reading the text boxes that had appeared because of your abilities that you failed to notice that you’d actually managed to gain her attention by staring directly at her with what looked like fixation!

“Oh. Uh…” You scratched the back of your head awkwardly. This woman was pretty strong, but she didn’t seem to be a bad person and she was a member of the marines too! Those were like, the law enforcement of this world, or something! That meant that she was more likely to help if she was asked a question… right? Even so, you didn’t really know if you wanted to pester somebody who was clearly so powerful. Her agility score was damn near twenty times higher than yours was!

>”Uhhh… sorry to be a bother, but I have no memories of… well anything. Could you tell me about the world?”
>”Spare some change? Pirates robbed me and took everything I owned.”
>”That’s a cool sword, it’s a Meito, right?”
>”Look over there! A three-headed monkey!” (Run)
>Say something else.

>>5404093
>”That’s a cool sword, it’s a Meito, right?”

>>5404093
>”That’s a cool sword, it’s a Meito, right?”
>”Uhhh… sorry to be a bother, but I have no memories of… well anything. Could you tell me about the world?”
>"I fell really hard on my head"

>Tashigi in Lougetown has 18x our HP and 20x our Agility
Damn, our no-name schmuck level is off the charts.

>>5404098
>>5404093
+1, farm her for information after we catch her sword autist interests.

>>5404093
>”Uhhh… sorry to be a bother, but I have no memories of… well anything. Could you tell me about the world?”
If we tell her we can't remember anything, how do we explain recognizing her Meito on sight?

>>5404107
>If we tell her we can't remember anything, how do we explain recognizing her Meito on sight?
Intuition? Inherent knowdlege? We just knew when we saw it, we don't know why. There's a lot of things that are explained away like that in One Piece.

>>5404107
The amnesia wasn't complete, we could tell it was a meito, just like we remember how to talk or our own name.
So we can remember how a meito looks like and it should be impressive, but not much else about it.

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>>5403633
You know what? I like it. Because it has personality! And uniqueness! AND anything’s better than a generic anime pretty boy to be brutally honest.

>>5403767
>blackbeard

>>5404098
>+1
What the other guy said.

>>5404093
>>5404098
Support

“Hey… that’s a cool sword you’ve got there. It’s a Meito… right?” quickly you come to the decision that the best way to get on this woman’s good side would be to compliment her weapon, she was clearly some sort of enthusiast when it came to weaponry after all. You didn’t really know what a Meito was, but it was clearly important enough for the system to decide that you needed to know about it, and… judging from the reaction of the woman, it was a good choice to compliment her for it.

“Oh! It’s quite rare to see somebody who knows their stuff when it comes to blades! That’s right, this is a Meito, it’s called Shigure.” You could’ve given her the name of the weapon as well, but somehow you doubted that it was famous enough that saying the name of the weapon itself would’ve been anything other than odd. “Most of the marines in Loguetown prefer their pistols or their rifles, none of them have a proper appreciation for swordsmanship.” the girl shook her head in disapproval. “And don’t even get me started on the pirates. Still… it’s quite strange, for somebody to be able to identify a Meito from a glance, but not be carrying a sword of his own.” The girl sounded somewhat concerned about your lack of any real possessions.

“Well… that’s the thing, I don’t exactly have any proper memories aside from my name. I can only assume that I was robbed before I was thrown off of a rooftop, though I hit my head and forgot pretty much everything else.” you made up a quick lie to cover your tracks, and the girl looked even more concerned than before, in fact, she almost looked… angry?

“Damn… I’ll have to report this to Captain Smoker, that there are pirates in Loguetown with the audacity to not only rob people, but also to try and kill them too! Something like this can’t be ignored.” She frowned before she looked back up at you. “I’m Tashigi, by the way… I’m an Ensign of the Marines.”

“Ah, I’m uh… Copper Threepwood, and… I’m really sorry to be a bother, but would you mind uh… telling me about uh… everything? I really hit my head hard and aside from a few things, I can’t even remember the most basic things.” You decided to play on the girl’s sympathy, and she quickly agreed to teach you just about everything that you might need to know.

About an hour later, Tashigi finished informing you of the current state of the world, of the ‘Great Age of Piracy’ and the Marine’s unwavering dedication to stopping the pirates who would otherwise terrorize the seas, of the Seven Warlords, and of the Four Emperors. She even told you of a group that was even more dangerous than the pirates… an organization created for the sake of overthrowing the World Government, the Revolutionary Army! She also told you a whole bunch of mundane, less interesting things, but learning things like the different names for the world’s oceans wasn’t even close to as exciting as finding out about the other stuff.

[Gained Skill: Worldly Lore: Rank 6/100 – You have basic knowledge on the workings of the world, but nothing beyond what the average person might know.]
[Your advanced repertoire of knowledge has granted you an additional 5 intelligence!]

It was a rapid crash course on the state of the world, but it didn’t take too long for Tashigi to finish teaching you about things, and she seemed pretty happy to help you out, apparently not wanting to let a fellow sword enthusiast suffer not knowing anything about the world. “Alright, that’s about all I have the time to tell you about… it’s already getting late for my rendezvous with the captain… but there’s one more thing that I want to do for you. Follow me.” the girl quickly entered the weapon shop, and you followed.

Inside the shop was a vast array of different swords and weapons of all varieties, rifles, pistols, katanas, cutlasses, spears, glaives and flails… just about anything you could think of that could be categorized as a weapon! “Alright… now, I don’t have that much cash to spare, but I wouldn’t want to leave you defenseless to getting robbed again, so pick something and I’ll buy it for you!” The girl smiled at you as she offered to buy a weapon for you.

You looked around the room at the weapons on offer until finally you decided that your weapon would be…

>A Katana
>A Cutlass
>A Pistol
>A Rifle
>A Spear
>Refuse to exploit Tashigi’s generosity.
>Something else?

…Wait. Since we look like Threepwood because we’re named after him, if we picked Jack Whitewing, would’ve we looked like Jack Sparrow?

>>5404309
Yes.

>>5404308
>A Spear
The classic spear, one of the first weapons to ever be created. Can't go wrong with a sharp stick!

>>5404308
>A Cutlass
It and the flintlok are the weapons of a proper pirate!
We got probably the weakest perk, so might as well lean on it

>>5404314
Hey! At least you can hold your breath for ten minutes!

>>5404308
>A Cutlass
We just got done gushing about swords and this is the most piratey sword. We'll probably even get xp for picking this from our perk.

>>5404317
I hope insulting people mid combats gives us melee buffs

>>5404310
God FU*KING DAMNIT! We could’ve had it all! But instead, all we have…is an empire of dirt. Ah well, you know what they say. D you either play with what you got, or you go though horrific scientific experimentation that forever changes your meager human form.

>>5404308
>Refuse to exploit Tashigi’s generosity.
The little missy already gave us more than enough by showing us the ropes. It would be very ungentlemanly to wish anything more from her (plus we might get a cool skull out of it)

>>5404308
>A Cutlass

>Refuse to exploit Tashigi’s generosity
It seems unfair to do so.

And here's my unsolicited perk tier list
Whitewing > Drake >= Crusoe > Threpwood
Insane luck would allow to do what the other perks offer and the schemes to get out of situations when do fuck up.
Being a good navigator allows to get employment even without becoming a captain and for special loot and encounters.
Survivability is bland but it's always nice to have in worst case scenarios, and foraging can help save on food.
Extra XP is situational and encourages to play a certain way to even make use of it, and it's one that plenty of anons dislike. The three headed monkey is a one use only per character, but can guarantee a hit or escape.

>>5404334
You're underestimating double XP in a system that apparently equates power with levels. It pretty much means double power and will guarantee we'll be one of the heavy hitters even without a devil fruit when shit starts hitting the fan.

>it's one that plenty of anons dislike
What? Do anons really dislike being a pirate in pirateland?

>>5404340
>What? Do anons really dislike being a pirate in pirateland?
Variety is the spice of life, anon.

>>5404340
The double XP is nice, the problem is just that it's specific to a condition, so it won't be triggering all the time. Meaning that the other characters wouldn't even be that far behind.
And I think so, being a pirate means stealing things, and some anons really dislike being a dick. Although this is One Piece, so actions that are suitable for pirates can be nearly anything, from autistically training to helping people for free.

>>5404348
>actions that are suitable for pirates can be nearly anything, from autistically training to helping people for free.
That's exactly my point. Luffy is the opposite of a dick and he's a notorious pirate. This isn't real life and this perk is not nearly as limited as you're making it seem. I mean, if we end up raising a jolly roger or joining the straw hats or something, we'll be getting double xp from just about everything we do. And I don't know about you, but I really, really wouldn't want to join the marines.

Oh, and Guybrush wasn't much of a dick either and he was undeniably a MIGHTY PIRATE. We'll be fine.

>>5404334
Also don’t forget, jack is thousand times hotter than this ginger(/blond?) bastard

>>5404340
I think it’s more the inherent hatred of the Rail Road, you know? Like, we could be a bounty hunter, or marine, or even a part of the revolutionary army. I mean, in all probability we probably wouldn’t have been any of them, but the extra XP kind of puts down the opportunity to be them. But if you asked for my opinion I’m glad we’re going the pirate route, it was either that or bounty hunter.

Eh...the marines are cool, so it's sad we're kinda locked out of it

But do we *really* want to become some generic adventurer pirate like the straw hats? Even if we don't go the way of an actual plundering bandit, it's boring to so something so generic.

Let's go fo something that's actually interesting and new instead.

>>5404340
>What? Do anons really dislike being a pirate in pirateland?
To be fair, I was going to suggest an attempt to buddy up with the Marines at first. It felt like a good choice, at least for a start what with us having no memory and no job and we immediately get woken by some Marines. Signing up wouldn't have been the worst choice, but the buff really does put us on the one track down pirate lane. Not that I mind being a mighty pirate, playing to our characters strengths is what we should do.

>>5404308
>A Cutlass
If she insist, we can hardly turn down a gift from such a beauty can we?

>>5404308
>A Cutlass
>Ask Tashigi to teach us a good insult to demoralize opponent, as you know one thing : wit matter more than strength in a saber fight.

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>>5404359
>the marines are cool
>>5404361
>was going to suggest an attempt to buddy up with the Marines at first. It felt like a good choice
I don't know guys, I don't really see the appeal of working for guys like this retard with a mermaid slavegirl fetish.

>>5404353
>>5404354
Fine, I'll trust you.
Let us search the high seas for the Big Whoop One Piece.

>>5404367
Because pirates are fucking boring. Yo ho go, explore the seas, yadda yadda yadda, it's always the same fucking thing. They're all the fucking same. The most interesting ones are people like Doflamingo who actually fucking do something.

Marines are cool and wear a big coat cape on their back.

>>5404376
What about doing an actual pirate thing? Sailing the whole word to find the biggest treasure of all : love, for a very very very rich and pretty woman.

>>5404376
>The most interesting ones are people like Doflamingo who actually fucking do something
What's stopping us from actually doing something?

>>5404376
Anon-Anon listen to me-this is very impor-EXTREMELY important even. We can…STEAL a super cool big coat. The. WE can be super cool and unique like you want.

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>>5404376
I'm almost afraid to ask, but what's your opinion on the revolutionaries anon?

>>5404380
Appealing. Do you have anyone in particular in mind?

>>5404386
No we can't you retard, it's canon that the coats of the marine are held up by JUSTICE

If we tried to use it, it'd fall right off

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>>5404392
Captain Buggy says hello

>>5404393
Buggy is a fucking god. He does what he wants.

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>>5404392
Just staple them.
>>5404391
The flag made me think, how is ours going to look like? I think a jolly roger with a monkey skull like pic would be cool.

>>5404393
Buggy can control any part of him including his clothes, they split together with his body.

>>5404401
I think I'd prefer to join the straw hats and derail the story at every turn instead of forming a crew of OCs and reading about it on the newspapers.

>>5404393
I can't stop seeing a basedjack on the dude on the right.
I think my brain is rotting.

>>5404406
>Joining the straw hats
Please no, that is the most cringeworthy thing you could do

>>5404401
Honestly if we’re going to think up a flag, we should at least think of a crew theme first, you know?

>>5404406
Eeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh maybe? I mean, if push comes to shove sure??? But if we’re going to join an OG crew I would prefer joining the great Buggy Pirates.

>>5404408
Well that’s Mr.3, Who is on all accounts, quite based.

>>5404413
There's a filter that turns the word s o y into based.
I think it's the stubby beard that make me think of that godforsaken spammed meme.

>>5404391
Nope. We'll find out about which canon Nami-lookalike or noncanon Nami-lookalike Threepwood will set eye on.

>>5404413
What about crew theme "Coerce people in joining us before they abandon piratry upon reaching next island" sound for you?

The way i see it, the more less we try to follow the story of the strawhats, the more interesting it'll be. Hitting Sabaody at the same time they do is one thing, but no one wants to be that cringe as fuck self insert Isekai that forces himself onto the story.

>>5404448
>no one wants to be that cringe as fuck self insert Isekai that forces himself onto the story
This

>>5404448
I can agree with that

>>5404448
>no one wants to be that cringe as fuck self insert Isekai that forces himself onto the story.
I do

>>5404461
You may now kiss the bride?

>>5404413
You know what I change that, I want us to join the beast pirates. Because the beast pirates have Ulti, and Ulti is reeeeeal good.

>>5404444
Doesn’t sound…horrible.

>>5404448
>no one wants to be that cringe as fuck self insert Isekai that forces himself onto the story
Does joining a canon crew count as forcing ourselves onto the story?

>>5404478
>Does joining a canon crew count as forcing ourselves onto the story?
Joining the strawhats certainly does, but outside of doing something like joining big mom or kaidou (stupid), we don't know enough about other crews to really join them.

A Cutlass! That sounds like a suitably pirate-y weapon, in any case! You did feel a little bit bad about exploiting Tashigi’s generosity in order to buy a weapon that would likely end up serving you after you became a pirate, but… in any case, you didn’t really know what becoming a pirate truly implied, Tashigi was obviously a biased source when it came to learning about them, so you’d probably be better off talking to somebody who was less… hateful towards them. Regardless, even with the girl’s hatred of pirates, the way that she described the execution of Gol D. Roger sounded remarkably interesting. Even if she tried to gloss over the details of the execution, the fact that he had started an entire age of piracy with his last words was astounding to say the least!

You quickly moved towards a barrel of cutlasses and started to examine them, one by one… naturally, you found that Observe was something that could be used on each of the cutlasses, and though some of them had names, they were clearly just named by their previous owners, with the majority of the named ones being called things like ‘Cutter’ ‘Slasher’ or ‘Slicer’. The only name of the bunch that really sounded interesting at all was the one that had the name of ‘Country Destroying Bloodthirst Oblivion Blade of Darkness’ which… despite the name, was a completely ordinary weapon. You were disappointed with the selection being mostly mundane weapons… at least you were until you spotted something somewhat interesting in the barrel.

A cutlass with a bronze handle, and… oddly enough, it was named as well. It didn’t seem to be classed as a Meito or anything, but it did have a description, and one that was incredibly interesting at that.

[Stolen Glory: A cutlass with quality equaling one of the 50 Skillful Grade Meito nearing even one of the 21 Great Grade Meito, however, before it could be given a true name by the blacksmith who devoted his life to the process of learning to create a blade of such quality, it was stolen by a thief, and the man who forged it was killed in the robbery. The blade of incredible quality has since been passed around from thief to thief, never ending in the hands of a swordsman skilled enough to realize the true value that the blade held, finally ending up being sold cheaply to a weapons dealer. Years of misuse have given the weapon an unimpressive almost brittle looking appearance, but beneath that it is a blade of true quality.]

You immediately honed in on the weapon and picked it up, examining it a few times before giving it a few clumsy swings… your lack of any real practice with a sword enough to make you look a little dumb as you almost knocked yourself off balance thanks to the surprising lack of any real weight to the blade, yet despite the lightness of the blade, you could tell it was of the highest quality. What the hell was a weapon of this caliber doing in a place like this? A nameless blade, being forgotten despite its tremendous quality because it never had the fortune to end in the hand of a powerful warrior? How was that fair?

“Hey… Tashigi, would you mind getting me this one?” You shone the blade of the weapon in the light of the sun that was shining through one of the windows, and the girl put a finger to her chin as she examined the weapon.

“Huh…? That one…? Are you sure?” Tashigi didn’t seem to be convinced about the idea of buying a nameless weapon. Of course though, despite the apparent quality of the weapon, it appeared to be almost a completely mundane looking weapon, so it was understandable that she wouldn’t be able to tell how special it was. Whatever forging process that was used in the creation of the weapon, it wasn’t one that made it look all that special.

“Yeah… something about it… it’s just calling out to me.” You weren’t exactly lying when you said that, but you weren’t going to tell Tashigi the actual reason why you wanted to buy the weapon.

“If you say so… though I don’t think it’s in the catalog.” Tashigi didn’t seem to be familiar with the weapon at all.

“Ah, no… that weapon was actually only sold to us earlier today, it’s nothing special from what I can tell… it chopped through a ham I bought pretty easily when I tested it… but then again, so do most of the swords we get in!” The man chuckled to himself. “Tell you what, I’ll sell it to you for the price I bought it at… 50000 berries!” F-fifty thousand?! You were about to call the whole thing off until Tashigi just crossed her arms and nodded.

“Alright, I guess that’s not too bad a price.” Tashigi quickly reached into her pocket and retrieved the cash she’d need for the weapon, paying the man without a question. W-wait… could it be that fifty thousand wasn’t really that much? Here you were thinking it was gonna be tough to even get one thousand…

You soon found yourself outside of the shop once again, though now with a blade that you clearly managed to get at a steal of a price strapped to your waist. The man was generous enough to include a belt and a sheathe for the cutlass in the price that Tashigi paid, and you were now the proud owner of an actual weapon to defend yourself!

[Weapon Acquired: Stolen Glory]

“Thanks for that, Tashigi.” You smiled at her, unsure how to really show your gratitude to the girl.

“Don’t worry about it too much, helping people who need it is what marines are supposed to do! I think a sum like fifty thousand is something that I can write off as officer expenses anyway!” The girl laughed to herself before regathering her senses. “Reimbursement for the marines not being there to prevent you from getting robbed in the first place, I suppose. But… if you really want to say thanks, you could always enlist!” You raised an eyebrow at the girl, who suddenly seemed to realize just what she was starting to sound like. “B-but don’t worry! I’m not some sort of recruiter or anything! You’re not obligated or anything! It’s just… the marines are barely able to keep order in the world… and we’re always looking for new recruits to help.”

“Alright… I’ll keep that in mind.” You didn’t want to give a concrete answer either way, you didn’t really think you wanted to become a marine, especially not with how it clashed with one of your perks. Though as you had that thought, a new pop-up appeared in your vision, two, actually.

[Quest acquired: A Pirate I Was Meant To Be] [Become a Pirate] [Reward: 500xp(2*250xp), Random Low Grade Skillbook]
[Quest acquired: Yvan eht Nioj] [Enlist] [Reward: 250xp, Random Low Grade Skillbook, a salary of 20000 berries a month]

“I’ll… I guess I’ll see you around, Tashigi… but one last thing, do you have any idea how I can earn some money around here?” You decided it would be a good thing to at least ask a question like that, and the girl shrugged.

“I suppose you could ask some shopkeepers if they need help with some hauling, or maybe… bounty hunting? Honestly, if you need money that badly… enlisting might be your best bet…” Tashigi shrugged once more as she walked away, leaving you to your thoughts.

>Go and do some backbreaking labor for some cash.
>Go looking for bounties you might be able to claim.
>Try to gain some cash through pick pocketing people
>Another way to earn some money. (What?)

>>5404529
>Go looking for bounties you might be able to claim.
Time to put the sword to use

>Go and do some backbreaking labor for some cash.
Let's not be stupid here people, we have absolute fuckall chance of getting a pirate in Loguetown. The kind of pirate that comes here and hasn't been taken down by Captain Smoker is the kind strong enough to go into the Grand Line.

We are stupidly week. We'll need to train before we're able to do more stuff. Backbreaking labor seems like a good start to enhance our strength.

>>5404529
>>Go and do some backbreaking labor for some cash.
We need to lift an entire barrel of grog before we can consider ourselves a real manly man.

But always remember - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGuy0jievs

>>5404529
>>Go and do some backbreaking labor for some cash.

>>5404529
…We could join the navy, than later on (like way way later on) we could betray them and become a pirate! You know, like that that one jelly man. So that way, we can get both the perks of both questlines. But the downside to all of that is that it’ll take sooooooooooo long to do properly.

>Go and do some backbreaking labor for some cash.
Gotta start somewhere.

Oki Doki

Then, in that case, let's have Best of 4 on a 1d100 to see how successful you are.

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>5404585

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>5404585
Muscle power

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>5404585

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>5404585
COME OM BABY!

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>>5404401
Uncharted 4 gave the Guybrush-homage pirate a pretty good flag in my opinion, though I don't think it fits the One Piece style.

Taking at least some of Tashigi’s advice to heart, you decide that it would just be best to bite the bullet and look around for somebody looking for a hand when it came to simple labor… right now there wasn’t really much else you could do, and even if your sword was worth far more than it appeared to be, it wasn’t like you could sell it to anybody with it looking like… well, like how it looked.

So, you just wandered, looking to see if there was anybody who seemed to need some help, until finally, you found it in the form of a man who was constantly wandering in and out of what looked to be some sort of an inn with crates that he was seemingly picking up from the back of the store, after you noticed, you intercepted the man as he came back out of his building, standing in his way and causing him to look at you suspiciously.

The man was slightly taller than you were, but it was clear that he was pretty old, and you didn’t really know whether it was a good idea for somebody of his age to be involving himself in so much physical labor. “Whadd’ya want, kid?” the man questioned you in a gruff voice. “Inn ain’t open till later. I’m busy”

“I figured… but actually, I’m not here about staying at your inn.” You quickly corrected the man’s mistake before continuing. “As it stands… I was robbed recently, by pirates. I don’t have much in the way of a source of income, so I was hoping that I could go around town and find people who need odd jobs done for them so I can earn some cash.”

“Ah… as a matter of fact… I do actually need somebody to help me move all these crates into the warehouse inside. Blasted deliveryman delivered them out back and the crates are too wide to fit through the back door!” The man laughed. “I’ll give you 2000 berries if you can shift them all… and if you need it, I suppose I can let you stay the night, after shifting all those boxes, you’re gonna need the rest!” The man laughed again as he slapped you on the shoulder. “Name’s Renald! Proprietor of the King’s Laugh!”

“King’s Laugh…?” Sounded like a strange name for an inn, but you weren’t going to question him on the name of his building. Though you couldn’t help but connect it to the whole execution of the Pirate King you had been told about… you wondered if somebody could get in trouble for having an establishment with a name like that.

“Aye.” The man simply nodded. “Now, I take it you’ll be able to manage?”

“Of course! Oh, and the name’s Copper Threepwood!” You informed the man of your name as he walked back inside the building, and you did a few quick stretches. “Now… let’s see what we’ve got…”

Upon going around the back of the building, you were greeted to the sight of at least 3 dozen crates, each of which appeared to be loaded with bottles of alcohol, and you realized quickly just what sort of a task you had set yourself up for…

[Gained 7 Strength and 7 Vitality from the effort of shifting all those boxes!]
[Gained 2000 Berries!]
[Quest Complete!]
[Gained 1000 Berries!]
[Gained 50xp!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Gained 20 Attribute Points!]

You were surprised with just how much you had managed to accomplish in just the span of a few hours, but… by the time you were done, you were more than grateful for the free room that you had been provided with. Retiring to your room for the night before pondering just how to use your new points. Though first, you decided it would probably be best to actually figure out what each attribute actually did, so you started to consult the system on it.

[Strength: A measure of just how strong you are, how much you can lift and how much force is behind your attacks when they connect.]
[Vitality: A measure of just how tough you are, how much you can withstand physically and how much endurance you have, also determines your maximum HP which is equal to your Vitality Score multiplied by every level you have above 1]
[Agility: A measure of just how fast and agile you are, determines how quick you are on your feet and in a fight.]
[Intelligence: A measure of just how intelligent you are, determines how fast you can think and the sheer volume of calculations you can complete in your head.]
[Willpower: A measure of your strength of will, determines your resistance to mental effects, as well as your own effectiveness with some mental abilities.]
[Charisma: A measure of your charismatic ability, determines just how good you are at persuading other people and making friends or followers.]
[Luck: A measure of how lucky you are, it’s uncertain if this attribute even does anything at all.]

You looked at all the information laid out before you, before finally deciding that you would invest your points by investing them in…

>Choose how you want to invest your 20 points.

And here's your character sheet as it currently stands.

[Name: Copper Threepwood]
[HP: 124/124]
[Level: 3]
[EXP 0/50]
[Cash: 3000 Berries]
[Bounty: 0 Berries]
[Rank: None (Civilian)]
[Unique Gift: Life as a Game]
[Strength: 12]
[Vitality: 12]
[Agility: 5]
[Intelligence: 10]
[Willpower: 5]
[Charisma: 5]
[Luck: 5]
[Perks]: I Wanna be a Pirate, Conductor, A Three Headed Monkey!
[Skills: (Worldly Lore: 6/10)]
[Activated Abilities: None]
[Weapon: Stolen Glory]
[Inventory: White Cloth Tunic, Beige Cloth Pants.]

>>5404700
3 in vitality, 5 in agility, 5 in willpower, 7 in charisma

>>5404700
We're playing as (mostly) Guybrush Threepwood, a man that gets out of sticky situations by being quick-witted, quick-fotted, charismatic and just a smidge lucky. Investing our points in a similar manner should unlock more of our character traits.

>Intelligence: 5
>Willpower: 5
>Charisma: 4
>Agility: 4
>Luck: 2

>Willpower: A measure of your strength of will, determines your resistance to mental effects, as well as your own effectiveness with some mental abilities.
I figure this is how we raise our Insult Swordfighting. Delivering insults that shocks our opponents down to their core.

>>5404702
I'll go with this anon's suggestion
>>5404724

>>5404724
Seems fine to me, seconding.

>>5404724
+1

>>5404702
you guys aren't thinking this through enough,

PUT ALL 20 POINTS INTO LUCK!! and the rest can go into charisma if we hit the cap.

>>5404884
Luck is for those who can't secure victory through other means. You don't want to be a little pissbaby scraping by on happenstance do you? A widdle itty bitty urine toddler? Can't even get out of a paper bag unless the cosmic whatever pokes a hole in the side by accident? Abloobloo.

I'm just fucking with you, but luck is and always will be capricious. Fortune favors the bold my friend.

>>5404884
...So you want to become Buggy? I mean I love Buggy too considering how under utilized Charisma actually is in One Piece.

>>5404724
Supporting guybrush build

I wonder where civilian rank tree could take us.

>>5404885
Normally, I would agree. But in this case, I think fortune favors those who have the highest luck stat lmao.

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>>5404939
Ah but who's to say high luck means it is always good? It could be that high luck procs more events, and more rare events. Like, say a WHITE WHALE appears next to us on the open ocean. Or we come across a notable pirate. But not a notably nice one. Luck can be good or bad. And it is always entirely on the ingenuity of the lucky one to make the best of it. As we all know, Jack Sparrow isn't the greatest pirate you've ever heard of because he is lucky, but because he is canny and always makes the most out of it.

>>5404700
>20 Charisma
Just go all in on charisma, double our wages and halve our costs.

I sort of want to Jack Sparrow it up charisma wise as well.

>>5404700
>20 Charisma
We won’t get far if we don’t have a little bit of autism

>>5404702
>>5404724
+1

>>5404700
>>5404724
Support

>>5404724
Supporting, its a nice spread

After some thought, you finally decide to distribute your points mostly evenly, five in intelligence and willpower, four in charisma and agility, and two in luck. There was no real point in increasing your Strength or Vitality just yet considering that you had only just raised them both. Finally, after finishing with the additions, your new stats were at least a little bit better than they were before. Hell, if you were to consider fives to be average, you were pretty damn great already! Though... the problem was that you didn't exactly compare to even somebody like Tashigi, and she didn't really seem to think that she was very powerful either... an Ensign? Isn't that like... the lowest commissioned officer rank?

[Name: Copper Threepwood]
[HP: 124/124]
[Level: 3]
[EXP 0/50]
[Cash: 3000 Berries]
[Bounty: 0 Berries]
[Rank: None (Civilian)]
[Unique Gift: Life as a Game]
[Strength: 12]
[Vitality: 12]
[Agility: 9]
[Intelligence: 15]
[Willpower: 10]
[Charisma: 9]
[Luck: 7]
[Perks]: I Wanna be a Pirate, Conductor, A Three Headed Monkey!
[Skills: (Worldly Lore: 6/10)]
[Activated Abilities: None]
[Weapon: Stolen Glory]
[Inventory: White Cloth Tunic, Beige Cloth Pants.]

Still, you at least had some faith in your ability to not instantly lose in a fight to any random guy off the street now, besides you did notice something else had happened after you increased your stats. After you finished applying all the points you had, you felt almost... energized. Like the fatigue of your body from all that labor earlier had melted away! Hell, you didn't even feel like you were tired anymore!

Could this perhaps be a consequence of having leveled up? Or well, in this case, it looks like you had to finish leveling up before you were actually refreshed like this. It was odd, but right now, even though just prior to applying all your new stats you had been just about ready to collapse, you felt completely energized! It was an amazing development, and it wasn't one that you were about to squander either... especially not now that you knew that completing a level up would allow for you to completely recover whenever it was needed!

Of course, now that you had been completely refreshed, you didn't really feel like sleeping anymore. Which was kind of a shame, because you were sort of looking forward to being able to sleep in a nice warm bed... but now that you didn't need it, you'd need to spend your time doing something else. But what...? You looked around the room to see if there was anything interesting you could do... there was a bookshelf nearby at least, so you supposed you could read if nothing else.

Then again, with Stolen Glory resting against your hip, you sort of wanted to actually get somewhat good at wielding the blade, there was no sense in having such a high quality weapon at your side and not being able to use it. You'd never actually be able to properly give the blade the recognition it deserves if you never learned how to actually use it in a fight!

You had at least a couple of hours to spend your time before the sun rose... and you didn't really know what to do, at least until two quests popped up in your vision.

[New Quest: Hit the Gym] [Quest Requirement: Acquire scores of at least 20 in your Strength, Vitality and Agility within 24 hours!] [Reward: 75xp, Random Physical Skill book, Permanent 25% increased growth to physical attributes when training.]
[New Quest: Enrich Yourself] [Quest Requirement: Acquire a Score of at least 30 in your Intelligence within 24 hours] [Reward: 75xp, Random Mental Skill book, Permanent 25% increased growth to Intelligence when learning.]

Oh! Well... now you had some things to work towards... but the fact that they were time limited was really quite worrying. Would you even be able to get your attributes up to that level in only a day? It didn't sound feasible, but... well, it's not like you really needed to sleep anymore, so maybe you could manage one of them? With the rewards locked to time, you'd probably need to pick one or the other to focus on.

>Attempt to complete Hit the Gym
>Attempt to complete Enrich Yourself
>Attempt to complete them both (Needs a strategy.)
>Do something completely different. (?)

>>5405113
>Do them both, Intelligence first and then when that is done, use 9 of the 10 level up points from the level up in vitality for stamina, then train our ass off until we're exhausted and use the final point on one of the attributes so we're refreshed before training again.

>>5405113
>>Attempt to complete them both (Needs a strategy.)
Get some books using some berries.
Hit the gym for a while. When physical fatigue build up, switch to enriching. When bored, switch back to physical training.
Strength and vitality can be trained with hauling jobs. Agility might need sprints and side-steps.

>>5405148
+1

>>5405113
>>5405147
Support

>>5405147
I think our approaches can be mixed. Your thoughts?

>>5405155
I think it might be for the best if we do, wonder if there's a library we can use to get books from.

>>5405157
>You looked around the room to see if there was anything interesting you could do... there was a bookshelf nearby at least
So we have books nearby. Let's check if they are smart enough to provide benefits, but not too hard for our smooth brain before spending money

>>5405113
Hm,
Hit the Gym :we need to gain 8 Str, 8 Vit and 11 Agi, whooping 27 attribute points
Enrich Yourself:we need 15 Int
75Xp from either quest would give us a level up.
Two levels got us 20 attribute points
If we assume its 10 points / lvl up, if we complete one quest we may be able to just dump those points towards finishing other.

Easy way would be to either enlist or become a pirate and get 250/500xp, probably enough for around 2 or 3 lvl-ups, so 20-30 Attpoints IF we get 10 points/lvl-up always.
Not a fan of that idea, don't want to take sides and choose future path that early.

Getting Wordly Lore to 10/10 will probably get us something nice and maybe rise Int, so I would get on finishing that up.
We are low level, so rising attributes by training shouldn't be terribly difficult yet.

>Attempt to complete them both (Needs a strategy.)

>check book titles for anything that may round-up Wordly Lore
>go buy a newspaper for the same purpose
>visit Marines to see how long does it take to enlist, just in case
>ask there if they maybe have some training grounds where you 'can check if you're up to it physically', if not then its training in the woods I guess

Basically try to get Wordly Lore and 5 INT naturally, then train until you finish HtG quest and use attribute points gained by levelup from that to rise Int enough to finish EY quest.
If its not looking like youre not gonna make it, either look around for sidequests or
consider piracy/enlisting.

>>5405158
So we have the Bookshelf, maybe we can find a history book or something in there. Expand our knowledge of the world, that seemed to bring some decent INT when we were getting the rundown by Tashigi.
As for STR and VIT, lifting seemed to do the trick so if we head down to the docks we could probably do some more lifting while also making some cash on top of it. And Agillity, maybe we could wait until it's dark and attempt to parkour on the rooftops? Could get us in trouble but it's the only way I can see us making any Agility gains.

>>5405148
+1

HOWEVER, Here's something you can do, try to do mental exercises while exercising physically. You can actually pretty easily think while running. from my own experience

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>>5405165
This seems like a good plan.
Let's get buff by going to the library.

>>5405165
If this is going by game rules, we probably only 'finish' the quest if level up strength normally.

>>5405177
Condition is 'Acquire a Score of at least X in your Y', means are not specified, technically speaking it depends on what flag does it check for and how, basically, I blame devs.

>>5405184
Yeah, well, it's easier to just try to get the quest normally, and if it works, then you get to finish it sooner.

You seem to have decided to try to complete both of the quests within the time limits, would you mind if I combined the votes?

>>5405219
Of course not, take the best of ideas !

>>5405219
Sure, go ahead.

Alright then, one last thing, I'm gonna need another 1d100, it's best of 4 again.
See just how successful you are.

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>5405225

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>5405225

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>5405225
Lets go.

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>5405225

You decide that you'd go for both of the quests, if you were to plot things out properly, there was a chance that you just might be able to accomplish the both of them at the same time, just a few hours of physical labor yesterday was enough to increase your strength and vitality by seven each, so there was a chance that if you went all out over the next twenty four hours, you'd be able to accomplish both of them!

Your first step of course, was trying to become more intelligent, and you scanned through the books on the bookshelves, they were disappointingly mostly books on sailing related topics... but then you realized just how useful that such books might be able to be! This was a world that was dominated by the ocean! Everyone needed to know such information, and there was also a helpful bunch of books about the surrounding islands as well!

You grabbed a bunch of the books that documented all sorts of information about sailing and repairing a boat and started to read it... and then you had another idea! What if you were to read while you exercised? Of course the exercise couldn't be that strenuous otherwise you wouldn't be able to focus, but you could do something like run on the spot to try to build up your cardio!

So that was exactly what you did, for the span of the few hours that it took you to read the books from front to back, you jogged on the spot, slowing down and sitting when you got fatigued, but always getting right back up again when you felt like you were able. Over the course of the hours that it took, you were frequently presented with alerts informing you that your Vitality and Agility had risen, but... mostly, it was your intelligence that had risen.

[Gained 2 Agility, 4 Vitality, 7 Intelligence!] [Gained Skill: Shipwright 10/100] [Gained Skill: Sailing 13/100] [Gained Skill: Ropes 15/100] [Gained Skill: Navigation 14/100] [Skill Up: World Lore 10/10]
[Perk Gained: Island Knowledge: This skill allows you to immediately determine the name of whatever island you are on.] [Skill Evolved: World Lore 10/10 > World History 10/9999]

You had been most alarmed by the impossibly high looking cap on World History, though the revelation that certain skills wouldn't cap out at the somewhat low looking levels wasn't something that surprised you all that much. You were about to go back to training, when you realized that you were now incredibly hungry... luckily, the inn seemed to be serving breakfast now, so you happily went downstairs to get something to eat.

Renald was more than happy to see you, and after a brief exchange of greetings with the man, you asked for a meal, paying 500 Berries for a hearty meal of bread, bacon and eggs. You didn't have a great deal of disposable cash, but it wouldn't take long for you to make it back, especially not now that you were getting stronger so quickly. You also knew that keeping your strength up was gonna be important if you were planning to spend the rest of the day training.

As you were about to finish eating your meal, to maybe check to see if there was some sort of bookstore or library that you could visit, you heard another of the patrons of the inn on another table grow rowdy. "Whaddya mean ya don't serve beer?!" You watched out of the corner of your eye as the man angrily confronted Renald, poking a finger at the man's chest.

"Idiot, it's the morning, we don't serve beer in the morning because it's not permitted for-" Renard somewhat calmly tried to explain the reasons behind not serving alcohol before most people had even woken up, but it was clearly not successfully convincing the man of anything.

"Shaddup!" the man drew the cutlass at his hip as he clearly wasn't going to take no for an answer. Great, just your luck... you just wanted to go to the library, and now this jackass was gonna cause a scene.

>Use Observe on the man before deciding whether to get involved.
>Throw a table at the man.
>Draw your own sword and sneak up on the man to attack him from a blind spot.
>Stay out of it, the marines can deal with this.
>Something else.

>>5405263
Clearly we need to tell the man we'll take him to a place that actually sells beer at this hour. Blow this lame popsicle stand. Then while we're out and about look for some marines and flag them down to tell them this guy was disturbing the peace. If they need more to go off than our word we can always let them know he was harassing Renard for them to follow up with.

Use the brain. He may not get arrested or anything unless he starts to get irate when we get some marines involved but he will be out of the inn. Which is the goal.

>>5405267
>>5405263
Big brain strats right here, supporting.
Still would like to use Observe on him tho.

>>5405267
>>5405270
Supporting both this gentlemen

>>5405263
>>5405267
Support

>>5405267
Support

>>5405267
>>5405270
We got a lot of intelligence, willpower and charisma, time to make use of it.
Worst case scenario we can use the three headed monkey and run like the wind

Alright, let's have some dice then.

1d100 best of four as usual.

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>5405286
Just as planned.

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>5405286

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>5405286
And then disaster struck.

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>5405286

>>5405288
Very nice, I'll give you something extra for this.

>>5405293
Nice.

>>5405293
Yay

>>5405293
Hooray.

You frowned as you turned to look at the man, using Observe to get a better idea of just where his capabilities lied before doing anything else. You didn't want to put yourself in too much danger if you didn't have to after all.

[Name: "Black Eye" Williams]
[HP: 400/400]
[Level: 12]
[Rank: Captain (Black Eye Pirates)]
[Bounty: 2 Million Berries]
[Strength: 74]
[Vitality: 25]
[Agility: 10]
[Intelligence: 1]
[Willpower: 4]
[Charisma: 2]
[Luck: 4]

Huh...? This guy was an actual honest to god pirate! And... with a bounty of 2 Million Berries too?! Of course, aside from his strength, the rest of his stats were absolute garbage, but... you were pretty certain that if he hit you, you'd probably be killed in a single punch. Which was... obviously something that you wished to avoid. Of course despite his immensely low intelligence, the man seemed to at least be smart enough to not mention that he was in fact a pirate in the middle of the town. You guessed that the marine presence here was great enough that doing something like that would just be suicide, even for a guy like this. Hell, comparing him to Tashigi, it's pretty clear that she'd kick his ass and she was only an ensign!

"Hey! Punk!" The man walked over to you, apparently losing interest in the the poor innkeeper and deciding to storm towards you instead, you tensed up a little bit as he walked towards you. "You got a problem with me or something? Ye been staring at me for quite a while!"

"Ah, sorry." You tried to turn away from the man, but he grabbed you by the shoulder and forced you to look at him again, you could really tell just why he had been given the epithet of 'Black Eye' considering it looked like somebody had punched him as hard as they could in the face, a dozen times, on both sides of his face.

"I don't like you very much, you just watch yourself! I'm wanted on twelve islands!" Oh... and there it was, looks like the low intelligence had to shine through at some point, and you nearly went for your sword to try to attack him by surprise, he was... still quite a bit stronger than you were, but... you had a better idea.

"I'll be careful... but... say, if you're looking for a place where you can get a drink, why don't you come with me? I know a guy who'll sell you the best spirits in Loguetown! Let's blow this Popsicle joint!" You lied through your teeth as you attempted to appease the man, and his anger seemed to deflate a little bit at your words, it seems you managed to trick him! Now you just needed to get him to some marines, and then they could take care of him for you!

"Aye, if you're tellin me the truth, then I suppose there's no harm... and ye!" He pointed at the barkeeper. "Ye'd best start serving drink in the mornin's if ye value yer inn." What a charming man. You continued to lead the man out of the store, quickly reaching the street before realizing a quite crucial detail you hadn't thought of. You had... absolutely no idea where the nearest marine base was.

The next five minutes were thusly spent with you looking desperately for a patrolling marine, but being completely unsuccessful in doing so, and just as you caught sight of a patrol nearby, the man following after you stopped you, putting an hand on your shoulder again. "I think we've been wanderin' in circles a little, yer sure ye know where this shop be?" You had stopped just outside an apothecary, the two of you standing just underneath the sign, a large metal cauldron suspended from a wooden outcropping.

"Uhhhh..." You hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to actually say to the man before coming up with a reasonable sounding excuse. "Oh! That... it's just that... he only shows up if you take a specific path around the town, you need to walk in circles otherwise he won't open up!" It sounded ridiculous, and it was clear that the pirate wasn't buying it either.

"That be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!" The man suddenly grabbed his sword. "Yer gonna regret trying to fool the mighty Black Eye Williams!" He drew his sword with tremendous force, swinging it up into the air as he did and... to your complete disbelief, cutting directly through the wood of the sign. Looking up just in time for the heavy metal cauldron to crash down on his head at high speed, and... to your complete disbelief, knocking himself out cold! You observed, just to make sure, and it looks like he had managed to leave himself with about 20 HP!

"I... guess he should've been more careful where he was swinging that thing around." You quip to yourself as you look down at the unconscious man. You didn't really want to leave him unguarded as you went to find a marine, especially when he had a bounty... but fortunately, you didn't have to worry about it, as a group of three white uniformed men suddenly appeared, rushing towards you with guns drawn.

"Freeze!" One of the men shouted, before pausing, realizing that you had no weapon drawn at all, and that the guy had clearly just been taken out by the metal cauldron. "What... happened here?" The man was clearly alarmed by what he was seeing.

>"Oh, this is a wanted pirate, Black Eye Williams, I've captured him for you."
>"Uh... I'm not involved in any of this, I was just passing by, but... I think I saw this guy's face on a wanted poster before."
>"You're looking at my handywork! I, the great Copper Threepwood, have defeated this pirate through my skill, good looks, and incredible intellect!"
>"This guy was being a jerk and disturbing the peace, fortunately, he seemed to have a weakness to cauldrons."
>Something else.

>>5405340
>>"Oh, this is a wanted pirate, Black Eye Williams, I've captured him for you."
Most pirate thing, to take out a pirate for our own personal gain.

Looks like we have a crew and a boat now, guys.

>>5405340
>"You're looking at my handywork! I, the great Copper Threepwood, have defeated this pirate through my skill, good looks, and incredible intellect!"
Ahahahahahaha! 2 million bounty!

>>5405340
>>"Oh, this is a wanted pirate, Black Eye Williams, I've captured him for you."
Absolutely flabbergasted. May as well get paid for it.

>cutting directly through the wood of the sign. Looking up just in time for the heavy metal cauldron to crash down on his head at high speed
Man, he really was [1 INT].

>>5405340
>"You're looking at my handywork! I, the great Copper Threepwood, have defeated this pirate through my skill, good looks, and incredible intellect!"

>>5405340
>"Oh, this is a wanted pirate, Black Eye Williams, I've captured him for you."
Not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Hopefully his crew doesn't mind.

>>5405340
>"You're looking at my handywork! I, the great Copper Threepwood, have defeated this pirate through my skill, good looks, and incredible intellect!"
>"This guy was being a jerk and disturbing the peace, fortunately, he seemed to have a weakness to cauldrons."

>>5405340
>"Oh, this is a wanted pirate, Black Eye Williams, I've captured him for you. He was being a jerk and disturbing the peace."

>>5405340
>"You're looking at my handywork! I, the great Copper Threepwood, have defeated this pirate through my skill, good looks, and incredible intellect!"

"Oh, this guy? He's a wanted pirate. Black Eye Williams, Bounty of... Two Million Berries, if I recall correctly." You were
quick to take the credit for defeating the man, even if it had mostly just been a stroke of good luck and his own incompetence,
you were technically the one who took him out. Though... the fact that you hadn't gotten any experience points from defeating the man meant that you weren't being rewarded by the system for his own incompetence, that was fair enough at least, you supposed.

Though, you were mostly interested in the money that you'd be able to claim from the man's bounty. A couple thousand berries was barely anything at all in the grand scheme of things, but with a few million to your name, you'd be able to buy a good deal of the supplies that you might need if you were to indeed go out and explore the world! As you had the thoughts of the money you would be able to claim from the man, a few new quests popped up in your vision.

[Quest Received: Find Some More Cash]
[Quest Requirements: Acquire at least 10000 Berries through any means.]
[Quest Rewards: 75xp, 10000 additional Berries]
[Quest Received: Find Even More Cash]
[Quest Requirements: Acquire at least 1000000 Berries through any means.]
[Quest Rewards: 100xp, 100000 additional Berries]
[Quest Received: Find a Boatload of Cash]
[Quest Requirements: Acquire at least 1000 Berries through any means.]
[Quest Rewards: 125xp, 1000000 additional Berries]

You weren't quite sure just how these quests were generated just yet, but... you really weren't going to pass up on the opportunity to not only get a good deal of extra money, but also the added experience from actually completing all the of the quests you had just gotten! "So... where exactly does he need to be taken?"

"Oh, right... if you're claiming a bounty on a living person, then you need to actually have them delivered to the Marine base which isn't too far from here. Follow us, if you don't know the way. Captain Smoker will be happy to find that another pirate has been captured, he especially hates pirates being active in Loguetown." The marine spoke about his superior officer as he gestured for the two men behind him to carry the pirate for you.

"Thanks, let's not waste any time, I've got a busy schedule ahead of me." You didn't want to spend too long on getting your money for the bounty, after all, you didn't actually know how long the process was going to take, and you also didn't know if you'd be able to level up enough with the xp from all these starter quests to fulfill the requirements of the other quests.

"Of course. I don't think I've heard of a Bounty Hunter matching your description... you new in East Blue?" The leading marine made conversation with you.

"I guess you could say that I'm a new arrival, yeah. Names Copper Threepwood, still thinking about just what I'll do with my life, but... I'm glad that I could've been of assistance to you in getting somebody like this arrested as they deserve." Even if you were possibly planning on becoming a pirate down the line at some point, that really didn't mean that you'd have to be a violent criminal and a loose cannon. The definition of 'pirate' in this world was one that was incredibly loose after all, and it pretty much applied to anybody who disobeys the laws and travels around on a boat. From what you understood from things so far, you didn't even need to have a crew or anything!

"Ah, I'm Petty Officer Horatio, it's nice to meet somebody who helps us with the pirate scum that infests the world. The marines... we're really stretched thin, and you wouldn't believe how often that Captain Smoker requests for High Command to send him some more support so that he can actually go and resolve the issues that plague East Blue." The man shook his head sadly. "It's terrible, he's pretty much the only real line of defense that East Blue has against anybody wanted who wants to illegally travel to the Grand Line, so he can't leave without leaving us wide open for pirates to slip by!" How... interesting, the marines here were understaffed? You supposed that made sense, despite everything, Tashigi did seem a little bit desperate to get you to join up, even if she was being polite about it.

"Well, I'm glad to be appreciated, but I don't really know if I plan to make a living out of bounty hunting, really. It was pretty much coincidence that I went after this guy." Of course, if you became a pirate, claiming bounties on people was something that wasn't exactly going to be possible for you to do. Couldn't exactly claim a bounty when you yourself had a bounty, and though the Seven Warlords system existed... it kind of defeated the point of being a pirate. To become completely free of the world's limitations and then shackling yourself to them once again, a sort of false freedom. Besides, it wasn't like just about anybody could become a Warlord, you needed to be sufficiently powerful enough to be allowed to join their ranks after all.

"Well, it's a good paying job from what I've seen... especially if you're good at it." The marine mused. "Honestly, it's just too dangerous for most people, going after pirates is a dangerous business, especially if you're on your own. You never know if you're gonna bump into somebody with a Devil Fruit." Devil Fruits, the mystical fruits that grant supernatural powers to whoever consumes one, you'd heard of them, and you had considered the idea of finding one for yourself, but... the drawback of not being able to swim was pretty dreadful on a world that was mostly composed of small islands that are reached by traveling across the ocean.

"I'll keep that in mind, but I think I'm going to keep my options open, haven't decided on what I want to do with my life yet." You shrugged, and the marine laughed.

"Well, just so long as you don't go and become a pirate, we won't be having any problems!" He seemed to be very amused by what he thought was a joke, but you were strongly considering the benefits of becoming a pirate right about now, enlisting into a world spanning army that couldn't even keep the people they were supposed to protect safe in what was meant to be the calmest sea in the world... didn't exactly inspire that much confidence in the marines. "Come on, let's go see Tiff, she's in charge of organizing the pay out for the bounties in Logue Town."

The rest of the trip there was spent conversing about irrelevant things, and soon you were standing at a reception area of the marine base, greeted by a pretty blonde woman with a smile on her face as she realized that you had come to claim a bounty when she spotted the man carried in after you. "Ah! I assume that you're a bounty hunter here to claim the bounty on..." The woman quickly ducked underneath her desk and shuffled through some papers loudly until she finally grabbed a poster matching the man's face. "Black Eyes Williams?" She seemed pleased at the development. "Now, it's going to take a couple of days for your funds to arrive, it's simple marine procedure."

A few days...? Crap. That... sort of totally screwed your plans about using the quest rewards from getting all that cash to invest into your attributes! Despite your internal worry, you kept a smile on your face. "And... there's no way to speed the process up at all?"

"I'm afraid not, sir. I'm not authorized to pay out for any new bounty hunters until they've proven themselves to be trustworthy. The regulation was put in place after one too many times where a pirate would use the assistance of somebody unknown to the marines in order to claim the bounty on their own heads before breaking out of custody." Oh, yeah... now that she mentioned it, that did make a lot of sense. Couldn't really afford to go paying out bounties when they weren't certain of the character of the bounty hunter.

"Ah, well... that's a shame. So... should I return in a few days to pick up my money?" You were defeated, and you knew that arguing the point would get you absolutely nowhere, so you decided instead to just leave it... you hadn't spent that long messing around with this bounty business, and you still had time!

"Yes, I believe your reward should be ready in a couple of days." The woman nodded, and you were relieved, at least it was only a few days and you weren't going to be stuck waiting around for your bounty reward forever. Still, it kinda sucked to have so much money so close yet so far away.

"Alright, then I guess I'll see you around. Bye." You nodded as you left the building once more, embracing the salty sea air of the port town as you left the building and you quickly started to ponder just what to do to ensure that you made the time limit for your quests.

>Continue looking for a Library to work out in.
>Practice sprinting around the town while committing the layout of the town to memory.
>Go looking for Black Eyes' pirate crew, see if you can deal with a few more menaces to society before the day is through.
>Do something else.

>>5405529
>Continue looking for a Library to work out in.

>>5405529
>Do something else
>Jog down to the docks, see if there's any cargo needs unloading. If not, jog back to the inn to resume the quest for knowledge
We're on the Pirate Grindset here.

>>5405529
>Continue looking for a Library to work out in.
We can do it, only 8 more int to conpkete one of the quests

>>5405529
>Continue looking for a Library to work out in.

>>5405529
>>Continue looking for a Library to work out in.

>>5405529
>Continue looking for a Library to work out in.

>>5405528
>Continue looking for a Library to work out in.

>>5405529
>Continue looking for a Library to work out in.

Need some dice then. 1d100 Bo4

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>5405752
Yeah?
Well check this out!

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>5405752

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>5405752

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>5405752

>>5405754
86 is pretty good

With the pirate taken care of, and the eventual bounty payout assured, you knew that you'd have a good deal of XP coming your way in the future, but... it wasn't any good for right now, where you needed the experience immediately in order to level yourself up. But... fortunately, you had found that increasing your stats was fairly easy, especially when they were at such low levels! You started to jog around the town as you looked around the town, eventually uncovering a large library after a few more minutes of jogging, exactly what you were looking for. You didn't know just what sort of information you'd be able to uncover inside the library, but... you were certain there must've been at least a few pieces of useful information within

You entered the building, being greeted by a librarian from behind a counter as you did. "Good morning, welcome to the Loguetown Library, are you a member, or would you like to apply for membership?"

"Apply for membership...? Does it cost anything?" You didn't really have the cash you needed for something like a monthly fee... at least not right now.

"Nope, we're subsidized by the local government, though there are fines if you fail to return our books, or if you damage them, so... we need a name to allow anybody access. Failure to return the books or pay the fine will resort in being reported to the marines for theft." The older woman explained how things worked, and you nodded, that made a lot of sense, couldn't exactly afford to let people steal their books.

"Oh, alright. Then I'm Copper Threepwood!" You point to your chest, a smile on your face, and the librarian just nodded as she raised a camera, flashing you straight in the face as the camera went off and you stumbled backwards, surprised by the sudden light. "Yikes!"

The woman had no reaction as the camera proceeded to print out a picture of your face, quickly cutting it out before stamping it onto a library card that had your face and name on it, handing you your new card without another word exchanged.

[Received Library Card]

"Well... thanks, I think." you accepted the card and put it in your pocket, before you walked past the woman and into the library proper, there was a whole bunch that you wanted to find out, and you weren't going to waste any time! You walked into one of the aisles randomly and started to pick out books that seemed interesting to you, eventually picking out 5 books to read, 'Glossary of Devil Fruits and their Classifications', 'Guide to Weapon Maintenance', 'Alchemy and You', 'Medical Treatment and Surgery' and finally a book that seemed to have mostly been neglected by most of the other visitors of the library: 'One-Handed Blade Fighting, Killing them before they kill you'.

All of the books you had picked out were useful for you, and you quickly took your pile of books to a quiet corner of the library and opened up the one about devil fruits in front of you before you started doing push-ups, reading the book as it laid on the floor in front of you, flicking the page when you were done, committing all the information about the fruits within to mind, whoever had written the book had done so fairly recently, and it mentioned a good deal of current wielders of some of the mystic fruits, such as the Marine Admirals, wielding the Magma, Light and Ice fruits. Or Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world, who wielded the Tremor fruit. You learned the specific definitions about what Paramecia, Zoans and Logia were... and you dreaded running into a Logia the most.

The composition of their bodies meant that most attacks would simply pass through them entirely unless it was done with an opposing element, though unfortunately some fruits simply didn't have any sort of elemental weakness, so they were functionally invincible! Of course, the book did mention something about pirates and marines on the Grand Line having some sort of method to deal with the apparent invulnerability of Logias, but it didn't go into any greater detail than that.

[Gained Skill: Devil Fruit Identification 20/50]

After finishing reading that book, you moved onto the next, and it was one that you had to pay attention to if you wanted to properly restore your weapon to its former glory, it showed a great deal of wear, but it was mostly cosmetic, behind the accumulated grime there was a great blade underneath, and you did sort of want to show the prestige of having such a high quality blade. The book was quite a bit shorter than the glossary of devil fruits, but it taught you a great deal of maintenance techniques for weaponry regardless, and from the mere act of reading the book from front to back, you felt like you were more than qualified to maintain weapons!

[Gained Skill: Weapon Upkeep 35/50]

Then you moved onto the next books, learning about alchemy and all sorts of chemical reactions that could occur with the proper reagents, the book taught you a good deal of useful sounding recipes, like the creation of smoke bombs, varieties of acid, explosives... you didn't really know how useful that information was going to be until you finished the book entirely and you got a pop-up in your vision.

[Gained Skill: Alchemy 45/500]
[You have learned your first Creation skill! You may now craft any of your known recipes from your inventory screen!]
[Recipes Learned: Smoke Grenade, Gunpowder, Low Yield Grenade, Vial of Acid, Healing Salve]

Wait a second... inventory screen? You willed yourself to envision such a thing as you would your observe skill and you were quite shocked at the result, in front of your very eyes was a large grid shaped screen, and you quickly realized that... you could store just about anything you wanted inside of it! You tested the screen out by pulling your library card from your pocket and then envisioning it entering the first slot of your inventory, and to your surprise, the card disappeared in a sparkle of light before appearing in the first slot! You smiled... this... was something that you were going to no doubt be able to abuse. Not quite done with the new discovery, you willed yourself to look at the next page of the inventory screen, or rather, the crafting menu. There were three options, one to combine two different objects into one, one to create objects from scratch, and a blurred out option that was simply labeled 'upgrade', you could only imagine that it was for upgrading existing objects somehow.

Out of curiosity, you checked the crafting recipes you had just unlocked, but... you weren't able to create any of them, you had the required skill level, but you didn't have the required tools or reagents, as each of them called for a 'basic chemistry set'. Oddly enough though, the reagents you needed for the basic recipes you had learned were all included within the basic set... so you made a note to remember to purchase such a thing the next time you got the opportunity to do so. Somehow you felt like you were able to read the books faster than you should be able to, but you decided not to question your own abilities too much, you seemed to be able to comprehend just about everything you read no matter how complex it might've been immediately, which you could only imagine was a direct result of your ability.

You briefly wondered what else you could do with your abilities, but you decided it would be best to move on and read the next books, learning how to become a better healer than you were before, knowing how to cure most basic illnesses as well as treat and dress wounds so that people wouldn't bleed out, not to mention general first aid and CPR techniques to help to stabilize people who needed it, it wasn't exactly a complex book on medical treatment, but it was useful enough that you were glad to have read it.

[Gained Skill: Medicine 43/500]

That left you with only a single book left, the guide to swordsmanship, and this was one that interested you a great deal as you ran on the spot to continue to raise your physical abilities, which had seen a fairly decent rise throughout your exercise session. The book featured a good deal of martial techniques for use with a sword, and upon reading it, you knew enough about how to properly use your cutlass that you wouldn't make a complete fool of yourself by just attempting to draw it, you knew how to properly slash and thrust, to put your weight behind each of your strikes as well as parry away your opponents attacks to counter them. You were by no means an expert, but just by reading the book alone, you felt as if you had managed to get a good grasp on how to actually fight somebody, you looked at the total gains you had made so far as well as the new skill you had just earned.

[Gained Skill: Swordfighting (One Handed Blades) 50/500] [Gained Skill: Swordfighting (Cutlass) 30/200]
[Through your intense training, you have gained 13 Vitality, 10 Strength, 8 Agility, 15 Intelligence and 5 Willpower!]
[Quest Complete!]
[Gained 75XP!]
[Gained Skillbook: Sense Motive!]
[Gained Perk: Prodigal Intellect!]
[Level Up!]
[Character Sheet updated!]
[Name: Copper Threepwood]
[HP: 187/187]
[Level: 4]
[EXP 25/75]
[Cash: 3000 Berries]
[Bounty: 0 Berries]
[Rank: None (Civilian)]
[Unique Gift: Life as a Game]

[Strength: 22]
[Vitality: 29]
[Agility: 19]
[Intelligence: 37]
[Willpower: 15]
[Charisma: 9]
[Luck: 7]

[Free Points: 10]

[Perks]: I Wanna be a Pirate (+100% Pirate XP Boost), Conductor (Electricity Magnet + 90% Electricity Resistance), A Three Headed Monkey! (One use only distraction skill), Island Knowledge (Comprehend name of any island you visit automatically), Prodigal Intellect (25% Increased Mental Skill and Intellect Growth)

[Skills: (World History: 10/9999)(Shipwright 10/100)(Sailing 13/100)(Rope use 15/100)(Navigation 14/100) (Medicine 43/500)
(Alchemy 45/500) (Weapon Upkeep 35/100) (Devil Fruit Identification 20/50) (Swordfighting (One Handed Blades) 50/500) (Swordfighting (Cutlass) 30/200)

[Activated Abilities: None]
[Weapon: Stolen Glory]
[Inventory: White Cloth Tunic, Beige Cloth Pants, Library Card, Skillbook (Sense Motive).]
[Recipes: Smoke Bomb, Acid Vial, Healing Salve, Low-Yield Grenade, Gunpowder]

[Would you like to apply your points now?]

>Yes (To what?)
>No (Do what instead?)

>[You have learned your first Creation skill! You may now craft any of your known recipes from your inventory screen!]
Sweet, now we must try to combine every object in our inventory with every other item.

>>5405899
>Yes (To what?)

>Agility: 1
>Charisma: 9
Agility +1 to finish the other quest of course, then raising Charisma so we can hitch rides to other islands more easily or form our own crew if need be.

>>5405899
>Yes (To what?)
1 on agility
1 on willpower
3 on luck
5 on charisma

>>5405899
>>5405906 +1

>>5405899
>>5405913
supporting

>>5405913
+1

>>5405899
>>5405913
Support

Charisma is good, but we won't get far in this kind of world without any fighting skills.

>>5405913
Support, but won't we immediately level up again and get another 10 points to spend?
Also can't wait to start comboing shit together.
Remember, Golden Man, Silver Monkey Head, Bronze Triquarter Hat + Gubernatorial Seal = Ultimate Insult

>>5405931
Charisma + willpower = better insults.
Sword fighting It's not about what you do, but what you say after all.

>>5405935
Haki-empowered insults?

>>5405913
support

>>5405933
This anon is correct, so if you are going to use your ten points then you will have another ten to apply, so >>5405913
locking this in and asking what you want to do with your additional ten from your next level.

>>5405933
Unfortunately, there is no Melee Island of which you can use to acquire the correct Gubernatorial Seal. Though now that I think about it, the Ultimate Insult could kind of function like a Conquerer's Haki amplifier.


>>5405931
Buggy gets pretty far, but then again he's got plot armor through the roof and is a literal comic relief clown.

>>5405935
I hope you remember the rules of Insult Swordfighting on the Ocean compared to on Islands.

>>5405948
>Buggy gets pretty far
Have you seen how he's doing lately?

>>5405951
Yes, but that doesn't make him not a comic relief clown, so unless you want to be the bitch of stronger pirates who use you as a figurehead, it's probably best to at least have some level of competence when it comes to fighting.

>>5405948
+6 on cha
+4 on will
I'm going all in.
Also it makes us more or less well rounded.

>>5405954
That's what i meant, yes.

>>5405948
>>5405958
I'll support this because we can grind physical stats and intelligence but haven't found a reliable way to increase the rest.

>>5405962
Right, but yeah, Buggy is just a living punchline, and this is a world where the stronger people can punch boats so hard that they explode or whatever. Though honestly, I think the joke is more than a little played out now.

>>5405965
Willpower can increase by enduring pain or other negative things, Charisma can increase by giving speeches or practicing giving speeches in the mirror

>>5405967
Huh, I guess that makes it better to autistically grind strength, vitality, agility and intelligence, while putting level ups on willpower, charisma and luck.

>>5405958
We need to put points into agility to get the quest, fool

>>5405972
You didn't pay attention to QM's post did you?
>>5405948

>>5405975
Actually, let me respond in a less sarcastic piece of shit way.
>>5405972
The agility already won, that vote is for the new 10 points since it would automatically complete the quest and level us us again.

>>5405958
Support

I feel like at some point it's going to take more and more to level up our abilities. Maybe we could level up luck by flipping a coin and guessing whether it'll land on heads or tails, but surely eventually we'd have to push things.

Ok then, your new character sheet is...

[Name: Copper Threepwood]
[HP: 216/216]
[Level: 5]
[EXP 25/100]
[Cash: 3000 Berries]
[Bounty: 0 Berries]
[Rank: None (Civilian)]
[Unique Gift: Life as a Game]

[Strength: 22]
[Vitality: 29]
[Agility: 20]
[Intelligence: 37]
[Willpower: 20]
[Charisma: 20]
[Luck: 10]

[Perks]: I Wanna be a Pirate (+100% Pirate XP Boost), Conductor (Electricity Magnet + 90% Electricity Resistance), A Three Headed Monkey! (One use only distraction skill), Island Knowledge (Comprehend name of any island you visit automatically), Prodigal Intellect (25% Increased Mental Skill and Intellect Growth)

[Skills: (World History: 10/9999)(Shipwright 10/100)(Sailing 13/100)(Rope use 15/100)(Navigation 14/100) (Medicine 43/500)
(Alchemy 45/500) (Weapon Upkeep 35/100) (Devil Fruit Identification 20/50) (Swordfighting (One Handed Blades) 50/500) (Swordfighting (Cutlass) 30/200)

[Activated Abilities: None]
[Weapon: Stolen Glory]
[Inventory: White Cloth Tunic, Beige Cloth Pants, Library Card, Skillbook (Sense Motive).]
[Recipes: Smoke Bomb, Acid Vial, Healing Salve, Low-Yield Grenade, Gunpowder

I'd say we're getting somewhere now, and with only a day of training... though of course, it will get far far harder to raise your skills with simple training later.

>>5406012
So like, should we aim for making our own Pacifistas? Since it seems like we’re going the intelligence route.

>>5406012
Think you're missing a perk there captain. Or am I jumping the gun?

>>5406017
New perk will be added after the next update.

>>5406012
I think we should focus on learning how to fight next, and maybe make a few bombs in case of emergencies.

>>5406019
Roger that.

>>5406014
Good luck inventing something like that without world government tier funding.

>>5406038
>meanwhile, some fucknut in his garage replacing the entire front half of his body with machinery and cybernetics: SUUUUPER

>>5406052
Franky lived in the world capital of shipmaking, if anyone had the equipment it would be them. And his pre-timeskip cybernetics were pretty simple.

>>5406057
Yes, because it wasn't Franky's talent and borderline mad genius that allowed him to self-surgery with things that should not be possible to put into a human body. It was because he had a really -fancy- garage.

Man if people want to build robots it's less a matter of money and more of talent and resource acquisition. Having all the money in the world won't help if no one is selling what you need to buy. Would money help? Yes. Would money be the deciding factor? Hell no. Be a pirate, STEAL what you need. All you need is think meat strong enough to come up with how to make it work in the first place.

I still wouldn't want to go full flesh is weak though.

You smiled as you finished applying all the points you had earned, you had of course managed to succeed at both of the quests you had gone for, and were quite a bit stronger as a result of your success too, satisfied with your growth so far, you returned all the books to the shelves, you had managed to get yourself at a somewhat decent baseline of stats already, and while there was always room to grow, you... were kind of bored of just working out and reading books. Your new perks from completing the quests were both incredibly nice to have, and you looked at the unlocked perk box for a moment before dismissing.

[Gained Perk: Untapped Potential (Physical Attributes will grow 25 percent faster than normal.)]

It was a nice perk to have, to know that you would always be able to get more out of training than you otherwise would. Though you had noticed that your training was already far faster than what should've been possible for a normal person, and though you assumed it would obviously slow with time, you had already grown to be many times stronger than you were just yesterday. You kind of wanted to actually... test out your newfound abilities, to be truthful about things.

Of course, you didn't want to get into a fight that was too far above your capabilities, but... well, you supposed that if worst came to worst, you could always just distract them and run away in order to train some more. You walked back and forth in the library, pacing as you considered your options carefully, the marines were all no doubt powerful, and you'd be in direct conflict with them all if you were to become a pirate, but... at the same time, you just felt like there was something wrong with the marines at their core. How could such a powerful global force be incapable of even protecting the people in what was supposedly the calmest sea in the world? Based on what you've read, all it would take would be a single vice admiral, and even the most wanted pirates in East Blue would quickly find themselves being captured! You'd taken a look at the wanted pirate list while you were in the bounty hall, and a few of them from East Blue that were on display had stood out to you. 'Iron-Mace' Alvida at 5 million, Buggy 'the Clown' at 15 million, 'Pirate Admiral' Krieg at 17 million and finally, the biggest of all, 'Saw-tooth' Arlong at 20 million.

All of these bounties were obviously far higher than the bounty you had already claimed, and you had wondered just what sort of things that they had done in order to get such large bounties... piracy alone was a crime, of course, but... to see such a disparity in the size of the bounties was impressive to say the least. Could bounties have something to do with the general threat that somebody represented, then? Because if that was the case, then it could only mean that Arlong may well be the most dangerous... man in all of East Blue. You didn't really know whether to call him a man, he looked like somebody had dipped an especially ugly looking man in blue dye before gluing a saw to his nose, to call him ugly was really a massive understatement.

Still, looking at those bounties had given you something of an idea, there were surely a bunch of lower danger pirates lurking around, and you felt like you could probably clean up at least a few of them and claim whatever meager bounties were on their heads... right? It would be good to have at least a little bit of capital to help you on your way to becoming a pirate so you could buy a ship... though you supposed that if it came to it, you could just steal a ship.

[Quest Gained: Bounty Hunter] [Quest Requirements: Claim a total of ten million berries in bounties] [Quest warning: This quest cannot be completed should you become either a Pirate or a Marine before completion] [Quest Reward: 300xp, +10 Strength, + 10 Vitality +10 Agility]

You blinked as you looked at the new quest that had just appeared in your sight, and... it was one that was incredibly tempting, and one that you would actually be able to complete! If you just attacked and brought in pirates worth a million each, you'd only need to defeat like, eight of them! Though you wondered if working as a bounty hunter might give you a bad reputation among other pirates, then you realized that... pirates were pirates, why would they possibly care about something like that? Besides... you had one hell of an advantage over other bounty hunters, you could use observe on people and immediately determine if they had a bounty to claim!

>Take the quest and go looking for pirates...
>>At the docks.
>>In taverns.
>>Just wandering the streets.
>Don't bother with the quest and do something else to occupy your time. (What?}

>>5406072
>>Don't bother with the quest and do something else to occupy your time. (What?}
Go search for the mad little chemist kit.

>>5406072
>>Just wandering the streets.

Wait, so we can become a bounty hunter and THEN become a pirate? Makes sense, i suppose. I suppose there's no harm in that.
>>In taverns.
Pirates like taverns, right? It's also an place where we can easily disguise ourselves.

>>5406079
>>5406072
Supporting, lets check out the crafting system.
Also, we should try some swordswings in near future. Game mechanics or not, actually having a practice in swinging sword around may save our life, and as far as we know, we still got only one yet.

>>5406093
Becoming a pirate is a path of no return, same as revolutionary.
You can start and quit BHunting pretty much at will, same with Marines(probably) if youre clean.
Both give you reputations that can be hard to change, but still CAN be.
Piracy and revolutionaries are for life tho.

Personally I wouldn't mind to try trading stuff between islands after we got ship, crew and are strong enough to not fucking die to some upstart pirate thinking hes hot shit.
Fuck pirates, fuck marines, fuck revolutions, they can all wage their little wars, I just want to trade.

>>5406108
Issue is, if we don't become a pirate, we don't get Double XP

Personally, if it wasn't for the perk, i would have really liked becoming a bounty hunter, because literally fucking everyone has those, but there's basically fuckall bounty hunters around to the point that pirates actively want a higher bounty.

Literally the only person who tried to bounty hunt outside of those two guys in romance dawn was blackbeard...for a while. I think being a bounty hunter would be cool, and you wouldn't need to be giga-strong since you could very well do stuff like outsmarting a devil fruit user into taking a dunk or slapping seastone cuffs on them.

>>5406079
>>5406072
+1, let's go find out how deep this Alchemy thing goes. Tinkerer-Alchemist-Swashbuckler Pirate sounds like a good way forward. Also when the Bounty comes in we should re-imburse Tashigi for the sword before we leave. Gentleman Pirate and all that, you know.

>>5406112
We get double XP for doing actions suitable for a pirate.
Question is when does one exactly gets classified as a pirate, probably the moment one gets an official bounty or self-identifies as one.
Theoretically we could try doing minor pirate-like stuff and flying under the Marine radar, but it would be dicey and come out sooner rather than later.
Double XP is an amazing perk, but do we even have to rush?
Besides, it just takes one wrong turn to be marked as a pirate, and if/when that happens, then we can all out, because at that point its literally sink or swim with half of the world wanting your head.
Also also, Bounty hunters privilege, you dont HAVE to go after all pirates, you can go after ones that you feel like while buddying up with others.

>>5406118
Sure, but we could certainly use the XP right now to get to a point where we aren't completely weak. Anyone with a bounty that is actually worth it will be pretty hard to take down.

>>5406123
Time to grind, and we got time aplenty.

>>5406065
But the flesh IS weak though. Like, to an excessive degree

>>5406130
My guy in One Piece if you focus really hard you can make your skin deflect bullets. This might be one of the only settings in which the flesh doesn't immediately obsolete itself when anything mechanical comes into play. And just about anyone can learn how to do it, too. As long as they aren't a complete bitch, anyway.

>>5406072
>>5406072
>Don't bother with the quest and do something else to occupy your time. (Find Tashigi and pay her back. If you don't pay back your debts, can you really call yourself a man?)

...Also before we go swinging our sword in earnest we should probably focus on getting it into better shape. Better put those maintenance techniques into practice, buy a sword maintenance kit. Blade oil, cloth, whetstones, etc.

You decide to go bounty hunting a little bit later, right now, you were far more intrigued with the idea of being able to craft things than the idea of fighting some pirates, besides... if you had some extra equipment, there was a higher chance that you'd be able to seize victory against whatever criminal you ended up going after anyway.

Leaving the library with your new majorly increased abilities, you started to wander around Loguetown again, looking for any sort of shop that might be able to sell you the supplies that you're looking for, Loguetown was fortunately a massive town that was really more like a city, so while it took you some time to find what you were looking for, you had soon found the sort of shop that you were looking for, one that dealt in alchemy supplies! Looking through the window you could tell that there was a whole array of different materials that could be used for your purposes.

Of course, you understood that a basic kit would require at least the typical items you'd need in order to practice alchemy, a mortal and pestle, a boiling flask, a retort... that sort of stuff, not to mention a good deal of chemical reagents to use, though upon entering the shop, you started to look through the sets of equipment and the tubes of reagents that each came with and you realized that you may have made a mistake... just the most basic kit was listed as costing a hundred thousand berries! It was something that you wouldn't have any difficulty in paying for... when you had been paid. As it was, you were still working with just under three thousand berries! You couldn't afford something like that!

You looked over to the man behind the counter, a man with white spiky hair wearing goggles and apparently preoccupied with some sort of scientific process as he was heating a flask containing a viscous red liquid. "Hmm... hmm.... so the blood of a fish-man does exhibit different qualities to that of a human when exposed to external stimuli... interesting..." Wait... that liquid was... blood? Though the fact that the man was doing such an experiment out in the open meant that it was probably donated, and he wasn't doing anything illegal. "Yes... looks like I'll need to research this some more later... it would appear as if they can hold more oxygen in their blood, allowing for them to them to somehow extract it from even water!" The man continued his experiment, oblivious to your presence as he kept experimenting with the red liquid.

You had half a mind to just grab what you wanted before leaving the store... but you didn't really want to steal anything when you didn't have to, and you were somewhat interested in what the man was actually up to, and there was a chance that he might be willing to help you out if you were to offer some assistance...

>Approach and ask the man if you can get the equipment on credit.
>Approach and ask the man if he needs an assistant for his... experiments.
>Continue to watch the man as he goes about his experiments, you might learn something!
>Grab what you want and leave, screw it, he's not paying attention anyway, and if you just throw it all in your inventory, it's not like he can prove anything.
>Something other than that.

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>>5406212
>Approach and ask the man if he needs an assistant for his... Experiments.

Copper Threepwood, Mighty Guinea Pig.

We're all charismatic, maybe find a way to talk him into getting us the set.